Red Cross letter from Korea highlights service to soldiers
Chairman H A Springer of Coke County Red Cross received a Korea field worker letter describing the work for American servicemen and families. It notes rugged terrain and extreme temperatures complicating welfare reports and travel, with field directors covering about 1000 miles monthly at 5 to 12 mph.
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H. A. Springer
Coke County
The
Red Cross
William C. Shelton
Korea
Red Cross notes roaming effort and frontline candles donation
A personal appeal from a Red Cross helper describes long drives across roads at night to deliver birth notices and morale messages. It highlights candles donated by Magnolia Petroleum and Wills Baumer to brighten frontline bunkers in Korea where light is scarce and telephones are limited.
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National
Korea
American Red Cross
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Dallas
Texas
Wills & Baumer Candle Mfg. Company
Syracuse
New York
Red Cross
States
United States
William C. Shelton
Father Dies of W. M. Looney in Cisco Hospital
Mr and Mrs Bill Looney received word Tuesday of the death of his father W M Looney. The elder Mr Looney died Tuesday in a Cisco Hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Rising Star. Mr and Mrs Looney and Douglas left Tuesday to attend the funeral services.
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Bill Looney
W. M. Looney
Looney
Cisco
Rising Star
Bronte Lions Host Meeting and Missionary Talk
Members of the Bronte Lions Club met Tuesday night in the Bronte luncheon room. They entertained their wives with a chimney and Miss Ann Yoder returned to missionary form from Gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mebers
Bronte Lions Club
Bronte
Ann Yoder
The
Gold
Coast . nh Africa group on her works in field
A fragment notes a group in Africa with a person described as working in the field. The readable text hints at a female figure and mentions Africa and a field setting. No clear names, dates, or organizations are present.
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Africa
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