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Osage's Famous Ann OnceMore Joins GIs AbroadF1 i RENA JEAN TESCHI Courier Staff CorrespondentV* . 0sa?e — Osage's Ann Goplerud, world-famed “Anzio Ann,1 IS back again with the GI’s for whom she worked and sang duringi: •, World war II, — i ; ;In Korea since October. Ann has written her parents, the’..;/ Clifford Gopleruds, that she was reunited there with her brother/ -nOred at C.a?h f?der,,GpPJerud. after a lengthy series of communicationsner toand futile efforts to get together.aral Fvpn+c Next 10 being home’ seein-01 L Peder was the nicest thing that McCarron, marshal; Mrs. J. 0.:Miitional events are :iappcncd 10 me a* Christmas,'’Gibbs, chaplain; Mrs. Gaylord j IEby members of the stlc sa’s- Hc arrived at Pusan Bakka. Adah; Mrs. L. J. Thomas. || • Dr. Jo- with the I21sl Evacuation hos- Ruth; Mrs. Bert Blanchard, Es-jtlty to honor Dr. Jo- —------------—*• -- u.«uui«u, wjsgof GrinneJl. He is;pitaI unit 00 Dec- 26 and the two-ther; Mrs. Robert Evans, Mar •ier Thursday sP°,5t the day opening Christmas tha; Mrs. Loren James, Electa;||k 1 T i / t P /i I n A an wv 1^. « —J ^ . .I J* i f 11 I _ _ 1 - ■ ■ f I t a aspeaker Thursday ■ - *-------° ------------ .- — ------ —— *-****«—,organization’s an-;prcsenls Ann had saved for the Mrs. Lyle McTaggart. warder,j arty in the Gold ;:rt*union. and Dr. R. V. Brandt, sentinelPresident. ^usan where Ann is now * * *only seven West Union—Mrs. C. H. Rulif-:s. Ben Cohen, the stationed, there aret of the group, will serving6 o’clock cocktail‘with the Red Dunner in the ho- Cross unit for of the board and The United Na-; will be guests. j lions. She vill also honor the I writes of the :30 p. m. dinner at (hordes of evac--ding the 8 o’clock Iuecs, the dis-in- ;ease and theal feature of the disorder, but it e vocal selections is characterise 1 English by Maur- tic of her that lember of the mu- .she has a eom-lowa State Teach- plele disregardiar Falls.1----i Girl in for Leadfor personal safety during the last war.son will head the OES Past Ma- j Irons' club for the coming year, having been elected at the an- dcnual meeting in the Rulifson;M: home Monday evening. iOther officers are Mrs. E. R. |m' .Ballard, vice president; Mrs. iaf ; Harry Neff, secretary, and Mrs. ;; Herry Wagner, treasurer. iR;i A 6:30 dinner was served by;Dr ;Mrs- Rulifson- assisted by Miss i £. . j Sena Lauridscn, Mrs. Kenneth lrjjRitchie and Mrs. Harry Neff, jj Ann Canasta furnished the evening’s'. entertainment. . ias she did ... ,—Just prior to Christmas. Ann. n'hf 77 Barbara fhorp-!l /ays. a party took place at the ?. VV‘^.senior dass of .f |UN club for 200 war orphans. ,11 f hl®h stch°o1’ has |The United Nations forces camevlL^eCte , asnthe uIowa Fallsi: in TL^Inr10 hold the children on their laps »n the Daughters of thein l heater,,* stuff them with doughtnufsj^ Bc.volutlon good citi- «nci-ai swvicf) jcocoa and candy, remembering c-l • contest. ingianne Johnson, I their own children at home. : , , r a member of the glee £ r. and Mrs. George; At the end of the program, she'eK*-”1 ■ chorif annual staff-Decorah, has gone;writes, the 200 children in theiri * 1S 'T pres.ldent4 of tne Ca’ each, Fla., where'high, squeaky voices sang “GodjfhF La? secretaO’*treasurer of i 11-week engage-j Bless America” in English and|the last i f°h°U^ • f was.in heater group. She there were tears on the faces of!--j , junior class playJed to play a lead, even those men whc had seen andL.A ^ ln GlFl Scoutnt T.n:—m _•*_ u_ jvvorK lor several years. Her par-at Luther college, survived war in all its horrors. L-J m y?r5v Herpar'l nent in the Cam- Ann’s hrnthAr 9 rfnr.in,. aiG Ml- and Mrs. Keithi• • v 11 LuAnn’s brother, a doctor, entered :T]lurDc Inchon with the marines and:* * traveled from Wonsan to Ham-1 ... _ , ;V. C. Rosene and:hung. He has been in service' \vaa • , ^ISS Ruth H.;f Iowa Falls are since July and arrived in Korea nnhliHt’ faSS13!an director of in Florida. during the same month Ln °L'a-£d«f„^ Etiu~She won nickname s. i red A. Rolfs' having been the first woman on (ion assoeia4? ourn^ M oft Monday on a!the beachhead at Anzio. where1 Schools snolre Ww? Midland n Florida and oth-!^ for the\o{ Ihe Hampton Woman’s club * ion “Education for Pcarp ” Mn«in
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Waterloo Daily Courier

Waterloo, Iowa, US

Wed, Jan 10, 1951

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