Community social honors noted for Des Moines students
Arm strong kerchiefs, Miss Virginia Rown and Miss Cathryn Whitlow furnished piano music and Miss Marily Knipe presided at a table with garden flowers. Honored were Miss Kath ryn Tolheim who will enroll as a Drake University freshman, Marilyn Knipe a Stephens College freshman, Corene Miller a Town Methodist Hospital student nurse, and Alice Cami en awaiting September start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Rown
Cathryn Whitlow
Marily Knipe
Kathryn Tolheim
Drake University
Des Moines
Marilyn Knipe
Stephens College
Corene Miller
Town Methodist Hospital
Alice Camiien
Armstrong area school notes and weekend visits
Social rounds include Miss Lawton of Lewis visiting Armstrong. John Thomsen and families in Estherville. Kenneth Eckhart and Clinton Mardick visiting locals before army transfer and training. Faculty gatherings, plans for new school year, and visits from Dr Whitlow and others mark a busy weekend. Birthdays, travels, and servicemembers feature amid hometown updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lawton
Lewis
Armstrong
Lawton
Tse
John Thomsen
University of Iowa
Kristine Thomsen
Estherville
He Thomsens
Kenneth Eckhart
Gary
Ind
Armysoon
Clinton Mardick
Kansas
W. E. Oytmevere
Helen
A. Witkow
Bill
Great Lakes
Chicago
de. Whitlow
FE. S. Camden
Fairmont
O. Chestinngon
Pictures From Home For Camp Letters Reach Soldiers
Readers are urged to collect and send home front photographs showing daily life. Snapshots of family and farm tasks, car work, ration boards, and boys helping with scrap drives become news pictures for service members. The piece encourages developing a “nose for news” to capture subjects for the troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goros
Nancy
Uncle Henry
Dad
Mother
Johny
Scotts
Community Mix of Visits and Summer News Highlights
A long list of visits and travels fills a week from Jew City to Sioux City, Storm Lake, Jackson, and Des Moines. Family greetings include Mona Lee Early, Mrs. Margaret Schuler, and many others visiting relatives, with trips to fairs, farms, and churches. Also noted are school openings at Jack Creek and an Emmetsburg hospital death after a short illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard
Everette Schuler
Robert Swartz
Sioux City
Margaret I Schuler
Local residents and guests travel and visits noted
George Johnson homes and Harold Jolnson visited friends in Spicer Minnesota while Don Tossunrud stayed with relatives in Omaha Nebraska. Mr and Mrs Henry Olriech and daughters attended a Tetinion Sunday in Hull. Foreat Perdue of Graettin ger spent Tuesday with H Nichtern. H Nichtern and Ruth Nichtern returned from two weeks in Danville and Rantoul. Mrs M E Salisbury and daughters from Cedar Falls and Valdene Lawrence of Waterloo were Monday guests at Joe Oakes. Oliver Twait and Leroy Twain enjoyed a vacation trip through the Black Hills. Kathrine Johanson of Lone Rock visited her aunt Mrs H E Wahidieck. Dena Johnson of Graettin-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Fitzgibbons
Sarah Thorson
Thorson
Des Moines
Eutheran ‘Hospital
Dale Hansen
Axel Hansen
Patreia Olriech
Raymond Johnson
Lamberton
Minn
Ted Johnson
George Johnson
Harold Jolnson
Spicer
Don Tossunrud
Omaha
Nebi
Henry Olriech
Hull
H. E. Wahidieck
Dena Johnson
Graettin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Helen Ortmeyer
Virginia Horswell
Horswell
Estherville Iron Works
Electrical Service
Cory Glass Coffee Makers
Heidke Electric Co
South
W. J. Tims
Ohn van Guileey
Fee
Mona Lee Early
Jews City
L. EB. Birkeland
Miss Early
Birkeland
Ben Johnson
Wayne
Doris Webbe
Bernard Borman
Iauk Center
Geo, Meiners and
Jerry
Edgar Kroupa
Alpha
Kroupas
Jackson
R. Corderman
Donna Knoblet
Corderman
J. Tindale
Arthur
Dorothy
Rock Island
Sherrard
Orion
Ilinois
G. Anderson
Triumph
Matwig
C. E. Christensen
Ringsted
Joe Oakes
Loretta Conway
Geo. Meyer
L. E. Birkeland
Pearl
Hazel Twaitness
Denver
Colo
Sam Bondhus
Dolliver
Iowa
W. Show
Carl Arness
John Bondus
Lanyon
Fred Theil
Britt
Ralph Tindall
J. P. Conway
Graettinger
W. Fry
Robert
Northern Ireland
Don Schuler
Newell
Margaret Schuler
U. S
Ingraham
Atlantic Ocean
Jack Creek
Lois Spear
Wallingford
Evelyn Zelmer
Dunnel
Ollie Aanonson
Jack Creek Township
Elnora Olson
Miss Vandrei
Ocheyedan
Clara Duer
Miss Mary's
Lois Howard
Emmetsburg
B. Flannery
Margaret
John
Ottawa
Joe Hassel
Joe Hassel Sr
J. Hassel Jr
Accompan
C. B. Christensen
Geo. Miller
Bancroft
Lars Thompson
Peter Aanonson
Emmetsburg Hospital
Northwest
R. D. Thompson
D. C
TACK
Estherville Co-operative Creamery Assn
P. E. Frettem
Crystal Springs Bottling Works
South Fifth Street
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