Wellman News Highlights Red Cross Move and Lodge Activities
Hilma Dodds leaves Wellman for a Red Cross Midwest office in St Louis after a layoff at Hargnon General Hospital. Ma sonic Lodge and O E S officers elected with joint installation planned January 9. Local residents report injuries and illness including Jim Aggson's fall and G G Griffiths flu recovery while others visit kin in Ottumwa and Lone Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Mayer
Wellman
Hilma Dodds
American Red Cross
J. A. Dodds
St. Louis
Hargnon General Hospital
Longview
Texas
Ma 3Onic Lodge
W. M
Vic Rampelberg
S. W
Dean Schwartz
J. W
Albert Yoder
Secy
Treas
C. P. Griffith
Florence Wahl
W. P
Dan Steiner
Asso
M.—Maria Oldfield; Asso P.—G. G. Griffith
Emma Webster
Hildra Schmelzer
Ann Scehilabaugh
Masons
Christmas Gatherings and Discharges Warm Local News
Families held Christmas dinners with Polson and Ko households in Richmond and Keota with many relatives visiting from Lincoln Washington Bremerton and Bremerton shipboard. Discharges brought Harry Embree Harold Weidlein Harley Denton and Elwin Wade home while Arthur Whetstine plans New Jersey residence. Local neighbors share holiday greetings and bird feeding tips during heavy snows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorainne
R. N
Mrs. Parcell
Washington
Harry Embree
Harold Weidlein
Elwin Wade
Paul Karr
Harley Denton
Coast Guard
Arthur Whetstine
New Jersey
Uncle Sam
Robt. Wehrle
el Paso
Hens Produce 75 Percent Normal Despite Cold Weather
ROUND GROVE Jan 2 A flock of White Rock hens yielded up to 60 eggs daily in December equaling about 75 percent production. The note mentions local residents including Percy Skubal Jim Jones Edwin Boyd W J Boyd and a Christmas scene with families from Washington and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Round Grove
Percy Skubal
Jim Jones
Edwin Boyd
Muscatine
Hugh Boyd
W. J. Boyd
Brumfield’s
Washington
Jim
Christmas Day Homes and Meals Across Davenport Area
Davenport residents gathered for holiday dinners at multiple homes. Notable guests included the Nicholson and Shuerman families, the Whetstines, Boyd family, Colton family, and Skubal household, with a turkey dinner at several sites. Dean Zahlhag bought a new tractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilton Coon
Tramlong
Washington
Arnold Nicholson
Sunay
Ray Steele
Vince Skubal
Dean Zachs
Edgar Whietstine
Percy Skubal
Fred Skubal
John Skubal
Esther Skubal
Mercy Hospital
Davenport
Lee Nicholson
Earl Shuerman
Rodger
Davida Fisher
Ralph Boyd
Newton Whetstine
Riverside
Edgar Whetstine
Donna Boyd
Iowa City
Elvin McMath
Harley Nelson
Merle Colton
Palmer Rabcock
Marion Ferguson
Arnet Mathers
Jean
Terry
Dean Zahlhag
Pfc Teon Zickefoose Receives Honorable Discharge
Brighton report states Pfc Teon ard Zickefoose has returned home after 22 months overseas service and received an honorable discharge from Fort Leavenworth Kansas. The notice also notes the death of Cedar Falls girl Carolyn Fleak age 14 from leukemia, with survivors listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Rotzingzer
Brighton
Pfc
Teonard Zickefoose
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Carolyn Fleak
Laban Ffleak O
Cedar Falls
Lied
Funeral services held for 7 1b Koch at Methodist Church
Parents and sister Connie attend as Rev. E E B Voss conducts the service. Burial followed at Hill Crest cemetery. Ray Van Sant to return home soon after honorable discharge from Camp Grant. Kenneth Reighard recovers at Washington County Hospital from a Friday coastings accident. Mrs Sherta Uaiflew ill with pneumonia at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie
Brighton
Koch
Ehurch
EE. EB. Voss
Hill Crest Cemetery
Ray van Sant
Camp Grant
Kenneth Reighard
Washington County Hospital
Sherta Uaiflew
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Jim Aggson
G. G. Griffith
A. L. Braden
Ellis Rick
Ottumwa
Marian Durst
Cheyenne Wyo
L. W. Durst
E. C. Henn
Daryl Potsander
Howard Fisher
Henn
Ross Raynor
Lone Tree
Marie Miller
John Swartzendruber
Raymond Kos
TIN Shop
Paul R. Horak
West Side Square
Nuernberg
Hermann Goering
Rudolf Hess
Fritz Weidemann
San Francisco
Hitler
Otto Skorzeny
Benito Mussolini
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Frau
Margaret Himmler
Gudron
Washington Concrete Company
North 12Th Street
Rock Island
Moffat Triplets
Retta
Ruth
Ralph
Raymond Moffatt
Pittsburgh
International
Independence
President Truman
National Airport
Harry Vaughn
Janet
Pfc. L. Zickefoose
Duplate
Duplite
Sorrell Auto Parts
West Madison
Jenniifer Jones
Kieeph Cotten
Ann Richards
Paramount
Ceal Kellaway
Whitthg
Stokers
Cy Bush
East
MMA
TomarTowe Witten Md Cey
Aus
Nash
Nash Mopors
Nash-Aelvinator Corp
Detroit, Mich
Methodist
Journal
Nash-Kelvinator
E.S.A
M.N.T
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fred May
Washington St
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