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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1927
Page
2
The News Telegraph reports curbing and gutters installed last week and grading started for paving. Grading begins at the east end near the creamery and moves west toward the G.F.E. construction company factory. Some curb and gutter work on side streets may be added at the owners’ expense, not in the contract.
Griswold Iowa June 27 The Church of Christ held its annual meeting and officer elections for the coming year Elders G H Bierbaum William Bogeck and George Selders deacons Barry Braden Harry Evans Frank Gary Alfred Railsback Ed Redding George Forsyth Harry Keith John Redding and Walter Weirich treasurer John Redding secretary Irvin Mueller pianist Cordelia Bierbaum assistant pianist Mrs Ross Parke ushers George Forsyth Irvin Mueller and Walter Weirich Harry Braden elected superintendent of the Bible school Irvin Mueller assistant superintendent Olivia Bierbaum secretary Dohna Mael Truitt assistant secretary Miss Almy Bierbaum pianist Mrs Ross Parke assistant pianist Herbert Kirchert treasurer.
G G Haynes secretary of the Iowa Good Roads association will speak in Avoca Friday evening July 8 on the proposed road bond issue. He is one of the best posted men in the state on the road question.
Ed Bowral and Seymour Kennyson are painting the interior of the school building this week. Exterior work on the building is also in progress in Grant IA on June 27 with a special News-Telegraph report.
Elliott Iowa will host a Fourth of July picnic for residents who stay in town. A picnic dinner, foot races and ball games are planned, followed by an evening showing of the film College Days in the park.
Montgomery county politics heat up as voting on $600,000 road bonds nears amid a mass confrontation. Rev Lloyd Ellis accuses Senator Anderson of ignorance or falsehood sparking threats and a near clash. Rural districts oppose while towns favor bond issue as elections proceed. Grant Iowa hosts a separate road bond debate with Senator Fat and Judge William Gardner debating at Morton Mills with a large turnout.
Postmaster Tid L. Newton of South Dakota, accompanied by his son Glen Newton of Nevada, plans a near future trip to the Black Hills to get a close view of President Coolidge and the summer White House. Glen Newton, recently discharged from hospital after hernia operation, is rapidly recovering. Helen Dockstader and daughter Anna Forsythe have returned from a visit at the EB M. Bonney home in Greenfield.
Grant Grant June 27 Special to News-Telegraph reports rapid progress on No 71 road work. Bridge workers will place all steel in two days and switch to riveters on the Marton Mills bridge, which is ready for cementing. Foreman Mr Bowers says grading should be finished by August 15.
Two men injured yesterday when a Ford coupe driven by Arthur Strickland overturned while he tried to avoid a wreck with another Ford driven by Ho F Reynolds. Strickland had minor bruises. passenger Robert Scharf fractured his collar bone and was taken to Omaha for X rays. Reynolds escaped uninjured.
Miss Ermine Brown and Mrs. Carlson depart Anita on a summer vacation bound for Sitka Alaska with inland trips by steamship. They join a Denver teachers party led by the school superintendent and attend the national teachers convention in Seattle.
Junior Matthews Lewis leads the Blues to a larger win in the local Sunday school contest at the Christian church. Winners will enjoy a Crystal Lake picnic Friday evening after gathering at the church from 5 with cars provided. The Epworth League ice cream social raised 25.50. About thirty six members joined a party at Charles Nichols home with a pleasant evening and lunch.
Threshing outfit and storage building owned by Liliculn township farmers sold at public auction to settle a community member's estate. C A Harris bought the equipment last Thursday. Miss Mary O'Leary at Deaf and Dumb Institute Council Bluffs visits Anita family. Henry Houck visits Van Wert, La with son Charles F. Houck. Miss Marian Wagner of Anita post office takes two weeks vacation.
Exira Iowa June 27 teachers for the Extra public school have been selected. The principal was elected last week. The list includes Miss Sign Back Exira for first and second grades Miss Florence McKeighan Tennant Iowa for second and third Miss Iona King Anita for third and fourth Miss Hilda Petersen Extra and Miss Glee Forbes Hor.
A list of teaching staff includes Clarence J. Rogers and Stephen L. O Donneil from Grimes Iowa, Madge Garet of Ottawa Kansas, Mable Powers of Lueur Minnesota, Jeanette Stearns of McGregor Virginia, Berdina Moore of Tipton and R. M. Stratten as superintendent. The school will open Sept. 5.
In L IA WIS Iowa January 27 special to News Telegraph Bert Beebe and wife visit Cambridge Indiana to see his sister Mrs W R Johnson Vernon Beebe travels to Ardmore Oklahoma to visit his uncle H T Vernon.
Mrs Charley Evans from Clarinda visits her convalescent mother Mrs Mary Ta worth after injuries from a car accident last Sunday. Numerous relatives from Brayton, Lewis, Couns el Bluffs, Alden, and nearby towns visit local families and attend gatherings, including ball games and family visits at the Willem Berry and Alec McGaffin homes.
Figures from the Seventh Federal Reserve district show Iowa bank savings deposits at 96,502,803 in June, across 42 banks. The total marks a 1.8 percent month gain but a 2.1 percent drop from June 1928, reflecting shift in savings balances.
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