Anita Club Holds Dinner With New Officers Elected
About 100 members and guests attended a Friday dinner and business session of the Greater Anita Club. Chester A. Long was elected president, Carl H. Miller vice president, H. P. Ziegler secretary, and Robinson treasurer, with H. Kaulknes, V. C. McCoy, Frank A. Kohl, and Ed L. Newton among officers. The outgoing president praised the club’s service to banks and the community and plans for regular meetings resume in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater Anita Club
Voorhees Lodge
Chester
A. Long
Carl ‘H. Miller
Dent
H. P. Ziegler
Pageant at church marks community effort and school milestone
The community Vacation Bible School held last Sunday featured a pageant titled The Lost and was directed by Mrs G C Noblitt with J H Campbell in charge of music. Enrollment reached 81 with 61 average attendance and four perfect attendance certificates awarded. Superintendent Rev E Ison praised instructors and directors, thanking the school board and Supt Carlton for use of the school. A Friday picnic drew over 100 before rain sent it indoors to the Christian church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istian Church
J . HE. Campbell
E. I
Eigh
Ction
Anita
Ateff
C. ‘Arlock
Fine Spirit Christian Fellowship
Wheeler and Woolsey Star in Girl Crazy at Rialto
Wheeler and Woolsey headline the all star cast in Girl Crazy at the Rialto Theatre Saturday and Sunday. The animated stage comedy spoofs the West with Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey delivering swift humor alongside Eddie Quillan and Dorothy Lee in a lively musical comedy with Mitzi Green Arline Judge Kitty Kelsey and Stanley Fields in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rko-Radio Pictures
Rialto Theatre
Wheeler
Woolsey
William Seiter
Dorothy Lee
Mitzi Green
Arline Judge
Kitty Kelsley
Stanley Fields
Primary Election Expense Reports From Iowa Candidates
Louis Murphy of Dubuque Democratic nominee for U S senator spent 2988 with 890 from local firms and individuals. Charles Swangon of Council Bluffs Republican nominee for seventh district congressman spent 38.57. B M Richardson of Cedar Rapids Republican candidate for railroad commissioner reports 1084. C M Skipton renominated Republican for clerk of court reports 186.56. F R Edwards of Cumberland defeated for Fifth District supervisor reports 48.05. O M Hobart Republican candidate for county recorder spent 72. Peter Ward defeated sheriff nominee spent 88. A Odem Democratic sheriff candidate spent 2.75. G H Allen renominated for Atlantic supervisor reports 24765. P T Appleman Republican justice of the peace Atlantic. E M Willard Democratic county attorney candidate. C A Zimmer Democratic supervisor Second District. J W Blake Democratic justice of the peace Atlantic. S C Wagler Democratic coroner candidate report no expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Murphy
Dubuque
United States
G. C. Greenwalt
Charles E. Swangon
Council Bluffs
B. M. Richardson
Cedar Rapids
Peter Ward
A. Odem
Sheriiff
G. H. Allen
Atlantic
P. T. Appleman
Justice of the Peace
E. M. Willard
C. A. Zmmer
J. W. Blake
S. C. Wagler
Avoca Post Office Demoted to Third Class in Reclassification
Due to falling postal receipts the Avoca post office drops from second to third class in a nationwide readjustment by the postoffice department. Seven Iowa offices, including Ackley Albert City Bellevue Griswold and Guttenburg, are moved back. Hampton rises to first class with salary changes tied to the new ratings. Byron Wagner returns to Anita from Schenectady, N Y for a visit with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avoca
Post Office Department
Washington
Iowa
Ackley
Albert City
Belleve
Extra
Griswold
Guttenburg
Hampton
Symphony of Six Million at Rialto in Anita
Ricardo Cortez stars in a humane drama as a New York doctor who aids the poor but must leave the Ghetto for Park Avenue. Co stars Cor tez and Miss Dunne in a moving romance. a benefit for the Christian church class, with tickets 10c and 25c for both evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricardo Cortez
Rialto Theatre
Anita
Fannie Hurst
Christian Church
Cortez
Miss Dunne
New York, East Side
Exclusive Park Avenue
Othe
Armentrout Sues Denver Woman After Collision
H G Armentrout of Cass county sues Helen Davis of Denver Colorado for 750 dollars claiming damages from a crash west of Lewis ten days earlier. He seeks 250 for car damage and 600 for shock to his wife Frances Armentrout. alleges Davis drove on the left at high speed and struck his rear, spinning his car on the pavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Armentrout
Lincoln Township
Cass County Board of Supervisors
Helen Davis
Denver
Colorado
Armentrout
Davis
Lewis
Frances Armentrout
R. W. Cockshoot
Farm Land Values Drop Across Iowa in Latest USDA Figures
USDA figures show Iowa farm land values fell by 716 million plus last year and total value now 3.07 billion, with a 1920 peak and prewar values marked by an 884 million total. The report notes an average per acre of 93 dollars, down from 114 in 1931, and cites long-term declines since 1920. A Sunday Anita at Adair baseball game was rained out in the sixth inning with Anita leading 3 to 0. Batteries were Spry Scott for Anita and Heckman Glenn for Adair. The K I A club met at Mrs. Ben Wilson’s home last Friday for annual officer elections, electing Susie Bell president, Roy Baker vice president, Vera Sandbeck secretary, and Vernon Jeffries treasurer, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
United States Department of Agriculture
Anita
Adair
Adair Grounds
Spry
Scott
Heckman
Glenn
K. I. A. Club
Ben Wilson
Susie Bell
Roy Baker
Vera Sandbeck
Vernon Jeffries
Local Couple Weds in Marysville Missouri Monday
Kenneth Pierce son of Mr and Mrs N Pierce and Miss Tone Uhlig daughter of Mr and Mrs J R Uhlig both of Anita were married at Marysville Missouri at 11 00 oclock Monday morning The service was performed by Rev Clark Attendant was Miss Florence Fierce The bride a graduate of Adsir high school in 1982 The groom a graduate of Anita high school class of 1925 and of a short course in animal husbandry at Town State college in Ames They will farm north of Anita where the groom has worked for years C D Cleaver of Fort Wayne Indiana visited in the city Tuesday with his mother Mrs Nora Cleaver and Miss Geraldine Cleaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Pierce
N. Pierce
Miss Tone Uhlig
J. R. Uhlig
Anita
Marysville
Missouri
Rev. Clark
Florence Fierce
Adsir High School
Anita High School
Town State College
Ames
Cass and Audubon Testing Assn Picnic Today
Members of the Audubon Cass county cow testing associations plan a picnic at the Lassen Bros farm near Atlantic at 10 a.m. under farm bureau sponsorship. Floyd Arnold will judge dairy cattle. a contest follows with women invited. The top association member may compete at Waterloo. A noon picnic lunch is served cafeteria style at Sunnyside Park. Afternoon acts include talks, horse shoe pitching, and an Audubon Cass county kitten ball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon-Casa County
Atlantic
Farm Bureaus
Harold Tietge
Dairyman
Lassen Bros
Atlantic Cemetery
Floyd Arnold
Extension Dairyman
Iowa State College
Contest Association
State Contesting Association
Waterloo
Dairy Cattle Congress
Sunnyside Park
Audubon
Cass
Farm Holiday Movement Spreads Across Iowa Corn Belt
The Farm Holiday movement sweeps Iowa and the Corn Belt with under 20 counties left to organize. At a May 21 meeting in Des Moines, officials planned withholding perishable foods during the holiday period, aiding the distressed and institutions, with feed at production cost. Recommendations include haying oats, stacking grain, building bins, and filling elevators while allowing free trading at cost of production prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Corn Belt
Des Moines
Change In Letter Rates On the Sixth of July
Postmaster Ed L Newton says postage changes take effect July 6 with first class letters one ounce needing a three cent stamp replacing two cents. Air mail rises to eight cents per first ounce, plus thirteen cents for each additional ounce. no extra charge for postal cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. L. Newton
Air Mail
County Board Lets Contracts
Cass county board of supervisors awarded secondary road contracts totaling 41,898.60 to three firms: F C Akin Co of Corning Atlantic J W Peeds & Son of Fort Dodge and Wheeling Corrugated Co of Des Moines Akin was low bidder for bridge and culvert work with 4200 for Buck Creek bridge Other bids ranged to 6250 by Omaha Steel Works Earth work went to J W Peeds & Son for 22789.63 Corrugated pipe to Wheeling 2908.97 and several trunks and local road grading projects were approved including grade work on Buck creek bottom andWiota Cumberland roads plus Nodaway river and Turkey creek bottoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cass County Board of Supervisors
F. C. Akin Company
Corning
Atlantic
J. W. Peeds & Son
Fort Dodge
Wheeling Corrugated Company
Des Moines
Akin Company
Buck Creek
Condon Construction Company
Omaha
Wickham Bridge & Pipe Company
Council Bluffa
Duvall & McKinney
Logan
Lundgren-Reis Company
Jensen Construction Company
Kimballton
Condon Company
Carl A. King Company
North Bend
Nebraska
W. J. Baughman & Sons
Griswold
Washington and Grove Township
Fort
Wiota-Cumberland
Cumberland
Turkkey Creek
Grove _community house
Nodaway River
Edna Township
Town Budget Cuts Tax Burden for Local Property
The town budget review shows reductions across funds and a higher water rent that would cut taxes by about ten dollars per thousand of assessed value. Mayor and Council are praised for taxpayer-friendly measures and urged to continue support. Miss Gleaves Lam returns from McCleary Sanitarium to Warrensburg with friend Miss Emma Skinner.
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NG Heads
A. 10
Greaternita Club
P. Chase
Hers
Ating
Canton
Chicago
Ben Kirkham
Carrie Reynolds
Kirkham
Misa
Adolph
Arderl Lantz
Wheeler & Woolsey
Byron Wagner
Schenectady
New York
General Electric Co
J. A. Wagner
A. R. Kohb
Anita, Iowa
Wisconsin
Marysville, Mo
C. D. Cleaver
Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Norah Cleaver
Geraldine Cleaver
Cass and Audubon Testing Assn
Elmer Scholl
Albert A. Miller
Dan L. Spiker
Galesburg
Illinois
John Millhollin
Highland Church
Audubon County
Gleaves Lam
Warrensburg
McCleary Sanitarium
Excelsior Springs
Laun
Emma Skinner
Creston
Town
Excelstor Springs
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