Seagoing Hospitals To Speed Wounded Homeward
The Office of War Information reports Army and Navy plans to bring wounded servicemen home by sea within three months. Twenty army hospital ships operate in the Atlantic with eighteen shuttling between Charleston and European ports. others serve in the Pacific. Ships are air conditioned and equipped like shore hospitals. staffs include Navy doctors and nurses with Army Medical Corps support. Social and entertainment programs are featured aboard, and ships publish patient newspapers.
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Office of War Information
Army
Navy
Atlantic
Charleston
S. C
Milne
Clem
Hinds
Loz Angeles
Pacific
Tropics
Army Medical Corps
Army Transportation Corps
Local Visits Mentioned In Short Weekly Notes
Mrs Ollie Palmer called on Mrs Essie Wood one morning last week. Mr and Mrs C M Geins and son Jim spent Sunday evening with Mrs Emma Goins and son Ralph. Mr and Mrs Lee Wood and Mr and Mrs Urb Johnson spent Sunday afternoon with R L Moore in Browning. Arlene Oertwig spent the weekend with her ere Mr and Mrs Gus Oertwig and family. Mrs Essie Wood called at the Shark Goins home Monday morn ing. Mrs Emma Goins received word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Palmer
Essie Wood
C. M. Geins
Jim
Emma Goir
Ralph
Lee Wood
Urb Johnson
R. L. Moore
Browning
Arlene Oertwig
Gus Oertwig
Shark Goins
Emma Goins
Administrator's Notice in Linn County Missouri
Letters of administration for Eugene McArtor, deceased, granted by Linn County Probate Court on April 30 1945. Claimants must exhibit within six months for allowance or be barred. 12 months to file claims. Attest Arthur L. Pratt Judge of Probate Court. 5-10-45 Toa T. R. McArtor Administrator.
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Eugene McArtor
Linn County
Missouri
Arthur L. Pratt
Shelby Items Chronicle Quiet Weekend Activities
Sunday events fill the Shelby area with church services and family visits. Residents note health updates, travel to Kirksville and St. Louis, and local social gatherings including a North Salem evening and a community party.
Local Social Notes From Kirksville Area
Mrs Harold Meeks returns home from Kirksville hospital. Sunday church program well attended. Rey Proverse of Kansas City spent the weekend with his family. En Tipton and wife leave for California for army report. Vincent Collins returned home. Rev Mink and family moved to Fillmore. Mr and Mrs Willie Ford of Milan visited with R W Bardon family. Mr and Mrs Harold Seckington and children near Pollock attended Lois Ford funeral. Monore White and children from Iowa visited for Lois Ford funeral. Floyd King and Reva King in Kirksville last week. Eddie Tipton and family from Humbolreys visited James Tipton. Petty Bardon spent last week in Kansas City, returned Friday.
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Ben Cattey
H. N. Jaynes
Bear Branch
George Cornwell
St. Louis
Glen Finney
Alex Finney
Grover Kearn
Linneus
Purdin
Catherine Smith
Elva Monroe
Leon Smith
Brookfield
Lehman Powell
Ada B
Bunyan and Guyer
John Rulon
Kirksville
Helen Bailey Vincent
Grim-Smith Hospital
Harold Meeks
Rey Proverse
Kansas City
Fmily
Fillmore
Willie Ford
Milan
R. W. Bardon
Harold Seckington
Pollock
Lois Ford
Monroe White
Iowa
Floyd King
Reva King
Kirksvile
Eddie Tipton
Humbpreys
James Tipton
Petty Bardon
North Salem items note local gatherings and visits
A busy period in North Salem with Kenneth Almond visiting on a Marine furlough from the Pacific. Mr and Mrs Baker and others visited Brookfield and Paul Smiths in recent days and the Community Club met at the school house. Cemetery decorations were delayed due to help shortages and crop timing, with plans to tidy the grounds soon.
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Ben Almond
Kenneth
Pacific
Marines
John Baker
Helen Lawson
Rhett
Versie Bailey
Brookfield
Paul Smith
Zane
Odetta
Winigan
Browning
Homer Pearler
Burlington
Iowa
Nile Clark
Verlan
Dickinson Items Visit Moments Across Several Towns
Mrs John Longwell and Mrs Anna Belle Belzer and son Tom visited in Chillicothe after chickens. They stopped at Linneus to see Mrs Mabel Call and daughters Lucile and Wiladean. Mrs Alva Deskins spent Sunday night with Mrs Jesse Lanewell. Mr and Mrs Norman Wood and family spent Sunday with Jess Woodside near Purdin. The Hollons stayed with Norman Woodside Friday and Saturday.
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Norman
John Hocker
Browning
Harry
Robert
Ona
John Longwell
Robert Lambert
Harry Lambert
Allen Belzer
North Salem
Anna Belle Belzer
Tommy
Chillicothe
Mabel Call
Lucile
Wiladean
Linneus
Alva Deskins
Jesse Lanewell
Norman Wood
Jess Woodside
Purdin
Junior Hollon
Norman Woodside
Local Socials Report From Brookfield and Pur din
A series of Saturday and Sunday visits and shopping trips are noted. Families including Clark, Mrs Helen Lawson Rent Rhett Baker and Stella Baker. Floyd Swisegood and Max. Ramah McCollum. R H Smith. Goldie Belzer and Dixie visit Anna Belle Belzer and family, with stops to Lela Pearler, Helen Head, and Erma Kay.
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Byron Deskins
Joan Kay
Aletha Nelson
Sharron Ann
Ben Kirk
Turney Bailey
Earl Peavier
Reba Riddle
Beryl Taylor
Beverly
R. J. McCollum
Fairview District 110 hires Alice DeVore for school
Mrs. Lyle Britton Pvt Spencer and Robert Lynn visited the Tucker family and others Sunday. Edwin Tucker left for Moline Illinois for summer work. Ne son Britton is sick. Mr and Mrs Wm DeVore visited Van Mairs Sunday. Mrs Neve Bingham of Washington visits A L Kinfong Lynden and Norris. Johnson 4 H Club met with Jimmy Bell last Wednesday. Mary Tucker and John Tucker traveled to Purdin and Linneus last Wednesday. Linneus visit also included Mrs Harry Nickell and children.
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Alice DeVore
Dickinson
Lyle Britton
Spencer
Robert Lynn
John Tucker
Bernice Riley
Wm. Riley
Josephine Straley
Dale
Eugene
Johnson 4-H Club
Jimmy Bell
Mary Tucker
Purdin and
Linneus
Harry Nickell
Edwin Tucker
Moline
Josephine Streley
Jno
Tucker
Neve Bingham
Washington
A. L. Kinfong
Lynden
Norris
van Mairs
Bundridge Items Weather Heats Up and Local Doings
The note column records hot weather, farmers busy planting corn, visits among residents, a hospitalization in Milan after May 19, ankle sprain for Mrs. Lucy Sevier, and travels including Kirksville term start May 28 and a Chicago work trip for Wendell Quigley.
Visits and socials in Purdin and surrounding towns
Mrs. Cordelia Kelly visited friends in Purdin while Mrs. L. M. McNally returned from Milan after a stay with her son. Rev. H. E. Corbin and wife were in Purdin Friday. Ercel Phillips of Linneus shopped there with Libby McDaniel from Emporia visiting her mother Anna Smith. Local residents and visitors from Utah to Kansas City and Brookfield were noted. Rain eased and farmers hurried to resume fieldwork.
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Cordelia Kelly
Purdin
Libby McDaniel
Emporia
Kansas
Anna Smith
Cecil Wohler
Brookfield
Charley Bowyer
Walter Bowyer
Utah
Sven Hedges
Kansas City
Lois Mills
Shirley Bartow
Browning
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Browning, Missouri
Ruth
Rolla Gorch
Babe Kimbrough
Red Geech
Ronald Johnson
Morris Chapel News
T. R. McArtor
Shelby
M. D
DR. Vinton Jones
Schoene’s
E. R. Duncan
Burlington Station
Browning, Mo
Fairview District No
Bundridge
Mary Spencer
Ottie Dodson
John Jones
Lucy Sevier
Lois. Elliott
Lois
Ernest Dodson
Lottie Dodson
Wendell Quigley
Chicago
J. S. Head
Clarence Head
The
Cudahy Packing Co
Chillicothe, Missouri
Cudahy Packing Company
Chillicothe, Mo
Buel Hoyt
Electric Theatre
Doris Merrick
Arthur Space
Veda Ann Borg
Sol m M. Os
W. Scott da
Abbott & Costello
Ercel Phillips
Trigger
Chief
Diamond Dick
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