Wyoming Veteran Ralph Betz Recalls Life as Jap Prisoner
Ralph Betz, a Wyoming veteran, spoke to a large audience about his capture on Guam in 1941 and his experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. He and his wife visited family in Wyoming as locals note library hours and community activities.
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Ralph Betz
Wyoming
Wyoming Schools
Mr. Betz
Guam
Anderson
Paul Anderson
Navy Department
Oliver Anderson
Navy
Walton D. E
Yellow Sea
Evansville
Ind
Petersen
Set
Martin Petersen
Ed Luke
Set. Petersen
Arnold Lazare
SM 2
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Emil Jansen
Edward
San Diego
E. N. Stoffel
Calif
John Hansen
W. E. Edwards
Frank
Edwards
Omaha
Neb
Williams
Cordova
Frank Edwards
Leon Coleman
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
George Topping
Springville
Jennie McDonald
Washta
Klaude Dick
Jd. L. McDonald
St. Petersburg
Fla
Don Gerdes
Tampa
Vaughn Lindsey
Cedar Rapids
J. S. Parr
Hawthorne Club
E. G. Steinman
L. M. Sherrill
Steinman
W. B. Brown
John Holub
L. M. Koch
Hans Ketelsen
C. A. Reade
Onslow
C.T.T. Club of
Janet Waite
Cedar Falls
Waterloo
Mary Louise Wellman
Chicago
Scotch Grove Group Hears Talk On China
Scotch Grove gatherings centered on a China talk by Carl Stahlberg with Mrs. Hazel Bohlken and Mrs. L A Oltman presenting portions. Attendees from Scotch Grove included Harm J Dirks and many local families. The Oak Drive Community club met for a Racial Problems talk by R A Naylor with a Christmas planning note and gift exchange. A miscellaneous shower honored Ellen Bohlken, and interment for Mrs. Frank McKean was held in Scotch Grove cemetery. A Monticello-Anamosa game, church events, and 4 H activities filled the week with various attendees and plans.
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Carl Stahlberg
Hazel Bohlken
L. A. Oltman
Scotch Grove
Center Junction
Harm J, Dirks
August Schrader
Emil Paulsen
W. B. Clark
Dale Ladehoff
Paul Paulsen
Harry Paulsen
John Otten
Joyce
Mary Ann Otten
Esther Sinclair
Louis Hanken
Sala Streets
Walter Eby
R. H. Oltmans
Oak Drive
Naylor
Floyd Sinclair
Ed Meier
Robert Schoon
Amber
Raymond Eby
Monticello
Fred Hanken
Ellen Bohlken
Will Hanken
Hanken
Leonard Bader
Harm Dirks
George Dirks
Leroy Dirks
B. D. Heiken
R. P. Young
Paul Jacobs
Thelma Christiansen
Frank McKean
Fergus Falls
Minn
Frank Kiburz
George
Kuehl
Anamosa
Farm Bureau Program
Henry Rickels
Ruth Clark
Colesbury
Cedar Rapids
Christian Endeavor Group
Henry Oltman
Jeanette
Clinton
Cee-Cornell
May Himebaugh
Frank Sutherland
Presbyterian Church
Arthur Lincoln
Roscoe Lincoln
Wyoming
Carl Husman
Ernest Anderson
Duane
Donna
H. J. Dirks
Presbyterian Aid Society
Donald Sutherland
Sutherland
China
Willow Run
Rena Kettlitz
L. A. Iverson
Donald Clark
Carol
George Moats
Cornelius Steck
R. P. Clark
Henry Adams
Judy Johnson
Chris Bohlken
Scotch Grove Women's Community Club
Frank Royden
George Bohlken
Mra
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Wyoming Community Library
Hawthorne
Progressive
H. Groening
Library Board
Lyle Jenkins
Irene Beck
Thomas Eichhorn
Sandra
Jenkins
J. L. MecQuilken
Melvin Sievers
Sievers
Clarence Rotert
Cincinnati
Ohio
Minnie Lewis
John McDonald ‘Hospital
Don Boquist
Vic Kleineck
C. W. McMahon
H.S. Boudinto
Davenport
Mabel Streeper
W. E. Foy
Rose Matthiessen
Viola
Herbert Leeper
Alfred Leeper
B. W. Thompsen
Fred Rosenbom
Carstensen
Lewis Petersen
Linn-Jones County
Gee Rapids
Saturay
Diana Fret Club
BE. F. Rohwedder
Leota Wherry
Robert Alden
Howard Day
John Urban
Clayton Sherrill
Urban
Farm Bureau Library Fund
Madison Township Farm Bureau
Harvey Manuel
John
Jane Westphal
Frank Zamastil
Eganhouse
Peter Eichhorn
Pleasant Ridge Club
Monmouth
C. B. Jessen
Farm Bureau
Iowa State College
Lyle Hompkins
Thomas Broderson
Progressive Club
Elmer Buckingham
Louis Kouba
Miss Wherry
Buckingham
Irene Brownell
Peter Sievers
W. J. Beckwith
Scotch Grove Group
Entertain Oak Drive Club
Ed Zirkelbach
C. P. Abbott
Mechanicsville
George Kuhl
McDonald Hospital
Norbert
Rialto Kuehl
Elkader
Jones
Smith
Farmers Lumber & Supply Co
General Electric
Clark Bros. Tire and Battery Service
Monticello, Iowa
Wilson & Company
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1St Street
Iowa
Witlerd
Kay
Jones County
Rawleigh
FE. A. Place
City of
Monticello City
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Valve Gaines
VALE
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Maire
Matthiessen