War Work Interview Highlights Iowa Factory Worker Wagamon
Mrs John Wagamon of 111 Parkcourt SE describes 15 months at Century Ordinance. She is a turret lathe operator and her husband serves as a ground crew mechanic in the air corps. Their daughters, Barbara 13 and Georgiana 16, prepare for high school while Wagamon rotates shifts. The family plans a postwar return to peacetime work and balances finances with a pay as you go tax plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Georgiana
Georgia Ann
Franklin
Bride Jean Miller Weds Capt Scott in Chicago Chapel
Miss Jean Edith Miller daughter of Mr and Mrs H R Miller 1829 Grande Ave SE and Capt Lloyd William Scott son of Mrs Vera L Scott of Storm Lake united in marriage Friday at 4 pm in the Little Chapel of the Fourth Presbyterian church Chicago. Dr Harrison Anderson officiated and witnesses included Miss Dorothy Roast and Frank Scott. After a dinner at Jacques French restaurant twelve guests attended. The couple will reside in San Luis Obispo Calif after December 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Edith Miller
H. Robert Miller
Grande Avenue
Lloyd William Scott
Vera L. Scott
Storm Lake
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Harrison Anderson
Dorothy Roast
Sioux City
Frank Scott
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Capt. Scott
Scott
Iowa State College
Ames
Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
George Miller
Columbus
Ohio
Barbara Marshall
Cedar Rapids
Capt
Mrs. Scott
Cpl Fegley Weds Lillie Mae Guyn in Wilmore Ky
Announcement of the marriage between Lillie Mae Guyn and Cpl John Ameral Fegley. The ceremony occurred November 25 at 8:30 p.m. in Wilmore Presbyterian Church with Rev C G Lynch officiating. Attendants included maid of honor Mary Elizabeth Guyn and best man Sgt Anthony Tartaglia. The couple received guests at a Steuart home reception. Mrs. Fegley is a Wilmore High School and Fugazzi School graduate employed in Lexington. Cpl Fegley is serving overseas and was based at the Lexington signal depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Mae Guyn
Roy Guyn
Morganfield
John Ameral Fegley
J. W. Fegley
Sixth Street
Presbyterian
W. 2. Stewart
Wilmore High School
Fugazzi Business School
Fegley
Lexington Signal Depot
Cpl. Fegley
Penetro Mutton Suet Salve for Cold Aches
Grandma style medicated salve Penetro claims to ease colds by intranasal vapors and a topical plaster action. The product uses mutton suet base with time tested medicaments and is sold at 25 cents, double supply 35 cents.
Slim and Suitable Two-Piece Pattern 4441 for Daily Wear
Simple softly-cut two-piecer Pattern 4441 offered in sizes 32 through 46. Fabric yardage listed for size 36, with options in small print dark ground. jacket and skirt contrast recommended. Include 20 cents for patterns and 10 cents for the Fall Winter Book. send to Cedar Rapids Gazette Pattern Department, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Pattern Department
West Randolph Street
Chicago
Little girl cradle made from oatmeal box by McKinley class
In Over the Back Fence Naomi Doebel notes Miss Thelma Wilkinson’s home economics class at McKinley school fashioned a tiny baby cradle. Girls cut an oatmeal box in half lengthwise to form the body and used a white bassinet cover for the canopy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Wilkinson
McKinley School
Officers Can Run in 1944
Navy officers may accept draft nominations for any high public office, while army officers may be drafted only for president or vice president. Senator Vandenberg sought clarifications from Stimson and Knox, who issued rulings on service member political eligibility. An armadillo kills snakes by rolling on them.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Knox
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Army
Stimson-Knox
Vandenberg
Douglas MacArthur
Knox and Stimson
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Women In War Work
John Wagamon
Parkcourt SE
Century Ordnance Company
Dora Jane Hamblin
Air Corps
California
Miss Wilkinson
Adele Janzow
Franklin School
Jean Miller
New New York
Vertise
Buehler Bros
First Street
WED
Bacon
DIAL
Fourth Avenue
O.D.T
Jay
Roopbeer
Hires Root Beer
Libby
Birds Eye Peas
Idaho Bakers
Honeymead
ALOR
Xmas Trees Jones
Naxera's
Witwer's
Anne Adams
Killian
Killian Company
Naomi Doebel
Sea of American Institute of Laundering
Rotaehd
Lyle C. Wilson
Peo Ae Tee
Pere Ern
J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N.C
Marines
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
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