Pierre Soldier Tells Of Anzio
Pfc. Harold Yegland of Pierre recalls Anzio beachhead combat in a June Sioux Falls report. He served 50 days at Anzio and 60 more in Cassino, noting morale and humor under shelling. He returned to the states after 19 months overseas, meeting relatives in Colman and Pierre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Anzio
Pfc
Harold Yegland
Pierre
Cassino
Anzig
Tegland
States
A. J. Peterson
Colman
A. Tegland
Cpl
Chester Sommers
Council To Advise District OPA Office On Farm Problems
A 24 member council was announced to advise the district OPA on agricultural problems. Roy Brazell of Volga will chair, with subcommittee chairs for wheat and tools, used machinery, hogs, and poultry. G E Roelofs attended, and Wintersteen urged farmer members for practical, regulation reducing advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
OPA
E. J. Wintersteen
Roy Brazell
Volga Farmer
Donald McMurchie
Centerville
Com
E. H. Forssman
Laughlin
August Dahme
Mina
Carl F. Wall
Mellette
Poultry Advisory Committees Set for SD Meetings
The Office of Defense Transportation will form poultry and poultry products transportation advisory committees. Meetings set for June 14 in Sioux Falls and June 21 in Pierre will select members to guide motor truck movement from producing areas. Carriers of all types urged to attend, with regions spanning eastern South Dakota and parts of Iowa and Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre
Sioux Falls
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
EB. F. Lanahan
J. A. Hoffman
McPherson
Edmunds
Faulk
Hand
Buffalo
Brule
Gregory
South Dakota
Buena Vista
Cherokee
Clay
Dickinson
Lyon O'Brien
Osceola
Plymouth
Sioux
Brown
Iowa
Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac Qui Parle
Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone
Redwood, Rock, Watonwan
Yellow Medicine Counties
Minnesota
Catholic Daughters Initiate New Officers in Woonsocket
Holy Heart Court of the Catholic Daughters of America held an installation of officers on June 2 at the Knights of Columbus Hall Mrs Catherine Keller Yankton district deputy installed the officers A five oclock luncheon followed for guests visiting in Forestburg Jerry Patterson of Hanford Washington arrived Saturday evening to visit relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
Holy Heart Court of the
Catholic Daughters of America
Knights of Columbus Hall
Catherine Keller
Yankton
Forestburg
Jerry Patterson
Hanford
Wash
Central South Dakota Willing Men In and Out of Service
Military notices from Faulkton to Ree Heights update on residents leaving for training or service. Names include Wallace Olson, Ernest Loeb, James Turner, Gerald Bowar, William Swartout, Robert Roberts, Angela Mullenberg, Cornelius Jungwirth, Robert Parkinson, Douglas Houlihan, Richard Witte, Henry Witte, Kenneth Hague, and Lt Vernon Merriman with family visits and furloughs noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faulkton
Ernest Loeb
Romulus
Mich
Homestead
Fla
James Turner
U. S. Navy
Casablanca
Africa
Gerald Bowar
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
William Swartout
U.S. Army
Robert Roberts
Army
Ree Heights
Kenneth Hague
Lincoln
Neb
Carl Spiers
Alton Hague
Highmore
Vernon Merriman
Merriman
Lizzie Hague
Evelyn
Spiers
Wartime Personal News From Willow Lake and Nearby Camps
The week notes Pvt. Nolan Meister returning to camp in Oklahoma with Mrs. Meister joining him at a state camp. Lt. Merriman earned his wings at Marfa Texas and will report to Roswell New Mexico. Mrs. Jimmie Fix learns son Donald Fix is ill with pneumonia in naval care in Treasure Island and has moved to a Shoemaker California hospital for convalescence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woonsocket
Merriman
Marfa
Tex
Roswell
Willow Lake
Nolan Meister
Oklahoma
Joe Meister
Jimmie Fix
Donald Fix
Navy Hospital
Treasure Island
Shoemaker
Calif
Rapid City Officer Is Given Promotion
The War Department announced temporary promotions of officers including Ferdinand Joseph Barrie of Rapid City South Dakota from first lieutenant to captain. Barrie resides at 102 Main Street Rapid City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
South Dakota
Ferdinand Joseph Barrie
QMC
Main Street
Rapid City
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Seersucker
Central
Burdette
Wallace Olson
Bearman
Wally
Signalmen’s School
Farragut
Ida
Charles Olson
Zell
Angela Muellenberg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cornelius Jungwirth
Camp Campbell, Ky
Joe Jungwirth
Bonilla
Robert Parkinson
Bonita High School
Glenn L. Bales
U. S. Naval Air Base
C-O Fleet P. O
San Francisco
Colif
Lane
Douglas Houlihan
Great Bend
Kan
Tim Houlihan
Orient
Richard Witte
Altimore
Henry Witte
U.S. Marines
Oahu
Hawaii
Idaho
Jin
Penney
Wellington
Jane $ Louis Lang
Sitincy
Corn Palace,” Mitchell, S. D
Pothe
Ata
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