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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1957
Page
2
Sunday mass schedules at St Marys Viota Holy Cross and North Massena Baptist. June Pentecost services include Lord's Supper and Bible readings. Vacation Church School thanks participants and outlines June readings and upcoming church meetings at Des Moines and local venues.
Duane Dodson is pastor for Sunday school at 10 00 am and morning service at 11 00 am Visitors are invited to every service of the church Evening service at 7 30 pm Sunday 8 00 am service and Wednesday prayer meeting are listed with inviting note for attendees
The Church of Christ Mayo Proctor announces a 9 30 Sunday service with 10 30 Sunday School and a youth meeting each Monday at 7 00.
The Town of Anita Iowa will hold a public hearing on plans and contract for Locust Street sewer extensions from 7th Street North to town limits. sealed bids due July 1 1957 with 10 percent bid security. plans available from the Town Clerk for $10 refundable deposit. council may reject any bids. project completion by September 14 1957.
Household records and valuable papers require organized storage and annual pruning. Save duplicates of key documents such as birth certificates marriage licenses and tax records keep insurance policies wills deeds and titles in a safe place and maintain two copies of a master list with storage locations. Keep tax copies for at least five years and retain certain records indefinitely as advised by a home management specialist.
A nostalgia piece recalling events from 1887 and 1937 in Anita Iowa. It notes E. E. Blakesley racing, quoits and horseshoes games, J. E. Sansom as past mayor, Sherman F. Myers editor of the Anita Tribune, and local shops like Miller's Market Petersen's Grocery and Crawford's Claver Palm Store with prices from 1937.
Ninety years ago the ninth Anita Bligh School commencement was held the prior Friday. D C Kellogg still wove carpet. EH A Stone sold queensware and groceries. Dr C E Plunket ran an office over Citizens Bank. Dr E E Major offered special office practice. Sherman F Myers and Ed L Richardson edited and published the Anita Tribune.
The Tribune front page showed the AHS graduating class of 1907: Phoebe L. Marsh, Ruby P. Baughwi, Zola Vernon, Percy Young, Florence M. Bailey, Love Jenkins, and Mae Santa. An alumni banquet was held on June 1 featuring piano duets, vocal solos, and a reading. Sherman F. Myers edited the Tribune. Ed. L. Richardson was manager.
In a retrospective from forty years past, the Anita community recalls this year’s teachers led by Superintendent J. W. Martin. Latin and history were taught by Edna Westfall, with Vera L. Harris in music and drawing and Keila Kewley in domestic science. Principal assignments include Clara M. Schwandt and James Teeters, with Verda Bailey, Verda B. Saemisch, and others in early grades. P. A. Johansen planned the new City Garage on West Main, previously the City Steam Laundry site, and had connections to the Anita Electric Power & Light Co now sold to Town Railway & Supply Co. of Cedar Rapids and Perry. Waller F. Budd edited the Anita Tribute.
Anita recalls a ten year ago wedding and recent gatherings in the Anita neighborhood. Ed L Newton hosted a family dinner for Ed Newton’s brother A C Crewson of Cody Wyoming with guests from Guthrie Center Stuart and Nevada. Prof Ralph Dove and others attended as did local residents. Kenneth Turner and Jerry Redburn built a mini golf course north of Smithers. Jewett Grain ad Coal Co installed new scales. Paul R Brown served as Anita Tribune editor.
Five years ago the Anita Tribune sold to Margaret and David Ash then of Monroe City Missouri. The piece notes their surplus education and practical training at two Missouri newspapers. It lists degrees including Margaret’s Bachelor of Journalism from Missouri and Dan Osen’s pharmacy degree with awards. Congratulations extend to M J O Connor of St Marys Church and Wallace D Inman, publisher of the Anita Tribune.
New officers were named for Congregational Ladies Aid and Anita Literary Club. Miss Helen M. Scarlett lost a silk scarf recently. Recent marriages include Bernice Kirkham and William Finn. Local clergy, market offers, and tribune editor are mentioned among neighborhood details.
A fragment recalls Anita High School Alumni Association awards from a year ago naming Wanda Wilson and Karen Turner with other awardees. It notes Dallas Bonnesen opening a variety store in Atlantic and local leaders Harold Heoven and Harland Hester, with prices for coffee and hamburger in earlier times and Margaret and David Ash editing the old hometown paper.
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