Events of the Week reveal local club gatherings
The community week lists Monday meetings for Gamma Delta Beta Sigma Phi Christmas party and other clubs, Tuesday brings Literary and Sewing clubs, Wednesday is absent, Friday hosts Elks New Year Eve party and American Legion watch event, Saturday features Lucky Dozen Pinechle Club with Mr and Mrs Kenneth Norman at a local venue.
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Elks Club
American Legion and Auxilary Watch Party
Legion Hell
Lucky Dozen Pinechle Club
Kenneth Norman
Personal notices of relatives visiting over Christmas season
Relatives plan visits and travel around Christmas. Sgt Greenwood departs Tuesday to rejoin his unit in New Orleans. Mrs Donald Gibson and children Gail and Michael expected from San Fernando California to stay with Grace Russell. Miss Isabel Robinson visits Henry Peterson in Washington DC. Mrs Peterson and Marie Connor spend holidays at Brayton Nebraska. Dorothy Martin from Des Moines and Mrs Henry James from Austin with Sgt James to join at Camp Swift. Betty Busselle arrives from Milwaukee to visit Max Busselle for 7 to 10 days.
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Donald Gibson
Gail
Michael
San Fernando
Calif
Migssabel J Robinson
Washington, DC
Henry K. Peterson
Mrs Peterson
Miss Robinson
Hhabet" Martin
Dorothy Martin
Des Moines
Drake
Henry James
Austin
Tex
Mia James
Helen Martin
Sgt James
Camp Swift
Visitors From Ft Dodge Visit Mrs Larsen Family
Mrs Robert Larsen and daughters Linda and Louise visited from Fort Dodge on Monday to join Mrs Larsens parents Mr and Mrs Fred W Anderson for the holiday dinner at the Largen home. Mr Larsen arrived Christmas morning to join the gathering. The visitors plan to return to Fort Dodge on Sunday morning with Mr Gresnfield also noted among the guests.
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Robert Larsen
Linda
Louise
Ft. Dodge
Club Women Activities Highlights Local Meetings This Week
B Chapter Hadassah hosts BNai Bmth lodge members at 3:30 pm Monday in the Terrace Room of Hotel Chief. Rabbi Shambaum is guest speaker with a film on the Youth Abyss movement and a recording by Little Cantor accompanying it. Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma or similar sorority meets Tuesday at Miss Alice Perdita’s home. T. T. WL Literary Club hosts a 1 pm luncheon and Christmas program at Mrs C E Yates’s home on Tuesday. Duleiana Voco Club practices Monday at 116 o’clock at the Laustrup store. American Legion and auxiliary plan New Year’s Watch party at the Legion hall with a “Nightclub” theme. reservations through listed contacts. A floor show by Dorothy Miheres advanced students and Wade Gray’s orchestra planned. Also note police report from Montville, NJ about a gray mouse named Officer Skippy on duty at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gamma Delta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Maxine Bain Deaner
Churchman
Bel Canto Club
Dorothy Ketcham
Hadasgah Terrace
Dulmana Voco Club
Laustrup
Hadassah
Council Bluffs
Bnai Bmth Lodge
Terrace Reoom
Cieftain
Shambaum
Quest
Litte Cantor
American Legion
Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Tud Holet
Riley Nelson
Legion and Auxiliary
Ernest Rockwell
Leo Cox
American songs dominate BBC broadcasts in UK plan
London reports show the BBC plays mainly American compositions. The Association for the Advancement of British Songs asks Parliament to require the BBC to air 50 percent British material. Raton dog tag notes reference and counterfeiting case mentioned in passing.
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London
UPI
BBC
Association For the Advancement of British Songs
HBC
Raton Nwm
Dick Rowell
Engaged Brides Elect Service Members in War Era Notices
Mr and Mrs Fred Hoffman reveal Helene Hoffman to Cadet Robert W Billmire, with both families in Lincoln and Santa Ana ties. Cadet Billmire graduates from Thomas Jefferson High and trains as bombardier navigator. no wedding date yet. Also announced are Misa Annabelle Wright to Lt Gaylord E Lutz of Fairfield Nebraska. Wright, a Thomas Jefferson alumna and Western Union Omaha employee, and Lutz plan future marriage. Lutz recently returned from leave. Velma Nixon to Pvt David Christensen, Abraham Lincoln High School pair, he at Yuma, Arizona. wedding date not set. Antogiewicz translates notes for Pvt Adolph Bigos. Marjorie Lang to Pie Donn Moore, Lincoln couple. Lang a Thomas Jefferson graduate, Moore from Lincoln. Moore with 13th armored division in Texas. no wedding date.
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Fred Hoffman
Helene
Robert W Billmire
Wilson Billmire
Miles Hoffman
Abraham Liincoln High School
Billmire
Thomas Jefferson High School
Bombardier-Navigator
Santa Ana
Cah
Misa
Annabelle Wright
Gaylord E Lutz
E L. Lutz
Fairfield
Neb
Everett E Wright
Western Union
Omaha
St. Luiz
High School
Trumbull
Camp Reynolds
Lutz
D A Nixon
Velma
David Christensen
Chester Lang
Marjorie
Donna Moore
Harry Moore
Lincoln
Ned Miss Lang
Pic Moore
Lincoln High School
Moore
Ft Knoby
Camp Besle
Cal
13Th Armored Division
Tesas
Wartime stamp validity extends across meats and fuels in ration book notes
Publication lists updated valid stamps by category including Meats Butter Fats L M N P expiring Jan 1, Q and RE expiring Jan 20 Pork Spara 1 stamp book 4 worth 5 points expiring Jan 2 Processed Foods D E book 4 valid to Jan 20 Sugar Book 4 stamp 29 for 6 pounds to Jan 15 1944 Shoes Hook 1 stamp 18 valid indefinitely Stamp 2 on airship page book 8 valid Gasoline A book coupon 9 valid for 3 gallons to Jan 21 B 1 C 1 good for 2 gallons B 2 and 2 good for 5 tires Class A third inspection deadline March 1 1944 Class B fourth inspection deadline Feb 28 1944 Class B third tire inspection deadline Feb 28 1944 Commercial vehicles every 60 days or 5000 miles Keeney Fuel Oil Period 1 10 gallons valid expires Jan 4 1944 Period 2 10 gallons valid Save Your Tin Car
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Vaid
Keeney
Techniques of Fishpond Management on Farm Ponds
Lt Lawrence V. Compton, former soil conservation adviser, writes on raising fish in farmyard ponds. A half acre can yield about 100 pounds per year, supporting drought mitigation and water storage goals endorsed by the Soil Conservation Service.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Lawrence V. Compton
Soil Conservation Advice
Sea Conservation Service
Daily Menu by Mrs Alexander George Meat Alternate Dinner
Menu item list with star marked point ration items includes Carre Carrot Mold Creamed Vegetables Bread Cranberry Savee or Jelly Holiday Cheese Salad Fruit Ambroala Coffee or Tea Serves Four. Instructions mix bread and milk then bake. mold and chill gelatin salad with dressing. Camp Van Dorn report includes Pvt Chester Antoselewicz writing letters.
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Alexander George
Family Keeps Virginia Land Record Across Generations
In Waynesboro Virginia the Stiegel family holds a historic farm near New Hope for 183 years. Grover C Stiegel farmed there until his mother Mrs Charles B Stiegel died last spring. Auction sale of farm equipment occurred to settle the estate and the home was put up for sale, but a great grandson Jacob Stiegel bid the land to remain with the family.
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Waynesboro
Virginia
Stiegel
Stiel Glass
New Hope
Grover C Stiegel
Wayneabore
Charles B Stiegel
Jacob Stiegel
Druggists Do Their Bit in Winchester News
Winchester druggists report a surge of orders from soldiers overseas for favorite remedies and nose drops. A letter from Aleutia requests foot sore relief. The note mentions a steam-driven omnibus used on English highways in 1801.
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Winchester Va
Upi
Sam
England
Recruiting's Dangerous Encounter in Denver
On recruiting duty in Denver a sergeant named Robert Payne touched a woman and she slapped him with a hard blow to his jaw. He backed away in embarrassment and did not offer reforming material about the air WACs.
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Denver
Almys
Robert Payne
Church Society Notes and Class Meetings Move Dates
The General Aid group of First Congregational church will meet Jan 3 instead of Dec 27 as previously announced. The Phidela class of Grace Presbyterian church will meet at Miss Marian Weinatrand’s home 3311 Avenue B Monday at 7. Edith Wehland will teach with co-hostesses Jane Tennant and Willa Belle Jimison. Catholic Daughters of America will receive holy communion at St Francis church Sunday at the o clock mass. Master Phillip Sieck hosted a fourth birthday party Friday from 2 to 4 with guests Sharon Stevens Kay Ann Jay Pamela Thompson Larry Jay Billy Smith Donald Jay Orton Jones Donne Jay Janet Garnson Sharon Wardlow Bobby Siech. Guests were seated for birthday refreshments of ice cream and cake as red streamers hung from the chandelier. Mrs Arthur Siech assisted with sewing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First. Congregational Church
Phidelia
Grace Presbyteran Church
Marian Weinatrand
Avenue B
Edith Wehland
Mass Jane Tennant
Willa Belle Jimison
Cda
The
Catholic Daughters of America
St.Francis
Phillip Sieck
Sharon Stevens Kay Ann Jay
Pamela Thompson
Larry Jay
Billy Smith
Donald Jay
Orton Jones
Donne Jay
Janet Garnson
Sharon Wardlow
Bobby Siech
Mra Arthur Siech
Also Mentioned on This Page
C E Yates
Military Avenue
Earlsmith
Madison Avenue Bridge Club
Earl van Meter
Greenwood
Orleans
Service and Supplies
Us& Army
Mra J B
Connor
Marie
Brayton, Neb
Mras
Betty Busselle
Milwaukee
Max Busselle
Fiancee
Ensign W. F. Garner
Mary Jane Flesh
Roy V Flush
Webster Groves
William Frederick Garner
Roy John Garner
Council Bluffa
Linda and
Louise Larsen
Photy
ADC
Beno Street
Alpha Iota
Epation Sigma Alpha Sorority
Alice Perdita
Fuller Avenue
T. S. Literary Club
T T WL
Duleiana Voco Club
Duleiana Voco
Montville
Skippy
Russell Hilbert
Take Ha
Hilbert
Tia
U. S. Music Abroad
Antogiewicz
Ins
Adolph Bigos
Bigog
Antosiewicz
Buudesill
Helene Hoffman
Jnparell
Velma Nixon
Marjorie Lang
Camp van Dorn
Chester Antoselewicz
Chaffee
Helldogs
Church Society Notes
Bluff City
Anca
Jahel
Joe Smith
Fleer
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