Anita High school declamation wins state contest honors
Anita High School students under declam coach John Parke earned ten first place and eight second place state speech contest awards at Shenandoah. The 16 entrants included Rhea Jo Smith, Judy Enfield and Dyann Long among winners. Kent Johnson and Norman Bissell also earned top honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita High School
John Parke
AHS
Shenandoah
Anito
Atlantic
Anita
Rrie Qsen
Rhea Jo Smith
Doug Holland
Norman Bissell
Kevin Burke
Tom Knowlton
Tom McLuen
Dyann Long
Judy Enfield
Kent Johnson
Ron Kline
Betty Parker
Nancy Coglon
Judy Chadwick
Eric Osen
Terry Birk
Craig Unsland
Phone manager Pat Davis resigns in Anita move to Lexington
G M Pat Davis, manager of West Iowa Telephone Company in Anita, resigns effective Saturday April 7. Davis has lived in Anita since 1953, plans to move next week to the Lexington Missouri home he and Mrs. Davis own. Eldon Turner buys the late Myra Turner property on East Main Street at a court sale for 1306 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
Hutchins and Kirk Constructon Co
Krasne's
Cement Realty
Tuesay
Anita
G. M
Pat) Davis
West Iowa Telephone Company
Davis
West Bend
Mrs. Davis
Lexington
Eldon Turner
Myra Turner
East Main Street
SIMS 5TH IN STATE INDOOR MEET AT TOWN CITY
Dennis Sims earned Anita's lone point by finishing fifth in the State class A indoor track meet at Town City last Friday. His best mark was 20 feet 2 inches as 1,500 athletes from 85 schools competed. Coach Bert Adams led an eight-man Anita squad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Sims
Anita
Town City
Sims
Bert Adams
AHS
Creston
Wheelocks to note 25 years at open house
Mr and Mrs Edward Wheelock plan an open house Sunday April 15 at their Main street home from 2 to 3 and 7 to 9 in observance of their 25th wedding anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nolan Stockham
Anita
Patricia Porch
Red Oak
Kent
Omaha Baptist Bible College
Kathy
Edward Wheelock
Main Street
Circus Meet Draws 765 Scouts At Atlantic High Gym
The Cubs Boy Scouts and Explorers of Anita join 765 scouts from the Second District for the second annual Circus at Atlantic High School Gym Sunday April 8 at 2 30 p m Highlights include a grand entry bicycle act fantasy land camp skills western legends and a grand finale with the U S flag All seats tickets from scouts or at the door Scoutmaster Charles H Presley and Advisor Joseph A Devlin listed Miss Jetta Knowlton recovering after surgery in Omaha and local visits noted Denver trip by Larry Phillips and Gary Kloppenburg
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Anita
Atlantic High School
Atlantic
Fantasy Land
Sleepy Hollow
Lord
Knights of Yore
United States of America
Charles H. Presley
Joseph A. Devlin
Spring tease at Anita Elementary as blooms meet late snow
Students at Anita Elementary see daffodils blooming on the sunny side while a four foot snow drift lingers nearby. The April Fool snow border contrasts with early spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Elementary
Lester Hamann
Local residents undergo surgeries and hospitalizations
Jerry Dean Joens four year old son of Mr and Mrs Ivan Joens Milwaukee underwent major surgery in Milwaukee. Carl Johnson of Rockport Missouri had major surgery in Fairfax Missouri. Mrs John Dill was taken by Anita ambulance to Atlantic Memorial Hospital for observation. Des Moines residents Mrs Thorle Robison and Mrs Clair Gipple are hospitalized in Des Moines and Eartham respectively. Dell Ray plans to leave Arkansas after securing a resort motel purchase option in Hot Springs County.
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Anita Home and Garden Club
St. Mary's Hall
Omaha
Mmes
Felix Scott
Frank Masching
Marion Kaufmann
Dallas Davis
Robert Nicholson
Leonard Bailey
Grandma
Martha Boseck
Atlantic
Alvin Wahlert
Charles Graham
First Lutheran Church
Wiota
Henry
Katherine) Eilts
Atlantic Hospital
Elmer CC. Zimmerman
Massena
Eilts
Peter and
Alyina Behnken
Franklin Township
Claus
Matilda Behnken
George Maas
LaVerne Eilts
Harold Sandhorst
Wiata
John Behnken
Otto Behnken
Pete Behrends
Bertha Behnken
Anita Church of Christ
Cleo Spry
Charles Presley
Phil
Cosh
Sidney Larsen
Paul Barber
Wilbur Dorsey
Homer Rich
Albert Karnser
Harold Cooper
Mike Baetz
Francis Smith
Anita Evergreen Cemetery
VFW
Cleo Estella Spry
Charles M
Melvina M. Lewis Spry
Audubon County
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Anita
KJU Circle
American Legion
Lloyd Akers
Ann Tatum
Lloyd Matson
Truman, Minn
Carl Krenz
Richard
Lewisville
Minn
Elias Spry
Des Moines
Cecelia Hypes
West Des Moines
Claude Spry
Pearl Wood
Jerry Dean Joens
Ivan Joens
Milwaukee
Wis
Jerry Dean
Albert Karns
Robert Krueger
Jimmy
University Hospital
Carl Johnson
Rockport
Fairfax
Johnsons
Anita Utilities
Johnson
John Dill
Anita Ambulance
Dill
Potters Nursing Home
Thorle Robison
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Robison
Rose Wells
Extra
Charles Robison
Clair Gipple
Eartham
Dexter Clinic
Gipple
Matie Richter
Sac City
Dell Ray
Lake Hamilton
Hot Springs County
Ark
Ray
Cass Women’s Convention Elects Mrs Rasmussen Here
The 1962 Cass County Convention of Women’s Federated Clubs met April 2 at the Congregational Church in Anita with 81 attendees. Officers elected: Mrs. John Rasmussen, Anita, 1963-64 County Chairman and Mrs. Bob Rubin, Griswold, County Vice-chairman.
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Cass
Rasmussen
Cass County Convention of Women’s Federated Clubs
Congregational Church
Anita
C. R. Ayers
Atlantic
Edwin Nichols
Nichols
Anita Women’s Federated Club
Frity Simpson
Tantie
Edwin Scholl
Dwight Wagler
Griswold
Roderick Kunze
Lewis
Anita High School
Judy Enfield
Dyann Long
Karen Hansen
Carolyn Lantz
Ayers
John Rasmusson
Bob Rubin
Atlantic Junior
Atlantic Woman
Woman's
Anita Federated
Lewis Crescent Club
Lewis Woman's Club
R. B. Wheelock
Craig Holland
Terry Birk
Eric Osen
Doug Holland
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Verl Adams
Clarkson Hospital
Les Eddys
Les Eddy
Rockwell City
Elva Steinmetz
Mrs. Eddy
A. M. Mikkelsen
Mikkelsens
NFO
Norway Center
OES
O&s
Masonic Wall
Nolan Stockhams
Melanie Chadwick
Judi Pershian
Tonos
Drexel Chadwicks
Equitable Life ‘Nsurance Co
Merbert
Merlyn Chadwick
Anita Garden Club
Pat Davis
Florida
A. R. Kohl
C. A. Long
Bart Beaver
Jim Martin
Georgia
Anita Tribune
Cass County
Iowa
ED Wheelocks
Henry Eilts
Wiota Consolidated
Ted Jessen
Bernard Richter
Matece
Sunny
California
Fred Wohlleber
Oakland
Calif
Ed Barbleri
C&m
Blaine Lytle
Cumberland-Massena
Central Decatur
Leon
Lytle
State Dept. of Public Instruction
Scout Circus
Jetta Knowlton
Methodist Hospital
Edith Knowlton
Jetta
Denver
Larry Phillips
Gary Kloppenburg
Colo
Larry Rocholtz
Fresno
Cara Cay
Marjorie Griffin
Aroald Griffin
George Rocholtz
Adair
Earl Griffin
Curtis Clarke
Brayton
Larry Behnken
Griffin
Rocholtz
Don L. Campbell
Mount Pleasant
Ronald Henry
Henry Ag Ben
Julia Campbell
Fontanelle
Campbell
Helen Aggen
Ed Masker
McClelland
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Douglas Edward
Ed Masker Jr
Bentley
Viota
Mazel Davis
Ton Karns
Community Fire Protection Group
WSCS
Cong’s Women's Fellowship
Lutheran Ladies Aid Christian Chtered
East Main Circle
PTA
Loyal Circle Obedience Lodge
Meet Norway Center
Arkansas
Gene Kopp
Earl Holton
Ralph Viner
Henderson
Seventh District
Iowa State Federation
Anita Club
State Federation
John Ras- Mussen
Russell Morgan
E. D. Brocker
Gary Neighbors
Dale Bolton
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