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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1927
Page
5
R. R. Bell and wife of Jefferson were guests last week of their son in law and daughter Dr. and Mrs Phil T Williams. Mrs Elsie Kopp hosted the L. O. C. group at her home northwest of Anita. Substitutes were Mrs Leo Bongers, Mrs Joe Vetter and Mrs Jessie Wheeler. Mrs Reba Rasmus sen won high score. An excellent luncheon was served.
Local residents and visitors frequent Anita during the week. John P. Metz of Wiota, and Jeanne O Shaffer of Atlantic, among others, are noted as visitors. The Ladies Union Club hosted a dinner. WCTAs planned a Peace and Arbitration program. several families spent July 4th and weekends with relatives in Des Moines Redfield Corning Omaha Harlan and Des Moines.
Bert Beebe and wife of Lewis visited Anita as guests of R D Vernon and wife while R D Vernon hosted their relatives. Mable White and groom Edward F Kiefer left for Walden Colorado. Harry Faulkner his wife and daughter Joann vacationing at Lake Okoboji with Leon Voorhees family. William Karns now based in LaGrange Illinois after Davenport visit. Chas Graham and family spent Tuesday with Atlantic friends. Mayme Peerman returned to Anita from nursing care south of Atlantic. Weather remarks accompany regional notes. Mrs W R Spence of Atlantic stayed overnight in Anita with her relatives.
The C. A. Carey Home For Transients on east Main Street in Anita has been filled to overflowing for two weeks as tourists traveling west and east seek shelter and enjoy the comforts of real home life during summer travel.
This year sees record tourist footfall through Anita, with visitors already surpassing all prior years. Denison Iowa residents Mr and Mrs M Leahy and son Melvin stayed at the Brodersons for two days. Dr D Young and Ed Wheeler families visited West Liberty and celebrated the Fourth with local kin. Avery Stephenson returns from Dutch Flat after his father Thomas Stephenson's death. Anita locals hosted gatherings for Ed Tanger family from Dennison and Wiegand home, while W P Barrett and daughter from Pratt Kansas spent the Fourth in town with Val Wiegand family. Barrett and wife later returned home. daughter Anita stays on briefly.
Uncle William White in Anita visiting old friends with his daughter Mrs Genia Henderson. Congregational Ladies Aid Society to skip meeting due to many members absent. Mrs Alpha Nelson and three sons James Robert and Junior back from Creighton Nebraska to spend summer in Anita. Bobbie and Myrtle Robinson plan July 17 departure for Yellowstone Park vacation. Grant Township Board met at Farmers Coop office to pay bills and conduct monthly business.
Miss Lenore Carson of Fort Goblins Colorado, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl D Carson, spends a few weeks with relatives and friends in Anita Atlantic as Lewis on a lark or social visit.
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