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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
5
Mrs Solon A Karns returns from a week visit with relatives and friends in Griswold. Chas Scott and wife of Cumberland spent Saturday in Anita visiting relatives and friends.
Ernest Marsh and his wife of Audu bon visited the home of his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Marsh last week.
Deputy Sheriff P. P. Edwards and County Attorney R. W. Cockshoot, both from Atlantic, were business visitors in Anita on Monday.
Wm. F. Moore of Guthrie Center is appointed ninth district chairman for the Lowdon for President campaign across Iowa. He takes on leadership duties within the statewide organization guiding activities and outreach.
Mrs G M Aldrich hosts the Ladies Union Club with a noon covered dish meal this Wednesday. A heavy rain began Monday night aiding pastures and corn. Robert Clark and Harvey Cain visited Edward Klemish. Mr and Mrs John C Kelley celebrate 55 years with a candy gift from their daughter Mrs Minnie Brunson. Mrs Pearl Hutton Schrader visits Anita Atlantic as guests of her mother and sisters.
The Rialto Theatre announces a seven day program starting Friday with Ken Maynard in The Unknown Cavalier featuring rodeo action and romance. Sunday and Monday bring Rookies, wartime fun, then The Blue Eagle on Tuesday. Harold Lloyd returns Wednesday and Thursday with The Kid Brother, a classic laugh fest.
John Cooper and wife of the Adair vicinity spent Sunday in Anita as welcome guests of their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs L E Bean. Mrs Howard Millhollin assists with the switchboard work at the Anita Telephone office during vacation period of some of the regular Hello force.
Homer Millhollin of The Anita Bank vacations for dental work ahead of new grinders. Mrs Mayme Trimmer Wainwright of Giltner and her son Max tour western states. Wm H Armstrong, Anita farmer, had eye surgery in Omaha. Iowa Supreme Court justices Jones and Stevens visit Anita en route to Griswold for Old Soldiers reunion. Clara Hiers and baby of Carroll Town visit Anita. Jerome Booth and family guests of Haney Booth family. Jerome runs a Des Moines drug store.
More than four hundred attended the Thursday afternoon recital by Mrs. Pearl Hutton Shrader with Mrs. L C Allender at the piano. The lyric soprano impressed the audience, received applause, and a basket of red roses. Sixteen numbers spanned Italian German French and English. Afterward Shrader reconnected with friends in the parlors as hostesses served refreshments, with the church decorated in garden flowers and candles burning in the dining room.
The Original Sunshine Club gathered for its annual meeting at Mrs. Wahlert’s home on Sunday August 21 a birthday surprise for Mr Wahlert and Clyde Moore. Attendees enjoyed ice cream cake and a large turnout with members and families.
Wm. G. Butler of Chicago visits his parents in town and relatives. Mrs. H. E. Campbell and children Dora Jean and Howard return from Ames Iowa. Barney Coffing, a well known Audubon township farmer, suffers two broken ribs and bruises when his car veers into a ditch on the way to church. Authorities caution about reckless driving on Sundays.
Miss Beth Harry entertained a group of women at her West Main Street home Wednesday evening at six. The gathering included Frankie Mae Bontrager of Atlantic, Marie Biggs of Kansas City, Margaret and Isabelle Biggs, Marjorie and Virginia Bean, and Master Max Harry as they played games and enjoyed amusements.
Elvida Rasmussen Campbell visits friends in Council Bluffs and Omaha. H R Redburn guests at D R Donohoe’s Walnut home. Anita Modern Woodmen Camp reports a well attended log rolling at Lewis. J M Butler and son plan a carload of cattle for Chicago. Raven Pig Meal to arrive on track this Thursday or Friday. Daughenbaughs and Kelley families share dinner at J C Kelley’s Lincoln township home.
The Cass county male chorus, praised at the Chautauqua in Atlantic, comes to Anita for an 8:00 p m Sunday program at the M E church. Wilbur Dallenger of Atlantic will direct the group.
For the second time this summer Albert Miller has fallen from a ladder while working and sustained severe injuries to his back requiring prompt and vigorous treatment.
M. R. Darrah and his wife from Minneapolis Minnesota spent several days in Anita and nearby with relatives and friends. Mrs Darrah is formerly Miss Hattie Dorsey. Clyde and Joe Smith, who recently toured to California, have returned to Lyman Nebraska and plan to stay long due to ample local work opportunities.
A large gathering of Hemphill, Hunter, and Trimmer kin met last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Trimmer on the Voorhees Estate two miles west of Anita. The reunion drew many relatives from near and far and featured a bountiful dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Robinson and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Scholl of Lincoln township were in Omaha on Tuesday for business matters.
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