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Newspaper
Anita Tribune
Location
Anita, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1957
Page
5
A nostalgia filled column muses on Father’s Day expectations and Mother’s Day discomfort, noting gifts like toothpaste and shoestrings, and a sense that holidays push families with well meaning pressure. The piece recalls class humor, jokes, and everyday scenes from a Missouri background, ending with a photo credit for Robert LeRoy Penton.
National Dairy Queen 1956 queen Sherri Lewis will visit Anita and Atlantic on Saturday for Dairy Month events. A full day includes free ice cream and dairy product samples, a parade, stag events, and speeches by Cass County leaders.
Funeral services for Donald Wanissey Chadwick 50 were held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Anita Congregational church. He died Thursday at Atlantic Memorial hospital after several months ill. Surviving: wife Gladys Bell Chadwick two children Kate and Tommy, his parents Howard and Mabel Chadwick, brothers Drexel Herbert and Keith all of Austa and sister Mrs Mel John Smith of Rochester Minn. Burial at Anita Evergreen cemetery with services led by Rev Charles S Yoak.
Carl Johnson and wife announce their son Hans will move with them to Plainview Nebraska around July 1. Johnson recently left Anita where he supervised the utilities plant and will lead a six member staff at the Plainview Municipal Utility Plant powered by 2040 horsepower diesel engines with an ice plant.
Delbert Christensen will begin work July 1 at Burkey Window and Awning Co in Atlantic after resigning from Anita Utilities on June 15 where he served as bookkeeper and secretary. Madonna Wul will join the Utilities office workstation starting Monday.
Cass County reports strong 1957 soil conservation progress with 80 farms joining the district and 80 miles of terraces on 125 farms. Heavy equipment runs during peak season as 50 waterways and seeding jobs reshape gullies, with tiling and water storage dams expanding forage and wildlife habitats.
Red Cross swimming and lifesaving classes for children and adults begin July 1 at Sunnyside pool in Atlantic. Ten lessons, three times weekly over about four weeks. Free instruction but $1.40 park board fee per enrollee plus $1 extra transportation charge for out of town riders. Special classes for disabled and senior lifesavers. no July 4 sessions.
Funeral services scheduled for 2 pm Friday at Long's Funeral Home for Susan Murray Farley 87 of Atlantic who died Tuesday at Atlantic Memorial Hospital. Burial will follow in Atlantic Cemetery. Mrs Farley is sister of Mrs Aura Williamson of Anita.
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