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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1944
Page
5
The column chronicles Christmas furloughs and homecomings of service members including Cpl. Charles Wi Kiing, P-51 pilot Richard S. Christopher, and Lt. Ruth Vernar, alongside notes on family visits from William D. Buckner and others. It also reports on promotions and awards for several servicemen and mentions postwar plans and letters from overseas units.
The Empyrean Club members and several guests gathered at Mrs. Wint’s home on Wednesday afternoon. Assistant hostesses Mrs. Lande Stalin, Trai Suite, and A. Noble assisted. Guests enjoyed bodée and dainty refreshments after the art.
Postmaster General Wilken announces the introduction of Postal Notes as a new and inexpensive money transfer method. Denominations range from 2 cents to 10 dollars, with eleven noted deposits and a simplified sale and accounting process at post offices. Customers use the notes for convenient, fixed amounts, with minimal clerk involvement.
Miss Rowena L. Lorimer daughter of Mr and Mrs J G Lorimer and Sgt Paul E Bermett son of Mr and Mrs Harry Bennett plan marriage in Seattle on December 14 The bride works in government service and will be stationed with the army at Seattle Both are described as fine young people loved by many and wished well by all.
The United Service Mothers will meet Friday at the home of Merv Cart Athen for an afternoon gathering with a luncheon. Attendees are asked to come prepared for a charity workshop, including making bedeida ball slippers and other items for the hornitaln.
A garbled OCR fragment references F A Reves and a vague phrase about a weak, ineffective vacation in a male context. Details are unclear but hints at a political or personal note. Further readable text needed to establish concrete facts or entities.
A garbled weekly notice promotes films and talent at the Colonial. It highlights The Second Feature Wack London with Michael OShea and Suzan Hayward, a sensational Japanese camp evaluation reel, and a schedule of short subjects, music by Woody Herman, and upcoming acts including Leslie Howard and David Niven in Spitfire. Also mentions a Merchants Trade Show on Wednesday and a two reel comedy finale.
Firefighters battled a fourth blaze of a series after a weekly meeting when a small fire erupted near the I.Curoming meat market. Earlier roof fires damaged the Carl McSpadden and A. L. Gill homes with minor damage and quick control.
The fragment notes the interstate nursery cataloging shelved this week and work began on the mall jink. It claims this year’s catalog is the finest ever and the few concert releases are minimal, with 14 remaining as the only standing nursery catalogue in the country. Mina Varrie Penyp of Watson spends Christmas with her mother, Mrs. Gea Propp.
A list of patients admitted to Himburg Hospital with medical care needs and several undergoing appendectomies and tonsillectomies. Names include Aden Hol, Mrs. Sinan Morente, Trorald Ballinger, Mrs. Jenny Abbott, Terry Garreans, Toy Kish, Leuta Faye Melton, Edgar Britain, Hazman, Dennis Doty, Willian, Tan Younes Wrant, Mrs. Kenneth Story, and Bernard and Robert Keone. Admissions span December with several procedures noted.
Mian Los Ella Garratt and Exnent Raymond Higgens Fee wed on March 24 in Hinwathe Kaw Milo Crown officiated with only the couple’s parents present. They honeymoon in Wh ennai. bride from Madison township attended Sedgwick and Farragut schools. groom a Navy veteran and former Garrett farm worker. Friends extend congratulations.
Alnert Nahkunat, longtime holder of the Hoyt Home Farm, purchased the place from Av Hy Neh funat, confirming the farm has long been in the family. Miller was to arrive Monday to spend Christmas with Mia, Mere, Mapley, and family.
Mrs Lulu James wills the interest of a trust to fund library purchases for Hamburg Public Library with a focus on reference books for students and adults. Frank Bylinger contributes outright funds for special book acquisitions. Clement Ritay leaves money to aid smaller libraries, the state selecting the Torra institution. Memorial gifts honor Mary Stoner and Eugene Ickt, supporting library services and reading room use.
Mina Frances Eather Fanta and Aneeple Whetstone united in marriage in the Little Brown Church on December 7. The ceremony featured a double ring and a reception at home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Evinger. The bride is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hanna of Kansas City. The groom is son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Whetstone of Fifth Place. The couple spent the holidays with his parents and war ration notes mention monthly payments and compound discounts. The ceremony concluded with the couple's return to Waterloo for a dinner at home of Mr. and Mrs. B. 20. damnr.
Miss Lou Etta Garrett and Ere west Raymord Jiggens of the Navy married secretly on March 24 in Hiawatha Kansas. A wedding shower followed at the Garrett home with a U S Navy decorated cake. Neighbors and friends attended as families shared sandwiches and coffee.
A Fremont County program led by the County Medical Society and Tuberculosis Association, with state and federal support, conducted mass X ray screening and tuberculin skin testing. Of 394 histories taken, 92 consented visits, 23 positive reactions, 69 negatives, and 81 negative X rays were reported, with 33 cases of the infection type identified.
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