Royal Norwegian Pilot to Speak for Kiwanis
Flight Lieutenant Olaf Olsen of the Royal Norwegian Air Force will address the Muscatine Kiwanis at Hotel Muscatine Tuesday noon. Olsen, born in Oslo in 1918, served with British intelligence and parachuted into occupied Norway twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olaf Olsen
Royal Norwegian Air Force
Britishtelligence
America
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Muscatine
Muscatine
Olsen
Oslo
Norway
Commercial College
Spitzbergen
Greenland
England
English Channel
Canada
English Coastal Command
Bomber Command
National War Fund
American Relief For
Uscatine County United Community Chest and War Fund
Uscatine
Civil Air Patrol
Muscatine Municipal
Don C. Johnston
Iowa
CAP
Chester Hufford
Comander
Goodrich
Davenport
Martha Goad
Rotary Club
Ivan Klein
Rogram
Goad
San Francisco
Elks Lodge
Elks
Doc Lawson
Order of
Odd Ferns
Building Trades Council
Eagles Lodge
Y’s Men's Club
Rotary Lodge
Laurent Council
Knights of Columbus
Initia
Iowa Lodge
Muscatine Power Boat Club
Wy- Bing Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Muscatine Club
Legionuilding
Edward H. Bitter
American Legion
Triune Lodge
AFL & A. M
Ill
Trades and Labor Assembly
Lutheran Homes of Muscatine plans funds drive and new dormitory
Rev L A Stumme reports authority granted for a financial appeal to build an recreational and health center, a new boys dormitory, and other facilities including an office, superintendent’s residence, commons, central heating plant and an aged care home as the jubilee year begins June 24 with an orphan festival. He notes rising regional interest in the homes social welfare work after returning from the Illinois district convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Homes
Muscatine
L. A. Stumme
Peoria
Lil
Illinois
American Lutheran Church
Stumme
Midwest
Cedar Valley Club Plans Meeting and New Members
Cedar Valley Community club will convene at the home of Mrs. Robert Regg Wednesday afternoon for new member initiation and election of officers. Roll call asks for bright sayings from children as part of the program, planned by Mrs. Clifton Meyers, Mrs. Warren Dutton and Mrs. Charlesime. Miss Jean Ann Lindle recently finished at Cornell College and visits her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lindle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Valley
May permits total thirty two for building work
May building permits issued by the city engineer total 32 with an estimated cost of 82 404. Two permits covered new residential construction 1 000. Twenty permits were for residential additions alterations and repairs amounting to 2 404. Five permits were for new non residential construction 75 400 and five for non residential additions alterations and repairs 3 204.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. E. Tewksbury
Township Meetings Highlight Muscatine Farm Bureau Week
Muscatine county Farm Bureau schedules activity with two township group meetings and a conference for extension staff. Wapsinonoc township bureau hosts Goshen Tuesday at South Prairie church. Lake township bureau meets Friday at Ernest Hoopes home. Maurice Soultz of Ames will visit Thursday for a conference with extension workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Lt Doris Cozad In Pacific Area Sisters Serving
Sister serving Lt Doris Cozad has arrived at an undisclosed destination in the South Pacific. Pvt Esther N Cowad of the 7th Women’s Marine Corps has been assigned to aviation at Cherry Point North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Pacific
Nancy Nelson
Guy Forbes
Verne Forbes
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Lynn Newton
War Bond Campaign Ranks Announced in Third Army
Promotions in the Third Army bond drive were announced with Lt. Gen Helen Havemann of Henderson Firestone leading sales at 5 000 dollars and four brigadier generals at 3 000 or more. Other high actors include Alice Peterson Doris Dietrich Margaret Walters and Robert Nietzel. Top firms reporting high quota performance include Hendersons Firestone Leu and Son Spurgeon Mercantile Red Paint Henderson Drug and Muscatine Iron and Metal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Army
Helen Havemann
Henderson Firestone
Alice Peterson
Farmers Supply Store
Doris Dietrich
Lea and Sons
Henderson Drug Store
Dorothy Riley
Batterson Stores
Lorrene Tietge
F. W. Woolworth Co
John Tiedemann
Kopp
Meta Grebing
Spurgeon Mercantile Co
F. J. Bauerbach
Sterneman Clothing Co
Marian Coffin
King’s Store
Frank C. Cook
Ramseyer Plumbing
Muscatine
Band
Henderson’s
Firestone
Leu and Son
Muscatine Iron and Metal Co
Farmers Supply
C. W. Ramseyer
Edwards Grocery
Letts WSCS Holds All Day Session at Methodist Church
The Letts Women’s Society for Christian Service met for an all day gathering in the Methodist church parlors. Twenty five members attended the quilting and apron making with a noon potluck. They invited Mrs. W. C. Henn to join the ministerial conference program on June 7 in Des Moines with Florence Miller as speaker. New members are Mrs. Nancy McCulley and Mrs. Ora McCormac. A Founders Day dinner is planned for June 29 with Mrs. Harry Gipple as dinner chair.
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Women’s Society
First Methodist
Des Moines
Florence Miller
Nancy McCulley
Ora McCormac
Latin America
Lucretia Turkington
China
Hazel Thompson
Harry Gipple
Orval McCormac
Charles Herrick
Philip Wagner
S. C. Brown
Estella Furnas
Lyons Falls Man Catches Bullhead With White Sapphire
Henry Bartlett of Lyons Falls New York reeled a bull head catfish and found a white sapphire inside the fish. The gem was later valued at seventy five dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Falls
N. Y
Henry Bartlett
Grace Evangelical and Reform Church Women Meet
The Women's Guild of the Grace Evangelical and Re formed church meets Wednesday afternoon at the church with Mrs Flora Abbott leading devotions and Mrs Margaret Schlichting presenting a lesson. A potluck birthday luncheon will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Johns
Pvt
Clarence Johns, Jr
Harry Johns
West Liberty
Flora Abbott
Margaret Schlichting
Women’s Guild
Grace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Melvin Bohnsack Birthday Party Noted
Family and friends gathered at Oscar Bohnsack and family in Stockton to celebrate Melvin Bohnsack’s seventh birthday with a cake featuring seven candles. Guests included Andrew Jakeman Henrietta Ethel Roy and Lester Bohnsack Mardell and Loren, along with several others from Buffalo Wilton and nearby towns.
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Buffalo
Renata Potter
Joy Ann Doak
Clarence Cromer
Harry Jakeman
Maynard
Francis Rinnert
George Gerhardt
Andrew Jakeman
Edward Schroeder
Crescentia Rinnert
George Nichols Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Germany
West Liberty resident George P. Nichols serving with the 101st airborne division in Germany has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. Promotion announced May 20 by General Taylor and General Higgins. Nichols stationed at Haus Kaehler Baderleben Berchtesgaden near Hitler’s former home. Also notes homecomings and local wartime activities including poppy drive and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Liberty
George P. Nichols
101St Airborne Division
Germany
George Nichols
Haus Kaehler-Baderleben Berchtesgaden
Hitler
Taylor
Higgins
Pfc
Russell Moylan
McRoy
Gloria Campbell
Lt. McRoy
Fort Knox, Ky
Normen Lee
J. M. Bridges
Lisbon
Over Memorial
Myrtle Lce
Harm on keynote at Drake for 1945 Midwest Institute
Des Moines reports President H. G. Harmon of Drake University will give the keynote address at the opening of the nine day Midwest Institute of International Relations on the campus. The theme is Emerging Patterns for World Government.
LaVaughn Watson Hurt in Mishap Running Tractor
LaVaughn Watson was treated at Hershey hospital Muscatine after an accident while operating a tractor. Her foot tangled with a chain on the machine. The item notes other local visits and birthdays in the area including Mrs. Clarence Freyermuth hosting a surprise party for daughter Jenean’s 12th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois City
LaVaughn Watson
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Clarence Freyermuth
Jenean
Uriel Reed
Carroll Jones
Ralph Nelson
Millersburg
Dale Eckhardt
Edgington
Chant Reed
Boyd Reed
Merle Wylie
Jim Belitt
Donald
Richard
Dayton, C
Fred Freyermuth
Frank Brayton
Robert
Thelma Brayton
West Liberty
Charles Blanchard
Leonard Stropes
Albany
Ill
Cpl
Melvin Fuller
Veterans’ Hospital
Memphis
Tenn
Germany
Ethyl Tyler
Frances Rausch
Aledo
Illand
Rock Island
George Thede Injures Hand In Feed Grinder
George Thede of Home Mix Feed suffered serious injury to his left hand when caught in the belt of a feed grinding machine. He lost the little finger and parts of two other fingers and was taken to Bellevue hospital in Muscatine for treatment.
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Wilton
George Thede
Home Mix Feed Co
Bellevue Hospital
Muscatine
Women’s Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Mildred Nopoulos
Lucille Coen
Elizabeth Schnack
Irene Atkinson
Emma Holzhauer
Frances
Jennie Kelly
American Legion Auxiliary
City Hall
Ernest Mullen
New Liberty
Dale Ernest
Roy W. Thomas
Gene Harper
Ottumwa
American Legion
Legion Room
Louisa County Men Leave To Enter Service
Louisa County selectees departed for Jefferson Barracks for induction. Names include Kenneth Aner Archibald, Harry Alpheus Thornton, Maynard Mincer, Harold Hus ton, Charles Bakerink, and others from Wapello Ft Madison Letts Columbus Junction. Also notes marriages and local movements of residents and students.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Jefferson Barracks
Kenneth Aner Archibald
Harry Alpheus Thornton
Maynard Frank Mincer
Ft. Madison
Harold Leslie Huston
Columbus Junction
Charles Newton Bakerink
Adair County
William Burton Hook
Thomas Harold Haislet
Hallie LeRoy Lundvall
Robert Lewis Cuthamp
Donald Ralph Westbrook
Roy Dean Johnson
Letts
Frederick Roy Woods
George Kramer
Nadine Crow
R. G. Nye
Methodist
Elsie Clark
Virginia Liverly
Johanna Kramer
Harold Crow
Kramer
Harold Kramer
Kate Baker
Manhattan
Kas
Mary VanZile
Kansas State College
Baker
Lloyd Wright Maffitt
Burlington High School
Fred C. McNeal
McNeal
Wapeilo
Burlington
Katherine Grove
Babe
Sgt
Joseph W. Grove
Newfoundland
Scorpil Granted Divorce in Tipton Court
Joseph Scorpil aged 23 of Tipton was granted a divorce from Lucille A. Scorpil aged 20 by Judge M. C. Hamiel in Tipton district court. He received possession of household goods. They married February 5 1944 Rock Island Illinois and separated December 16 1944. No children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
J. C. Coonrod
Raymond F. Vedepo
Gladys Turecek
Returning G I expectations shift as discharge point system beefs up
A 1945 King Features column notes new GI discharge rules with 85 points for automatic release and quirky point allocations. It describes soldiers anxious about homecoming, points for past perks, and the oddities of demobilization as veterans adjust to civilian life.
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Washington
Pentagon
G. I
Fox Hole
Air Corps
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Wapello Guests Include Bernice Carmean and Others
Bernice Carmean of Ponca City is a guest in the home of her sister Mrs. George Owens in Wapello and will depart Sunday for Belleville Illinois where she is employed by a book concern. Also visiting are Mrs. Gladys Tucker and her son Elwood who has been commissioned a captain in Italy. Richard Schwob ended a furlough with his parents in Wapello and heads to Great Lakes Naval Training Station for radio school after boat training. Elwood McChesney, who finished boat training at Great Lakes, will train for signal corps work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wapello
Bernice Carmean
George Owens
Ponca City
Okla
Belleville
Ill
Gladys Tucker
Chicago
Owens
Elwood
Italy
Richard Schwob
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Signal Corps
Ray Rukgaber
Mt. Pleasant
Mary Lou
Lois Jean Brooks
Riverside
John R. Fraser
Fred Stone
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Jesse Huddle
Galesburg
Will Stock Rites Held From Church
Funeral services for Will Stock were held at the Reformed church Thursday afternoon with Rev. W. Hansen officiating. A quartet provided music and local women served as flower bearers while pallbearers listed include William Cerny and Charles Cerny among others. Burial followed in Lone Tree cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Tree
Will Stock
the Reformed Church
W. Hansen
Miriam Wiese
Disme Abrams
Ruel Bell
Eldon Jarrard
Gerald Brinkmeyer
Donald Crawford
L G. Kilbourne
Richard Baker
Earl Rife
William Cerny
Charles Cerny
Harry Stonebarger
Delayed Beef Subsidy Payments Hit Local Farmers
Muscatine County A A Floyd O McIntyre says May 19 onward sales receipts lack funds and no facility exists to issue payments. From May 21 to 31, 148 subsidies on milk and butterfat totaling 5178.60 were paid, with longer totals for January through May reaching 49946.70 across 1089 payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine County
A. A
Floyd O. McIntyre
McIntire
Mcentire
Junior Endeavor Group Organized in Grandview
Announcement of a new junior Christian Endeavor society to meet at the Grandview church every Sunday at 7 p m under Miss Rachel Larson. Interspersed items report on hospital progress for Wesley Rowe after a bat injury in a Grandview Letts game and a string of local visits and travels among area residents and relatives.
Williams Rites Slated Sunday
Funeral services for Frank Richard Williams who died May 29 at the Corona naval hospital will be conducted by Rev. Lester H. Bill at the Methodist church at 2 p.m. Burial will be at the Columbus City cemetery. Ashes of George James and his wife, former Columbus City residents, were buried in Columbus City cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Frank Richard Williams
Naval Hospital
Corona
Calif
Lester H. Bill
Columbus City Cemetery
George James
Saratoga
Columbus City
James
Sue Gardner
W. W. Gardner
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Oluf Olsen
Doris Cozad
Pacific Area
War Bond Sales Group
WSCS
Robert Gage
Wellman
Noah Gage
Howard Barnard
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Barnard
Lillie Wagner
John Ellis
Satna Kay
Bobby Ellis
Ients
Kay Gage
Calvin Gage
Daughters of Kinross
D. L. Gage
Penniman
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Melvin Bohnsack
Wayne Wetzel, Jr
Betty Gunder
Pleasant Prairie
Fred Rinnert
Pearl Nugent
Charlene Shumaker
Ralph Nugent
Vernie Potter
Renata
Faye Frizelle
Potter
Mrs. Frizell
Emma Danz
Henry Lehms
Arlene of
Durant
Joseph Scorpil
Tipton
Wink Dry Cleaners
Grandview
Christian Endeavor Society
Rachel Larson
Wesley Rowe
Albert Rowe
Alice Gibson
Iva Rexroth
East Moline
Robert Schafer
Rexroth
Cincinnati
Johnie Jackson
Everett Kemp
Elmer Billingsly
Glasgow
Clarence Peck
Hal Stephens
Merchant Marines
Merle Stephens
Howard Oak
Corydon
Mary Long
Cedar Falls
Georgia Long
Cedar Fall
Pliny Benson
George McDill
Russell McGill
Navy
Roy McGill
Russell
Zenith
Otteire
Ewelers
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