N Hamilton News From Ames and Overseas
Norman Hamilton son of Mr and Mrs Byron Hamilton of Ames, now in the U S Army, landed safely in Australia. Club luncheon at Mrs Cc Dana hosted by the B B club with sixteen members. picnic planned for Aug 27. Many local visits and homecomings noted including Mrs Milton Jones, Norma Jean Eatinger, and families in Ames and Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Bray
WEO
E. A. Hosler
Norman Hamilton
Byron Hamilton
Ames
U.S. Army
Australia
Balderson
Kirksville
B.B
Cc. Dana
Verl Beauchamp
Doris
Max Bales
Brighton School Opens August 31 With Faculty Needs
Brighton schools will open Monday August 31 with one teaching position still open for a fish and history teacher to cover classes formerly taught by Miss Jensen and Mr. Christy. Miss Jensen will add instrumental music to vocal duties, and John Yousling will direct the senior band for Thursday forenoon each week. Other local visits noted include Mr and Mrs Albert Myers and Mr and Mrs Herman Kluger returning to Oskaloosa with R C Bartlett hosting guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Miss Jensen
Christy
John Yousling
Washington Municipal Band
Albert Myers
Oskaloosa
Herman Kluger
Swea City
R. C. Bartlett
Kluger
Bartlett
H. CC. Messer
F. W. Johnston
Mrs Miniver and the rocking chair brigade appear
A fragmentary humorous note discusses Mrs Miniver, Frankie and Nate Bobee with family, wedding memories, and a cautions tale about smoking. It mentions Lieut Lytle, Col C J Wilson, and a jovial exchange about quitting tobacco and a $100 bet for avoiding tobacco use.
Travel Editorial Snapshot and Office Changes
A fragmented reminiscence notes travelers in Michigan angry at slow driving and Minnesota drivers avoiding fast passes. The piece lists local departures, journalist shifts to the Farm Bureau, and reflections on memory sparked by an old clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Mary Lynn Heilman Wels
Journal
Farm Bureau
Maxine Baxter
Busi
Local families converge for visits and travel notes
Joe Christy and Robert Fillmore return from Detroit for a family visit with Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Fillmore. Dr. and Mrs. Noel Carter depart for Minnesota on an extended hay fever sojourn. Mrs. L. D. Camp and Gary Des Moines visit her mother Mrs. B. V. Garbry, with plans to travel home this weekend. Phillip McCreedy stays with Dr. CC McCreedy in Aledo Illinois. Mary Francis Jones visits before teaching English in West Branch. Dorothy, Marilyn Bennett and Katheryn Schadt take a Lake Michigan vacation. Mrs. T. B. Davison visits Des Moines. Roberts Horton stays with aunt Mrs. Harold Robb in Mt. Pleasant. Wanerus meat market reports 478 pounds salvage delivered. Citizens urged to bring surplus fat for Army aid. Joe Vance Irene Drish of Ottumwa and Joe Drish of Brighton visit Davenport to see Don and Frances Drish. Don to join the Army in about two weeks. Tommy Kraemer enjoys a week’s vacation with his grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Christy
Robert Fillmore
Detroit
K. W. Fillmore
Noel Carter
Minnesota
L. D. Camp
Gon Gary
Des Moines
B. V. Garbry
Dorothy
Marilyn Bennett
Katheryn Schadt
Lake Michigan
T. B. Davison
Keith Murry
Roberts Horton
Harold Robb
Mt. Pleasant
Wanerus
Joe Vance
Irene Drish
Ottumwa
Joe Drish
Brighton
Davenport
Don
Frances Drish
Army
Tommy Kraemer
Visit of Mr and Mrs Fillmore to Masca Line
Mr and Mrs William Fillmore visit the Masca Line home with Mrs Hoffman, as the parental party from the Fillmore family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
William Fillmore
Kh. W. Fillmore
Judge Matchett Hurt In Auto Crash In Chicago
Judge David F. Matchett of the Illinois Appellate court was injured when his car collided head on with another vehicle at the Outer Drive and Sixth Street. Master James P. Harrold and Miss Dorothy Gable were driving in the other car. Miss Gable and Miss Bernice Baumhardt were slightly injured. Matchett was hospitalized awaiting further evaluation for cuts and bruises. Through 2 p.m. Cook County traffic deaths reached 453 since Jan 1, with Chicago fatalities at 349 and 13,097 injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David F. Matchett
Illinois Appellate Court
South Side
Matchett
James PI. Harrold
Circuit Court
Dorothy Gable
North Halsted Street
Bernice Baumhardt
Roscoe Street
Harrold
Billings Memorial Hospital
Cook County
Chicago
Three 17th Century Houses Form Sa lem Garden Cluster
Three old homes in Salem Massachusetts with a total age of 821 years are the House of Seven Gables built in 1668 the Hathaway House built in 1682 and the Retire Becket House built in 1655 forming a historic cluster around a garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
North Shore
Hathaway
Retire Becket
Sweatband firm in Buffalo innovates sponge design
Sweatbands in Buffalo New York develop a new sponge sweatband to keep sweat from eyes of war production workers. They replace glyc erine and gum rubber with alternative materials to meet wartime needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N. Y
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Edward G. Robinson
Jane Brod Wyman - Crawford
Cartoon— News
N. Hamilton
Wisconsin
Milton Jones
E. C. Statler
Keith Crew
Carlos Watson
Jessie Stewart
Faifield
Washington
Walter Bray
Norma Jean Eatinger
Hazel
Donald
Irma
Norma
Christie Beauchamp
Mrs Fred Simmons
RE. A. Hosler
Chester Eatinger
Albert Cherry
Milton Coffin
Abbot Hospital
Will Albin
Kalamazoo
Mrs. Virgil Pardon
Luther Elmore
Claud Watson
Paul
Bety Lou
Jere Elmore
Fred Simmons
Elbert
Robert Bell
John Bell
Birmingham
KR. Schiffmann
R. Schiffmann CO
Los Angeles
Callif
George Griffith
Eather Heddie
Ceder Idris Mountain
England
Pioneer College of Business
Iowa
Wesleyan College
Emil Ct ‘Olek Man & Orc
Yousling
Rhua Helmick
Rocking Chair
Frankie
Nate Bo
Bee
Henry J _ssel
Carl Roberts
Hull-Lythe
Lieut. Lytle
Col. C. J. Wilson
John
Nate Bovee
Charles van Riper
Verne Pangborn
Jimmy
Henry
Dro
Hull
Ness
Mary Wurtz
Columbia University
New York City
U.S
K.O
United States
Dieppe
France
Hoffman
Masca
Chicago Sunday Tribune
America
Leonard Hicks
George
Chas. George's
Eyoready
U. S. Navy
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