Kalona Service Record Chronicle and Furlough Notes
Kalona notes a new service board at the west park corner listing local youth in the Kalona Richmond region and World War II veterans. The piece also lists furloughs and visits from area residents, Legion events, and a 56-person Wehmeyer family reunion at Columbus Chautauqua park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Slender
Kalona Kalona
Or@pwest
Kalona-Richmond
Kalma
T. H. Marin
E. J. Kesselhwerdt
W. Deckman
Kalona
Eugene Shaver
RR. Shaver
Kansas
Guy Feldman
John Pare
Pvt
Lyle Davis
Air Corps relaxes visual standards opening air service
The Air Corps widens eye requirements to 20 30 accepted if correctable to 20 with glasses. This lifts past denials for many local youths, offering them a chance to join. Interested men should contact Civil Air Patrol or the VFW Post for details.
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Towa
Army Air Corps
The
Civil Air Patrol
V. Ff. W. Post
Moves and farewells mark Columbus Junction notes
Coluus Junction notices report Elmer Keily family moving to Keokuk and Lee Barnhart family relocating to Muscatine. A picnic at Verne Boulton home honored Jack Boulton visiting from North Africa two months and his sister Elizabeth serving with the WACs at Fort Oglethorpe Georgia. The item mentions their great grandfather the Rev. R.T. Al-
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Aus
Elmer Keily
Keokuk
Lee Barnhart
Muscatine
Verne Boulton
Columbus City
Jack Boulton
North Africa
Elizabett
Wacs
Fort Oglethorpe
R.T. al
Genkingers and Rees Family Visit in North Oregon
Mrs C A Thompson notes visits from Herman Genkinger of Waukegan Illinois to the Lawrence Genkinger family in North Oregon. Mr and Mrs Bill Rees and children joined Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Lawrence Jamison in Columbus Junction. The Rees reunion drew the Rees family to Columbus Junction with Bill Rees Karlyn and Ronnie attending.
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Weller Snyder
Ficone
Co. E. Thompson
Ray Sommers
Lamar
Colorado
Geo. Maxwell
Fred Bartlett
Solon
C. G. Therlen
C. A. Thompson
Oregon
Herman Genkinger
Waukegan
Ill
Lawrence Genkinger
Bill Rees
Lawrence Jamison
Columbus Junction
Karlyn
Ronnie
Rees
Jay Brewer
Washington
Roberta Henderson
L. B. Donaldson
Robert Henderson
Donaldson
Thurs
Charles
C. B. Reed
Set
Ernest Reed
St. Louis
Reed
Alma Johnson
Richmond
James Clege
Robert Atchison
Johnson
Atchisons
Community notes on visits and gatherings in Washington area
Local residents report multiple visits and social events. Families including Hendersons Genkingers and Atchisons share meals and host gatherings, with Ethel Henderson visiting Oakdale and Miss Henderson on a long vacation. The L.G. club met at Genkinger’s, and Highland social club saw limited attendance due to bad grounds.
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Bill Trotter
Tommy
Robert Henderson
Roberta
David
Oakdale
Ethel Henderson
Miss Henderson
L.G. Club
Lawrence Genkinger
T. M. O'Connor
Myrtle
Highland Social Club
Columbus Schools Open August 30 With New Superintendent
Columbus Junction announces opening of schools on August 30 under superintendent H. Northley. Faculty includes Jack Pence in physics and coaching, Paul Grouwinkel in vocational agriculture, Mrs. Marie Spaeth, Miss Helen Orr, and many others across civics, English, drama, math, bookkeeping, and domestic science. Additional staff include Mesdames Hoover, McNeal, Holmes, White, and several Misses.
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Columbus Junction
Columbus
H. &. Northley
Jack Pence
Paul Grouwinkel
Marie Spaethe
Helen Orr
Zerva Coleman
Mildred Payne
Pleasent
Alice Hunter
Floy Schermerhorn
Margaret Huntsberger
Esther Tabor
Mesdames
Hazel Hoover
Zella McNeal
John Holmes
Irene White
Annetta Furnas
Lenore Koreman
Nellie
Rees Family Reunion Near Columbus Junction Held
The annual Rees family reunion drew 70 members and two visitors to Columbus Junction park on Thursday. Newton Davis was elected president, Evan L. Rees vice president, and Edward J. Rees secretary treasurer. The 1944 reunion is planned for the third Thursday in June at the same park.
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Rees
Columbus Junction Park
Newton Davis
Evan L. Rees
Edward J Rees
Daryl Bitting
Lawrence
Kansas
Sam Cuthamp
Columbus City
Richard Utter
Air Corps
Roc
Utter
Cornell Collers
Mt. Vernon
Robert Steffa
Stephen
Atlanta
Cpt
Steffa
Army Air Force
Elizabeth M. Boulton
WAC
Fort Oglethorpe
Verne Boulton
Jack
Sicily
Edith Kelly
Richmond
Etla Curtis
E. C. Gentaler
Effie Kelly Lient
North Carolina
Ca Qu Butner
Morning Sun
Butterflies Plucked During Liberty by Marine
First class Francis J Crowley, a marine in the Bahamas, spent a liberty afternoon catching 63 butterflies and storing them in a phone box. The first user of the box, a corporal, was puzzled and surprised by the unusual cache.
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Pyt
Francis J. Crowley
Bahamas
How to Exchange Garden Products
List your needs and garden surpluses with the OOD and receive help making proper contacts. Telephone 380.
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OOD
Handiwork on the Wing as Planes Fly Over Station
Workers at an eastern airplane company gather at the railroad station each evening to watch the latest batch of newly assembled planes fly overhead. The display lets employees see their handiwork in action and speeds them toward departure.
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Nature
Carter
Eastern
Phosphate Allocation Before World War II
In 1938 domestic farms and industries used two thirds of US phosphate output. Europe consumed about one fourth while Japan, lacking phosphates like its Axis partners, received the remainder.
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America
Europe
Japan
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