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Anita Remembers Oct 17 1968 and 50s to 70s notes
A memory column recalls events from 1968 including Little Miss Anita pageant winners Jody Newell and runners up Shelli Corrine Julie and Elizabeth. obituaries for Eva Hartje and Corwin Wilson. local happenings such as the Corner Pocket center, graveside rites, corn husking contests, and past community milestones across Anita and Cass county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita-Wiota
Jody
Joe Newell
Anita
Shelli
Robert D. Millem
Corrine
Warren Tanzers
Julie
Jim Webers
Elizabeth
Jack Retz
Eva Hartje
Adair
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines
Mary Beschorner
Iowa
Convention of Dairy Association
Corner Pocket
Green
James Erskin
Robert Cooper
Bertha
Cass County
J.H. Trimmer
Leo
Clare Kelly
Harold Wheatley
Leslie Dorsey
Bill Sager
Alfred Elin
George Steffens
Ray Hyndman
Dean Armstrong
Atlantic
Massena
Griswold
Mare
Corwin Wilson
Robert Wilson
Municipal Light Plant