Coming Major Ezra Stone and Weldon Melick Book Review
A humorous Army memoir by Ezra Stone and Weldon Melick with Ray Inman drawings. The duo recount Stone’s induction, Broadway ties, and the Camp Upton Opry House, plus details of This Is the Army and a White House command performance.
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Ezra Stone
Weldon Melick
Ray Inman
J. B. Lippincott Company
Stone
Lou Costello
Broadway
Henry Aldrich
Weldon
Melick
George Abbott
Ezra
Henry Ede
Camp Upton
Flat Top in Action Helldiver Squadron
Book by Robert Olds details the action of Helldiver Squadron 17 in Task Force 58 in the Pacific. It profiles three Iowa men Lt Leslie Fry Cedar Rapids Eldon Thompson Fairbank and Stanley Wallace Washington who flew including low altitude photography and downed two Zeros on Armis tice day 1943.
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Robert Olds
Iowa
Leslie J. Fry
Fairbank
Eldon C. Thompson
Carlisle Street
Cedar Rapids
Stanley E. Wallace
Washington
Tarawa
Marianas
Fry
Tinian
Thompson
Wallace
William.l. Gerner
Dallas
Texas
Rabaul
Pacific
Central Pacific
John J. Ballen
Captain of the flat-top lauds crew for action at sea
A naval captain, then in command of a concealed flat-top, claimed no carrier crew has done more or seen more action in so shores time, underscoring the ship's vigorous wartime activity.
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Tine
Marriage of Margaret Schenkelberg and Cpl Floyd H. Noel
Announcement of the November 19 wedding at Camp Carson Colorado Springs between Miss Margaret Schenkelberg Kansas City Missouri and Cpl Floyd H Noel son of Mrs Harry Golwitzer 1427 Fifth Street NW The Rev Joseph A Dunne officiated at Immaculate Conception pupils to present in a musical recital at 8 o clock Two readings include names of participants and a Red Cross kit bag project by Immaculate Conception circle of the King’s Daughters with a dessert luncheon and service to passing servicemen in Cedar Rapids
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Margaret Schenkelberg
Kansas City
Cpl
Floyd H. Noel
Harry Golwitzer
Fifth Street
Camp Carson
Colo
Noel
John Schenkelberg
Halbur
Joseph A. Dunne
Katheryn Schenkelberg
Denver
Set
Hillard P. Kalamaya
Schenkelberg
Antlers
Colorado Springs
Muskogee
Okla
Cpl. Noel
Camp Gruber
Kansas City Southern and Service Railway of
Link-Belt Speeder Company
Ih.n. Circle of the King’s Daughters
A. C. Burnell
Blake Boulevard
R. E. Haig
Harold Kimball
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Leonora Beggs
P T A Meetings Plan Diverse Sessions Across Districts
Garfield P T A study group to meet at 2 pm Tuesday at the Board of Education building led by Miss Afton Smith of the Iowa Child Welfare Research Station. The Cleveland P T A meets Thursday at 1 30 pm with Mrs. Melvin Robertson to discuss what to tell children about peace. Roosevelt P T A gathers Wednesday at 2 pm in Sagamore hall with art supervisor E J Bruns speaking on painting a picture. Mothersingers present Musical Varieties Thursday at 8 pm at Roosevelt high school auditorium with multiple soloists and a dance team. Fillmore P T A meets Thursday at 2 pm. fourth and fifth grade pupils perform, and Mrs J Milner of the Radio Council discusses Education by Radio. Fillmore study groups meet Friday at 1 30 pm with Otto Hanzlik.
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Garfield P.T.A
Board of Education
Afton Smith
University of Iowa
Iowa Child _Welfare Research station
Parent Education
P.T.A
Cleveland
Melvin Robertson
First Avenue NW
Mothersingers
Roosevelt High School
Selma Barta
Rollie Ream
Violet ‘Huff
Reading
Patricia Jones
John Vaughn
Gloria Coleman
Wallace Fanton
Janette Nieves
Alice Palmer
Grace Meloney
Margaret Vaughn
Irene Ilen
Fillmore P.T.A
J. Milner
Radio Council
Fillmore
Ee Otto Hanzlik
C Avenue
Miss Kirkpatrick Weds Navy Man at Mt Vernon Church
Miss Bonnybell Kirkpatrick and George Graham married in Mt. Vernon Methodist Church in a double ring ceremony. The bride wore white brocaded velvet with floor length veil and carried American beauty roses. Attendants included maid of honor Miss Lillian Kirkpatrick and best man Arlo Kirkpatrick. After the ceremony the couple hosted a reception and planned to travel to Des Moines before the groom ships out. she is a former teacher and he a Navy shipfitter first class.
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Mt. Vernon Methodist Church
Bonnybell Kirkpatrick
George Kirkpatrick
Mt. Vernon
George Graham
Shipfitter
H. C. Roberts
Osceola
W. Glenn Rowley
Lloyd Oakland
Albert Fadenrecht
Lillian Kirkpatrick
Cedar Rapids
Arlo Kirkpatrick
Lisbon
Rex Dean
George Brown
Marilyn Dean
Carrie
Bertha Kyle
Des Moines
Graham
Iowa State Teachers College
Buchanan School
Quota Club Award To Peruvian Girl
Senorita Ber tha Pareja a Lima chemist wins the 1945 Latin American fellowship from Quota Club International. She will study at the University of Iowa beginning in the spring session. Pareja is a San Marcos graduate with a pharmacy and applied chemistry degree. her field is cromatology. The award promotes friendly relations among Americas women with help from the Institute of International Education.
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Cedar Rapids
Quota Club
Senorita Bertha Pareja
Lima
Peru
Quota Club International, Inc
University of Iowa
Senorita Pareja
University of San Marcos
School of Pharmacy and
Applied Chemistry
Americas
Quota International
The
Institute of International Education In
New York
Quota Club International
Dorothy Demory Engaged to Paul Boesenberg
Mrs Earl Demory announces the engagement of her daughter Dorothy Irene to Paul L Boesenberg seaman 1/c son of Mr and Mrs Henry Boesenberg Route 1 Marion No date set for the wedding. Dorothy is a Franklin high school graduate and has worked at Collins Radio for two years. Boesenberg a Marion high school graduate entered service in fall 1943 and has been overseas six months on destroyer duty.
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Earl Demory
Fourth Avenue SE
Dorothy Irene
Paul L. Boesenberg
Henry Boesenberg
Marion
Miss Demory
Franklin High School
Collins Radio Company
Sea
Man Boesenberg
Marion High School
Betty Knight Weds Harold B. Bryant in Center Point Ceremony
Miss Betty Knight daughter of Mr and Mrs R S Knight Center Point wed Harold B Bryant son of Mrs Harold B Bryant Clinton in Center Point at 3 p m. Dr Lloyd Gustafson performed the service with Miss Sally Cobb soloist and James Thomas pianist. The couple plans to live in Cedar Rapids where Bryant will graduate from Coe College in March.
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Betty Knight
First ‘Avenue
R. S. Knight
Center Point
Harold B. Bryant
Clinton
Lloyd Gustafson
Sally Cobb
James Thomas
Cathleen Covert
Town City
Leo Cabalka
Cedar Rapids
Covert
Bryant
Coe College
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