Local notes honor Decoration Day and community visits
Residents and relatives gather around Des Moines and nearby towns for Decoration Day events. News items include visitors from Iowa City and Des Moines, baby Ida Grace born on West Main Street, and business updates such as Matt Metz renting a cafe and Wayne Wagner’s naval assignment in the Panama Canal Zone. A rare piping plover sight near Ruthven is reported, and local scams warned by insurers about a Humphrey itinerant fraud. Millard's ad touts deals on goods and short-dollar exchanges.
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Towa
Jost Island Lake
Ruthven
Palo Alto County
L. J. Bennett
Pacific Coast
Iowa
Bride of Three Weeks Dies Sunday Evening
Mrs Margaret Moore Gissible 19, bride of three weeks, died at Atlantic hospital after kidney illness. She was born December 9, 1914 in Sheldon Missouri and moved to Anita area as a girl. Survived by husband Melvin Gissible, parents Clyde and Mrs Moore, sisters Charlotte and Betty Jean, brother Merle. Funeral Tuesday at Anita Church of Christ. interment Evergreen cemetery.
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Margaret Moore
First Congregational Church
Ralph B. Noyce
Beulah Gissible
Mebvin Gissible
Lyman Wahlert
Anita Church of Christ
Noyce
Evergreen Cemetery
Visitors and Homecoming Tidings in Dexter
Anita’s relatives plan to move to Dexter for their future home. M J Peters and family relocate to Dexter. Elaine Smither returns from Iowa City to spend Decoration Day with her parents George and wife. Bert Willison and family visit from Norwalk to see father J F Gissible and relatives. Mrs John Pine returns from Newton to stay with son A F Pine and family.
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Rolland Gilbert
Geraldine Kiehl
Iowa City
Norman Wagner
Neil Johnson
The
State University
Anita
M. J. Peters
Olea
Dexter
Elaine Smither
George Smither
Bert Willison
Dorothy
Norwalk
Iowa
J. F. Gissible
John Pine
Newton
W. A. Pine
A. F. Pine
Decoration Day Guests and Local Family News
Gerald Bell and wife of Des Moines attended Decoration Day at his parents T A Bell and wife. Beatrice Scholl, daughter of Elmer and Mrs Scholl, has been ill with after effects of measles. Arthur Winder and wife from Guthrie Center area visited Decoration Day at Anita with brother C T Winder and wife. Homer Kirkham and wife returned from El Dorado Springs Missouri to Anita. Kirkham’s sister Jennie Moree of Kansas City joined them for a few days with relatives.
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Jesse R. Carlton
Nancy Anne
Chicago
Atlantic
B. D. Carlton
Anita
Ed. F. Carlton
State Printing Department
Byron G. Allen
Old Age Assistance Commission
Des Moines
Homer Kirkham
Jennie Moree
Kansas City
Eagle Grove
Iowa
Sylvester Kirkham
Roland King
Cumberland
S. G. Jewett
Gerald Bell
T. A. Bell
Beatrice Scholl
Elmer Scholl
Arthur Winder
Guthrie Center
Decoration Day
C. T. Winder
Ed. Ogden
Eldorado Springs
Missouri
Kirkham
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A. Karns
C. A. Long
Ita Pratt
Mrs. Jopp
J. D. Young
George Pratt
Wapello
Woodla
Drews
Way
Arsity
L.C. Bangham
Mildred
City
C.pletcher
Helping Hand Club of
Lincoln Center
Weimer Pearson
Barbara Ann
W. H. Wesack
Adair
J. P. Christensen
West Main Street
Ida Grace
Matt Metz
Rialto Theatre
Keith Chadwick
Roy Suplee
Mr. Metz
Victa
Wayne Wagner
W. H. Wagner
iCoco Solo
Panama Canal Zone
United States Navy
Ed. M. Blakesley
Bernice
California
William H. Wagner, Sr
Mr. Wagner
Humphrey
Millard’s
Eryday
Eessity
Hectric
Pmpany
E. E. Grace
Harlan
Ralph Forshay
Mable Trimmer
Geraldine Winchester
A. C. James
Ozark Mountain
Bramson, Missouri
Blue Ribbon
4-H Club
Lincoln Township
Paul Armentrout
Byron McNeil
Bertha Daubendiek
Grinnell
Carl H. Daubendiek
George Haver
Eckley
Colorado
Frank Miller
Mr. Haver
Lulu McKenzie
Olin Grant
Olin G. Shepherd
Oakland
Helen ‘Trumbull
L. B. Trumbull
Cass’ County Fair Grounds
Maple Street
Cecil Budd
Bridge Club
J. W. Budd
M. M. Burkhart
W. F. Budd
the Tribune
Robert Scott
Mayo Bros. Clinic
Rochester
Minnesota
Bill Kramm
Standard Oil
Donald Shipman
Minatare
Nebraska
Elmira Ziegler
H. P. Ziegler
Chas. Salmon
Margaret Jean
Cambridge
Ohio
Ed.l. Newton
Anita Post Office
Jasper County Fairgrounds
George Eggert
Mitchellville
Ira Livingston
Eppart
Eggart
M. E. Bosley
Gary
Indiana
Fred. Knowlton
Elvira E. Hyde
Rev. E. L. Anderson
Shickley
John Culin
Rev. Anderson
H.C. Meinhold
Culin
Stromsberg
Paul Sandhorst
Marie Gundrum
Davenport
St. John’s Church
Rock Island
Chicago World’s Fair
Ask
J. T. Monnig
Rialto
Noa
New York
Elmer Rice
With Bebe
Doris Kenyon
Onslow Stevens
Lebel Jewel
Melvyn Douglas
Thelma Todd
Mayo Methot
Carl Laemmle, Jr
William Wyler
Cert Laemmile
Universal Picture
Ed. Sullivans
Dyer
Family Shoe Store Atlantic
Acsafe
Bongers Bros
Miller’s Market