Silver wedding anniversary and birthday celebrated in Valparaiso
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Damascus of Valparaiso marked their silver wedding anniversary and Mrs Damascus' birthday on Oct 8. Guests included Paul Lipps and families, George Graff and families, and Meta Damascus of Chicago. The couple, former Dalton residents, received numerous gifts and well wishes for many more years together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Damascus
Valparaiso
Ind
Damascus
Paul Lipps
Harold
Riverdale
Joseph Lipps
Chicago
George Graff
Arthur
Meta Damascus
Gus Gieger
Our Boys in the Armed Forces
Wartime letters from Pvt. Raymond H. Cook and A/C Charles W. Rowe share frontline memories and training notes. Cook recalls battles from Casablanca to Sicily with vivid images and praise for comrades while Rowe reports Navy flight training at Wisconsin and campus life in Madison. Sgt. Henry Oedzes earns promotion at North Camp Hood Texas, and A/C Ketelsen finishes Greenville Aviation School and heads to Bainbridge Georgia. Seaman Jack Larson at Hastings Nebraska thanks readers in a brief note from the Naval Ammunition Depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Rowe
U. S. Naval Flight Preparatory School
Monmouth
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Union
Tank Destroyer Replacement Training Center
North Camp Hood
Texas
Henry Oedzes
Dalton
Sgt
Jack Larson
Naval Ammunition Depot
Hastings
Neb
Riverdale service family notes two-star home arrivals
In Riverdale a 35th two star home is noted for families linked to the service. Stokely C Wilder entered Navy Oct 7 and reports to Camp Bannon Farragut Idaho for boat training. His brother Glenn Wilder serves at Camp Grant Illinois. T/Cpl Leslie A Bales of the Amphibian Engineers writes from the Southwest Pacific describing rain in Australia and enjoying local fruits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Flynn
Mary Flynn
Riverdale
Fort Meade
James Kinney
Grand Rapids
Mich
Joseph Donovan
Omaha
Neb
Flynn
Wilbert Strassenburg
Dalton
Hot Springs
Ark
Harold Schlieman
Stokely C. Wilder
G. Wilder
Navy
Camp Bannion
Farragut
Idaho
Pvt
Glenn Wilder
Camp Grant
Ill
Leslie A. Bales
Southwest Pacific
Australia
Bales
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Paul Middleborn
Mary Jane
Duane Frahm
Army Air Forces
University of Florida
Gainesville
Fla
Arthur W. Ganser
Alvin Krugsler
Joseph Pracht
Shreveport
John Matthiesen
Peoria
C. B. Crane
Ivanhoe
Robert
Army Air Force
Nashville
Tenn
Wiliam Schroeder
David Hess, Jr
Harold Schaefer
John B. Hobbis
E. M. Stephenson
Edgar Holzbach
Fred Long
O. J. Rudstrom
Chisolm
Minn
Wm. J. Marco
South Ivanhoe
Lawrence ‘Gast
Stephensville
Antoinette Linard
U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reserve
George Linard
Edbrooke
Cherry Point
N. C
John R. Radtke
Charles Radtke
North Judson
A. Peterson
Chicago Heights
Florence MecNulty
August Selle
Sandpoint
William Zesch, Jr
Albert de Young
Frank de Young
Harvey
Ray Lotz
Harriet Martin
Champaign
University of Ilinois
Alpha Chi Omega House
R. P. Schmitt
Malcolm Small
Michigan Ave
Sturgeon Bay
Wis
Arthur Neumann
Herbert Waldon
Schmitt
Lewis D. Myles
Small
Waldon
Clifford Holtgren
F. P. Kramer
Ph. H. Bassler
Emma
Henrietta
Irene Beck
China
The
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Edward Wernicke
John Heekstra
W. 117Th
Permacrete Products Corp
139Th
Halsted
A. R. Anderson
Jennie O’conner
Meta Schroder
Clara Engel
Bonnie Bender
Esther Peacock
Mary Burger
Clorinda Nelson
G. W. Spencer Woman’s Relief Corps
South Half
Custer Corps
63Rd
Yale Ave
Schroder
Engel
O’conner
Victoria Wagner
Harold Wagner
Davidson
T. J. Mallender
Phoenix
Ariz
Raymond Packard
Harold Packard
Norman MacKay
Linda
Mr. Packard
Otto Keuth
Doris Talbert
LaSalle St
Red Cross Blood Bank
Wabash Ave
Fred Stutzhiem
Rivredale
Clarence Wells
Aurora
Leo Horn
Herman Anders
Elsie Langford
Dearborn St
Hubert Todd
Wm. P Bell
Detroit
Della Deam
Community Patriotic Council
Ph. Riv
Europe
Raymond H. Cook
Casablanca
Tunisia
Sicily
Bizerte
Clark
Arthur W. Ketelsen
Greenville Aviation School
Ocala
Bainbridge
Russell Bales
DR. W. D. Shannon
Lincoln Ave
Delton
Delton, IL
Fray‘s Flower Shop
Dolton
Bob
Chicago St
South Suburban Safeway
Phone
Interocean
Thornton Township High School
T.T.H.S. and
J.C. P.T.A
Miller’s Wonder Inn
E. 187Th Street
New York
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Assn
154Th Street
Harvey, Tl
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