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Monticello Express

Location

Monticello, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 15, 1945

Page

6

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.

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.

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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