Obituary and Pioneer Notes from Anita Area
Mrs. Mary Kelleher aged 81 dies at home near Anita after forty-one years in the community. She leaves eight children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and is buried in Catholic Cemetery following Requiem High Mass. Former Anita boy David Marsh marries Miss Freda Littlejohn in Canada. couple to settle on a farm near Arcola with many relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Mahoney
County Kerry
Ireland
America
Chicago
Illinois
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
John Kelleher
Dennis
Jeremiah
Elizabeth
Julia
Ellen Walker
Neola
Iowa
Alice Hass
Holstein
Katherine Kuhl
Memphis
Nebraska
Hannora Lally
Adair
R. C. Demming
Davey
Marsh
Arthur David Marsh
Freda Aleta Littlejohn
Arcola
Sask
Canada
W. C. T. U. Plans County Convention At Anita Church
The W C T U met with Mrs Jennie Overmier to arrange the County Convention at Anita M E Church on Thursday August 7 an all day and evening session. Committees were named for reception decoration program and refreshments with Mrs Overmier Mrs Turner and others appointed. The union aims for a large attendance and a strong program. The next meeting will be hosted by Mrs H H Turner with Mesdames Kirkham and Ditman on the program committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Vohs
George Scholl
H. R H. Turner
Homer Kirkham
J. D. Peterson
H. H. Turner
Mesdames Kirkham and
Ditman
Lawn Social and Dance at Scholl Home
A lawn fete last Friday at Mr. and Mrs. Lester Scholl featured Japanese lanterns mats and cuisine. Hostesses Miss Genevieve Shanman Dorothy Chinn and Anita H East oversaw the event with about forty guests including out of town attendees Geraldine Kiehl Lenore Carson and Marian Galiher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester Scholl
Genevieve Shanman
Dorothy Chinn
Anita H. East
Geraldine Kiehl
Rockwell City
Iowa
Lenore Carson
Marian Galiher
Atlantic
Visited the Old Home Folks
Isaac Houck and wife of University Park Iowa, formerly of Anita, stopped in the city en route to Colorado and other western points. They travel by auto and expect to be away several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Houck
University Park
Iowa
Anita
Houck
Colorado
First airmail letter arrives in Anita for Petersons
The first air mail letter received in Anita is addressed to Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Peterson from their son serving in California with Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
J. D. Peterson
Sam
Notice to Bidders for Federal Aid Project Forty-Four
Sealed bids are invited by the Cass county Iowa Auditor in Atlantic until 10:00 A M on July 24 1924 for grading draining and bridging work on Federal Aid Project No Forty Four. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. 30-21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Iowa
Atlantic
Billie Angelo's Angell Show and Sunday Guests
Wesley Betting and family of Des Moines were Sunday guests of Frank Lees and family. Ralph Workman of Omaha spent Sunday in Anita at his father Chas Workman's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Angelo
Angell
Wesley Betting and Family
Des Moines
Frank Lees
Ralph Workman
Omaha
Anita
Chas. Workman
Harvest Time Clouds Farmers Grain and Hay Schedules
Farmers push through grain harvest as hay harvest crowds their time. Miss Myrtle Nichols of New Virginia has stayed with G W Marsh and family the past week. Jay T McMullen and wife of Kellerton Iowa visited Anita for a Sunday stay with G W Marsh and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Nichols
New Virginia
G.W. Marsh and
Family
Soldiers and visitors move through regional towns
James Foote departed this week for Fort Riley Kansas to spend several weeks at the officers reserve camp. Mrs Leola Peterson McLennon of Des Moines is visiting Anita at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J D Peterson and wife for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Foote
Fort Riley
Kansas
Leola Peterson McLennon
Des Moines
Anita
J. D. Peterson
Campbell family leaves for Colorado to settle in Greeley
Clarence N Campbell his wife and daughter left Tuesday evening for Greeley Colorado where they expect to locate permanently. They will have the best wishes of their many friends in the old home town and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence N. Campbell
Greeley
Colorado
Missionary Society Meeting At Congregational Church
The Missionary Society of the Congregational Church held its monthly gathering at Mrs. Peter E Voorhees home with Mrs. George Scholl leading. Mrs. Wagner Trumbull and Richards spoke on topics, Miss La Verne Boutrager played a piano solo, and a two course luncheon was served by the hostess and assistants. Out of town guests included Mrs. Fannie Huff Iowa City and Mrs. Henry Thompkins and son Wayland of Omaha. Next meeting will be hosted by Mrs. L R Johnson with Mrs. W E Fish as leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missonary Society of the Congregational Church
Peter E. Voorhees
George Scholl
Mesdames
J. A. Wagner
L. B. Trumbull
C. P. Richards
Fannie Huff
Iowa City
Henry Thompkins and Son
Wayland
Omaha
L. R. Johnson
W. E. Fish
Death of a former pastor Rev Hohanshelt remembered in Anita
Friends in Anita report the death of Rev W G Hohanshelt at his Monrovia California home after a year long illness. He served the Anita M E Church for a full term and held senior roles in the Des Moines Conference. Survived by wife Nina Brown Lula Newton and Walter. Royce died in childhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita M. E
Des Moines
Creston
Hohanshel
Nina Brown
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
Lula Newton
Cody
Wyoming
Walter Hohanshelt
Monrovia
California
Royce
Hohanshelt
Anita
Seeing the Sights in Canada Vacation at Lake Okoboji
Leon G Voorhees and Harry C Faulkner with families enjoy summer at Lake Okoboji. They plan a special trip into Canada based on reports of wild people said to inhabit the realm yet be harmless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon G. Voorhees
Harry C. Faulkner
Lake Okoboji
Leon
Harry
Canada
Mrs L F Holtz Of Burley Idaho A Welcome Guest
Mrs L F Holtz of Burley Idaho is a welcome guest this week at the home of her daughter Mrs Theo B Nichols. For years before moving to Idaho she lived in Randolph Nebraska and knew a large colony of former Anita people there including S S Van Slyke Ed and Schuyler Wilson Wm P Galvin and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Holtz
Burley
Idaho
Theo. B. Nichols
Klansmen Urged to Attend July 21 1924 Meeting
A terse call for a special meeting of Klansmen on Monday night July 21 1924 at the regular hall. Every Klansman his wife and friends are urged to attend as important business will be transacted. It stresses duty to be present.
Nebraska sisters host out-of-town guests Saturday
Mesdames F. W. Herbert H. G. Dacken of Atlantic G. W. Preston of Avoca and Lulu Gotsche of Grand Island Nebraska visited their sisters Mrs. B. D. Forshay and Mrs. G. M. Adair Saturday in a family gathering with local kinship ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames F. W. Herbert
H. G. Dacken
Atlantic
G. W. Preston
Avoca
Lulu Gotsche
Grand Island
Nebraska
B. D. Forshay
G. M. Adair
Helping Hands Club Picnic Planned at Sunnyside Park
Mrs E E Soper and daughter hosted the Helping Hands club in Lincoln township with quilting and tea towel tasks. Plans were made for a July 20 picnic at Sunnyside Park Atlantic for members and families. visitors included several local ladies and Misses Pletcher, Scholl, and Borth. The club will be hosted by Mrs Chas Borth on July 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Soper
Jens Miller
Lincoln Township
Sunnyside Park
Atlantic
Mesdames Wm. Watson
Frank Schwenke
H. G. Armentrout
A. A. Hayter
B. D. Crozier
Cecil D. Taylor
John Mehlman
Cecil Scholl
Louise Pletcher
Lillian Scholl
Marie
Marie Borth
Esther
Dora Rupperle
Rosa Miller
Mrs. Crozier
Antone Mailander Inspects Fire Damaged Spaulding Home
Antone Mailander of Spaulding Nebraska visited the city this week to handle business over damage to his West Main street dwelling caused by a Tuesday night fire. The building was insured for 3000 dollars through The Anita Bank Agency which employed H H Turner to supervise repairs. Joe Vetter represents The Anita Bank Insurance Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antone Mailander
Spaulding
Nebraska
West Main Street
Anita Bank
H H. Turner
Joe Vetter
Anita Bank Insurance Agency
Grant Township Farm Bureau July Meeting at Anita
The Grant Township Farm Bureau will hold its July meeting on Wednesday evening July 23 at the Unique Theatre in Anita. The Rotary Club of Atlantic will present a minstrel show. Farm Bureau members and other Grant township farmers can obtain free tickets by calling the Farmers' Coop. The program starts at 8 15 and no refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Township
Farm Bureau
Unique
Anita
Rotary Club of
Atlantic
Farmers’ Coop
Monuments Erected in Evergreen Cemetery by Local Workman
A. F. Choate, owner of the Anita Marble and Granite Works, has placed numerous monuments in Evergreen Cemetery over the past months. His latest order, from R. D. Vernon, calls for a large and beautiful monument for the Vernon family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Cemetery
A. F. Choate
Anita Marble and Granite Works
R. D. Vernon
Anita Young to Wed in August nuptials in city
Anita Young will marry Howard J. Fitzgerald of Keota Iowa on Wednesday August twentieth 1924. The announcement came after a seven o'clock dinner hosted by Miss E Merle Walker and her mother at the family home on Chestnut Street with twenty four guests and a green and white decor theme featuring feverfew and smilax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. O. O. F. Hall
E. Merle Walker
Former Anita Resident Mary Coyle Allen Visits
Mrs Mary Allen of Creston accompanied by Mrs Mary Webster and her baby visited Anita friends on Thursday. A former Anita resident from the late 1870s she is known as Miss Mary Coyle daughter of the late James and Mary Coyle. She has long owned and run a Cres ton dry goods store with success. Local friends welcome her warmly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Allen
Creston
Nice
Mary Webster
Baby
Sidney
Iowa
Anita
Allen
Mary Coyle
James Coyle
Mary Coyle Allen
Musical Program At Forshay Home Hosted By Sisters
Mrs. B. D. Forshay and Mrs. G. M. Adair welcomed more than one hundred guests at the Forshay home last Saturday for a musical program by their sister Pearl Hutton Schrader of Spokane Washington. The little Misses Ruth Preston and Jayne Gotsche also contributed selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. Forshay
G. M. Adair
Forshay
Pearl Hutton Schrader
Spokane
Washington
Ruth Preston
Avoca
Jayne Gotsche
This City
Thief Steals Clothing From Mason Linder Home
In Anita area on Whiteway-7 highway, a burglar entered Mason Linder’s rural home during a Band Concert outing Tuesday and took all clothing including Sunday-best overalls shirts shoes and boots. Linder asks only for his spectacles to be returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason Linderman
Anita
Whiteway-7
Mason
Ray Workman and wife to depart Anita for Colorado
Ray Workman and his wife plan to leave Anita around August first for Colorado, where they expect to stay several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Workman
Anita
Colorado
Beckies Install Officers at Juanita Rebekah Lodge
At a Monday lodge meeting officers for the ensuing term were installed by District Deputy President Charlotte Olsen and Deputy Grand Marshal Jessie Pipgrass, both from Atlantic. New officers include N G Ivadell Rhoads and Vera B. Hook, with Bertha Lewis as treasurer and Anna Millard conductor. Visitors from Atlantic and Fantanelle attended, led by Agnes Mercer who taught unwritten work and spoke to the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita Rebakah Lodge
Dis
Vera B. Hook
Bertha Lewis
Netha Hutchinson
Anna Millard
Adella Stuart
Chapalin
Atlantic
Fantanelle
Agnes Mercer
Lodge
Town of Anita orders car owners to move only with official approval
Notice explains fire emergency rule changing vehicle behavior after July 8 1924 fire. Cars must stay parked unless authorized by the Mayor City Marshal or Fire Marshal to move so fire department can pass. Order emphasizes safety and strict obedience by town residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
From Indiana to California Raine family heads west
W. W. Raine a longtime Anita resident travels from Indiana to California with Mrs. Raine. They will settle permanently in the sunny state after 23 years away, with past decades in West Virginia and Indiana and recent sale of local interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Raine
Anita
Mrs. Raine
Indiana
California
Mr. Raine
West Virginia
Former Resident Ill From Pneumonia in Eugene
Relatives announce the serious illness of Thos. McDermott, formerly of Anita, at his Eugene Oregon home due to pneumonia. He is brother to Geo E McDermott and David H McDermott, and son in law of Mrs B F Sisler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. McDermott
Anita
Eugene Oregon
Geo. E
David H. McDermott
B. F. Sisler
Card of Thanks to Fire Dept and Neighbors
We express grateful thanks to the Anita Fire Department for their prompt response to the fire at our home and to neighbors and friends for kindnesses. Thanks to Forshay Forshay Insurance Agency for the satisfactory settlement. Mr and Mrs C N Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Fire Department
Forshay & Forshay Insurance Agency
C. N. Campbell
Evergreen Cemetery Association Meeting Called For July 25 1924
All members of the Evergreen Cemetery Association are requested to meet in the American Legion Room on Friday July 25 1924 at 2 30 P M by order of the 80 2 Board of Trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evergreen Cemetery Association
American Legion Room
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mary Kelleher
Fering
Julia Kelleher
Kelleher
Rock Island Railway Company
Kelle
St. John’s Catholic
Father Sheehy
Lawrence Walker
Karl
Raymond
Edward
John Hass
Edmund
Ance
A. C. Walker
C. H. Hass
N. V. Kuhl
Mayme Rebenau
Fred Lyons
J. P. Gargan
Edmund Kuhl
Edward Hass
Sioux City
Anita Boy
David Marsh
Scotland
Cupid
Mar
Mrs. Marsh
W. C. T. U.’s Meeting
Jennie Overmier
B. W. McEldowiney
A. B. Stone
Jay T. McMullen
Kellerton
G. W. Marsh
Miss la Verne Boutrager
Fred C. Chinn
Belle Dougherty
Chester Crandall
W. G. Hohanshelt
Ness
Rev
Chas. Borth
Grant Farm Bureau Meeting
Mr. and
Mrs. U. S. Wal
Ker
Mr. Howard J. Fitzgerald
Keota
L. W. Fitzgerald
Helen Inguerson
Chauncey Wilson
New York City
Mesdames Jot Vetter
Homer Millhollin
Guy Rasmussen
Chas Robison
Harvey Richter
Cleo Reeves
Ralph Forshay
Earl Holton
Phil Williams
Tom Burns
Chas Smith
Garrett de Camp
Wayne Bullock
Chas Salmon
Irma Lewis
Bernice Kirkham
Irene Johnson
Kathryn Galiher
Lydia Kuehn
Grace Broadfoot
Lela Booth
Beckies
Trict
Charlotte
Dasha Scholl, N. G
Lena Schaake
O. G
Emma Dill
I. G
M.millhollin
Evergreen Cemetery Association Meeting
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