Last man to fire on doomed ship and air alert tales
A fragment from a 1940s memento recalls Laverne Trigg the last man to fire on a doomed ship. Jim Flatley, a sailor, details battles in the North Atlantic and North Africa, a rescue at Bizerte, and the ship’s sinking after bomb hits. Flatley writes of wounds, medical care in Des Moines and Pella, and urges support for home front efforts to win the war.
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Laverne Trigg
Red
Verle
Allied Mutual
Des Moines
Allied
Jim Flatley
Flatley
North Atlantic
Africa
Sie- Thechin
Bizerte
Sicily
Platley
Dute Hombers
Hom
Des Moines Bo
Pella
Rosibehaser
Pella Men Serve On Aleutian Island Outpost
John P. Van Gorp, grandson of Mr and Mrs Weelden of Pella, serves in the Aleutian Islands where snow covers huts except for a small opening. He notes persistent snowfall and that fellow Pella boys help him care for his son on the island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
John P. van Gorp
M. Weelden
Pella
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
van Wedens
John
H Son
Rudy Schilder to Continue Training at Olathe Kansas
Rudolph Schilder of Pella, Iowa, in the Central College Navy V-12 unit, is transferred to the Naval Air Base at Olathe Kansas. Announcement by Lt. (s.) Re A. Ball, commanding officer, notes orders received this week.
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Ette
Rudolph Schilder
Pella
Low
Central College
Naval Air Base
Olathe
Kansas
A. Ball
Centr College
Navy
Reformed Church Chaplain Dies in New York at 55
The Rev. Geo Steininger aged 55, a former Army chaplain with the rank of Major and pastor in the New York area, died Tuesday in Wickersham hospital New York City. He planned to be installed March 5 as pastor of the 89th St. Reformed Church. Funeral held March 4 in Grand Haven Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Mulder
New York
N. Y
Geo. Steininger
Hope College
Holland, Mich
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
New Brunswick
N. J
United States Army
Wickersham Hospital
New York City
89Th St. Reformed Church
Steininger
Helen
Grand Haven
Mich
George
England
Michigan
Army Navy tests at college next Wednesday at nine
High school students seeking college study under armed forces can take the Army Navy tests on the campus next week Wednesday at 9 00 a m The item also includes a courtroom exchange where a witness corrects a misheard alibi about a lullaby and the judge quips about the timing
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Army-Navy
Armed Forces
Pvt Bump's Alaskan Photos and Letters Return Home
The fragment discusses Pvt Bump sending Alaskan photos to Professor Wing of Consal College through Ava Carlen Burns. It mentions letters received in February, a hobby in graphy, and several names including Mr. Vander Plows and Elmer. The text also notes rain in Pella and Do you see much weather, plus brief greetings and thanks for a book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wing
Consal Collage
Ava
Carlen Burns
Center Masks
Profes Wins
Pvt
Mr. Wine
Lima
Sol
Pella
Elmer
Vander
Mrs. Wing
William Ray
Marcia
Soldier Addresses a List of Military Personnel
A fragmented wartime notice lists soldiers and names with assignments and locations including Pvt. Robert Heerema, Sgt. Carroll Vander Wilt, Lt. Robert J. Bosveld, and others. Entries show units such as USNAS Peru Indiana, 92nd AAA AV Hn Richmond Air Base, Fort Devens Massachusetts, and Camp Bert Alabama with incomplete details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Heerema
A. T. Andred Phtoon
Nard Wood
William Kilander
Brks
USNAS
Peru
Indiana
Carroll Vander Wilt
Bury
92Nd
AAA
Richmond Air Base
Richmond
Paul I. Vande Lune
ASN
Clarence
Ft.Devens
Mass
Robert J
Bosveld
Bert
Alabama
Leonard J. Booy
York
N. Y
James Kempkes
State Teachers College
Marysville
Public calendar confusions and leap year woes prompt old almanac talk
Letters discuss February days in 1841 and 1941, leap year rules, and varied Thanksgiving dates. They note Public Law 379 of 1941 standardizes the fourth Thursday, while references to Franklin and almanacs appear. A reader recalls no vacation in New Zealand for about 70,000 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. D. Roosevelt
Fane Mausdam Sr
Sully
Richard
Ben Franklin
Gen
del Oom Hendrik
New Zealand
Conservation Plans Completed By Monroe Group
The Don Livingston Group south Monroe finished their nine meetings in February. Named members Rex Livingston Lea Mullins Karl LeGramm and GA Kyit contributed, with plans still under discussion by Jim McNeigh Guy Reeves Loren Steven San Harrison LeGrand and Fred Hirkenhals, aided by Dick Rosenbers or Blais. Wn Knox Ralph Sherwood led the east Columbia Forre Core Group north of Knoxville.
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Don Livingston
South
Monroe
Rex
Lavingston
Lea Mullins
Karl LeGramm
Kiyt
Jim McNeigh
Guy Reeves
Loren Steven San
Harrison LeGrand
Fred Hirkenhals
Dick Rosenbers
Erst
Blais
Okay
Catherine Riley
Doheer
Wn Knox
Ralph Sherwood
Columbia
Forre
Knoxville
Sermons and visits at the Home for the Aged Friday
Friday services featured Rev K Umbrestse of Prairie City with a sermon on John 6 28 29 and Psalm 68 10 sung. Upcoming sermons planned by Rev J Visser of Ouley March 10 and Rev Th Verhulst of Pella March 17 with other family visits noted in Peoria Sully and Newton communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Umbrestse
Church of
Prairie City
J. Visser
Ouley
J. van Gorp
Chini
M. van Gorp
John van Zuuk
Leighton
Gy Harold
C. den Hartog
Herman Fennema
New Sharon
Er Rus
Peoria
A. van Houweling
Luctor residents visit ill Ver Meer kin in care
Bert Dekker of Luctor Kansas visits Mr and Mrs Gerri and Mr and Mrs G W Den Hart and Joe Vanden with family. Ver Meer is ill and must being cared for as he fights illness.
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Bert Dekker
Luctor
Gerrind
G. W. den Har
Joe Vanden
Iam den Hartog
Ver Meer
Public School Teacher Resigns to Care for Sick Relative
Maregery Driftmier a Lincoln Building third grade teacher resigns with regret to rush to California for a sick child of an invalid sister. She left last summer for the same family in California. Dorothy Duncan now teaches the grade. Driftmier had planned Chicago University studies toward a Masters in Elementary Education after two years teaching in Newton, Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maregery Driftmier
Lincoln Building
Board of Education
Burs Riedly
Hollywood
West
California
Miss Driftmier
Lincoln
Chicago University
Dorothy Duncan
S. Dancan
Newton
Towa
Navy urges V-Mail for legal and urgent correspondence
The Navy advises that all discussion of legal or urgent matters, as well as regular correspondence, should be conducted via V-Mail rather than ordinary mail to ensure safe and reliable delivery.
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Navy
Humorous exchange on aging and money
A brief dialogue contrasts aging with poverty as a father son joke. The son laments aging while the father asks what is worse. The reply quips that being young and broke is harsher, delivering a compact streetwise humor vignette.
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Pop
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Wil Vander Stnis
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Te Maines
Ta Verne
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Corporal Andy Hocksema
Marshall Canning Co
A. M. Sels
Ulrich Motor Co
Sora
Franklin Street
Square
Maytag
Army Co
Axminster
Johnson
American
Paul Renaud
Harry L. Renaud
Col. J. T. van Zante
Elbert van Maanen
Aleutians
Rudy” Schilder
Olathe, Kansas
Holland
Bethel Reformed Church
Home Board
Charles A. Stopples
Bump
Detteren Barracks
Bevin G. van Reckel
APO
Cineampletea VC
Carl BL Vogelan
Sydnah Wine
Apus Opy Saat
Santa An
Calif
Carl de Vries
Ti Tank Baek
Dany Bicker
Vax Fail
Elmer A. Vander Wal
APO Wietwater
Norman Launserak
Ache Sadi
William Field
Chandler
Wis
Henry Gosselink
Mitchellville
Dena Gosselink
Oskaloosa
Gerrit, Gosselink
Nick de Ronde Vis Roxma
Ed Mes
Kka
Carlton Bump
al Seene
Yakutak
Monroe Group
Red Cross
The
Pella National Bank
Patterson-Sargent
van den Berg Electric & Paint Co
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