Weekend visits and military departures noted in local items
Rol screenings and weekend visits mark this column with Mr. and Mrs. L. Phipps and family from Claire Illinois, Archie Beyers discharge from the armed forces, Brack family reunion at Pella Pool Park, sailors headed for Great Lakes training, weddings and travel details among local residents, and vacations across Iowa and the West. Neighbors share illness, anniversaries, and travel routines with brief mentions of Des Moines Jefferson Keota San Diego and the Black Hills trip of Geneva and Lilburn Jansen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Rickabaugh
Jack van Rees
Max
Des Moines
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Delores Vanden Berg
Case Hols
Maggie VanderWerff
Farmington
Iowa
Bob Klyn
Emeline
Ed Wes
Charles
Bonnie
Ellis Fink
Jefferson
Joyce Lammey
Doyle
Naval Base
San Diego
Geneva
Lilburn Jansen
Black Hills
Badlands
Ann Bokhoven
Paul Far
First Steamboat Excursion on Independence Day
The earliest steamboat excursion on the Fourth of July in 1828 saw a party from Galena Illinois travel up the Upper Mississippi to Catfish Creek aboard the Indiana. They marked the first white settlement Independence Day celebration on Iowa soil and the first private citizens to raise the American flag there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Mississippi
Galena
Ill
Catfish Creek
Indiana
Julien Dubuque
Iowa
Soldiers Addresses on Official Notice Card
Pvt Donald J Van Hemert U S 55543301 Brig C 3rd Bn 3rd Fa Tag U S Army Tag Center Fa Ft Chaffee Arkansas Gary Lee Richards 973-50 55 Co 393 Batt 121 Reg 12 Recruit Training Command USNTC Great Lakes Ill Floyd E Blom A A Ag 45-19 V P 46 North Island San Diego Cal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald J. van Hemert
U. S
Brig
U. S. Army
Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas
Gary Lee Richards
Batt
Reg
Recruit Training Command
USNTC
Great Lakes
Ill
Floyd E. Blom
A. A. Ag
V. P
North Island
San Diego
Cal
Sylvester Simbro Wedding Held at Lynnville Church
Rosa Marie Sylvester became Mrs William C Simbro at the Friends Church in Lynnville in a June 22 ceremony before about 200 guests. The couple, both from local families, will reside in Ottumwa where the groom is pastor of Riverview Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosa Marie Sylvester
William C. Simbro
Friends Church
Lynnvil
Carl D. Byrd
Leslie G. Sylvester
Elmer Simbro
South Adella
Ottumwa
Mary Williams
Grinell
Jeanette Jarvis
Austin, Minn
Linnie Brown
Ollie
William’ D. Sylvester
Des Moines
Ray Simbro
Altoona
Richard and
Howard Sylvester
Lynnville
He Pride
Howard Macy
Denzil ‘Oskine
Harold Macy
Rachel Heald
Oskaloosa
The
Mondamee Onto Deminges
Rorcoe Sparks
Everett Willemsen
Elsie Sparks
Florence Dunnick
Sully High School
William Penn College
Iowa State Teachers College
Frank Prater Reaches 95th Birthday Milestone
Manning's oldest male resident Frank Prater celebrated his 95th birthday, marking a significant milestone for the community and reflecting a long life in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Prater
Manning
Navy to open training schools for enlisted women
The first three technical training schools for enlisted women in the Navy were Radioman in Wis, Yeoman at Stillwater, and Storekeeper at Bloomington, Ind, marking a milestone in expanding female roles in naval service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Ene Wis
Yeoman
Stillwa Oxla
Bloomington
Ind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carl Boat
Burdingen
Germany
Army
Carl E. Boat
Delores
Mia
J. Gilbert Boat
Broadway
Pella
593D Field Artillery
Boat
Fort Sill
Oklo
Iowa State College
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Imogene Sheets
Keota
Jennie Wielard
Esther de Jong
Marilyn de Hamer
Gerald de Jong
Dean van Gorp
Geshu Batt
USNTO
Sylvester—Simbro
Supreme—Limited
Rams
Oleo
Sawyer
Honey Grahams
Rane
Farmer's Union
Co-Op Grocery
den Poppy Bartlett Pears
Hunt
Bri Container
Borden's
All Flavors Ice Crea
Gaine
Morrell’s—Frontier Bacon
de Moines
Franks
Wheaties
Fireside
van Camp
California
North State
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