SGT CECIL DUSKIN GIVEN DISCHARGE
Staff Sgt. Cecil A. Duskin of Atlantic received an army discharge through the point system at Jefferson Barracks Missouri this week. He is a Pacific theater veteran who suffered leg and head wounds in February while with the 185th Infantry Regiment of the 40th Division in Luzon. War Savings Stamps may be purchased at The Atlantic News Telegraph.
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Cecil A. Duskin
Harry Duskin
Atlantic
Pacific
Jefferson Barracks
Duskin
185Th Infantry
Luzon
Neighbors Forty Years Die Hour Apart in Anita
William Steele 69 and W S Darrow 67, longtime Anita residents, died within one hour Friday. Steele died at 4 15 p m at his Fourth street home after a long heart illness. Darrow died at 6 16 p m at Jennie Edmundson hospital in Council Bluffs after four weeks ill health. Both funeral services set for Sunday at 3 p m at the Anita Methodist church with burial in Anita Evergreen cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
William Steele
W. S. Darrow
Fourth Street
John
Janet Sharp Steele
Mr. Steele
LaSalle County
Ill
Grundy County
Morris
Callie Butt
Berea
Adair County
Steele
Modern Woodmen of America
Cass
Lewis, Merrit
Paul
Phyllis Gissibs
LaVerne Weaver
Wiota
Joe Steele
Morris, Ill
Robert Steele
Plainfield, IN
Mary Braun
Mor
Washington Irving Darrow
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
George Washington
Louisa Smith Darrow
Anamosa
Jones County
Iowa
Nettie Head
West Main Street
Darrow
Atlantic Hospital
Council Bluffs Hospital
North Massena Baptist Church
Farm Bureau
Edward I
Evelyn Wheelock
Frank H
Atlantic
Justus L
James C
Edwin E
Wisconsin
Addie Darrow
Rolland Ellison
Grace Benedict
Monticello
Leo Payne
Hopkinton
Funeral notices for Thomas E Root and Howard W Andrews
Funeral services for Thomas E Root were held at 10 o’clock today at the Roland Peacock Baxter funeral Home with Rev A Breeling officiating. Graveside rites followed at 3 o’clock at Mitchelville cemetery. Interment completed. Funeral services for Howard W Andrews of Atlantic, fatally burned in a truck crash at Iola Kansas, will be Sunday at 1 30 PM at Roland Peacock Baxter with Rev A Howard Lindquist officiating and burial at Evergreen cemetery in Red Oak. Casket will not be opened.
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Ris
Peter Strickler
Bristol
Ind
Anita Methodist Church
M. D. Summerhell
Anita Evergreen Cemetery
Thomas E. Root
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
A. Breeling
Elliott Methodist Church
Carl Litterst
Mitchelville
Howard W. Andrews
Atlantic
Iola
Kan
A. Howard Lindquist
First Presbyterian Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Red Oak
Prayer Service At Local Church Tuesday Morning
The public is invited to attend a prayer service titled A Prayer Around the World at United Presbyterian church Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Miss Gertrude Bailey and Mrs. Clay Henderson lead. A related service ties to a Women’s General Missionary Society convention in Tarkio that was canceled due to travel restrictions. Weather outlook: fair skies and rising temperatures after heavy rains, with reported rainfall across several Iowa towns and highs reaching 83 degrees in Burlington and Davenport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Bailey
Clay Henderson
Mercury
Atlantic
Lamoni
Council Bluffs
Sac City
Ottumwa
Onawa
Albia
Des Moines
Creston
Sioux City
Spencer
Carroll
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Inwood
The News Telegraph Briefs Compile Quick Update News
A compact page of brief items from The News Telegraph covers local happenings, civic actions, and community updates. Notable items include community meetings, school events, public notices, and weather snippets shaping daily life.
Local News Briefs From Atlantic area items
Local notes list visitors, arrivals, and moves in Atlantic area towns. Ella and Dorothy Voss stay with Vosa parents in Massena while Pvt Norman Paul visits Des Moines relatives. Pat Crawford heads to San Diego with husband. Mrs Alvin Hansen travels to Long Beach to join Army Air Corps husband. Others include J Don Miller’s Cameron visit, VFW petitions for a tuberculosis facility in Atlantic, a refrigerator fire at Gilchrist home, and Robert Jones visiting from Chicago after hospital service. Pvt Jeng Turner rests with family en route to Hot Springs. Meyers return from San Diego. Peregrine and Van Acker visit Nord family. Pvt Robert Pell honored for wounds at Great Lakes. Roy Hedges property sold to Dr Jensen. Lt James Hazlitt returns from England for furlough. Atlantic Youth Center plan discussed. Bonnie Rockwell files for divorce from Harold Rockwell in Griswold.
Des Moines New Job and Homecoming Notices
Darlene Jean Adams leaves for Des Moines to work as a Look magazine typist in the subscription department. Colleen Roberta of Cedar Rapids also joins Look in Des Moines. Mrs. Stary Doyle returns to Kansas City after two weeks with her mother and brother Gail Lang, recently discharged from the army detachment. Carl Vierck and family visit Atlantic, their first trip back since 13 years ago, with connections to Peter H. Vierck and Deaconess Anna Vierck. Dr L E Jensen sues Ambrose Coates for 216.16 plus costs, claiming 90.50 medical services and a 124 assignment from Dr. Gorensen. Southwest Iowa feed manufacturers discuss OPA rulings with Mark Thornburg and district OPA reps. Mr and Mrs A J Weeks move to Red Oak where he becomes a Curtiss Candy route salesman.
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Des Moines
Darlene Jean Adams
Emert Adams
South of Atlantic
Look Magazine
Colleen Roberta
Cedar Rapids
Stary Doyle
Kansas City
J. E. Lang
Elm $ Street
Gail Lang
Army Air Base
Sioux Falls
Milwaukee
Carl Vierck
Peter H. Vierck
Atlantic
George Hansen
Anna Vierck
St. Louis
Mr. Vierck
L. E. Jensen
Audubon
Ambrose Coates
Jensen
Alfred Gorensen
Harlan
Iowa
The
Western Grain and Feed Association
Mark Thornburg
OPA
Omaha
Walnut Street
Toy
Red Oak
Curtiss Candy J Company
Local notes on personnel changes and returning servicemen
Ralph Edwards resigns as county official and Weeks sells filling station to Vernon Nevens. Cass County graders award a 547 dollar contract to Harlan Contracting for courthouse flooring and stair repairs. Frank O. Will is dismissed as county truck driver. cigar permit issued to Lyle Ingram and wife. Local visits feature Harley and Bishop families en route to Virginia. Albert Haworth and family hear from son Corporal Con Haworth arriving at Fort Leavenworth after service with Patton’s armies. Berlin proximity noted at dismissal. Guardsmen Tommy Mailander and Charles Johnson return on furlough. Cpl. Ross Lehman reaches Camp Kilmer awaiting return.
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Harlan Contracting Company
Court House
Cass
Frank O. Will
Lyle Ingram
Lewis
Tommy Mailander
William Nimm
Wiota
Charles T. Johnson
Oscar Johnson
Atlantic
Faid Pass
Mailander
Delia Matone
Atlantic Guard Company
Cpl
Ross Lehman
W. A. Lehman
Des Moines
Cumberland
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Son of Former Local Residents Wins Bronze Star
Norman Fisk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Fisk of Hillsdale Michigan and former Atlantic residents, was awarded the Bronze Star for carrying a wounded buddy to safety under machine gun fire with Company A 337th Infantry in the Po river valley, Italy. He has served sixteen months in Italy since enlisting March 1943, and his unit moved eight days of late war fighting, capturing 800 prisoners. he served as scout sniper and is the only company member fluent in Italian. His brother Pfc Raymond D. Fisk is with the Seventh Division on Okinawa and was last heard from May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Fisk
Julius Fisk
Hillsdale
Mich
Atlantic
337Th Infantry
Po River Valley
Italy
Fisk
C. W. Guttenfelder
Hastel Street
Brenner Pass
Pfc
Raymond D. Fisk
Seventh Division
Okinawa
Air Medal awarded to 13 Iowa air crew from Saipan
Thirteen Atlantic area Superfortress crew members from Iowa received the Air Medal for their participation in numerous successful missions over Japan. Recipients include Second Lt. John M. Carpenter Blairstown, Lt. Maurice J. Bittner Solon, Sgt. Donald C. Hedrick Atlantic, Lt. Leo E. Tippe Dubuque, Sgt. Donald L. Johnson Massena, Lt. Safe Weeks Des Moines, Sgt. James J. Trevor Davenport, Robert G. Madsen Pocahontas, Sgt. Grover J. Willson New London, Lt. Delmar F. Peters Montezuma, Lt. James J. Pattee Mason City, Lt. Vernon L. Karetens Avoca, Sgt. Kenneth D. Clark Prairie City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saipan
Iowa
John M. Carpenter
Blairatown
Maurice J. Bittner
Solon
Donald C. Hedrick
Atlantic
Leo E. Tippe
Dubuque
Donald L. Johnson
Massena
Safe Weeks
Des Moines
James J. Trevor
Davenport
Robert G. Madsen
Pocahontas
Grover J. Willson
New London
Delmar F. Peters
Montezuma
James J. Pattee
Mason City
Vernon L. Karetens
Avoca
Kenneth D. Clark
Prairie City
Legion Sponsors Carnival Showing Here Next Week
The Sunset Amusement Company carnival will show at the fairgrounds next week under sponsorship of the Atlantic American Legion. It is booked for the full week from Monday through Saturday. James P. Daniela, general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Amusement Company Carnival
Atlantic American Legion
James P. Daniela
Sixteenth Annual Show Tour with New Rides and Concessions
An agent reports the event marks its sixteenth annual tour with Lee sponsorship last year. The company introduces all new rides and concessions this year, adding several attractions. Eight rides are listed, including twin ferris wheels.
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Leetion Post
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cecil Duskin
Atlantic News- Telegraph
Legion
Sunset Amusement Company
Miller
Floyd
Dry Cleaning
Midwest
Capitol
Nebraska
Demick
T. E. Reot
News-Telegraph
Meceena Vickers
Ella and
Dorothy Voss
John Vosa
Parente
Norman D. Paul
Adolph Paul
Elm Street
Chanutefield
Pat Crawford
San Diego
Cal
Fleet
California
Alvin Hansen
Hickory Street
Long Beach
Army Air Corps
Alaska
Julive Fisk
Gladys
Hazel Street
Mere
J. Don Miller
Cameron, Mo
Ray Miller
Western Auto Supply Store
Turner-Conley
Atlantic Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veterans Administration
L. H. Gilchrist
East Ninth Street
Chicago
Robert Jones
J. B. Jones
Linn
Hineg Veterans’ Hospital
Pvt
Jeng Turner
Hot Springs
Ark
Harmon General Hospital
Long View
Tex
Clyde Meyers
Chestnut Street
Fac Meyers
Robert V. Pell
Dryden L. Pell
East Fourth Street
Naval Hospital
Great Lakes
Pell
Iwo Jima
Roy Hedges
W. O. Jensen
L. B. Petersen
Mrs. Hedges
England
James R. Hazlitt
Susan
Iowa Falls
Ronald
Atlantic Youth Recreation Center Committee
Safeway
Hugh Preston
Bonnie Rockwell
Griswold
Harold Rockwell
Bonnie Fichter
Sumed
Ralph Edwards
Mr. Weeks
Seventh and Laurel
Vernon Nevens
Harley Bishop
Patricia
Charles Hammond
Kilgore
Nebr
Scott Pollock
Laurel Street
Meridan
Pollock
Harold Bishop
William Blay
Ernest Baker
Tony Reuwsser
Mervyn Bishop
States
Albert Haworth
Con Haworth
Ft. Leavenworth
Kans
Patton
Ninth
Germany
Farnam
Cpl. Haworth
Berlin
35Th Quartermaster Corps
36Th Division
Atlantic Area
Chestnut
Atla
Ee Ay Rooney
National Velvet
Colortoon
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