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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
2
A fragmented wartime record notes service members with brief mentions of assignments and status. Cpl Bert Losp, Sgt. Raymond Ebr, and others are listed in terse lines referring to Army Air Field, Headquarters Battalion 44, Group AAA, and transfers to Mississippi and Kentucky.
Army telegrams and local notes report Capt Samuel Schuetz serving in Africa with wartime duties and updates on comrades, barracks life, and home front mentions. Includes notes on Lt Elizabeth Robinson, changes of address for service members, and promotions.
Tech. Sergeant Charles Eby writes from Northern Ireland about drill days and meals on base. He notes cheap coffee, rationed coal, chilly nights, peat fuel, and local travel to Londonderry and Port Rush. He recalls meeting sailors, sees a Red Cross register, and mentions newspapers and Port Rush beauty.
Tuberculosis associations of Iowa urge civilians to follow military health habits and x ray screening to detect TB before symptoms. The item lists a string of social visits from families including Adams Pillard Steiner Wilson Loomis Garner and others in Monticello Cedar Rapids and Anamosa with relatives and outings noted over a weekend.
Mrs Robert Stott of Cedar Rapids visited Monticello relatives while Mr and Mrs Henry Fedderson of Clarence stayed with Mr and Mrs Uarry Matthiessen over the weekend. Mary Lou Luett of Ames and other relatives shared family scenes across town as guests returned home. John Paul Smith graduated in Anamosa while J H Perrine attended the exercises beside his grandson.
Mr and Mrs Reuben Leggett hosted relatives including H Fadley Onslow and Lillian Leggett from Monticello with John Leggett. Visits also involved Mrs Earl Aynerson returning to her parents in town and other relatives hosting. Mr and Mrs Eldon Rohn Cedar Rapids stayed with Jennie Rohn. Armin Tendick Baxter visited Irma and left for Pearl City. Pvt Robert Balster Camp Elis spent weekend with R H Balster and Delphia. Benjamin Thomas and Carol Lynne Klaus from Manchester joined Mrs Frank Podhaski’s for a Saturday visit.
Mildred Deischer visits with Mr. and Mrs. George Helsey in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Shall of Waterloo spend Mother's Day with Mrs. Shall’s parents, the Fred Lehman family. Delores Yossi of Cedar Rapids stays with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jacque and attends a Sacred Heart church recital.
St and Mrs R A Naylor Jr of Riverside California are visiting at the R A Naylor home in Scotch Grove.
Mrs Clyde Clough and her daughter from Dubuque are visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Adamson. Miss Catherine O Rourke of Dubuque who had spent a month with her sister Mrs Mayme Burrichter left for home Thursday. Mrs Burrichter accompanied her and stayed until Saturday.
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