Anita School Contract Bids in Des Moines Show Wide Range
Bids for a school expansion were tabulated with bids from firms in Des Moines and nearby cities. The lowest base bids totaled about 81,990 dollars, with higher bids from Atlantic and other contractors. Architect Keffer & Pires led the board’s review as officials awarded the contract to the successful bidder after Friday’s deadline. The project funds include bonds voted by the district and remaining costs for equipment, heating, and wiring. Thanksgiving Day attendance noted for area families as Biggs and Merle Turner families were guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bing
Johnson
John F
Broadway Melody of 1936 at Rialto
Packed three evenings at the Rialto feature Broadway Melody of 1936 with Jack Benny Una Merkel Robert Taylor and Eleanor Powell in an all star extravaganza of song dance and comedy The musical highlights include five Brown Freed songs and a grand Rasch ballet plus the March of Time and Metrotone news brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rialto Theatre
Hollywood
Jack Benhy
Una Merkel
Robert Taylor
Eleanor Powell
Sid Silvers
Albertina Rasch
March of Time
Hearst’s
Metrotone News
Winners Share Cash Prizes At Saturday Drawing
Mrs Iva Grimstead won first prize ten dollars with Jesse R Chapman and Phil McLaughlin taking five and three dollars respectively. Jesse Taylor earned two dollars, and five one dollar prizes went to Max Lovell Edward Darrow Linda Christensen Walter Crow and Gene Kopp. Linda Christensen, visiting from Darlington Wisconsin, is granddaughter of the Christensens. A prior Wednesday drawing awarded sixteen dollars. the intended fifteen was increased by a double one dollar prize for Mrs Max Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iva Grimstead
Ted Grimstead
Jesse R. Chapman Farmer
Phil McLaughlin
Jesse Taylor
Max Lovell
Edward Darrow
Linda Christensen
Walter Crow
Gene Kopp
A. M. Christensen
Darlington
Wis
Lawrence Christensen
Max Walker
Ed. L. Newton
Ida Muntendam
Buck Knowlton
Chas. Hettinger
Bernice Wheatley
William G. Heckman
Marc McDermott
Wilbur Dorsey
Winifred Brown
W. F. Hendricks
W. C. McCrory
Harry Eliott, Jr
Arlo Christensen
Flora Brown
Stella Wilbourn
R. C. Rich
Evangeline Dressler
Fred Boren
Dorothy McIntyre
Dorothy Bangham
Vera Butler
Harvey Melohn
Ten Applicants in Contest For Postmaster in Anita
The civil service commission in Washington D C has announced ten candidates for Anita postmaster. Examinations will be held at the Atlantic post office building Saturday. Applicants include Mildred J Pine Ellsworth Parker John R Stuhr Sr Vera B Hook George O Smither Harold A McDermott John R Stuhr Jr Walter A Glynn Raymond A Burke and Elmer P Jensen. A new postmaster will likely be named from this list to take over after Ed L Newton's term ends January 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Civil Service Commission
Washington
D. C
Atlantic
Mildred J. Pine
Ellsworth Parker
John R. Stuhr, Sr
Vera B. Hook
George O. Smither
Harold A. McDermott
Lincoln Township Couple Injured in Auto Accident
Lincoln Township couple Mrs. Rollie N Way and her husband were injured in an auto crash five miles east of Corning on Highway 84. Mrs Way has a fractured hip and head injuries and remains hospitalized. Mr Way was treated and released the same night. A second incident near Casey left several people with minor injuries after a two-vehicle collision on Highway 6.
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Rollie N. Way
The
Atlantic Hospital
Corning
Way
Lincoln Township
Selby Produce , Co
Thomas Scott
Charles Snyder
Ford
Plymouth
Adams County
Elmer Scholl
Arthur Peterson
Delores White
Casey
Anita
Stuart
Roland Dafford
Death of Lyle Lovell Follows Farm Accident
Lyle Lovell 22 of near Atlantic dies in Waterloo hospital from injuries after being hurled onto frozen ground when his team ran away as he picked corn on a Dike area farm. Fractured skull cerebral hemorrhage and injured vertebrae cited. Survived by mother Mrs Walters Root, father Alfred Lovell, and grandparents. Funeral 1:30 at Atlantic funeral home with Rev. Ralph B. Noyce officiating. interment in Adair cemetery.
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Lyle Lovell
Walter Root
Atlantic
Waterloo
Dike
Iowa
Lovell
Lyle
Anita
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Alfred Lovell
Adair
Wm. Duff
J. E. Lovell
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Ralph B. Noyce
Atlantic Congregational Church
Pig Nose Count Kicks Off in Cass County This Week
The annual pig nose count for the 1935 corn hog program began Monday in Cass County. Three supervisors per township oversee forty eight supervisors countywide to verify farmers meet 25 to 90 percent of 1932 1933 hog averages. Payments flow from the processing levy. Anita Literary Club hosts event at Bell Apartments, Fourth and Walnut, 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. D C Bell as hostess. A play will feature the program led by Mrs. W T Biggs and others.
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Cass County
Anita Literary Club
Bell Apartment
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
D. C. Bell
W. T. Biggs
Florence Buthweg
Gladys McKinney
Ted Walker
High School Notes PTA and Sports on Tap
The High School PTA meets at the auditorium tonight at 8:00 with Dr. John H. Peck from the State Health Department as guest speaker. The school basketball season opens Friday at Menlo, with first and second teams traveling and key lettermen Nelson Inhofe Vetter Long leading a hopeful squad. The Carlisle home opener is slated for Friday December 13 against Cumberland. Also urging purchase of Christmas Seals to fight tuberculosis.
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Parent Teachers Association
John H. Peck
State Health Department
Menlo
Robert Nelson
Donald Inhofe
Joe Vetter
Jack Long
Cumberland
Anita P. T. A
Des Moines
Towa Medical Association
Cass County Corn Hog Checks Arrive for Farmers in Atlantic
A total of 122 Cass county corn hog benefit payment checks totaling 12 122.65 arrived in Atlantic Monday morning and are being distributed to farmers at the allotment committee office on the county courthouse. The payments, mostly complete, include 18 partnership contracts. 244 646.60 in total to date. Also Anita Temple members elected officers for the coming year at the K P hall and 6 000 feet of Anita dirt streets will be gravelled under a federal PWA project with $20 per block assessed to property owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County
Atlantic
Allotment Committee
Anita
PWA
Menlo
Chestnut Street
South
J. P. Wilson
AAA Organize County Committees for Long Term Plan
County agricultural planning committees will be formed in all Iowa counties in December to assist the US Department of Agriculture in crafting a long-term agricultural plan. The project, led by Murl McDonald and supported by state and college staff, aims to balance production with market demand, conserve soil, and simplify adjustments, with county input feeding into a final Iowa report for Washington.
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Iowa
AAA
United States Department of Agriculture
Paul W. Knaupp
Murl McDonald
Iowa State College
L. G. Allbaugh
Rainer Schickele
J. L. Boatman
McDonald
T. W. Schultz
Knaupp
Schultz
Federal Department
State Committee
Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Anita School
Oak
Con- Lovejoy Company
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Council
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Des
Keffer & Pines Architects
Biggs
Ames
Miss 1
City
Zate Biggs
Gham
Daughand
Merle Turner
Rialto
Elaine Smither
Keokuk, Iowa
Will Daubendiek
Calumet
Aleitha Daubendiek
West Arene
Carl H. Daubendiek
Mr. Daubendiek
Miss Daubendiek
Foe
FBI
James
Texas Marsh
Iowa Tuberculosis Association
Cass
Anita Temple
K. P. Hall
Gladys Ames
Rose Robison
Adria Lantz
Gertrude Bartley
Elsie Kopp
Dulcie Scholl
Ann Madoff
Mary Smith
Elva Steinmetz
Genevieve Dement
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