Pvt Owen Sutherland Tells Fun Enjoying Bob Hope Show
Private Owen Sutherland from Monticello describes letters from abroad as vital to Army morale. He recalls the Bob Hope show at the Navy base with Frances Langford, Tony Ramona, Patty Thomas, Jerry Colona, and Barney Bean. He notes a drainage fix at camp, views over the ocean, and a busy evening with supper and transport back to camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pet
Owen Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
Monticello
Sutherland
Navy
Ta Wee
Fob Hope
Frances Langford
Tony Ramona
Senge
Patty Thomas
Jerry Colona
Barney Bean
Gil
Niger
Serge
Bane
Tren Ferry Colona
Tob Hope
Shawan
Bob
Jerry
Patty
Local servicemen home leave and furloughs reported
Captain Benesh visits his Lovell family as part of a home leave. Additional notes list air personnel and engineers returning to base, furloughs granted to Boh tken, Cleon Lambert, Clayton Conley, and Ernest Bohtken, plus relatives visiting and travel plans for several other service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boh Tken
Ernest Bohtken
Camp Howse
Texas
Judith Ann
Anamosa
Lost 52 Lb Woman Seeks Help After Photo Fragments
Disjointed notes describe a 52 pound weight loss goal and a slender figure. Phrases reference Wells in FY and a May date, with unclear mentions of a person named Ayla and a plan involving medical or fashion terms.
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Wells
Tay
Cite
Webber Receives The Purple Heart In England Hospital
Mr and Mrs John T Webber announce their son JohnWebber has been awarded the Purple Heart and is recuperating in an English hospital from Normandy invasion injuries He is rapidly improving and able to walk again He was injured in the ear and suffered shrapnel wounds in Jer
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Webber
John
England
Normandy
Wise
First Meeting of Fall For C E S Schreiner Chayter
The first fall meeting of the Order of the Eastern Star at C E S Schreiner is scheduled for Monday evening September 4. The item notes various local social visits and family gatherings across Cedar Rapids Muscatine and nearby towns with many residents attending fairs and hosting relatives.
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C.E.S
Schreiner Chayter Order of the Eastern Star
Marion visitors and guests at local homes recount fair week
Grat Ralston from Marion visited the Frank Wright home Tuesday. Wrights hosted guests from Manchester and Cedar Rapids over the week, including Mrs. Char Clarence R. Hosford from Fort Dix, and Rep. Frank Shimanek’s circle with senators and families. Dur and Mrs O E York returned from Chicago after attending an A V M A convention. Other visits included James Thompson household guests from Masonville Buck Creek and Des Moines.
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Nelson Sullivan Wright
Manchester
Frank
Séene
Char
Raymond Kramer
Oxcard Junction
Frank Shimanek
Shimanek
Robert C. Reilly
William Moes
Prabugue
Kay Shimanek
Cedar Rapids
O. E. York
Chicago
Palmer House
James Thompson
Roger Baldwin
Masonville
Kathleen
Blanche
Gayle Thompson
Buck Creek
Weir and Burrichter Families Visit Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids residents Mr and Mrs Robert Weir vacation at Clear Lake. Their son Billy visits grandparents Mr and Mrs William Matthiessen and returns this weekend. Other guests include the Burrichters of Slater and their daughter and family, Ruggebergs of Lost Nation, and Sulzners of Olin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Weir
Cedar Rapids
Clear Lake
Billy
William J. Matthiessen
George Burrichter
Slater
Will Burrichter
Burrichter
Frank Ruggeberg
Social News Roundup From Monticello Area
Social notes recount visits and travels in Monticello and nearby towns as residents and relatives, including Jean Dearborn hosted by Anne Pdusanek, Mrs. Earl Aynerson heading to San Diego to join her aviation husband, and Eva Orcutt hearing of sister Mrs. Sam Fullerton’s death in South Dakota. Friends and family from Perry, Manchester, Collins, Anamosa, Cincinnati, Cedar Rapids, Marion, and other locales are listed with guests and journeys, plus former residents who attended the fair.
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Earl Aynerson
San Diego
Calif
Aviation
2/c
Leigh Clark
Eva Orcutt
Plankinton
S. D
Sam Fullerton
Fullerton
Elizabeth Schoenherr
Monticello
South Dakota
Ben Cotton
Cedar Rapids
Lyle McMullen
Marion
Leo Holub
Anamosa
Dick Sutherland Visits Grandfather in Cedar Falls
Dick Sutherland spends the week with his grandfather Fred Decker in Cedar Falls. Mrs. Eugene Chatoupka leaves Friday for two weeks with her husband in Denver Colorado where he works as a surgical technician at Fitzsimmons General hospital.
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Dick Sutherland
Fred Decker
Cedar Falls
Eugene Chatoupka
Denver
Colo
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
That City
Local residents host visits across Iowa towns
Judge and Mrs. J FE Heiserman of Anamosa spent Friday with friends. Mrs. Leslie Talbot and daughter Beverly of Iowa City visited last week with her mother Mrs. Bess Dickey. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rollf and daughter Gertrude of Maquoketa were guests Thursday in the Rollf home.
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Leonard Suchsland
Inianapolis
Ind
Albert Heiken
Manly
Willis Mastin
Eileen of
Perry
Charles Podhaski
George Waite
Nancy
George
Gilbert Marring
La-Vetta Perrine
Anamosa
J. H. Perrine
J. FE. Heiserman of
Leslie Talbot
Beverly
Iowa City
Bess Dickey
Charles Rollf
Gertrude of
Maquoketa
Cedar Rapids woman inter views farm women for Gazette feature
Gladys Shelley of Cedar Rapids attended the fair Thursday to interview farm women for a Gazette feature. Guests in the J. R. Barron home Wednesday included Mrs Harold Murphy, Mr and Mrs W E Barron, Grant Lyness, and Grace Smith of Ryan.
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D. R. Webb
Emil Jartosh
Cedar Rapids
Grant Stambaugh
Luther Howland
E. E. Stambaugh
Chicago
Stambaugh
Howland
Gladys Shelley
Gazette
J. R. Barron
Harold Murphy
Couple Returns From Escondido Visit With Soldier Overseas
Mrs. Donald Maire and daughter Georganne returned home from Escondido California where they had spent two months with Pfc. Donald Maire now overseas for duty. Mr. and Mrs. B J Parker and daughter Janice of New Vienna were weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Margaret Nickol.
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George LeVan
EY Reno, Okla
Chicago
L. W. Lovell
Donald Maire
Georganne
Escondido
Cali
Pfc
Donald Meire
Uty
B. J. Parker
Janice
New Vienna
Margaret Nickol
Smith Family Reunion Held in Delhi
The annual reunion took place Sunday in Delhi with a pot luck noon dinner. Attendees from Monticello included Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Cramer, Mr. and Mrs. Will Hiller, and Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Balster. F. C. Cramer was elected vice president for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith Family
Delhi
Monticello
F. C. Cramer
Will Hiller
L. F. Balster
Mrs Ray Adams Returns From Michigan City Visit
Mrs Ray Adams arrived Saturday morning after spending the week with daughter Ruth a laboratory and X ray technician in the Warren clinic in Michigan City Ind.
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Ray Adams
Michigan City
Ind
Ruth
Warren Clinic
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