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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
6
Audubon Garden club announces its postwar flower festival in the city auditorium on June 4. Eleven contest divisions with multiple classes, no entry fee, ribbons for winners, and a Rose Gold Silver tea honoring the wild rose and Gold Finch. Entries open 8 to 10:30 pm, judging 10:30 am to 10 pm, displays 1:30 to 9 pm.
Griswold and surrounding homes welcomed many visitors over a holiday weekend. Guests included families from Papillion Omaha Garden Grove Havelock and Fontanelle. A school superintendent from Garden Grove joined the Andrews and others for extended visits and travel plans.
Anita Manion runs Glad Gardens at the Mrs. Tom Manion place southeast of Adair, growing gladioli and summer bulbs sold nationwide. She recalls selling 10,000 gladioli bulbs in one year and ships hundreds of blooms to California and to interest nurseries across the United States. Her garden features many bulbs and perennials, including Catmint and snake lily, with minimal transplanting and a low stool used for spading.
The Womens Guild of St. Johns Evangelical and Re formed church met Thursday with 18 members. Mrs Clarence Mueller led devotion and hostesses included Mrs Ellis Mueller Mrs Robert Johnson and Mrs Wm Rathkamp. Several local families visited relatives in Crescon and Omaha with tea events noted at Noble Center and social visits involving the McDermotts Schroeders Gibsons Neth and others.
New York star Milton Berle, TV performer, will remarry his former wife actress Joyce Matthews on June 16. They were previously divorced and plan to travel to Hollywood after the ceremony, where Berle begins work on a new film.
Officials warn a critical three week period for hopper control as weather favors outbreaks. Farmers instructed to monitor fields closely and apply chlorinated treatments as advised by farm authorities to protect crops.
Glen Holmes addressed a large crowd at Memorial Day services held at Sunny Pine cemetery. Bernard Fay led the VEW along with members of the VEW, American Legion, activities groups and local ministers in organizing the event.
A plot of ground recently purchased by local organizations was dedicated for use as a burial site for the unknown dead and others who wish to be interred there. The ceremony honored those unnamed individuals and signaled ongoing community support.
Vienna announces Austria will hold its first national elections since 1945 on October 10. The announcement came yesterday and sets the date for the nine member council vote across the country.
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