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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
5
Thirty local youths will receive free swimming instruction sponsored by Red Cross with transportation provided. Lessons run twice weekly starting July first at mn. m. through July, for children under 12, with admission only to the pool set at $1.40 per person, overseen by Tom Burns.
The Anita Wittenball fans anticipate Friday night action with a planned double header if weather allows. First game features the Cards against the Yanks, followed by the Cubs versus the Giants. A future Monday slate promises Tigers against the Red Box and Gianta against Cards. Each game runs five innings.
Square Deal 4-H Club met June 13 at Kaufmann home with Jerry Sorensen presiding. Plans were relubed for a June 23 event, then adjournment followed a lunch won by Mrs. Kaufmann. The next gathering will be July 11 at Kenny Kuehn’s residence.
County beef producers should plan to market cattle to qualify for CCC payments under new Agriculture Department rules. Feeders sold to slaughterers by June 30 1946 deliver eligible cattle for subsidy. other eligible cattle must be delivered by June 30 1946. Applications for payments must reach the county office by August 1 1946, with extensions possible for time to secure fences. Local notices also report Father’s Day visits and guests of area residents.
A pleasant Father’s Day was held at the home of Joe Denny on Chestnut Street where his children and their families brought well filled baskets for a yard picnic.
Mr and Mrs Dale Christensen near Anita welcomed a son Frederick Dale born June 14 at Atlantic hospital weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces with mother formerly Miss Maxine Stager. Mr and Mrs Carl Benson of Anita welcomed son Robert Charles born at 9 30 am Thursday June 20 at their home. he is third child with siblings Curtis and Georgia.
Mias Pauline Gissibs of Lincoln Township has two years of perfect attendance with the Cass County 4H club. She serves as secretary treasurer and historian for the Lincoln Lincolnettes and joined the demonstration team that earned a plus ribbon at last year’s Achievement Day in Atlantic.
Mr and Mrs Thoral Robinson and family from Des Moines with Charles Robinson of Anita spend the week at Cross Lake Minnesota on a fishing trip planned by Thoral and family for Fathers Day honoring his dad Chas Robinson.
Dan Breen was the guest of honor at a Father's Day dinner at home. Attendees included Mrs. Paul Margerite Breen and family, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Breen, Kay Breen, and Des Moines visitors Mrs. Marcella Taylor and others. A covered dish meal was served at noon with wedding cake and ice cream. Dean Karns and George Legg plan a two week outing at Camp Poster near Lake Okoboji.
The Salvation Army announces a nationwide campaign to raise six million dollars for postwar programs. Iowa’s quota is two hundred twenty eight thousand dollars, with one hundred thousand eight hundred dollars sent to National Headquarters and the remainder used in the state after expenses. Funds support overseas service, rehabilitation, readjustment aid, prison work, training, and an array of community programs across three thousand units in the U S Hawaii and Alaska.
A small blaze at the George Talty home was contained by the Anite fire department last Friday afternoon. An oil stove left burning while the Taltys napped, and a breeze fed the fire to a curtain, causing considerable damage. John B. Williams of Chicago visited his parents for Father’s Day, and Major John Eastman and family from Rapid City, Dak., stayed with relatives before returning to Rapids City. Dennis Pearce and wife returned from a week visiting Tulsa and Moreland, Oklahoma.
Walter Dorsey a Anita produce dealer reported his 1940 Plymouth pickup stolen from in front of his home Monday night. A Chevrolet belonging to John Hall of Des Moines was found abandoned nearby. Hall’s car had been stolen and was out of gas when found and was returned to Des Moines the next day.
Cass County calls for boys and girls to pick beans and detassel corn through the Cass County Farm Bureau. Applicants can secure blanks at the Anita Tribune office and join a summer program offering money making opportunity during holidays.
The Jensen clan held a family reunion in Concert Park in Anita Sunday. About 75 relatives from Audubon Extra Bayard Guthrie Center Menlo and Blair Nebr were in attendance. JA basket dinner was held at noon.
The Spencer family from San Francisco arrived in Anita to visit relatives when two tire blowouts near Wells Nevada caused their car to roll. Mrs Spencer sustained a deep forehead gash requiring stitches while Mr Spencer and the infant were shaken. The vehicle was repairable and the trip continued. Mrs Charles Walker visited Iowa City with her mother Mrs Ella Shaffer who is recovering at the university hospital. H C Faulkner and grandson Jan Faulkner left for a cottage at Lake Okoboji. Charles Gipple attended to business in Des Moines.
Miss Carol Zeigler wed Day Sorg in a Des Moines ceremony at St. John's Lutheran Church. A double ring service was conducted by Uncle Rev. R J Cornell with nuptial music and white floral decor. The bride wore white China silk with a court train and Venetian lace veil, carrying a white bible and bouquet. Attendants included cousin Arlens Holmes and Mrs Mary Garman. A reception followed in the church parlors with a dinner for the couple and bridal party.
A Saturday morning lightning strike hit the Karna home on Grand Avenue Baraboo causing a highline transformer fault. The bolt grounded in the bathroom floor pipe cutting power to the street, shattering bulbs and damaging electrical appliances as telephones went out. The bride, a Drake University alumna from Des Moines and a graduate of St Joseph School of Nursing, was at the scene. The couple plans to reside in the Baraboo area.
Misa Shirley Grow daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore Grow of Council Bluffs and a former Anita School teacher was united in marriage to Richard Young former Anita resident on Sunday June 16 at the First Presbyterian Church in Council Bluffs. The double ring ceremony drew 150 relatives and friends with Rev D C Carson Bransby officiating. The couple were attended by Mrs Earl Beaver and Duane Karns. Music by Louise Seidl and Marguerite Morehouse. The bride an embroidered white satin gown wore a halo veil and carried a white rose bouquet. The groom is the son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Young of Anita and has just been discharged from the armed forces. Mrs Young will resume teaching in the fall. Attending from Anita were Mr and Mrs Herbert Bartley.
The Hill's Greater Shows perform at Anita Ball Park by the Depot for a week starting Monday June 24 under American Legion and Greater Anita Club sponsorship. Frank Gaskins says 7 riding devices and 4 modern, entertaining shows will headline with family friendly acts and midways featuring U S Bomb terrets and Bomb Raider demonstrations nightly. Continuous carnival thrills for all ages with ample rides for children and a lively family atmosphere.
Mr and Mrs Glen Newton and their children Paul and Janet from Nevada visited with extended family including Mr and Mrs Hubert Newton Mrs Charles Dorsey of Stuart and Mr and Mrs Charles Salmon and children. Dinner was served at noon. Mr Newton, in poor health, enjoyed having his children home for the day.
Mr and Mrs Henry Reel hosted a gathering at their home northwest of Anita last Friday in honor of their son Marvin Roed s birthday anniversary. Attending were Elmer Reed and family Martin Reed Hans Jensen Evelyn Wilson and daughters Extra Gunner Jensen and daughter Dala Kroghe and daughter Russell Eden and children Jagan Mikkelsen and family Martin Larson and family Bernice Mortensen of Atlantic and others.
Judy Garland leads a star studded cast in The Harvey Girls a Technicolor musical set in New Mexico’s 1890s frontier. The film opens Sunday June 23 on the Anita screen with John Hodiak Ray Bolger Angela Lansbury Preston Foster Virginia O’Brien Kenny Baker Marjorie Main and Chill Wills in the lineup.
Mr and Mrs Virgil Elliott were called to Des Moines this week to attend the funeral services of the infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Green. The little girl was one of triplets born to the Greens recently.
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