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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
4
An 11 year old Melbourne Iowa girl and her 17 year old fiancé ran away to Omaha to wed. Police placed them in separate jail cells after recovering 67 cents of the 1.62 dollars they departed with and notifying their parents.
Summer school begins Monday at St. Josephs parish Wiota with Rev. M J O Connor in charge aided by Sr Marie Decline and Sr Mary Emmanuel of Mt Loretta Council Bluffs. Edward Mailander Behnken Oil service station man returned from a vacation to the San Francisco exposition with stops in California Cheyenne and Boulder Dam. Billy Lee Burke of Des Moines visiting relatives Mr and Mrs Clay McDermott.
Mrs Lloyd Stewart and son Lloyd Jr from Boys Town Neb visited Memorial Day with uncle C W McDermott and other relatives. Fred Nordman from Chicago and C G Nordman from Stuart were there Monday. The latter is son of the late Cal Nordman a former Wieta resident and C G Nordman runs a grocery in Stuart.
Massena Townships Mr and Mrs Joe Garside will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their farm home on Sunday June 4 Open house for relatives and friends will run from 2 until 5 p m The couple have two children Mrs Harry Highley and Edwin Garside who live nearby Both Mr and Mrs Garside enjoy good health and remain active on the farm.
Velma Culver, 18, died from injuries suffered in an auto crash on the eve of her Creston high school graduation. Three other teen occupants escaped with minor injuries when the car veered and struck a bank after a wheel locked on a curve. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Culver.
Wide snapshot of residents moving visiting and traveling notes. Mrs H C Barnett relocates from 413 Poplar to 310 Birch while Mrs Charles W Hull travels from Dover N I to visit with sisters Ida von Motz and H C Gillett. Dr Earl C Montgomery and family return from Chicago. Ted Becker Junior Conklin Norman Christensen and Kenneth Boles enjoy a Storm Lake fishing weekend. Mrs Clarence Hedges of Weldon visits Memorial Day with Hopley brothers in Atlantic. Cynthia Hansen returns from Anita to visit Safe Koob. Frances M Way Ada Lewis Miss Awilda Martin June Harris set west coast vacation. W E Herrick and grandchildren Dale Donald Storer visit Atlantic from near Wiota. Silas Ellis of St Joseph Mo visits Mary Schiappacasse family. Ellis a former Atlantic resident. Adele Grobee, Ames principal, will return to Atlantic Friday. H P Vicker visits Des Moines with sisters R J Cornell Wilma Thorpe. E M Holmes returns later with Miriam Thorpe. Ray Pawley of Fremont Memorial Day visit to Pawley kin on Hickory. Blance Bibby returns from Peoria. Chas Huber and Esther Bibby travel via Moline and Geneseo Ill. First baseball centennial stamp covers to be issued for schools.
Notifications about first issues of boys and girls stamps sent to Cooperstown N Y by June 10 via post office. Miss Wilma Warren visited the New York World’s Fair after traveling to Cincinnati Cleveland Schenectady and Washington. Cadet Kenneth Anderson earned a Wentworth Military Academy diploma May 31. Civil Service exams announced for associate and assistant household equipment specialists and a horizontal sorting machine operator with salaries listed. details available from Max R. Ross at the post office.
Avoca Iowa news notes Mrs Julia Woodward a longtime Ecuador missionary visited at the Schaffert home. She spoke at Congregational church and continues work translating the Bible into an Indian language. Also mentioned are L A Kitzman departing for Sigourney to enroll at the University of Iowa and Ronald Johnson starting highway department service in Ames with Ronald Hinz replacing him as stenographer.
The term stick comes from hand typesetting a small metal tray two inches wide used to hold type. In Warsaw police armbands reveal languages they speak, with most officers proficient in Polish German and English.
Russian settlers established schools in Alaska in 1784 before the United States Constitution was adopted. Researchers note these early educational efforts reflect Russian colonial administration and outreach among native communities. The record highlights the long history of formal schooling in Alaska prior to statehood.
The name January comes from the Latin Janus the two faced Roman god. The month was dedicated to Janus who looks to past and future and oversees beginnings of enterprises. The ritual offering included new meal salt frankincense and wine.
Several hundred accountants from nine states gather in Des Moines for the central states accounting conference. Vitor H. Stempf of New York will explain how Secretary Morgenthau's federal tax recommendations affect business and accountancy. J. B. McGladrey of Cedar Rapids serves as Iowa society president.
Mrs Paul Barnes and son Leon of Omaha visit her brother and sister in Lewis. Asa Jones spends Memorial Day with his father M L Jones at Charter Oak. Charles Myers and Calbert Marker families of Omaha celebrate Memorial Day at the H G Marker home. Irma Hansen of Des Moines visits her parents Mont and Mrs Jones. Bess Stalnaker of Des Moines visits her brother in law and sister, Mr and Mrs Robert Graham. Brode and Charles Davis of Chicago spend Memorial Day with Lewis friends. Fred Dermeyer of Council Bluffs visits Lewis Tuesday. Ira Painter of ?
Winterset visited Tuesday Burleigh Painter. Mr. and Mrs. Brick Krohn s family spent Tuesday with Krohn's father, S. R. Beaver, Harlan, family and James Watkins of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. nat rinda visited at the Art Kire home on Monday.
Massena Iowa residents report Memorial Day services in Willison with E E Davis and F A Bell. Grahams return to Omaha after weekend visits. Fred Shields Spearfish South Dakota visitors depart for Dakota after a family gathering at the Shields farm. Clara Shields visits sister Roy Mandery Island Nebraska.
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