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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
4
Classified ad fragment lists 1946 and 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster vehicles for sale with Behnken Motor Co Anita Iowa, plus home heating and hog feed products. Contains multiple card of thanks notices and club meeting notes from local residents and groups with names and events.
Fifty seven youngsters were at the park last Wednesday while parents and Coach Peters and Joan Biggs monitor safety near the railroad crossing. City will install lights for the tennis and basketball court and add a 20 ft slide within ten days. Mary Vetter, infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Vetter Jr, returned home after a hospital stay in Atlantic.
A Sunday picnic near Anita honored Mr. and Mrs. Duff on their 25th anniversary. Forty three relatives attended, including Duff family from Des Moines and Mrs. Duff’s parents from Macksville. The couple wed June 6, 1925 in Glenswood Iowa and have farmed in Mills County before moving to Berea community.
Mr and Mrs Duff with three married children Arthur at Anita post office Lee Iowa State graduate to Cedar Rapids and Marion Scholl on a farm. Vernon Duthies attend Richard Duff's law degree graduation at Iowa City and Senior Swing Ball. 1950 class memorial organ presented to University. A B Stone visits Cedar Rapids with Ernest Duff.
The O. T. O. club met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Ellsworth Parker with eight members and three guests. Contests by Mrs. Harry Phippen were won by Mrs. Kenneth Reed. door prize also went to Mrs. Phippen. Next meeting set for June 1, 1921, with Mrs. Phippen and new products to discuss.
Mr. and Mrs. Worth Chastain with Mrs. Chastain’s father J P Rupperie spent Sunday with Mrs. Chastain’s sister and family Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Beatty at Prescott Iowa.
Mrs Helen Moon and her daughter Marcella of Mitchell were visiting in the same home as Mrs Moon's sister Ma Beatty, with additional mention of Dakota A. in the same context.
Thirty five friends and relatives visited Mr and Mrs Max Denney east of Wiota to celebrate Mrs Denneys birthday. Attendees included Kaufmann Schwenke Mabel Denney Leota Karas Charles Schwenke from Massena Larsen family of Wiota Cordes Welden Atlantic Farnum Denney and other Denney and Spry families from Anita. Anita area received about 2.5 inches of rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with temperatures in the 90s.
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