PFC Wilburn Durst Reported Killed in Action in Belgium
Pfc Wilburn Durst 26 son of Mr and Mrs Ben Durst and husband of Esther Kott listed by the War Department as killed in action somewhere in Belgium on January 18 1945. He served since March 1944 after time in Camp Blanding and overseas through France Germany and Belgium. He leaves a wife, parents, and a sister Myrtle Durst.
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Pfc
Wilburn Durst
Ben Durst
Esther Kott
Louis Kott
U. S. War Department
Belgium
San Antonio
Camp Blanding
Florida
Fredericksburg
France
Germany
Myrtle Durst
Fredericksburg High School
Gillespie County
Alfred McDougall
War Department
Tech
Herbert F. McDougall
Herbert
WW II Acknowledges Wounded Sons in France and Leyte
War Department informs Mr and Mrs Wesley Ellebracht their son Pvt Willie L Ellebracht was slightly wounded in action January 4 in France. Their other son S Sgt Eddie Ellebracht was wounded December 30 on Leyte Island and moved to a General Hospital in New Guinea.
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Wesley Ellebracht
War Department
Tvt
Willie L. Ellebracht
France
Willie
Eddie Ellebracht
Leyte Island
Eddie
General Hospital
New Guinea
Ovo
Tivydale Families Gather for Weekend Visits
Tivydale residents and relatives from San Antonio Fredericksburg Harper and White Oak met across multiple households. The notes list dozens of Klein Kunz Roeder and Jung families visiting, birthday greetings, and Valentine’s Day reflections alongside a promotion news item about Cpl. Thomas Jung in France.
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Johnny Smoot
San Antonio
Willie Klein
Emil Tatsch
Harper
Emil Fritz
William
James Fritz
Raymond Juenke
Bernice
Patricia Ann
Jake Roeder
Felix Kunz
Johnny Klein
Edgar Klein
Alfons Klein
Alfred Klein
White Oak
Raymond Islein
Frank Rischner
Edward Klein
J. Klein
Chas. Roeder
Fredericksburg
Emil Ressmann
Bertha
Elmon
Harry Klein
James Klein
Virginia Lee
Alfred Grona
Alfons Feller
Bill Schliesing
Elizabeth Ann
Chas. Klein
W. Klein
Raymond Klein
Henry Helmers
James L Armstrong
Mr. Klein
Werner Klein
Ed. Klein
Leroy Klein
Lawrence Klein
Edgar Juenke
T. Kunz
Agericksburg
Levi Kunz
Harvey
Albert Bernhard
Som
Gilbert Klein
Alfons Klein and Sons
Kenneth and
Clayton
Catholic Leaders Begin Three Month South American Goodwill Tour
Three prominent American churchmen Bishop J. H. Schlarman of Peoria Monsignor Joseph P. Morrison of Chicago and Monsignor L. G. Ligutti of Des Moines undertake a three month tour visiting bishops and religious houses across South America to offer scholarships for graduate work in social sciences at American Catholic universities and to recruit promising young farmers as lay rural missionaries. They will visit Colombia Ecuador Peru Chile Argentina Uruguay Brazil Trinidad and Jamaica.
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J. H. Schlarman
Peoria
Joseph P. Morrison
Holy Name Cathedral
Chicago
L. G. Ligutti
Des Manys
Iowa
South America
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Brazil
Trinidad
Jamaica
United States
Saint Valentine and the martyrs in early church history
The article explains there are three Saint Valentines in early martyr lists and focuses on a Rome priest named Valentine who aided persecuted Christians under Claudius I. He was arrested and beheaded around February 270 after refusing to deny Christ. It notes no real link to modern Valentine’s Day and mentions past legends about February 15 customs and name slips.
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Valentine
Rome
Claudius I
Christ
St Valentine
Lebrunta
Juno
England
France
Community Church Notes and Local Church Events
Church announcements list Mass times Stations of the Cross and World Day of Prayer schedule. Parish societies meet on specific Sundays. Local residents and military families attend services and visits, with notes on travel, baptisms, and choir rehearsals. A mix of Lutheran, Baptist, and union worship plans are outlined for February 18 and surrounding days.
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Socalis
D Seuss
WOAT
WEAA
Dalas
WPRC
Louste
Gabe
the Sacred Heart
KWKH
Shreveport
St. Anthony's
St. Ann's
Youth Sodality
Catholic Action
Confraternity
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Quemada
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Kerrville Hospital
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Federal Council of Churches
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Lutheran Churches of Germany
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Charles G. Worknuth
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Walter C. Probst
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Carrie Calentine
COVE
Malicawide Bible
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