Local Recruit Begins Naval Indoctrination at Great Lakes
Howard P. Gosselink of Pella Iowa starts initial Navy training at U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes Illinois. He will undergo seamanship drill and general Naval procedure instruction and take aptitude tests to determine next assignment. After recruit training he will receive leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard P. Gosselink
John H. Gra
Pella
Iowa
U.S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Illinois
Naval Service
Keith W. Emmert Receives Silver Wings at Pampa AAF
Keith W. Emmert, 22, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Emmert of Sully Iowa, earned his silver pilot’s wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces after completing twin engine advanced training at the Top of Texas unit in Pampa Texas June 27 Special.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pampa Army Air Field
Pampa, Texas
Keith W. Emmert
Theodore Emmert
Route 1
Sully
Iowa
Army Air Forces
Texas
AAF Central Flying Training Command
Lieutenant Paul Boat of Sully Freed on Furlough
Lieut Paul Boat of Sully is spending a 60 day furlough with his mother Mrs Mamie Boat and other relatives before returning to duty. He arrived back in the states after liberation from a German prison camp and will report to Miami Florida for re assignment after the furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Hoat
Mamie Boat
Newton
Boat
States
Miami
Fla
SGT Byron Ver Steegh Awarded Bronze Star
Mr and Mrs Kryn B Ver Steegh of Sully received word from Italy that their son Technical Sergeant Byron Ver Steegh has been awarded the Bronze Star for outstanding service in that theatre of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kryn B. Ver Steech
Sully
Italy
Byron Ver Steegh
Chaplain Thaden Recalls Bougainville Invasion Experience
Chaplain B H Thaden USNR recalls Bougainville as a stepping stone to Japan in a communication to the General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains. He describes administering Communion to about 400 of 1,000 attending before the invasion and pastoring troops anxious for spiritual strength amid shelling and naval bombardment. He notes repeated landings, reinforcements, and a return to Guadalcanal before ship repairs and a final Bougainville phase. Thaden, a Bryant South Dakota native, is the first Reformed Church of America minister to serve as a Navy chaplain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
B. H. Thaden
USNR
Japan
General Commission On Army and Navy
Bougainville Island
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
States
Thaden
Bryant
South Dakota
Pleasant Prairie Academy
German Valley
Hinds
Central University
Pella
Iowa
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Jersey
Reformed Church of America
Reformed Church
Gardiner
New York
Marine Dick Van Kalkeren Coming Home on Furlough
San Diego California Marine Private Dick Van Kalkeren 22 of Pella Iowa will be on a 30 day furlough after returning to the United States from nine months in the Pacific He enlisted January 4 1944 and was wounded on Iwo Jima earning the Purple Heart Medal He worked as a clerk for the Lynnville Seed Company before enlistment and plans to spend his furlough with his wife Mrs Geral dine Van Kalkeren of Pella at 409 East First Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
California
Dick van Kalkeren
Pella
Iowa
United States
Pacific
van Kalkeren
Iwo Jima
Lynnville
Comany
Geraldine van Kalkeren
East First Street
Corn Shortage Drives Eastern FArm Need In War Time
The War Food Administration urges moving surplus Iowa corn to eastern farms to sustain livestock and poultry production. Iowa extension head R K Bliss notes cribs in Iowa could boost meat output in the East. Without corn and feed grains, eastern farmers may cut operations and markets may weaken. Iowa farmers push shelling and shipping despite busy field work. OPA warns corn ceiling prices stay unchanged and rail transport could delay shipments over the next 2 to 6 months due to Pacific theater demands.
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War Food Administration
United States
R. K. Bliss
Towa Agricultural Extension Service
Iowa
Mers
OPA
South Pacific
GI Bill Education and Benefits for Veterans
The document outlines key G I Bill education benefits for veterans, including education and job training, loan guarantees, unemployment allowances, and job placement help. It details eligibility criteria for education, such as active service after September 16, 1940, minimum service days, and discharge conditions, plus conditions on age limits and extended educational opportunities up to four years if interrupted by service. It also notes subsistence payments of 50 to 75 dollars monthly and school funding up to 500 dollars per year, with arrangements through Veterans Administration offices or the chosen school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Veteran’s Hospital
Knoxville
G. I
G. L
Office of Veterans Administration
Marion County Annual Financial Statement 1945
The report confirms accuracy per state code and was filed with the County Superintendent and published on July 5 1946. It lists General Fund receipts and expenditures totaling 89098.97 along with staff salaries for teachers and administrators including C C Buerkens secretary Kenneth Decker James Foster Loyd Gnagy John Groendyk Robert Brittell Harold Nebre Jane Goxselluk Dena Ver Steeg Anna Tysteling Henrietta Ver Heul Ruth Swanson Eleanor Barry Mary Glascock and Margaretta Slobe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary d. Brittell
Phyllis Anderso
Margaret Horn
Evelyn Prange
Harriet Sheibley
Uelen Hindman
Margaret Reque
Teh
Leona Reavers
Tehy
Iva Lee Taylor
Tehg
Mildred Haney
Maud
Delores Culver
Evalyn M. Edmund
Louise Caster
Jehyn Klein
James
Pred Lautenbach
Ray Brom
Bertha Rozendaal
Sara Caldwell
Leona Mae Schild
Mildred Bishop
I. E. Kuyper
Wm. Tait
C.A. van “Berkum
Sale
Melvin Rumbaugh
Paul A. Vas
Raymond de Jong
Ralph van Dusseldorp
Seers LS
Stanley Boertje
Robert Evers
Sreiveeeeees
Abbas It
Mary Ann Ver Iicul
Susanna May de Jong
Rose Toom
Elizabeth Lankelma
General Fund
C. C. Buerkens
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Barra
Howard Gosselink
Great Lakes, Ill
KEITH _W. EMMERT
Usaaf
Paul Boat OF
Bronze
R. E. Warner
Marion County State Bank
Dr. Warner
Kellogg’s
Holland
Pella, Iowa
Donald Barry
Ruth Terry
John Litel
Lynne Roberts
Agarin Pella
Rootin
Gene Autry
Fred Scheffera
Kye
Irene Dunn
Charles Boyer
Charles Coburn
Mackinac
Tokyo
Louis
Central Grad
Ver Steeg
Pella Independent
Lake Prairie
Marion
Follett Book Co
Ribbon Service Co
Pella's
Holley School
McClurg
Petty
Ee Viee Des Vans Motor Mat
Heston & Anders and
M. Rowe Co
Holden Patent Fee Cover Co
Peterson & Co
Hammond & Step
Midwest
de Jong Floral & Seed Co
T. Plelte Grocery
Central Scientific di
Kacena Co
J Rand McNally & Co
Ivan Bloom Hardin Co
Hopkins Sporting
Cornelia Rhynsbury Storey-Kenworthy Co
Chet B. Akers
Office Equipment Co
Auplex
Western’ Union
Register & Tribune Co
Journal Tribune Publ. Co
Robert W. Brittell
Publ. Co
J. S. Latta & Son
Pan American Band Instrument & Case Co
Ulrich Meat Market
Home
Alonzo Leach
Eastin
Pictures Co
Des Moines Sanitary Supply
Vanden Berg Electric Co
Case van Berkum
Canass
Samuel Ver Steeg
F.N. de Wit
Gladys
Joe
Posteo
Toston Tackton Jones
USS
Ranger
Ffleet Post Office
San Francisco
Samuel Ver
Smith-Hughes
VAEUL
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
Aldo Talee
Fowler Telephone Co
UM Roger
I'M Dodger Harvest
Wormhoudt Furniture
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