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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1957
Page
5
Maple Dale club members and two guests gathered at Mrs. Bruce Frisble's home for a Thursday session. Roll call featured "How to Grow Old Gracefully" and next year’s program books were prepared. The meeting date moved to the last Wednesday. next meeting with Mrs. Claus Anderson is Sept 25.
Alice Elain White married Stanley W. Riggs in a 7 pm double ring ceremony at First Christian Church Cumberland. Rev Frank Goodwin officiated in the presence of relatives and friends as Miss White wore nylon tulle over white taffeta with a lace veil and carried white carnations.
Club calendar item notes deadline 10 a m for publication. Mrs Fred Kerkman and Mrs Marie Tracy hostesses. Mrs H E Kleen to lead topics. Event held at Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church.
Miss Phillips is the bride elect of David Hansen. The wedding will be held Sunday evening June 30 at the Audubon Methodist church after a luncheon served by hostesses Mmes. John Sunberg Hans B Hansen Marius Andersen D D Randolph and Yvonne R Jensen.
Arnold R. Jones, a Kansas State College official now with the Budget Bureau, was selected by President Eisenhower to join the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. The nomination awaits Senate hearings after Eisenhower said he will send it next week, drawing criticism from Rep. Evins. Jones will succeed Harry A. Curtis whose nine year term expired.
The Civil Aeronautics Board considered a Saturday request from the city of Dubuque and the Dubuque Airport Commission for airline service between Milwaukee and Des Moines. They petitioned to authorize Ozark Airlines or North Central Airlines to operate via Madison Wisconsin and Dubuque and Cedar Rapids Iowa. Montreal is 300 miles nearer Liverpool than New York.
Iowa City hosts reminders of its early role as territorial and state capital. Old Capitol, with its two reverse-curved staircase, and Plum Grove, restored as a state monument, reflect the 1840s era and the Lucas family legacy in Johnson County.
The region offers a campus tour and visits to Macbride Hall museum, hospitals, and City Park by the river. A new Coralville dam will form the state’s largest artificial lake next year with Lake Macbride nearby. West Branch marks Hoover’s birthplace. Amana colonies lie east. Kalona and Wellman host Amish-Mennonite life nearby.
Sick and injured patients are named at Atlantic Memorial hospital and local clinics. Included are Mrs Kenneth Reed of Anita and 6 year old Mark Worth of Griswold, plus Roy Strunk Paul Fackler and Mrs John Hinken. Others released include Mrs Adam Krause Thomas Mailander William Lippincott and Stanley Johnson. ELK HORN Mrs Allen Larsen and daughter Jane Florence discharged from Harlan hospital.
Jon Lerma of South Sioux City Nebraska was killed when a .25 caliber revolver discharged accidentally while he and a companion played near his home. The report notes the incident occurred Friday. Benjamin Franklin is cited as first recommending Daylight Saving Time in 1731.
Loren Green 55 died Friday evening at a Walnut Creek hospital after hospitalization since Tuesday. Born January 30 1902 in Bloomington AL he married Lois Hosselt March 12 1947 in Omata. The couple lived in Richmond and Walnut Creek where he was a car salesman. Survivors include his wife and a sister Mrs Harold Mash of Madison Wisconsin. Funeral services and burial are set for Monday in Walnut Creek.
Charles Holcomb of St Paul Minnesota state director of dairy and food inspection was elected Friday as president of the North Central States Association. Members include heads of dairy food drug and other inspection services. Don’t drive if you drink.
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