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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
4
Local notices list residents visiting relatives across Iowa and nearby states. It records guests in homes from Allison to Waterloo, weddings in Fayette, and travels to Des Moines, Duluth, and California, plus a Navy discharge and workers visiting Rath Packing.
Evelyn Miller of Independence hosted a caller in the city. Dinner guests at Carl Lonborg home were the Lonborg family including Dane Rosalee Kathleen Nancy Linn and Bill. Lloyd Reed and Kenneth Thompson visited Waterloo, while Mrs. Robert Dayton of Long Beach left after two weeks with Lizzie Young. Proctor spent weekend in Des Moines attending the Ice Follies.
At Mercy Hospital admitted a list including Miss Joanna and Surgical Mrs Jessie Reid of Oelwein medical Mrs Earl Ehlers of Aurora surgical Ardith Bahe of Oelwein medical Mrs Eugenie Clarke of Oelwein surgical Mark Knapp of Oelwein medical Births recorded for three couples: Richard and Chase of Oelwein a girl Edgar Siggelkov of Fairbank a girl Robert Benzer of Oelwein a boy Lloyd Millard of Hazleton a boy Discharged Dave Necker of Oelwein Mrs Charles Wilson of Lamont transferred to Rochester Lymn Ashline of Edgewood and others including Mrs Ray Pierce and baby Maynard Christie Miller of Hazleton Mrs Rober Northrop of Oelwein Leo Chambers Lamont Oelwein.
A mass grave containing over 3,000 concentration camp internees murdered by SS troops in the war’s final days was found near Lambach in the American zone of Austria. Witnesses describe the discovery as a stark reminder of Nazi atrocities and the scale of killings during the collapse of the regime. The site is being examined by authorities and historians for documentation and potential further finds. Local officials urge careful handling and preservation of the remains.
AAF veterans plan local chapters with a kickoff meeting led by Royce King Thursday at 7 p m in Oelwein. National headquartered in Washington under James H. Doolittle, the association aims to unite former Army Air Forces members and perpetuate its traditions. The Des Moines headed state group is Col. Ellis Eno, with local interest centered in Oelwein and the surrounding area. The event is open to all former RAF personnel in the territory. In West Union the WCTU meets at 7:30 PM at the Methodist parsonage led by Rev S J Baldwin.
Fayette County ministerial group met Monday with the Rev and Mrs S J Baldwin at the Methodist parsonage for a 1 o clock picnic dinner. A business meeting was followed by a social time.
Evélan Hawley of Des Moines visited home with Ada Hawley from Wednesday night to Sunday evening. Thirty or more locals attended Ada Hawley home on Friday for Sunday school class two, with Mrs. Fred Everett leading the program and a lunch to follow. In Iowa City Clarence Hayes and Mrs. Lutie Larsen called on Friday, with Larsen visiting afterward. Larsen and Hayes are sisters. Davenbaugh, a Towa State Teachers College student from Cedar Falls, visits parental Alvin Davenbaugh. Luella O'Brien of Lamont and Nell Thomas of Charles City dined with Percy Tarbox in Strawberry Point Thursday. George Helms Jr. and Albert Helms Jr. hosted guests for supper near Winthrop Thursday. Betty Learn, a nurse at Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo, visited her family. Fred Hense and daughters shopped in Dubuque Friday. Raymond Stewart, University of Iowa student, arrived Friday to spend the weekend with his mother May Stewart.
Rotary club members toured the City Laundry Company plant led by founder and manager Herb Werlaufer. Gerald Werlaufer and chief engineer Ed Standley explained operations, new equipment, and modern methods. December student Rotarians were Ronnie Heldt and Sam Words, with Lyle Butler introducing them. Thirty-one members earned November 100 percent attendance. Royce Vargason will lead next week's program. M. C. Wangsness of West Union attended as a visiting Rotarian.
The Charles Givens family hosted Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Swartz and two sons Alec Vic and Harold Givens and Mona Givens from Oelwein. Mrs Clara Clue of Waterloo visited her son Ira and family. A belated Thanksgiving dinner at E G Williams in Oelwein included A C Manross John Shannon and family Independence Earl Clue Rowley W H Brewer and Della Lamont and J H Diehl and David. Sunday guests at W H Short home were Mr and Mrs Don Cottrell of Independence.
A jumble of overheard lines and captions from a bygone issue. It includes quips about Scotch jokes and paper borrowing, a woodsman ballad about a tree, and a brief anecdote on a church service with Mrs Armstrong leading the Twenty third Psalm.
A cartoonish collage depicts a conductor urging a passenger to pay fare while the passenger remains oblivious. Other snippets show a barber joke, family quips about spending, and mountain cabin talk with rural dialects and humorous misreadings.
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