Soldier Boy Writes Home Folks a Letter
A Fort Benning correspondent from July 26 1942 describes Corporal Dean W Gaunt finishing NCO training at Camp Wolters and entering Officers Training School. He details rough travel through Texas Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Georgia heat and red clay soil. The letter also mentions another soldier Pvt Charles G O Neal moving to Fort Francis Warren Wyoming and local family news from Ira M Gaunt and relatives visiting Waukegan Illinois.
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Fort Benning
Corwin
Down In Dixie
Camp Wolters
Tex
Georgia
LeGrand
Chas. G. O’neal
Camp Fort Lewis
Wash
Fort Warren
Wyo
Cheyenne
Pvt
Charles G. O'Neal
U.S. Army
Q.M.T.R. Br
Fort Francis Warren
Local News Highlights From Marshalltown Area
Local items include visits among families in Marshalltown and nearby towns, births, travels, and a death. Notables mention Mrs. Billa Smith, Mrs. Rosa Richards, Mrs. Abbie Beane, Hazel O Neal, N J Heckendorn, Walter Coppock, Millard Dillman, Walter Kellogg’s son born Aug 2 1942, and Dr. A B DeLong’s death in Albuquerque. Fire ladders purchased for central access and Royal Neighbors meeting notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billa Smith
Marshalltown
Rosa Richards
Charles H. Beane
Marion Township
Abbie Beane
Hazel O'Neal
Des Moines
Corwin O'Neal
van Shope Sr
N. J. Heckendorn
Martha
Fort Royal
Walter Coppock
Whittier
Calif
Millard Dillman
Tommy Naig
Gamp -Walter
Tex
A. B. DeLong
Albuquerque
New Mexico
LeGrand
War Bonds Drive Promotes Freedom and Duty
Public service message urges men to back the war effort by buying War Bonds at 10 percent of each paycheck. The call emphasizes national sacrifice and home-front support in the fight for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Duane Kaisand
Gertrude Kaisand
Amidst the Trees by John A Stover
The poem expresses a speaker's affection for walking among trees in summer. It celebrates the beauty of trees the scent of blooms and the murmured song of leaves while reflecting on hopeful distant lands and spiritual solace found in nature.
August Garden Club Meeting at the Mertka Home
Le Grand Garden Club met at Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Mertka’s Quarry home with 21 in attendance. Members toured gardens and noted rare plants including night blooming iris and a pink rose. President Beane thanked for beautifying the town square public garden.
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le Grand Garden Club
Lewis Mertka
Quarry
Mertkas
B. H. Beane
Rosa Richards
C. B. Adair
Maxine
Wayne Beasley
Bird Calendar Mixed Winter Listings With Some Spring Dates
A dated bird calendar lists species such as Cardinal and Bluejay year round, with others like Robin and Meadowlark marked for early spring. Later a car theft and joyride incident is described, detailing Eric Erickson’s V8 disappearing from 9:30 to 6:30 and later found partly stripped in a ditch near Carlton church, with minor damage and missing tools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Erickson
Marshalltown
LeGrand Limestone Company
Waste Fat Salvage Drives National Fat Collection
The open ing of a national waste household fat collection program aims to supply glycerine for ammunition stores. Home makers are urged to save pan drippings and fat trimmings, strain away impurities, and deliver clean fat to weighing centers to receive four cents a pound. Local guidance asks early week submissions to ease weekend loads. Morale notes also report visits by Mrs. Waldo Norris and Mrs. J C MacGowan to Greeley and Cedar Falls before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waldo Norris
Greeley
Colo
J. C. MacGowan
Chicago
G. C. Ogier
J. A. Laurie
Cedar Falls
LeGrand Friends Church Announces August Events
Pastor Roy C. Thompson leads services with Sunday School at 10 and Worship at 11. Aug 9 features Arthold Latham speaking on C O camp experiences. Bangor Quarterly Meeting Aug 9 at 2 30 discusses the trip to Oskaloosa for the Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B
Arthold Latham
C. O
Bangor
Oskaloosa
LeGrand
Sunday Worship Services At Local Church
The notice lists service times for Rev. L. T. Hibbs and Christian Church Sarah Mi Piper. Sunday School at 10 a.m. with preaching at 11 a.m. Evening services at 7 30 p.m. A Wednesday prayer meeting is also scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor
Strand Lutheran Notes and Local Items in Dunbar
Sunday services at Strand Lutheran Dunbar with Sunday school at 10 and morning worship at 11. American reporter quotes a Russian soldier praising a jeep as Zam. WCTU meeting notes state 14 members. new officers elected including Vera Fredrickson president and Eunice Sawyer vice president. Mrs. Sloat led program. others contributed poems and readings. Mrs. George Nichol heads to Denver to visit relatives. Bird Calendar updates extend list to 50 common birds as public interest.
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John Pesk
Shope
Edna Beane
Marshalltown
Vera Fredrickson
Eunice Sawyer
Odie Perisho
Cora Hoover
Gertie Rylancer
Alice Sloat
Sloat
Sarah Piper
Lena Ogier
Wrs
Union Signal
News Bites From Iowa Towns And Counties
A roundup of small incidents and human interest items from Iowa communities. Mrs. Chris Tensen of Titonka, age 68, labors in a grain field for two hours daily over three days. Henry Risen escapes serious injury when a brick falls 70 feet near Iowa Falls. Draft-age youths receive free swimming lessons at Clarinda Legion pool. A truckload of eggs and chickens wrecks near Lamons. driver Oliver Carroll unharmed. Spare tires pooled by four Elkader men fund a Canada fishing trip. Anton Lindahl of Ogden finds a railroad spike in a signal cable and alerts officials. Four Parkersburg men ride a motor boat over Beaver Meadows dam with no injuries. Larry Vint of Rock Rapids delayed departure as a civilian flying instructor. farewell party held. Three-year-old Rachel McArthur suffers broken ribs and punctured lung when a tractor backs over her. E E Hull of Carlisle marks 56th wedding anniversary with 55 descendants. Dr. and Mrs. Weber of Bancroft return to find water flooding kitchen and basement. possible intruder suspected.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Texas
Corporal Dean W. Gaunt
Ira M. Gaunt
KE. H. Kyle
Waukegan
Lil
Gaunts
Ira
Royal Neighbors
Evenig
Nelie Sexton
Marshall-Tama
Betty Smaha
Ida Duncan
John A. Stover
Baltimore
Bnswa
Bkswa
LeGrand Friends Church
Roy C. Thompson
Sarah Mi. Piper
L. T. Hibbs
Strand
E. A. Bersagel
George Nichol
Denver
E. L. Powers
Jack Gaunt
Defense Gates Rubber Co
Gream
Christensen
Titonka
Henry Risen
Owa
Legion Swimming Pool
Clarinda
Lamens
Oliver Carroll
Emmetsburg
Melvin Glesne
Ralph Hoover
Merritt Hamilton
Robert Steber
Elkader
Canada
Anton Lindahl
Ogden
Pogden
Parkersburg
Frankie McDowell
Beaver Meadows Park
Larry Vint
Rock Rapids
Rachel
E. E. Hull
Carlisle
R. E. Weber
Bancroft
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