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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
8
Wilbur Heckman was the guest of honor at a Sunday afternoon surprise party planned by neighbors and friends for Mrs Heckman's birthday. The home was beautifully decorated with angel food cake and abundant ice cream, and guests wished her many more happy birthdays.
Ben Scott and his wife from Lincoln Nebraska spent several days in Anita this week with Mrs Maggie McDermott and James Foote the wife’s mother and brother.
Last Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. I N Taylor near Berea a twelve o'clock dinner honored Mr and Mrs Glen Taylor newly united in marriage. Relatives and friends present included Mrs E E Soper and family Mrs Ethel Miller and son Harold Mr and Mrs Marvin Taylor Mr and Mrs Jesse Taylor Mr and Mrs P R Nichols Mr and Mrs Ray Nichols and family and the couple themselves.
Evers t B Lumen is extending work on the water works system at his Lincoln township farm making extensive repairs and upgrades to the supply lines and storage facilities.
Theodore Goodwin Cass county pioneer died at 3 00 A M Saturday September 8 1927 at his son Ralph Goodwins Atlantic Iowa home aged 75 years four months five days due to a paralytic stroke. He was born April 29 1852 Davenport Iowa and moved to Cass County in the 1870s marrying Martha Foster August 24 1876 in Anita. Surviving sons are Charles Grand Junction Colorado and Ralph Atlantic Iowa with several distant relatives. Funeral services were held Sunday at Ro land Peacock and Baxter Atlantic with interment in Wiota cemetery. He was a long time Methodist Episcopal member and respected citizen.
A post nuptial shower for Marie Rickie Dasher was hosted by Mrs. Glen Porch and co hosts Mrs. F L Sisler and Mrs. Arline Von Blohn. Thirty guests attended and presented gifts hauled in by Peggy and Norman Porch. Contests and a luncheon followed with best wishes for the bride.
Announcement in the Des Moines Evening Tribune and Capital reports Lee K. Nichols, former Anita resident, appointed general agent for the Central Life Insurance Society. He will oversee several Iowa counties with headquarters in Atlantic. Nichols is a seasoned life insurance professional with strong local ties.
Advertisement listing seed rye 500 bushels at 1.00 per bushel from Wm Steele. Also well trained stock Collie for sale contact 317. Farmers McIntyre or Jerold Cooper offer hay and straw baling services.
Miss Lulubasa spent Wednesday in Atlantic and attended the Cess county fair. Mrs Louise Harderson, longtime friend of the Record, was a caller last week. Mrs Frank Muller of Avoca visited Anita with her parents. The M E Ladies plan a fried chicken dinner and pantry sale on Saturday September 10. The Independent School district board of education in Anita met in regular session. L A Goodpasture and wife may winter on the west coast. John and Roy Banning and Mrs O DeHart of Pawnee spent Saturday in Anita visiting relatives. The Anita M E church official board desires Rev E O Douglass to return for the next conference year. Louise Krogman enrolled in stenography at the Chillicothe Missouri Business College. Fabius Forrester, former Anita resident, ill in Greenfield. Charlotte Cornell visited Atlantic for the county fair. Ora Buckner and wife vacationing at Lake Wilson Minnesota. Mrs A H Steinmetz still unable to walk due to a sprained ankle. The late C Dewey Bartlett spoke of the danger of shedding teeth. Fred Kauer’s garden fruit acknowledged by the Record. John R Stuhr and family with Geo Boatright visited Bixler’s Park in Adams county last Sunday. Tom Root delivered tomatoes and garden fruit to the Record office.
Henry Hager of Sleepy Eye Minnesota reports relief after using Aneola Root for years of stomach trouble. He claims four bottles eased constipation, rheumatism, bloating, and gas and notes the product is sold by Bongers Bros.
The Anita Literary Society holds its first meeting of the year on Thursday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kopp. The session will be social with plans for work and study, a brief program led by Mrs. H. P. Ziegler, and roll call inviting members to share a vacation pastime in books or travel.
Harvey Brown, recently graduated with merited honors from college in Greeley Colorado, is visiting his mother Mrs. Claudia Brown and relatives. He will locate in San Francisco California where he has been tendered a position.
Mrs. Clara Stager Hiers and her infant have concluded a two week visit with relatives and friends in Anita and have returned to Carroll, Iowa.
An Omaha Omaha Neb advertisement invites ambitious young women of limited means to apply to Boyles College. It offers a $150 tuition and books package for a business course with secretarial training and three hours daily for board and room. The note promises payments if desired and asks readers to inquire immediately.
Mrs. L R Goodpasture served as a record caller on Tuesday, contributing to the local event's administrative duties.
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