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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1945
Page
3
A collection of short notes from residents visiting relatives, traveling to Chicago and Milwaukee, and local family updates. Several entries mention summer travel, military connections, and a notice asking city subscribers to call 28 or 29 if their newspaper was not delivered by 6 30 PM.
In Iowa City the University of Iowa will graduate 188 candidates in medicine dentistry and nursing. Postville Postville area residents Charlene Blatz Bernita Hassartner use Postville in the list of graduates. The ceremony will be broadcast locally by WSUI.
Regular meeting scheduled for 2:00 p.m. at Fau bet County American Legion. Dr. J. F iring leads a Fire Day program. West Union chair Tom Stevens of Beiwein serves as speaker with West Union School Band as featured music. Russell Krueger reports a 20 refund on an overcharge related to a car sale to John Streit. Oelwein Talion board price panel announces.
A traffic case correction states Harold Brickman was misidentified as Henry L. Brickman. The defendant, Henry L. Brickman, paid 35 dollars plus costs for speeding in the June 7 justice court listing.
At Mercy Hospital patients admitted include Miss Frances Jardhon from Deckiwein for a surgical case and Mrs. Katherine Aylsworth from Strawberry Point for tonsillitis. Discharges include Mrs. Robert McLeish of Maynard, Richard Weston of Stanley, and Mrs. George Feltus of Delveir. Future home lighting may feature on the spot fluorescent task lighting. Toronto a Place of Mietins explains the meaning of the name Toronto in Indigenous tongue.
The city library features the true account Guerrillas in the Philippines from Bataan to re-occupation, plus new novels and a Craig Rice mystery. Librarian Elizabeth Gleason reports acquisitions, repairs, new borrowers, and circulation metrics for March, noting 36 worn and 42 repaired books, 304 loans, and a total of 536.70 in receipts and rentals.
Readable fragments show names such as Kesdergait Emerson MacDonald Gollamb Kawthorne Henry Carroll and phrases like music is gone and school in the sky. The text resembles a damaged OCR of a yearbook or school notice with multiple proper nouns and stray captions.
Pvt Warner Cary, son of Mr and Mrs Roger Cary, was wounded on Leyte February 20 and has been moved from Baxter General Hospital in Spokane to O'Reilly General Hospital in Springfield Missouri for further treatment on his arm. He sent his Purple Heart to his parents last week.
Clarence Duckett of Alim Neapoli is spending a 12 day leave visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Duckett east of Layne.
The VEW Auxiliary met in the hall on Thursday evening. The session opened with regular ritual by the president. Nine new members were given the obligation of the order.
The report details recruitment for hospital work by the Auxiliary, a two hundred dollar mark reached, and a goal of 2,000 Buddy Poppies during growth. The President announced a recent drive, Gold Star Mother purchased a $100 War Bond and donated it to the Auxiliary. Lunch followed June 1, with a large crowd present. Members were urged to aid the ration efforts and plan the next session for June 28.
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