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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1917
Page
5
Miss Dora Carlton wed Harry R Brink at the bride's parents home near Anita on December 27. Rev Robt Swick officiated with a ring ceremony. The couple will reside in Ponca Nebraska after February 1 as Brink serves as school superintendent.
A recap of social visits and farm duties around New Year. A. E. Reason and son called at ArcoRD. Ed Wagner and family vacationed with H O Stone's hosts. Todhunters reflect on the old home. Alf manages household duties amid illness, cake mishaps, and baking trials while grandkids start anew in South Dakota.
A four o'clock December 28 1916 wedding united Miss Peta Vernon and Prof Irwin F Hayenga in Vernon with Rev L H Hayenga officiating. The ceremony featured a ballad by Leahi Rich and a red white decor. The couple plan to live in Forest River North Dakota after February 1. The bride of Anita fame taught in Wiota and Highland Park College alum. Attendants and out of town guests from George Iowa Atlantic and Wiota attended. They will visit Morrison Iowa and George before settling in Forest River.
A short note highlights farm land bargains in Northeast Oklahoma inviting investors. Greeting from Wellington New Zealand to the Record editor accompanies district social updates. Col A G Todhunter and wife visited son G C Todhunter. illness kept Mrs Todhunter until Monday. W P G Club held an annual meeting at the Calkins home with banquet and sociable turnout.
Tra Bontrager installed a Burroughs listing machine at White Pole Garage. Joe Miller and wife from Los Angeles visit Anita with sister Mrs. Mary Smither. F W Beebe and wife attend wedding of Prof. Irwin Hayenga and Miss Zeta Vernon. Anecdotes recall Frank and Alice of Grant township ties to the area and tribal memories.
C W Smither and kin will relocate to the S S Willson residence on Rose Hill Avenue. An Anita woodbed and cob market notes high prices and winter fuel concerns as coal shortage looms. Joe H Kirkham of Clay Works Iowa and Sylvester Kirkham of Eagle Grove Iowa visit with their mother and siblings, described as a lively, hospitable clan.
Weather conditions delay the arrival of building materials and a shortage of workers will postpone many families from moving into newly built homes as soon as anticipated.
J Perey Young of Chicago and his wife and son have spent the past week as guests of J D Young George Pratt and C H McDermott. Andrew Lighter recently in poor health from Os kaloosa plans return to Anita to stay with his niece Mrs Ea Butler Close. Uncle Ank, age eighty one, remains remarkably well despite a long life of hardships.
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