Service News Notes Veterans Honor, Moves and Promotions
Pvt. Jacob Kubovec joins Greensboro deployment duties after local leave. Pvt. Kenneth A. Lund is honorably discharged at Camp Grant with three overseas campaigns and multiple awards. Technician Dale Matheny returns from Japan. discharge planned at Fort Leavenworth. Fothergill and Tow receive honorable discharges after overseas service in the Pacific and Europe. Harriet Young, Yeoman, returns to Washington after two years of duty with several promotions. Lawrence Unruh, Ollie Allick, Lyle Cregor, and Paul Rapoport receive ranks and postings in India Burma and Japan theaters. Rapoport and Mueller promoted to captain while stationed in Camp Grant and Commonwealth Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Kenneth A. Lund
M. J. Lund
Nineteenth Street
Camp Grant, Tl
78Th Infantry Division
816Th Engineers
Dale Matheny Hhas
States
Japan
Jeannette
Bernita
Center Point
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Robert L. Tow
Gifford Tow
Eighth Avenue SE
Fort Douglas
Utah
North Africa
Italy
France
Germany
21St Portable
Tow
University of Iowa
Yeoman
Harriet W. Z. Young
Peter Zimmerman
Amana
Great Lakes
Navy Technical School
Ames
Naval Air Station
Bunker Hill
Ind
Glenview
Ill
Surgeon General of
United States
Francis R. Young
Washington, D. C
Ollie Allick
N Street SW
Sam Allick
Paul Rapoport
Army
Camp Grant
Illinois
Rapoport
Africa
Commonwealth Apartments
Paul H. Mueller
C. E. Mueller
Fourth Avenue SE
Winter Youth and the Snow Embrace
A compact verse about winter lovers who find warmth in a fire as optimism contrasts with the pessimist. The pessimistic voice laments a fish that got away while the optimist recalls a catch, highlighting cheer versus doubt in daily life.
Wiley Elevated To Shrine Post
William M. Wiley of Walker was elevated from chief rabban to potentate of El Kahir Shrine at the Montrose hotel during the annual meeting and elections. Wiley succeeds Mark D. McWilliams, with Henry E. Haegg presenting the past potentate’s jewel. Electee officers include Ed C. Rudin chief rabban, Glenn E. Norton assistant rabban, W. Paul Engel high priest and prophet, Floyd Philbrick oriental guide, and M M Thompson trustee. Re-elected: Peter F. Bailey treasurer and Leroy S. Barber recorder. Thompson becomes representative to the imperial conclave. Otto Schiotz, Jake Roeniig named as El Kahir’s delegates to the July 28–25 San Francisco event. Recorder Barber to serve temple representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Wiley
Walker
Rabban
el Kahir
Montrose Hotel
Wiley
Mark D. McWilliams
Cedar Rapids
Henry E. Haegg
Ed C. Rudin
Glenn E. Norton
W. Paul Engel
Floyd Philbrick
Oriental Guide
M M. Thompson
Peter F. Bailey
Leroy S. Barber
Recorder
Thompson
Fred Groeltz
San Francisco
Otto Schiotz
Waterloo
Potentate Wiley
Rabban Rudin
Jake Roeniig
Amana
Recorder Barber
Temple
Shrine recorders session in San Francisco installs officers
Shrine recorders met in San Francisco where Past Potentate Edwin D. Manilaw installed officers with Past Potentate James H. Smith as marshal. M. M. Thompson, crippled children’s hospitals chairman, reported permanent hospital memberships rose 75 to 276 in 1945, placing El Kahir second among Iowa temples with 14.2 percent of all members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shrine Recorders
San Francisco
Edwin D. Manilaw
James H. Smith
M. M. Thompson
Shrine Crippled Children's Hospitals
el Kahir
Iowa
Fateful Operation for Italian Boy
In Baltimore an operation was set for an eight year old Italian boy Gianfranco Cab b i a to restore sight. The boy was blinded in September 1944 when a German cavalry horse kicked him. He came to the United States with the 88th Infantry Division, whose comrades raised 3500 dollars for expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
G.I
Gianfranco Cabbia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
88Th Infantry Division
Fear of Atomic Bomb Forces School To Close
Officials shutter a famed Los Alamos boys school in Santa Fe due to fear of the atomic bomb after the July 16 test. Director F. S. Church laments the name and warns parents deem New Mexico too dangerous for their sons, forcing the institution's formal suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa FE
N.M
INS
New Mexico
Southwest
Los Alamos School
F. S. Church
England Storm Hits Coast With 80 MPH Winds
Folkestone reports a powerful winter storm slamming England's southern coast with gusts up to 80 miles per hour and heavy rains Wednesday night, causing disruption along coastal areas and prompting weather warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folkestone
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jacob Kubovec
Frank Kubovec
Sixteenth Avenue SW
Greensboro
N. C
Sorid
W. B. Sanders
Vila
Palo
Pearl Harbor
Lawrence E. Unruh
Twentieth Avenue SW
Ordnance
Bertha L. Unruh
Mechanicsville
Fifth Avenue
18Th General Hospital
Lyle W. Cregor
Georgia Cregor
Sixth Avenue
77Th Division
Hokkaido
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Quatrains
Bence
3Rd Ave
1St Ave
11Th Street
Marion
Davis Cleaners
Shrine Post
G.I. Pal
Slaasses
2Nd Street
Dial
Hamilton Seed & Coal CO
THE
Bohemian Savings & Loan Association
Federal Home Loan Bank
Thomas Suchomel, Sr
W. F. Kubik
John Vosatka
Joseph Urban
Charles Smrcek
John V. Rompot
Fred H. Kubicek
Vincenc Kubovec
Joseph Klinsky
Charles Fikejs
Third Street
WWEVF
Penneys
Penney's
Priscilla
Mackinaws
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