Hopkinton Soldier Joins Hill Top Exercise with 44th Division
Army Pvt. Kenneth M. Bacon 21 son of Clarence M. Bacon of Hopkinton Iowa will move to Yakima Washington in May to take part in Exercise Hill Top with the 44th Infantry division. Bacon, a jeep driver in the division's Reconnaissance company, is stationed at Fort Lewis Washington and enlisted last October.
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Army
Kenneth M. Bacon
Clarence M. Bacon
Baconacres
Hopkinton
Iowa
Yakima (Wash
44Th Infantry
Bacon
Fort Lewis
Wash
44Th
Sawdust Lot and Lumber Mill Operations described
A newspaper sketch details a sawdust pile, waste handling, and a lumber mill run by Eby. It explains how sawdust is used as livestock bedding, fuel, or sold, and describes the mill’s two gasoline engines, a 50 inch main blade with a smaller upper blade, and the process of squaring logs into rectangular blocks with rollers, hocks, and a double edged trimmer for salvage pieces.
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Eby
Eby’s open saw mill keeps cutting through weather and snow
Eby and son operate a log sawing setup where custom cuts are common and priced per thousand feet. The carriage can preset thickness, and the business runs outdoors with little protection. Fresh wood must dry evenly to avoid warping, so nails are used after cutting to aid drying.
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Eby
Local Students Tour With College Choir
Elmhurst college men glee club members Harry Baumann and Art Burrich ter with director David Austin left April 23 for a tour of Eastern states. They performed in Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland, visited Washington DC without a schedule, played in Annapolis and spent April 28 in Virginia mountains before returning May 4. Art, on tour for his second year, is one of the baritone soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Baumann
Art Burrichter
Elmhurst College
Chicago
David Austin
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Maryland
Washington, D.C
Annapolis
Art
Nurses and Republicans Observe Regional Meetings
Miss Barbara Hoffman, a Cedar Rapids student nurse, spent two weeks with her parents the Hans Hoffmans before beginning three months of training at Independence. Mrs. Olin Howie joined Mrs. E Heiserman of Anamosa and Mrs. B Christiansen of Oxford Junction to attend the second district Republican Women's Council meeting in Dubuque on Wednesday.
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Barbara Hoffman
Cedar Rapids
Hans Hoffman
Independence
Olin Howie
E. Heiserman
Anamosa
B. Christiansen
Oxford Junction
Dubuque
Republican Women's Council
Sunday Evening Dinner Guests In Victor Richardson Home
Sunday evening visitors at the Victor Richardson house were Mr and Mrs Harv Daly from Waterloo.
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Victor Richardson
Harv Daly
Waterloo
Social callers visit Scotch Grove and Cedar Rapids homes
Sunday afternoon visitors, Mr and Mrs John Stiffler and daughters, with Mr and Mrs Martin Burrichter, called at the Jacob Leesekamp home in Scotch Grove. Sunday evening guests at the La Vern Eilers home included Mrs Mary Fairbanks and Mr and Mrs Elmer Aldrich of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bavis
Cedar Rapids
Paul Lumpa
John Stiffler
Martin Burrichter
Jacob Leesekamp
Scotch Grove
LaVern Eilers
Mary Fairbanks
Elmer Aldrich
Sunday Overnight Guests In Ralph Bone Home
Sunday overnight guests in the Ralph Bone home were Mrs. Donald Clayton of Hamburg, synodical secretary of membership, and Mrs. Frederick Marsh of Council Bluffs, synodical president of Presbyterian Women's Council.
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Ralph Bone
Donald Clayton
Hamburg
Frederick Marsh
Presbyterian Women's Council
Council Bluffs
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Henries Tavern
Cascade, Iowa
New Lumber Yard
Joe Featherston
C. R. Hosford
D.D.S
Iowa Electric
Monticello
Ralph Wilson
North Cedar Street
Monticello, Iowa
E. W. Brashaw
Baty
Chester A. Condit
General Insurance
Monticello, Towa
Ross Baty
Alvin K. Jones
Optometrist
Arthur G. Riedei
Langworthy, Iowa
Col
Ray Fluckiger
Les Linn
Louie Hanken
Electrolux Sales, Service and Supplies
Eugene Wink
6Th St
Glen A. Russell
Sycamore
Monticello Express
Jones County
Monticello, Iow
Devaney Funeral Home
Cascade
ED Cox
Alfred Egger
Monticello Impl
Jim Balliger
Albert Kray
Good Land Agricultural Chemicals, Inc
Dubuque, Iowa
Winthrop
West Union
U.S
del Husmann
del Mayberry
Wyoming
Morley
Ford Ford
Ford Tudor
Oldsmobile
Mercury
GMC
Freese Motors
Phosthet
Blayney
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