Small Tornado Strikes Anita Area Causes Damage and Outages
A brief tornado struck the Anita area shortly after 5 p m causing downed limbs and power outages lasting about an hour. Widespread damage reported including broken windows, bent TV antennas, damaged barns and vehicles. One child, 22 month old Joseph Rowland of Georgia, died after being struck by a car near the Ira Fox home during the storm. Weather dropped about 0.5 to 1.2 inches of rain with hail and strong winds. Community crews worked to restore lines as residents faced damage to homes farms and property.
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Ecole
Samuday
Brownsbergers
East Main
Art Wheelock
Mae Pleper
Charlie Vanderbur
Junior Pleper
Pleper
Maxine Pleper
Fred Ehrman Jr
Anita
Crestwood
Charles van Aernam
Ehrman
VanAernam
Charles
Hadl
Adair
Joeph B. Rowland
Georgia
Ira Fox
Miternoon
Sabrle County Hospital
Cungster
Earl Howmans
Herold Fox
Adais
Fox
Plowmande
Mike Haman
Stone Vumain
William Garside 92 dies in Arizona service in Atlantic
William Garside, 92, of Prescott Arizona, a former Massena township resident, died Sunday at Yavapai Community Hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Roland Funeral Home in Atlantic, with burial in Massena Center Cemetery. He was born August 8 1878 and married Eva A. Joy in 1901, later widowed, then married Edna Wright in 1958. Survived by wife Edna, five daughters Elva Crow Maxine Dorsey Frances Harris Myrtle Kraath Eva Jensen, son Merle, 39 grandchildren, 74 great grandchildren and one great great granddaughter, plus a deceased first wife and grandson. He was the last of ten siblings.
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William Garside
Prescott
Ariz
Massena Township
Roland Funeral Home
Atlantic
Massena Center
Mr. Garside
Samuel
Nancy Skinner Garside
Yavapai
Eva A. Joy
Garside
Edna Wright
Edna
Walter
Elva) Crow
Maxine Dorsey
Anita
Russell
Frances) Harris
Porterville
Calif
Carl
Myrtle) Kraath
Ted
Eva) Jensen
Massena
Merle
Adair
Eva
Edward
Fern) Darrow
Elmer G. Crow
Vicki Bernhardt Heads to Brazil as Exchange Student
Anita graduate Vicki Bernhardt leaves June 23 for Campinas and Sao Paulo, Brazil, to study for three months as a foreign exchange student through International Fellowship. She will live with Dr. and Mrs. Geraldo Chaib and their four children, attend school, and travel with the Chaib family during July. Local FHA and Student Council funded her trip with bake sales and other efforts, marking her as Anita’s first exchange student abroad.
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Vicki Bernhardt
Richard Bernhardt
Brazil
Vicki
Des Moines
Campinas
Sao Paulos
Geraldo Chaib
Chaib
Miss Bernhardt
Anita Community High School
Reading & Bulletin
FHA
Future Homemakers Association
Anita
Retail Auction Saturday Night by Anita Chamber of Commerce
The Retail Committee of the Anita Chamber of Commerce declares an auction this Saturday June 26 at 8 p.m. at the bandshell park. See the Tribune for details and a list of items. Merchants with your dollars will be accepted money and items go to the highest bidder. Speck Fay acts as auctioneer and building Auction Dollars increases bidding power.
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Anita Chamber of Commerce
Bandshell Park
the Tribune
Electrition Norman Larsen Dies In Anita Accidents
Norman Larsen 47 an Anita electrician died Sunday morning at Anita Meat Processing Service from an electric shock while working on a motor. Rex Miller shut off power immediately. emergency crews could not revive him. Larsen born March 23 1924 near Audubon county served in the Navy 1942 46. Survived by wife Leola daughter Karla stepson Steve Alloway mother Anna Larsen two brothers six sisters and many relatives. Funeral services were held at Holy Cross Lutheran Church with graveside rites by VEW Post 8766 and American Legion Post 210. Interment at Anita Evergreen Cemetery.
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Anita
Norman Larsen
Norman
Rex Miller
Martin
Anna Kathryn Larsen
Audubon County
Mar
Exira
Navy
Leola Johnson Alloway
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Holy Cross
VFW Post
Legion Post
Anita Chamber of Commerce
Norm
East Main Street
Chapman- Morgan Station
Econ-O-Wash
Main and
Walnut Sts
Leela
Karla
Steve Alloway
Omaha
Anna Larsen
Kenneth
Harold
Denver
Colo
Irene) Schwenneker
Dexter
John
Thelma) Jergens
Adair
Robert
Ethel) Waters
Calo
John Phyllig Williams
Loveland
Donald
Betty) Pollock
Jack
Maria) Harris
Cedar Rapids
W. Richter
Rita Taylor
Jesus
E.W. Richter
Donald Jorgensen
Robert D. Miller
Verlyne Westphal
Lord
Shepherd
Leland Morgan
Rodney Rodgers
George Kopp
Howard Johnson
William Thompson
Franklin Wah~lert
Crestwood Home Residents Entertained By Anita Club
The Anita Home and Garden Club committee of the month hosted Crestwood Nursing Home residents on Wednesday June 16. Elmer Fries provided musical selections and Mrs Leslie Carothers read a poem. Mrs Elmer Fries read an article Do You Remember. Garden club ladies including Mrs Dale Dressler Mrs Andy Jessen and Mrs Carr attended bringing cupcakes and fruit for all residents.
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Anita Home and Garden Club
Crestwood Nursing Home
Elmer Fries
Leslie Carothers
Garden Club
Dale Dressler
Andy Jessen
Carr
Fly-In Breakfast and Walker Golf Tourney Slate This Sunday
The Anita Flight Club hosts a Fly-In breakfast at Anita Municipal Airport on Sunday with free breakfast for flyers. An air show features remote controlled aircraft and prizes for pilots. The Crestwood Hills Amateur Golf Tournament, renamed the Charles Walker Memorial, follows on June 27 at Crestwood Hills Golf Course with 27 hole championship and 18 hole flights, entry fees, and charity donations.
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Fly-In
Walker
Anita Flight Club
Anita Municipal
Crestwood Hills
Charles Walker
Donald Pollock
Garden Club Past Presidents Plan 30th Anniversary Program
The Anita Home and Garden Club will meet Monday June 28 at St Mary's parish hall for a regular meeting. The Past Presidents will present a program dedicated to the 30th year anniversary and the public is invited to attend.
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Garden Club
Anita Home and Garden Club
St. Mary's Parish Hall
Town Park Paving to Begin on Main Street
Town crews completed sweep and prep work along three blocks from Cherry to Locust. Henningsen's will apply tack coating and start asphalt paving with a two inch base and one inch surface, with no parking during the job, then continue to Lake Anita State Park roads. Completion is estimated in about five weeks.
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Henningsen
State Highway Commission
Lake Anita State Park
Hospital Discharges and Local Insurance Alliance News
Cass County Memorial Hospital discharged several patients including Mrs Earnest Pearson Mrs Chet Turner Lizzie Tibben and Robert Scholl after short stays. Town and Country Insurance Agency of Anita joins with First Western Insurance to expand services and affiliate 125 agencies statewide. Mun Grandias visit with family in Oskaloosa and Circle hosts meeting set for July 12 with Bob Lanter as hostess.
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Margaret Mehlmann
Cass County Memorial Hospital
Dorothy Sorensen
Earnest Pearson
Chet Turner
Robert Scholl
Marvin Scholl
Town and Country Ins
First Western, Inc
First Western Insurance, Inc
Anita
Cass County
First Western Insurance
Sioux City
Dex Moines
First Western
Town and Country Ins Agency
Mun Grandias
Mun Grandia
Oskaloosa
Mae Pieper
Maxine
Junior
Bob Lanter
Girele
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Wanda
Mary Griffin
Cement Realty Co
Vernon
Sandy) Tibben of
Wiota
Dement Realty Co
Anita Public Library
Debbie Weber
Carol Rodgers
Atl P.m
Patti Parker
Melanie Caswell
Anita Federated Women's Club
Kong
Lee Nichols
WM. Garside
Arizona
Littleton
United Church of Christ
Holston
Valley Falls
Denison
Mayetta
Kans
Platte City
Aurora
Bellevue
Nebr
Emerson
Avoca
Oscsola
Pastor Richter
Holy Gross Lutheran Church
Phil McLaughlin
Rosy Hyndman
Rodney Rodgere
Don Huff
George Lund
The
Jaycees
Jim Larsen
Gary Warwick
Dale Paxton
Jim Phillips
Larry van Horn
Tennessee
Denise Overholt
Sharon Smyth
Morristown
Tenn
Paul Misner
Darrel Schuler
Michigan
Garnet Merk
Clifford
Wynona
Northville
Mich
Lester Phillips
Amy’ Phillips
Homer Mellvain
Wm. Claussen
Paul White
Jerry Wilson
Wm. Boedeker
Lizzie Tibben
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