4H Club Activities Show District Meeting and Plans
Union Lucky Clover 4H club met Saturday afternoon with 13 members two leaders and eight guests. Members pledged answered roll call and checked standard report forms and measuring sticks. Later plans include a slumber party at leader Mrs Carl Pollock home and foods study. Harley Miller demonstrated corsages while Shirley Dory and Kathryn Cornell showed cocoa making. Talks by Marian Worthington and Mary Cornell completed the meeting. The Gay Grant Gals 4H club met Wednesday with 13 members and two leaders plus several visitors. A record book check was held and demonstrations on yeast breads and dish washing were given. Recreation was led by Reta Ann Smith and lunch served by Doris and her mother. The July meeting will be with Barbara Pearson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Lucky Clover
Angela
Erma Pettinger
Carl Pollock
Harley Miller
Cumberland
Shirley Dory
Kathryn Cornell
Marian Worthington
Mary Cornell
Alice White
Anita
Doris Kline
Harold Smith
Rea Joe
Jena Rasmussen
Myrna Larsen
Nancy Wehrman
Jacqueline Bird
Francis Miller
Ellen Rasmussen
Reta Ann Smith
Doris
Barbara Pearson
Health department seeks pollution control power in Iowa
Des Moines reports a legislative stream pollution committee hearing on giving the state health department broader authority to fight river pollution. E J Greer of Ottumwa for the Iowa Manufacturers Association urged a statutory standard definition of pollution, while A H Wieters of the health department cautioned a universal definition may be impractical. Engineers from cities and industry will meet in Mason City late June to draft a program, and Greer urged no endorsement until then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
State Health Department
Legislative
E. J. Greer
Ottumwa
Iowa Manufaturers Association
Health Department
A. H. Wieters
Greer
Mason City
Pedestrians Urged to Wear White at Night on Highways
Readers are advised to dress in white or light colors when walking along highways after dark to improve visibility for drivers.
Local Shower Honors Miss Virginia Miller Before Wedding
Mrs. Hubert Pressnall and friends hosted a miscellaneous shower at the Pressnall home for Virginia Miller, bride chosen to wed Elwood N. Hirsch of Salt Lake City. Guests played cards, with awards going to Elizabeth Rowe, Ralph Templeman, Minnie Litterst, and J. W. Todhunter. Bertha Tiedje won the door prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Pressnall
E. Chinitz
Otto Hartkopf
Ralph Goodwin
Pressnall
Virginia Miller
Club Calendar Highlights From Local Meetings
Club calendar details upcoming events and attendees. Women’s Council meets at 2 15 p m Monday in the Church of Christ basement. Altar and Rosary Society gathering at 8 p m Monday at the K of C hall. Tuesday includes B P C Doings with a 6 30 potluck dinner chaired by Mrs R A Bevington and Mrs William Linke. Names listed cover residents from Honey Creek to Atlantic and Des Moines, with multiple families and communities represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Council
Church of Christ
Altar and Rosary Society
K. of Co
Audubon and Adair Nuptials Highlight Iowa Weddings
Two weddings frame a Sunday in Iowa with Lois Olsen and Dean Stump marrying in Adair at the Presbyterian church in a candlelit double ring ceremony. The other ceremony pairs Dora Miller and Dale Root in Audubon as 200 guests attend. Both brides wear formal gowns, carry heirloom or coordinated bouquets, and receive parish and family support as they begin new apartments and careers in Des Moines and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Olsen
Homer J. Olsen
Dean Stump
Mildred Stump
Des Moines
Presbyterian Church
Adair
J. M. Bloomquist
Jane Olsen
Joan Miller
Jane
Joan
Patsy Brown
Harry Olsen
David Kilcoin
Marie Gundrum
Johanna Hill
Jane Hoffman
Alice Larsen
Atlantic
Lois
Miller-Root
Audubon
Dora Adelaide Miller
al Miller
Dale L. Root
Tilda Root
C. H. Orr
George Raub
Charlene Brandt
Evelyn Ettler
Ellen Ann Fredericksen
Omaha
Dallas Root
John S. Reaftle
Very
John Edward Burkhardt
Root
Don Wells
Lawrence Moreland
Finnerty
Thelma Hauser
Dean Lewer
Lucille McBride
Zist St
Audubon High School
American Institute of Business
The
Food Products Co., Inc
Mr. Root
General Motors
Masarida
Mesdamen Walkeree van Winterset
Ralph Jean van Meter
Ephraim Barwood
Lohrville
George Carter
Veryl Smith
Hamlin
E. R. Cox
Cleon Rutherford
Patricia Wright
Lucille Christensen
Julian Wade
William van Note
Treats mark golden anniversary with surprise party
Mr and Mrs Stanley W Treat of 707 Maple street celebrated fifty years of marriage with a surprise gathering by their Diningridge club. They wed in Griswold on June 10 1898 and have lived in Atlantic since. Mrs Treat formerly Minnie Welch from Cass county, daughter of pioneer shoe dealer Jason Welch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley W. Treat
Maple Street
Dinngpridge Club
Mrs. Treat
Atlantic
Griswold
Sliver Wedding of Anita Couple Observed
In Anita a 25th wedding anniversary open house will be held for Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Steele at their home 11 miles southeast of Anita. Cleo Gipple is Mrs Steele's maiden name. the couple married June 20, 1923, in Atlantic with Rev. Simpson officiating. They have a son, Bill, and farm southeast of Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabel Shaffer
George Shaffer
Anita
Isabel
Robert E. Butler Jr
R. E. Butler
Shaffer
Rose Hill Avenue
Lewis Steele
William
Karns
Steele's
Steele
Bill
Hong
Oak Hill
J. P. Andreasen
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Oak Hill Church
Brayton
Mra Andreasen
Oak Hall
D. H. Ross
Cumberland
David H. Ross
Ethel E. Edwards
Omaha
Mis
Kenneth Green
Des Moines
John
Council Bluffs
Alton Dilley
Atlantic
Clarence Cambridge
Edward
Albuquerque Western Opens Sunday at Atlantic
Randolph Scott leads a cinecolor drama set in 1878 Albuquerque where tyrannical kin rules a cattle baron empire. Lon Chaney Barbara Britton and George Hayes star with Donald Duck cartoon on the Atlantic bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
Atlantic
Randolph Scott
Barbara Britton
George Hayes
Lon Chaney
Atlantic Theater
Donald Duck
Great Southwest
Local Hospital News and Injuries Across Towns
L J Heath of News-Telegraph confined at home with summer flu. James Wilkens son of Mr and Mrs James H Wilkens fractured skull after fall on basement stairs. Merlin Scarf treated for lacerated foot at Atlantic Memorial hospital. Glen Taylor Rid 2 and Henry Ballew Griswold admitted for medical care. Discharges include Wilbur South Cumberland Delores Long Atlantic 3 H Stone Olive street and Mrs Cecil Littleton and son William Wayne Anita. Mrs Nellie Turner Atlantic bedfast at daughter’s home after heart attack. Casey injuries include Darwin Lyons Alvin and Gary Sloss tonsil removals. Mrs Clune Whetstone suffered nasal hemorrhage and remains in hospital bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wilkens
James H. Wilkens
East Nighteenth Street
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Merlin Scarf
Near Atlantic
Glen Taylor
Rid
Henry Ballew
Griswold
Wilbur South
Cumberland
Delores Long
Atlantic
H. Stone
Olive Street
Cecil Littleton and Son
William Wayne
Anita
Turner
Nellie Turner
Ralph Richter
Casey
Darwin Lyons
Bill Lyons
Alvin
Gary Sloss
Marvin Sloss
Clune Whetstone
Taft Criticizes Truman on Congress and Representation
Senator Robert A. Taft charged President Truman with attacking the principle of representative government during a western speaking tour. He urged Congress to adjourn and seek a November vote of confidence, arguing Truman cooperates with those seeking to destroy representative government and ignores constructive programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Congress
Ohio Republican
Con
Union League
Taft
Westinghouse Offers 6 Percent Pay Hike Amid Talks
Westinghouse Electric Corp announced a six percent wage and salary increase to three unions plus an extra paid holiday for hourly workers. The offer equals about 8.4 cents more per hour and follows resumed negotiations with the United Electrical Workers. About 800000 employees in nearly twenty states are affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
United Electrical Workers Union
Casey Youth Fellowship stalls church officers
Casey The Youth Fellowship group of the Methodist church stalled their officers at Sunday night’s meeting. Officers named include John Morris president Don Powel vice president Keith Cartrider secretary Wayne Grett assistant Oliver McClure treasurer Bob Warner pianist Bessie Spain assistant. Committees Worship and evangelism Sally Nielsen community service Carolyn Lee Busch recreation Betty Mains Charles Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casey
The
Methodist Church
John Morris
Don Powel
Keith Cartrider
Wayne Grett
Oliver McClure
Bob Warner
Bessie Spain
Sally Nielsen
Carolyn Lee Busch
Betty Mains
Charles Warner
The Hole in the Doughnut Invented at Sea
Captain Hanson Gregory reportedly showed a fondness for cake and, during a 1847 storm at the helm of a merchant ship, inserted cake into a wheel spoke to ease handling. He ordered the cook to bake cakes this way, and the tale credits this with originating the doughnut hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt
Hanson Gregory
Cass club girls hold outing at Camp Brewster
Cass county 4-H members totaling thirty-five girls participated in a four day outing at Camp Brewster with sixty other club members from East and West Pottawattamie. Miss Maxine Smith led as camp director with Mary Salina Byers elected 1948 49 4 H Spirit of Camp bugler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case County
Camp Brewster
West Pottawattamie
Maxine Smith
Council Bluffe
Mary Salina Byers
Cumberland
Tri-County
Opalechaemga
Frank Bailey
Clara Lethie
Clois Houser
Massens
Robert Moorman
Jennie Marie Warren
Cass County
Henry Merrill
West Pottawatomie
Cass Club
Brighton
Loretta Peters
Reina Miller
Pymosa
Delores Pratt
Eleanor Smith
Ruth Mae Nelson
Delores Roth
Marion Young
Benton
Dorothy Bartleson
Washington
Rosanne Vierck
Esta Shepperd
Grove Shirley Turner
Patricia Shepperd
Lincoln
Lila Dressler
Veda Bailey
Cass
Peggy Ferrell
Ruth Ann Robinson
Gwendolyn Griffin
Union
Mariann Worth
Alice White
Mary Lou Cornell
Massena
Barbara Yarger
Juan Holaday
Charlotte Foy
Anita Visits and Neighbor Gatherings Reported in Anita
Anita residents and relatives are noted visiting from Des Moines Fontenelle Santa Monica and Omaha. Guests included Mr and Mrs James Grant and daughter of Lyman and Norma Jean Sisler caring for Greenwalt children while parents tour Mexico. A picnic at Wm Nimm home drew Ed Waters Virgil Jensen families and 25 neighbors. Frank Kreamer and wife plan June 14 Arkansas and western states trip after selling cafe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Robert Stuhr
Des ‘Moines
Broderick Newman
Fontenelle
Ellene
BK. Robinson
Santa Monica
Cal
Charles Robinson
Dale Christensen
James Grant
Lyman
John
Karen
Harold Greenwalt
Massena
Norma Jean Sisler
Mexico
Wm. Nimm
Anita Sunday
Ed Waters
Virgil Jensen
Atlantic
C. M. Williams
Omaha
B. T. Williams
Frank Kreamer
Barbara
Donna Marie
Arkansas
New Jersey and Magsac Averages Reported in Market Notes
Fragmentary data shows New Jersey and Magsac averages mentioned with figures around 3000 and an aquaree term. Reading unclear, details and context unavailable in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Magsac
Ake
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OAK
Chippewa
RED Wing Friedman
Shelby Leverenz
Frank Tompkin
Bullock
Sauer & Dahlberg
Harry Clayton
John Wherry
John Sievers
Henry Elliott
Rebekahs
Jack Lynch
Lotus Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Ruth Oler
Mollie Henke
Edna Lants
Misees
Margaret
Eleanor
Lorraine Stump
Mesdamen Nelson
Harold
Roy Stump
DeSoto
Hallie Stober
Adel
Verlin Gibson
Connie
Dean Mawry
Claus Riese
Raymond Arnburg
Richard Faga
Patternon
Panora
Dean Slagle
Paul Sparling
Charles Noland
Calvin Carney
Merle Noiland
Bob Hawthorne
Olsen
Mrs. Stump
Leona Rupp
Marjoria Bochholz
Nadine Arnold
Ruth Stephenson
Irene Downing
Chicago
Fourth St
Adair High School
Simpson College
Scharch
Westminster Youth Fellowship
Navy
O. C. Olsen
Christina Smith
Miss Shaffer
State University
Robert E. Butler, Jr
Iowa City
St. John’s Lutheran
Luck, Wis
Thimble Club
Grant
Chautauqua Park
Red Oak
Lawrence Foote
Russell Orstad
Janet
Masonic Lodge
Elliott
Mystery Mothers
Grant Wscs
American Legion
WSCS
Elliott Methodist Church
Jess Mathias
Bob Marsh
Mattie Peck
Dc. I. Miller
Helen Ferguson
Red Oak Country Club
St Elliott
Nancy Fortune
Louis Pedersen of
Walnut
Gerald Haas
Griswold Presbyterian Guild
Ernest Hansen
W. H. Elges
R. M. Scott
Elges
Texas
Russell Hayden
Catherine Craig
Scott
George Cleveland
Karolyn Grimes
Paramount
Randolph Scots
Barbers Britton
L. J. Heath
Newsa-Telegraph
News-Telegraph
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