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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1944
Page
2
Paratrooper Pvt. William FitzSimons writes from Ireland expressing surprise at the country and adapting to Irish life. He notes rationing, good farm land, Red Cross activities, mail delays, and longing to return home. He asks about Monticello basketball and mentions his brother Al in England.
Private first class Earl J Null receives a letter from Captain Gene Craven in North Africa. The note mentions Sgt Adrian Van Steenbergen and Captain Wayne Fraizer with praise for Company I in the division. Also references decorations for Sgt Garthwaite Sgt Downes and Lt Fraizer.
Captain Hugh F. Jacobs of EF Company 138th Infantry writes Lloyd Meyer’s father after months apart. He praises Lloyd’s health and cheerfulness, notes no combat hardship faced by the unit, and expresses pride in Lloyd’s character and usefulness to the outfit.
Brief items record multiple servicemen leaving for Camp Stoneman Farragut and Riverside duties, furloughed visits to relatives in Dubuque and Cedar Rapids, and nearby family news. Includes local social visits by Lt. Gertrude Eggers and Lt. L J Bohlken, birth of Jon Timothy Weidman, and community notices from Monticello Eastern Stars.
Mr and Mrs Herman Ohe of Dundee visited Mrs Henry Ohe Sr. on Saturday. They were called to Anamosa by the sudden death of Mrs Ohes father Warner Heiken.
Mrs. R. S. Thompson of Cedar Rapids spent a weekend visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. George Timmins.
Local churches led by pastors Grossheim Dalrymple Lorenz McMichael Thalacker Adix Gutknecht Kehren Tendick outline Sunday worship hours church schools and activities. Events include World Day of Prayer, Congo club, confirmation classes and Lenten series Life after Death with sermons and youth meetings.
Paige Smith spent the weekend with relatives at Ackley, according to local social notes.
Mr and Mrs Henry Harrs announce the birth of a son named William Paul born Sunday morning February 18 at John McDonald hospital. He weighed eight pounds thirteen ounces at birth.
Mr and Mrs Jack Bud welcomed their son James Richard at John McDonald hospital on Sunday February 18. The newborn weighed six pounds and fifteen ounces. The Bud family now has three sons and is adjusting to the new arrival. Bud Oltman was visiting a friend in Dubuque.
Mildred Deischer spent Thursday and Friday visiting friends in Cedar Rapids during her local trip.
Sgt. Vernon Waldron of Camp Ellis Indiana spent Saturday and Sunday visiting his wife at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Hein.
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