Thanksgiving Joy as Beloved Returns Home
Poem and brief family note express relief and gratitude as a loved one set to return from service. The speaker imagines reunion across a gray sea and a nation’s renewal, while a separate update notes Mrs. Roy Johnson and baby visiting F. M. Ferris home and Mr. Johnson’s transfer from Billings to Glendive for railroad work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billings
Roy Johnson
Baby
F. M. Ferris
Mr. Johnson
Glendive
Reed Point Christmas News and Obituaries
Lawrence Jenson arrived from Germany and Donald McKeith came home from the army. Ira Alvin Goddard died after illness. funeral held in Reed Point. The Soulder Boys Memorial library Christmas party was hosted at the P. A. Huntley home with a program, piano selections, carols, gifts, and a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Jenson
Germany
Donald McKeith
Gordon Ford
Europe
E. Donald Lamb
George Lamb
Missoula
Lesley Booth
Bend
Ore
Dwain Booth
Billings
Chloe Langford
Bill
Robert Cunningham
Chico Hospital
Carl Imlay
Manhattan
Gus Westerhaus
Charles Frey
Henry Hausserman
Mission Band
Schroeder
Imlay
Henry Hauss
Margaret McConnachie
Arbutus Parmetter
Alice McConnachie
Margaret
Maxine Westerhaus
Ellen Terrel
Nina Mae Ford
Georgina Redland
Eugene Thompson
Wesley Imlay
George Deeney
Marion James van Campen
Lorraine Schroeder
E. J. Schroeder
Walter
Burton Carlson
John
Tim Deeney
Betty Krone
Lillian Thompson
Vonnie Ford
Clarice Thompson
Ira Alvin Goddard
Mr. Goddard
Cameron
Cody
Wyo
Reed Point
E. J. Goddard
Livingston
Fresno
Calif
George R. Goddard
Akerman
Miss
Rev. Schroeder
Soulder Boys Memorial Library
P. A. Huntley
Pete McKeith
Huntley
Jack
Discharges Listed With Ribbons and Campaigns
County clerks record honors for multiple service members with entries of enlistment and discharge dates. Medals include American Theater ribbons, good conduct, victory medals, Bronze Stars, and Purple Hearts. Campaigns span Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes and Rome Arno with EAME and theater ribbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley M. Espe
Edwin O. Satre
Rudolph P. Fallang
Allen R. Embry
Normandy
France
Rhineland
Central Europe
Gustav K. Cook
EAME
Kenneth O'Dell
Bill E. Mjelde
Ardennes
Pfe
Paul C. Ballard
Cpl
Berent J. Satre
Pfc
Raymond E. Moers
Carl R. Hicks
Oscar A. Esp
Harold R. O’dell
Rome-Arno
Appennines
Po Valley
Kenneth Moore
Donald Thomas Kloeckner
Pearl Harbor
Clarence A. Chapel
New Caledonia
Bougainville
Emirau
St. Matthais Ss
Guam
Okinawa
Ryukyu
Yokosuka
Local Items Highlight Turkeys and Militia News
L A Westervelt reports a bountiful turkey load with only one second grade due to pin feathers from 300 turkeys. Local youths Bob Deegan and Jans to register at Montana State College while others travel to Bozeman for winter, and Lawrence McComas buys a Lodge Grass service station. Military notes list service enlistments and honors across World War II history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. A. Westervelt
Laurel Pool
Bozeman
Bill Mijelde
Donald Cameron
Vans Svling
Bob Deegan
Bob
Jans
Montana State College
Lawrence McComas
J. G. McComas
Greycliff
Lodge Grass
Navy
Move Back Mr and Mrs Melvin Nelson to Big Timber
Mr and Mrs Melvin Nelson moved back to Big Timber from Columbus on Wednesday. He has been employed by Guthrie Construction Co and it closed for the winter. They will stay until after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin Nelson
Big Timber
Columbus
Guthrie Construction Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
State Theatre
Allan Jones
Bonita Granville
Senorita
Lana Turner
Laraine Day
Susan Peters
Betty Hutton
Arturo de Cordova
Technicolor
Mrs
Sophia Guthrie
Bozeman Livestock Commission Co
Howard Raser
F. B. Raser
Bozeman, Montana
Finn
Bearcreek
Monarch Coal
CLARK
Legion
Turkey
Katherine Lyons
Harold
Washington Irving
Mary
Merry Christmas
Golden Rule
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