Mother of Four Completes High School Course
Viola Thacker of Emmetsburg Iowa completed high school 17 years after leaving as a sophomore She married and raised four children now in grade school She returned two years ago to finish commercial studies and will earn a diploma while working as a price clerk for Palo Alto county war price and rationing board Her children helped with housework and they shared meals before her afternoon classes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg, Ia
Viola Thacker
Emmetsburg High School
Lucinda
Helen Marije
Palo Alto County
Thacker
Iowa Ornithologists Elect Their Officers
Des Moines notices J Har old Ennis of Mt Vernon elected president at the Iowa Ornithologists Union annual meeting. Charles Ayres Ottumwa named vice president. Lillian Serhausek Cedar Rapids named secretary treasurer. Warren N Keck Cedar Rapids librarian. Lucille Logan Waterloo executive committeewoman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
J. Harold Ennis
Mt. Vernon
Iowa Ornithologists Union
Charles Ayres
Ottumwa
Amed
Lillian Serhausek
Cedar Rapids
Warren N. Keck
Mra
Lucille Logan
Waterloo
Maulson Divorce Suit Filed in Manchester Court
Donna J. Maulson sues Clyde Maulson for divorce citing desertion and seeks custody of their two children. The action details the contested dissolution of their marriage and requests legal custody arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Donna J. Maulson
Clyde Maulson
Fifty Mothers From 13 States Visit Their Sons
Fifty mothers from thirteen states visited Clinton to spend Mother's Day with sons at Schick hospital. Red Cross provided transportation and corsages. two local industries paid forty long distance calls. Program included service, meals, music, talent show, and broadcasts on station KROS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Schick General Hospital
8. C. Yates
Seventh Avenue SE
Harry Decioys
Hamilton Street
Pvt
Ralph Ingels
South Pacific
Elmer Ingels
Bealer Court
Ingels
Schick Hospital
New Jersey
Chiurgh
Red Cross
Clinton Industries
Hospital Mess Hall
Detachment Orchestra
KROS
American Legion
Stanley Yates
Iowa
William Hinkley
Davenport
Ollie Anderson
Marshalltown
Alta Robison
Des Moines
E. D. Barker
Tama
L. H. Castner
Reunion Brings Long‑Absent Family Members Together
A reunion in Ames brought together many relatives including Mrs. Essie Purvis Mystic and Mrs. Ernest Goldsmith Cascade, with others from Neola Prole Dubuque Town City Shellsburg and West Union. A Milwaukee mother, Mrs Martha Duga, reunited with her son A. V. Kopplin after three years, while Mrs Tilt Ishmal of Aurora Illinois had not seen Verlyn Ishmal since he went to the Solomon Islands 18 months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
A. V. Kopplin
Tilt Ishmal
Aurora, II
Verlyn Ishmal
Solomon Islands
Tragedy As Trailer Fire Kills 3 Year Old
Waterloo residents mourn as three year old Joan Platt dies from burns after a kerosene stove explosion destroyed a trailer on Highway 20. Her mother, 25 year old Mrs Francis Platt, is in critical condition after being trapped and rescued by motorist Curtis Flynn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Joan Platt
Francis Platt
Highway 20
Youth killed by train near Charles City
Raymond Nehls eighteen was killed Sunday when struck by a Milwaukee passenger train about five miles west of Charles City while walking along the track.
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Charles City
Raymond Nehls
Milwaukee
Armed Services Accept But Few Iowa Parolees
In Iowa 17 parolees are serving in the U S armed forces but only four of 161 paroled in the last six months were accepted for duty. Acting Secretary Russell W. Bobzin cites exam failures at Camp Edger as the main barrier. Prior Pearl Harbor era efforts linked parole to induction but were curtailed by the Seventh Service Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Russell W. Bobzin
Town Parole Board
Campedger
Selective Service
Bobzin
Peay] Har- Ny
Babzin
Pearl Harbor
Parole Board
Seventh Service Command
Bodzin
Army
Tragic Slaying Ties To Dance Hall Couple In Council Bluffs
Mrs Pearl May Weatherill 27 of Council Bluffs vanished after leaving a fiance Saturday night and was found slain five hours later in an empty lot. A tightened locket chain around her throat and torn clothing indicated a fierce struggle with an assailant. Coroner H L Tyler termed the death strangulation. Her husband Nyal Weatherill and his brother found the body about 75 feet from the sidewalk. Police said Weatherill searched with relatives and friends after she left the dance hall. The Weatherills had two children, Virginia Mae 6 and Donald Nyal 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Pearl May Weatherill
Pattawattamie County
H. L. Tyler
Tyler
Nyal
James Weatherill
Earle Miller
Weatherill
Valentine, Nebr
Rose Garner
Eli, Neb
Weatherills
Virginia Mae
Donald Nyal
Iowa Obituaries Gather for Monticello Langworthy Area
Multiple death notices from Monticello to Calmar report services held or planned for Henry Scheer 74 Langworthy and other local residents. Surviving relatives listed include siblings and spouses across Langworthy Center Junction Anamosa Kalona Blairstown Blairsville Norwa y Decorah and Calmar with details on ages occupations and church services.
Norway Soldier Listed Missing Since April 22
NORWAY SET N J Schinker has been missing in action over Germany since April 23, his parents Mr and Mrs N J Schinker have been advised by the war department He was a waist gunner on a B 17 Sgt Schinker entered service Nov 27 1949 and was sent overseas on January this year A brother Ble Edmund Schinker has been overseas 28 months and is now in Italy and another brother Pfe Charles N Schinker is in their corps ordnance section at Fort Worth Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
J Schinker
Germany
N J. Schinker
War Department
Sgt
Schinker
Ble
Edmund Schinker
Italy
Pfe
Charles N) Schinker
Corps Ordnance
Fort Worth
Texas
Louisa County Native Gomer Thomas Dies at 69
Gomer Thomas, longtime Louisa county resident aged 69, died suddenly Sunday at his niece’s home in Calmar where he had lived for 20 years. Survived by his wife, three daughters, six grandchildren, two brothers and two sisters. last of his family. Services set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Dudgeon Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monticello
Henry Scheer
Langworthy
St. John’s Lutheran
John Heyen
Augusta Norris
Center Junction
August Scheer
Anamosa
Adam Scheer
Marshalltown
Columbus Junction
William Jones
Letts
Pleasant Grove Bethel Church
Richie
Marengo
Cornelius Gingerich
Kalong
Marengo Hospital
Ora Yoder
Bill Hoylman
Wellman
Emmet
Clea
Kalona
Dorothy
Pauline
Watts Hospital
August Dellamuth
St. John's Lutheran Church
Iowa County
Elizabeth Roggentien Dellamuth
Elsie Petrzulka
Norway
Henry
Calvin
California
Marvin
Clarence
Williamsburg
Lettie Bross
Blairstown
William
Liz Izie Klotz
Newhall
Mary Kindred
Palo
John Hartz
Mr. Hartz
Benson County
George
Bert Wood
Wyands Wood
Blairsiown
Calmar
Daniel J Fames
Calmar Creamery
Decorah
Calmar Lutheran Church
United States
Lattie Hillesland
Edna Bronerud
Lydia Whiteside
Yakima
Wash
Wapello — Gomer Thomas
Louisa County
Lloyd Roach
Dudgeon Funeral Home
Girl Fatally Hurt In Highway Crash
Dorothy Jean Roth, 18, daughter of Mr and Mrs Francis Roth of Washington, died Sunday night from injuries in a car accident on a curve north of town. The car overturned while five youths rode together. Warren Shafer, 16, driver, was most seriously injured along with Earl Hiller 15, Kenneth Bloomershine 16, and Helen Su eppel 17.
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Washington, Ta
Dorothy Jean Roth
Francis Roth
Washington
Boy Drowns at School Picnic
Funeral services were held for Harold Smith an 18 year old who drowned Friday in Silver creek while attending the Buck Creek school picnic. The death was not reported until Saturday night as swimmers who were with him feared telling. Surviving are his parents two brothers S/Sgt Glenn Smith in England and Pvt Loren Smith Camp Roberts Calif and a sister Edna Smith at home.
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Gazette
Nopkinton
Harold Smith
Andrew Smith
Silver Creek
Buck Creek
Smith
Glenn Smith
England
Pvt
Loren Smith
Camp Roberts
Calif
Edna Smith
Krumm Air Medal Decorates Local Flying Fort pilot
Special report notes Second Lieutenant Robert M Krumm, a B-17 Flying Fortress pilot based in England, earned the Air Medal. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J H Krumm. The item appears in the Iowa News in Brief from The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa News
the Gazette
van Worne
Robert M Krumm
England
J H. Krumm
Central City
Golden Rule Club
Red Cross
Schick Hospital
United Service Women
Salvation Army
FASTEETH Plate Comfort for Loose Dentures
An an ad style note urges users to spray FASTEETH sprinkled on denture plates for quicker, firmer seating. It promises an immediate sense of comfort and security, no pasty taste, and a neutral alkaline formulation.
Record seal sales beat 1942 with $270,574 in Iowa
In Des Moines 1943 Christmas seal sales reached a record $270,574, rising 42 percent from 1942, reported by the Tawa Tuberculosis association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Tawa Tuberculosis Association
Kadlec receives Air Medal for bomber missions over Europe
Mr and Mrs Jo Kadlec of McGregor announce their son S. Set George E Kadlec has been awarded the Air Medal for outstanding service in bomber missions over Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGregor
Joseph Kadlec
S. Set
George E. Kadlec
Europe
Benton County Attorney Killed in Italy During War Service
Capt Wallace F. Snyder 36 Belle Plaine was killed April 28 in action in Italy his wife advised. Snyder was the first married man to enter service from Belle Plaine early in 1942 a prominent attorney who served as Benton county attorney mayor of Belle Plaine and president of the Chamber of Commerce active in civic affairs.
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Belle Plaine
Wallace F. Snyder
Italy
Capt Snyder
Benton County
Chamber of Commerce
Capt Snyder Led Company in World War Two Action Dead and Missing
Masonic and Rotary circles note Capt Snyder who held a reserve army commission and served as second lieutenant. He commanded a company with Springville men Bud Groves killed on April 28 and Arthur Chudzinski missing since that date. Survived by wife, two children, two brothers in the army medical corps, and four sisters including Lois Finger of Hollywood California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic
Rotary
Snyder
Springville
Bud” Groves
Arthur Chudzinski
Capt. Snyder
Drs
Don
Merle Snyder
Army Medical Corps
Lois Finger
Hollywood
Calif
Veteran Ended Life on Beaver Island
Ferdinand Wreidt, a World War I veteran living on Beaver Island, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head and a gun beside him. Acting Coroner E L Martindale reported death by his own action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ferdinand Wreidt
Beaver Island
E L. Martindale
Wreidt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mother of Four
Segacy
Zemo
Zama Tall
Armed Services
State Parole Board
Sahara
Cedar Rapids Fuel CO
DIAL
Sgt, Schinker
Paul Lauser
Millard Mills
Dubuque
Harry
Harry Corot
Corot
Fifth Avenue
W. F. Snyder
Lydia E. Pinkham
Salisbury
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