G I Gazette reports Cedar Rapids service members abroad
The G I Gazette notes several Cedar Rapids servicemen and families. Pfc Robert Ward aids Kumgok school project in Korea after training at Camp Chaffee. Airman Richard Bishop serves in England before Marchfield move. Multiple Cedar Rapids men return home from overseas or on leave, with promotions, duties, and concerts noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Robert Ward
Owen Ward
Eleventh Avenue SE
Kumgok
Pfc
Ward
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Korea
Richard J. Bishop
Jake Bishop
Nineteenth Avenue
England
Marchfield
Calif
McKinley High School
Bishop
Air Force
Japan
Dewayne R. Johanos
Marilyn Johanos
Thirty-eighth Street
Hakata
George H. Johanos
Cpl
Robert C. Rohlena
Charles Rohlena
Cedar Rapids
Everett Brogan
Lillian Falr
Camp Pendleton
Mahlon Hill
George Hill
Jacksonville
Fla
Melvin Kesselring
First Street SE
29 Palms
Vernon Kluth
LeRoy Kluth
Sixth Street SE
Camp Lejeune
Basic Trainees Nine Cedar Rapids Soldiers Finish Training
Nine Cedar Rapids soldiers nearing completion of basic training with the Sixth Armored Division at Fort Leonard Wood are Pvt. James R. Hess Pvt. William E. Hepner Pvt. John P. Knowles Pvt. James J. Elgas Pvt. Francis G. Stephen Pvt. Paul W. Johnson and Pvt. Edward D. Hartl. Each is listed with a parent or spouse in local addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Sixth Armored Division
Fort Leonard Wood
James R. Hess
James Hess
First Avenue NW
William E. Hepner
M. F. Swanson
C Avenue
John P. Knowles
E. B. Knowles
Mt. Vernon Road
James J. Elgas
Dan J. Elgas
First Avenue
Francis G. Stephen
F. W. Stephen
Paul W. Johnsson
Gritt Johnson
Fourteenth Street
Edward D. Hartl
Military Honorees Listed in Cedar Rapids Notice
Mrs Edward F Hartl of Cedar Rapids route 3 and Mr and Mrs D L Antle announce Pvt Robert E Adams son of the Antles and Pvt Albert M Fisher son of Mrs Edna I Fisher with addresses 2930 Fruitland Boulevard SW and 416 G Avenue NW respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth D. Helming
John A. Helming
First Avenue NW
Army’s Engineer School
Fort Belvoir
Dilman A. Beck
Dilman Beck
Elmhurst Drive
Signal Corps School
Fort Monmouth
N.J
Cornell College
Cedar Rapids
Edward F. Hartl
Robert E. Adams
D. L. Antle
Fruitland Boulevard
Albert M. Fisher
Edna I. Fisher
G Avenue
Class Dismissed Autobiography Joke Hits Des Moines
In Des Moines AP reports sixth grade humor as pupil Gary Loveless defines autobiography as the life story of an automobile. The light moment captures classroom wit during a spelling or reading exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Gary Loveless
John Smiths Family Favor Letter L Names
John Smiths family from Cashiers North Carolina shows a fondness for the letter L Their eight daughters are Lola Lele Lena Lorene Lucielle Lucy Laura Lula and their grandchildren include Lewis Leonard Lloyd Lindsey and Lloyal The list underscores a family naming pattern observed in the AP dispatch.
Young Snake Hunters Prowl Everglades For Easy Cash
IAMI Fla AP a hardy handful of Miami youngsters hunt snakes in the Everglades with bare hands and a gunny sack. They sell harmless water and king snakes to friends or to snake farms at a dollar a head, or 15 to 20 cents a foot for prime specimens. Don Humphries 15 and his 14 year old pals Danny Greene and Jim Ravney wade waist deep, grab snakes by the head, and bag 15 to 20 in an afternoon, often getting bitten but noting the venomous bites are rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iami
Fla
Miami
Everglades
Here
Don Humphries
Danny Greene l
Jim Ravney
Florida
The
Don
Danny
Danny Greene
Photographer Wins $1000 Prize in Bank Opening Photo
Jay Brashear of the Phoenix Gazette earned a sizable payday for a picture making job at a bank opening. He signed a card in the lobby and then drew the winning entry, securing a $1,000 prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Jay Brashear
The
Phoenix Gazette
Brashear
Crazy Mixed Up Sale Sparks Pittsburgh Bargain Rush
Hundreds of shoppers flooded a North Side department store in Pittsburgh for a Crazy Mixed Up Sale. Tv sets sold for 9 dollars, typewriters for 7 dollars, and women's nylon hose for nine cents a pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
North Side
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Merla J. Joyce
Tenth Street SE
Norfolk, Va
Chilton
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
John D. Callan
Azella J. Callan
Washington Avenue SE
Rockwall
Norfolk
Far East
Los Angeles
Richard D. McLaud
Ollie H. McLaud
Fifth Street
Noel L. Tollefson
Otto S. Tollefson
Twelfth Avenue
Karl G. Woodson
B. C. Woodson
Park Avenue
Woodson
Long Beach
Collett
Sonarman
Lawrence H. Davie
James W. Schultz
Fourth Avenue SE
Jeanette J. Kulhavy
Fifth Army
Cedar
Richard Roseberry
Billie Roseberry
Sixth Avenue
Robert L. Roseberry
Sixth Street
Roosevelt High School
University of Iowa
John D. Palumbo
A. J. Palumbo
Teenth Street NW
Navy
Swain
Bairoko
Marshall Islands
Howard D. Walrath
Leonard T. Walrath
Oakland Road
Walrath
Fort Sill
Oklo
Fort Lewis
Wash
Thomas A. Kehne
Betty Kehne
San Diego
John Yuva, Jr
John Yuva
Marine Base
Donald D. Adney
David Adney
Second Avenue SW
Theodore Pfeifle
Edward Pfeifle
Palms
Donald Rus
Eighth Avenue SE
Louis Langenberg
Henry Winter
Daniels Street
Ronald L. Myers
W. E. Myers
Twenty-seventh Avenue
Mill Valley
Charles Wesbrook
Fort Riley
Kan
Harry Wesbrook
Fifteenth Avenue SW
W. W. Rattora
Tom A. Carlin
Sonotone
Sad
Iowa
Smulekoff's
Amana
Smulekoff
Norman T. Peyton
Jeanne L. Hart
Aldo Ray
Peyton
John Smith
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