Prominent residents mourn deaths in Anita area
The town laments Mary C. Black 85 of Anita who died after visiting Morton Mills relatives. William H. Shultz died after a heart attack at his Anita home. Obituaries note Emma Jane Prather and others, with services led by Rev. Pill er and Reverends Rerick and Ellis. Mary Black's life centered in Mason and Adams counties before moving to Anita in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y C. Black
Morton
Ahic
Kultz
Wm. Pearson
Emma Jane Prather
Morls
E. W. Wolmes
Anita
Black
Methopiscopal Church
Massena
Piller
Des Moines
M. J. Rerick
Paul Ellis
Sena Church
Lois South
Mrs
E. C
Aden Hosselt
Wray
Henry Greenwalt
E. E. Davis
Hosfelt
Neil Yarger
William H. Shultz
Iden
Neon
Four Marx Brothers Return in Duck Soup at Anita Theatre
The Four Marx Brothers bring Duck Soup to Anita Theatre this weekend with showings Saturday and Sunday at 7:30 pm and Sunday matinee at 2:30 pm. Directed by Leo McCarey the film features Raquel Torres Louis Calhern and Margaret Dumont with a strong supporting cast and includes the famous Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. Short subjects The Little Broadcast I Like Mountain Music and a newsreel accompany the feature with 10 and 15 cent admissions for evenings and 10 and 25 cent for the Sunday matinee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iire
Rialto Theatre
Anits U
Leo McCarey
The
Spain
Miss Dumont
Rufus T. Firefly
Groucho
Freédonia
Chico
Harpo
Zeppo
Fieas
Rialto
Donald Novia
Arthur Tracy
Mills Broad
Vincent Lopez
Roy Atwill
Paramount Screen
Armentrout Elected Chairman and New County Engineer
H G Armentrout was chosen chairman by the board of supervisors for the coming year. C A Zellmer took oath as the new second district member, defeating Frank Pelzer in 1982. Darrell Blake of Atlantic was selected as county engineer at 1500 dollars per year, succeeding Guy Canon after eight years in the post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
H. G. Armentrout
C. A. Zellmer
Frank Pelzer
Darrell Blake
Atlantic
Guy Canon
More Corn Loans Made to Men in This Vicinity
Corn loans issued in this county area last week list numerous individuals with bushel amounts and loan values including William Behnken 1791 bushels 806.95 dollars Emil Fries 1600 bushels 720 dollars Louis B. Robinson 400 bushels 180 dollars Fred Wohlenhaupt 1000 bushels 460 dollars H W Walker 500 bushels 225 dollars Grover C Guthrie 700 bushels 315 dollars Mrs Paul Becker 2400 bushels 1080 dollars Fay Holladay 928 bushels 417.60 dollars Laura Dorsey 600 bushels 270 dollars C P Blue 930 bushels 418.50 dollars H H Huff 1800 bushels 810 dollars T C G Joint 750 bushels 387.50 dollars J P Nevens 1227 bushels 562.15 dollars Alva Bissell 850 bushels 382.50 dollars W J Nimm 950 bushels 427.50 dollars Joseph Mailander 1150 bushels 517.50 dollars Remmer Dinkla 1000 bushels 450 dollars Lafé Parker 400 bushels 180 dollars Chas L Bissell 900 bushels 405 dollars Chris H Meyer 1000 bushels 450 dollars. Joe Vetter learns of his mother’s death in New York City from complications of advanced age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Behnken
Emil Fries
Louis B. Robinson
Fred Wohlenhaupt
H. W. Walker
Grover C. Guthrie
Alva Bissell
W. J. Nimm
Joseph Mailander
Remmer Dinkla
Friday-Saturday Specials at CHEESE- Tall Corn
Friday and Saturday specials feature Tall Corn products with a sack price of $1.69 for 49 1b. units, offering a value deal for shoppers.
Farm Bureau Sues Cass County for 2000 Dollars
The Cass county farm bureau files a $2,000 suit against Cass county and the board of supervisors Frank Pelzer G H Allen Herman Ryan Truman Davis and H G Armentrout in Cass county district court. It seeks payment of 2000 alleged due under chapter 1938 code of Iowa for 1933, with demand made and refused. The petition notes over 200 bona fide members and annual dues over 1000, with G C Dalton of Atlantic as attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Farm Bureau
Cass County
Board of Supervisors
Frank Pelzer
G. H. Allen
Herman Ryan
Truman Davis
H. G. Armentrout
Farm Bureau
Iowa
G. C. Dalton
Atlantic
Farm House Destroyed by Fire Near Wiota
Fire destroyed the nine room home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe W. Morgan three miles northeast of Wiota around 10:30 last Wednesday morning. Attic origin likely from a defective chimney. neighbors aided saving most furniture though one upstairs bedroom was lost. Morgan family, Cass county pioneers, will rebuild and reside in Wiota temporarily. A second, smaller house near Anita was saved by Anita firemen, with shingles on the north gable damaged but covered by Forshay Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Morgan
Wiota
Anita
Sparka
Surance
Forshay Insurance Agency
County Receives Large State Refunds for Road Projects
County Treasurer L A Breeling received 5655.50 from State Comptroller C B Murtagh as part of Iowa’s final $829,405.60 disbursement to 93 counties for right of way, bridges and culverts on primary roads. The last installment, some counties received under 5000, with Adair 7164.94 and Page 28341.89 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Breeling
C. B. Murtagh
Cass County
Iowa County
van Buren County
Scott County
Iowa
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Fremont
Guthrie
Harrison
Mills
Montgomery
Page
Pottawattamte
Ringgold
Shelby
Taylor
Union
Supervisors Visit State Hospitals on Annual Trip
Four members of the Caas county board of supervisors Frank Pelzer G H Allen Truman Davis and Herman Ryan along with County Attorney Earl Holton made their yearly tour to the state hospital for the insane at Clarinda and the state hospital for the feebleminded at Glenwood. H G Armentrout of Anita missed the trip due to illness, his throat ailment slowly improving. Dr G M Adair his wife and daughter Gael spent New Year’s Day in Atlantic with sister Mrs Fred Herbert and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caas County Board of Supervisors
Frank Pelzer
G. H. Allen
Truman Davis
Herman Ryan
Earl
Holton
State Hospital For
Insane
Clarinda
State Hospital
Glenwood
Casa
H. G. Armentrout
Anita
Armentrout
G. M. Adair
Gael
Atlantic
Fred Herbert
Farmers Can Speed Up Corn Hog Contract Signing
Iowa State College extension service advises farmers signing corn hog contracts to prepare figures from the past two years of swine production. Count litters and pigs farrowed, sales for market or feeders, breeding stock kept or later sold, home butchered meat, losses, and deaths across four record sheets for fall and spring litters. Keep sales slips as supporting evidence for future reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Beard
Extension Service
Iowa State College
Beard
Mrs. Etta Miller Dies in Atlantic Hospital at 64
Mrs. Etta Susan Miller 64 longtime Anita Wiota resident died at 10 30 AM Tuesday at an Atlantic hospital from heart disease. Born December 10 1869 in Fulton County Illinois she moved to Cass County in 1892 married August 18 1892 in Omaha to Jesse G Miller. Surviving seven children twenty grandchildren and several siblings. Services at Wiota Methodist Episcopal Church with Rev M J Rarick. burial in Wiota Cemetery. Funeral home arrangements in Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Susan Miller
Anita and
Wiota
Jesse G. Miller
Atlantic
Miller
Fulton County
Illinois
Israel
Sarah Keller
Cass County
Omaha
Minnesota
Anita
Methodist Episcopal Church
Royal Neighbor Lodge
Lavina Wheatley
Ruth Cooley
Mount Etna
Iowa
Mabel Stewart
Clearwater
Abner
Lawrence Miller
Leslie Miller
Wiola
Florence Aurwarter
Mia
Mary Brillhart
Berwin
Wlindts
D. D. Keller
Elmer C. Keller
Wiota Methodist Episcopal Church
M. J. Rarick
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Grand and Petit Jurors Drawn for Cass County Court
Clerk of Court Cecil M. Skipton released the January term juror lists for Cass County district court in Atlantic. Grand jurors report January 23 and petit jurors January 29, with names by community including Anita Atlantic Griswold Cumberland Massena Lewis and Marne, plus multiple individuals in each roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil M. Skipton
Cass County District Court
Atlantic
Anita
William Bangham
H. L. Bell
William Ballenseifer
Johannes Eilis
Henry Tibken
Wiota
Hal Sturges
F. E. Roth
William Knop
Andrew Rothe
Roy Holiday
Cumberland
Elvin Weirich
Griswold
Soren Anderson
Lewis
Massena
Maine
Lester Scholl
A. E. Baxter
R. N. Way
Ellen Walker
Rollie Pollock
Albert Bojens
Ted Lewis
Katherine Worley
H. W. Berry
Lester Layland
Harold R. Bojens
Grace Arn
E. E. McVey
Sam Antrim
H. R. Pollock
Harry Allen
E. H. Rowley
G. C. Lewer
G. W. McCrory
A. G. Retallic
Gerald Alexander
W. Aiken
Charles Jabes
Donald Lamb
L. Goettsch
Louis Winston
Jesse Wilkin
A. M. Roberts
Thomas Casey
J. R. Book
Dean Schuler
Irwin Mueller
Guy Daft
Herman Steffens
Curtis W. Gordon
Daisy Marlowe
Mrs. H. H. Penquite
Nichols Marne
Ella Wise
2800 Pounds of Pork Distributed in Cass County
County worker Pauline Thrower oversees delivery of 2,800 pounds of salt pork from the federal relief program to Cass county’s poor families. Swift & Company supplied the meat. W J Albers in Des Moines coordinates, with 510,000 pounds across 15 carloads for Iowa relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Thrower
United States
Iowa
Cass County
Swift & Company
Sioux City
W. J. Albers
Des Moines
Common Salt Said to Remove Furnace Soot and Boost Heat
An Iowa State expert reports common salt can clean soot from furnace pipes and chimneys as effectively as chemical blends, with a cupful sufficient for hot fires. No practical mix exists to improve coal burning or reduce ashes. Also noted is Leland “Tiny” Kistler, a Griswold resident known for rodeo acts, who was approached for a San Diego film tryout due to Hollywood interest.
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L. K. Arnold
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station
Arnold
Leland Kistler
Griswold
Iowa
Tiny
San Diego
California
Kistler
Sarge
Hollywood
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Nits
Mrs. Black
Mr. Shultz
Irs
Mary C. Black
Casa County
Lam Henry Shulta
9 Town
Seed
Anita Theatre
Lafé Parker
Chas
L. Bissell
Chris H. Meyer
Joe Vetter
New York City
Briardale Grocery
Florida Marsh
Briardale
Etta Miller
Dorothy Wiese
Chas. Meinhold
Stromsburg
Nebraska
E. L. Anderson
Osceola
Double Eight Club
Herbert Bartley
Andy Miller
Elm Street
Elmer Scholl
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