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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1950
Page
5
Ten year old Larry Gillespie wandered away from Broadlawns hospital while awaiting a tonsil operation. He walked six miles home before returning with his parents after police failed to locate him for hours. The surgery was set for the next day.
AdaIr notes visitors from Tulsa Blaine and Jonesboro as Mrs W J Hume Mrs Meldean Byers and families spend time with relatives. Roy Disney and Mary Pat travel from Adair Health Center to visit Julia Disney and Ben Harrison. Gene Ward and mother return from Chicago after surgery at St Luke's Hospital.
Joliet Illinois visitors include Mr and Mrs A Kelsey and Mr and Mrs Robert Roland visiting parents and grandparents. Dr Albert Meurer opens a Griswold chiropractic office and plans move with family. Mrs Kenneth Lydon from Broken Bow stays with Edwards family. Claire Downing visiting parents while on naval duty at Long Beach.
The article quotes Arwritte Tife estimating seven million Americans suffer arthritis. It also urges drivers to slow down at dusk to reduce fatal vehicle incidents and save lives.
Graveside rites were held at Mount Olivet for Mrs. Mary Brooks. born December 18, 1834 in Prince Georges County Maryland. She lived at the Little Sisters of the Poor home since 1942, and regained vision after cataract surgery before passing away.
Anita area notes highlight Lt. Levo Baetz returning on furlough from Fort Bragg to his parents home with his wife. several residents, including Rex Miller, Robert Butler Jr., and Jens Rasmussen, attend Omaha races and wedding anniversary celebrations. A westward auto trip for Rasmussen family is noted along with visitors from Statesville North Carolina. Maude Suplee completes a bus tour east and Floyd Williams, a Miller nursing home patient now blind, is brought to Anita for the afternoon. Baptisms at the Anita Congregational Church mark the day with Roger James Wilson and Steven Linn Paulsen, infant sons of local couples.
Lois Mikkelsen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Aage Mikkelsen, and weekend visitors at the Dr C M Adair in Anita include Mr and Mrs Adair Baker and daughter of St Louis and Miss Margaret Adair of Des Moines. Kenneth Kuehn of Chicago arrives for a visit with Mr and Mrs Henry Kuehn. he will return to Chicago and Mrs Kuehn and the children will visit relatives in Tulsa. Susan Snejkal returns to Omaha Sunday evening.
A brief line notes a few days stay or visit at the Wayne Jewett and Emmett Wilson homes, indicating a personal or domestic context without further details.
Advice urges taking it easy on the road and giving yourself plenty of time. Do not speed to avoid missing your destination and ensure safer travel.
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