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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1948
Page
7
Vernon Duthie of Adair suffered a compound fracture of his right leg above the knee when a load of hay overturned in a field yesterday afternoon. He was working with Harry Huff and was hospitalized at Atlantic Memorial hospital.
Bailey was honored at a miscellaneous shower for Timely Social News with 60 guests at Mrs. Wm. Shepperd home. Hostesses included Mrs. George Sheppard Mrs. Roy Shepperd and others. Proceeds highlighted life pictures and a rainbow scheme. Bailey will wed Earl Anderson June 12.
Miss Phyllis Jean Franklin daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Franklin of Des Moines and formerly of Atlantic wed Donald H Glenn son of Mr and Mrs A H Glenn of Des Moines in a May 24 ceremony at Capitol Hill Christian church. The couple will reside in Des Moines and guests from Des Moines attended. (Continued with local society notes on O E S initiations and postnuptial showers)
Miss Shirley Mathisen of Elk Horn and Franklin Lange of Kimballton were married June 1 in a candlelight double ring ceremony at Elk Horn Lutheran Church. The bride wore a white satin gown with lace yoke and long sleeves. Church music featured Helen Nielsen on organ and celebrants included Harvey Mathisen, Emmett Lange, and ushers Elmer Weddum and Jack Christensen. A reception followed at the bride's home with pink and white decorations and a wedding cake baked by Mrs. Harry Leander.
The club calendar lists a D A R picnic at Sunnyside Park at 1 p m with a covered dish. The League of Women Voters meets Tuesday at 9 30 a m with Mrs C C Relyea. Office deadline is 10 a m on the publication day.
Several marriages and social events are noted. Norma Bowers wed Morris McElfresh at the Elk Horn Lutheran church with a pink carnation corsage. the couple resides near Elk Horn and plans farming help. Dorothy Kuesel married Morris McElfresh in Noble township with a blue georgette dress. they honeymoon briefly in Omaha and reside in a newly bought home. Other notices include Mrs. Garnes moving to Waukee, and community gatherings in Adair Extra and Wiota with surrounding hostesses and visitors.
Early returns from Newfoundland plebiscite show none of three proposals reaching 51 percent as two thirds counted. Voters decide in a runoff between independence with self-government and confederation with Canada as its 10th province. retention of the present commission government is also on the ballot.
One of nine area meetings by the state soil conservation commission will be held in Atlantic July 7. David S. Dohrmann, secretary, says the meeting will discuss the future of the soil conservation program. After eight years of growth, Iowa is nearing statewide organization with 92 districts in 91 counties. Ottawattamie has two districts, and petitions are circulating in six other counties.
Lyman couple Mr and Mrs Don Schroeder announce a son born at Spencer hospital weighing seven and a half pounds Wednesday night. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Eno Schroeder of Lyman. Audubon area newborns include children of Geo Jorgensen at Winther nursing home, Howard Potter at Petersen nursing home, Howard Hansen and Floyd Porter at Carroll hospital, and Jack Jensen of Clarks Grove Minn. A girl was born to Harrison Hansen of Extra and to Marvin Seastrom of Coon Rapids.
Two more cases of infantile paralysis were admitted to hospitals raising the year total to 27 in Harrison and Pottawattamie counties. The latest patients are Ray Gillman, 14, and Linda Carol Hull, 3, both of Council Bluffs, with Mercy Hospital caring for twenty patients.
Mrs. Fred Miller of Atlantic had major surgery in a Council Bluffs hospital. Judy Hiatt of 203% East Ninth Street fractured her left arm above the elbow after a fall from a tricycle. George Jensen and Jens Sorensen were discharged from Atlantic Memorial hospital. Dr Payne dismissed from Carroll hospital and returned home. Everett Mauk and his in laws retrieved their son Dale from Gordon Nebraska after he was pinned under a dump truck in South Dakota. he had been hospitalized at Gordon.
Richard Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Frank Campbell Melville township will represent the Audubon Chamber of Commerce at Hawkeye boys state at Camp Dodge Des Moines June 6 12 Harold I Jensen son of Mr and sow Holger Jensen Leroy township will represent American Legion Post 120 at the same meeting Both are farm boys Don t drive if you drink.
T R Carrell of St Louis Missouri will be guest speaker at Lincoln Center Sunday at 11 am and 8 pm and also at Corning and Cumberland during the week. Carrell will illustrate the gospel in art music and chalk talks with old hymns illustrated as they are sung.
The article notes Wilhelmina announces a date for abdication, signaling a major leadership change. It frames the development as a historic shift with potential regional impact and mentions accompanying cautions about travel and safety.
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