Many Service Men On Leave Visiting in Hopkinton Homes
Hopkinton residents host several visiting service members on furloughs from naval and Marine postings. cadets Thomas Dunlap and William Lux, plus others, spend days with families as Rev. Morrow receives a new posting and local weddings and anniversaries mark community life amid wartime appearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hopkinton
Gearhart
Charles Gearhart
Monticello
Mary Keller
Chicago
J. R. Boots
Spring Valley, Minn
Monday Storm Impacts Castle Grove Farmers and Residents
A Monday morning storm knocked out electric lines stranding milking operations for local farmers. Flooding turned corn fields to lakes while lightning killed several livestock and damaged equipment. Community members report illness and passing of residents with local visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Grove
C. A. McLaughlin
Ames
Norma Hintz
Dale Adams
Monticello
Kenneth Howie
Lyle Hosford
Herman Egger
Sand Spring
E. F. Eileen
John McDonald Hospital
Will Hiller
H. A. Deischer
Eda van Buren
Tipton
L. F. Balster
Patrick C. McEnany
Ryan
Farmers Mutual
Paul Kremer
Central City
Ivan Wilson
Delhi
Donald Bronemann
Ed Offerman
Coggan
John Benesh
A. J. Beranek
Prairieburg
Howard de- Shaw
Hopkinton
Marshall Noble
Houston
Texas
William Luck
Private Foresters Manage Forest Lands and Products
About 900 foresters are on the payroll of the private forest industries. More than 700 supervise management of forest lands while the remainder engage in the manufacture of forest products.
Business Men Called to Support War Effort on Farms
County Extension Director C B Jessen appeals to business and professional men to volunteer for farm work this summer. The Twilight Harvest League aims to organize teams to hay, shock, harvest and can crops to save food and aid victory. OPA to provide extra gas for essential transport as towns form volunteer crews and report hours to farm labor centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Jessen
Eisenhower
Iowa
OPA
Kittens Forbidden On Bus Trip In Indianola Visit
Judy and Donna Devore of Des Moines visited Indianola on a bus trip to Lacona. The sisters planned to take their kitten but bus officials vetoed the idea and left the animal in the care of a boy at the bus station who promised to care for it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy
Donna Devore
Des Moines
Indianola
Lacona
Iowa Plans Free Penicillin Distribution for VD Treatment
The Iowa state health department announced statewide free distribution of penicillin to registered physicians for sulfa resistant gonorrhea and early infectious syphilis. It will supply a monthly allotment until exhausted with reporting requirements and limits on advanced syphilis cases. A hospitalization period of eight days for syphilis and shorter for gonorrhea is advised during treatment. The plan mirrors Connecticuts program and continues the existing ars enicals distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
State Health Department
Walter L. Biering
Iowa
Connecticut
Bierring
Bieeing
Letter Returns to Sender After 30 Months Journey
A bank draft addressed to Helen M. Boosalis, mailed in Niota Laconia Greece on February 8 1941, was returned to Nick Boosalis of Denison. Stamps show Atlantic Clipper planned a leg of the journey but the note reads Service Suspended Return to Sender. The letter spent 30 months in transit with little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen M. Boosalis
Niota
Laconia
Greece
Nick Boosalis
Denison
Atlantic Clipper
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Monticello Hospital
J. J. Dunlap
Howard Reeder
Wilmette
Ill
Elizabeth McAllister
Joan Morgan
Cedar Rapids
P. R. Wheeless
George Wolmutt
Anamosa
Harold Walmutt
James Supple
Dubuque
Jule Gavin
Harold McCormick
Manchester
Meridian
Miss
James Kehoe
Junior Fox
Orchard
Ray Supple
Paul Winans
David Lee
Irvin Wiltsie
Lamont
Kenneth Mickle
Duluth
Minn
Campbell-Hooper
Helen Reeder
James Porter
Los Angeles
Calif
Roosevelt Hotel
William Dennison
Dennison
J. Howard Porter
Bakersfield
Paul Porter
Waterloo
Greeley
Harlan Appleby and Son
Kenneth Boots and Son
Sasabe
Ariz
B. A. Moore
Ana‘mosa
G. Gearhart
Springville
N. A. Gearhart
H. M. Reeve
Harvey Willard
Hopkington
E. E. Lightfoot
Willard
J. D. Armstrong Company
Lily Miller
Ada
Omaha
Neb
Federal Deposit Inaurance Corporation
Farm Bureau
V. D
America
U. S. Treasury
Treasury Department and
War Advertising Council
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