P T A Benefit a Great Success in Anita
A large crowd attended the Parent-Teacher Association supper at the I O O F hall, serving about 300 meals. An eight o’clock program in the High School Assembly Room featured twelve grade groups with folk-dancing singing and readings. Exhibits included work from grade rooms and Domestic Science and Manual Training displays. Net proceeds of about 75 dollars will buy playground equipment for the school.
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Anita
Parent-Teacher Association
McElfresh Visits Old Timers in Woodward
W. W. White of Woodward Oklahoma, a former Anita resident, sent payment for the old home paper. Jessie McElfresh reports a colony of Anita people living near Woodward who are thriving. Families named include W. W. White E. G. Worden D. A. Currier Benaye Tromblee I. E. Turner Chas. and Jud White.
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W. W. White
Woodward
Oklahoma
Anita
Turkey Creek
Billy
Jessie McElfresh
California
E. G. Worden
D. A. Currier
Benaye Tromblee
I. E. Turner
Chas
Jud White
Local businessmen visit Record office during county tour
Mack, trainer of the T. T. Gift Shop, and 8S. L. McFarland, owner of Park Pantorium in Atlantic, spent Tuesday in the city on business. The pair toured the county in an auto to drum up business for their lines.
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Mack
L. McFarland
Park Pantorium
Atlantic
Anita Fourth Graders Shine in Southwestern Iowa Music Contest
Four Anita School groups totaling thirty five pupils competed at the Southwestern Iowa Music Association contest in Atlantic. Anita placed second in Class C and third in Classes B and D, with many audience members believing the fourth grade deserved first in Class C. Judges included Mina Harsch Belle Tilton and Helen Menoher. Rain forced many contestants to stay overnight in Atlantic, but locals provided lodging and breakfast.
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Anita
Southwestern Iowa Music Association
Atlantic
Audubon
Harlan
Walnut
Mina Harsch
Belle Tilton
Council Bluffs
Helen Menoher
Stuart
Anita paving project makes rapid progress
Work on the Anita paving contract begun last Monday advances under Harry Stucker and his lieutenants. Curbing and guttering are finished for three to four blocks east from the west city limits, with grading underway to prepare for concrete and brick. Local labor and teams move material from Rock Island yards, promising a steady show of progress by Saturday night.
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Anita
Harry Stucker
West Corporation
Rock Island
County Fair at Anita to Benefit Service Star Legion
Anita Chapter of the Service Star Legion stages a County Fair at the Odd Fellows hall on Wednesday April 25. The program features the Zo Zo Band twelve pieces led by Mrs R H Miller, a one act play A Borrowed Luncheon directed by Mrs Kathryn DeCamp, side shows exhibits and free attractions, hoky pokies hot dogs candy red lemonade hot coffee and more. Proceeds support the Service Star Legion and local residents are urged to attend.
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Anita
Service Star Legion
Odd Fellows’ Hall
R. H. Miller
Service Star
Kathryn DeCamp
Vicinity
Page Jake or Shoot Him on Sight for Us
The Record apologizes for missing the Ku Klux Klan meeting report, noting the special reporter did not arrive with promised details. The staff fears the reporter may have been discovered during the meeting and harmed or abducted, though hope remains that he is safe.
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Jake
Ku-Klux Klan
Tom Boy Is Obsolete Says Simpson Director
Miss Irene L. Springer director of physical education for women at Simpson College Iowa says the tom boy is obsolete as the school launches its spring track tennis and baseball season for women. The shift celebrates co ed athletic achievement with events in high jump long jump hurdles base running and tennis service. Ethel Jackson and Grace Lusk receive caps for winter athletic work and Indian Club swinging.
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Irene L. Springer
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
Ethel Jackson
Grace Lusk
Simpson College Women's Athletic Association
Springer
Why We Publish News in Anita Community Pages
A reader questions printing all town and community happenings, noting not all items deserve print. The editor is thanked for avoiding sensational pieces presented as news while balancing public interest and tasteful reporting.
Eye injury at power plant sidelines Claude Bills
Claude Bills, former Anita resident and City of Atlantic employee, assistant to City Plumber Booth, was seriously injured Friday morning at the power plant when a cable slipped and a pipe struck his right eye, gouging it from the socket. doctors expect the eye to be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Bills
Anita
Atlantic
Claude
Pythian Sisters Hold Regular Meeting
The Pythian Sisters held their regular meeting Monday evening with a social hour of cards and refreshments to close the gathering.
Not Guilty verdict in Atlantic liquor transport case
In Justice Pressnall's court in Atlantic on Monday Harry Marsh of that city was found not guilty of transporting liquors as charged in an information filed against him. He was tried before a jury.
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Pressnall
Atlantic
Harry Marsh
Lake City Couple Visit Anita Guests Of Relatives
Claude E Blakesley and his wife of Lake City Iowa spent Friday and Saturday in Anita as guests of relatives and friends. Claude recently disposed of his business interests there and will seek a new location.
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Claude E. Blakesley
Lake City
Iowa
Anita
Claude
Eva Plummer Brown Pays Anita Home Paper From Fort Collins
Former Anita resident Eva Plummer Brown who ran a millinery business there sends a check to pay the old home paper for 1923 while residing in Fort Collins Colorado.
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Eva Plummer Brown
Anita
Fort Collins
Colorado
Worthing Visits Atlantic with Sister and Kin
Fred Worthing a former Anita resident now in Mitchell South Dakota is spending a few weeks in Atlantic with his sister Mrs M E Worth and other relatives and friends in the county He is accompanied by Mrs Worthing.
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Fred Worthing
Anita
Mitchell
South Dakota
Atlantic
M. E. Worth
Mrs. Worthing
Four-Year-Old Koob Girl Sustains Serious Arm Break
Ruth Koob, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Koob, was thrown from a wagon while coasting on Monday and suffered a bad fracture at the right elbow. She was treated by Dr. H. E. Campbell, with an X ray showing a serious break, and is reportedly getting along nicely.
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Ruth
Rock Island Plans Depot Upgrades and Yard Paving
The Rock Island railway company will soon set contracts for depot improvements in Anita including two new toilets and a ladies’ rest room. The project also covers paving across the track yard and streets leading to and east of the depot. Mayor Campbell reports officials are favorable to a prompt, cooperative upgrade benefiting the town and travelers.
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Rock Island Railway Company
Rock Island
Campbell
Rock Island Company
Anita
Ed Richardson remembered by Adair Record staff
Ed L. Richardson editor of the Adair News visited the Record office on Friday, recalling his start in journalism at $2.50 weekly and seventeen years of faithful service. The tribute notes his long friendship, lack of quarrels, and wishes him many years of health and prosperity.
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Ed. L. Richardson
Adair News
the Record
Mail Pouches Destroyed by Fast Rock Island Train
A Friday morning accident near Anita damaged one letter pouch and a sack of newspapers on an east bound Rock Island flyer. Postmaster Harry Cate worked to reunite first class mail as officials warned about potential disasters from suction and carried loads causing derailments and funerals.
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Anita
Rock Island
Harry Cate
Mrs Smither and Daughter Visit Lake City Family
Mrs. Mary Smither and her daughter Mrs. Lake Bear spent several days in Lake City at the home of their daughter and sister Mrs. C. E. Blakesley.
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Mary Smither
Lake Bear
Lake City
C. E. Blakesley
Des Moines man Sam G Hansen visits for federal farm loan work
Sam G. Hansen of Des Moines and formerly from Anita vicinity was in the city Monday to attend to business with the federal farm loan bureau.
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Sam G. Hansen
Des Moines
Anita
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Adel man works on son's dwelling during spring visit
Silas DeCamp of Adel Iowa is in the city this week to finish the garage doors and windows screens and complete several other needed tasks on his son G M DeCamp's house delayed last fall until spring.
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Silas DeCamp
Adel
Iowa
G. M. DeCamp
Old Uncle Sam Turner Returns Home to Town Visit
Old Uncle Sam Turner, confined by illness, came to town Monday to enjoy a “stinky” cigar. He is thinner after the flu and would not fetch much in coin of the realm in the soap grease market.
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Sam” Turner
Sam
Mrs. I. D. Pratt Dies in California at 81
Mrs. I. D. Pratt aged about 81 died in Glendale California near her daughter Madge L. Morgan. She was born Hansie Mead in 1841 in Roxbury New York and married Ira D. Pratt in 1867 at Port Byron Illinois. Survived by two daughters Madge and Hattie Lawrence, sixteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren, with remains moved to Coyville Kansas for burial beside husband and other relatives.
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Hansie Mead
Roxbury
Delaware County
New York
Boone County
Illinois
Rock Island County
Port Byron
Ira D. Pratt
Madge L. Morgan
E. Broadway
Glendale
California
Coyville
Kansas
Mother Pratt
Iowa
Hattie A. Lawrence
Council Accepts Bids for Additional Water Mains
The City Council opened bids for laying about nine hundred feet of new water mains from Anita Bank northeast to the Christian church and from Citizens' State Bank south to Rock Island railroad. Four bids were received with only thirty five cents separating the top offers. Cook & Stucker won the contract. A citizens group including M. E. church trustees asked to reduce paving width on the street by the church to twenty two feet. the request will be granted after the main contract is let.
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Anita Bank Corner
Christian Church Corner
Citizens’ State Bank
Rock Island Railroad
Cook & Stucker
M. E. Church
Anita City Council closes purchase for Main street rounding
The Anita City Council and John Henderson of Wiota completed negotiations to buy a ground strip from the Henderson residence corner at the west end of Main street. The city will round the corner per State Highway Commission plans to improve the Great White Way. Trees were removed and the view cleaned to prevent accidents.
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Anita
John Henderson
Wiota
Henderson
Main Street
State Highway Commission
City Council Considers Oasis Water Proposal
Report notes L. C. Campbell’s plan to supply twenty thousand gallons daily to the city for a price, though the source lies over a mile from the limits and council remains hesitant. The piece hints at future water and sewer hookups increasing demand for water.
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L. C
Campbell
Atlantic Rain Delays Editor Family Trip
On Friday April 13 the editor and family drove to Atlantic in the evening and rain interrupted their plans.
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Atlantic
Mrs Maxwell Suffer Severe Rheumatism Hospitalized
Mrs Dr A B Maxwell was taken to a hospital in Ames yesterday after a severe flare of inflammatory rheumatism. Her daughter Mrs H Campbell confirms the ailment and hospital admission.
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H. ©. Campbell
A. B. Maxwell
Ames
Martha Ann Cooper Dies After Long Illness at 79
Martha Ann Cooper wife of Samuel F. Cooper died at her Anita Iowa home on April 16 1923 aged 79 years 8 months and 10 days after a lengthy illness. She was born August 6 1843 in Macon County Missouri and lived in Red Rock Marion County Iowa before moving to Anita in 1878. She married Samuel F. Cooper on August 6 1865 at Monroe Iowa. She is survived by her husband three children an adopted son seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral services were held April 18 1923 at the Christian Church conducted by Rev Alva Jacobs with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
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Martha Ann Cooper
Samuel F. Cooper
Martha Ann Harris
William C
Frances Ann (Glendening) Harris
Macon County
Missouri
Iowa
Red Rock
Marion County
Monroe
Adair County
Anita
Cooper
The
Christian Church
Anita Christian Church
Thomas P. Cooper
Frances E. Zike
Federal
Wyoming
Emma D. Douglas
Adair
Joseph L. Cooper
Valley Junction
C. W. Harris
Bussey
W. T. Harris
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
John N. Harris
Monroe City
Mother Cooper
Alva Jacobs
M. FE
Evergreen Cemetery
Fourth Grade Chaperones Lead Atlantic District Music Trip
Miss Ruth R Turner and Mrs Geo O Smither chaperoned fourth graders Daphine Bell Evelyn Schaake Charlotte Moore Grace Dougherty Raymond Burke Claude Smither and Sherman F Lowell to a district musical in Atlantic on Friday night They rode in a truck with Dee Watkins driving and enjoyed the trip.
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Ruth R. Turner
Anita Schools
Geo. O. Smither
Atlantic
Daphine Bell
Evelyn Schaake
Charlotte Moore
Grace Dougherty
Raymond Burke
Claude Smither
Sherman F. Lowell
Dee Watkins
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McElfresh
Service Star Legion Stage ‘County Fair
Tom-Boy
Simpson
I. D. Pratt
Kas
Council
S. F. Cooper
Klean
Klothes
S. W. Clark
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