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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1944
Page
6
The Lee Amm Birthday Club enjoyed a Friday evening at Mrs George Bray's home with two decorated tables at seven. Fried chicken and trimmings were served, a short business meeting elected officers, then gifts around a Christmas tree before departures.
A list of weekly club and lodge gatherings from Tuesday to Thursday notes meeting times at various venues, including temples and homes, with meals and gift exchanges planned. It cites groups such as the Kensirgton Club, American Lesson Auxiliary, St. Cecilia’s Circle, Women of Moose, and others, along with a 1943 crop statistic for context.
A nurse named Drue learns her ex husband Craig Brent lies in a hospital bed after a supposed accident. Drue, aided by nurse Sarah Keare, confronts Brent’s circle including Conrad Brent and Alexia, while a doctor and state trooper probe the case noting the bullet and gun vanished. The tale tracks suspicions of foul play versus accident as Drue seeks truth.
Bob Lynes and La Verne Engstrom, both Oelwem Argh High School class of 1933, reunited 12 000 miles from Parelle county 2 shore tumeau in New Guinea. Lynes, a medical laboratory tech, recently wrote his patents about the meeting. He found Engstrom at a hospital where she had been resting. she now drives a jeep with the overseas unit. Lynes notes the heat and shares details of their long journey from Letterman General to Cushing General and then overseas. He asks friends to write.
Milton H. Huebner, a P-51 Thunderbolt fighter pilot, promoted to First Lieutenant by Eighth Air Force Headquarters. Huebner, from Sumner, Iowa, served with the 336th Fighter Group under Lt. Col. Phip T. Tu, trained at Arcadia Florida and Courtland, Alabama, and began service in 1942. He has earned recognition for meritorious achievement in sustained combat over Germany.
Mark Crecellus described nearly three years in the Navy as a gunnery crew member on a merchant ship. He recounted voyages to South America via Buenos Aires to Liverpool and home via the North Atlantic, detailing storms, equator traditions, and experiences including a major seven day gale.
Mrs. AL Conkey, 65, longtime Sumner resident and mother of Mrs. Wilson, died at St Joseph's hospital in New Hampton at 3:30 a.m. Sunday after a lingering illness. Born Lydia McDonald in Fredka on Sept 21, 1879, she attended Frederika before marrying Herre McConkey in 1899, and the couple lived on a farm.
The obituary notes a family's relocations near Frederika to Sumner Fredericksburg and New Hampton, where they resided for the decade before 190 Mrs. McConkey’s death. Surviving are the husband three daughters Mrs George Wilson Sumner Mrs Albert Borcherding Fredericksburg Mrs Clem Long Waverly one brother J H McDonald and sister Julia McDonald Frederika six grandchildren including Harry J Wilson stationed at Harlington Texas.
Services were held at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the New Hampton Methodist church. The funeral occurred in the family lot in the local cemetery in Frederik. Mrs. Monkey was a lifelong member of the Methodist church.
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