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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1931
Page
2
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon at the home here for W. W. Smith, veteran retired station agent for the Rock Island railroad, who ended his life Friday afternoon. The Rev. G. officiated and burial was in the Atlantic cemetery.
The Cass county farm bureau will hold nine meetings starting July 6 to discuss weeds and their control with emphasis on chlorate use and effects on quack grass and Canada thistle. Demonstrations aim to show practical weed control options balanced against costs with schedules across Bear Grove, Noble, Anita, and adjacent townships.
The P E P club of Brighton township holds a regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Wilma Long. Members are asked to bring paper for pattern cutting and wear uniforms for the club picture. Eldeen Club hosts a Pymasa township 4H meeting with four tors as leader and demonstrations planned for Achievement Day. Adacand Annabelle Hebert won first place for The Old and Modern Layette. Marjorie Ruth Alice Stenson and Mary Storbeck contributed other demonstrations. Refreshments were served at the close.
Norma Shearer stars in A Free Soul at the town theater for three days with Leslie Howard Lionel Barrymore Clark Gable James Gleason and Lucy Beaumont in support. The plot centers on a daughter torn between love and her father as a gambler and a society sportsman contend for her affections amid a murder trial and varied settings from hotel rooms to Yosemite Valley.
Minnesota visitors and locals appear in Fairmont and Atlantic areas. Albert Sandhorst and family visit Fairmont. Mrs. John Olson from Cherokee spends a week with her parents on Mulberry Street. Joe Bruff and wife leave for Minnesota fishing. A S Perryman home tree fire causes no damage. Lincoln, Emmetsburg, and Milwaukee residents pass through town. golf pro Norman Summers plans to start at the Southwestern Towns tournament. Other notes cover a new well at Sunnyside Park pumping 180 gallons per minute, dental board exam passers, and various community meetings and visits.
The First Presbyterian church held its Vacation Bible School closing program with songs, memory work, drama, and a Esther story dramatization. Juniors and intermediates received certificates for participation as Miss Nellie Walker supervised the drama, with classes taught by Evelyn M. Steinke and Rev. William Mack, listing numerous students and certificates.
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