Compliments and Moves Highlight Local Social News
Complimenting Mrs. Wallace Gray who moves to Sacramento and her niece Mrs. Irving Drake moving to Walker Minnesota, a Methodist W.S.C.S picnic luncheon is hosted at the Gray home. Also notes neighbors Palmer family return from Lake Charles and local military family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace Gray
Sacramento
Calif
Irving Drake
Walker, Minn
Comforter
Methodist W.S.C.S
Gray
415
Sixth Street
OPA Tightens Rules for Unserviced Used Car Dealers
Des Moines district OPA will scrutinize curbside used car dealers over unserviced car pricing. Dealers may charge warranty prices only if they provide a 30 day or 1 000 mile guarantee and join repair shops in a written warranty. Some dealers without service departments faced suspension from warranty pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Curbstone
OPA
George W. MacDonald
Two Men Die After Drinking Paint Remover
Dubuque coroner reports Virgil Bierman 4 and George Hegerton 64 found dead early Friday in shacks on the Mississippi river front. Both men appeared to have died from drinking paint remover. Empty cans were found in their shanties. Bierman died overnight and Hegerton died as officers arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
F. S. Leonard
Virgil Bierman
George Hegerton
Mississippi River
Bierman
Hegerton
Hopkinton Soldier Charles D. Talmadge Killed in Germany
Pfc. Charles D. Talmadge 20 of Hopkinton was killed December 13 in action in Germany. Parents Mr and Mrs Harvey Talmadge announce. He had been listed missing earlier and served in his second year at Lenox College before enlisting in 1942. He trained at Camp Wolters Camp Shelby and the University of Connecticut and went overseas last September. Survived by brothers Gerald and Eugene both in the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Charles D. Talmadge
Germany
War Department
Harvey Talmadge
Talmadge
Lenox College
Camp Wolters
Texas
Camp Shelby
Miss
University of Connecticut
Gerald
Eugene
Navy
George W. Harford Dies at 76 in Marion
George W. Harford 76, a retired threshing machine operator, died Friday at 1 a.m. at his home 405 Ninth Street after a brief illness. Born November 12, 1868 in Brandon Indiana, he moved to Marion as an infant and married Millie Sommers on June 28, 1902. Surviving are his wife, three sons Herbert and Lester Harford of Marion Seaman Donald Harford in the South Pacific and Mrs. Arthur Lint of Marion. nine grandchildren and two half brothers. Services Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Yocom chapel with Rev. Charles Moore officiating. burial in Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Harford
Ninth Street
Brandon
Marion
Millie Sommers
Herbert
Lester Harford
Seaman
Donald Harford
Wayne, Mich
South Pacific
Arthur Lint
Elza Harford
Cedar Rapids
Yocom Chapel
Charles Moore
Cedar Memorial Park
Marion widow Anna Crouse dies at daughter’s home
Mrs Anna Crouse widow of Granville T Crouse died at her daughter Mrs Earl L Booze 986 Seventh street Marion at 8 30 am Friday after a long illness Born June 14 1860 in Maryland she came to Iowa in 1891 Surviving include granddaughter Mrs Margaret McCann of Dubuque and grandson Norman Crouse in the armed forces Services will be held in Turner chapel at 3 30 pm Saturday Burial in Oak Shade cemetery Marion Benjamin A Davis of Marion has left teaching at Coe College to join Maytag Newton in productions control laboratory Mrs Davis and their children remain in Marion Capt Melvin Clark wounded in France has been returned to the US and is at Hines Veterans Hospital Chicago His mother is wintering with his wife and children in Battle Creek Mich Mrs James F Milder learns her husband in France was promoted to sergeant Vernon Wild is on furlough from Fort Bragg with his mother John Wild John G Larkin family reports Hospital Apprentice John Larkin has informed them of his status
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Anna Crouse
Granville T. Crouse
Earl L. Booze
Seventh Street
Marion
Maryland
Iowa
Booze
Margaret McCann
Dubuque
Norman Crouse
Turner Chapel
Oak Shade
Benjamin A Davis
Eighth Street
Army
Coe College
Maytag Company
Newton
Davis
Melvin Clark
Leona Grupe Clark
France
Hines Veterans Hospital
Chicago
Capt. Clark
Battle Creek
Mich
Vinton
Lawrence W Geyer
Wellman
State Highway Commission
Ellis Bell
Earl Richards
Lucinda Geyer
George
Boone
Grant
What Cheer
John
Keswick
Wilbur
Oxford
Chelsea
A A. Sheda
Marie
Evangeline
The
Waves
California
Antone
Irene
Francis
Ludwick
Madonna
William
Belle Plaine
Hermann A Grieder
First Lutheran Church
Switzerland
Minnesota
Herman
Davenport
Elberon
Louis
Cedar Rapids
Henry
Arnold Grieder
Lillian i Kenner
Anna Kraft
Minne Kenner
Keystone
Elizabeth Fry
Dysart
Esther Gouldy
George Grieder
Italy
Decorah
Mary Holland
St. Benedict's Church
Elizabeth Jennisch
Anna Farrell
Minneapolis
Oxford Junction
Charles A. Leffingwell
Cedar Rapiids
Agnes Zeller
Grace Bogenrief
Orlando
Fla
G. E. Leffingwell
Postville
William J. Clark
Henry V. Steele
R. E. Bernhardt
Everly
Thomas D. Clark
Victor
Manchester
Merlin Q. Hansel
Dyersville
St. John's Evangelical Church
Garber
Bertha Hansel
Verni O'Connor
Russell Brown
Colesburg
Anion Smith
Russell Hansel
Menasha
WEA to Scan Requests for Deferments
Iowa War Food Administration offices will certify essential workers in food industries to defer draft exposure for ages 18 to 29 in 2A and 2B. Applications available at 208 Old Colony building Des Moines. Certification serves as guidance for draft boards, not a mandate. Cpl. Louie Kammermann mentioned in the Greeley item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
War Food Administration
George B. Sheehe
Iowa
WFA
Sheehe
Old Colony Building
Selective Service Board
Marion Airman Earns Air Medal
Staff Sgt. Norman J. Struchen of Marion receives the Air Medal with an Oak Leaf cluster and the Purple Heart. A waist gunner on an Eighth Air Force B-17 based in England, he was wounded by flak over Hamburg while bombing submarine docks. Despite injuries, he helped return the bomber to base. His squadron was cited by the President for bombing a Focke-Wulf factory in Poland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman J. Struchen
Carl H. Struchen
Eighth Avenue
Marion
Eighth Air Force
England
Struchen
Hamburg
Germany
Sgt. Struchen
Poland
Anamosa Veteran Kammermann Wounded in Germany Action
Kammermann, an infantryman, was wounded February 15 in Germany. ANAMOSA R. D. Finnigan, former mayor, will run for mayor again at the March 26 election against incumbent Earl R. Pulver seeking re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kammermann
Germany
Anamosa
R. D. Finnigan
Earl R. Pulver
Multiple Iowa death notices and funeral services listed
Death notices and funeral service details from Iowa towns including Vinton Belle Plaine Decorah Oxford Junction Postville Manchester and Garber. Obituaries mention ages survivors and service times with church and home venues across several counties.
Manchester Soldier Awarded Bronze Star
Pvt. Harold L. Wilson 21 son of Mr and Mrs John Wilson has been awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service in France and a certificate of merit for distinguished service in Belgium He entered service February 27 1943 A December in Germany an ambulance he and two companions walked from was struck by a direct enemy hit
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Harold L. Wilson
John Wilson
France
Belgium
Wilson
Germany
Cpl. Duckett of Stanley Missing in Luxembourg
Cpl. Clifford L. Duckett of Stanley is reported missing in action in Luxembourg since February. The notice notes his unit and status as a missing serviceman from the Stanley area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Duckett
Stanley
Luxembourg
Clifford L. Duckett
Service record of Duckett youth in World War II
Ten year old article notes that 10 his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Duckett were advised Wednesday in a War Department message. He entered service in November 1942 and was sent overseas late last fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Duckett
War Department
Memorial Service At Manchester For Three Servicemen
A memorial service for three Manchester servicemen will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Presbyterian church. Honored are Chief Petty Officer Kyle Faust killed December 18 in the Southwest Pacific, Pfe. John Robert Childs killed January 5 in France, and Second Lt. Merle Thomas Kratzer killed February 9 in Italy. The Rev. Walter E. Schiel will speak. County Auditor Roy Westerlen will present Gold Stars to the mothers, and flags will be presented by County Supt. Floyd E. Pratt. Mrs. Laura Hamblin will be organist and Mrs. Edith Davis accompanist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Presbyterian Church
Kyle Faust
Southwest Pacific
Pfe
John Robert Childs
France
Merle Thomas Kratzer
Italy
Walter E. Schiel
Roy Westerlen
Ossian Students to Stage The Song of Bernadette
Ossian high schoolers perform The Song of Bernadette in the Ossian opera house on March 25 and 26 as a tribute to Rev Msgr M J Thiltgen on his fiftieth ordination anniversary. The three act ten scene production features a large cast led by Marian Eiick Norma Jean Holzer Irene Rothmeyer Lucille Geling Beverly Durnan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ossian
Msgr
M. J. Thiltgen
de Sales High School
Ossian Opera House
Marian Eiick
Norma Jean Holzer
Irene Rothmeyer
Lucille Geling
Beverly Durnan
Helen Rosenbaum
Kathleen Gardner
Patricia Murphy
Betty Mae Lansing
Agnes Schildmeyer
Leonard Johnson
Rose Mary Timp
Bruno Schildmeyer
Rita Lansing
Cleo Moser
Irene Rooney
Helen Wolfe
Donald Gerleman
Jerry Zweibohmer
Junior Blocker
Jack McCulloch
Viola Bohr
Marian Funke
Marie Bohr
Arthur Moellers
Jeanette Holthaus
Mary Schildmeyer
Linn County Board of Supervisors Approves Several Resolutions
Linn County Iowa February 20 1945 meeting approves February 13 minutes and refunds ten dollars for 1943 taxes. The board authorizes a deed sale of Central City lot to A D Hatfield Olive Hatfield joint tenants and adopts road district establishment for No 202 and No 204 Linn Township. Also notes annual treasurer report and detailed disbursement and payroll figures with adjournment to February 27 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State of
Linnis
Board of Supervisors
Beeson
Seevell
Petty
Albert J. Risiin
Scevell
Sundrvisor Petty
Linn County
Marion Sentinel
Woodman
Central City
A. D. Hatfield
Olive Hazeld
Clare Petty
Olive Hatfield
Iown
Grieser
Wray C
Clara
Anamosa
Cedar County
Towit
Linn, Township
Byu
Linn
Rowena Eloise Thomas
Rowena Eloise Stuckslager
Willard C. Stuckslager
Goudy
Frank Bates
Board of Super‘visors
Cla Petty
Towa
Otto F Hanzuk
General County
Pangs Een Ewes
Ee Ee
En Dawe
Re Ee Ey
Soldiers’ Relief
Seers County Court House
Fairay
Eae Eeae
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Syl's Grocery
G. R. Palmer
Lake Charles
Paul Palmer
Fourteenth Street
Owen
John Knapp
South Eleventh Street
Pvt
James Knapp
Holland
John Knapp, Jr
India
Storm’s
Richard A. Dice
Farragut, Idaho
Mrs. A. D.ice
William Rossie
Grace Knapp
Thelma Knapp Bouck
Castle Bros. Coal
L. A. Turner
Waverly, TL
Milwaukee Train
Charles T. Rowe
Marion News Gazette
Mario
Wilona Grocery
Marion Storm
MAZDA
Izes
Clark
U. S
James F. Milder
Ninth Air Force
Milder
Mary Elen Forbes
Vernon Wild
Fort Bragg
N. C
John Wild
John G. Larkin
John Larkin
Culbert’s Food Market
Rosedale Butter
Jack
Sunkist
Ivory
Doz
Lee
Delrich Oleo
Heinz
Dickey’s
Monarch
Jack Sprat
Richelieu Foods
Sarmnway
Catsup
Robin Hood
Richelivu
National Cash Register For Sale
WEA
Sgt
Norman Struchen
Pyt, Wilson
Ossian School
Bernadette
Asa County
Co. Fund
Justice Peace and
Old Ape
Court House
Hancer
Bayn
Frank B
Bar
Elmer F. Board of Education
Bessie
Grace-Lee Products, Inc
Gazette Co
Hach Bros Co
Ctose
Holden Kahter Co
Treas
Elect Light & Power Co
Hse & Jail
Kelley
Holub, Chay
Holden Ranier” Co
Arc
Supp
Keller Co
Walton A
Atty Ol i Baldvin
Frank
Sara
Blakely
Elizabeth
Fellwock
Bernice M
Pleune
Carrie
Defense Fleister
Altair
Winch. RJ
Civilian Defense Poor Fund
Franks d Sons
Farmer's Co-op Exchange
Houser
O T
Hopker
Sherman
Pray
Hidden Kahler Ca
Ofc Haegg Cosi Co
Blinche
Knight
Bicigal Arts
Murray
Murphy
Gaffey James
Johnson
P. Kohler
Jock Sprat
Kenmore
McKinley
Heefner & Potter
Sunshine Mission
Sayles Mary
Rent
Sanders Jacob
Rent Souer
Clover Farm
Shelley’s
Trzilll
Walker
Cash
Ben
Surrey's
Smith D
van Voltenburs Dan
Yost
Crawford
Jennings
van Lackum
J K
Wilkinson TD
E F
Pawther
Florence
Calder's van & Storage Co
Justice Court
Misco
Patterson James E. Atty Fers Kudina SW
Smith James HH
Third Ave
Virginia
DCG
Cedar Rapids City of Criminal Investigation
Saldiarte Wallet
Findly’s Grocery
Heegs Cool Ca
Johnston
Mich Ald
Star Grocery
Simon Frank
Commir Sal
Wralbrand A H
Commr
Weenle & J
A&p
Snauffer
Mary
Road Dept
Bell Co James W
Barron Mill Supply
Feder & Sons M
Goodyear Service
Globe Pinch & Supply Co
Lage
Hedges Lumber & Coal Co
Malin i
Gas 2 Electric Co
Kacena Co
Kolarik Bookbinding Co
Eng
Ofc
Drus
Little Boys
G. I
Yager
St. South East
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