Soldiers from Cedar school join troop in Louisiana maneuvers
An unusual Washington county unit from Troop D, 118th Cavalry, includes six men who all attended Cedar school in Franklin township. Former Washington high school students, they were taught by Mrs. Edna Witting at Cedar. The Longers are brothers, and all but Private Bob Sterling are in Louisiana for maneuvers while Sterling trains at Fort Riley.
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Washington County
118Th Cavalry
Washington
Cato Kowie
Texas
Louisiana
Washington High School
Cedar School
Franklin Township
Edna Witting
Dick Longer
William Longer
Bob Sterling
Marsh Atkinson
Don Bealer
Don Longer
Longers
Sterling
Fort Riley
Kansas
M G Campbells Host L G Club Meeting in North Oregon
North Oregon August 27. The M G Campbell home hosted the L G Club meeting with several members absent on vacation. Remarks note the Campbells as charter members now in Bethel, next gathering with Mr and Mrs Glenn Anderson and committee members Orie OConnor Howard Beenblossom and host Glen Anderson.
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C. H
Orie O'Connor
Howard Beenblossom
Glen Anderson
Milan Thompson
Jimmie
Chicago
East Highland Social Notes Near Sidney Iowa
Miss Hester Mincer returns from three weeks with relatives in Car son Iowa and attends the Sidney rodeo and state fair. Local visits include James Swailes at the Mincer home and repeated calls by the Dvoraks and Stolleys. Leona Mincer plans a Columbus Junction visit with sister Lloyd Wasson.
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East Highland
Hester Mincer
Austin Collins
Carson
Iowa
Lloyd Wasson
Ilarold Adams
James Swailes
Frank Mincer
Henry Prymek
Ronald Wieland
Dewayne Wieland
Jean
Darrel Wieland
R. A. Stolley
Donis Heek
James Dvorak
Marie Swailes
Donna Albrecht
Jean Strong
VEO Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Mr and Mrs Willis Coffin and two children of Boise Idaho visit Elmer Coffin family for ten days. Marie Coffin to teach in Caldwell High School. Various relatives from Idaho visit, share meals, and attend the state fair during the gathering.
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Milton H. Coffin
Veo
Willis Coffin
Boise
Idaho
Elmer Coffin
Marie Coffin
Caldwell
Little Gordon Watson
Gerald Snuggs
Burlington
Don Statler
Laurence Roberts
Star
Roberts
Ott Scheafer
Phillip Groves
Jerry Elmore
Max
Fred Simmons
Boulton Blanchard Reunion Held at Chautauqua Park
The 16th annual reunion of the Boulton and Blanchard descendants met at Columbus Chautauqua park with 167 attendees. William T. Boulton of Columbus City was elected president and Mary Cassabaum of Columbus Junction was named secretary and treasurer. The 1942 reunion was planned for next year.
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Columbus Junction
William and
Elizabeth Hamblett Boulton
Timothy and
Mary Holmes Blanchard
Columbus Chautauqua Park
William T. Boulton
Columbus City
Mary Cassabaum
Russians report German field marshal von Rundstedt slain
A Moscow radio report says Generalfeldmarschall von Rundstedt, commander of the German southern armies invading Ukraine, was shot by one of his own officers. The broadcast mentions immediate arrests following the death.
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von Rundstedt
Ukraine
Moscow
Kemp family reunion officers elected at Columbus Chautauqua Park
At the Kemp families’ 21st annual reunion held at Columbus Chautauqua Park on the Kemp community list, Mae Kemp of Columbus Junction was named president, H. O. Kemp of Wapello as vice president, Mrs. Mary McGrew of Grandview as secretary, and Mrs. Elva Bonnihen as Columbus Junction treasurer.
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Kemp
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Mae Kemp
Columbus Junction
H. O. Kemp
Wapello
Mary McGrew
Grandview
Elva Bonnichsen
Sea Elephants Flourish Off Mexico’s Desolate Islands
Sea elephants, mighty deep dwelling creatures, are increasing in number around the desolate islands off the west coast of Mexico, signaling a rising population in the area.
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Mexico
Chinese and Mongolian Infants Transported on Elders and Camels
A description contrasts how a Chinese baby is tied to the back of an older child while a Mongolian infant travels in a bag slung on a camel's back, highlighting cultural transport methods.
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Milo Sorden
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Fort Des Moines
John Allen Stephens
Ainsworth
Harold Lamonte
Ares Ee Whetstine
Wellman
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Keith Dale McBride
Melvin Willard Hubs
Lee James R . Scares
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Wanda Pence
Sam Sage
Peterson
Schillig
Roy Downs
W. J. Stevens
Charlie West
Roy Kuntz
Ross Pence
Clara Warren
Helen Sage
Merle Walker
Daryll Leffler
Warren
M. G. Campbells
L. G. Club
North Oregon
Morris Beenblossom
Charles Beenblossom
Norma Jean
James
Harold Gerdes Ane
Linda
Kenneth McConnell
United Presbyterian Church
Geneva
Loren Sutherland
Sunset Park
J. M. Stone
Dean
Grace Stone
Robert Henderson
David Burdell
Henderson
Donaldson
Herm Rodamaker
Louis Schroeder
Joann
Charles Rodamaker
Nora Davis
Colorado
Duan Hazen
Loren Hazen
Adel
George Weigman
Robert Genkinger
Susan
Genkinger
Lester Rath
St. Louis Mo
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Moline
Laurence Genkinger
Eva
Harold Gerdes
Hioward Beenblossom
Orie O'Conner
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O. R. Thoma
Dickie
Larry
State Theater
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Churchill
Wallace Beery
Marjorie Main
Roosevelt
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Boulton-Blanchard
Chautauqua Park
General von Rundstedt
Big Tent
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