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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
5
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Miss Lucille Brewer receives a shower at the Olsen home with a pink and white theme. Winners include Mrs. Andrew Eebeck and others. Anniversary dinner honors Norman Lacey and Mrs Muzzy hosts. Miss Priscilla Jones bridal shower attended by neighbors. Dorothy Magill to wed Robert Turnbull in Ligonier.
A Massena Methodist church mother daughter luncheon drew 112 attendees. Highlights included prayers, readings, a skit The City Girl, musical numbers, and multiple recognitions among daughters, mothers, and great grandmothers.
Club calendar notes due by 10 a m on publication day. Monday Catholic Daughters meet at 8 p m in K of C hall. Wednesday B P W dinner at 6 30 p m at Hotel Whitney with Mrs Lois Vincent SSA guest speaker. WCTU institute at Mrs Hl W Nelson Sr home with covered dish lunch at 1 p m. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Joe Taylor and others from Omaha Salem Ore and Ottawa Ill with many guests from Red Oak Elliott Vil lnica Mt Etna Carbon Corning and Grant. Nu Pinocle club hosted by Mrs Carroll Zappes. Happy Housewife club toured Mrs Frank Long's gardens. Cumberland OES initiation had 130 attending with 11 chapters represented and officers inducted.
Members of the Cumberland Christian church congregation celebrated January to June birthdays in the church basement on a Wednesday evening. At the special birthday table were Mrs Glen Nelson, Mr and Mrs Merle Derry and daughters Dianne and Merlene and baby, Miss Mildred J.
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The Massena couple C. E. and Mrs. Marlowe will quietly observe their 60th wedding anniversary on Tuesday June 20. Charles Marlowe a longtime Sundstrand store clerk turned owner was joined by his wife Daisy Bell of Creston in a life marked by business and family.
Seventy seven descendants of the late Mr and Mrs Henry Bramer met at Harlan pool park for the first complete reunion in 15 years. Thirteen of the 14 children were present with spouses including Lulu Bocken of Des Moines John Kuster of Persia Iowa and Otto Hansen of Brookings South Dakota.
Mrs. Henryetta E. Van Gorder Jr. leads Audubon’s First State Bank as president continuing the Van Gorder family legacy dating to 1874. The 5 foot 1 inch, 95 pound leader oversees a four million dollar deposit bank with six staff, supported by executive vice president A. A. Kruse.
Mrs Ella Summer of San Francisco joins Mr and Mrs John Falk Stromaburg Neb Mr and Mrs Henry Bramer Omaha Mr and Mrs Louis Vogel Kansas City Mr and Mrs Walter Bramer Elk Horn Mr and Mrs A Routledge Sioux City David Bramer Elk Horn Mr and Mrs John E Lange Elk Horn Mr and Mrs Ivan Bramer Kansas City and Mr and Mrs Day Bramer Harlan are named in a social notice listing relatives and households across multiple locations.
At the Masonic hall on Wednesday evening Mrs. Lyle Burkhalter was named president and Mrs. Norman Quinn vice president of the Lew and So club of Lewis. Cal bert Mark er was named secretary treasurer as canasta was played. The group will not meet again until September.
A fire with explosions swept through the U S Army supply depot in Voorheesville New York beginning about 9 50 a m It damaged warehouse No 5 and spread to an adjoining building Fire crews from the general depot at Schenectady and departments in Albany Altamont and Salem aided the effort Newsmen were denied access to the site.
Anita youngsters return home for the summer from colleges and schools. Ella Mae McDermott, a former William sburg teacher, Shirley Soper from Panora, Maureen McDermott who attended Cornell at Mt Vernon, Margaret and Bill Shaffer from Iowa State University, Mark McDermott who will enter West Point, Ranny Kellaway and Norma Sue Woodruff from Iowa State, Miss Woodruff to Michigamme for summer work, Gene Petersen from Iowa State, Roberta McIntyre and Dan Osen from Drake, Joe Ann Gissibl from Cedar Falls teachers college.
Numerous conveyances recorded by individuals and families including Leo F Pettinger and Edward Comes transferring lots in Atlantic and Griswold areas, Ruth Forsythe and Kenneth Williams transferring multiple blocks, plus various estates and administrators. Transactions list dates in 1950, prices from $1 to $9,000 with lots, blocks, and sections specified, including Lot 7 and Lot 8 in Atlantic subdivisions and several Wiota and Highland Place properties.
Major work stoppages threaten milk supplies for about 4 million in Washington and Pennsylvania, halt Los Angeles transit, and force New York papers to suspend. Los Angeles endures record traffic as 100000 Shriners arrive for a convention while 4000 operators walk out seeking a 20 cent hourly raise. Federal mediators report stalled positions after talks.
Mrs. Mike Metz Sr. returned from Keokuk after visiting her son Mike Metz Jr and daughter in law while Mrs Metz Jr recovered from surgery. Along the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Troy Rhody and Janet of Red Oak who met her in Tinville.
Red Oak plans a homecoming for Mrs. H C Houghton newly elected national president of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The Monday club sponsors with chamber of commerce backing. a reception Thursday and a Friday banquet and program open to the public are arranged around her return.
Rev. Kenneth Bressler and family move from Winston Mo to Grant to lead Grant and Lincoln Center congregations for the year. The couple includes son Teddy and daughter Irene a Maryville student.
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