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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1948

Page

10

Five Generations of Reunion in Illinois Indiana Area

Five generations gathered for a family reunion earlier this month. Six month old David Eugene Cooper, son of Mr and Mrs Gene Cooper of 301 First Avenue SW, was the youngest present. The oldest was great great grandmother Mrs Mary FE Helenis of Dans, age 91 years older than the baby.în Representatives of the five generations live in three states near the Illinois Indiana border. Mabel J Cooper of Marshall Illinois is grandmother to David. Minnie C White resident of Chrisman Illinois is his great grandmother. Gene C Burns, formerly Alice M Burns of Manchester, is his mother’s sister and her husband works at Troy Laundry.

David Eugene Cooper Gene Cooper First Avenue SW Mary FE. Helenis Dans David Clayton Williams Helems Ilinois Indiana Mabel J. Cooper Marshall Ill Minnie C. White Chrisman, II Gene C Alice M. Burns Manchester Troy Laundry Eugene Cooper Mary E. Helenis Mabel Cooper

Cedar Rapids Lt Benish Arrives in Tokyo for Occupation Duty

Lt Milroy Benish of Cedar Rapids arrives in Tokyo to serve with U S occupation forces. The 1929 Coe graduate and former Benish Shoe store manager sailed from San Francisco aboard the General Blatchford, took a flight from Guam to Tokyo, and becomes communications security officer for Far East Air Force headquarters. He has earned six battle stars and previously led the 934th signal battalion at Greenville S C. His wife Evalynne Hansen of Sergeant Bluff plans to join him for Christmas in a dedicated occupation housing complex.

Milroy Benish Cedar Rapids Japan U. S Benish Far East Air Force Tokyo San Francisco General Blatchford Guam ETO 387Th United States 934Th Greenville S. C Evalynne Hansen Sergeant Bluff

New Zealand Polio Epidemic Hits North Island

An infantile paralysis outbreak swept most parts of the North Island over the past year with Wellington bearing the heaviest load. In two weeks forty new Wellington cases appeared, with 181 confirmed since November 1947. Auckland registered over 230 cases in the same period.

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