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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1950
Page
2
A new church will be dedicated Sunday by Rev. Charles W. Brashares bishop of the Inwades Moines conference of the Methodist church. Rev. Dave E. Strong said most of the work was done by the congregation.
Special services mark the end of vacation church school with the morning worship at 11 o clock. Kindergarten and nursery classes operate, while primary to junior groups participate. offering goes to the Navajo mission station in Ganado Arizona. Rev Tom Fuhr speaks on Our Hopes For Our Children. Sixty seven children enrolled in summer school.
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Harold DeKay an Atlantic attorney was appointed justice of the peace to succeed the late R N Watson by the Cass county board of supervisors. Ralph Richter became temporary courthouse custodian and Frank Hanton was named justice of the peace in Pleasant township. The board bought two 60x16 I beam bridges for 2725 each from Paxton Vierling Iron Works Omaha and accepted Iowa Electric Co proposal to install a gas and oil burner in the courthouse.
Atlantic Memorial hospital treated several patients this morning. Tonsillectomies were performed on Julia Bagley Royce Sarsfield Christopher Lester Judith Jordan and Jeanette Johnson. An emergency appendectomy was done on Harry Graham. Many others were released from the hospital after treatment. Measles illness reported for Douglas Kenworthy Nancy Ruhl and Kent Shafer. Grant Mrs Anna Corbin has returned home from Clarinda hospital.
An oil stove explosion at the W. H. Roeske residence in Marne caused considerable damage last evening. The family extinguished the blaze, with smoke damage downstairs and blistered wall paint noted. A warning to drive carefully accompanies the item.
Audubon county braces for a spirited primary with bitter county and state issues. County Auditor Leonard Madsen expects higher turnout than in prior years. Republicans outnumber Democrats by over two to one. Key sheriff and county supervisor races feature experienced candidates and rivals.
A joint force of city police and sheriff's deputies raided a Des Moines home and seized 52 slot machines and 76 punch boards. John H. Reese, 65, was arrested at the residence where Sheriff Howard Reppert said the equipment was found.
Charged on three counts of illegal possession of gambling devices and released on $800 bond. Sheriff Reppert said the raid uncovered punch boards a lot of machines and dice used in the game of thing. The equipment was not in use and some machines were new.
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