Tiny Pvt Timmens Wins Medals On Pacific Front
Private Nicholas Johannes Timmens of the U S Army 27th Division landed on Gilbert Islands had six Japanese foes killed in his first combat he even tossed back a grenade and later did KP duty after the battle his parents live in Baldwin New York the story notes his small stature and rapid actions in battle
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Freexlele
Baxter
U.S. Army
Saciized Press
Butaritari Island
Makin Atoll
Gilbert Islands
Nicholas Johannes ‘Timmens
Holland
Timmens
U. S. Army
Central Pacific
Tiramens
Baldwin
S. 2
N. Y
Clover Leaf Extension Holds Yuletide Party
Clover Leaf Extension Club met at Mrs. Bernard Burgs home for a Christmas party with 17 members and four visitors. Carols were sung and an editorial read by Beye Gross and Julia Burg. A gift exchange revealed “Cloverleaf Pals” and new pails were drawn for next year. January meeting set for Mrs. Dixon Wards home.
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Clover Leaf Extension
Yuletide Party Lane
Clover Leaf Extension Club
Bernard Burg
Beye Gross
Julia Burg
Dixon Ward
Annual Yule Party in Lane Brings Guests
Lane Methodist women held a Christmas meeting at Mrs. H. M. Burch field with guests Rev. A. Tanquist Dr. Irving Putman Sioux Falls and Donna Gross Hrainerod Minn. Attendance prize drawn by Mrs. George Richert devotionals led by Mrs. M. W. Syring and gift exchange led by Mrs. Clee Moyes following Dr Putman's talk.
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Lane
Wscs
Doland junior class presents The Haunted High School play
Doland High School auditorium was packed for the junior class mystery comedy The Haunted High School. Cast members included Mary Ann Rumils Eldon Shult Rosalie Wandell Minnie Carlson John Hofman John Jansen Shirley Wales Don Bell Merle Hagerty Phyllis Hahn Marvin Iverson Norma Lockwood Wanda Hofer Leila Galbreath. Music by Marlyn Tschetter with Senior Sisters and Marion Steurwald. Myrtle Misch directed.
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Noland High School
Doland
Doland High School
Haunted High School
Mary Ann Rumils
Eldon Shult
Rosalie Wandell
Minnie Carlson
John Hofman
John Jansen
Shirley Wales
Don Bell
Merle Hagerty
Phyllis Hahn
Marvin Iverson
Norma Lockwood
Wanda Hofer
Leila Galbreath
War Stamp Sales Top $1 Billion Since 1941
War Stamp sales reached 1,068,000,000 by Nov. 30 with strong Christmas demand. The Office of War Information notes about one fifth of stamps sold are still held by buyers, while $720,782,000 had been exchanged through Oct. 31. A separate note reports Washington School in Belmont Township earning 22 dollars from a annual program featuring recitations and musical numbers.
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Washington
Office of War Information
OWT
Hitchcock
Belmont Township
France
Larsen
Fist Pond
Evening Radio Schedules Highlight NBC NBC and MBS Lineups
Tonight's listings show NBC programming from 6:30 to 10:30 with a youth salute, Ginny Simms, Horace Heidt, Fibber McGee and Molly, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Judy Canova, Burns and Allen, and a Report to Nation. MBS features Johnson Family, Music That Endures, American Forum on armed services voting, and Sinfonietta.
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NBC
Ginny Simms
Horace Heidt
Fibber McGee
Maly
Bob Hope
Red Skelton
Judy Canova
Burns and Allen
Fred Allen
Blu
Duffy’s
Herbert Marshall
Louis Prima Band
Chester Bowlss
OPA
America Tomorrow Forum
MBS
Johnson Family
American Forum
Armed Services
Sinfonietta
Redfield Juniorettes Hold Christmas Party
Redfield celebrates a Christmas party hosted by Mrs. HL Fish with the American Legion Auxiliary Juniorettes. Guests include Esther McClure auxiliary rehabilitation chairman and Helena Engstrom unit auxiliary president. After a business meeting the group exchanged gifts and sang carols.
Past Noble Grands Hold Christmas Party in Redfield
The Past Noble Grands of Rebekah Lodge No. 75 met at Mrs. Co. B. Cunningham's home in Redfield for their annual Christmas party. The event included a regular business meeting and gift exchange concluding the gathering.
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Redfield
Rebekah Lodge No. 75
Co. B. Cunningham
Missing Ensign Briggs in naval patrol plane
Ensign Charles Y. Briggs, 21, is missing after a naval patrol plane failed to return from a routine training mission near sea. His mother, Magdalene Briggs of East Orange New Jersey, was notified December 14. The Briggs family includes a brother in England and a father in Forestburg. Laura Dent of Mitchell is engaged to him.
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Briggs
Huron
Forestburg
Charles Y. Briggs
Norfolk, Va
Hin Bsf
Ensign Charles
Magdalene Briggs
North Arlington Avenue
East Orange
N. J
Fifth Naval Districts
Office of Dependencies' Benefits
Ensign Briggs
Dakota Weslyan
Mitchell
Navy
Corpus Christi
Tex
Alfred Briggs
England
Claude Briggs
Laura, Dent of
Christmas gifts sent to children of ex servicemen
This year again 6 et 40 sponsors personal Christmas gifts for all children in crippled children's hospitals the Tubercular Sanitarium the State Training School and orphan homes. Mrs Agnes Christianson state Child Welfare chairman of Howard reports boxes with gifts and Christmas treats dispatched to each child.
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South Dekota Salon
Agnes Christianson
Howard
Salons Across State Sponsor Christmas Seals Drive
Citizens note widespread participation by Salons and individuals in a state level effort to fund tuberculosis aid, with no child left unsupported. Some Salons also sponsored Christmas seals for tubercular children.
Hitchcock WSCS Election and Christmas Party
The Women's Society of Christian Service will meet December 22 at 2 p.m. in the church basement for a business meeting and election of officers. At 3 p.m. a Christmas party will begin with gift exchange and a pot luck luncheon. Also noted are naval and empire facts mentioning Admiral Farragut and the Inca Empire.
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Hitchcock Wscs
Hitchcock
Women's Society of Christian Service
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