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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1925
Page
8
Announcement from Bessie Myers Lowell in Cass County seeking support for subscription contest run by the Atlantic News Telegraph. Thanks readers for past favors and requests continued subscriptions.
Proceedings from Atlantic Iowa show the Cass County Board of Supervisors meeting at nine oclock in the morning with C E Malone D J Bode C A Zellmer C G Hansen and H G Armentrout present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved as read.
Mrs. H. E. Campbell hosted a Friday afternoon bridge gathering for a group of ladies in her home, honoring her sister in law Mrs. Ida Campbell Henderson from Pittsburg. Luncheon followed the six table bridge game with assistance from Mrs. W. E. Fish and Miss Vera Hook. Out of town guests included Mrs. C. L. Campbell Atlantic Mrs. Herbert Rein ml Des Moines Mrs. Mamie Pratt Renner New York City and others from Paoli Colorado and local residents.
The Steele family reunion in Morris Illinois drew seventy five members from Anita and Jewell Iowa with six brothers and three sisters present. Old Bill Steele reported a hot baseball game between a hall-smashers nine and Steele’s Colts which the Colts won easily. Attendees enjoyed abundant food including five gallons of ice cream forty musk melons and ten watermelons at the city park's bathing pool and attractions for an ideal day.
Farm bureaus warn poultry raisers to beware of strangers claiming to cull poultry. They use plausible stories and even coops to buy culled hens below market price or steal the best layers. Keep a wide berth and contact authorities if persistent. Use the phone to report and have them detained.
The Cass Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors adopts Resolution establishing Drainage District No. 5 pending engineer report, approves a three-member appraiser panel, and sets a further hearing for August 81 1925. They also approve the G W Condon Company bond on Project 283 and authorize session bills and claims. A final note reflects on lifelong opportunity in the United States with education into old age.
County commissioners met August 10 1925 with full attendance. Petitions granted after reading. bids for white paint rejected. 105 gallons to be purchased from A H Brehmer at 2.29 per gallon. contract with Nichols Roofing for West Sixth Street bridge bituminous carpet coat at 1.25 per sq yd. two year maintenance. one car load bridge lumber from B R Wasson Co at Atlantic FOB priced 34 35 36 per 1000 ft. auditor authorized to issue warrants. adjourned to August 13. Visitors noted.
A letter-style note discusses sowing alfalfa red clover and sweet clover with a musical refrain about seed and reap. It cites spring 1925 as a turning point for growers who seed clover mixes, and estimates percentages for factors like treatment, seed variety, planting, and luck.
Fifty guests gathered at Mr and Mrs James Jensen home last Sunday to celebrate the sixty seventh birthday of Mrs Jacob Swin of Atlantic mother of Mrs Jensen and to mark a Jensen family reunion. The day featured music games dining and round melons followed by further refreshments as the group departed. Guests included Jacob Swin Neill Jensen Oliver Pierce Joe Morgan Joe Huffman N Jensen Wm Wheeler R W Channon Maurice Jensen Chris Jensen Mrs A W Harvey and daughter Ruth Miss Olga Jensen and Otto Jensen of Minneapolis.
Eighty Berry clan members gathered for the ninth reunion in Atlantic on August 19. Rain canceled the noon picnic at Sunnyside, shifting the event to a church basement reception. J W Berry known as Uncle John, age over ninety, attended while R A and A F Berry were absent due to illness. Distant guests from Nebraska, South Dakota, California, Iowa, and other towns joined locals from Lewis and Atlantic. Regrets came from California Wyoming Missouri Illinois and Montana. R A Berry was re elected president. W F Berry will become secretary. next year’s meeting will be in Atlantic. The weather cooled at night helping corn reach maturity.
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