Texan Led D Day Ranger Unit on Pointe du Hoc
Lt Col Earl Rudder, later Texas A&M president, led a Ranger force of 200 men to scale a 100 foot cliff at Pointe du Hoc on D Day. Despite heavy fire and initial equipment failures, Rudder's unit seized the position with severe casualties and he was wounded three times. He later received the Distinguished Service Cross and commanded units in the Battle of the Bulge.
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College Station
Tex
Earl Rudder
Omar N. Bradley
Omaha Beach
Bradley
Rudder
Texas A&m University
United States
Europe
Johnson
France
Isle of Wight
Normandy
Pointe du Hoc
Pointe du Hoc Mission
Final nine weeks and second semester honor rolls listed
Forty Atlantic seventh graders and 32 eighth graders made the nine week honor roll while 4 seventh graders and 37 eighth graders earned the second semester honor roll, per the junior high principal. Names include Barbara Andersen and Denise Colling among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Williams
Nancy Andrews
Janice Becker
Peggy Beedle
Sheryl Blunk
Dean Brownlee
Dennis Davis
Diane Dreager
Jim Finnell
Mary Focht
Judy Frisbie
Diana Harlan
Garnet Harris
John Heiden
Frances Hitpas
Frederick Knop
Keith Larsen
Linda Lindeman
Allen Mallette
Rebecca McDermott
Colleen MacKeane
Denise O’brien
Janet Pollock
Bonnie Reinertson
Richard Robbins
Cheryl Robson
Cindy Rodgers
Rita Stanley
Bill Swisner
Peggy Wahlert
Rita Waters
Pearl Zellmer
Carol Zike
Atlantic
Barbara Andersen
Dolly Anderson
Dougas Belcher
Linda Blunk
Sherry Bornhold
Robert Brown
Jean Buboltz
Susan Bullock
Steve Cobrs
Denise Colling
Jolene Coomes
Douglas Eblen
Lecky Fleming
Barbara Freese
Debbie Waggoner
Dolly Andersen
Douglas Belcher
Sherry Bornholdt
Tom Cannon
Steve Cohrs
Denise Collins
Becky Fleming
Randy Friday
Julie Grayson
Donald Hensen
Donna Hansen
Meredith Hansen
Sherry Harlan
Philip Harris
Kathleen Henningsen
Nicholas Hoffmann
Mary Jo Jorgensen
Mary Key
Diana Kuehl
Janet Lambertsen
Kathy Lange
Bonnie Larsen
Tim Livengood
Jacquelyn Park
Marlene Pellew
Peggy Porter
Pamela Roberts
Pat Rourick
Alice Stadsvold
Denice Stangl
Gregory Stanley
Robert Teig
Diana Turnure
Amy Jo Tyler
Saran Voss
Funeral services for Mrs Mae Pagel
The Rev Robert McBlain officiated at 1:30 PM funeral services for Mrs Mae B Pagel at Roland Funeral Home with organ selections by Mrs Meredith Walker In the Garden and Nearer My God to Thee Casket bearers included Brady McClelland Jack Stanley Wilbert C Hoegh John Marxen Jr Junior Wohlenhaus and Howard Thompson Interment followed at Atlantic Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pagel
Robert McBlain
Mae B. Pagel
Roland Funeral Home
Meredith Walker
God
Brady McClelland
Jack Stanley
Wilbert C. Hoegh
John Marxen, Jr
Junior Wohlenhaus
Howard Thompson
Atlantic Cemetery
Local Families Visit Relatives and Attend Weddings
Griswold residents host relatives from Oklahoma Utah and California. Rebecca De Witt and William Roe wed at St Patrick church Sedalia with DeWitt family connections noted. Other visitors include the Pelzers Shultz Olson Shearer and Talbott households plus travels to Ohio Illinois and California.
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Griswold
Dick Sorensen
Clairmore
Okla
Earl Thompson
Cumberland
Ernest Osler
Maurice Pelzer
William Shultz
Manning DeWitt
Sedalia
Rebecca DeWitt
Manning DeWitts
William Roe
Clarence Roe
Salisbury
St. Patricks Church
DeWitt
Smith-Cotton High School
Sacred Heart High School
Central Missouri State College
Warrensburg
Shultz
Rebecca
Donald Olson
Orem
Utah
Fred B DeWitt
Olson
Robert Shearer
Los Angeles
Calif
Grace Talbott and Mr and Mrs Charle Jennings
Grace Talbott is listed with Mr and Mrs Charle Jennings in a concise society notice. The fragment confirms family names and a matrimonial or social pairing referenced in the page item.
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Grace Talbott
and Charle Jennings
Station Lease Shifts At Local Fuel Points
Jerry Davis, ex operator of the Phillips 66 outlet, has leased the Skelly station from Skelly Oil Co. The Skelly site was previously run by W. R. Kult as manager. Mervin Bro, owner of the Phillips station, and several nearby operators, will permanently resume running that station.
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Audubon
Jerry Davis
Phillips 66
Skelly
Skelly Oil Co
W. R. Kult
Mervin Bro
Phillips
Also Mentioned on This Page
Douglas Dimig
Cheryl Dunkin
Barbara Fudge
Susan Hinson
Ricky Hockom
Colleen McKeane
Denise O
Swanson
Arthur Webster
Hugh Talbott
Aurora
Ill
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