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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1945
Page
4
The religious vacation school for St. Joseph's parish Wiota and St. Mary's parish Anita opened with 69 students. Classes meet in Wiota public school under Sistera Marie Celine and Mary Paul of the Mercy Order from All Saint's Des Moines.
Walnut Daily reports a two week vacation Bible school opened Monday at the Presbyterian church with 50 pupils and 12 teachers guiding the program.
Flight Officer R C Clark of Atlantic on furlough visits friends after serving with the army air corps in Europe. Russell W Symonds of Cumberland awarded good conduct medal after service in Germany since March. Several local residents return, visit, or travel as family and friends share furloughs and homecomings.
Alma Siefford died at home at 2 a m after long illness following a paralytic stroke. She was born December 28 1874 on the family farm northwest of Elliott and lived in Elliott since moving with her parents thirty years ago. Survived by sisters Emma Talbott Griswold and Mary Sankey New Castle Pa and brother Guy Siefford near Elliott. Funeral planned for 2 p m Thursday.
A derailed Burlington Exposition Flyer near Burlington Illinois injured about 20 passengers when a car floor failed causing floor collapse and glass shattering. Sgt John W Bell was bruised but hospitalized. remaining injured treated on scene as derricks cleared tracks and service resumed toward Chicago.
Brayton residents Mr and Mrs Donald Hansen and sons visited H J Hansen family in Omaha. Ming Phyllis Anderson visited Wichita Falls Texas for two weeks. Santa Ana California visitors arrived for local friendships. Mrs Linn Cannon traveled to Denver for her father's illness. Guttenberg searches for three men missing after Mississippi River drowning near the town.
A sequence of short notices lists sick and injured individuals connected to Atlantic and Omaha areas. Fredrick A. Seaman, M. O. M. 1/e, at the San Francisco fleet post office, receives penicillin for a sinus ulcer. Several residents undergo operations or recover from surgery at Atlantic and Omaha facilities, with family updates on Mkiliary doctors and transport.
CumberlandMiss Jaynee Fox returns from three weeks with parents Mr and Mrs Joe Fox at Menomonie Falls Wisconsin to visit grandmother Mrs John Weber before resuming work. Red Oak residents Mr and Mrs Fred Lischer joined Daisy Taylor and Velma Taylor at a Sunday gathering with Robert Taylor. PettinGer siblings Angela Harold and Marvin return from Atchison Kansas where they attended high school last year. Mrs John Pettinger attends Mt St Clair College Clinton graduation exercises.
The piece notes Norma Weimer as a class member who visited sister Mary Ditha at Mt. St. Clair. Mrs. Charles Weimer learns from Phyllis with Union Pacific in Los Angeles that she spent Sunday with former Cumberland girls Lt. Darlene Matthies a WAVE and Mrs. Mary Arensmeier Welsenhunt.
The Walnut fire department responded to two incidents on Saturday afternoon including a roof fire at the home of Mrs Harold Kuchet and a stove explosion at the Joe Thrain residence.
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