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Newspaper
Moulton Weekly Tribune
Location
Moulton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
4
As D Day lands and allied troops cross the English Channel the home front offers prayers and support. The column salutes air, sea, and ground forces en route to Berlin while noting veterans in training and others wounded or missing. Local names Morris, Hutchison, Morrison, Hanes, Beams are mentioned with brief updates on their status and arrivals.
G A Mackenzie measures a blue grass bouquet of exactly 4 feet 1 inch near a Dr E T Rae residence on W Broadway. Eunice Howard earns honorary Order of the Alligators from the Coast Guard for radio service while serving as Corporal with Motor Transport. Sgt and Mrs LaVerne Saner of Altus Oklahoma visit the Howard Saner home.
4-H club members win prizes in a wartime drive for War Savings stamps and bonds. Youth participants showcase projects and collect bonds, emphasizing civic duty and support for the war effort.
Mary McGrew and son Hollis were Bloomfield callers on Wednesday. Perry Russell and son Paul and daughter Betty called in Moulton on Saturday evening. Floyd Allen of Mark visited Earl Stoker’s home Friday afternoon. Jerry Green spent the past week in Ottumwa with his grandmother Mrs Edith Barnett. Mr and Mrs Dale Krupt called in Bloomfield Saturday evening. Mr and Mrs Arthur Lawson visited in Moulton Saturday night. Mr and Mrs Earl Stober were in Bloomfield on business Wednesday. Charlie Sprouse of Drakesville worked for Abel White and Ernest Barnett Friday and Saturday. Beulas Jennings called at the Sherman Johnson home Saturday evening.
Hilltown notes show Meda Kent and son Tommy returning home after visits in Ottumwa and Lancaster with sister Mrs. Junior Gibson. Keokuk visitors Virgil Nichols and Mrs. Lowell Beeler and baby cited. Pvt. Harold Hoover from Panama visiting W M Hoover. Leon Melvin attended Wm Tharp funeral in Bloomfield. Rev Thurman Andrews visited from Lancaster after seeing sister Casteel in hospital in Centerville. Burgher couple visiting daughter Willis Weaver and attending Kansas City camp meeting. Dr Heady of Bloomfield visiting friends. Chas White and daughter Evaline Centerville visitors. Helen White accompanied them home.
Lois Trimble and Edna Judd visited Friday with Mrs. Leon Melvin and Tuesday at the Lee Burgher home. Tucson visitors Dee Probasco and Shirley look after farm interests. Mrs. Clarence Judd returns from Centerville hospital in improved health and thanks well wishers.
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