Local notes and wartime updates from Anita district
Community news from Anita Iowa highlights visits by families and former residents, Army training and deployment plans, a new Honor Roll at the Evangelical church, and local plans for support of service members. Notable items include Mrs Emery Grace and Mrs Jeanette Hemphill at W. O. Aldrich’s, the Kirk family visit, and preparations for Massena and Des Moines connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emery E. Grace
Jeannette Hemphill
W. O. Aldrich
The
Evangelical Church
Oak Ridge harvest activity and community notes
Harvest work dominates Oak Ridge as grain cutting finishes and many residents visit relatives. Gust Reimers helps with harvest, Arch Bain coats a barn in red paint, and the community hosts dances, club meetings, and visits from Des Moines to Anita. The June 5 county registrants travel to Audubon for exams. Julius A. Nelson campaigns for state senate amid quarantine releases.
Vermin-proof garments aid Iowa soldiers in France
Iowa progress report details vermin-proof suits treated with sulfur and naphthalene in gasoline, airlifted to Camp Dodge for Iowa soldiers. Anita neighbors contributed sixty-six completed suits. Red Cross rooms solicit funds and more materials. Also notes social items, travel, and local morale after front news.
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France
State University
Iowa City
Iowa
United States
Camp Dodge
Red Cross
Anita
Vicinity
Charlotte Ziegler
L. R. Galiher Company
Mrs Olas and McLeninon Visit Menlo Friends
Mrs Olas and McLeninon spent a few days in Menlo with friends. Mrs Leslie Bean and the Bean child visited relatives and friends in the country on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Leslie Bean
the Little Bean
Prophesied Rain Fails to Materialize
Weather prediction promised rain from Cornicert Night but none arrived. Farmers face pasture shortages driving livestock to market in unfinished condition due to drought and feed scarcity.
Local Socials and City Visitors Noted
W. J. Weston and wife plan a pleasure trip next month. Ollie Conley and family of Atlantic visit in the city Tuesday evening along with Dr. and Mrs. R. A. Lantz of Ex tra. Roscoe Griffith of Omaha visits his sisters Mrs. Porch Ragan and Norton with Isaac Griffith in attendance last week. Harry and Chas Graham were RECORD callers Tuesday evening. Bertrand Stauffer and Billy Weston called at the RECORD office Pri vy. Former Anita resident Kid Palmer now in Atlantic and ill, with little prospect of recovery, staying with son Clarence Palmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Luxford
Harlan
Frank
Mr. Luxford
George
Paul Parkinson
Wall Lake
Helen Woodman
Swinehart
Lawson Bain
Parkinson
Chas. Graham
Rob Bain
C. O. Gipple
Ruth Graham
Hallie Anderson
Franz Brothers
Fordson
Bert Mooney
Tommy Torrence
Adair
Gus Reimers
Oak Ridge Club
J. L. Swinehart
Ernest Tharp
Geo Graham
Chas, Galiher
Casey
L. R. Galiher
Bessie Brown Nelson
Atlantic
Euphemia Brown
Anita
Claire Sweney
Janice Emmett
Lincoln
Reprada
Sweney
W. D. Pratt
John Rogler
Mr. Rogler
Pratt
James Brown
L .R. Eller
Eller
Frances McCoy
Town City
John W. Nichols
Colorado
Switzerland
Hidora
Big Thompson Canyon
Colorado Springs
Red Cross
Nebraska
W. J. Weston
Ollie Conley
R. A. Lantz
Extra
City
Roscoe Griffith
Omaha
Mesdames &. C
Harry
Chas ‘Graham
Bertrand Stauffer
Billy Weston
Record Office
Kid, C. Palmer
Clarence R. Palmer
Hides and Furs Buyer Moves to New Office
Notice announces Anita Produce Company office relocation to L. B. Trumbull’s office near Citizen’s Savings Bank where the seller will continue paying top market prices for hides and furs. Also notes calls for livestock removal, business and local personnel updates.
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Anita Produce Company
L. B. Trumbull
Citizen's Savings Bank
United Evangelical Church Services Report
The church notes good attendance at last Sunday services and states the pastor will preach both morning and evening next Sunday. Mr Harley Wise will lead the Christian Endeavor at 745 pm on lessons from Bible Proverbs. Mid week prayer is 830 pm. Sunday school is at 10 am. Charles Pickford, Pastor.
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Harley Wise
Christian Endeavor
Methodist Church Sunday Services Promote Attendance
The church calls a 10 a.m. Sunday school urging over a hundred attendees. It invites all members to participate and bring the whole family for a meaningful service and deeper Christian living. Epworth League and evening worship follow at 7 30 and 8 30.
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Epworth League
God
Great Question and Proverbs Lessons At Local Church
Eben A. Thomas urges attendance at morning worship with a 11 a.m. service on The Great Question. Christian Endeavor meets at 7 46 p m with Lessons from Beautiful Proverbs led by Mrs A Joy. Evening service at 8 30 p m on Made Fit for Service. Psalm 122 1 expresses joy at going to church. Winnie F Hendricks on leave visits family after special instruction at Ames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Joy
Chas. N. Odell
Winnie F. Hendricks
Ames
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anita Record
Cass County
Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
L.R. Eller
Galiher Building
Bessie Parkinson
Massena
Portland
Oregon
James Ferguson
Wm. Hettinger
Louise Harderson
Ferguson
Harper Kirk
W. H. Kirk
Willisea
R. KE. Daughenbaugh
Wood Lake
Minnesota
Nellie Eneix
Claude Bills
Camp Pike
Arkansas
F. R. Wilbourn
Marsh Millhollin
Lieutenant A. L. Millhollin
New York
Wm. Crozier
Lake City
Towa
T. A. Crozier
Wm. Watson
Dr. Penauite
C. B. Parkinson
Fred B. Parkinson
W.J. Weston
Harvey Wilbourn
F. R. Wilbourne
Laura Mitthollin
Estherville
Des Moines
Mayme Pratt
Stuart School
Miss Pratt
G. S. Daughenbaugh
Roy Derry
Stanley Wood
Dean Armstrong
Vira Wood
Jessie
Jennie Daughenbaugh
Inez Armstrong
Lewis
Crystal Lake
Frank Charles
H. BE. Campbell
Fred Whited
S. A. Whited
Camp Funston
Kansas
Lump Coal
U. S. Fuel Administration
E. W. Holmes Co
Anita, Iowa
Oak Ridge
Charles H. Graham
Arch Bain
Joe Clare
Rob Cooper
Charley Clark
Earl Walker
Stephenson
Max Walker
Levi
Levi Walker
Frank Graham
Lenora Swinehart
J. E. Turner
Fannie Bain
G. B. Graham
Fred Wohlleber
Geo. Deane
Maude
Audubon
Zoe Bain
Hortense
Nancy Elliott
W. F. Kirkham
Rubel
Leonard
Herndon
Chas Clark
Karl Walker
Harry Graham
Andrew Vokt
Vokt
Knudson
Willis Parrott
A. Forrester
Lewis and Atlantic
Julius A. Nelson
Cass- Shelby
Arcorp
Bill”? Wahlert
J. S. Hunter
C. R. Palmer
Henry T. Chapin
Grinnell
Fred C. Chinn
N. D. Chinn
Spokane
Washington
China
Theo. Goddwin
Wiota
Kaiser Bill
Main Street
Germany
Berlin
Lucile Wiley
June Robinson
Minnie Simon
Beulah Slater
Ruby Lanny
Martha Klemish
Gertrude Robinson
Bessie Dougherty
City Feed
Sale Barn & Livery
Geo. W. Parker
the Alamito Sanitary Dairy CO
F. H. Bowen
F. H. Knowlton
E. M. Crane
Wilbur Wheatley
L. R. Galiher Co
Frank Barber Threshing
Lee K. Nichols
W.R. Spence
G. A. Roe
the Lakes
F. B. Nichols
Lennox Furnaces
E. S. Wolfer
United Evangelical Church
Charles Pickford
Eben A. Thomas
RED Mill Cafe Atlantic
C. E. Harry
Veterinary
Millard’s
R. A. Becker
Citizens Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
G.M. Adair
L. A. Galiher
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