Bronze Star Awarded Captain Langerak for Duty in France
Captain Dudok B. Langerak of Pella received the Bronze Star for extraordinary service in France from August 7 to October 15, 1944. The citation notes his diverse duties as Battalion S-4, personal reconnaissance for vital ammunition, and locating an ammunition dump to enable repelling a strong enemy counterattack near Mantes-Gassicourt. Entered service from Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudok B. Langerak
Pella
France
Langerak
Dudok Ts Xerak
S-4
Ammuni
Mantes-Gassicourt
Army of the United States
Towa
Dutch Friendly to Yanks Letter from PFC Roorda
PFC Robert Walter Roorda, son of Mr and Mrs Roorda of 905 West Franklin Street, writes from Germany to his sister Wilma about earning the Bronze Star for meritorious service in France from July 26 to August 19, describes Aachen destruction, the Dutch border town welcome, and contrasts of civilian contact and German church spared. he mentions a shell-worked bracelet for his sister and notes health and morale amid front-line duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yanks
Pfc. R
Walter Roorda
Robert Walter Roorda
Weal Roorda
West Franklin Street
Bron Star
France
Wilma
Germany
Holland
R. Walters
Missing in Action Sgt Warren Currier Named from Monroe
Mr and Mrs Alfred Currier of Monroe received word Saturday that their son Sgt Warren Currier is missing in action on the western front. The telegram went to Mrs Warren Currier at Fort Smith Ark and she relayed it to the Curriers. Hope centers on him being a prisoner of war in Germany as he served with a medical unit in Belgium where Germans broke through. Official word must come through the Red Cross before a formal statement. He was among the first from Jasper county to join the U S Army under the selective service act.
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Alfred Currier
Sgt
Warren Currier
Western Front
Fort Smith
Ark
Currier
Monroe
Warren
Germany
Belgium
Red Cross
Ssoner
U.S. Army
Jasper County
PVT. GERRIT SNELLER REPORTS CHRISTIAN LIFE OVERSEAS
Pte Gerrit J Sneller serving in a bombing group in England writes to his parents about good health and daily Christian fellowship. He describes reading the Bible with a hosted lady, a new Mission Hall opening, and hopes for revival, thanking God for provisions and praying for loved ones. He notes his January birthday and requests cards via his parents.
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Gerri Sneller
England
Gerrit Sneller
West
Interella
Jesus
Pal
Iady
Chri
Christ
Gerrit
Gerrit J. Sneller
New York
N. Y
Gerrits
Pella Musings Reflect Small Town Life and Winter
A columnist notes a lighthearted mix of local school progress at Pella Public Schools second semester, piano lessons, Des Moines trips, a Checker Club tournament, and playful banter about local figures. The piece revels in the season’s beauty and community humor.
Renewal of Articles for Rossereen Company at Pella Iowa
Notice reports the annual stockholders meeting at Pella Iowa where substitution and renewal of articles of incorporation were adopted. It details the business scope including manufacturing and selling windows and related equipment, authorized capital stock of 440000 dollars, perpetual corporate life from February 6 1945, governance by a board of two to seven directors, and officers elected after the meeting held December 1944 with list of directors and officers and final date December 18 1944.
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Tolscreen Company
Hell
Pell Town
Si Tary
State of
Java
Des Moines
Rossereen Compa
Pela
Marion County
Iowa
Executive Council of
Pella
J. G. Boat
Towa Ok Pella
Towa
Kuyper
Penn
Knoxville Insurance Man Keeps New Year Coin Tradition
A Knoxville insurer on New Year’s Day accepted a customer’s two extra cents, arguing it’s an old family custom. The donor insisted the coin stay with him, saying the tradition brings luck to both giver and receiver as the mother’s habit of gifting a coin to the first visitor endures.
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Knoxville
News from the Home for the Aged Friday visits and prayers
Residents and visitors fill the home with church service prayer and sermons by Rev Pikaart and Rev CA Deed. The record notes numerous calls by Gerrit Dielem Ben Meyer Van Roekel and many others to residents such as Mrs J Wilt and Mrs Tillie Van Gorp. The sick remain the same.
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Dan
Pikaart
Chr
Vhureh
Oskaloo
Prasialon
Iwes de Dong
Pe de Jong
Gerrit
Dielem
M.warp
Ben Meyer
Fayville
Josie Meyer
Deter Vos
Louis de Vries
Peoria
Tillie van
Christina Barnes
Omaha
Peter Vos
Otley
J. Wilt
Connie van Gorp
Des Moines
Nealon Gorp
V. Vouelaar
Henry den Thur
Melev
New Sharon
M. Vervos
Henry Bennink
Joe Vanden Heuvel
Peter Ras
Poor and
Mes
Walter Ver Daght
W. den Dlson
Rene
den Hartass
Rath Kaldenberg
Grinnell
Sarah van Rynyk
Marinus Aalbers
Prairie City
Bosn
Two Foxes Shot by Hunters in Indianola Area
Diet of Indianola reports a two for one fox hunting incident. Don Stewart and Howard Barchett were involved when a shot felled two foxes that appeared to have run together at the moment of impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Stewart
Howard Ger Barchett
Boom ice sounds drift under lake shore near Emmets Junge
Unearthly rumblings travel under the ice of a near Emmets Junge lake during winter. On clear nights the sounds resemble distant artillery as a hoon echoes along the shore, creating a dramatic, booming sensation for locals.
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Emmets Junge
A Pella Man Feels Relief From Gas After SYS-TONE
A Pella resident describes years of painful bloating and after meals, spitting up liquids, and constipation. He credits SYS-TONE with restoring regular bowels and ease, claiming the medicine clears the stomach, cleanses the liver and kidneys, and ends his misery. Sold by Carpenter Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Systone
Sys-Tone
Carpenter Drug Store
Peoria News: Local WWI Homecomings And Furloughs
James De Jong returns after three years overseas with a zero day furlough, Corporal Hen Veenstra arrives for a nine day leave before reporting to Fort Meade Maryland, Miss Gretta Van Wyk visits in the Vander Molen home, and family updates note Camp Campbell Kentucky departures and upcoming overseas duty. Change of address notices for several service members and incomplete line items from ASN and APO listings accompany the brief homefront notices from Taintor and nearby communities.
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Anna M. Vander Molen
James de‘ Jong
Martin de Jong
Taintor
James
Cpl Hen Veenstra
John J. Veenst
Hon
Fort Meade
Maryland
Gretta van Wyk
Dolm L. Veensira
Cecil Vander
Arr Kiyn
Steve Nibhelink
John Pothogen
Coh Vander Molen
Louis
Tach
Martena Vander Molen
Camp Campbell
William Vander Molen
Jacob Vander Molen
Harold Vander Hart
APO
TP. M
New York
ASN
Harold Poth
Meade
Oward J. Roose
Miami
Arnold Vander Horst
Brks
PAA Naval Station
Seattle
Washington
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Bronze Star
Lyle Christ
Cor Square
Aachen
Efe
Robert W. Roorda
Pella, Iowa
Ruth Terry
Bob Livingston
Saddle Leather Law
Charles Starrett
Vi Athens
Jimmy Wakley
Henry Boyett
Bing Crosby
Rise Stevens
Barry Fitzgerald
Main Street
Pella Square
G. Kamerick
Floyd Mathes
Henry Cox
Henry
Iean
Connie Dé Bruin
Dirk Muyskens
Connie
Checker Club
Dr. Lubbers
Tam
Elliot
Roosevelt
The
Chronicle
Laan
Low
Rolscreen Company
Homeguard
Gambler
Peoria News
Nichols
Enat
Life Insurance
Warner Vande Voort
Penney's
Others
Jim Penney
Oxfords
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