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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1924
Page
8
An old advertisement from Bongers Bros promotes vacation medications and bedside care while travelers are away. The notice offers medical supplies and ready assistance under the Yaail banner for customers leaving on trips.
Cass County Iowa invites sealed bids for twelve or more box culverts. Bidding documents available from County Engineer A J Gates in Atlantic Iowa. Bids due 1:30 PM July 14 1924 with right to reject any or all bids. External project reference 28-21.
The article notes the financial status of the Wiota Consolidated School for the year ending July 1 1924 as detailed in Chapter sixty nine of the Fortieth General Assembly. It outlines funding provisions and fiscal guidelines adopted by state law.
The readable entries list numerous vendors and individuals with small payments and receipts. Items reference firms such as Metropolitan Supply, Iowa Electric, Wiota Telephone, and Hawkeye Printing, plus individuals like Maude Miller and Irma Ulrich. Receipts include district tax, tuition, and interest income totaling over 16 thousand dollars.
The Griswold Farm Bureau picnic on July 1 attracted over 3,000 attendees amid ideal weather. Winners in contests included Mrs. Kitelinger of Atlantic and I. W. Everson of Griswold for the dog pulling events.
The fourth quarterly conference of the M E Church was held Wednesday evening with good attendance. The church reports a productive year with 79 new members and 45 baptisms, seven weddings, and nineteen funerals. The Epworth League was reorganized, a Men’s Brotherhood formed in February led by C H Bartley, and community churches cooperated on initiatives. A Daily Vocational Bible School ran in June and a Sunday School Teachers' Training School is planned for July.
The Extension Summer School by the Teachers' College at Atlantic enters its sixth week with an enrollment of 311, the second largest among six extension sites. Students who attended the first six weeks in a prior year should enroll Tuesday, July 15, for the last six weeks to earn credit for a full term.
Pastor J W Ferner notes rising interest in Sunday School work in Cass county as Anita prepares for the Atlantic convention Nine delegates are chosen to represent the Sunday School and Church with other workers enlisted The Tompkins orchestra from Omaha entertained Anita last Sunday The pastor begins a sermon series next Sunday on The Bible Its Own Witness at 10 00 Sunday School and 11 00 church worship with evening services at 8 00 and 7 00 Christian Endeavor precedes the 8 00 sermon
The article notes that favorable weather is essential for prompt cultivation and protecting corn, especially on low lands, as ongoing rains and floods have damaged or ruined corn across the state. It also mentions Miss Madeline Reynolds, a Des Moines University student, spending several days at home in Anita.
Miss Bertha Kirkham daughter of Mayor Homer Kirkham and Earl Birge son of Elijah and Mrs Birge were married in Corning Iowa on Saturday May 31 1924. The couple kept the wedding secret for six weeks before confessing and plan to reside in Council Bluffs.
The record lists 4500.00 for the General Fund and 15500.00 for the Secretary line item for the upcoming year. The figures appear as budget estimates for the schoolhouse fund.
A meeting of the newly formed S. W. Club at Miss Odetta Parker home elected officers Mildred King as President Bernice Lewis as Treasurer and Odetta Parker as Secretary. Attendees included Maeford Stone Dorothy Weise Priscilla Kiehl Edna McCrory and others with lunch served after the session.
Raymond Wagner of Denver Colorado is spending a week in Anita as the guest of his father J A Wagner and relatives. He has worked for the Public Service Company of Colorado in Denver and has been promoted to a more responsible position and will be stationed in Memphis Tennessee in the future.
Rev. Howard of the Atlantic Christian Church will preach at 8:00 PM next Sunday July 13. The congregation is invited to attend and hear a powerful speaker and church worker in the evening service.
Roy W. Deeming and family spent Friday in Council Bluffs at the home of F. W. Luxford and family. Mrs. Glen Newton and her Nevada Iowan baby have been guests the past week with Granddad and Grandma Ed. Newton. John W. Budd of the Atlantic News Telegraph was a business visitor in town Saturday. Mrs. Horace Story of Olin Iowa is staying with sister-in-law Mrs. Lillie Story after the death of Rofe W. Story.
The Sunshine Club and families held a Sunday picnic in Anita City Park with well filled baskets and a full dinner. In the afternoon ice cream and cake were served and attendees hoped picnics would occur more often.
Mrs Mildred Haltom and daughter Miss Margaret and Miss Arline Fish visited Des Moines on Saturday. John Rexroad made a payment of 2 00 for the home paper through the year 1925.
Miss Virginia Deeming returns from Ralston Nebraska. Wm Spear back in Atlantic after Anita visit. Forshay family and Mrs Adair spend July 4 at Lake Okoboji cottage. Grover Beckman, Atlantic Democrat nominee for county treasurer, on business in Anita. Mildred Haltom and son Russell in Fontanelle with C. H. McDermott family. J W Morgan and wife from La Salle Illinois guests of James Morgan and G M DeCamp. Wm Jones family of Osceola visiting D C Reed family. Mrs Reed’s daughter is Mrs James.
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