Oak Ridge Community Notes and Camp Dodge Farewells
Rob Bain fills his new silo while Oak Ridge residents attend the Cass county fair. Card arrivals announce overseas service as seven local men depart for Camp Dodge. Oak Ridge school opens with fifteen pupils. teachers include Miss Mattie Lee and Miss Pansy Smith. Family visits, funerals, Sunday school turnout, and a farewell party for Charlie Graham and others mark a lively week in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Kirkham
John Dannie
Mary Reimers
G. B. Graham
Oak Ridge
Cass County
W. F. Kirkham
H. C. Koob
Crooked Valley
Pansy Smith
Geo. Wilson
Galesburg
Illinois
Geo. Parkinson
E. E. Shearer
Dodd
Casey
Wm Sharp
Rob Bain
Oak Ridge School
Mattie Lee
Adair
Roy Parkinson
Charlie Swinehart
R. A. Cooper
McIntyre
Mrs. Cooper
Grandpa
Grandma Bain
Arch Bain
Daisy Mooney
Charlie Graham
Camp Dodge
Christian Church Sunday School and Services Schedule
Sunday school at 10 a.m. urges parents to enroll children for religious instruction. Morning worship at 11 a.m. features The Masters Love and Endeavor topics Lessons from Great Hymns. Evening service at 8 30 p.m. discusses A Courageous Spirit. Midweek prayer meeting Wednesday shares the Endeavor topic CuHas N Ode ll, Pastor. Art Barnholdt was a RECORD caller last week.
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Endavorers
CuHas
Odell
White face heifer taken up as stray near Anita
A white faced heifer about 800 pounds was taken up at a premise north of Anita. Owner must prove property and pay all expenses to claim. Contact GEO Wild. 39-té
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Anita
Red Cross notes announce room closure and clothing drive
Red Cross rooms will not open until further notice as current work finishes and new quota is not yet received. They will request old clothing and shoes in good condition. No work for Junior Red Cross yet, but activity is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Revival Services Set Next Sunday at United Evangelical Church
United Evangelical Church announces special revival Sunday September 29 with evangelist Mrs. Davis. Pastor Charles Pickford invites Anita residents to attend nightly services except Saturdays and to join in faithful support of the program aimed at strengthening homes and faith. The message urges American citizens to rally with King Immanuel and back the church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Anita
Immanuel
Charles Pickford
Well Boring Outfit Advertises Deep Wells
A local advertisement offers a new well boring outfit ready to drill wells two, three, and three and a half feet in diameter to depths up to 120 feet. Prices are described as reasonable. Contact Mann Willbourn in Anita, Iowa, by phone at 303-46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Iowa
Mann Willbourn
Kansas
Okanukgee County
Oklahoma
Porter White Letter and Ad for Perfection Heaters 1918
Porter White of Alda Nebraska sends a postal order for three dollars for the Record renewal and a year in advance. Item promotes Burn Kerosene Oil to save coal with Perfection Heaters priced 95.75 and 86.75 in a local advertisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alda
Nebraska
Sherm
Porter White
Lieutenant Glenn Campbell Receives Field Artillery Commission
Glenn H Campbell of Plattsburg New York writes Dear Myers to report he has been commissioned as a lieutenant in the field artillery and is ordered to report in Louisville Kentucky He notes interest in letters from local servicemen and hopes to meet them before the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myers
Field Artillery
Louisville
Kentucky
Anita
Vicinity
Des Moines Visitors Make Trip in DeCamp Car
G M DeCamp and wife and Mrs Clair Sweney were Des Moines visitors last week making the trip in the DeCamp car. Mr and Mrs Earl Starr of Shenandoah and H B Muntendam and wife of Elliott were guests of Mrs Ida Muntendam Sunday. Mrs Grace Winder and son Harold spent Sunday with Mrs Winder's parents at Greenfield. J W Ruggies has leased the T T Saunders bungalow in East Anita, and the family will move to town within the next few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. M. DeCamp
Clair Sweney
Des Moines
Earl Starr
Shenandoah
H. B. Muntendam
Elliott
Ida Muntendam
Grace Winder
Harold
Mrs. Winder
E. M. Bonney
Greenfield
J. W. Ruggies
T. T. Saunders
East Anita
Sailor letter home from the New York crewman Beel
Henry Beel Jr aboard the U S S New York writes to sister of life at sea and news from Belgium and England. He mentions coal transport to Germans, cool weather, sleeping in a hammock, possible ten day furlough, meeting royalty, and views of English ships and a world’s largest bridge. He asks to use Box 12 on his lottery ticket.
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Henry Beel, Jr
U.S S
New York
J.J. Heck
Kuc- Ord
States
Belgium
England
U. S
Brooklyn Bridge
Cloge
Benry
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Congress
Sherm. F. Myers
The
Record
Wm Paul
Audubon
J.J. Brewer
Mr. Nelson
J. A. Nelson
State Senate
Cass-Shelby
League
John C. Voorhees
Art Barnholdt
Ial
Lump Coal
U. S. Fuel Administration
E. W. Holmes Co
United Evangelical Church
Anita and
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railway Company
G. A. Peg AU
Anita, Iowa
Consumers’ Oil and Shale Co
Kansas City, Mo
Glenn Campbell
Plattsburg, New York
Yours Truly
Glenn H. Campbell
Laundry Queen
Burt Wissler
the Alamito Sanitary
F. H. Bowen
RAMS
Callat Farm
Lincoln Center Church
Dewey Robinson
R. A. Becker
Citizens Bank
H. E. Campbell
Campbell Block
Wagners Restaurant
M. E. Church
G. M. Adair
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