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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1940
Page
7
Mrs Russell Durham and her children from Hammond Indiana visit her parents Mr and Mrs Knud Nelson. Mr Durham plans to travel next Sunday to join his family. Mrs Nels Hansen of Long
About 160 mothers and daughters attended the Rainbow Girls mother daughter banquet at the Masonic temple with a rainbow decor and a formal toast sequence. German Ladies Aid planned a June 16 picnic at Sunnyside park. the committee served lunch after a Hawaiian guitar performance. The Seven Mile Garden Club met at Floyd Gerlock’s home with plans for a June 20 picnic and a July meeting with Claude Ellis. The E T C Club gathered at William Grulke’s with games and upcoming meetings. Kensington G A R Ladies of the G A R held a Kensington circle meeting at E E McVey home.
Local clubs schedule events with a Friday dance at Golf and Country Club and a 1 p m luncheon. Women's Relief Corps meets at the courthouse to plan the Des Moines state convention. Mrs. Lawrence of Dubuque attends as a guest. program includes flag studies, songs, readings, and poems. Visitors and birthday dinners are noted along with a Hanover-style bridge party for Mrs. Robert Focht and a P E O sisterhood meeting discussing recreation and play.
North Platte Nebraska June 6 wheat belt reports drought damage. May rainfall totaled .61 inches the smallest for May since 1931 and the driest in 34 years. Wheat sown in rubble burned near ruin. corn in stubble stopped growing. fallow wheat heading could yield if rain comes soon.
Hancock Illinois special report notes Lucille Meyers as president of the James Jaunty Juniors 4-H club with Doris Louise Miller as secretary and Leta Mae Olsen as reporter. Olsen will entertain the group on June 20 with a chicken cutting lesson at leader Mrs Ed Russmanns home. Killed man in Tama and Chelsea and water mains flushing also appear in this edition.
Miss Alina Beckwith, a local school teacher, was scalded on her feet and ankles when a canner handle broke. She can walk but remains homebound with first degree burns. Several other brief notices report hospital stays and illnesses in nearby towns.
The Atlantic Woman's club opened its annual flower show in the city hall auditorium with seven competitive divisions. The public hours run 1:30 to 5 p m and 7:30 to 9:30 p m. A brief program includes dancing solos by Mrs. Alice Camblin, Donna Shranger, Ellen Jane Anderson, and chorus selections.
Norman Wagner, fresh from the University of Iowa medical school, returns home before starting his internship at a U S hospital. Patricia Williams, Des Moines employee, vacationing in Memphis. Charles Salmon and family visit from Cambridge Ohio. Morris Schoenfeld and son Henry visit from New York City. Frank Lowden and wife await word on Mrs Lowden’s hospital results in Iowa City. Gail Adair visits Iowa City with relatives, while Art James family travels in Rae Ontario.
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