Servicemen Roundup: Promotions and Assignments Across Bases
Servicemen from multiple Iowa towns receive promotions, training, or duties in Korea, San Diego, Philadelphia, Greenland, Fort Riley, Lackland, Newport, Francis Warren, and Des Moines. Notables include Corporal Schroeder in Korea, Sgt Morris visiting, and Pfc Paul hospitalized in Germany. Regular updates list sons and daughters of local families stationed or training nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
Duane Cowell
David Cowell
Greenland
McGregor
Wayne Peterson
Jack Peterson
Navy
Far East
Marquette
Carl Breckler
Bill Underkofler
Air Force
Lackland Base
San Antonio
Kalona
Ronald Harland
Fort Riley
Kan
Charles Harland
Walter Kron
Fort Leonard Wood
Roy Kron
Roscoe Kolosiek
Daryl Fry
George W. Fry
Des Moines
Keota
George Chambers
Earl Chambers
Newport
R.I. Quasqueton
Fred Benz
Nellie Benz
Francis Warren
Cheyenne
Patrick Gallagher
Colo
Central City
Ernest R. Paul
Pfc
Darwin I. Paul
Germany
Decorah
Robert R. Bulgren
Russell Bulgren
Navy Doctor Completes Flight Medicine Training
Lt. W. D. Pfeiffer, a local physician who joined the navy a year ago, finished training at the aviation medicine school in Florida. He and his family will soon proceed to Midway where he is to be stationed on leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
W. D. Pfeiffer
Navy
Aviation Medicine School
Florida
Military furloughs and station transfers noted across towns
Local notes list airman and soldier furloughs and postings from Fort Belvoir to Bolling and Fort Bliss. Residents visiting family include Pvt Herzberg, Sgt Shaffer, and others. some return from Korea or report to bases in Virginia, Massachusetts, Texas, and Georgia.
Get Together Among Veterans From Quasqueton and Navy Ships
Three Quasqueton men Tom Stark stationed at Reamfield San Ysidro Calif Darwin Kress of the USS Walker and Frank Davis of the USS Gregory recently met at Jim Starke's home in San Diego. It was their first reunion in two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Stark
Reamfield
San Ysidro
Calif
Darwin Kress
Walker
Frank Davis
Gregory
Tom Starke
Jim
San Diego
Local Servicemen Listed in Korea and Japan Deployments
Walker Frank J Teffer son of Mr and Mrs Charles Teffer serves in Korea. Oxford Junction Malvern John son of Mrs Geraldine John promoted while aboard USS Midway in the Mediterranean. Vinton John D Berger son of Leland H Berger serves in Japan with 503d military intelligence company. Aurora Elwyn W Bird son of Mr and Mrs Walter Bird serves in Korea. Elgin Leslie L Pritchard son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Pritchard serves in Korea. Waukon William P Martin son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Martin on seven day rest and recuperation leave in Japan, stationed in Korea. Edgewood Gerald A Probasco son of Mr and Mrs Harley Probasco promoted to corporal in Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Bob Herzberg
Gail Shaffer
Hertzberg
Fort Belmore
Shaffer
Bolling Air Base
Washington, D. C
Earlville
Lloyd Dettbarn
Puerto Rico
West Union
David L Tope
Korea
Otis Air Base
Mass
Charles Carty
Seattle
Coggan
David Brockmeier
San Diego
Maryland
Nyle McCulloch
Berniece McCulloch
Norfolk
Chilton
Mt. Vernon
Ron Meehan
Fort Bliss
Texas
Sigourney
David Showman
Brady Showman
Fort Lee
Webster
al c
Kenneth D. Glandon
North Africa
England
France
Sweden
Switzerland
Loran Glandon
Waukon
Cpl
Wilford J. Schultz
Dorchester
Germany
Richard Boardman
Pat R. Corrigan
Lyle A. Bechtel
Fort Devans
Gary King
Fort Leonard Wood
Viola—Pvt
Hillas Kenney
Franklin Kenney
Fort Belvoir
Vernon
Jim Neubauer
Scottfield
Ill
Richard Day
Marengo
Ronald W. Tberg
Adolph Iberg
Lackland Air Base
Masonville
Melvin Fenk
Delhi
Clarence Sweaney
61St Field Artillery
John Sweaney
Iowa Draft Takes 36400 Men In Four Years News
DES MOINES AP Nearly 36400 Iowans will have been called up for military service by Sept 1, four years after inductions resumed post World War II. Inductions run two years unless discharged earlier. Monthly totals ranged from 225 to 1500, with 425 called in the upcoming two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Burlington
Clinton
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Mason City
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Sioux City
Waterloo
Selective Service
Defense Department
Decorah School District Proposes 1955 Budget Increase
Decorah Independent School District proposes a 1955 tax levy of 214000, up 13000 from 1954. The schoolhouse fund rises to 26000 due to a 410000 bond plan, with 10000 offset by tuition from rural areas. General fund levy climbs from 177200 to 184000 to cover two more teachers and a new janitor.
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Decorah Decorah
Decorah Independent School
Decorah
Walter Hetzel
Hetzel
Pleasure craft skippers new Iowa river flotilla
A 45 foot luxury pleasure boat the Amitabha owned by Ralph A. Henninger of Davenport debuts on the Mississippi as his son George 16 and friend Mike O Leary captain and crew on shakedown up river trip. The Henningers later joined at McGregor for a weekend and returned downstream.
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Gazette
McGregor
Mississippi
Iowa
Amitabha
Ralph A. Henninger
Davenport
Henninger
George
Mike
George Henninger
Mike O'Leary
Five Buchanan County Men To Enter Service
Five Buchanan county men will report Monday at Des Moines for induction into the army. They are Conrad C. Vaupel Walker Marvin D. Morris Quasqueton Ronald D. Black Independence James E Corcoran Fairbank and Ronald C. Gitsch Independence an alternate. They will be sent to Camp Chaffee Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independence
Buchanan County
Des Moines
Army
Conrad C. Vaupel
Walker
Marvin D
Morris
Quasqueton
Ronald D. Black
James E. Corcoran
Fairbank
Ronald C. Gitsch
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Iowa Dean Dawsons Named to NRC Executive Committee
Dean Francis M. Dawson of the University of Iowa College of Engineering is among seven scientists nationwide elected to the executive committee of the National Research Council division of engineering and industrial research in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Francis M. Dawson
University of Iowa College of Engineering
United States
Division of Engineering and Industrial Research
National Research Council
Washington
Tiny Independ ence baby beats odds after premature birth
The Bagby family in Independence recalls their son Dennis born December 10 1952 at two pounds six ounces. He spent two months in an incubator and received eye dropper and gavage feeding with five blood transfusions. By 20 pounds at 19 months he is healthy and expected to lead a normal life.
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Gazette
Manchester
Dennis Bagby
Dennis the
Lly
Dennis
Independence Hospital
Toll free bridge eyed amid Prairie du Chien fete plans
Prairie du Chien voters approved lifting tolls on the Marquette-Prairie du Chien bridge at 12:01 am next Saturday if funds cover obligations and a reserve. City officials expect traffic to rise about one third, boosting plans for a weekend celebration and parking meters. The toll house fate remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Marquette
Prairie du Chien
Carolyn Cords
Bud Seebright
Garnaville
Alice Regal
Jim Buckhaber
Luana
John Hart
Wis
Marquette-Prairie du Chien
William D. Carroll
Wisconsin
Iowa
Memorial Community Building dedication in Mechanicsville
Dedication services for the new Memorial Community building in Mechanicsville are set for July 24 at 8 p.m. in the building auditorium. Lee P. Park, commander of the Legion post, coordinates the program which will include a speech by Tom Martin, GOP candidate for senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanicsville
Lee P. Park
Legion 1 Post
Tom Martin
G.O.P
Patch Testing for Tuberculosis Begins in Jones County
Il Special to The Gazette Anamosa patch testing of adults for tuberculosis will begin in the north half of Jones county next Thursday. The testing starts at Castle Grove school and continues at various sites for two weeks with readings and X rays starting July 9. The southern half is expected to begin in early August. All county adults are urged to cooperate.
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Anamosa
Jones County
Castle Grove
Lutheran Home Festival in Waverly Features Three Services
The Lutheran Children's Home in Waverly hosts a festival with 10:15 a.m. sermon by Rev. John Mohr Sumner, 11 a.m. service by Rev. Julius Bodensieck Wartburg Seminary, and 2 p.m. talk by Dr. C. H. Becker Wartburg College president. A noon concert by the municipal band and a children’s program close the afternoon. The home dates to 1863.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly
Lutheran ‘Children’s Home
John Mohr
Sumner
Julius Bodensieck
Wartburg Theological Seminary
C. H. Becker
Wartburg College
Waverly Municipal Band
Home
Clayton County G O P Women Elect Officers
McGREGOR The Clayton county Republican women held their annual meeting with about 40 attendees at Pike's Peak state park. Officers elected include Edith Schrunk president Clara Shaffer and Marian Myers and Mrs Herbert Bickel vice presidents Arlene Nieman auditor Bernice Carpenter historian and June Amann sergeant at arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Clayton County
Pike’s Peak State Park
Edith Schrunk
Millville
Clara Shaffer
Guttenberg
Marian Myers
Herbert Bickel
Arlene Nieman
Elkader
Bernice Carpenter
Strawberry Point
June Amann
Garenaville
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Postville
Lowell Schroeder
Lena Schroeder
Ronald Kudart
Camp Pendleton
Edward Holub
William B. Holub
Philadelphia
Richard T. Morris
T. T. Morris
Oxford
Clarence L. Zimmerman
Clarence Zimmerman
Yale
W. Mills
Wallace Mills
Edgewood
Gerald A. Probasco
Harley Probasco
Marshall County
Ralph A. Lancaster
Iowan
East Iowa
American Legion Auxiliary
Dundee
Greeley
F. M.lambert
Milwaukee Railroad
Lambert
Waukon High School
Marian de Witt
Arlyn Elsheimer
Clare Duggan
Melvin Kupferschmid
Maynard School
Kupferschmid
Western Illinois State College
Drake University
Moravia
Fayette
Delaware County
Lutheran Home Festival
Birr
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Montrose Hotel
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