Owen and Nic McCleery Enlisted in Navy Reserve
County Attorney John Owen and Nic McCleery enlisted at Des Moines in the United States Naval Reserve Class V-11 for officer candidate training. They were placed on inactive duty pending orders to officers' training school, with commissioning upon successful completion and staff recommendation. The exact date to report is indefinite and may be weeks or months. Owens notes no action on reelection or incumbency due to service timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Owen
Nic McCleery
Des Moines
United States Naval Reserve
Officers’ Training School
Owen
Rain delays Randolph field lieutenants on leave
Lieut. Gene Tucker and Lieut. Joe Early from Randolph field Texas arrived for a short leave, landed in Iowa City due to rain, and were escorted to Washington before continuing to Des Moines. Their training ships will be rerouted until they depart Saturday as aviation instructors return to Iowa City for the ships. Local residents Harold Wehr and family travel to Des Moines. Harold Wehr has enlisted in the United States Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Tucker
Joe Early
Randolph Field
Texas
Iowa City
Tuckers
Washington
Des Moines
Harold Wehr
Helen Heilman
Albert Wehr
Haskins
United States
Stewart Bell
North
Marion Avenue
C. W. Tucker
Eleanor
Randolph Weild
Tucker
Fairfield
Caldwell Family of Des Moines Visits Pleasant Hill Home
Des Moines residents Mr. and Mrs. Marion Caldwell visited the Pleasant Hill home of Silas and Howard Caldwell for dinner. Several relatives and guests attended social events and a community picnic. Marion Caldwell later left for the U S army while others made daily calls and visited family in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Des Moines
Pleasant Hill
Marion Caldwell
Silas
Howard Caldwell
Howard Benn
Edd Chalupa
Marion
U. S. Army
Walter Jarrard
Ernest Nelson
Nelson
Benn
Elsie Lester
Philadelphia
Penn
Jim Lambert
Iowa City
Victor Mueller
Lone Tree
Velma
Alvin Kephart
Roy Kephart
Arlene Lambert
Wm. Wasson
Washington
Homer Kephart
Mildred
Jake Ernest
Raymond Kephart
Ft. Dodge
Fred Kephart
Miles Stout
Sam Sigafoose
Earl Kephart
Bertha
Frank Henderson
Ainsworth
Ethel Henderson
Oakdale
Bill Trotter
Tommy
Ottumwa
Social notes from Amana to Des Moines areas
Community members, guests from Coshocton Ohio and Kansas visit Amana and nearby towns. Ties to St Pauls church supper and Des Moines trip for the Tucker family. Local Sunday gatherings include dinners with the Ernest and Foss households and many visits across Fairfield Fairfield area communities.
Miller Visit Highlights Local Family Ties
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Miller of St. Louis stayed three days with Stella Miller then visited the R O Lynn family in Columbus Junction. Mrs Lynn is Stella Miller’s daughter, and the group discusses the film Mrs Miniver. Eleanor Keagy will return to Iowa City Sunday to resume classes at the State University of Iowa after summer study with her parents Dr and Mrs R C Keagy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrill Harkness
Decorah
Margaret Alice Stewart
Cincinnati
Ohio
Manton Hebner
John Lemmon
Clarice Meek
Cedar Rapids
Eoma Clemans
San Francisco
el Monte
Calif
Miss Clemans
Manchester
Huberta
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Judy
Army Nurses Corps
Floyd Stiles
Stockport
L. A. Foss
H. L. Witting
Omar Wagner
Carl Schneider
Betty Caldwell
John Pratt
Pratt
Chas, Anderson
Connie
Alvin Roth
Lee Hesseltine
Chas
Jean
Will Miller
Clark
Vincent Beliel
W. R. Gammon
John Gamon
Roy Kephart
Velma
Alvin
Gamon
John Erlenbush
Ruth
Mary
Davenport
George Erlenbush
Harry Simpson
Bonnie Jean
Eleanor Jane Tucker
Lake Okoboji
Mr. Simpson
Lange
Broadgate
Apent
Backus
Minn
Kathryn Dempsey
Sioux City
Tl. J. Dempsey
Eleanor
Phillip Marsh
Bryan Swift
Howard Benn
Norman
Marlene
Chas. McCreedy
Sigourney
C. Wittmer
Cannon
Max
H. L. Wittings
Bryan Miller
St. Louis
Stella Miller
Columbus Junction
R. O. Lynn
Lynn
Eleanor Keagy
Iowa City
State University of Iowa
R. C. Keagy
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H. A. Shannon
Martha
Lees Summit, Mo
R. B
Shannon
Raymond
Kalona
Four Circle
Casino Hall
Richmond
Sun
Frank M. Coates
Superior, Neb
Bert Ackley
Jewell County
Kansas
Mr. Coates
T. O. George
St. Paul's Evangelical Church
Howard Robinson
E. D. Porter
Coshocton
Hattie Chamberlain
Jsephine Coback
C. W. Ernest
L. B. Hanan
Rodney
Ray Lathmel
Crawfordville
Harley
Sadie Benson
Glenn Pratt
Kenneth Brown
Bernard Kephart
Bert Spangler
Stalingrad
Russia
Red Army
Germany
Ball Kills
Linda Lee
New York City
Kermit Bloomgarten
Led Marine Landing
Makin Island
Gilbert Isles
Evans F. Carlyon
Plymouth
Conn
Leathernecks
James Roosevelt
Mrs. Miniver
Mrs. H. He Is
Sue
Stone
Harlan Fiske Stone
United States Supreme Court
Amherst College
Pennsylvania Oil
Pennsylvania
Bradford-Allegheny
Rey
Orford Cedar
Montgom Gate
South Side Square
Rhy
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