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Newspaper
Anita Record
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1918
Page
5
August 19 1918 Washburn North Dakota note from Rube Scholl, mentioning wartime newspaper prepaid policy, crop progress with rain, and a shipment of 84.00 subscription extension. Local social notes report J D Young and wife visiting Guthrie Center, J B Smith at the state fair, and various family visits and recitals including Miss Dorothy Dinsmore.
R. S. Henderson and his children visited Thos Hackwell and wife in Dexter last Sunday. The Junior Endeavor of the Congregational church held a city park picnic Saturday to honor members who plan to enter the Senior Endeavor. Superintendent Mrs. W. E. Fish organized the event for the children.
L R K Galiher and family attended the county fair on Thursday. Neighbors and friends surprised Mr and Mrs Joe Ryd on their twenty fifth wedding anniversary with ice cream cake and a late night dance.
The Saturday night crowd was smaller than usual as county fair week left many exhausted. Mrs. Sherm F Myers and grandson Sherman F Lowell visited the fair last week and the grandson recalled the big pumpkin and rides. P R Nichols recently lost fifty head of hogs. Mrs Milo Brink and family, and Flossie Craft of Corning visited George Schol and I T Saunders. Miss Reba Kimmer, studying in Denver, secured room and board with Mildred Fish Hallam, a former Anita girl.
Mrs. C M Spry and Mrs C O Gipple join Mrs Frank Barber as Saturday callers. Miss Edna Carey begins her first teaching term in Eureka township district No 2 Adair county. E B Daughenbaugh and family visit from Extra vicinity. Jerry Frank, longtime Anita resident, dies August 26 at Dr J R Frank’s Mitchellville home aged WH years, after a Des Moines motorcycle accident. H G Armentrout stops by Rec ORD office. Ernest Nichols and wife visit from Long Island Kansas with P R Nichols family. Mr and Mrs H A Cheatrick host friends for farewell for Henry Jr and William as they depart for Camp Dodge with music and refreshments.
A four minute sermon by Prof J W Martin in the morning and an evening talk by H P Ziegler drew a responsive audience last Sunday. The Christian Endeavor topic is The Saloon Power and How to Overthrow It led by R B Henderson at 7 30 p m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 8 30 p m and choir practice Friday at 8 p m with Mrs A C Davies of Council Bluffs assisting.
Sunday services at 10 and 11 with preaching at 11 and other services listed. The music committee met at B. D. Forshay's home to decide on a new hymnal. Officers and teachers of the Sabbath school to meet Wednesday evening in the church vestry. Pastor W. M. Boaz. Enelx and family return from a week away.
Attorney listing notes collections and probate as specialties and mentions practice in Wil courts. The snippet references Soper's return from eastern Iowa after visiting relatives.
Geo L Schwenneker and wife were Atlantic visitors Thursday. Numerous crossings about town are being repaired by Godfrey Miller, by order of the street committee of the town council.
L. P. Hadley attended events in Des Moines on Saturday. Chas. Crosley visited Atlantic on Thursday. Mrs. C. M. Buinkesley of Gowrie Town and Mrs. Sherm F. Myers joined Mrs. Jay for dinner last Friday. Calkins also mentioned.
J D McDermott won several premiums on Duroc Jersey hogs at the county fair. Rev W M Boaz as the Congregational church pastor has received his household goods and the family is settled in the parsonage.
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