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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
8
Miss Rosetta Gustason and Ross Bielfelt wed in a candle light ceremony at Atlantic Christian church with a double ring rite. Family, out of town guests, music, and a four tier cake followed in the church parlors as they begin life in Iowa City with Western Electric.
Calendar items urge submissions by 10 a m. for publication. Dinner at Hotel Whitney features Frank Tucker on parks films and Bertha Michele sings. Buck Creek Ladies Aid and First Presbyterian Bible class meet. Thursday church supper at 6 30. Ohms reception west of Atlantic. A Dreager farm wedding trip to follow. Garden club and Extra club joint meeting and notes from Des Moines luncheon. Presbyterian Women pot luck for Group 3. Medical mission packing. Janine Harris shower at Buck Creek church. Ratashack reunion held at Sunnyside park with attendees from Persia Moline Omaha Kansas City Treynor Neola Audubon and Minden. 1953 reunion planned.
Rev Ora Reep installed officers of the Pine Grove WSCS including Elmer Pont as president Oscar Rupperle as vice president and several secretaries. The group plans a 50th anniversary observance and met June 5 at Mrs F J Groves home. A Sunday gathering honored Rev and Mrs Ora Keep with a miscellaneous program and musical numbers.
Miss Elaine Joan Jensen daughters of Mr and Mrs J C Jensen of Atlantic and John Agnew Rovane son of Mr Louis A Rovane of Keokuk wed at St James Episcopal church Greenville South Carolina The ceremony featured white summer blossoms organ music and a double ring rite Rev John A Pinckney officiated The bride wore Chantilly lace over satin with a bouffant skirt veil and cascade bouquet The matron of honor wore embroidered organdy and carried pink roses After a honeymoon the couple will reside in Columbia South Carolina where the groom is stationed with the army
Nuptials at Lake View and Anita feature Imalda Sims and Walter Lile, Sheriff Cooper and Albert Karns, Karol Kaufmann and Richard Neighbors. Articles note gowns, corsages, ceremonies by Rev. Wright and Rev. Kinney, wartime service of grooms, and home plans in Exira and Anita.
Attendants Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wolf of Atlantic. The bride, given in marriage by her grandfather Howard Joy of Worthington Minnesota, wore a white street length dress with red and green print. Groom is a county surveyor and a WWII veteran. They will reside at 802 Chestnut Street, Atlantic after a wedding trip.
Casey event honors twenty three past noble grands with corsages as Oak Leaf Rebekah lodge holds a Tuesday evening ceremony. Officers elected include Miss Bessie Neifert NG as noble grand, Mrs Tru man Maas VG, Mrs Geo Speed-Hing secretary, Mrs Frank Cline treasurer. Mrs John Moller presented a monologue and Miss Evelyn Martin sang a solo with Miss Neifert as accompanist.
Anita hosted a shower for Sherrill Cooper on the Lara Christensen home with guests from Anita Ex tra and Adair. Pastel colors and a pot o gold prize framed gifts. contest winners included Albert Karns and Wilbur Dorsey. The C C club met at Mrs Wayne Hennington’s with nine members and three guests. Jane Jenkins led entertainment and prizewinners were Mrs Norman Leed and others. Next meeting set for June 26 at Mrs Lawrence’s.
Activities across Anita include WSCS gathering hosted by Mrs Pat Castleberry, a June 23 Chamber of Commerce farm tour chicken dinner, and multiple bridge circles. Out of town guests, hostess rotations, and prize awards mark meetings from the East Main Neighborhood circle to the Never Idle Club plus a Charles Eblen furlough tribute and Helping Hand picnic plan.
Mrs. Martin Larsen has a June 25 meeting. Golden Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Smith of Casey at the Methodist camp on Clear Lake marks 50 years of marriage, with their son Hart and family from Port Angeles, Washington in attendance plus numerous Smith and related families from Charles City Peterson Petaluma Prinville Waterloo and other locations.
Anita Iowa funeral notice for Frank L. Sisler 81 a retired farmer who died Monday at Clarinda hospital after a year as patient born Belleview to B F and Susan Sisler married Emma Parker Feb 22 1898 they farmed near Anita until 1938 he lived in town since then survived by daughter Mrs Lester Hendrick Marshfield Wisconsin son Wayne Anita five grandchildren four great grandchildren one brother Charles Sisler four sisters funeral 2 pm Thursday at Anita Methodist Church officiated by Rev J M Kinney burial in Anita Cemetery
A public safety note from the News Telegraph urges pedestrians to wear white when walking along highways after dark to improve visibility. The message emphasizes reflective or light-colored clothing for daytime and night safety.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Smith announce the birth of a girl named Nancy Elaine born Wednesday. The infant weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces and joins the family as Nancy Elaine Smith Lewis.
John David Neal Anita A weighing five pounds was born at Cherokee hospital at 5 a.m. Monday to Rev. and Mrs. George Neal of Larrabee. This is their first child. The mother is Marjorie Hoyt daughter of Walter and Mrs. Hoyt of near Anita. Mr. and Mrs. George Neal Sr. were present.
Clara Hoyt of Anita and Clara Hoyt is listed as grandmother and great grandmother to offspring of Omaha and Mia. The notice appears in a local Want Ads section of the News-Telegraph.
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