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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1944
Page
2
Anita notes Lt. Jack Roe receives relatives Anita and Glen Roe in San Diego for weeks with his son Mrs Dosha V Scholl travels from Stuart to Denver for winter with sister Mrs Win Duthie A A Joanson of Lincoln Neb spent weekend with family.
Walnut weekend visitors included Lavenne Oldehoff and family from Council Bluffs, Eleanor Nissen, Dorothy Larson, Phyllis Finistenesen, Mabel and Nellie McDermott from Crisada. John Bayle of Grand Rapids Michigan visited daughter in law Mrs Robert Bayle at Lewis Fredrichsen home. Mrs Howard Burkey returned from Greenville South Carolina visiting niece Mrs Elaine Horner, stopping in Chicago to see cousin Elsie Deen. War Savings Stamps may be purchased at The Atlantic News Telegraph.
Funds from Christmas seals support a tuberculos is clinic in Cass County and fund a new T B control effort. High schools will host X ray exams every three years for all personnel and students, enabling at least one free X ray during high school. A long list of volunteers aids seal sales and county outreach led by Mrs. Mallette and county officers.
Pvt Jewell Riede, WAC, writes her parents from France after three months of silence. She reports being in Paris and requests homemade white soap due to hard water, plus print for two house dresses she expects to wear. She enlisted in October 1943, works as a teletype operator in the signal corps, and previously worked for Western Union in Chicago. She left the U.S. for England in April and her first letter from France arrived at Thanksgiving.
Anita school district notes describe Grant No. 6 P. T. A. meeting held Friday evening at the rural schoolhouse two miles east of Anita. Mrs. Harold McDermott and teacher Mrs. Mary Lou Coon led the program followed by a social hour and lunch by Mrs. Peter R. Petersen and Mrs. Ben Picart. A Christmas program is planned for December 9 with a covered dish supper preceding it.
Funeral services were conducted for Mrs Tim Maher at St Peter and Pauls Catholic Church Saturday morning. The Rev P N McDermott officiated and interment followed in Atlantic Catholic Cemetery. Church music was provided by the choir with Miss Anna McGrath on the organ. Cabinet bearers were John Curry M S ODea Mike Carey Carl Comes Ed Waters and Joe Moore.
Des Moines Iowa the state department of agriculture announced that Paul R Brasch former Story county 4 H club agent has been appointed field secretary of the Iowa State Dairy association with offices at Waterloo Iowa Plant or office locations may vary.
Karl Hoffman of Ida Grove won the wartime Chicago market fat stock show grand championship with 15 lightweight Hereford steers averaging 962 pounds. The Hoffman Storz entry took first in lightweight and Hereford classes. 51 livestock entries were judged. Iowa youths Mary Jean Reynolds, Margaret Ann Smith, Loren Neville, Lawrence Bice, Rich Gannon and the Schmidt brothers showed cattle.
The notice lists Woodward at Carmelite with ages 16 and 14 for Francis and Harry, 18 for Patricia, 10 for Lawrence, and the Held family from Hinton including Lois 20, Charles 19, Darlene 18, Gordon 15, and Stanley 13.
Mr and Mrs M D Trailer left Saturday for Chicago and Wisconsin to spend the winter with their children. Earl Namanny was a business caller in Omaha Friday. Mr and Mrs Mark Anderson visited Des Moines Sunday with their son and daughter in law Gerald Anderson and met their new grandson.
Anita volunteers finish the county quota of surgical dressings and send them to the Atlantic county chairman. Red Cross rooms in Anita remain open for sewing activities and donations.
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