Anita Remembers A Year Ago Highlights Across Town
A May 4 1961 lookback recounts insurance mergers Vetter and Town and Country, school hiring John Dulin as elementary principal, Mas sena upholstery shop opening, a $1000 fire at Fred Wohleber home, a May 16 1957 track rep for Anita, theft at the high school raid on track team funds, and obituaries for Willis Gipple and Mrs E Bell among other events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Vetter
Vetter Insurance Agency
E. D. Brocker
Paul Clemmensen
Town and Country Insurance Agency
Vetter Agency
John Dulin
Wiota
Anita
Sherbondy
Jensen
Massena
Fred Wohlleber
Larry McLaughlin
Des Moines
Coache
Bill Folds
AHS
Villisca
C. C. Gipple
Scout Court of Honor
John Atwood
Dan Brownsberger
Phillip Brownsberger
Dale Dorsey
Tom Dorsey
Douglas Jewett
David Kelly
Dick Legg
Raymond McAfee
Jeri Millard
John Pearson
Robert Petersen
Larry Ray
Merritt Spry
Gary Smither
Lenny Thuelen
Douglas McLuen
Bruce Peters
American Legion Club
Kearney
Nebr
Henry Karns
Darlene Sunds
Miss Sunds
Merle Bassett
Voorhees’ Lodge
Anita High School
Harold Miller
Jens Miller
Wichita
Kans
Kenneth Turner
Royce Childs
Atlantic
Atlantic Tennis Club
M. Bailey
Gordon Gulickson
Portrait of Mother honored at Congregational Tea
Congregational Women's Fellowship held its annual Mother Daughter tea at the church parlors on May 10 with 40 attendees. Mrs. Boyd Sims led the guest book. readings, a vocal solo, a skit titled Portrait of Mother, and a Mother Machree finale were performed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congregational Women’s Fellowship
Boyd Sims
Tom Miller
H. J. Chadwick
Wilbur Heckman Jr
Raymond Lantz
Mother
Carsten Henneberg
Lantz
Drexel Chadwick
Paul Kellaway
Washington
Elva Steinmetz
Elmer Scholl
Nancy Hanks
Sarah Bush Johnson
Lincoln
Elsie Mikkelsen
Saceraiea
Church Schedules and Ministers Across Local Congregations
Hunch Nelles Church of Christ led by Charles Presley lists Sunday School at 9 30 and Church Services at 10 30 with Lester Gatch also noted for Sunday School 9 30 and 10 30 services. St Marys Catholic Church with Fr Joseph A Devlin offers Mass 10 and worship 11 with ministries and meetings on select dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Joseph A. Devlin
Holy Cross Church Schedule Highlights Pastor Knief
The schedule lists events for Holy Cross Lutheran Church with Louis C. Knief as pastor. Activities include a church staff meeting May 17 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday school and Bible class May 20 at 9 a.m., Divine Worship at 10:15 a.m., Walther League May 21 at 7:30 p.m., and Vacation Bible School teachers meeting May 23 at 7:20 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Knief
Community Bible Church Announces Sunday Schedule
The church lists Sunday school at 10:00 am and morning service at 11:00 am. Sunday evening services are at 8:00 pm but are canceled this week due to Rev. Dodson serving as Baccalaureate speaker. Wednesday prayer services also at 8:00 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Anita Public Schools Celebrate Arbor Day and Local Rail Rumor
Forty line excerpt notes Anita public schools Arbor Day program success. Also mentions a rumor that the Cannon Ball train serving Des Moines to Atlantic may end stops west of Stuart. confirms marriage on April 21 between Miss Jessie McWilliams and Homer C Simmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Feller
Anita Independent School District
Emmet M. Newton
Air Corps
Hamilton Field
Calif
Carl Beebe
New York City
Sherm Beebe
Viota
Bert Beebe
Lewis
Evergreen Cemetery
Des Moines
Veterans Hospital
Margaret Osen
Elwood Taylor
Jessie McWilliams
Homer C. Simmons
Arbor Day
Anita Public Schools
Atlantic
Stuart
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Tribune
Charlotte Reed
Ronald Gress
Holy Cross Church
Willis Gipple
Potter Nursing Home
E. Bell
Phil Lowenburg
Citizens Bank
Cong
Dewey Robinson
Harlan Gitting
Jesus
Mother Machree
Nps Henneberg
Minnie Campbell
Lloyd Harris
Byron Harris
Henberg
Harold Wahlert
Tom Burns
Harold Alleman
George Shaffer
James McCosh
Berea
Ernest Burke
D. R. Donohoe
Council Bluffs
Chas. Scholl
H. E. Campbell
Michael Metz
Bertha A. Robinson
Benton Township
Congregational Church
Ladies and Society
W. A. Schwimley
Kangley, Ill
Anita Congregational Church
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
THE
Anita Tribune
Anita, Iowa
Cass County
Anita, la
W. R. Ferguson
John Cassell
Cass
Nelles
Church of Christ
Charles Presley
Lester Gatch
North Massena Baptist Church
Duane Dodson
Christian Science Morning Service
Methodist Church
W. L. Hawn
MYF
Wesleyan Guild
Jewett Grain & Feed
Anita Viota
Purina
America
Holy Cross Lutheran Church
Community Bible Church
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