Local and Personal Notes From Oskaloosa Area
Carl Hamilton traveled to Oskaloosa on a business trip last Friday. Miss Ethel Ryan left Friday morning to resume duties at Coecols. Peter McDonald went to Gif fd last Thursday to visit daughter Mrs Ed Lepley. Mrs J K Bowman of Marshall has been visiting the past week with daughter Mrs George Cow. Mr R J Reed and son Robert left for Des Moines for an extended visit. Mary Hayden and George Shaner went Friday to visit Mrs Hayden's sister Mrs Sam Shaner afflicted with paralysis. Fern Miller and others left last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Hamilton
Oskaloosa
Ethel Ryan
Coecol
S. Peter McDonald
Ed Lepley
J. K. Bowman
Marshall
George Cow
Mary Hayden
and George Shaner
Robert
Hayden
Sam Shaner
Piles Doctor to Visit Eldora Wednesday November 6
Mrs Leda Quigley and Bert St John spent Sunday in Marshalltown. Dr Wil bert Shallenberger, Chicago specialist, will visit Eldora at Hotel Winchester on Wednesday November 6 to treat piles and rectal and intestinal issues. Endorsed cures include Thomas Markey, J G Elliott, R J Francis, H R Holmes, H F Klemp, H M Scott, H C Whitney, Henry Gibbs, George Frese, J D Mann, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leda Quigley
Bert St John
Marshalltown
Wilbert Shallenberger
Chicago
Eldora
Hotel Winchester
Thomas Markey
J. G. Elliott
Liscomb
R. J. Francis
Fairbank
J. L. Haigh
Hopkington
H. R. Holmes
United States Military Personnel List of Draftees and Roles
A dense roster lists numerous individuals categorized by service branches and units including Navy Marines Aviation Dental Reserves Field Artillery Coast Artillery Engineers Hospital Corps and more. It names officers lieutenants and enlisted personnel reflecting a broad wartime manpower pool and ongoing organizational structure.
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Navy
Edward J. Schultz
Frank Fox
Edwin P. Hayward
Leo Sprain Burr Ayers
Harold Strother
E. L. Kool Willibach
Albert Webster
G. Forster Brown
Frank J. Schultz
Ray Nazor
Emil Briel Harry D. Megan Marines
W. H. Doud
Gilman Wisner
Karl Diller
Alva Bush
Albert H. Rudolph
Harold Grey
Wm. G. Whitney
Stanley Ewing
Nelson R. Ellsworth
L. V. Feike
Field Artillery
Chas. D. Beck
Harry B. Moser
H. W. Lansing
I. J. Houghton Howard Rubendall
Frank Ryals
John King Ray Swaim _ Earl L. Allen Vern Cable Coast Artillery
Paul Whitney Ebert Miller
Elvin Ryan
H. W. Runke
Robert Burns
Carl Berninghausen
George Fagg
Emil Runke
John D. Bates
Perry J. Wilson
Reginald Elliott Maitland Smallpage
Harold D. Nelson
George Diehl
Dean W. Peisen Fay W. Wilson
Ames Mechanics— Herman. Tietz Benjamin H. Walker
Virgil Brownell
Engineers
Frank Petty Lee D. Whitney Raymond H. Rudolph
John R. Maher
Walter Wehrman
Herbert Lynn
Glenn Sheldon
Hospital Corps
Frank W. Rosire Everett Thorne
Fred BE. Brown
Lee L. Tyler
Rew McFarland
M. Dale Wilcox Medical Corps
D. M. Nyquist
Harry W. Trevarthan
BE. W. Arbogast
Morris K. Frisbie
D. O. King
J. R. Winnett
Radio
Donald Lewis
Chemical Warfare Service
Gustave H
Trench Mortar Battery Names and Assignments
United States unit roster lists Chas H Pieters depot brigade and 20 others including Harry Pagel Clarence Hollied Priske W Moore Rosburg August Person Barnes Crane Guello Bundy Oliver Myer Megan McDonald Teske Teske Sheldon Ellsworth Payne Bonner with several unassigned personnel in the wartime muster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Trench Mortar Battery
Chas. H. Pieters
Harry Pagel
Clarence E. Hollied
Priske
Wm. D. Moore
Roy W. Rosburg
J. August Person
Guy Barnes
Richard D. Crane
Adelbert Guello
James Bundy
John, Oliver
George H. Myer William Megan Earl K. McDonald
Benjamin Teske
George O. Teske
Thomas G. Sheldon
Fred R. Ellsworth
Frank Payne
George Bonner
Eldora Honor Roll Names List
Eldora area war honor roll lists service personnel by unit and name. Included are Infantry cohorts with Harold Ibach Chas Merrick Ilo Tower and many others across Marine Corps Ordnance Medical and Red Cross sections, reflecting diverse roles from bakers to musicians and signal corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Ibach
Chas
Merrick
Ilo T. Tower
Harold Race Martin W. Dunn
Frank H. Smith
H. F, Greer
Fred Wehrman Howard Jensen
Dr. E. P. Roberts
Hawley Carr
Henry M. Tyler Glenn F. Whorrall
Aurelius F. Debe
Chas. A. Mosson Infantry
Homer L. Cowell
Howard ‘Wilder
Sylvester Tyler
Curtis DeGroff
Ernest. C. Reece
P. A. Williamson
Frank Kennedy
Gilbert G. McCoy
Quartermaster Corps
E. Howell
Eyara
Chas. F. Ibach
Baker
Jerry Protheroe
H. Brownell
Marine Corps
Owen Megan Carroll
Crockett
Ordnance Department
Franz Feiker
Field Artillery
Paul Teske
Albert A. Brown
Robert Peisen
Ralph B. Speers
Raymond Speers
Medical Department
William D. Welch
Frank E. Doane
GC. C. Wakeling
Elmer F. Lamer
Influenza Toll Grows in Honey Creek Area
Local notes report multiple Honey Creek families stricken by influenza with most recovering. Visits span Eldora to New Providence and Union with relatives, plus a newborn baby girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rash of Fairview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Townsend
Eldora
Blanche Johnson
Shire
Honey Creek
Jerry Haines
Lawn Hill
Charles Wood
New Providence
Idaho
Howard Rash
Fairview
Notice to Sunday School Workers in Radcliffe Iowa
County Sunday school convention at Union last spring elected D H Nylander as secretary treasurer. Since he left for military service a vacancy is filled by 8 W Ruemper of Radcliffe to handle correspondence and funds. Subscriptions to be paid to the new secretary treasurer. County President A I Gonklin thanks workers and asks continued cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
D. H. Nylander
County Association
Sam
W. Ruemper
Radcliffe
A. I. Gonklin
Iowa
Hubbard Visitor Chas Merrill in Town Last Friday
Chas Merrill of Hubbard visited town last Friday for an informal call and social visit, according to local reports from the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Merrill of
Hubbard
Hardin County War Conservation Drive Appeals Citizens
A county committee chairman urges Hardin County to join a national wartime conservation campaign. He asks all residents, including youths, to collect fats, junk, paper, rags, and bones, conserve fuel and grain, and support liberty loans. He cites local cooperation with township boards and junk dealers, noting a need to conserve despite peace rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardin County
National Committee On Prisons and
County Committee
United States
Iowa Falls
Radcliffe Lifts Quarantine and School Opens After outbreak
Quarantine in Radcliffe was lifted Saturday and school began Monday. Churches held their usual services Sunday. Bardonus Hegland and wife learned Saturday of son Leonard's death from pneumonia in France after he joined a contingent from Eldora in late July. Ed Steinmetz, in the navy on the Florida coast, is home on a 30 day furlough visiting friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliffe
Bardonus Hegland
Leonard
France
Eldora
Ed Steinmetz
Navy
Florida
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W. G. Leslie & Co
Eldora, Iowa
Optometrists
R. J. Reed
Des Moines
Tis
J. W.en
Duluth
SELZ
James L. Brown
Oas
the Ledger
Paul H. Whitney
Eldora’s
Robert Meries Joseph M. Tyler
E. R. Guitar
Ernest E. Lawrence Lee Davis
Lee C. Eckles
Herman Zilske Cyrus T. Brown
S. M. Huffman
Harvey E. Crosser
Lloyd K. Hall
Joseph B. Diedrich
Earl R. Johnson
Earl Stewart
William A. Roll L. C. Rutzen
Omer
QO. Lundy
Marvin J. Delk
Mike J. Priske
Ben-Schueler
Andy Vetter
E. L. Montgomery
Herbert Thorne
Kenneth Tansey
Missouri
Noah Settle
George Fowler
Chapin
John
Ida Jordan
Maud Hinshaw
Rash
Dally
Huffman & Son
EE. A. Aall
Willard
Eldora Motor Co
Robb
Steve Panagopoulos
Fats
Eldora Rendering Co
Devries & Nissen
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