Local notes from Mount Airy and beyond
Friends share moves and travel plans including Mrs. W. R. Stryker and daughter Veda moving to 225 Spring Street Mount Airy NC. Lt. Col. Eldridge and Opal enjoy a new home on North Iowa Avenue with a December plan to move to Japan pending family allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Stryker
Veda
Spring Street
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Wm. G. Eldridge
Opal
Iowa Avenue
Japan
Community notes from Columbus Junction and area
Mr and Mrs Stephen Bausch welcomed daughter Marilyn Jean born November 24 at Mercy hospital Iowa City. Mr and Mrs William Van Horn celebrated their 54th wedding anniversary December 2 at home in Columbus City formerly Emma Hamiston. A soil conservation meeting led by Floyd C Vetter Burlington will be held December 12 at 7 30 p m at J D Jielmick home. Vance Gold son of Mr and Mrs H H Gold arrived in the States from the South Pacific and will spend time with wife in Independence Missouri. James Neil Brown S2c finished ten weeks training in San Diego and is on a two week leave with parents. Professor Eugene Philips Camp Gruber Oklahoma spent a furlough with relatives in Cedar Rapids Iowa City and with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Junction
Stephen Bausch
Marily Jean
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
William van Horn
Columbus’ City
van Horn
Emma Hamiston
J. M. Mullen
Columbus City
J. D. Jielmick
Wednesady
Floyd C. Vetter
Burlington
Vance Gold
H. H. Gold
South Pacific
States
Independence
Korea
James Neil Brown
S 2E
San Diego
Calif
Vernon Brown
Eugene Philips
Camp Gruber
Okla
Cedar Rapids
Great Lakes
Chicago
Portsmouth
Virginia
Mobile
Alabama
Near East
Leyte
Okinawa
Pearl Harbor
Wyoming
Cornelius W. Walsh
Riverside
Casper
John Tehse
Earl Hart
University Hospital
William Spratt
Gretchen Kloopfer
John Kloopfer
Lloyd Latta
P. B. Latta
Everett Latta
Lloyd
United States Army
Roswell
New Mexico
Latta
Texas
United States
Lawrence Sass
John O'Conner
William O'Conner
Oakdale
Iowa
Sass
O'Conner
Jennie Kaye
Boulder
Colorado
William Tener
Room Shared With Mrs Weidner Before Marriage
A fragment notes a person lived in a room with Mrs Weidner prior to marriage. The line provides no further context or dates.
Japanese skipper to testify in McVay court martial
Cmdr. Ike Hashimoto, skipper of the Japanese submarine I 58 accused of sinking the Indianapolis, arrives in the United States to testify against Capt. Charles B. McVay II as the Washington court martial proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cmdr
Ike Hashimoto
I-58
Tokyo
Indianapolis
U. S
Japan
Charles B. McVay II
Washington
International
Army and community notes from Columbus Junction area
Local service members are listed with transfers and discharges. Pvt. Howard R. Jones moves from Camp Fannin to Fort Benning while Lt. James B. Helmieck arrives in California from Korea. Community events include club installations, a Christmas party, a sleep show judge’s trip, and a 94 day Army furlough. Columbus Junction High hosts basketball, and weddings and showers mark December social life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Philips
Columbus Junction
Howard R. Jones
David Jones
Camp Fannin
Tex
Fort Benning
Conrad Cantzen's Will Funds Needy Actors Shoe Fund
A late actor Conrad Cantzen left more than 226000 for a trust to supply footwear to all needy actors, with an explanation citing his own poverty and lack of courage facing managers. Nearby obituaries and local notes record veterans, visits, and family events at Riverside and Oakdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad Cantzen
Cantzen
Equity
Navy discharge for Leo B. Walsh in Minneapolis
Riverside report states Leo B. Walsh pharmacist first class was honorably discharged from the United States Navy in Minneapolis. He received his discharge papers on November 14 after enlisting August 4, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Leo. B. Walsh
United States Navy
Minneapolis
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Pi A
George
Macready
Eis Nt
Bek
Johnnie” Zaring
San Francisco
Carl Elder
Oakland
Willie
Millicent
Don Stutsman
Carris
T. E. White
Blair Law Haemes
Donnie
Champaign, Il
H. F. Masson
Robert Masson
Irvin Fenn
Juanita Weidner Fenn
Edith Weidner
Mr. Fenn
Junction News
Marthe Butler
Hiland Palace
Mhisic By
Stan Stanley
Adele Fideles
Nelson Eddy
Kate Smith
Herald Angels
Swiss Music Box
Victor Salon Orchestra
Frank Sinatra
Santa Claus
and “Jingle Bells
Tommy Dorsey
Sorden Music Co
East Side Square
Ottumwa Coliseum
Rchestra
Mrs
T. J. McElhinney
Hastings
Nebr
Dr. Hess
Davis
Warner Pictures
Elas
Nigel Rhys Bruce - Williams
Hedy Lamarr
Robert Walker
June Allyson
Clement Cecil
Camp Grantlil
Marian Pugh
Jill
England
1734 Ordnance Company
James B. Helmieck
St. McDowell
W. H. Dean
Paul Berg
Decatur
Hilton M. Briggs
Stillwater
J. Weaver Briggs
Columbia
Kenneth McCoy
Water Meet
Mich
Lomax
Nellie Meeker
Letts
Jetta Tuthineston
William K. Moore
Maury Moore
Guthrie Center
J.C. Hull
Moore
22Nd Conbat Engineers
Ninth Army
Antwerp
Belgium
Basil D. Cutkamp
John Deere
Rock Island
Jolly Workers Four- Girls
Inez Mentink
Ann Eliason
Norma Small
Lola Ann Dodder
Bettle Marie Johnston
Everett Stapp
Royal Netgmbor Lodge
S. A. Dwinell
Whatsoever Society
John Curtin
Charles Shellabarger
Don Todd
Lester Dickey
Hale Hanft
Allert
Pike
S. D. Cozad
Charles Buser
Gerald Allen
Donald Buser
Omiie Solomon
Guy Forbes
Thomas Gipple
Alfred Forbes
Harry Chapman
J. U. Gipple
Forrest Maxwell
John Baker
Owen Maxwell
Glen Samuels
Clal McCormick Clyde Martin
Reuben McCormick
Ray Yeeum
Elger Galloway
Lawrence Yoon
Freeman
Davenport
May Vannice
Katherine Shephard
Edith Davis
Dan C. Kelly
Mediapolis
Furmanuel Lutheran Courch
Howard Smith
Tula
Kyleen
Actors’ Benefactor
John W. Tene
Kaye
Riverside News
van Camp
Fresh Prunes
Farmers’ Co-operative Store
North
Iowa Ave
Arthur Goode
Rock of Ages
Iowa Memorial Company
South Iowa Ave
S. W. Kaster
MD Horiz
Fletcher
Castoria
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