Silver Wedding Anniversary Celebrated at St Pauls Lutheran
About 140 relatives and friends attended the open house observance for the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Curtis at St. Pauls Lutheran church. The event featured a four tiered cake and candlelit decorations with gifts, guest book duties, and a varied program by family members and local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Curtis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Levi Rasmussen
Russell Rasmussen
Jacqueline Barker
Mary Lou Steeves
Olga Brehmer
Lyle Woodring
Henry Kloppe
Fremont
Nebr
Kansas City
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Kimballton
Walnut
Bota
Wiota
Cumberland
Stuart
Griswold
Atlantic
Henry Eggerling
John Eggerling
Freda Kloppenburg
Gerhardt Kloppenburg
E. T. Otto
Judy
Lewis Group Garden Club Meeting at Mrs Weirich Home
A Lewis Garden club gathering drew seventeen members and two guests, with cake decorating by Mrs Ernest Osler and decor by Mrs Jobnk. The group thanked the Church of Christ for petunia plants and planned to plant morning glories in Pioneer park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Kunze
Glenn Kennedy
Gerald Weirich
Roderick Kunze
Coryell Dorsheimer
Household Club
Byron King
Don Koop
Marion Scherdin
Pioneer Park
Lewis
Chatterbox Club
Morris Rabe
Vin Conrad
Dale Kunze
Japan
Ernest Osler
Marion Baker
Robert Kennedy
Club Calendar Notices for Maple Dale and Zion Altar Guild
Maple Dale club family picnic at Herbert Smith home scheduled for Monday. Zion Altar Guild meets at 7 30 p m Wednesday at the church with Mrs John Hoepner as hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maple Dale Club
Herbert Smith
Zion Altar Guild
John Hoepner
Lewis area clubs hold picnics and gatherings across June
Marion Scherdin announces a June picnic at Pioneer park Lewis for all former members. Various clubs meet at homes of members, with highlight events including poetry readings high scores at cards and a silent auction of baked goods. A family picnic closes the season at Pioneer park June 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Conn
Roscoe Woodward
Lewis Crescent Club
William Felker
Hugh Porter
Frank Bennett
Pioneer Park
Clayton Munsors
Elk Horn area social and church events roundup
Entertainments at Elk Horn Lutheran church mark confirmations and showers. A 25‑family progressive supper by Homebuilders. Miss Verlee Andersen honored at a miscellaneous shower with multi‑family hostesses. White Union Club meets with May baskets and contest prizes. Cumberland Senior Breakfast celebrates grads. PEO Chapter 6L holds final meeting with reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Andersen
Ronald
Lutheran Church
Andersen Verlee Andersen
Chris P. Andersen Jr
Elk Horn
Elk Horn Lutheran Church
Mmes
Robert Andersen
Max Smith
H. W. Andersen
Robert Buiken
Wiota
Stanley Miller
Council Bluffs
Leo Andersen
Hans C. Andersen
Wayne Paulsen
Elmer Andersen
Warren Jacobsen
Egon Simonsen
Arlo Andersen
Alvin Lange
Jacob Jacobsen
Henry Walter
Kimbaliton
Marius Petersen
Wallace Engagement Announced for Lena Edna
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wallace of 109 North Chestnut announce the engagement of their daughter Lena Edna to William Thomas Athay Jr of Council Bluffs. The wedding is set for July 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Wallace
North Chestnut Street
Lena Edna
William Thomas Athay, Jr
Council Bluffs
Wy ah Wy ah Win Scholastic Awards at Extra Commencement
Marilyn Esbeck named valedictorian with a 97.25 four year average and active in basketball softball Honor Society journalism and student leadership. Elizabeth Nelsen earned salutatorian with 93.63 average and roles in chorus glee club student council pep club and band. Jeannette Bjorn finished third with 93.21 average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marilyn Esbeck
Earl Esbeck
Miss Esbeck
Elizabeth Nelsen
Fred Nelsen
Jeannette Bjorn
Community notices include alumni banquet and showers
Anita alumni banquet honors 1957 graduates with guests from 1907 and 1932 classes. New officers elected: Harvey Scholl president, Carl Moore vice president, Arthur Duff secretary, George McDermott treasurer. Also bridal shower for Shirley Riepe and mass WSCS activities. Open house marks Henry and Freda Eggerling’s silver anniversary. 185 attendees from Wiota and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Williams
June Mills
Menlo
Lester Hill
Eammo Scharf
Dale DeWitt
Russell Milner
Research Club
Entre Nous Club
Anita
Benson
Minn
Dallas Crabbs
Winterset
Marie Johnson
Kuehn
Conrad McAfee
Atlantic
Donald Knowlton
Madeline: Knowlton
Wiota
Allene Steele
Gladys Chadwick
Jenevieve Christensen
Lila Dorsey
Roger Loots
Mending Club Hosts Mrs Delbert Manderly Guest
Mrs Ed Minge entertained the Mending club cadge guest Mrs Delbert Manderly of near Nodaway on Tuesday at the club meeting.
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Grant Mending Club
Ed Minge
Mending Club
Delbert Manderly
Near Nodaway
Births Reported in Various Localities This Week
Lewis Soy and Bob Kuhns announce a son born at Atlantic Memorial Hospital weighing 7 pounds 9 ounces. Leo Chafa and Sea Bridgewater welcome Scott Allen born May 26 at Greenfield Hospital. he has a sister and a brother. Harley McDaniels and Anita MeDaniels of Independence announce a daughter Pamela Sue born May 1 weighing 8 pounds 7 ounces joining a brother Larry. McDaniels once girls basketball coach here. Dallas Madsen and Anita announce a daughter seven pounds seven ounces born May 19. grandparents Ole Madsen and L W Robinson listed with Robinson in Omaha assisting the mother.
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Lewis
Bob Kuhns
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Sea Bridgewater
Leo Chafa
Greenfield Hospital
Scott Allen
Anita
Harley MecDaniels
Independence
Pamela Sue
Larry
McDaniels
Dallas Madsen
Omaha
Ole Madsen
Extra
L. W. Robinson
Mrs Merritt Named Air Force Observer of the Month
Prescott Arizona report notes Mrs C C Merritt of Camp Wood chosen as Air Force observer of the month for Arizona. She submitted 300 plane spottings a month while fulfilling duties as grandmother, bookkeeping for husband’s sawmill, U S Weather Bureau observer and cow milker.
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Prescott
Ariz
C. C. Merritt
Camp Wood
Air Force
Arizona
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cork Stripping From Oversteam Tee Safe For Trees
A horticultural note explains that cork can be removed from an oversteam tee without fatal damage to the tree. The practice is described as nonlethal with proper technique.
Wrong Door Raid Sued Over Marilyn Monroe Looked-Alike
Florence Kotz Ross of Los Angeles sues Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, and seven others for 200000 claiming a wrong door raid at her apartment on November 5 1954 caused acute hysteria. She slept when five or six men battered the door fearing burglars or threats, leading to fainting, nerves, job loss, and medical costs. Sinatra says he drove DiMaggio to the scene and stayed in his car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Frank Sinatra
Joe DiMaggio
Marilyn Monroe
Florence Kotz Ross
Ross
Sinatra
DiMaggio
Woman Sets Jump Record As Snake Crawls Across Shoe
Blytheville Arkansas story details Miss Louise Mizell nearly matching the standing broad jump world record when a water moccasin crawled across her shoe. The snake climbed the car wheel, disappeared under the hood, and was later driven to a service station where a steam hose was used. the snake was never found.
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Blytheville
Ark. U
Louise Mizell
Main Street
Miss Mizell
Front Door Service Ends in Car Crash at Home
Washington resident Myrtle Harrington gave Mrs. William D. McKim Sr. a ride home Friday. She pressed the gas instead of the brake causing the car to speed through the yard and strike cement blocks under the porch, authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Myrtle R. Harrington
William D. McKim Sr
Tax ruling taxes bathing suits as athletic equipment
Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gerald A. Gleeson rules bathing suits are athletic equipment, not clothing, making them subject to the state's three per cent sales tax even when used solely for sun bathing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisurg
Pennsylvania
Secretary of Revenue
Gerald A. Gleeson
Gleeson
Boy tumbles into molasses in Elxton yard
Bud Knight slipped into a tank of molasses in his Elxton Kentucky yard. He joked the sticky mishap did not improve his mood and preferred molasses as a hair set rather than as a cleaning agent.
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Elxton, Ky
Bud Knight
Russian Teens Seek Jobs in Moscow
Russian teenagers eager to work struggle to find positions as factories demand training and prefer adults. They face shorter shifts by two hours and often leave for further education, says the Literary Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Literary Gazette
SICK and INJURED Hospital Patients in Local Area
SICK and INJURED Hospital Patients report multiple local patients under surgery at Atlantic Memorial Hospital this morning. Included are Mrs Leo Hebing of Oakland and David Adams, 11, of Griswold. Oliver Strutz of Locust Street entered for treatment.
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Leo ‘Hebing
Oakland
David
Ross Adams
Griswold
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Oliver Strutz
Locust Street
Robert Anderson
Birch Street
Carol Morton
East Third Street
Sandra Dillin
Casey
Vernon Vance
West Mahogany
Local notices from Omaha and surrounding areas
Jesse Smiley, released from Veterans Hospital Omaha, recuperating at home. Jeanne Bryson, daughter of Don and Mrs Bryson, returned from Corning hospital where she was a medical patient. Earl Frederick found unconscious in a field after bee sting on ear at Fits farm. Mrs Kenneth Mueller underwent surgery at Clarkson hospital Omaha. Helen Blackburn injured fingers in car door. Howard Wayne Ruth, 49, hospitalized at Carroll with truck collision injuries eight miles south of Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Smiley Lewis
Jesse Smiley
Veteran's Hospital
Omaha
Grant
Jeanne Bryson
Don Bryson
Corning Hospital
Earl Frederick
Fits Farm
Kenneth Mueller
Clarkson Hospital
Helen Blackburn
Cumberland
Howard Wayne Ruth
Carroll
Highway Commission
Ruth
Greenfield
Ill health spans family updates at local farms
Walter Beck lies bed bound with a heart ailment while daughter Evelyn Isley visits from Washington. Emil Feick had a Rochester Minnesota medical checkup. Mrs. Calvin Bauer bruised after a colt incident. Dickie Blazek suffers scrapes from a roof incident with calves entangled safety rope. Cameron Tucker reports Creston post surgery checkup. Victoria Dixon remains ill at home. Gary Antisdel had an appendectomy Thursday.
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Hig Farm
Fideth Tsséna
Walter Beck
Evelyn Isley
Washington, D. C
Bridgewater
Emil Feick
Rochester
Minn
Calvin Bauer
Dickie Blazek
Ernest Blazek
Floyd Stuva
Greenfield Hospital
Cameron Tucker
Creston
Victoria Dixon
Gary Antisdel
Local Health Notes Leap From Hospitals
Out of hospital reports show Mrs. Dollie Hunt released to the home of Mrs. Rose Ballow. Roy Keasey seeks treatment at Veterans Hospital in Omaha. Mrs. John Petersen remains a patient at Audubon Hospital. Mrs. Walter Schlottfeldt shows gradual improvement but remains in bed. Cynthia Petersen, daughter of Dr and Mrs W G Petersen, is recovering from a badly sprained shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dollie Hunt
Carroll Hospital
Rose Ballow
Roy Keasey
Veteran's Hospital
Omaha
John Petersen
Audubon Hospital
Walter Schlottfeldt
Cynthia Petersen
W. G. Petersen
Elevator fire at Arthur destroys two structures
Fire at the Arthur Elevator Co. destroyed two buildings and heavily damaged a third. About 40 000 bushels of corn beans and oats were stored there. Eight fire departments fought the blaze despite water shortages and prevented spread to the adjacent Arthur Lumber and Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Arthur Elevator Co
Arthur Lumber End Coal Co
Dairy Princess Selected for Audubon County Dairy Day
Audubon county will crown its dairy princess for a second year on June 15 during Dairy Day. Harry Nailor, chairman of the dairy promotion committee, announced the selection date and noted Carolyn Eddy as the prior princess for reference.
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Audubon
Audubon County
Harry Nailor
Dairy Promotion Committee
Carolyn Eddy
Audubon Cou- Massena
Ezra Potter
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Claude Casady
Atlantic Rainbow Girls
Masonic Hall
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Jan Carstensen
Schaller
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Jean Conn
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Jackie Joyce
Annette Fraizer
Nita McFarland
Dorothy Acker
Nature
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Carlene Banks
Fidelity
Dorothy Nicholson
Janet Malone
Service
Charlotte Ackerman
Outer Observer
Judy Olsen
Confidentiat Observer
Karla Turk
Sally Whiteman
Alice Walker
Nancy Royalty
Lois Leander
Sandy Budd
Julia Jones
Karen Shahah
Sharon Kay Voss
Posalie Campbell
Bow Ties
LaVonne Ferrell
Janet King
Sharon Goff
Charlotte Schnemeier
Jeanene Ramsey
Shirley Hansen
Jackie Frost
Karla Christensen
Karen Beekman
Kandice Keim
Judy Giiple
Mary Frances Fleming
Sheryl Gaines
Linda Renaud
Mary Ellen Long
Patricia Merritt
Diane McFadden
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Etta Lee Toler
Nan Rudolph
Sandra Gross
Garnet Lynch
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Sandra ‘Tompkin
Marcia Kullbom
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Barbara Olsen
Linda Camp
Helly Poore
Gloris Logue
Judy Goff
Barbara Joyce
Judy Odem
Harley Baxter
Crombie Place
Barbara Ann
Richard Henry Carl
Burton Carr
Miss Baxter
Nichols
Car
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Mth
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Maine
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Atlantic High School
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Jones’ Timber
Mener
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Margaret Hartness
Idaho
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Mike Nelson
B. B. Embroidery Club
Louis McCall
Julia Kniep
Wray
White Union Club
White Union Social Club
Harry Christensen
Ross Christensen
Hobart Rhinehart
Keith Bissell
Gerald Johnson
Carl Pollock
James Martens
Griswold P.E.O
P.E.O
C. J. Hornsby
C. S. Tompkins
Des Moines
Genevieve
Marguerite Reynolds
St. Patrick's Hall
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Harry Devore
Harold Mills
Earl Mills
Chester Mills
Leo Angus
Warren Shields
Dale Langfelt
T. J. Waters
John Anstey
George J. Anstey
Ed Amdour
A. J. Cruise
Lee Shultz
Don Curry
Leo Stakey
Rex McKee
Jack Casey
Joe Casey
H. R. Johnston
Elliott Social Affairs
Scholastic
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Red Oak
Roy Ashby
Orville Law
Lawerence Nelson
Everett Oster
Milo Sederberg
Merle Speed
Bill England
WSCS
Earl Gemmell
Albert Eshelman
Lloyd Fichter
R. J. Viner
CWF
The
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Ward Scott
Erna Clark
Bertram Wilson
Robert Perdue
Fred Ellis
Annie Stennett
Guthrie Center
Boone District Institute
Shirley Riepe
Griswold Church of Christ
Ilene Watkins
Nancy Higgins
Sharon Sunderman
Karen Frazier
Lois Gustin
Jane DeKay
Marilyn Sutton
Priscilla Drake
Roberta Weaver
Little Angel
Rose Marie Rabe
Shirley Adkins
Rene Watkins
Kathaleen Riepe
Joann Swisher
Rosemary Rabe
Merle Riepe
Donald Whiley
Sharon Frazier
Riepe
Massena Wscs
Joseph Mason
Jim Campbell
Bridgewater Methodist Church
Judy Tucker
George Tucker
Everett Conley
Donald Skelton
George Mundt
Lawrence Vorrath
Clarence Tucker
Bill Westphal
Merlyn Sulgrove
Jean Sherley
Fern Westphal
Jack Fletcher
Janette Mundt
Sheryl Campbell
Jannis Tucker
Sweet Knight
Michael Dulin
John J. Dulin
W. A. Hokenstad
Brookings, S. D
Fowler Hatchery
East Seventh Street
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