Pacific Junction Service Flag Dedication Amid Storytelling
Pacific Junction held a service at M. B. church honoring a service flag amid a crowded evening. The program featured solos and a band, with two flags described, one for the boys with 36 stars and a small one for Miss Esther Rose the nurse. Local residents and many visitors were noted along with updates on staff resignations and staff movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. B
Jilly Medley
Muriel Johnson
Edith Carl
Margaret Corcoran
Dean Érica
Walker Ey
St. Clair Y
Roy Adams
Isle
F. Rand
St.lair
Esther Rose
Will Crook
Harvey Rimel
Hastings Boys Enlist in Naval Recruiting Station
Three Hastings youths Guy Christie Geo Hanson and Ray Kelley enlisted at Hed Wak last Saturday and were accepted for service. They returned to Red Quak to depart for the Great Lakes station with community good wishes. Hastings has long supported service with its men entering as volunteers or inductees and serving proudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Hastings Memorial and Decoration Services Held
The people of Hastings held memorial and decoration services last Sunday afternoon. At 3 p.m. Rev. Smith addressed a crowded church audience with a fine sermon. Afterward the graves of soldiers were decorated at the cemetery. Miss Alice Strother, Home Demonstration Agent, will lead a meeting June 1 at 7 30 p.m. in the K of P domestic science room. All interested ladies may attend. W D Clark and F J McMillan visited Hastings over Sunday from Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
Alice Strother
Domestic Science Room
K. of P
W. D. Clark
Omaha
F. J. McMillan
Local notes from Hastings and vicinity during wartime
The Hastings area reports visitors and residents with military ties at Camp Travis and Camp Dodge. Ralph Caven visits with grandparents in Presott while John Peterson serves at Camp Travis. Merle Clark becomes Purcell Grocery clerk replacing Peterson. Local trips include Miss Marjorie Snodgrass, and Marie McFarland visiting relatives in Strahan and Hastings. A new poultry market ad seeks eggs and hides. A Clark-Young family gathering honors Guy Christy enlisting at Red Oak, with death of Mrs Howard Hannah noted in Sidney. Mrs Parish travels from Casper to Hastings then Benton Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Caven
Preseott
John Peterson
Engineer Corps
Camp Travis
Marie McFarland
Strahan
W. B. Gaven
Floyd Frink
Omaha
Marjorie Snodgrass
Emerson
Hastings
Merle Clark
Purcell Grocery
H. B. Garrison
Frink
Marie Mitchell
Glenwood
T. R. Young
Malvern
Margaret Young
Wilma Shaw
Academy Department
Tabor College
Tex
Dodge
Our
Travis
Oscar Hertz
Fremont Loys
Eiverything
J .F. Cluistte
Guy
N &Avy
Red Oak
Great Lakes
Howard Hannah
Sidney
Blanchard
Mary Stockton
N. W. Collingland
Guy Christine
Local notes move through Ames area and nearby towns
Mrs J D Ironmonger and Miss Wolf spent Tuesday in Omaha visiting friends. Leonard Gilmore returns home from Ames. Red Cross drive report delayed to Monday. Sunday school picnic at Mrs Clarence Miller's. Miss Blanche Shields travels to Stanton to visit Miss Mildred Eekland. Charles D Lugsch and Fred Lugsch visiting with parents Dan Lugsch. Esther Stranathan returns from Wesleyan University Lincoln. Posey Staples enlists in Uncle Sam's service and is stationed at Ft Worth Texas. Beulah Hatcher visits Mechanicville friend Guy Kay. Assistant Game and Fish Warden Hall investigated an illegal hunter on East Botna. Grover Mickelwall Ed Marshall and E A Davis hosted a dinner party. Junior Christian Endeavor held an ice cream social. County extension agent Abe Stration guest of Miss Norma Agan. Prof C H Carter to Peru Nebraska summer school for post graduate study. Mrs Carter to stay with Clarence Miller's parents. Edwin Plimpton at government radio school in Lincoln with fifty others awaiting enlistment. Roy Duncan sets June 4 for excursion date to Lower Rio Grande Valley Texas with camera views.
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Mary Mullca
Plattsmouth
Clara DeLashmutt
J. A. Jungquist
Letish Martin
Omaha
T. H. Martin
Elsa Johnson
Johnson Home
Noah Johnson
Wayne
Neb
Dean Purcell
H. H. McCartney
Manhattan
Kan
James Shuffler
Company
France
Aviation Department
George Troth
Camp Cody
Robert Carlson
Lincoln
Fred Carlson
Agnes O'Neill
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joe
Wmn. O'Neill
Guy Hines
Supt. Wiseman
Wiseman
Bacon
Detroit
Great Lakes
Esther Stranathan
Wesleyan University of Lincoln
George
Posey
Staples
Uncle Saim
Ft. MenArthur
Waco
Tex
Beulah Hatcher
Mechaniceville
Mia
Guy Kay
Christian Church
Alice Strother
Our County
Norma
Agan
Reinbeck
C. H. Carter
Summer School of
Peru
State Normal College
Carter
Clarence Miller
Edwin Plimpton
Government
Roy Duncan
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Oispray Seebie
Deaths of H H McCartney and others in Kansas and Iowa
Obituary notes the death of H H Hank McCartney at Manhattan Kansas after a 26 year rail service career in Pacific Junction Iowa. Born 1845 in Walton County Illinois, he lived in Vilisca and Pacific Junction before moving to Manhattan. Funeral rites were held in Villisca. The column also reports the death of Alan Bertram Lindsyr, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsyz of Glenwood, with funeral by Elder Rouse and local neighbors assisting. Other local items describe family movements and social ties in Glenwood and Council Bluffs.
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H. H. McCartney
H. H
Hank) McCartney
Manhattan
Kaw
McCartney
Pacific Junction
Bin
Henry Arty McCartner
Walton County
Ill
Van
Monmouth College
Villisca
Misa Eva Childs
First National Bank
Mary Alice Cole
Kan
Masonic
I. O
Vil- Huca
K. P
Iowa
Harry Krittlebaugh
Chariton
Childs
A. B. Lindsyz
Alva
Neb
Glenwood
Alan Bertram
Alan Bertram Lindsyr
Alvo
Manuel
Frances
Lucile
Kathryn
Stark
Holbrook
Sarah Gun Selley
Council Bluffs
Marriages and a death mark Malvern notes
A Malvern area death is reported with funeral details at the late home under IOOP lodges. Separately, a May 22 wedding at the Mellor home joins Kath ryne Mellor to Lieut John Bergman Stoddart of Camp Dodge amid a military themed ceremony. Additional short notices cover Glenwood and Red Oak unions, plus a letter from Sergeant M E Bachman in Waco Texas praising home support for service members.
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George Mellor
Malvern
Kathryne
John Bergman Stoddart
Camp Dodge
William Moore
Presbyterian Church
Stoddart
Omaha
Lincoln
938Th Field Artillery
Pi Bata Phi
Tuient
Tribune
Liaut, Stoddart
Foreign Service
M, E, Bachman
One Hundred Percent Merits At Mureka School No 2
Mureka school No 2 in St. Mary township held a May 17 box social to aid the Red Cross and Thrift Stamp campaigns. Boxes netted 54 dollars, split evenly for Red Cross and War Savings Thrift Stamps. Miss Min der Bailey and pupils presented a strong program aided by Council Bluffs visitors Irene Bailey and Ngomi Hansen.
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Mureka School
St. Mary Township
Red Cross
Minder. Bailey
Council Bluffs
M. Irene Bailey
God
Ngomi Hansen
Visiting at Wayne Leaves Mixed Family Notes
Visit reports at Wayne mention Mr and Mrs Ralph McPheron and daughter Mies Hazel, and Mr and Mrs Bom Vinton with extended Vinton family. Details unclear due to incomplete text but indicates gatherings or greetings among local households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph McPheron
Mies
Hazel
Bom Vinton
Vinton
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