Waiting Room Shifts Amid Town’s Turmoil
Gail wrestles with doubt and pride as Burke departs with Mrs. Gentry. Stephen Ellis counsels Gail through a move to a doctor's flat by the river, urging humility and resolve. Gail plans to repair the waiting room while considering Washington and her cousin’s wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pouter Pigeon
Katie
Dr. Benton
Gail
Stephen McCormick
Rete
Burke
Steve
WAACS
Reyna Thayer
Stephen
Gell
Hive
Louisiana
Fieer
Washington
Local social notes cover engagements and gatherings in Atlantic area
Mrs. Ehlers announced the July 1 marriage date of Miss Mary Ellen Ehlers to Aviation Cadet E E Kluever at a dessert luncheon with blue and yellow decor. Theta Rho girls gift Bibles for perfect attendance and plan scrapbooks and a Sunnyside park picnic. Father’s Day dinner honors William Knauer's 82nd birthday with family from Casey Greenfield and Atlantic. Cpl Joe Knauer serves in Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mice Ehlers
John W. E. Ehlers
Mary Ellen Ehlers
E. E. Kluever
Janice Clithero
Ehlers
Mr. Kluever
First Methodist Church
Atlantic
Theta Rho
Loyalty
IOOF
Elaine Jensen
Evelyn Klenschrodt
Lotus Rebekah Lodge 87
Jessie Pipgrass
Doris Rosenkild
Carol Engle
LeAnn Coats
Betty Ward
Doris Mathiesen
Beverly Gaylord
Joyce Martin
Mason City
Sunnyside Park
Joe Knauer
Knauer
Laurel Street
William Knauer
Casey
Fred Jipson
West of
Mr. Knauer
Royce McDowall
Bob and
Billy
Greenfield
Chris Ludwig
Ralph Timmons
Art Knauer
Charles Caltrider
Seven Mile Garden Club Held Meeting At Home
The Seven Mile Garden club met Tuesday at Mrs. Clare Andrews home with 18 members and two guests. Gifts were exchanged among members, lunch was served, and plans for the July 3 meeting with Mrs. Glen Andrew were announced. A reception for Chas W Hook was called off after an injury. Father’s Day family gathering occurred near Wiota with attendees from several area families and Pfc Lloyd Eilts en route home from the Italian theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Mile Garden Club
Clare Andrews
Earl Matthies
Andrews
Floyd Gerlock
Ross Howell
Glen Andrew
BIRTHS Avoca and Grant Babies Reported in Local Hospitals
Avoca sees a son born to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Fleming at Jennie Edmundson Hospital Council Bluffs. Patricia Jane Parker born at Murphy Memorial Red Oak to Pvt Eugene Parker and wife first child. Kent Eugene Garnett born June 13 and Dennis Dean born June 16 at Lazetta Jensen home. Children’s Day program at Congregational church featured recitations and songs by children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avoca
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Council Bluffs
Kenneth Fleming
Avoca Sunday
Patricia Jane Parker
Grant
Eugene Parker
Patricia Jane
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Red Oak
Pvt. Parker
San Diego
George Garnett
Kent Eugene
Lazetta Jensen
Dennis Dean
Lewis
Californias Mrs Worth Hosts Five Former Classmates
Californian Mrs Romeo Worth of Lewis entertained five former classmates Thursday to honor Mrs Robert Harrington of California. The hostess served refreshments. Mrs Edgar Howard with Mrs Earl Kennedy as assistant entertained the Lew and So club Wednesday. Guests were Mrs Mary Kennedy, Mar Robert Scherdin and Miss Laura Scherdin. Mrs Kenneth Joyce had the entertainment bingo. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. Mrs Anna Berry entertained the Ladies Aid society of the Christian church Wednesday at an all day quilting bee. A basket dinner was served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romeo Worth
Lewis
Robert Harrington
California
Edgar Howard
Earl Kennedy
Mary Kennedy
Robert Scherdin
Laura Scherdin
Kenneth Joyce
Anna Berry
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
Club Hostess Mrs Blakely Hosts Lewis Household Club
Mrs Blakely of Lewis entertained the Household club on Thursday with guests Marjorie Zimmerman Mrs Elan Peron and Mrs Max Peron. The gathering was a social affair with time spent in sociability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Blakely
Lewis
Household Club
Marjorie Zimmerman
Elan Peron
Max Peron
Club Calendar and Community Notices from Brayton Area
Local clubs plan events with golf luncheon at the Country club and Theta Rho picnic at Sunnyside park. A Youth League meeting at Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church will elect officers, while multiple communities report showers, dinners, and civic league sessions with hostesses and community figures named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Bullock
Don Lavery
Chas, Blakesley
Youth League of Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Betty Henningsen
Theta Rho Girls Club
Sunnyside Park
Open House and Family Gatherings Across Wiota and Atlantic
Local notices list open house hosted by Mr and Mrs Lloyd Carter near Wiota for Mrs Frank Whalen and son Paul of Bell California. Various Father’s Day dinners and returns from war prison light up gatherings in Wiota Griswold Bridgewater Red Oak Atlantic Adair Omaha Council Bluffs and Grant with numerous families attending. A covered dish supper at William Nimm’s home honors Sgt Tommy Mailander on furlough from a German prison with many locals present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Carter
Wiota
Frank Whalen
Paul
Bell
Calif
Mrs. Black
Glen Black
Griswold
Charles Kirby
Mias Nichols
E. A. Wood
Connie and
Eugene
Omaha
Charles Mercer
Richard Wohlenhaus
Grant
Black
Ellen Lembke
H. H. Maas
Cpl
Harvey Fries
Emil Fries
Ray Gregerson
Elmer Fries
Anita
Herman Fries
Cumberland
Fred Fries
Verne Pigsley
Raymond Ann
Council Bluffs
William Fries
Extra
Walter Nelsen
William Nimm
Tommy Mailander
M. J. O'Connor
Edward Mailander
Paul Mailander
M. J. Nevens
Gus Hamann
William Mailander
Emil Retz
F. P. Waters
Clarence Eilts
Adolph Eilts
J. R. Mailander
Adair
Ed Wavers
Delia Malone
Atlantic
Janie Waters
Omal
Arlan
Oral
Grace Jones
Family gathering honors Howard McDermott before camp
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bell of Fletcher Chapel hosted a Sunday evening gathering to honor Howard McDermott who leaves Wednesday for Camp Parks in Oakland California his station since returning from the Aleutians. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. F H McDermott of Wiota and the families of Jack Bell Mrs L B Poch Henry Kloppenburg and Harry Jordan of Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard McDermott
Robert Bell
Fletcher Chapel
Camp Parks
Oakland
Cal
Aleutians
F. H. McDermott
Wiota
Jack Bell
L. B. Poch
Henry Kloppenburg
Harry Jordan
Atlantic
Power Tariff Cut Approved By Senate in Trade Bill
Washington dates show the Senate restored powers to cut tariffs by up to 50 percent under the reciprocal trade bill. The vote was 47 to 33. The House also approved the measure extending the reciprocal program for three years, granting authority to rough-cut rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Rouse
O Kelly Declared President of Eire After Ballot Tabulation
Dublin reports Sean O Kelly deputy prime minister declared new president of Eire after second choice ballots tabulated, giving him a clear majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Sean O’kelly
Eire
Boy Injured Eye After Garden Accident
Waterloo Iowa report notes three year old Joey Belz of Holland suffered a severe eye cut while playing in a garden. He is under hospital care and may require another surgical operation to restore vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Jo Belz
Max Belz
Holland
Man Claims Ten-Year Brick In Stomach Healed by SYS-TONE
A man reports a decade long sensation of a brick in his stomach due to undigested food. After taking SYS-TONE, he claims the feeling vanished in one day with regular bowels, reduced gas and headaches, and regained energy. The ad touts SYS-TONE as a 12-herb laxative affecting bowels liver and kidneys, sold locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sys-Tone
Systone
Atlantic
Harley Wissler Dies Former County Resident at 47
Harley M Wissler 47 native of Bear Grove township and World War I veteran died yesterday at his New Brunswick New Jersey home where he had lived since returning from service. He was ill for some time and is survived by his widow two brothers Gail Wissler of Atlantic South and Ross Wissler of Missoula Montana and two sisters Mrs Q C Teich Des Moines and Mrs Clayton Stewart Everett Washington. Funeral services and interment will be at New Brunswick with none of the local relatives able to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harley M. Wissler
Bear Grove Township
New Brunswick
N. J
Wissler
George Whéter
Amanda Wissler
Chestnut Street
Gail Wissler
South of
Atlantic
Ross Wissler
Missoula
Mont
Q. C. Teich
Des Moines
Clayton Stewart
Everett
Wash
Stewart
Dent Executed Sentence Alleges Vichy Link With Laval
Paris reports Marcel Dent minister of state in the Vichy cabinet was sentenced to death in Paris for his association with Pierre Laval. The French press agency confirms the ruling amid postwar actions against Vichy officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marcel Dent
Vichy
Pierre Laval
Brayton and Nearby Residents Share Weekend Visits
Brayton-Cadet nurse Mary Ann Powers from Mercy Hospital Council Bluffs visited with her mother Mrs Hannah Powers. Leonard Worms couple returned from a lakes trip. James Tupka and Margarete of Ft Dodge plus Virgil Jondle from Richmond Cal spent Wednesday night en route to California. Tom Bulger Darrell McDonald families and Sandra of Berlyn visited Carroll Hess. Pearl Ferguson of Monrovia Cal visited Ival Ferguson's family last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brayton
Mary Ann Powers
Mercy Hospital
Council Bluffs
Hannah Powers
Leonard Worm
Lakes
James
Tupka
Margarete
Ft. Dodge
Virgil Jondle
Richmond
Cal
P. Rasmussen
California
Tom Bulger
Darrell McDonald
Sandra of
Berlyn
Carroll Hess
Veterans Return Increases Military Police Strength
Eleven men have joined the military police battalion here as part of efforts to address issues arising from returning overseas veterans. Lt. Col. Courtney P. Young, commanding officer of the Seventh service command's second district, announced the addition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Courtney P. Young
Seventh Service Command
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Gentry
Aliss Benton
Foster’s
Jimly
Obedience Lodge No. 380
Chas. W. Hook
Cedar Rapids
Hook
Anita Lodge
Gerhardt Kloppenburg
Henry
William Eilts
Lorimer
Henry Eggerling
John Karatens
Massena
John
Pfc
Lloyd Eilts
Parra
RS Company
Mencio, Ind
Club
H. O. Henningsen
L. and H. Circle
WSCS
Harley
Nash
Christine Gaskill
Bassett Transfer
Glenn Walters
John Kriens
Collis Smith
Grace Butler
Busy Bee Society
Lucy McCoy
Mia
Earl Dowing
Anita American Legion and Auxiliary
John Mehlman
Helen Duff
Guy Steinmetz
Biggs
K. A. Coons
Weimer Pearson
Dean Coons
W. T. Biggs
Nick Anderson
William Linfor
Adair Civic League
Civic League
Lawrence Krause
DeVere Hoyt
Florence Nichols
Adair Legion and Auxiliary
William Hoffman
Charles Graham
William Devereux
John C. Farley
Roy Smith
Mark Smith
Wanda
A. A. Smith
Lou Kennedy
Caroline
Bob Bennett
Frank Benett
Billy Lawton
Otis Conn
Misa
Evelyn Bennett
Joe Lawton
Lawtons
Higheades
Forrest Sperry
Ronald
Betty
Merel Faye
Don Rhodes
Fred Dory
Sgt
James Kaiser
Walla Walla
Earl Kaiser
Edwin Kaiser
Roy Kaiser
Andrew Kaiser
J. D. Brodersen
Tom Westrope
Don Fredericksen
Harlan
Elmer Krohn
Ladies Aid
Jeff Roberts
Brayton Ladies Aid
R. Anderson
Harold Karna
Chris B. Christensen
Arthur Andersen
Glen Wahlert
Harold Lykke
Carol Kay
Walter Oaken
Arnold Oaken
Henry Orfken
George Leander
Helen and
Dennis
George Andersen
Earl Sasse
Shirley
Malcolm Wissler
Agnes Christensen
Eire President
Harley Wissler
Brayton News
Pearl Ferguson
Monrovia, Cal
Ival Ferguson
Economy Shoe Company
Country Club
H. G. Henningsen
Bing Crosby
Albee
Leo Misaiane
Rhytha Paredes T
I Boage
Tina Sabe
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