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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
6
A pink and white bridal shower was hosted Tuesday afternoon last week at the home of Mrs Norman Paulsen for Mrs Henry J Paulsen. Assisting hostesses included Mrs La-
Rue Andersen and Mrs. M N Lambert sen hosted a gathering with 21 attendees. Contests led by Mrs Heath crowned winners including Mrs Albert Johnston and others. out of town guests from Maine and Atlantic were noted. A network of visits, illness updates, and a forthcoming camp assignment for Pvt Kapp framed a long community recap with multiple households visiting and hosting.
Cpl John Retz son of Mr and Mrs Emil Retz leaves Camp Stone Man California returning to Japan with the air force. NGA Club met midweek with nine members. winners were Mrs Ernest Harris and Mrs Pat Castleberry. Hostess gifts went to Mrs Gard and a group including Mrs Castleberry Mrs Dreager Mrs Shubert and Mrs Jess.
Henry Ballensiefer of Wiota suffered a fractured skull and head injury when a hay load toppled over him Friday afternoon. He was taken to Atlantic Memorial hospital in serious condition. The Wiota Methodist Vacation Bible School, directed by Mrs. A M Acker, concluded two weeks with 46 children enrolled and a program Sunday evening.
Miss Mardella Jean Wheatley and Wayne Donald King were married at 2 30 PM Sunday in Atlantic Methodist Church. The bride wore a nylon tulle and satin gown with lace details, tiara veil, and carried carnations and snapdragons. Bridesmaids included Joan Johnson Jane Wheatley and others in various pastel gowns.
Ganelle Richter wed Pvt. William King in Atlantic. The ceremony featured carnations in hair and gowns with yellow dress for flower girl Carol Ann Baker. Over 400 guests attended a reception for the couple who will reside at 507 Cedar Street Atlantic. Mr. King works for Tyler Bros. in Atlantic.
Heavy stocking continues after a near total fish kill in Henry Keokuk and Mahaska counties during 1950 51. In 1951 five thousand eight to twelve inch catfish were released in the Skunk Rivers. A total of thirty five thousand catfish from the Mississippi River are planned for stocking at thirty eight locations before November 30 1962.
At the state game farm near Boone three thousand five hundred baby pheasant chicks and one thousand five hundred quail are hatched weekly. In coming weeks nine thousand pheasants and nine thousand five hundred quail will be distributed to forty two sportsmen's groups under a cooperative program. Clubs raise the birds from two weeks old to ten to twelve weeks before releasing them on seed-stack farms.
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