Return to Midwest visits amid wartime nostalgia
A letter recounts former Hawkeye residents visiting LeMars Cherokee and Sioux City, with Marian Draper in Inglewood and Michael Draper in aircraft work. It notes D C Lenihan in North Hollywood, sisters Denise and Tom and Dennis in service, and Esther Edmonds plus Harrison siblings. February and August picnics paused for war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret
Jimmie) Edwards
Middle West
LeMars
Cherokee
Sioux City
Marian
Michael Draper
Inglewood
Draper
North Hollywood
D. C. Lenihan
Mary Denise
St. Charley Convent
Tom
Dennis
West Coast
Hawkeye State
Old Home Week Echoes From Anton Sartori's Visit
A LeMars booster, Anton Sartori, was praised for contesting the Challenger and awaiting his return from a trip, as family notes and local contacts are shared. The column covers brief visits and messages among townsfolk including Clyde Eastman, Mrs. Eastman, Robert Strubie, F J Starzl, and Francis from New York, along with a nursing update on Mrs. Dennler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Hdmonds
LeMars
Harrison
Daisy Harrison
Bill
Safeway
Walter J. Crown
Bernice Kaun
Bernice
Iowa
Anton Sartori
Biltmore Hotel
F. J. Starzl
Francis
New York
Associated Press Association
Draftee Pehler Returns as Acting Corporal in Army
Max Pehler arrived home from Fort Crook bearing official papers showing him an acting corporal with one man under his charge while former boss Henry Poeckes lies as a private. Pehler plans to give Poeckes his first orders as a corporal. Frank Braun discusses grasshopper discontent in South Dakota between Sioux Falls and Mitchell and notes grasshoppers backing the New Deal and demanding civil service fixes for youth groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Pehler
Fort Crook
Henry Poeckes
Pehler
Poeckes
Frank Braun
Plymouth County
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Mitchell
Braun
Family reunion and visits span region in sparse notes
A garbled local column lists numerous names and kinship ties as a family reunion honors Ed Kromrey and notes visitors from Grant County, Alton, Sioux City and Brunsville. Mentions Albert Penning, Henry, Judith, James, Clarence Collman and Berton, with summer work plans and relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley
Raymond Medth
Ed Kromrey
Raly Grant Chapman
Constance
Kelsie
Chapaern
Ly. Pas
Alton
Albert Penning
Henry Hi
Weir
Grant Toy
Denver
Cole
Sioux City
Jet
Ala Judith
James
Clarence Collman
Luane
And
Hartman
Brunsvile
Col Berton
Berton Rag
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Mars Globe-Post
R. F. Starzl
Aya
Keep Fit
Victory
Firestone
Kia
Roamer
Polaroid Sun ¢ Eastman G
Ike
Walter Hagen
Power Groove
Walagen
Tao Wein
Saunders
Coolair
Mresense
Roosevelt
IAL
Oilla Podrida
Anton J. Sartori
Alvarado
Los Angeles
John Howard Payne
Mebbe
Clyde Eastman
Pasadena
IE. E. Eastman
Mentor Street
Clyde
Wm. Guthrie
Spring Street
George F. Strubie
Kitty Henry
Robert Strubie
109Th Infantry
A.P.O
Camp Livingston
la. A
Bob
R. Dennler
Mr. Braun
Grasshoppers
Speci Leong Pata
Fray
Woodhouse Home
Ruptus
Droge
Uncle Sam
The
Iowa Dairy Industry Commission
Pat A
Renes
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