Soldier Boys Letters From Camp Mills and More News
Letters from Camp Mills and Camp Pike recount servicemen updates as many pursue discharge and homecoming. Warren Berry earns bravery decoration. Harry Beck moves to Guam. a Plattsmouth son killed in action. Nova Ward hopeful for release. Ray Baldwin to visit south before returning home. Frank Bowden at Camp Funston back from furlough. Mrs. Beck and others note family health and travel. Neb City editor Ben Mutendam dies with wife shortly after flu. Don McBride buys half interest in grain elevator. Fremont county soldiers vote in last election. Joe Zimmerman reports crop short year. Charles Henderson buys a new car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cy. Ward
Nova
Camp Mills
Faye Ebaugh
Camp Pike
Ark
L. R. Forsyth
Pike
Omsha
E. J. Beck
Warren Berry
Harry Beck
San Francisco
Guam Island
Asbury Jacks
Plattsmouth
Ray Baldwin
Baldwin
Camp Stanley
Texas
Frank Bowden
Camp Funston
Lone Chapel News Highlights Local Happenings
Farmers finish husking corn and mail carrier Dryden narrowly avoids a slide near Houts home. Residents attend Lone Chapel Sunday school and musical program. Visitors include Mrs. Reid of Canada and Mrs. Custer of Fremont. Meetings for Christian Endeavor and evangelistic services advertised for December 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Dryden
W. Houts
Albert Ward
Tennessee
Lene Chapel
Smith
Union School
Athen
Wm. Gubser
EB. Mapes
Chas. Zanker
Hamburg
Gus Nook
Locust Grove
Geo. Green
Madison Township
Ron Nook
Gus Lietz
Buikthe “Christian - Endeavor
Leo Louder
Grace Zuck
Frances Orr
Temple Reid
Canada
Custer
Fremont
Neb
E. B. Mapes
Claude Gubser
Frank Gubser
L. V. Houts
W. Zuck
Lone Chapel
Garret
Christian Endeavor Society
Fremont County Tops War Savings Stamps Total
Fremont County is credited with purchasing 338000 dollars in War Savings Stamps on December 1, placing the county over the top. An additional 20000 dollars bought outside the county adds to the official total.
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Fremont
Letters From Our Soldier Boys on November 11
Two wartime letters describe injuries and recovery in Cov BA 168th. Frank Butler writes from Paris about his appendix removal and his comrade Orvil’s wounds, praising his courage and leadership. He recalls leading his men over the top and predicts hospital passes and sights in Paris. He asks for news from home and mentions a Collier’s Weekly feature about their regiment.
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Cov BA
Orvil
Bid
Mure
Hava
Dad
Paris
Frank Butler
Des Moines
Collier’s Weekly
Trank Butler
Letters From Home From Roy M Rifirmore In France
Private Roy Mortimore of the U S Army Engineers in France writes to his parents Mr and Mrs N Mortimore. He notes receiving eleven letters and a Hamburg Reporter, mentions gas attacks and wearing gas masks for two hours. He reports some fellows were gassed and sent to hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy M.rtimore
U. S. Army
France
N. B. Mortinore
Hamburg
Fritz
Stolen Buick Body Reunites with Owner in Omaha
George Lusby recovered part of a Buick left in his garage over a year ago. The car’s body was found in an Omaha lot with engine and remaining gears from another vehicle. Tyus Stanton, who repaired the body, identified it by marks. The present owner bought it through a clearing house and could not locate the rest of the car. Lusby opted to drop the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lusby
Lusby
Omaha
Tiufus Stanton
Masons Elect Officers in Local Fraternal Meeting
The Masonic lodge held its annual officer election Tuesday evening naming A A Simons as W M O H Prather as W M B W Sykes as J W F L Ives as treasurer and O S Whetstone as secretary. A separate item notes a boy named Melvin Ward was run over by a car but escaped injury. Local arrivals and visits include Father O Donnell arriving to lead St Marys Church and multiple families visiting or returning home from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Masonic Order
A.A. ‘Simons
W. M. O- H. Prather
B. W. Sykes
J. W
F. L. Ives
Melvin
Jake Ward
Will Ramsey
Wedding Riot After Nebraska City Marriage
A newly married couple, Clayton Denter and Mrs. Maggie Mortimore, faced hostility from the bride’s son Lewis Mortimore at their home. Lewis, claiming to defend his mother, struck Denter with a neck yoke, injuring him. Denter was treated in Omaha and is improving slowly. Lewis surrendered to authorities in Rock Port and was bonded. Community sympathy largely supports Lewis, while noting Denter’s alleged conduct toward the bride’s mother. The notice includes church announcements for local services and a reading room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Denter
Maggie Mortimore
Nebraska City
Lewis Mortimore
Lewis
Deator
Omaha
Rock Port
Single Handed and House Size Reflections in a Print Shop
In a near tipping point week the print shop operates with one fewer hand as Mr. Johnson stays sick. Clarence Ingle Gilbert, born 1893 in Hawkins County Tennessee, died December 5 near Grange Hall at age 25 after a brief illness. He leaves a wife, parents, one brother and two sisters. A service was held at home led by Rev. John Zuck, with burial at Grange Hall cemetery. Ben Brower and wife move from Ames to Omaha, enabling him to return home more often as a traveling man based in Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
The
Republican
Clarence Ingle Gilbert
Grange Hall
Hawkins County
Tennessee
John ‘Zuck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sonia Beyschlag
Chas. Clayton
Sidney
Fremont County
Max Con
Mr. Conno
Leta Alberson
Ben Mutendam
Eliott Graphic
Mr. Muttendam
Twiner
Woodbine
E. A. Stevens
Don McBride
H. A. Noble
Mr. McBride
Iris Theater
Red Cross
Carroll H. Wright
T. Mitchell
R. F. Hickman
Carl Brown
Soldiera
Uncle Sam
Joe Zimmerman
Strang, Neb
Joe
Charles Henderson
America’s
Fred Anderson
Arkansas
America
Frank Breedlove
U.S
Pater
Father O'Donnell
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Tom Mitchell
Syracuse
George Engelkel
Mary Heckel
G. M. Heckel
Fred W. Hill
Robert Mitchell
Brentford
S. T. Mitchell
Mitchell
R. B. Blades
B. G. Franklin
Harlan
Iowa
Mrs. Fleet
Petty and
Church of Christ, Scientist
Woodman Building
West E Street
Ka. Im
God the Preserve of Man
Zion Evangelical Church
Th. Seybold
Methodist Episcopal ‘Church— Baptist Church
Hoge
Nebraska
B.Y.P.U
Shade Franklin
Ben Brower
Ames
Ben
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