War letters from overseas brothers and a school journal note
A collection of WW II era letters from American families living abroad describes sons Richard Wilson and Walter Ronald Hay serving overseas in England and a seaman's return home. The letters reveal daily life, food, duties, and the longing to write home. Included is a Highmore School note announcing Irene Storey as editor in chief of the Pirate Journal with Donald Mason as associate editor and Pauline Sherer as adviser.
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Mor
England
U.S. A
Dad
Don
Richard
Fairmont
Huron
Fairmont's
Bud
Beadle County Briefs Note Local Visits and Return Trips
Beadle County reports a sequence of short social notes. Cavour Mr and Mrs Max Eckmann and Blye visited Erwin Sunday with Mr Van Denbog and relatives. Pavis relatives returned after visiting. Madden and Gable fretted home after visiting sister Kate Gable at Granville. Mr and Mrs R Schwedercke returned Monday after visiting relatives in Almena Wisconsin. Mrs Thad O Keefe returned home after three months with husband overseas at Camp Beau Regard Louisiana and will teach ninth grade.
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Kate' Gable
Granville, Ta
R. Schwedercke
Almena
Wis
YALE
Thad O'Keefe
Camp Beauregard
Bob Jones Elected Student President in Frankfort
Frankfort report says Bob Jones was elected student president at a class meeting on Friday. Class officers are Merle Muxan senior Shirley Van Houten junior and Henn Gulhaus sophomore.
Bells Turned To Bullets In Belgium Church Occupation
Belgium under German occupation sees church bells seized for the war effort. The 15th century bells of Ghent's St Michael church were rung by a priest as troops battered in. Bell metal is melted at Hoboken works for weapons while authorities and workers face controversy. Local cries and Flemish songs protest the theft, while other cities report similar seizures.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Bel - A
Termonde
Flanders
Liege
Brussels
St. Gudule
Cockerill
Hoboken
Antwerp
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Min Me Bee
Zvoaing
Uncle Dam
Wayne J. Wilson
Fred Hay
Route 4
Walter Ronald Hay
Amos Rawstern
Wolsey
Corp. EH
Rawstern
Sam
Babe
Mak
NID
Arce, Mllowyl
Nabisco
National Bissvit Company
Scuys
Beadle’ County
Bob Jones
Frankfort
Gin As
AL Vod Tien
Oun
Groun
al Dow
Cee
DERBY
Hickens Pov Uy
Wizdom
Fahmdale
van Camp
California
Botile
Red
Washington
Jonathans
Jersey
Armoury
Star Semmeree
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