Eastern flown Servicemen Roundup furloughs across Iowa
A roundup from Monona to Clutter lists servicemen on furlough or leave visiting parents and hometown sites. Names include Lembke in Germany, Ross at Fort Benning, Smock promoted radioman aboard USS Samuel B Roberts in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea, and many others returning to Fort Chaffee Fort Leonard Wood Fort Bliss Fort Polk and Camp Pendleton for brief leaves or training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monona— Sp
Valdean Lembke
Pfc
Donald Rossbach
Erwin Lembkes
Otto
Samuel B. ‘Roberts
Persian Gulf
Arabian Sea
Fairfax
William J.knickerbocker
C. J. ‘Knickerbocker
Fort Belvoir
Army
Bill Schultz
Leroy Schultz
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Quasqueton
Harry B. Johnson
Harry Johnson
Fort Bragg
N.C
Greeley
Kenneth Sherman
Ralph Sherman
Mobile
Ala
Ely
Donovan L. Elias
Fort Leonard Wood
Frank Elias
Kevin Sauter
Mike Sauter
Oxford Junction
Gary Hansen
August Hansen
Fort Polk
Keith F. Taylor
Marvin Taylor
White Plains
N. Y
Sigourney
Lloyd Deitrich
Fort Sill
Okla
Lamont
Jack Macheak
Keesler Air Base
Miss
F. D. Macheak
Arlington
Daryl Glass
Howard Glass
Delhi
Cmdr
Harry
Swinburne, Jr
Monterey
Armed Forces
Central City
Nile R. Mentzer
Edna Mentzer
Fort Knox
Waubeek
Marvin Price
Roswell
N. M
Roland Price
Irvin
Gene” Lindley
Rapid City Air Base
S.D. Lindley
Henry Lindley
California
Guam
Cpl
Glen McBride
Oceanside
Calif
Lester Beltz
Boyd Palmer
Fort Devens
Mass
Andy Palmer
Monticello
Tom George
Lowry Air Base
Colo
Blanche George
Clarence
Robert Hunwardsen
Herman Hunwardsen
Everett J. Paul
Ernest Paul
Naval Hospital
Key West
Fla
Ronald Maser
Oscar Steele
Udine
Italy
Paris
Joe Tuttle
Chincateague
Charles Tuttle
Oxford
Dean Vanourney
Fort Ord
Leo Vanourney
Winthrop
Raymond L. Schumacher
Ray Schumacher
Warren Air Base
Wyo
France
Oxford — Pits
Ray Hruby
Fort Bliss
Texas
Richard Hruby
Eskimo Whale Hunt Described By Alaska Chaplain
Anchorage AP Capt. Percy Ipalook, a Dubuque University graduate and Alaska guard chaplain, recalls Eskimo whale hunts near Kotzebue. He notes 16 whales caught this year, hunts lasting up to 45 minutes, using skin boats and harpoons with a time bomb, followed by communal butchering and meat sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anchorage
Alaska
Percy Ipalook
Alaska National Guard
Alaska Guard
Arctic
Ipalook
Dubuque University
Dubuque
Kotzebue
Spalook
Spalock
Point Barrow
Keokuk County Notes Auto Crash Increase
Keokuk County Sheriff John H. Bud Wallerich reports 188 accidents in 1956, 22 more than 1955. Thirteen fatalities, 47 hospitalizations, 47 light injuries. Twenty five summonses issued. 12 drunk driving arrests. Eight Hammes children killed in Oct near Sigourney in an auto train crash. mother Mrs Hammes the sole survivor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigourney
John H
Bud” Wallerich
Keokuk County
Richard Hammes
Hammes
Personnel named in Tama County appointments and bonds
Tama county board of supervisors approved numerous appointments at last week’s annual meeting and awaits salary decisions. Appointments include A W Meek deputy auditor, Mrs Merle Slate clerk, Carl L Mason deputy treasurer, Mrs Cecil Ramsdall chief auto clerk, Agnes Slabach bookkeeper, Doris Emerson clerk, Mae Kubicek deputy clerk, Forest Schafer deputy sheriff, Mrs M L Jones clerk, Henriette Amidon deputy recorder, Ethel Blythe relief director, Aldyce Bananstos clerk, Marvin and Velma Harms as steward and stewardess, Walter Dutton janitor, Grace Sharp matron, Ronald Child county engineer, Orla Groves clerk, Frances Boriskey secretary to Tama county attorney, Mrs Esther Rabe nurse. Salary scale to be set at Wednesday’s board meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Tama County Board of Supervisors
A. W. Meek
Harold Hufford
Merle Slate
Carl L. Mason
Stella Berger
Cecil Ramsdall
Agnes Slabach
Doris Emerson
Lee Kaloupek
Mae Kubicek
Forest Schafer
F. L. Flynn
M. L. Jones
Henriette Amidon
Ella Harvey
Ethel Blythe
Aldyce Bananstos
Marvin
Velma Harms
Tama
Walter Dutton
Grace Sharp
Ronald Child
Orla Groves
Frances Boriskey
Walter Willett
Esther Rabe
Farmer loses two fingers in wood sawing near Volga
Walter Adams, a farmer south of Volga, had two fingers amputated after a Thursday wood sawing accident. He was treated at a Manchester hospital. In Waukon, Mr and Mrs William Moritz assume roles as steward and matron at Allamakee county home, replacing Mr and Mrs Joseph Carolan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volga
Walter Adams
Manchester
Waukon
William Moritz
Allamakee
Joseph Carolan
Delaware County Music Festival To Be Feb 26
Delaware County instrumental music festival set for February 26 in Colesburg hosted by Buck Creek Colesburg Delhi Dundee Bar ville Hopkinton and Manchester areas. Paul Wright of Marion will direct the day clinic with morning individual critiques and an afternoon massed band performing selections including Mr Bandmaster Desert Song Muscat Ramble The Sparrow Bush Brighter Beach Magnus Overture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Colesburg
Delaware
Robert Snyder
Delhi
Edward Wild
Dundee
LaVern Lee
Barville
Jack Krambeck
Hopkinton
W. A. Schmitz
Erling B. Hanson
Vocal Festival Guest Conductor Named for Manchester Event
Manchester Earlville County announces its Vocal Music Festival on March 19 with Lloyd Farlee serving as guest director guiding performances by regional choirs and soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Earlville
Delaware County
Lloyd Farlee
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C.R. Area
Gazette
Johnny McIvor
Telephone Pioneers
Leonard Walrath
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Telephone Pioneers of America
Marie Dorgeloh
Walrath
Marian Hale
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Eastern
Fort Hood
Wyoming
Donald P. Smith
Goodfellow Air Base
C. R. Smith
Navy
Keota—F
Eugene Zehr
A. K. Zehrs
Lexington
Far East
James Knox
Thomas Knox
Pvt
Thomas McCarthy
Maurice McCarthys
Knox
Fort Carson
McCarthy
Fort Belvidere
Traer
Elmer Bradley
Providence
R.I
Cuba
Bradley
Kenneth Bradley
McGregor
Vernon Sawwell
Harry Miller
Perrin
Air Force Base
Clair Millers
Richard Elliott
Camp Pendleton
Loras Webber
John Webber
Dean Clancy
Roger Lee Gritton
Camp Gordon
Howard Clancy
Howard Gritton
Chelsea
Edward Johnson
Ed Johnson
Camp Hanford
Wash
Bavaria
F. G. Gosling
F. G. Gosling, Jr
Colleen
Francis G. Ill
Stephen
Goslings
Straubing
Germany
Gosling
Manchester High School
U. S. Military Academy
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Hawaii
Korea
Art A. Lyon
Lyon
Telephone Pioneers Group
Kathryn Brady
C. R
C.C
Ted" Little
The
Little
Lillian Struesky
M. H. Morrison
Northwestern Bell
Life
L. E. Payn
J. C. Bolt
Ernest T. Wolfe
Pioneers
Chase
College
Prairie High
College Community School
Prairie High School
College Township
Tama County
Roosevelt
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Sanford
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