Local social notes from Centerville and Des Moines visitors
Miss Francis Copeland spent Saturday in Centerville while Miss Gail Sherrard visited there. Des Moines residents Verigene Clester and Mrs. Lester Brain with Mrs. Von Tracy were in town or visiting Friday. Robert Bergeson, grandson of Dr. and Mrs. R. J. Atkins, also spent the weekend here. Debts Collected ad from R. C. Valentine Co notes experience and contact Marshalltown Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Copeland
Centerville
Gail Sherrard
Verigene Clester
Des Moines
Lester Brain
von Tracy
Robert Bergeson
R. J. Atkins
R. C. Valentine Co
Marshalltown
Iowa
Around Iowa AIR MAIL and other small town items
A column of brief notes from around Iowa covers a letter dropped from a plane near Ida Grove by a son in law Lt R W Manteuffel, a Bigelow hatchery loss from a sleet storm, two sisters in Knoxville both recovering from appendicitis, and a rare gum sale by Jefferson Red Cross. Also notes on Robert Forbes joining the armed forces, cousins in Ogden and Jefferson, a new express agent in Eldora, a Lake City car accident, a furlo wedding request from Audubon, and brothers Sydney and Emmett Greenwalt meeting on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AIR Mail
Sam Spotts
Ida Grove
Lr. R. W. Manteuffel
Spotts
Patchwork List of Names from Navy and Coast Guard Archive
A dense roster of individuals appears, including Navy and Coast Guard personnel such as Firkins, Sufficool, Kenton, and Morris, alongside numerous others. The fragmentary OCR reads as a long sequence of surnames and initials with scattered titles and affiliations, suggesting a muster or roster from a historical naval or marine record.
War Ration Calendar and Coupon Validity Updates
The notice details ration rules for March to June including Class B and C ration second inspections, commercial vehicle mileage-based inspections, and expiration dates for gasoline A book coupons six blue stamps and point ration stamps in A B C bands. It lists specific coupon numbers with March 22 to May 31 expiration windows and notes Ehoes Coupon 17 in War Ration Book One expiring June 16.
Good sale pies and pets in Franklin county notes
An old-fashioned pie social at Maysville school raised funds with 18 pies selling for 4482.00 in bonds and 82 in stamps, the top bid 425.00 in bonds. A Bert Keigley family’s yard pet skunk, treated as a mousers, serendipitously entertains Madrid children. Delos W. Mott plans 7500 turkey eggs in Hampton incubators for Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maysville
Franklin County
Bert Keigley
Madrid
Keigley
Delos W. Mott
Hampton
For Sale and Lost and Rent Notices Summary
Classified notices list real estate for sale including late Dr Slavin property and office, and a separate sale for Illini beans, red cleaned clover seed, and soy beans. Lost purse. rental offer at Chance Lavely residence Peru Iowa. Local ads include feed grain products, dead stock removal by Albia Rendering Co, and Pillsbury Chick Starter from Bee Spencer Produce.
Seven Wittern brothers called to service in eight years
Mrs. Wittern of Little Rock reports seven of eight Wittern boys have entered active military service in under eight years. Vinton, a high school sophomore, remains at home and the mother mails weekly letters, stating she does not use duplicate copies as each son is pursuing different things. A fall from an ambulance injured Mrs. A L Dean of Tipton, causing a broken collar bone a scalp wound and bruises while she rode with Mrs. J W Dean en route to Cedar Rapids hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Vinton
Cedar Rapids Hospital
A. L. Dean
Tipton
Centerville Saturday Outing By Mra Osa Cory Family
Mra, Osa, Cory and their children spent Saturday in Centerville enjoying a family day out with local sights and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Osa
Cory
Centerville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bigelow
Leo Lane
Kathaleen
Citia
Knoxville
Fairfield
Thelma
Will
Jefferson
Red Cross
Red Cross Treasury
Robert
Robert Forbes
Keosauqua
Russell Smalleys
Near Ogden
Acel Smalleys
Russell Smalley
Acel Smalley
NEW Express
Eldora
Bernice Allbee
Navy
Emmetsburg
Henry Hutson
Lake City
Phil
McQuirk
Audubon Chapter
Seymour Johnson Field
Sydney L. Greenwalt
Greston
Coincidence
Emmett A. Greenwalt
Sydney
Chet Broshar
Napine & George's
General Supplies
Triumph
Ohio’s
Victor Flour
Vitoreqncake
Tooth
Gerber
E. G. Firkins
Richard L. Sufficool
Stanley W. Sufeicook
Roy M. Kenton
Irvin Burns
Archie W. Martin
Robert Sufficool
Henr Roger Fogleng
Aueus
T. Morris
Vanice J. Morris
Richard Earl Main
Milo Artis Main
William M. Morgan
John P. Kaster
H. Lathe
Fred Guy Matherly
James Rhee
Smith Tharp
George Hellyer
Earnest A. Garner
Carl Creech
Frank Jones
Max Stover
Leq Caster
Claude C. Hudnall
Doyle Stansberry
Dwight Stansberry
G. Rosseau
John WM. Johnson
Howard H. Derby
Fred Johnson
Alvin Donahood
Herbert Gilliland
John R. Kenton
Ted Knapp
Chester Selby
Richard Gordner
Rex Firkins
Arthur McKern
Leon Oehler
Forest Stoeker Oliver GC
Irelan
Burke Wilson
N. Burdell Roberts
Clyde Wilson
PAUL _E. BURNS
Arthur L. Case
Meritt L. Boyd
Roscoe E. Day
Max Martin
Kenneth Hiatt
Gerald Eugene Hawk
Francis Johnson
Allen Mason, JR
Wayne Blumer
Carl Proctor
Clifton Boardman
Bob Moffatt
Clifford Stocker
James L. Buckingham
Trenton Mericle
Dwight L. Kaster
Paul Massman
Dayton Dotson
Eugene Wilcox
Lyle K. Hough
Walter Wilson
James E. Judge
Don Talbott
Richard Proctor
Floyd Hiner
Leslie Albert
Charles Gray
Clell Coffin
Jim McCumber
Wallace Gibson
Elmer Thomas
John Rinehart
James Calhoun
Eckert Argo
Jack Clark
Stewart Gibson
Curtis Hutton
Virgil Pence
Truman Paxston
Floyd L. Purvis
Clarence L. Hiner
Claire
Callen
Harold W. Brown
Scott Tucker
Russell Spavin
Clifford Wayne Caster
Hoyle Mbericle
Dan Pence
Claude Sharp Merle Fullerton
Don Blumer
Joe C, Long
Donald W. Darby Glen
Leroy Lockman
Bruce D. Gardner
William R. Callen
Donald Reich James Reich
Jay B. Oehler
Leoh, Housley
Ralph B. Pfannebecker
Russell
RRIC
Jessie A. Meyers
Carl Mericle Ferrell
Purvis
Donald &, Whitehead Howard Evans
Roscoee, Brown
Richard Veach
Francis Stocker
Cleo Barnes Burton F. Tarr
Arthur Points
Howard Gray James Charles Cole
Beckingham
John A
Aensler
Floyd Ie Paul Kp
Ake Aul
S McKern
CRON
Giri Judge
Coast. Guard
George Verrorin
Donald Lockm
Troy Lockman
Sylvan Vandorin
Acme Insecticides
Reach Drug Store
Rexall
Dr. C. T. Slavin
Hale B. Slavin
Las Vegas
Nev
Clarence Miller
Orville Dudley
Moravia
Stalley
Gardner i and Son
Albia
Albia Rendering Co
Pillsbury
Spencer
Wey
Pittsburgh
Echde
Turner & Son
Crisco
Carnation Milk
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