Allen M Jones takes Orientation course in England
Sergt Allen M Jones son of Annie Jones Columbus Junction recently completed a short orientation course at the Air Force command station in England per a press release from the Air Service Command U S Strategic Air Forces in Europe. Various local notices follow including births moves and military postings involving Columbus area residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Allen M. Jones
Annie Jones
Columbus
Air Sorce Command
England
Air Service Command
U. S
Rategic Air Forces In
Europe
W. R. Boulton
Bainbridge, d
George L. Boulton
Constance Miner
Despines
Henry Orr
Charléneau
Bellevuespital
Muscatine
Kenneth Kester
Winfield
Kester
Iowa-lIlliis Telephone Company
Harry Meugniot
Wellman Area News Hits From Mrs Coffey Honor and Local Notes
Mrs Lola Coffey is praised as Iowa State Mother and Wellman is cited for her years of service as editor of the Wellman Advance. The column lists servicemen relatives, local visits, farm interest by Philip Morris executive visits to Deerfield farm, and community notices from Wellman and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lola Coffey
C. F. Mayer
Wellman
wWelign
Jot. Coffey Witty
Wellman Advance
War hero's last wish supper at Masonite hall
An article lists social events and hostesses for a period in a community: an operative supper at Masonite hall on Tuesday, Garden club meeting with Mrs Roy Marner on April 5, tea hosted by several ladies, a prize winning fiver discussion, H.N.S. country club guests hosted by Mrs Ethel vinegarden, Mrs England as eco hostess, a flower bulb exchange, and Happy Hour club gathering hosted by Mrs C B Hoefort with Edna Hendricks and Mrs Shames assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonite
Garden Club
Roy Marner
Fred du Jan
L. J. Kehoe
Albert Atelier
Evith Weller
H.N.S. Country Club
Ethelvinegarden
England
C. B. Hoefort
Edna Hendricks
Shames
Riverside Woman Celebrates 90th Birthday With Card Shower
Mrs. Alphonse Lear of Riverside marked her 90th birthday with a home gathering and a card shower receiving 35 greetings. She has been semi invalid after a paralytic stroke but attended the event despite impaired sight. Out-of-town guests included Mr and Mrs Walter Yerberg of Rock Island. Additionally announced is the marriage of Bertha Bell of Riverside to Frank Ehrenberger of Cedar Rapids on April 17 at the Kalona Methodist parsonage with Rev. Stuart C. Peterson officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. J. Heiserman
Jeanette Scharf
Iowa City
Russell Cole
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Viole Sechauf
Chicago
Wellman
Keith Karr
Washington Hospital
Karr
Chas. M. Miller
Leo Brown
Connie
Beulah Brown
Leota Perrin
Daytonville
Reir
Riverside
Alphonse Lear
Lea
Tie Indole
Ginner
Walter Yerberg
Rock Island
Bertha Bell
Frank Ehrenberger
Cedar Rapids
Kalone
Stuart C. Peterson
Virginia ‘Jeret
Chester Ihrenberger
Alva Bell
Riverside Seh
Cedar Rapid
Mrs Willoughby and Daughters Visit Friends in Wyman
Mrs. W Willoughby and daughters Mrs Stanley James of Oxford and Mrs Harold Shaffer of Glen dale Calif visited Wy man. Other items note navy Lt Lowell Dodds visiting relatives, junior senior banquet at the school, Frances Hughes funeral in Washington, Levi Herron death, Nora Kracaw visiting Neil Kracaw, senior play May 5, Red Cross dressings quota completed, Wyman club meets next week a week early.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Humphreys
Wyman
W Willoughby
Stanley James
Oxford
Harold Shaffer
Glendale
Calif
Willoughby
Lowell Dodds
Navy
California
J. K. Dunn
Frances Hughes
Washington
Levi Herron
Mt. Pleasant
Nora Kracaw
Pleasant
Neil Kracaw
Red Cross
Pvt Bernard Swift Spends Days At Parental Home
Pleasant Hill news notes Pvt Bernard Swift of the Army Air Corps spent several days at his parents Mr and Mrs Bryan Swift before reporting to Sioux Falls SD. Community members visited, hosted dinners, and relatives shared weekend visits as the area saw servicemen home on furlough and letter updates from reverse deployments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aledo
Ill
Kester
Mary Wasson
North Main Street
Tommy
James B. Helmick
James D. Helmick
Leonard Welch
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Bougainville Island
South Pacific
Helmick
Pvt
Milton Davis
San Antonio
Tex
Lem Davis
Bernard Swift
Clyde Lambert
Pleasant Hill
Bernard EF Swift
Army Air Corps
Bryan Swift
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
C. G. Anderson
Lloyd
Maxine Lambert
Heek Firis
Raymond Wittiig
Kalona
Howard Witting
Charles Cannon
Bencil Sines
Baby
Gecar Rapias
Lacy Sines
Milford Cook
Jimmy
Parl Sommers
Wilmer Kauffman
Velma
Alvin Renhart
Delbert Lewis
Lee Hesseltine
Fred Kephart
Chartle McKey
Riverside youths take Navy physical at Des Moines
Riverside April 27 Robert Pogge and Leroy Muller, sons of local residents, traveled to Des Moines for their Navy physical after enlisting recently at the Navy Recruiting Office in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Robert Pogge
A. H. Poure
Leroy Muller
Edward Muller
Des Moines
United States Navy
Navy Recruiting Office
All-Accident Death Toll Drops in 1943
The 1943 all-accident death toll fell about 12 percent from 1942, a saving of nearly 1,500. The report notes notable reductions across sectors, reflecting improved safety measures and wartime production demands.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gt. Allen M. Jones
Akes
W. G. Robertson
Pennsylvania
Charles Y. Brown
Fort Leonard Wood
Vern Brown
Douglas Langstaff
Alaska
Canada
Atenith
Lemmon
Wessler
Blacksmith
R. C. Smiths
Mississippi
R. C. Smith
Smith
Lieut
Marshall FE. Smith
Meridian
Miss
Morris
Chester
W. OO. Cassabaum
War Department
Tiger
David W. Cassabaum
Adak
James Russell Greene
Washington University
St. Louis
Fay Greene
Louis B. Kern
George Kern
Columbus City
Camp Grant
Henry Robertson
Columbus High School
Fort Ord
Johnnie Hutchins
Uncle Sam
Lissie
Johnnie
International
Texas
A. Lear
Rivenberger-Bell
Wyman Club
Fred Heck
Davenport
Ronald
Clifford . Flynn
Southwest
Northwest
Pacific
Clair B. Flynn
U.S.S. Portland
Quincy
Mass
James F. Marsh
Marjorie Cole
William J. Cole
Mmily
Ray Hughes
Little Ort
Iowa
Donald Mibert
Lucy Schnoehelen
Adelaide Barer
Susie Morrison
Elizabeth Mellecker
Mary Gelhaus
U. S. Navy
N Truk
Caroline
Midwest
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Wichita
Kan
Arkansas River
Montreal
Clark
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Riverside News
Piaper
Montgomery Ward
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