Charade opens Anita Theatre season with Hepburn thriller
Charade stars Audrey Hepburn and Cary Grant in a brisk 1950s style mix of comedy, mystery and romance as the Anita Theatre reopens. The plot has Hepburn pursued by gunmen over a hidden fortune, with Grant stepping in, while a New York style spy angle unfolds across Paris and Germany.
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Oharade
Anita Theatre
Swiss Alps
Paris
Audrey Heppurn
American
Central Intelligence Agency
G.i.’S
Germany
Cary Grant
Miss Hepburn
1964 Summer Softball Schedule Unita league expands
Unita adds two teams to the 1964 summer softball league with six total clubs, including Adair Dutchmen and Anita Redwood. Games begin this week at 8 p.m. with rainouts moved to Sundays and doubleheaders if two games are washed out.
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Unita
Dale Jensen
Adair
The
Anita
Redwood
McLuen Family Returns from Eastern Vacation
Mr and Mrs Ben McLuen along with Doug Tom and Nancy returned Friday from a trip to the eastern states. They met Tom at Kennedy Airport on his return from Europe and also visited the World's Fair during the vacation.
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Ben McLuen
Doug
Tom
Nancy
Kennedy International Airport
Europe
Anita Community boards hires music and math staff for 1964 65
Anita schools announce the hiring of Felix Vondracek of Grand Forks North Dakota as high school and junior high music instructor for fall. Virgil E Larsen from Yorktown Iowa is elected to the math position with three years teaching experience and a Navy tenure.
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Plentywood
Mont
Hi-Y
Virgil E. Larsen
Board of Education
Larsen
Yorktown
Grandview College
Des Moines
Northwest Missouri State College
Maryville
Rain totals and birthday note amid Anita updates
Rain fell Sunday and Monday totaling 3.25 inches with low lands flooded and fields waterlogged. Mrs. Mary Sheley celebrated her 94th birthday at an Anita area gathering with relatives in Des Moines and at Potter's Nursing Home. Chester Wagner, age 97, had died. A barn on Mike Mardesen land was auctioned to Cecil Waddell, to be torn down or moved by July 1.
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Calvin Riley
Ed Riley
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Anita
Sheley
Mary Sheley
Arnold Kuester
Adair
Des Moines
Potter’s Nursing Home
Chester Wagner
Mike Mardesen
Anita Development Inc
Cecil Waddell
Four Sites Considered for New Nursing Home in Anita
Directors of Colonial Manors of Anita Inc met at The Anita State Bank to review four candidate sites for a new nursing home to be built in Anita with construction to start after final property purchase. A. C. Dohrman, a Sioux City contractor, advised on site selection criteria and inspected locations. A report on a board meeting at St Marys church with proposed construction plans was not available in this edition.
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Colonial Manors of Anita Inc
Anita State Bank
Anita
A. C. Dohrman
Sioux City
Dohrman
St. Mary’s Church
The
Tribune
Fire station demolition and new utilities building progress
A north section of the old fire station was quickly demolished by a crew of firemen. Upcoming work nights Friday and Saturday will finish cleanup. Cement blocks are being laid by Hutchins Construction for the Walnut street Utilities and Fire station site formerly Chadwick Implement, with wall completion hoped this weekend.
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Hutchins
Walnut Street
Chadwick
West Park
Turkey Creek
Anita Days promotion prize grows to seventy five dollars
The Anita Days drawing increases to $75 in trade certificates for the Saturday June 20 event. Melvin Gissible drew $50 but did not claim it, adding $25 for next drawing. Marsha Walters also missed a prior win. The Retail Committee of the Anita Chamber sponsors monthly June drawings. participants must be present to claim and be high school age or older.
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Anita Days
Melvin Gissible
Marsha Walters
Mittee
Anita Chamber of Commerce
Summer Music Lesson Dates Set by Don Gibson
Audubon junior high music instructor Don Gibson announces six week summer lessons starting Monday June 15. Classes will meet Monday Wednesday and Friday, offering sixth graders review and progress for the fall program.
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Don Gibson
Audubon
Gibson
Low Turnout For Anita Summer Baseball Program
Anita sees very low enrollment in its summer baseball system with 16 in minors ages 8-10 and 11 in majors ages 11-13. If numbers do not improve, a Pee Wee team may be formed to play nearby towns, and Midget participation is also in doubt.
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Dave Boldt
Anita
Boldt
Viota
Cumberland
Bruce Peters
C-M
Spartans
Twin bill for Lakers Sunday in Nodaway Valley League action
Wet grounds forced a Sunday postponement leaving the Lakers with two games on Anita’s diamond. At 2 p.m. they face Lenox Black Soxs in Nodaway Valley League play, then 8 p.m. meet Clarinda at the Athletics’ diamond to make up last week’s washout. Lenox sits 1-3. Anita is 3-1 and aims to climb.
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Clarinda
Lakers
Anita Diamond
Lenox Black
Nodaway
Merlyn Christensen
Gary Christensen
Anita
Max Miller
SCI
Tom McLuen
Chuck Kinen
Twin Calves Born At Arthur Garsides Farm In Iowa City
Arthur Garside found two sets of twin calves born on June 2 at his farm in Iowa City. One set, sired by a Hereford bull, includes June and Jasper, both red with white faces. The other set, from a Charolais sire, includes Charlie and Alda, one white like the bull and one brown with a white face.
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Arthur Garsides
Arthur Garside
Garside
Guernsey
June
Jasper
Hereford
Charlie
Alda
Garsides
Tribune
Garside Farm
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Ruth Wscs
Esther-Martha
KJU
Church of Christ
Anita Garden Club Recreation Park
Anita Tribune
Don Johnson
Victory Park
Chapman-Morgan
Hastards
Gambles
Wayne
Dutchmen
Haszards
Chap Morgan
Wayne Feeds
Chap-Mor
Adair Peace Homes
Ben McLuens
Mardesen
Camp Wakanda
Camp Wakonda
Griswold
William Linfor
Neil Rupperle
Anitans
Nancy Scholl
Jerry Redburn
Bill Harris
Roosevelt Street
Sorensen’s
Third Street
Lou Livingston
City
Harris
Cass County Board of Review
Board of Supervisors
Court House
County Farm
Cass County Farm
Pee Wees
Carolyn Scholl
Girls’ State
Ruby Scholl
Hawkeye Girls’ State
State College of Iowa
Cedar Falls
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold Hughes
Girls State
Ladehoff
Hinderman
Young
Hansen
Legion Auxiliary
Carolyn
Anita Auxiliary
Dewey Stickel
University Hospital
Iowa City
Twin Bill
Gail Burke
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Harlan
J. F. Shafer
Harlan Cemetery
Fred Shafer
Los Angeles
Calif
Stanley
Villisca
Frank Iranz
Evanston
IIL
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Susie
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