Death of Judge W C Williams in San Antonio Plane Crash
Anita mourns as Judge W C Williams known as Billy dies near an aviation field in San Antonio when his plane struck a telephone pole. He served in WWI and in the air corps, later returning to Atlantic for kennel work before resuming aviation training. He leaves a widow Mildred Appleman and son William Jr. plus five brothers. Funeral planned in Atlantic with Masonic Elks Legion ties noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Philp T. Williams
W. C
Billy’) Williams
San Antonio
Texas
Billy’ Williams
Atlantic Daily News-Telegraph
Williams
Kelley Field
Callfield
Postfield
Fort Sill
Army
Herring Motor Company
Des Moines
Federal Air Corps Service
Atlantic
P. S. Appleman
Air Service
Rio Grande
Old Mexico
Griswold
Herring Company
W. C. Williams
Stuart
W. ©. Williams
Cass
Billy
Atlantic High School
Mildred Appleman
P. J Appleman
King Apartments
Lieutenant Williams
Phil T. Williams
Roger
George Williams
Max Williams
Waterloo
Internal Revenue Department
Ceil O. Williams
Highland Addition
Atlantic Masonic and Elks Lodges
Atlantic Post No
American Legion
Atlantic Rotary Club
Milk Wagon Run Amuk Prompts Loose Bottles on Street
On Monday morning Lawrence Christensen's team pulled a milk wagon when a number of tugs parted. The horses bolted over several blocks scattering milk mix and bottles along the route in a free flowing parade of dairy mishap.
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Lawrence Christensen
Spelling Contest Underway in Anita Public Schools
Spelling contests progress across Anita public schools with grade level eliminations. Fourth and fifth graders compete to select ten each, then winners advance through sixth grade and beyond to crown a school champion. The champion will represent Anita in the county contest in Atlantic on April 7. Primary grades also hold contests to boost interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Atlantic
Inter lodge Joint Meeting Honors Colfax Founder
Anita lodge No 262 ICOF and Juanita Rebekah Lodge held a joint meeting in which Vera B Hook delivered a paper commemorating Schuyler Colfax, birth of the Rebekah degree. A singing contest awarded to Jessie Parker and Val Wiegand, with Stella Musick and Chas Wilson second. The Wearing of the Green performed by eight ladies. luncheon followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Lodge No. 262
Juanita Rebekah Lodge
Thei Hall
Vera B. Hook
Schuyler Colfax
Jessie Parker
Val Wiegand
Stella Musick
Chas. Wilson
Original Sunshine Club Holds Luncheon and Card Games
Mrs John Robson entertained the Original Sunshine Club with a one o clock luncheon many members attended six visitors were present On Tuesday ladies tied comforters and visited men enjoyed a social card game The next meeting will be at Mrs Myra Turner on Thursday March 29 with officers to be elected as the new year begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Robson
Sunshine Club
Myra Turner
Old resident visits Anita from Bradgate Iowa
Mrs Fred C Chinn of Bradgate Iowa is visiting Anita for a week at the home of Joe Vetter and family. The Chinns have long connections with Anita before moving. Fred Chinn is elevator and coal company manager. Son Sanley recovers from illness and Dorothy slowly recovers from injuries after an auto accident. The family still praises Anita as a fine town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Chinn
Bradgate
Iowa
Anita
Joe Vetter
Chinn
Fred
Farmers’ Elevator
Sanley Chinn
Dorothy
New grocer Rhoads to open Cash and Carry in I O O F block
W E Rhoads takes charge of the new Cash and Carry Store to open next week in the I O O F block formerly occupied by J W Zike. He moved his family from Guthrie Center to Anita on Wednesday and has possession of the Vernon residence recently vacated by Dr P T Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Rhoads
Cash and Carry
J. W. Zike
Guthrie Center
Anita
R. D. Vernon
P. T. Williams
Snyder Nursery Catalog Seeks Grape Orders
All kinds of Nursery Stock offered from Snyder Nursery Atlantic Iowa. Apple trees five to six feet high fifty cents each Cherry sixty cents Plum sixty cents Evergreens wind break and ornamental two years old Grapes fifteen cents each or $1.50 per dozen One year Currants Gooseberries Mastodon ever bearing Strawberry Plants $2.00 per hundred Nursery on Highway 32 cemetery pavement Seventh St Atlantic Iowa 14-31 ED. SNYDER NURSERY
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway
Cemetery Pavement
Seventh St
Atlantic
Iowa
Snyder Nursery
Ladies Aid session at Congregational church hosts large crowd
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Congregational church held an all day session Friday at the home of Mrs Itol Hayter and served a one o'clock dinner, drawing a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society of
The
Congregational Church
Itol Hayter
Family visit from Eagle Grove man ends week in Anita
Sylvester Kirkham of Eagle Grove Iowa visits Anita area with his brothers and sisters and other relatives. It notes he left the north Anita farm about thirty years ago and has long worked as an engineer for the Northwestern Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Kirkham
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Anita
John
Homer Kirkham
Mattie Jenkins
Lessie Kirkham
Do'li2 Bair
Wessie
Northwestern Railway
1928 Telephone Directory Goes To Printer March 24
TO OUR PATRONS The 1928 Telephone Directory goes to the printer March 24. New listings or changes can be made up to March 29, 1928. ANITA TELEPHONE Co. C. H. Daubendiek, Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Telephone Ce
Local farm sale and poultry advertisement in Adair Iowa
S A Worthing forty acre farm near Anita sold last week to Rollie Wilbourn for 5150 cash with possession this week. Visitors Bessie Myers Lowell and Mrs Myrtle Robinson from Atlantic. Pleasant call received by Record editor from Mrs Fred C Chinn of Bradgate Iowa and Mrs Esther Vetter. For sale White Rock baby chicks and Buff Orpingtons at 12 per hundred hatch April 8. Orders taken. Mrs Glen Taylor Rt 4 Adair Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. A. Worthing
Anita
Earl Brown
Rollie Wilbourn
The
Record
Fred C. Chinn
Bradgate
Iowa
Esther Vetter
Glen Taylor
Adair
Oil Land Tour by Iowa Visitors Near Lincoln Township
George Robinson and Ed Johnson from Independence IA visited H. G. Armentrout in Lincoln township last week. Robinson, father in law to Hugh Armentrout, plans to examine a Texas tract of 200 acres near a productive oil field before selling or leasing to interested firms or corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robinson
Ed. Johnson
Independence
Iowa
H. G. Armentrout
Lincoln Township
Mr. Robinson
Hugh Armentrout
Anita
Buchanan County
Messrs. Robinson
Johnson
Texas
Robinson
Will Open New Garage In Anita
H. O. Corcoran and Son lease Beaverdale Garage and Wagner Filling Station on East Main street in Des Moines. Corcoran will move to Anita this week to open the garage, bringing years of automotive electrical and radio repair experience and offering a full line of radio and car accessories at reasonable prices. The firm invites locals to call and become acquainted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. O. Corcoran
Anita
Claude Smeads
Des Moines
Mr. Smeads
Wagener
H. O. Corcoran and Son
Dinner for Orchestra at Root Home Honor Heckman Moore Heckman Orchestra
The Original Sunshine Club hosted an oyster dinner at Mr and Mrs T E Root home on Sunday in honor of the Heckman Moore Heck man orchestra a popular musical group that has delighted the club and neighborhood with high quality music for years All members attended except Mr Moore and family due to their little daughter Betty Jean illness A delightful time was enjoyed by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Club
T. E. Root
Heckman-Moore-Heckman Orchestra
Mr. Moore
Betty Jean
WCTU Regular Meeting at Mrs Reed's Home
The WCTU held a well attended regular meeting at Mrs. W S Reed's home. Anna Porch led the program with readings recitations contests and a song. The next gathering will be at Mrs Anna Davey’s home with Mrs L B Trumbull organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Reed
Anna Porch
L. B. Trumbull
A. B. Stone
E. O. Douglass
Gee, Scholl
David Knudson
J. D. Knudson
F. Ditman
H. O. Knudson
Anna Davey
Shultz Announces Candidacy for Anita Mayor
Wm H Shultz states his name will appear on the ballot for mayor in Anita Iowa election on March 26 1928 He pledges to protect the town and its people and its interests if elected by the voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Iowa
Wm. H. Shultz
Former Anita resident Anna Faye Bell Conley dies
Funeral services were held in Council Bluffs and interment at Atlantic after Mrs. Anna Faye Bell Conley, born near Anita in 1887, died following surgery. She married Albert G. Conley in 1905 and lived in Council Bluffs. Survived by husband and three children, plus three brothers and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Faye Bell Conley
Anita Lady
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Atlantic Cemetery
Harry Coates
Fifth Avenue M. E. Church
Wm. Mack
First Presbyterian Church
Rock Island
Illinois
Margretta Dorrell
Myrtie Roe
Des Moines
Lenna Parker
Portland
Oregon
Men Only Lecture by Rev Bertha Harris at Anita Congregational
A message of good cheer for men will be delivered by Rev Bertha J Harris evangelist from Ashtabula Ohio at Anita Congregational church Sunday at 3 00 pm All varieties of men are invited Harris assists Rev Leora Miars the resident pastor in a week of special meetings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha J. Harris
Ashtabula
Ohio
Anita Congregational Church
Leora Miars
Petersons’ Son Undergoes Timely Appanectomy
Lee Peterson of Iowa Falls, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Peterson of this city, was recently taken to the hospital for appendicitis. Surgeons found the appendix in serious condition and say the operation was performed at a crucial time, with delaying danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Peterson
Iowa Falls
J. D. Peterson
Home for Short Vacation
Miss Lillian Metz spends the week at her parents home in Benton township visiting friends across northeastern Cass county. She has completed two of three years in Mercy hospital, Council Bluffs nursing program and remains devoted to nursing with strong demand and good salaries in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Metz
Mike Metz
Benton Township
Cass County
Corn Dope and Local Movements Highlight Des Moines Briefs
Local notes mention Corn Dope available at 1820 12th Street Des Moines and a Des Moines business visit by C C Lacey and wife. Finis B Perry sends old home paper from Sioux City Anita moves welcomed Claude Smeads relocation to Anita for Wagener Garage. Grant Township Farm Bureau meeting March 28 at 8 pm district 3 school. Potatoes offered by John Dinkey with seed stock praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ee Finis B. Perry
Anita
Sioux City
Grant Township Farm Bureau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home Missionary Society
Women’s Home Missionary Society
Anita M. E. Church
F. A. Black
George Denne
Harvey Turner
Frank Miller
Amuk
Rebekahs
NEW Grocer
C. H. Daubendiek
Mer
Bessie Myers Lowell
Mrs
Myrtle Robinson
Rongers Brothers
Rexall
Fullerton Lumber Co
V.C. McCoy, Mgr
Pythian
Pythian Sisters
Castle Hall
St. Patrick’s
Pythias
Flannigan
Murphy
Teshelalah
Dinty Moore
Jigg
Crozan
WCTU
12Th St
C. C. Lacey
Rialto Theatre
John Dinkey
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