Mr Winkle Drafted into War Runs to Talizo Island
Forty four year old Wilbert Winkle runs a repair shop when drafted as 1 A in a wartime story. He goes to Camp Squibb for motor mechanics training then sails with a convoy to Talizo Island. Amy becomes tender after the news. He and friend Mr Tinker reach a repair shop on the island amid a fog that may hide enemy forces.
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Wilbert Winkle
Amy
Mr. Winkle
Camp Squibb
Motor Mechanics
Mr. Winkie
Mr. Tinker
High Seas
Talizo
The Fixit Shop Draft Hero Holds The Beach Line
Wilbert Winkle, a reluctant volunteer turned machine gunner, defends a Talizo beach position as Japanese assault boats approach. Amid death, he revives courage, fixes the gun, and unleashes a deadly bellow of fire for fallen comrades Freddie Jack Tinker and Sgt Czeiceskrowski, while contemplating the cost of survival.
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Mr. Tinker
Mr. Winkle
Czeiceskrowski
Freddie
Jack
Alphabet
Fox Hole
Mr Winkle
Talizo
Signal Corps
Mr.Tinker
Czelceskrowski
Wilbert Winkle
Fixit
Christmas Gift From a Wise Mother to a War Marine
Kathleen Norris writes of Martha Carter and her daughter in law Lillian making peace after years of tension. A Christmas plan unfolds as Martha plans to send Jim a letter and bring his wife and seven grandchildren to celebrate at the old farm, showing love over distance and war.
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Kathleen Norris
IM Carter
Jim
South Pacific
Lillian
Jis
Martha
Lillian Lillian
Miss Lillian
Miss Lillan
Carter
Sonny
Richie
Amanda
Flossy
Lilian
C Aller
Aleutians
Normandy
Guadalcanal
Johnny
Margaret
Letter Bridges War Gap Between Mother and Wife
Jim, a farm boy, marries Lillian a school teacher. His mother disliked her at first but during ten years of marriage they never met. War forces Jim into service and brings the two women together at last, forming a bond through shared sacrifice.
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Jim
Lillian
Care of Leather Bag and Repairs
Care instructions for dark leather handbags suggest cleaning with mild saddle soap and drying at room temperature. Do not immerse in water or apply heat. Twice monthly apply a neutral cream, wipe clean, and repair torn handles rips and broken locks at a leather repair shop.
Pretty Princess Frock Pattern for Gala Occasions
Sewing Circle Patterns presents Pattern No 1252 a new party frock for girls with a contrasting yoke. Available in sizes 12 to 20 the size 14 version requires 344 yards of 39 inch fabric and 36 yards of 35 or 39 inch fabric for the yoke.
General Knowledge Quiz Questions Pack
A set of ten trivia prompts covering military cost and history, literature, biology, poetry, colonial terms, botany, biblical references, and military pay. Topics include battleship gun costs, Bastille, a poet claimed by seven cities, bone growth at birth, Raleigh’s execution, leaf chlorophyll, charwari, the Golden Rule, glinsey woolsey, and Medal of Honor pay increases.
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Walter Raleigh
Glinsey-Woolsey
Colonies
Answers to ten general knowledge prompts
The list provides ten items with brief answers. 1) cost of a broadside is 13500 dollars. 2) a state prison in Paris destroyed during the revolution. 3) Homer. 4) auditory ossicles three tiny middle ear bones. 5) beheading. 6) chlorophyll. 7) medley of incongruous noises. 8) Matthew 7 12. 9) a home spun cloth. 10) increased by 2 dollars.
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Paris
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