Nina and Gail face a perilous choice in Springdale
Gail Beauchamp, Health Officer, investigates Nina’s neglectful guardians Carman and Johnny Sermalino. Nina’s future hangs on a blood test and possible custody steps as Gail struggles with housing, money, and public indifference while Lily prepares for overseas Red Cross duty and Ralph Kramer’s upcoming wedding.
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Gail
Carman
Gall
Nina
Burke
Lily
New York
Stephen McCormick
Red Cross
Stephen
Beauchamp
Ralph Kramer
Katia
Katie
Springdale
Johnny Sermalino
Lucienne
Park Hotel
Birth Announcements From Chicago and Des Moines
Seaman First Class and Mrs Ralph Krohn of Chicago welcomed a daughter born yesterday. Mrs Krohn, formerly Alice Winn, stays with her parents in Chicago while Seaman Krohn, son of Mrs H D Krohn of 801 Poplar Street, serves in the south Pacific. In Des Moines a 10 pound son David was born June 24 at Mercy Hospital to Mr and Mrs Crees, who also have three other children Nancy Susan and Mollie. Mrs Crees is Trene Devereux of Adair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaman
Ralph Krohn
Chicago
Des Moines
David
Mercy Hospital
Nancy
Susan
Mollie
Crees
Trene Devereux
Adair
Community Night Services Set At Local Churches
Griswold Reverend Lawrence Rydquist of Faith Lutheran will preach at Sunday Community Night services at the Presbyterian church. Old Maffitt of the Church of Christ and Reverend W H Warrior of the Methodist church will lead the devotional period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdames
W. C. Bryant
M. M. Conner
Elmer Swanson
Dell Davis
Griswold
Ladies Union of Faith Lutheran Church
Lawrence Rydquist
R. A. Swett
Edna Embers 4-H Club Reorganizes and Names Officers
The Edna Embers 4-H club met on June 12 with Joan Byers and new leaders Mrs. Glen Nelson and Mrs. Wilbur South. Four new members and three former members attended. New officers are Margaret McLaren president Wanda Hilton vice president Joan Byers secretary treasurer Miriam Nichols reporter historian. Plans include a shower for Miriam Nichols and involvement in the rally day grooming contest with two girls selected to represent the club. The June 22 meeting will be with Mrs. Nelson to finalize rally day plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Embers 4-H Club
Joan Byers
Glen Nelson
Wilbur South
Glen Brown
Margaret McLaren
Wanda Hilton
Miriam Nichols
Aggressive Club elects officers and plans Oak land contest
Griswold Miss Phyllis Robinson hosted the Wright township Aggressive club meeting last Thursday. Officers elected include Phyllis Robinson as president Evelyn Weih rich as vice president Eleanor Turner as secretary Lenora Turner as treasurer and Betty Ratashak and Loretta Turner as reporters. Phyllis Robinson and Eleanor Weirich were chosen to attend the well groomed contest on June 15 at Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggressive Club
Griswold
Phyllis Robinson
Wright Township
Evelyn Weirich
Eleanor Turner
Lenora Turner
Betty Ratashak
Loretta Turner
Phyllia Robinson
Eleanor Weirich
Oakland
Romance writer Amelie Rives dies in Charlottesville
Amelie Rives, 81, famous for romantic fiction in the 1890s and private Princess Troubetzkoy, died last night in a Charlottesville nursing home after a long illness. She had lived as Princess Troubetzkoy and was widely known by her pen name Amelie Rives.
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Charlottesville
Amelie Rives
Princess Troubetzkoy
Card of Thanks for Russell Kuehn Family
Card of thanks extends gratitude to friends and relatives for sympathy and personal calls after the loss of Russell. Mildred Kuehn, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuehn, Ip, Mrs. Gabon Goon express appreciation for kindness.
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Russell
Mildred Kuehn
Fred Kuebn Ip
Gablon Goon
Mare Griffin Groll Wedding in Chicago at Old St Marys
Mare Griffin daughter of Mr and Mrs James P Griffin of Atlantic married George Carl Groll son of Mrs George C Groll of Cleveland in a 9 o'clock double ring ceremony at Old St Marys Church Chicago conducted by Father J Edward Nugent. Attendants were Madeline Griffin and Grant McDougall. The bride wore aqua blue crepe with a small white hat, pearls, and carried a white pearl prayer book. A wedding breakfast followed at Edgewater Beach hotel and guests from Atlantic Cleveland New York City Detroit attended. The couple will reside at 47222 Ellis Ave Chicago.
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Edgewater Beach
The
Atlantic High School
Iowa State College
Ames
Culver Military Academy
Ohio State University
Ellis Ave
Chicago
James P. Griffin
Atlantic
George C. Groll
Maude Bell
James MacGowan
P. L. Miller
Cleveland
Grant McDougall
New York City
Margaret O’connell
Detroit
Thursday Kensington Club Meeting Notes and Guests
The Thursday Kensington club met with Mrs. Fred Stuetelberg. Guests included Mrs. Wm Bebensee and Mrs. Stuhr of Neola, Mrs. R. B. Taylor, and Mrs. Harold Stuetelberg of Wiota. Mrs. Frank Roberts led the program. Delores Werner as a winner with Alice Harter. Marcell a Curtis played piano. Max Way to host June 28. roll call: How I Use My Feed Sacks. Stuetelberg to lead next program.
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Kensington Club
Fred Stuetelberg
Wm. Bebensee
Stuhr
Neola
R. B. Taylor
Harold Stuetelberg
Wiota
Frank Roberts
Alice Harter
Delores Wnerens
Marcella Curtis
Max Way
Stuetelberg
Anita
Mutual Benefit Club
Ross Smith
June Lewis
Elliott
Ida Mae Dunn
Thelma Pearson
Soren Sandbeck
Max Walker
Paul Kelloway
Contract Bridge Club
Solon Karns
Karns
Herluf Jeppesen
Charles Hockenberry
Bert Johnson
Donald Dorsey
Edwin Kaiser
Lewis
Joyce McDermott
la- Vonne Kroegh
Merle Wilson
Roy Suplee
L. H. Hayter
Hayter
D. D. Pinochle Club
Hans Moelck
Cherry Street
E. C. Dorsey
H. J. Chadwick
Frank Kramer
Robert Wilson
Dan Spiker
Donald Chadwick
Homer Millhollin
Wilson
Irma Graham
Omaha
Anita Theatre
S. and C. Club Entertained Near Wiota
The S. and C. club was entertained Thursday by Mrs. Ernest Behrends east of Wiota. Guests included Mesdames Peter Behrends John Grote and Herman Behr.
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S. and C
Ernest Behrends
Wiota
Peter Behr_ends
John Grote
Herman Behr
Ehlers announce engagement of Mary Ellen to Cadet Kluever
Mr and Mrs John W E Ehlers of 901 East Ninth street announce the engagement of their daughter Miss Mary Ellen to Aviation Cadet E E Kluever son of Emil C Kluever of Atlantic The couple plan to marry in July
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John W. E. Ehlers
East Ninth Street
Mias
Mary Ellen
E. E. Kluever
Emil C. Kluever
Atlantic
Club Calendar Highlights From Local Meetings
Calendar items list loyalty and Legion Auxiliary meetings, club gatherings, and social events across Atlantic and Griswold areas. Notable entries include election of officers, picnics, post nuptial shower for Mrs Clarke, guests from Des Moines and Los Angeles, and entertainment features at Sunnyside park and Melvin Memorial.
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Noble Grand Club
G. M. Chaffee
Maple
Legion Auxiliary
Memorial Building
M. C. Farrell
Adair
Supper Bridge Club
Harry D. Byers
Ray Hawthorne
Genevieve Berry
Des Moines
William Hoffman
T. T. O. Club
Mabel Torrance
Los Angeles
G. W. Furstenberg
Rex Downing
Federated Club
Melvin Memorial Park
Earl V. Connors
Hearts
Thelma Watts
Wuanita Jones
W. E. Littler
Bazaar Committees Plan Use of Feed Sacks for Materials
Local organizations formed bazaar committees with names listed for aprons novelty and pillow cases tea towels and other items. Fundraising proceeds from the market table reached 10 dollars and 15 cents. Community clubs in Anita and Elk Horn scheduled meetings and social events with attendees including Mrs. Alloway Mrs. Nielsen and several guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Swanson
C. J. Hornsby
Swett
J. M. Stevens
A. E. Dean
W. C. Bryant
Full House Sees Dance Recital at Atlantic High
Atlantic audience packed the high school auditorium for a recital directed by Alice Camblin. Guest artist Rose Lorenz from Des Moines joined in, with acts including Poets of the Dance set to Nutcracker music, Hawaiian and Oriental dances, and a primitive drum ritual featuring Abby Ann Camblin, Patty Hannon, Barbara Baxter, Suzanne Petersen, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Atlantic High School
Alice Camblin
Patty Hannon
Barbara Baxter
Suzanne Petersen
Please Fence Him Denver Calf In Taxi Beyond Control
In downtown Denver on June 16 Taxi Driver Jerry Scaglione captured a stray calf that toppled from a truck. The animal distressed traffic as Scaglione drove to police headquarters seeking quarters, then delivered the calf to the stockyards after failing to find a solution.
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Denver
Jerry Scaglione
Scaglione
Pasco Bride Mina Oler wed May 22 in Anita area
Mrs B B Kude of Pasco Washington formerly Mina Lillian Oler daughter of Mr and Mrs E B Oler of Anita married May 22 She graduated from Atlantic high school and taught in Anita area rural schools for eight years The newlyweds are visiting her parents in Anita.
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B. B. Kude
Pasco
Wash
Mina Lillian Oler
E. B. Oler
Anita
Allied carrier planes raid Truk in third day
Allied carrier aircraft continued attacks on Truk island fortress as a naval task force bombarded the base for a third day. Tokyo radio, citing unconfirmed broadcasts, said the raid involved British fleet and carrier units and left Truk encircled by Allied bases.
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San Francisco
Truk Island
Tokyo Radio
Carolines
Truk
U. S
Japan
Cass Legion and Auxiliary Back Atlantic Hospital Site
At a Cass county Legion and Auxiliary meeting in Cumberland, resolutions endorsed Atlantic as the site for a proposed 2 million dollar veterans tubercular hospital. The groups will petition the Veterans Administration for site selection. Guy Stinemates was elected county commander and Leah Mehrmann auxiliary president, with about 100 attendees.
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Cass County Legion and Auxiliary
Cumberland
Atlantic
Veterans Administration
Guy Stinemates
Anita
Harry Jordan
Leah Mehrmann
Leon Talbott
Griswold
Americans still held by Japanese after Bataan and Corregidor losses
Manila reports Gen Douglas MacArthur's HQ says only 1,447 of over 18,000 captured American personnel have been liberated. About 3,260 from the death march or The Rock are officially dead. Most of the 13,000 unaccounted for are thought in prison camps in Japan, China or Formosa. Earlier, nearly 25,000 prisoners were liberated in the Philippines, including 5,855 American nationals. Of 12,000 Filipino scouts, 5,764 were freed and 399 died.
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Manila
P. I
Bataan
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
the Rock
Japan
China
Formosa
Philippines
Cabanatuan
Santo Tomas
Los Banos
Yugoslav General Elections Ordered With Women Voting
A Red Star dispatch reports Yugoslavia has ordered general elections in which women will vote for the first time and all soldiers may cast ballots regardless of age. The war cost Yugoslavia about 1.7 million people from its pre war population of 15 million.
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Moscow
Red Star
Yugoslavia
Wives Must Wait for US Return Ships
London report says British wives of American soldiers likely to wait at least ten months for transport to the United States. Ship space was set aside for 300 wives before V E day, but since then all accommodations have been reserved for personnel with higher priorities than wives.
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London
U. S. Army
United States
Dennis Retired Station Agent Dies at 70 in Audubon
Charles H. Dennis 70, retired Northwestern Railroad agent and cashier, died Friday morning at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs after a major operation. Born November 9, 1874 in Stuart, Indiana, he moved to Audubon in 1885. He served at several Iowa points, retired in 1934 from Harlan, and lived in Audubon with siblings. Survivors include two sisters and four brothers. Funeral at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Dennis home with Rev. C. H. Orr officiating. burial Arlington Heights Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Charles Henry
Dennnis
Jennie Edmundson
Council Bluffs
Mr. Dennis
Stuart
John S
Nettie Dennis
Audubed
Nore Western Railroad
Iowa
Harlan
William
Mattie Crowther
Dennis
Veritas Lodge
Godfrey Commandery
Knights Templar
Memorial Service for Anita-Columbia Chapter 137
Anita-Columbia Chapter 137 C. E. S. will hold its annual memorial services on Monday evening June 25. The gathering aims to honor members with prayers and remembrance at the chapter’s regular meeting venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Hook Obedience Lodge No. 380
Anita
Charles W. Hook
Cedar Rapids
Ed L. Newton
Columbia
Save a life drive slowly near highway children
A blunt safety message urges drivers to slow down when children are near highways and to be prepared to stop instantly if needed to prevent accidents and injuries.
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Beauchamp Chronicle
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Edna Embers
F. D. Simpson
LaVista Place
O. A. Otte
Einar Henningsen
Robert O. Wilson
Shawnee
Okla
Frank Cardio
H. F. Shranger
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Court House
Harry Sherwood
G. I
City Hall
Veterans Tuberculosis Hospital
Washington, D. C
Helen Nicolaysen
G. H
Don) Christensen
P. C. Miller
Orris Oestereich
Don Smiley
Art Wright
Raymond Wright
Jacob Picken
Henry Kuehl
Loyalty Theta Rho
Ioof Hall
Ends
Darlene
Otis Smith
C. A. Behnken
W. J. McMahon
Andrew Lugland
Adair Club
Beulah Reed
Frank Jones
John Redding
Manning DeWitt
Wallace Drake
George Proctor
Jack R. Clarke
Hollywood
Cal
George Proctors
Cletus Grosscup
Kimbaliton
Maurice Proctor
Madison
Wis
Ray Johnson
Grosseup
Roy Newman
Ladies Union
E. T. Club
P. E. T. Club
Charles Alloway
Walnut
Lester Sievers
Colleen Giese
Alva Carbuhn
Harold Thiessen
Arlo Nelson
Roll Call
Martin Nielsen
Elk Horn
Cass Legion and Auxiliary
Chas. H. Dennis
Economy Shoe Company
Betsy
Kitten
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Montgomery Ward
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