Wayland Students Visit MecClintie Garage Shop
Wayland School News reports Mr Guengerich and Mr McClintie guiding a physics class through a V8 engine teardown and carburetor parts at MecClintie Garage with Ward Hixson. The piece also notes a 8-1 Wayland baseball loss to Olds Raiders on Olds diamond and upcoming Wayland vs New London schedule.
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Guengerich
MecClintie
Roy McClintie
Ward Hixson
Olds
Wayland
Olds Raiders
Olds Diamond
BE. Mae Gray
Miss Gray
Mire Meyer Helps Care for Sister in Brighton Home
In Wayland on April 23 Mrs. Ben Meyer cares for her sister Katherine Mann at the John Mann home near Brighton as she slowly recovers from a stroke. Also noted are anniversaries births and family visits across the Wittmer,Eicher,Rich,Schantz,Heichelberger,French communities. Carolyn Sue Schlatter, one year old, ill with bronchial pneumonia and taken to Washington County Hospital.
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Mire. Meyer
Brighton
Ezra Wittmer
Wayland
Ben Meyer
John Mann
David Wittmer
Mr. Pleasant
Clara Wenger
Des Moines
Harry Warren
California
Lewis Spiedel
University Hospital
W. J. Eicher
Carolyn Sue
Raymond Schlatter
Washington County Hospital
Soldiers Center at Camp Claiborne Names its Facility
Camp Claiborne Louisiana reports a new soldiers center in Alexandria supervised by a local director with Ross Bunch as physical director from Detroit YMCA. A $10 prize named the center Soldiers Center after a naming contest won by Mayor Lawkin. Mail flow runs heavy with about 70 sacks daily, while 50 letters are returned for improper addresses. The 34th Division welcomes selectees from St. Louis, with an escort already en route. A water shortage affects wells and vehicle washing, prompting fire marshal cautions. Thousands of Alexandrians watched a four mile parade past Gov. Jones and generals, with Fairfield’s Lesrd Regimental band praised for its performance.
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Camp Claiborne
Alexandria
Ross Bunch
Detroit
Michigan
Lawkin
Soldiers Center
St. Louis
34Th Division
Gov. Jones
Louisianna
Irving A. Fish
Lesrd Regimental Band
Fairfield
Walsh
Daley
P. A
United States Army
Tyrone News Briefs Include Illness and Visits
A Washington doctor visited Jackie Linemaster and later Fred Sheetz who is convalescing from mumps. Many locals and relatives, including the Fulton family, Hahn, Miller, and Crawford households, spent time with friends and relatives over the weekend. Mrs. C A Nuttrell, formerly Cassie Edwards, died in Waterloo, leaving a husband, two sons, and several siblings. Mrs. Harold Keys and her grandson arrived from Madison, Wisconsin, to see her grandmother ill in Washington.
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Tyrone
Washington
Jackie Linemaster
Fred Sheetz
Afernoon
Serge
Merven Fulton
Guy Black
John Hahn
Black
Waldo Miller
Milo Weavers Home
Nick Hahn
Bernard
Otto Sheetz
Will Crawford
George Crawford
Roy Hatherty
Sikke Temple
Dave Temple
Kittrell
Cassie Edwards
Keith
Ackley
John
Roy Edwards
Longreach
Calif
Otto Edwards
Muscatine
Faye Reeves
Pearl Wiggins
Pleasant Plain
Harold Keys
Madison, Wise
Frank Hoover
Washington Hospital
George Messer of
Fairfield
Hopping funeral noted in Washington gathering
Dixie Dugan the True in Heart reports mourners at the George Hopping funeral in Washington Monday afternoon. Attendants include H C Messer Edna Crile and Ettie McCarty. Additional notes mention visits to Ames Burlington Williamsville and Keota and a patient at Washington hospital improving after a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Edna Crile
Ettie McCarty
George Hopping
Washington
W. R. Noland
Bate Ann
Ames
Burlington
Verne Madden
Jennie Madden
Lester Hanlon
Williamsville
Notable Wehrmacht Talk: Merle A Simpson Ends Message
A brief, quoted message from Merle A Simpson notes that more than two million men look and that the 34th division is not as effective, declaring the issue over before it starts. The note ends with a plan to write again later and a cue to proceed to mess.
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Mess
Brighton Resident Wins First Place in Racing Contest
Brighton news item reports Horner of Brighton winning the Class B power boat championship across five states Iowa Illinois Missouri Nebraska and Kansas at the Midwest Power Boat association meeting in Quincy. Mrs R W Fillmore recently having major surgery at Washington hospital returned home Tuesday and weekend visitors include Frank Duke of Frankfort Indiana en route to Excelsior Springs Missouri to spend the summer. Mrs Arthur Kessler was moved from Washington hospital to her home.
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Brighton
A Horner
Midwest Power Boat Association
Quincy
Iowa
Hinois
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
R. W. Fillmore
Washington Hospital
Frank Duke
Frankfort
Ind
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Wayland School News
D. W. Githens
Ellis
Mt. Union
Butterworth
Ainsworth
Paul
Mr. Ellis
Sodergren
Tom Wenger
Donald Kauffman
Johenny Mast
Charles Eicher
Dale Eichenberger
Calvin Clark
Wyman Indians
New London
Iowa Wesleyan College
Wayland High School
Erade
J. W. Pritchard
Journal Ride
Frank Rich
Crawfordsville
Alice
Aldine Heichelberger
Irene
Edna Resehly
Ray Roth
Orval Milley
Peoria
Hill
Orie Miller
Chevrolet
Fisher
West
Washington St
New
Bobs Watson
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
the State
Dixie Dugan
By McEvoy
Stpiebel
H. C. Messer
Pital
Troxworth
Marvin E. Lewis
Keota
Lewis Rath
Ralph Hoxworth
Jack Luckenbill
Near Wayland
Idna Crile
Ervan Barnett
Fairfield Hospital
DIXIE
Merle A, Simpson
J. A. Horner
Rhua Helmick
Bud
Dodge & Plymouth Sales & Service
Meet
Hotel Planters
N. Clark
Famous Circle
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