Elkhorn area picnic and family visits reported
Elk Horn brief lists many local visits and travel. The Leistad family picnic occurred at McMahon Grove with guests from Powers Lake and Grinell. Families including the Jensens and Andersen clan were noted visiting relatives in Omaha West Branch Fargo and Blair during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llowa State College
Sherman Andersen
West Branch
Carl Jensens
Elmer Young
Omaha
Marion Andersen
Sherman
West
Wiota Briefs Include Local Tradesmen and Religious Sisters
Wiota notes mention Chi cago visitor Ona Clure selling trucking business to Roy Kloppenburg and Clure working as a shoe cobbler. Sr M Paula and Sr Marie Celire return to Des Moines to teach at All Saints parish school and conduct a Viola Anita vacation program assisted by Frances Kart. Sr Paula heads to Mt Loretta Council Bluffs for summer while Sr Celine attends Marquette summer school. she is daughter of Mrs Barbara Bintner of Wiota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiota
Louis Gallencer
Chicago
Russell Morgan
Air Corps
Ona Clure
Roy Kloppenburg
Clure
Robinson Hardware
M. Paula
Marie Celirie
Des Moines
All Saints Parish
Frances Kart
Paula
Mt. Loretta
Council Bluffa
Celine
Marquette
Wis
Barbara Bintner
Carnival Week Sponsored by Anita Legion Club
Anita The American Legion and Greater Anita club sponsor a week long carnival starting Monday June 24 at the ball park south of the depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita—The
American Legion and
Greater Anita Club
Depot
AMVETS Posts Formed In Iowa Last Week
David Campbell is temporary commander of Lewis AMVET Post 44 formed Saturday with 2 percent of charter members. S. Jessie Scherdin adjuvant Earl Roberts vice commander Bob Roush finance officer Merton Northrup provost marshal Claude Casady public relations. Post 45 at Walnut formed yesterday. officers to be named July 1. Also new AMVET posts No. 40 at Des Moines and units at Rockwell City Pomeroy and Renwick led by Boxer Billy Meath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Campbell
Lewis Amvet
S. Jessie Scherdin
Earl Roberts
Bob Roush
Merton Northrup
Claude Casady
Gertrude Linkletter
Lewis
Amvets
Walnut
Walnut Amvets
New Iowa Amvet
No. 40
Des Moines
Billy Meath
Rockwell City
Pomeroy
Renwick
Festival at Adair Promises Music and James Boys Ride Again
Adair Commercial club hosts a jubilee night with a 7 30 band concert. St John’s Lutheran chorus performs a cappella, a style show, and cash prizes. Coins shower from rooftops. The James Boys ride again as a highlight recalling 1873 Rock Island wreck near Adair. A pavement dance follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adair
St. John’s Lutheran Church
James
Jesse James
Rock Island Railroad
Mrs. Carnegie Dies at 89 in New York
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, widow of the steel maker and philanthropist, died at her Fifth Avenue mansion. A daughter, Mrs. Roswell Miller of New York, was at her bedside. She was a retiring woman whose philanthropies were conducted quietly after a year of ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Andrew Carnegie
Fifth Avenue
Carnegie
Roswell Miller
Poland seeks UN action on Spain and South Africa
The United Nations Security Council prepared to vote on Poland's demand for a world diplomatic break with Franco Spain but signals showed Poland unlikely to surpass four of eleven votes. India filed a discrimination complaint against South Africa, seeking UN General Assembly action. The Arab League urged action on Palestine, and Poland floated a compromise atomic control plan as talks with Baruch and Gromyko continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Nations Security Council
Seston
Poland
Spain
Council
Russia
France
Mexico
Oscar Lange
General Assembly
Union of South Africa
United Nations
India
The
Arab League
Cairo
Palestine
U. N
League
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Bernard Baruch
Andrej A. Gromyko
Trygve Lie
Ramaswami Mudaliar
South Africa
Rock Island Time Cards and Service Changes
Time schedules show eastbound No 8 Rocket 1 17 am No 22 Local 10 39 am No 14 Flyer 9 18 pm and westbound No 23 Flyer 6 50 am No 15 Local 10 39 am No 9 Rocket 9 18 pm. Audubon Branch lists No 1019 10 45 am from Atlantic and No 1018 3 00 pm arrival. Coal shortages have led to temporary discontinuation of Nos 22 and 65. Signs urge driver caution and obedience to speed limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
West Des Moines
Audubon
Arthur W. Coolidge Secures Republican Nomination in Mass
Arthur W. Coolidge of Reading Massachusetts wins the Republican party nomination for lieutenant governor. He shares the same name and office lineage as the late Calvin Coolidge who rose from Massachusetts senate to U S presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts State Senate
U. S
Arthur W. Coolidge
Reading
Mass
Bay State
Expansion plan for St Luke's Hospital debated
Mt. Vernon June 24 194 report says a proposal to expand St Luke's hospital Cedar Rapids was adopted at the Upper Iowa conference closing session. The report urged removing the oldest wing and replacing it with a modern section. It advises flour substitutions and baking tips interspersed with local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Upper Iowa
The
Methodist Church
Griswold Man Dies in Mercy Hospital After Heart Attack
Virgil H. Barker 31 died Saturday in Mercy hospital Council Bluffs after a weeklong illness from a heart attack. Born June 5 1915 in Ottumwa he lived in Griswold five years in the produce business with C O Petersen and co owned plants in Treynor and Macedona. Surviving are his wife Erna Rasmussen four children his father Charles Barker five brothers and four sisters. Funeral at Wagler here with Rev Lawrence Rydquist and burial in Atlantic cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griswold
Treynor
Macedonia
Connie
Jacquelyn
Janet Sue
Gary
Charles R. Barker
Yakima
Wash
Forest
Iowa City
Mildred Ryding
Gail
Jefferson
Harold
Mlinois
Lloyd
Los Angeles
Ralph
Seattle
W. O. Wirth
Denver
Colo
Jon Dimond
Salt Lake City
Utah
Earl Franz
Adair
Ruth Barker
Winterset
Wagler Funeral Home
Lawrence Rydquist
The
Faith Lutheran Church
Atlantic Cemetery
Marriage Licenses Granted in Audubon Area
Audubon clerks record marriages for Reuben Stober 21 of Manning and Edith Lawson 20 of Audubon Leo L Campbell 25 of Adair with Velda Erickson 18 of Cass county Clifford L Thompson 29 and Helen Marie Thor 26 both of Audubon Gerald E.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audubon
Reuben Stober
Manning
Edith Lawson
Leo L. Campbell
Adair
Velda Erickson
Cass County
Clifford L. Thompson
Helen Marie Thor
Gerald E
Drive Safely on Curves and Hills Reminder
A brief public safety message urges drivers to avoid speeding or risky passing on curves or hills to stay safe and be alive tomorrow. It emphasizes cautious driving as a key to preventing fatal crashes and protecting families.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa
Cassfair
Ray Backman
Atlantic Junior Chamber of Commerce
Impliments Moffett & Moffett Electric Co
Elk Horn
Westbrook
Blair
Neb
Arent
C. C. Kloth
Louise Christensen
Bertha Andersen
Anders Hansen
Salsbury Sal
Salsbury Sren Osal
Coney
Worthington Hatchery
Spranger Appliances
Chrysler
Airtemp
Ghana
Tivte
Moffett & Moffeit
Norge Appliances
Chestnut St
News-Telegraph
Freida Hayat
Superior Court
Yaeche Albuquerque
Lewis. Walnut
Rock Island
Overland Greyhound Line
Park Hotel
Hawkeye Stages
Farmera Central
Lean Co. Atlaintte State Rink
Marinello Beauty Shop
Sheridan Ave
Shenandoah
Atlantic Post Office
Arary
U. S. Anny
Packard
Hayes Sales & Service Co
Atlantic, Iowa
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