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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1949
Page
3
The closing program for the Baptist Vacation Bible School will be held at 7 30 p m Sunday in the church sanctuary. Classes will sing recall Bible verses and present other acts. A motion picture will be shown and handwork displayed in the church parlors. Enrollment over two weeks included 40 pupils and nine volunteers.
Anita notices Otto Mortensen 567 died yesterday at home. Funeral services set for Monday 2 p m at the Methodist church with Rev Harold Butts officiating. Military honors to be included. Survived by two step daughters five daughters one son and one brother in the United States and four brothers and six sisters in Denmark. Anita Mrs George Smither assists at the post office during Mrs Kathryn DeCamp’s sick leave.
An odd public notice lists Knight's Transfer at 204 Elm Atlantic offering sheep shearing and wool purchase while urging drivers to slow at dusk to save lives.
Hiss trial in New York features a line of government witnesses led by Mrs. Adelaide Lowe secretary of indicting jury against Alger Hiss on perjury charges.
Guests at the Carsten Henneberg home include Karma Henneberg a nurse at Allen Memorial Hospital Waterloo and grand daughter Karma Shower of Cedar Falls. Jeannie Brodersen spent the weekend in Ames and Ogden. Albert Wagner travels to Clinton to visit son Roscoe and family then to Chicago for Northwestern University graduation where granddaughter Carol Wagner earns top journalism honors.
Walnut Ridge Arkansas a wooden ice box became a death trap for three children left to play while their mother worked in a cotton field. The youths were found wedged in a small compartment with the door fastened shut no ice inside but food present. An autopsy cited suffocation with two dead on discovery and a third child dying at a clinic as investigators probe how the youngsters locked themselves inside the four foot box.
An inquest into the death of 73 year old G W Stetzel was adjourned until Monday morning. Stetzel died of coronary thrombosis following a two car collision near Audubon as he arrived at a doctor’s office. The wreck involved a car driven by Mrs Martin Kunzweiler. Stetzel and his grandson Clark Stetzel were occupants. The autopsy report and Dr H K Merselis testimony will be heard next session. Funeral services are planned Sunday at the Audubon Methodist church.
Signs along the highway urge drivers to reduce speed for sharp curves and safety. They emphasize protection and the goal of preventing accidents by obeying posted limits.
A roundup of civic notes in Atlantic: city council meets Monday at city hall. Cass County Agricultural and Educational association board convenes at the courthouse in the evening. Mrs Helen Gould and Mr N L Menzer plan a Chicago buying trip. Rosene Jones attends summer missions school at Lake Forest College. Boyd Phillips farm near Atlantic highlighted. L A Kaiser and family travel to Chippewa Falls Wisconsin. Visitors include Hollis H Roland and family from Syracuse Kansas. Mrs C E Moreland travels to Iowa City for granddaughter Charles Keisler's University of Iowa commencement. Atlantic Elks Midgets lose 6-4 to Neola. Max Ross fires a one hitter but errors cost the game. Weather forecast shows showers in western Iowa. temps around 78 high and 64 low. Scout Camporee at Camp Wakonda runs Sunday to Monday with patrol competition. YMCA league softball opens Monday at Sunnyside Park with several churches involved. The body of Paul Kringel Jr has been identified and returned for burial. two drivers fined for operating while intoxicated. Bond sales show March series FE outpacing redemptions in Cass and neighboring counties.
The report notes bond sales and redemptions across counties: Montgomery 119,136 in sales with 113,567 redeemed, Shelby 237,412 sales with 43,676 redeemed, Pottawattamie 268,579 sales with 176,976 redeemed. A Clifton Pollock home Memorial weekend gathers four generations of Mrs. A. M. Kirk with relatives from Washington, Wichita, Lincoln, Waterloo, Anita and Portsmouth. photos capture four generations.
Harley Sampson son of W G Sampson Highland addition stationed at Ft Knox Ky recently suffered a broken foot when a tank door fell on it. It notes ill children Barbara and Timmie with whooping cough and lists several hospital patients and recent releases from Atlantic Memorial and Carroll hospital including Mrs Claude Eckles Mrs Harold Lafferty Marilyn Rees Mrs Leroy Waller Mrs Dale Lyons Arlie Keller and Barbara Kay Krohn Fred Skow Carol Jessen.
From University Hospital in Iowa City Extra-Joedy Basham, who had been under observation for a nerve trouble in his right arm, was brought home on Thursday.
Elk Horn reports Mrs. Henry Nelson received stitches in her right hand after a chicken dressing accident Monday. Ray Johnson is under treatment at Harlan hospital since Tuesday. Extra Ronnie Spoo, sidelined by an infected knee, was taken to Carroll hospital for care and exams. He is a senior baseball team member and a high school sophomore who missed the Mason City trip.
Susan Claire, 2, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Petersen, suffered a gash over her right eye from a porch fall. The wound was closed with clamps and is healing. Mrs. Ralph Mueller and Darlene are discharged from Carroll hospital and at home. Mrs. Ben Voss, formerly of Extra, is seriously ill at her daughter’s home in Moulton with family assisting care.
Mrs Constance McLeod told a court her husband tore a piece from their marriage license and threatened to make her eat the rest. The incident led to a divorce.
Greater Atlantic fire prevention committee holds a meeting at the fire station to launch a year long program led by Chief Wright Hedges and Dave Burgess. Each organization’s fire prevention representative will coordinate activities and speak before groups via a new speakers bureau.
Hansen Stables of Anita capture a first at the Ak-Sar-Ben Saddie club annual society horse show with their Royal Patrick year old stallion. It is their season debut ahead of July 25 Anita show and upcoming events including rodeo days June 23 and 24 sponsored by the Atlantic Saddle Club.
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