Christmas Notes From Washington And Local Happenings
Recaps of holiday plans and community chatter. Ruth Marie Morrison, in North Africa with the Red Cross, and Jean Coffey with others travel updates. Local visits, hospital news, bazaar events, auctions, and a wedding in Cedar Falls are noted along with war-time thrift tips and fashion tidbits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Company
Ruth Marie Morrison
Ed and
Emeline Morrison
Red Cross
North Africa
California
Morrisons
Jean Coffey
Catherine Berdo Null
Chiris Hatton
Memphis
Tenn
Robert Hatton
Clarence Klepfer
Columbus Junction
St. Louis
Chris
Virginia Wright
Fragments from a busy Minneapolis day in wartime drift
The article reflects a slice of home front life with notes on daily items, a funeral of Frank Macon the auctioneer, and community chatter about prices, women in Germany, and distant events. It mentions a Brigadier, Bill Shannon, and Harry Whittaker, plus a recipe for Mrs Eastwood’s English Fruit Cake and a bridge of local humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neapolis Star-Journal and Tribune
East Twenty-fifth St
Minneapolis
Minn
Bill Shannon
Badger
Harry Whittaker
Woman's Day
Germany
Hitler
Frank Macon
Rev. Kerr
H. H. McCleery
Hospital News Briefs and Births Across Town
Discharges reported from the hospital include Ellen Caldwell and several others. New parents named: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Havel of Ainsworth with a seven pound, two ounce son. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Statler of Richland with a daughter weighing six pounds ten ounces. Also listed are births, admissions, and surgeries involving residents from Keota, Fairfield, Brighton, and Washington, with multiple appendectomies and tonsillectomy noted. Names include the Meeks family, Mary Eagle, and Joan Kern amid ongoing local moves and employment updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Caldwell
Best Main Street
Don Wilson
South
Marion Avenue
Leslie Waggoner
James Zeck
East Main Street
Louis Havel
Ainsworth
Johenny Mase
Washington
Elmer Bontrager
West 17Th Street
Ben Holt
South Avenue D
Clarence Statler
Richland
John Sehrell
Wayland
Everette Meeks
Vivian Musgrove
Burlington
Doyle Jarrard
Route Four
John’ Blam
Brighton
Meda Owens
Bennie Houseal
Route Two
Nathan Crabb
Fairfield
Wilmer Riepe
J. L. Meeks
Meeks
Iowa City
Marie Bell
Alva Bell
Riverside
Phoenix
Arizona
Max Birka
Birka
Mary Eagle
Gertrude Eagle
M. J. Wilkinson
Passing Years and Thanksgiving Gatherings in Washington
Milan Shields and his orchestra played at the County Home on Thanksgiving day. The city notes moves, weddings, fund drives, and local happenings including a 52 000 bank opening, 2800 Y M C A drive, and a gelatin fortified food war. WEDDING AND new ministers join, floods of local life, and 40 years ago remembrances in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milan Shields
Ira Rathmel
Marion Ave
National Bank of Washington
Y.M.C.A
Y. M
Frank Brindley
Merle Lytle
Brinton CO
Brinton Entertaining Co
Brinton
Frank
Donations of Discarded Clothing Drive Expanded
Community drive led by C. J. Karel collects used garments for destitute families in lands freed from the Axis. A collection depot is set at the former Swift Barber Shop building courtesy of R. A. Knittel. Teachers urged to inform students. donations may come via children. Auxiliary Food Sale planned December 4 at the Knittel storefront area with a quilt auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axis
C. J. Karel
Riverside
Swift
R. A. Knittel
American Legion Auxiliary
R. A
Ola O'Loughlin
P. Rowe
Helen Rowe
San Antonio
Texas
Tony Morgan
Dolores
Near
Nichols
Morgan
Albert Dunn
George McLeod
Des
Devil Dogs Trained Marines Transported in Durable Shelters
Marines transport actual devil dogs in sturdy shipping shelters. The animals are prominently lettered with the corps nickname reflecting the unit's pride and hard won reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Corps
Corps
Arrow Shots From Democrat Thirty Years Ago
A collection of satirical quips from a historical Democrat column. It mocks loud opponents, beauty standards, and social habits, noting excessive supervision, family friction, and odd behavior in public life with a wry, reflective tone.
Miss M L Storms Favorite Honey Dressing and Pineapple Cookies
Miss M L Storm from Minburn Iowa shares two favored recipes Honey Dressing combines honey sugar salt paprika oil and citrus for a glossy cottage cheese topper Pineapple Cookies blend shortening sugar eggs and crushed pineapple with nuts and leaveners for a tender treat
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M. L. Storm
Excelsior Springs
Minburn
Iowa
West Sunset News Notes From November Weekend Gatherings
West Sunset items show Mr and Mrs Frank Bailey visiting Fred Spangler on Tuesday evening. The Hortons and Letha joined the Shrader home for Thanksgiving. Family meals included the Smiths and Joyce with Fred Spangler on Thanksgiving. Jake Shrader visited Dale Mitchell Thursday evening. Chester Spangler and daughter spent the weekend with Fred Spangler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Conrad
West Sunset
Frank Bailey
Fred Spangler
Loren Horton
Letha
Jake Shrader
Wilfred Smith
Myral Smith
Joyce
Fred Spanglers
Dale Mitchells
Blair family note on son buried in Malta and local events
Mr and Mrs M O Blair of Anamosa said their son Robert rests in the Royal Navy cemetery at Capuccini Malta. The column lists anniversaries marriages hires and personal notes from Anamosa and nearby towns with multiple names and birthdays including teaching appointments and military calls to service. It mentions Walter Berger Martins and other local figures and community events during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. O. Blair
Anamosa
Columbus Junction
Robert
Royal Navy
Capuccini
Malta
W. H. Jackson
Kalona
Dorothy M. Nelson
Iowa City
Kenneth Kinsey
Riverside
J. W. Ripple
Hollywood
Fla
J. D. Rabhenold
Walter C. Berger
Margaret Brookhart
Washington
James L. Brookhart
Feed and Livestock Branch
The
Food Production Administration
Bergers
C. R. McCutchen
East
Washington Street
Europe
Jeanette Kyle
Dorothy Conner
Minneapolis
W. M. Conner
Grace Conner
Navy
Santa Claus
Red Cross
Sadee McAvoy
George
Africa
Floyd Crayne
Corp
Legion Rooms
John Perdock
Amarillo Field
Texas
Army Air Corps
John
Bertha Winga Pratt
Harper
Jack Woods
C. F. Lytle and Green Construction Co
Fairbanks
Alaska
A. Wendell Booth
Air Transport Command
Edmonton
Alberta
Canada
Review of the Week's News in Crawfordsville and Surroundings
A busy week feature list includes auto and truck licenses on sale, a Christmas seal drive raising 327 dollars, and the World Premiere of Happy Land at the State Theatre on December 5. Local notes cover tree planting in the cemetery, a 2000-strong Farm Bureau banquet, a county key drive, health worker conventions, and several community morsels from Wellman Ottumwa and Cedar Falls. Notable items include a student car theft confession, Wasps training in Texas, a local 4-H steer placing, and military moves with Lt. Richard H. Myers and Cpl. Keith Norton returning from furloughs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Land
Iowa
State Theatre
Crawfordsville
W. C. Hotle
Howard Baker
West Chester
Hotles
West Fifth Street
Fort Collins
Colo
May Dolies
Martha Anne Mace
Avenger Field
Sweetwater
Tex
The
WASPS
George Morrison
Ark i State College
Ark
Morrison
Mrs. Lindenmeyer Guests From Chicago At Chester
West Chester notices report Mrs. F Lindenmeyer of Chicago visiting her son-in-law F M Lindenmeyer and family over the weekend Ensign Frederick Lindenmeyer stationed in Florida Leland Griggs in Amarillo training Pvt Leland Griggs in training teachers entertained by Fred Foriash Esther Booth assisted with Thanksgiving party Hugh Crayne moved from hospital to home in Oskaloosa visit by Floyd Crayne family to see his father Crayne injured in corn picker accident details given
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Johnson
Jeannette Picken
Detroit
Mich
Norma Johnson
John Raskin
Rosamonde Johnson
Miss Johnson
Victor Manufacturing Company
Richard H. Myers
Santa Ana
Calif
Myers
Reed Moore
University Hospital
Iowa City
M. L. McCreedy
Ames
Wellman
Frank Macon
St. James
K. C. Hall
Phil Antonoff
Cyman
Katherine Mauthe
S. 4Th Ave
Keith Norton
Ft. Leonard Wood
O. E. Schmitt
Chicago
Luther Bowers
W. W. Bowers
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Gladys Harkis
Minneapolis
Bowers
R. C. Ferguson
West Chester
F. M. Lindenmeyer
Frederick Lindenmeyer
Ensign Frederick Lindenmeyer
Florida
Leland Griggs
Amarillo
Texas
Fred Foriash
Esther Booth
Hugh Crayne
Oskaloosa
Floyd Crayne
Keith Wells
Nancy
Moberly
Crayne
Thanksgiving Visits Mentioned Across Local Homes
The passage notes gatherings at multiple homes including the Bert Spangler, Frank Bailey, Irvin Stortz, and Joe Conrad households during Thanksgiving. Private Vernus Bailey is back at Camp Dodge after visiting friends and resuming duties at Clinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Spangler
Bert Spangler
al Hahn
John Holmes
Pvt
Vernus Bailey
Frank Bailey
Camp Dodge
Clinton
Joe Conrad
Irvin Stortz
Stortz
Mrs. Conrad
Deaths of the Week Include Noted Auctioneer at 69
Well known auctioneer aged 69 died suddenly Saturday night. His children attended the funeral held Wednesday. Widow of Thomas Brown aged 83 died at her East Fourth Street home Wednesday morning. Maiden name Brady. She leaves five sons, four daughters and a son deceased. Funeral was Friday.
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Ag 69
Thomas Brown
East Fourth Street
Brady
Families Relocate after Property Purchases in Local Moves
Mr and Mrs Merle Thrapp and Larry move to their newly bought home from Isaac Sprague. LaVerne Piper and family relocate from Thrapp home to the vacated house. The Art Rigenhagen family will move to the Dewey acreage in North Washington and the Jack Cherry family takes the former Rigenhagen residence.
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Iowa City
Merle Thrapp
Larry
Isaac Sprague
LaVerne Piper
Thrapp
Art Rigenhagen
Dewey
Washington
Jack Cherry
Rigenhagen
Copenhagen A Capital City Of Denmark
Denmark's capital Copenhagen is a busy commercial center on Zea land. It has about one million residents and dominates the eastern isles near Jutland. The city sees 15,000 fishing vessels and 300 tons of fish daily. About 400,000 bicycles provide cheap silent transport for workers.
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Denmark
Copenhagen
Scandinavia
Zealand
Jutland
Cleaning brushes apply to ammunition shell casings
Clean Shells Nylon bristles, the same as those in toothbrushes and hair brushes, now are used in brushes to clean ammunition shell casings before final inspection and installation of parts.
Copenhagen Transforms Into Major Rail Hub
Rail Center long a shipping center Copenhagen Denmark has become a railroad hub with great bridges and ferries enabling trains to Berlin in nine hours Esbjerg in four hours and easy crossing to Malmo Sweden across the Oresund Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Berlin
Esbjerg
England
North Sea
Oresund
Malmo
Sweden
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Rocking Chair Brigade
Eva Denny
Philadelphia
Maude Stewart
Glenn McCall
Davenport
A and P Company
Journal
Filagree
Mary Gladys Harris
Ab Anderson
Fred Speed
Dennis Trier
Keota
George Chambers
Roy Carter
Route Three
Florence Rich
Nurses Home
Woodrow Crone
Linda Anne
Joe Augustine
Rubio
Daryl Mitts
Judith Rosetta
North Avenue C
Frances Bulger
Grace Dautremont
Melrose
Oakville
Kenneth Kern
Opal Kern
Joan
Jean
Defense
U. S. Service
Grral
Helen Caldwell
Silas Caldwell
Howard Benn, Jr
Charley Welsh
Commercial Club
J. Rothschild
Harry Margolin
Yankton
S. D
W. R. Jeffrey
Miss Myrta
Marines
Paul Putnam
George Griffith
W. RB. C
W. B. Shelley
Des Moines
Christian Church
Chas Brown
Ellen Reid
Dorothy Miller
Matt
Dorothy
Devil Dogs
Democrat
Chester Spangler and
Fred
J. D. Jones
Jake Shraders
Grace
Pfe
Marion J. Conrad
Liberal
Kansas
Kenneth Long
Amarillo Army Air Base
Crawfordsville High School
Haden Thomas
Elmer Thomas
Virgil Krantz
Sam Baker
Carl Zieglowskys
Althea Montgomery
Orville Elder
Hungry Hill
Dalphne du Maurier
Roy Caviness
Irene de Long
Karen
Keith
Kenneth
Karla
Ottumwa
M. C. de Long
Farm Bureau
Methodist
F. Lindenmeyer
Chester
Margaret Brown
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