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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1963
Page
4
In Syracuse Seymour Elementary School kindergartners roll on carpeted floors during a classroom experiment to compare carpeting with other floor coverings. Teacher Tama ta Cohen notes five year olds enjoy the project as the system studies durability and maintenance.
Grant family from Woodridge Virginia and Wohlenhaus family from Joplin Missouri visited their mother Grace Wohlenhaus. Out of state guests included Ross Muttersbaugh of Lansing Michigan and Madge Couts from Boulder Colorado staying with Dayton and Mrs West.
Jackson County Treasurer Winfield Rimmer faced a closed doors audit as state examiners reviewed his books amid an embezzlement inquiry. A hearing set for June 17 on permanent removal followed a Friday arrest connected to late auto registration penalties. Rimmer, free on bond, contends he faces unfounded charges while disputes over receipts and records persist.
A 14 year old boy, John Arthur Cairns of Earlham, was found dead at the Adel municipal pool Wednesday afternoon. He had been at Bible School that day and was discovered at the pool bottom about two hours after going in. Autopsy was ordered in Des Moines to determine the cause of death. He was one of four children in the Cairns family.
Visiting hours detailed for first floor and upper wards at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Discharged patients include Bradley Nichols Debra Jean Griffin Glenda Jo Carr and Daniel Lovely. Remaining inpatients list Leonard Theulin Mrs Donald C Peterson Albert Query Rex Dunn Edward Wood all of Lewis Orient and Harlan residents plus others.
Dennis Meyer is described as confined to his home due to hepatitis. The notice focuses on his illness and home limitation without additional medical or personal details.
Ross Warne sold 17.50 on 16 head of 221 pound hogs in Omaha yesterday. Harriet Rasmussen to receive nursing degree at St Olaf College and start work at Camp Foster Lake Okoboji. A burglary at Forney Industries yielded 60 cash, 40 checks and a wrist watch. Col Ned H Anderson visiting family after Munich service. to attend Ft Meade. Trial begins in Council Bluffs for an $80,000 personal injury suit from Omaha to Wiota. Sixteen confirmands from St Pauls Lutheran prepare for first Communion. Two Atlantic students named associates in honor at Iowa State University freshmen program. Local golf lessons offered at Nishna Hills.
Two new statues, Praying Hands and The Guardian Angel, have been placed in Atlantic cemetery’s memory garden along the east drive. The Praying Hands sculpture by John Wilken rests on Colorado red rock, uses a Vermont granite two ton block, and features Our Father on its west side and a large cross on the east side facing the Catholic cemetery. The garden offers 600 burial sites with bronze markers only, and the memorial was erected before Memorial Day. The Guardian Angel, also acquired by Wilken, is located in Babyland near the northwest corner of the cemetery.
Nord Brue of Audubon, a future agricultural journalism major, joins 213 new participants in the class honors program. Weather will stay warm and humid with partly cloudy skies through Saturday and scattered thundershowers. Locally heavy showers expected tonight in the northwest. lows 66 to 70, Friday highs 85 to 92. Last night rainfall 0.05 inch. max afternoon 88, overnight minimum 62, noon 81 today.
The General Synod of the Reformed Church opened at Central College Pella with progress reports on merger negotiations with the Presbyterian Church in the U S south. Nor man Vincent Peale is slated to speak Tuesday night and a vote on liturgical changes is planned amid ongoing talks. Delegates number about 300. the church traces back to 1628 in New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Danger Jr. of 801 Walnut Street welcomed a son weighing 9 pounds 6 1/2 ounces born at 1 50 P M Wednesday at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Charles Van Kline was born Friday in Exira to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kline of La Porte City, joining sister Ann Marie. grandmothers are Mrs. Ed Swensen and Mrs. Myrtle Kline.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Gerlach of Council Bluffs welcomed a son born at St Catherina's hospital, adding a new member to the family.
The association states the statue is Italian marble imported from Italy. A similar statue arrived last year with one wing broken. They also plan a small park near the northeast entrance with several benches to be placed soon.
Viewers pass the Pope’s body near the candle-lit catafalque as about a million more are expected at St Peter’s Basilica before the body is laid in a crypt. Cardinals arrange a nine day mourning and June 19 conclave to elect a successor begins with voting on June 20 in the Sistine Chapel.
Des Moines AP The Town Conservation Commission on a trial basis limited water skiing on Lake Manawa to 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily to appease fishermen claiming skiers ruined fishing. The commission will reserve final decision for a later date. fishermen retain all hours for lake use.
In Omaha on June 4 a child weighing eight pounds three ounces was born and named Warren Erik. Parents’ families include grandparents Warne Conner, Floyd Gerlach of Cumberland, and George Conner, Nellie Gerlach, with a sister named Elizabeth Ann and great grandparents listed.
The text notes that Estonia's incorporation into the Soviet Union in August 1940 is not recognized by the United States. It also states that Calcutta and Bombay are the largest cities in India.
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