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Newspaper
Midlothian Messenger
Location
Midlothian, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1943
Page
8
A jumble of wartime missives and notices lists soldiers at home and abroad. It mentions birthdays anniversaries and farewells plus Pvt Thomas Mostyn Lt Eddie Miloslovits and others on maneuvers in Bend Oregon and Beemertown Washington, with hospital and homefront updates and a ship assignment wait.
In Crestwood a storm sewer drain will channel flood water into the Crawford ditch to relieve southeast village flooding. Two acting trustees Earl Van Gorder and Fred Holm were appointed to replace John Scrol. Stark moved away and Scrol could not attend meetings. The annual appropriation and tax levy were approved.
Mrs Gilbert Myers of Hi5 W FAZER hosted an open house for daughter and husband Cpl. and Aux. T. Royce Ramsey who are home on furloughs from military camp after a brief honeymoon. Aux Ramsey is at Fort Muir Virginia and her husband has served thirteen months in the army with desert maneuvers in California. About sixty persons attended.
A fragment notes Pvt Tommy Hiesman arriving home on furlough from Drew Sanna last Friday, with brief, unclear remarks about his status and a night at an unspecified location.
Damaged text fragment shows scattered team abbreviations and scores, with references to Harvey West and Pree A, suggesting a clipped game summary or note about a match or standings. Names, places, and dates are incomplete or garbled.
A fragment lists Mrs Hildur Kennetth and Mrs Dorothy Thompson as characters, with a mention of a Mrs My ers' daughter. The snippet resembles a theater or society scene with unclear context and missing surrounding text.
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