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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1925
Page
5
A publisher extols Moonshine bread claiming it yields better bread from moderate flour prices. The promotion urges consumers to choose Moonshine to support a stronger wheat market and fair prices for producers.
Mrs Elvira Hyde and Mrs Mary Beaver were Atlantic visitors Saturday.
The Junior Class of Anita High School has elected Milred Allanson as President Melvin Rogers as Vice-President Marie Borth as Secretary and Treasurer to lead their affairs for the upcoming school year.
The Anita High School Girls basketball team plans a fundraiser titled Citelhta Piglellier ia to buy new suits. The event will take place Friday evening October 23 at the school building with a further announcement to follow.
Three ears of bright yellow corn on exhibition at the Record office showcase a likely record harvest from the Wm. C. McCrory farm in Lincoln township. The ears measure twelve and thirteen inches and reflect twenty years of successful cultivation of this variety.
Former resident IL S. W. Woods and wife of Adair traveled to Winona Minnesota to visit Mrs. Woods' son Pearl Bruyn's family. Mr. Woods became suddenly ill and was moved to a hospital for special treatment. He was reported slowly recovering. Mrs. Woods was formerly Mrs. Tan Bruyn a pioneer resident of Wiota.
Mrs J D Young entertained the Friday Bridge Club at her West Main Street home Friday afternoon with Mrs Fred M Sheley winning high score.
C P Blue has been busy for three weeks painting and improving the dwelling and other buildings on the Wm Gilpatrick farm, enhancing the premises and property.
Azel Ames of the Record leases the residence from E Barnholdt and will take possession this week. Mr and Mrs Barnholdt move to rooms in the C A Carey apartments.
John C Kelley, now over eighty, has received notice that his pension increase of 72 dollars per month has been approved by the Washington department. W A Stuart and wife of Des Moines, formerly of Anita, are visiting Anita and other relatives in the city. Hon M N Baker of Nampa Idaho, visiting Cass county, traveled with his daughter Nettie Murray, who will visit Hutchinson and later Anita. Baker and Mrs. Murray also spent time with their son Charles Baker in Armour.
The notice announces a candidate in the subscription contest by the Atlantic News Telegraph and asks for support through subscriptions. It thanks readers for past favors and notes community items from Anita. Local visits include Anita golf, California trip, Oakland move, Rock Island railway work, and a plane crash photo session near Anita.
Dr R A Lantz long time Extra veterinary practitioner relocates to Woodbine Iowa last week seeking a more profitable field. He previously served in Extra and has now shifted his professional base of operations to Woodbine for new opportunities.
Elizabeth Caldwell of the Salvation Army in Des Moines reports that 103 unmarried Iowa mothers found refuge at the Des Moines Home last year. Most teens stayed about three months or longer as the institution aids troubled girls toward better living and, in many cases, persuades marriages to restore the couple.
The Odd Fellows block and the Anita Telephone Company offices along with Dr. Phil Williams’s rooms have been connected to a newly installed hot water heating plant. The system promises real comfort during the upcoming fall and winter months for occupants.
Willard Kennedy closed the sale of his 160 acre farm on Whiteway 7 three miles west of Anita to Joe Kopp for 113 dollars per acre with possession March 1. The property, a historic eastern Cass county landmark, was originally broken out by David G. Wooster, brother of Mrs. Lewis Beason, early pioneers of the area.
A large Todhunter and Howe family reunion gathered in Winterset Iowa on Sunday with between forty and fifty members from across the country. Col A G Todhunter, longtime Anita resident now in Mitchell South Dakota, attended along with James C Rickel and his wife from the local area. The 1926 gathering is slated for Truro.
The passage notes many struggle to get along amid the scramble for a legitimate life. It muses on preferring to stay alive than die a hero, as a plausible excuse to remain on earth until the end.
Robert W. Chambers and his wife, who have spent weeks in Anita, Avoca, and Wiota, left for Ferintosh Alberta to visit a daughter. They plan to return to Boville, Idaho, with a possible move back to Iowa, potentially Anita or Shenandoah, after more than forty five years away.
Peter W. Anderson of the Wiota area visited the city on Saturday to catch up with old friends and neighbors. Guy Steinmetz, long employed at a Griswold cafe, has left and returned to Anita as the cafe changed hands.
Tony Kopp prepares eighty five head of spring pigs and eighty two head of pure bred spotted Poland China for market. Lee K Nichols and wife visited Mason City Iowa then spent weekend in Anita with the Weigand and Roe families. A busted water main caused a hurried repair as Main Street showed a flood like scene.
State Treasurer R. E. Johnson reports July gasoline tax revenue of 502,614.01 with 328,000 allocated to counties, 164,000 to the primary road fund, and 10,614.01 to the tax administration fund. August cigarette tax revenue stood at 75,065.95, about 5,000 higher than August of 1924.
Roy Duff and his family returned from Marshfield Wisconsin after spending a month at the home of Mr Duff’s sister Mrs Archie Cochran a former well known resident of the Anita area.
Local notes report Miss Lucille Lamborn of Garden City Kansas takes the stenographer job at Anita Bank succeeding her sister Mildred Lamborn who filled the post for years. Also mentioned are traffic signs damaged on Main Street, Elmer McFarland’s move to Los Angeles for university study, new telephone cable equipment, John Paxton’s grocery purchase and rental, Chas Aldrich and daughter visiting Anita, birth of Virginia Jean Nettlingham in Galatia Kansas, and rain making roads in poor condition, reducing Saturday business.
ASS’T DISTRICT ENGINEER John Butter of Atlantic visited the city with Mrs. Butter on Monday. The Harian residents recently announced his appointment to L. M. Martin, marking a notable advance in his engineering career.
An enjoyable Wednesday session of Bridge took place at Mrs. Cole Musick's home with luncheon served by the hostess. Mrs. Toots Smither earned high score among a competitive group of players.
Miss Lois Teter daughter of Mrs Ethel Weston Teter of Moberly Missouri and granddaughter of Wm J Weston of this city has enrolled in the college at Chillicothe Missouri and is taking the full commercial course in that institution where there are over 700 students.
Mrs. Fred M. Sheley entertained several ladies at her home Saturday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Dr. L. R. Johnson who leaves Anita this week for Chicago where the doctor and family will settle permanently. The gathering centered on bridge and luncheon was served.
Bright sunshine on Sunday eased travel to and from Anita and enabled John D to lay the foundation for a future contribution to a worthy cause.
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