Golden Wedding Anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Winsor
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Winsor of Manchester celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Christmas Day at home. He is 78 and she is 74. They married in Prairieburg and lived at several Iowa towns before settling in Manchester in 1918. He worked as a creameryman for 23 years and hauled cream near Monticello for seven years. They have five children. Mrs. Winsor’s sister, Clara Millard, lives in Central City. Mr. Winsor enjoys fishing and reports 223 fish caught in the Maquoketa River this year, including a 3.5 pound catfish.
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Manchester
W. Winsor
Prairieburg
Coggan
Oxford Junction
Baldwin, Anamosa
Monona
Winsors
Winsor
Clara Millard
Central City
Maquoketa
Thirteen Delaware Men Enter Military Service
Thirteen more Delaware county men have passed physicals and were accepted by the armed forces. Army: Francis J. Hansel, Andrew G. Wilson, Donald J. Burke, William A. Nordurft. Navy: Oran J. Conway, Earl D. Logan, William E. Lux, Harlan F. Rohwedder, Ronald A. McEnany, Ralph J. Offerman, Gerhard C. Gearhart, Warren A. Schwietert. Marines: Norman L. Landers. Locations: Manchester, Edgewood, Hopkinton, Ryan, Colesburg, Greeley.
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Manchester
Delaware County
Army
Francis J. Hansel
Andrew G. Wilson
Donald J. Burke
Coggan
William A. Nordurft
Edgewood
Navy
Oran J. Conway
Earl D. Logan
William E
Seaman Davis Finds Family Away for Christmas
Max E. Davis, seaman second class, arrived in Fredericksburg from Norfolk to spend Christmas at home, only to learn his father is in Alaska and his mother is in Texas.
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Fredericksburg
Max E. Davis
Norfolk
Alaska
Texas
Two Sioux City Teens Die in Highway Crash
A car carrying six youths left highway 29 north of Sioux City around 11:30 p.m. on a payday shopping trip. Harold Anderson 16 died, Lillian Boston 13 also killed. Five others injured including Mona Jean Lilly 14 and Joan Lilly 15.
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Sioux City
Highway 29
Harold Anderson
Herman C. Anderson
Sioux City Stockyards Company
Lillian Boston
William Boston
William Grissinger
Robert Miller
Harold F. Miller
Bertha Boston
Lillian
Joan Lilly
Joseph C. Lilly
Mona Jean Lilly
Joan
Miller
Trio of Des Moines Teens Die in Car Crash
Des Moines area crash kills Roger Bartlett 16 and Victor Young 14. Guy Stevens 15 remains in critical condition after the Sunday collision with a telephone pole. five boys were in the car north of Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Roger Bartlett
Broadlawns Hospital
Victor Young
Guy Stevens
Improvement Noted In Flu Situation In Iowa
More than 10 000 influenza cases were reported to the Iowa state health department as of Thursday, with Dr Walter L Bierring noting the outbreak is diminishing though holiday travel could spread it. He urged strict personal hygiene in crowded buses trains and public venues.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Walter L. Bierring
Bierring
Iowa
Three-Day Furlough For All Soldiers At Camp Dodge
DES MOINES AP A special Christmas furlough goes into effect at Camp Dodge induction center at noon Friday. All men stationed there including 46 Iowa fathers in uniform Thursday receive a three day pass until 6 am Monday. Lt Col Orson B Powers announced the action covering post troops recently processed and awaiting shipment to training centers.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Orson, B. Powers
Jurors Drawn for Wapello District Court Session
District court in Wapello will convene January 10 with grand jurors including Mac Yakle Marion Schafer Nellie Smith and David Gravvatt. Report date January 11. Trial jurors to report January 18 include multiple residents from Wapello Columbus Junction Ainsworth Morning Sun Conesville Letts Oakville Crawfordsville Columbus City and Crawfordsville listings.
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Wapello
Mac Yakle
Marion Schafer
Nellie Smith
David Gravvatt
T. G. Hotle
Floyd Hall
N P Schafer
Columbus Junction
Jarold Swan
Oakville
Jay E. Sellers
Margery Brown
Morning Sun
D F
Wallace
Muscatine
G. N. Bullis
Conesville
B. B. Cummings
H Ll. Hartsock
Hallie Hanft
Stanley Arthur
Hattie McGrew
Hazel Billings
Otto McConahey
William Hendrickson
Ainsworth
Gertrude Wehr
Brown Hoke
Maude Wilson
Harold Wheeler
Charles Peck
Newel DeLong
Ed Schlaplkohl Letts
Ben Westbrook, Jr
Anna Wier
Orpha Estle
Vera Kimble
Crawfordsville
Sarah Davis
Columbus City
Fred Alburn
West Liberty Child Struck by Car Suffers Fractured Skull
West Liberty nine year old Janice Richards was hit by a car driven by William Kind of Peoria Illinois. She sustained a fractured skull and was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital Iowa City. No charges were filed against Kind.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Janice Richards
Leota Richards
William Kind
Peoria
Til
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Kind
Natives Welcome Yanks To Stevensons Paradise
American troops land on Abemama island honoring Robert Louis Stevenson link and exchange friendly gifts with Gilbertese. The ceremony includes Major Holland and local leaders as natives perform songs and welcome the Marines amid a peaceful, festive mood.
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Stevenson's Paradise
Abemama
Gilberts
Tarawa
South Sea Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hara-Kiri
G. L. Holland
The
Biang
Hermle
Prairieburg Man Wounded in Action in Italy
Staff Sgt. Roy J. Holub, 25, of Prairieburg, was wounded in action in Italy on December 1. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor M. Holub, have been advised. Holub served with the National Guard unit that left Cedar Rapids February 26, 1941, for Camp Claiborne, Louisiana, and previously saw service in North Africa.
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Prairieburg
Roy J. Holub
Italy
Victor M. Holub
Holub
National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Camp Claiborne
North Africa
Fire gut Atlantic Auto Exchange. 7 cars damaged
A Thursday afternoon blaze gutted the Atlantic Auto Exchange shop in Atlantic. Seven cars were damaged and shop equipment valued at 2000 dollars destroyed. firefighters saved a stock of used cars worth 15000 dollars. Mechanic Robert Lane suffered facial burns while removing a car from the building.
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Atlantic, Jr
Atlantic Auto Exchange
Robert Lane
Dies at party claims life of Federal Bake Shops chief
Davenport Iowa Maurice Hemsing 56 president of Federal Bake Shops Inc died Thursday of a heart attack at a company Christmas party in his hotel apartment Officials of the firm reported the death occurred during the holiday event in Davenport local officials noted the sudden loss of the bakery executive.
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Davenport
Maurice Hemsing
Federal Bake Shops, Inc
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Henry Evanoff
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Master Tech
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Tulsa
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Richard Johnston
United Press
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Stillwater
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