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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1958
Page
1
A long, rambling piece urges readers to prepare for summer, recalling last May’s floods and urging water safety. It promotes a six-question safety quiz, warns that people overestimate their safety, and discusses ivy, sunburn, mosquitoes, and rabies shots for dogs, ending with a personal dog anecdote.
Townsmen and countrymen prepare to battle on the local diamond in a benefit game at six tonight. Players hustle to raise funds for ball park lights while rivalries and bragging fill Main Street amid talk of foul play and a push to finish the season with lanterns lit.
A record crowd attended the Anita Saddle Club horse show at the Old Ballpark in south Anita on Sunday evening. Dan Perkins of Council Bluffs judged the event with ring tasters Gwelden Hansen and Robert Blankenship. Delores Weaver provided electric organ music. ribbon girls included Janice Lillard Christian Blankenship Miss Lan don and Judy Eggerling. The parade class was scratched due to no tairies. other classes and placings were listed.
Community calendar lists events from Mrs Elva Steinmetz at Millers Lockers including a 25 year members honor at the Masonic Hall on June 10 and a WSCS Methodist Church meeting on June 12. Also notes a June 9 teachers and pupils reunion dinner and a June 13 Anita Fire Dept community dance on the tennis court.
An air tour of the Turkey Creek Watershed is planned for Sunday June 15 under the sponsorship of the Turkey Creek Watershed board. Planes will depart from the Athetic airport early to late, with tickets sold by board members and Russ Morgan of the Anita Chamber of Commerce's agricultural division. The air zone will feature in the Soil Conservation week starting mid June.
Janet Taylor, daughter of Leland and Leona Taylor, is nominated as Anita Cham ber of Commerce for Cass County Dairy Princess contest held during Cass County Dairy Day. Winner receives 50 merchandise certificate and state contest trip with expenses paid. state winner gets 500 scholarship. Contestant must be 16 to 25, HS graduate, unmarried, with dairy farm background. Finals June 17. entry deadline today.
District Commissioners and Watershed Board Members invite Cass County residents to tour Harmony Watershed one mile south of Legatt next Thursday June 12 at 3 PM. The event features a 3200 acre watershed tour and speakers Clyde Spry Herschel Loveless Frank Mendels Arthur Thoresen, followed by a free chicken barbecue at the city park.
In Anita voters backed Murray for governor and Loveless for lieutenant governor in a low turnout. Van Ginkel won the county Republican nomination for county attorney 1260 to 890 over DeKay carrying a majority of precincts. Ellsworth Ways edged Orton for Congress in the district. Hays emerged as Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor with 3547 to Orton’s 3483 in the 7th district. statewide totals show Murray leading the Republican governor race by about 26 000 votes and Cass County favored Murray 1135 to 955, with local races heated and a county conservation board approved by voters.
The Cass county Red Cross sponsors a free swimming program at Camp Wakonda two miles east of Griswold. About 215 Griswold youths register for five afternoon sessions this week and next. Later, county pupils enroll at Sunnyside pool in Atlantic from June 30 to July 24. Local funds support youth projects.
Leonard T. Carney of Boston a former Towan was named Mondhay president of the Mother Church First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston He will serve a one year term He is a native of Marshalltown and a graduate of Grinnell College Grinnell Iowa
Anita volunteer firemen announce a benefit dance at Anita recreation park on Friday June 13 to fund the emergency unit. Mal Dunn’s orchestra will provide music. If rain possible, the event may move to the expo hall with firemen on standby for any fire.
Two former Anita girls earned Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees at the University of Omaha's 49th commencement, held Monday afternoon at the university stadium. Ana MeIntire, daughter of Merle Meinire of Council Bluffs, and Nancy Wehrman Schmidt, daughter of Gilbert Wehriman, were the graduates with Schmidt achieving magna cum laude.
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