Jewell Record News (Newspaper) - September 27, 1984, Jewell, Iowa Sch O rt O I 9 South Hamilton high school 1984 homecoming activities for next week So amilton The Areas Most Widely Read Newspaper Volume 204 Number A search for memories Editors note The following was taken from the Postmasters This publication of his story is designed to honor the man and coincides with his as Ellsworths Editors note Postmasters of America is a series of articles dedicated to the men and women who have worn the mantel of Postmaster and from whose ranks have come many na tional and international three Presidents Homecoming 1984 October 1 Cardinal and White Day at school October 2 50s Day 7 pm Powder Puff Game Senoir girls Junior girls October 3 Hawaiian Day pm Special on football field October 4 Famous Person Day 7 pm Coronation of King and Queen in the Robert Jensen Auditorium October 5 am Student pancake breakfast in the high school cafeteria public is invited for for grades 7 through for pm Homecoming football game pm am Dance Hard Times Band Advance tickets at the high school single or couple tickets at the door except for South High Alumni for On the Beaches Our story begins on the fertile farm land of Iowa and continues on the through the and villages of and Its the story of a young as he fought through the hell of World War was decorated for his heroic wounded and moved from army hospital to and finally com ing home to be appointed Postmaster and eventually elected Mayor of But theres more to our story than Much Wayne Jack Brinton was on a hospital ship headed for home Enrollment drops again September 14th was official enroll ment count day at South 707 students were officially enrolled for This compares with 717 on the same date last There were more kindergarten enrollees this fall than seniors who left last spring 62 to 44 but numerous during the 8384 school year caused the decrease in official blood drive has nine first donors The Combined Blood for the Blood Center of central Iowa from Des was held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Ellsworth on September The canteen was run by the Ad Club A total of 90 ap were made with 74 peo ple coming to Nine first time donars were The next drive will be another combination drive with the location being Jewell on march when the news of the invasion of France blared over the ships loud As he and his wounded buddies passed through the Straits of there was The and blood seemed far behind Surely all aboard would be offloaded somewhere in England to make room for those yet to fall in After two and a half years in combat the young soldiers thoughts of not yet going home were hardly Those fears were soon calmed by the ships captain as he announced that they would be steaming for home with no stops before the shores of Those words became the floating gray Wounds were not all the young lowan was taking With Jack carried also an almost unbelievable record of military ser vice to his Army doctors had ordered his battered and body out of The Combat Infantry Bronze and numerous Battle Stars were among the medals already awarded him for service and the Iowa farmboy had refused another medal while confined to a hospital in His thoughts were that he had given his country all he save his he just wanted to Who are these people An open letter to the citizens of Jewell Last our daughters left their first grade classrooms to walk to the Library for a Brownie On their they were approached by a in a who first asked if he could have the bike that one of the girls had with asked if they would like a The girls responded as they had been trained to respond in such an They said NO and ran to the library where they told an adult what had We are proud of our daughters for responding in this manner and very glad that we had taken the time to educate them about such situa We do not know if this was an attempted abduc tion or simply a We do know that regardless of what it it frightened our This letter is not meant to frighten The pur pose of this letter is to alert you that Jewell is not im mune to this type of It is our opinion that those children who will be the safest are the ones who are armed with the knowledge on how to handle such a The second purpose of this letter is to enlist the help of every citizen for the protection of our Please help us watch for strange vehicles andor per sons in Write down license numbers and vehicle Watch out for especially before and after Dont hesitate to report anything suspicious to the Help us let those people know that they are dealing with a town which is aware of this type of activity and will not tolerate Thank John Marilyn Schlafke Mark Becke Dorenbush Harold Candy Anderson go His wounds were more serious than he had thought and recovery was slow as he went from hospital to each time more encourag ed by those who attended Home was closer it seemed and Iowa was drawing him like a The Ar my had different ideas for Jack Essential to the War Effort While he was declared essential to the war effort and of service in the military on the home Fort New Jersey became his new home as he was ordered for rehabilitation and That reassignment was to take him to New York where Jack became a member of a crack Military Police As an his duties now were to look for But New York was better than he His recovery went well and mended he was again in good His incredible story then turned in another direction when one day his along with a number of was ordered to fall The 300 MPs in his few of which knew were ordered to stand for Soon including one passed by with a civilian who looked each GI over from head to Dismissing first one and then after an hour or so there were only three GIs left in of them Jack there was only one soldier left standing in the now near empty Brinton wanted to know what the hell was going Was this some kind of lineup That question was soon answered by the Captain of his who assured the young man not to You are about to meet a man with whom you will be On October Jewell will celebrate Harvest a kick off to the farm Tickets areon sale now at all local merchants for the shopping spree at Pauls Super Many events are planned throughout the day from sidewalk sales starting at to lunch at the Senior Citizens building from 111 Come one and all for a day of fun and Anderson holding BBQ ribs fund raiser This couple with some of their Light flock were Jewell residents in Can you guess their names Lawrence Republican Candidate for the Iowa State House announced today a Campaign fundraiser and Rally for his election to House Seat the Position currently being filled by Dale Democrat from Eagle The Rib BBQ and trimmings will be served from 57 October at the Catholic Parish in Anderson said that he expects that this North Central Republican Rally will be one of the largest gathering of Republican office can an committee persons to be held in this area prior to the General Election November He stated that this will be a real oppor for persons attending to meet and discuss the challenges facing our lawmakers at all Anderson Legislative is made up of Webster and the following townships in Hamilton Wayne Jack Brinton working for the next six months on a special the Captain was quick to assure That day in the Hall he met Jo Davidson for the first Unknow Jack had been introduced to a famous artist who wae commission ed to sculpt a statue of the American and Jack had been chosen the For two hours each Jack pos ed in full battle dress for Jo David resting only when the rigid poses caused his muscles to As if enough fame had not befallen the he was called one day to report for special The Army had selected the young soldier to serve his country in less isolated Jack Brinton was issued a new dress com plete with and full a new and an envelope with orders stating that he was to report to Hyde New for the funeral of his Com mander in Delano The President of the United States of America was dead Continued on Page 2 Jewell plans Harvest hoedown day Clear Lake In Webster all of the County except the city of Fort and Johnson Douglas Lawrence and his wife are lifelong residents of this Having farmed in the Duncombe area before moving to Webster city in Since leaving Land 0 Lakes in Fort dodge where he held the posi tion of Research Farms Coor he has been in direct sales of environmental and waste recovery and presently is helping his Leonard with his farming opera Ticket donation will be or two for Tickets are available at Republican Head quarters at both County Head quarters in Webster City Fort from Lawrence at and County The elusive target of the search was a statue made from the 34 inch plaster casting But even this sight was still more than 30 years away for the young Iowa discuss name change The Board of Directors of the Na tional organization has recommended that the name of the be changed to National Womens Pork The recom will be presented to delegates of the organization at its annual meeting next March in In The has been discussed for some time because of what many of the organizations members viewed as the negative connotation of the word The womens organization wants to be more closely tied to the National Pork Producers Council and its ac and it is felt the name change will A had been con at the annual meeting last March in Kansas at that meeting decided to appoint a committee to consider the matter in more Rita Brown of South Carolina and Kay Anderson of Clare Minnesota cochaired the committee which met in late August and made its recommendation to the National Board of tors September National are an auxiliary arm of the National Pork Producers The organization currently has over 18 thousand members in 35 The organization supports National Pork Producers Councils efforts in numerous ways including promo consumer information and classroom
