The Army Engineers Poem From Ft Leonard Wood
Unknown author offers a senor poem to Mrs Dale Derby from Pvt Dale Derby stationed at Ft Leonard Wood Missouri. It extols Army Engineers as the construction crew who build and fight while Marines land on beaches and Navy ships sail. The piece praises engineers for versatility and endurance amid mud rain and chores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Derby Popes
Pvt
Dale Derby
Ft. Leonard Wood
Missouri
Marine Corps
Navy
Rove
Army
St. Peter
Hell
Urbana Social Roundup Includes Local Visits
Mrs Inez and relatives visited the Coop families and the Wests in Urbana while Miss Manley spent the weekend in Albia. The Rook club and Wednesday club held meetings with high score won by R A Faber, and Benny Coop was unwell Saturday. The Urbana Commando club met at Lloyd Crawley’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdeane Selix
Ft.Knox
Unionville
John Selix
Elmer
Centerville
Ira ‘Robb
Misa Eleanor Wilson
Bingo
Agnes Pre
Eleanor Wilson
Ohm Hartington
Gerald Irejan
Carla Scott
Paul Veitch
Misa Ruth Allender
Essine Whisler
J. Q
More
Mary Keegan
San Francisco
Burdette Cross
Army
Efferson Barracks
Floria Crow
Jess ‘Goodwin
Goodwin
St. Joseph Hospital
Paul Harrington
Gary
Indiana
Harrington
J. 0
Billie Whisler
Utopian Club
Methodist Church
Balle Andrews
Milo Hook
Streepyville
Florin Crow
Charley Parcel
Moravia
Paul Lippert
Sefferton Barracks
Harry Lippert
Charles Brown
Lake Wapello
Howard Goodwin
Ft. Dodge
Jess Goodwin
Ernest Montgomery
Raul Lockman
Floyd ‘Lockman
Carl and Albert Coop
Ben Coop
Freeman West
Alice
Ernest West
Horace Rushing
Eas
S James* Williams
Rook Club
James Williams
R. A. Faber
Your Ration Calendar Update From Historic File
Ration calendar notes stamp expirations for red and green stamps across 1945 and 1946. Entries list stamp codes Fi G1 Hi Ji Ki Ri Tl Ul V1 NB and others with values of ten points, expirations from November 1945 to February 1946, plus fat and sugar exchange rules and stamp No. 38 validity for five pounds through December 31, 18.
Maple Grove Notes From Moravia Union Area
Imogene Tadlock reports on Maple Grove residents and friends in Madrid Ottumwa Centerville and Des Moines visits. Sixty plus names recur across gatherings travel fare and family news with local notices and a call for news tips and sale ads.
Unimportant Cogitations From Ines Fabe er
A reflective rural column notes the hardships of stored potatoes and cold winters, mingling humor with farm life anecdotes. It touches on quail hunting, owls and foxes, family joys, and the return of a Moravia doughboy, preserving local voice and character.
New Hope Funerals and Community Gatherings Reported
Funeral services were held for Mrs. W. C. Biv and Mrs. W. G. Wood with family attendees including Mrs. W. E. Donovan and Mrs. Karl Fischer. Village social notes mention visits by the Coffin, Hiatt, Turner, Hilton, and Harsh families, Farm Bureau events, a DeKalb corn company meeting in Ottumwa, a P T A session at New Hope school, and multiple Sunday gatherings at local homes.
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Carl Coffin
Frank Hiatt
Will_ Donovan
George Turner
Karl Fischer
W. C. Biv
W. EB. Donovan
Genevie
W. G.wodd
Albia
Lynn Hilton
Loydtarter
Dick Wilson
DeKalb Corn Company
Ottumwa
DeKalb
Will Miller
Eleanor
Wilbur Miller
Jacobs
Hixon
Centerville
Frank
Hiatt
Jess Funkhouser
Virginia
Bobby Carter
Ivan Arsh
Farm Bureau
Centerville Armory
Ivan Harsh
Loyd Carter
Don Pettibone
Loyd Rose
Charles Coffin
Roy Scott
George Scott
Heartley
Alfalfa Banquet Attendance and Visiting Moments
The report notes attendance at the alfalfa banquet in Centerville on Tuesday evening. Margaret Burton returns to Des Moines Ponda after a week at home. Carl Coffin and Duane visit Donar Sanders on Sunday. Orville Burton visits Bert Neff in Albia Saturday. Don Pettibone family shares a Sunday birthday dinner for Mrs Hygiene Blomgren at Bert Meadows home.
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Misa Jewel Richmond
Maurice Lane
Joyce Brain
Willard Brain
Carl Scott
Eleanor Wilson
Mis
Wilbur Lewis
George Moore
Rockford
Ilinois
Moora
Margaret Davis
Ernest Stufflebeam
Art
Ernie General Store
Arthur Batterson
Mia
Jewel Richmond
Rame
Robert Sellars
Margaret
Wayne
Walter, Sellars
Town
the Baptist Ladies Aid
Ernest’ Montgomery
J. W. Proctor
D. L. Biatt
Catherine
Centerville
J. A. Gladfelder
Russell
Peter Day
Madrid
Iowa
Crestani
Angelo Ladurini
George Balling
Grant Tadlock
Jack Scott
Larry
Joe Tadlock
Lena Bimbi
Robert
Peter Creatani
Tadlock
Francia C. Kennedy
Los Angeles
California
Charles Arnold
Richard Tubaugh
Fort Snelling
Basil Tadlock
Donald Dowd
George Railing
Emery. Hiatt
Caroline Hart
Dale Derby
Fort Leonard
Emery Coltrain
Walter
John Scott
J. L. Dodd
Clarence Dowd
Donald
Bivin
Inlaw
Eddie Morgan
West Des Moines
Gabe. Johnson
Wanda Johnson
Walter Scott
Maxine ‘Scott
Avia Apent
James
Gabe Johnson
Mrs
Care Derby
Margaret Burton
Des Moines
Carl Coffin
Duane
Donar Sanders
Orville Burton
Bert Neff
Albia
Don Pettibone
Bert Meadows
Hygiene Blomgren
Franklin By Mrs. John Moffatt Franklin
Names and visits appear from Moravia Union notes including Mr and Mrs Roscos Argo and Adolph Lemaster at the Harry Lemaster home and calls at the John Moffatt and Joe Lucas residences. Local folks Hugh McFatridge Earl Swift and E F Stansberry plus Roy Moffatt helped with wood and shed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscos Argo
Adolph. Lemaster
Harry Lemaster
Lavening
John Moffatt
Mary
Roy
Joe Lucas
Hugh McFatridge
Albia
Roscoe Argo
HE. F. Stansberry
Centerville
Roy Moffatt
Lloyd Ammons
Earl Swift
E. F. Stansberry
Dewayne
Victory Loan Facts and Quotas Announced
Washington report outlines Victory Loan campaign dates from October 29 to December 8 with a $11 billion individual sale quota and $2 billion in Series E sales plus $7 billion from non bank investors. It explains funds needed to cover hospitalization rehabilitation retraining feeding clothing and transport home for service members and to pay veterans already used.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Catherine Hiatt
L. E. Johnson
A. H. Stanley
Belle
Laura Baker
Max Brown
J. A. ‘Ice
Harry Herman
Ellis Wagner
Mra. A
Stanley
Gladfelder
South Pacific
H. M. Richmond
Myrtle Smith
Gertie Elder
Elder
B.M. Jones
Ronald
Jane
Joyce
George Brooke
Freddie
Ruth Allender
Josie Whisler
Debler Bros. Firestone
Moravia and
Coniorville
the. Army. Engineers
Urbana and Vicinity
Inez
Lee
Ogrtyounson
Sealey
Gardner & Son
Maple Grove By
Imogene Tadlock
Union
The
Moravia Union
Ines Fabe
Jack Frost
Big Johnathan
G. I
130 Infantry
New Hope
Mrs.w.e. Donovan
Spencer
Pontiac
Dwight Selix Motor Co
Jackson and
Haynes
Centerville, Iowa
Franklin
Oehler Bros. Firestone
USA
Veach Drug ‘Store
Moraria, Torn
Gardner Hatchery
Moravia Methodist Church
Fiat
John H. Hess
John F. Hess
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