Welsh Ties Run Deep in Crawfordsville Community
A Welsh neighborhood in Crawfordsville and Louisa County is traced through families named Davis Davies Williams Anwyl and Jones. The piece recounts pioneer farming, migration to California, wartime service, church ties at Salem Presbyterian and local banking links, showing Welsh heritage sustaining civic life and town identity.
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Anwyls
John Anwyl
Crawfordsville
Illinois
Fred Anwyl
Louisa County
United Presbyterian Church
Isabel Anwyl Piper
William E. Anwyl
Salem Presbyterian Church
Iowa City
Welsh Heritage Shapes Crawfordsville Parish Ties
The Salem Welsh church reflects decades of Welsh heritage with pastors from Wales, ordinations, and bilingual sermons. Welsh-descended families in Crawfordsville preserve customs, homes, and mementos, while local reverends foster singing and church life despite changes in language usage.
Thirty Years On Charge of Murder
Walter Bailey a 40 year old Marshalltown man was sentenced to an indeterminate term up to 30 years in Fort Madison penitentiary on a second degree murder plea. He admitted fatally slaying William Clair St John during a dispute at Bailey's home. Bailey's wife Willie Ann Bailey was wounded.
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Tiven
Marshalltown
Walter Bailey
B. O. Tankersley
Fort Madison
Bailey
William Clair St. John
Willie Ann Bailey
Washington Man Graduates from Harlingen AAF Gunnery School
Henry H. Godwin of Washington Iowa earned a diploma and aerial gunner wings at Harlingen Army Air Field Texas, part of the AAF training command. He received a promotion and awaited orders to join an aerial combat team, or stay on as gunnery instructor after a brief visit with relatives.
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HARLINGEN ARMY _ AIR FIELD
Texas
Army Air Forces
Harlingen Army Air Field
AAF Training Command
Henry H. Godwin
Harold JT. Godwin
East Second Street
Washington
Iowa
Harlingen
Ensign Blecha Assigned to U S Naval Forces in Europe
Ensign Clifford F. Blecha USN of Washington Iowa reports for duty with U S naval forces in Europe. He enlisted seven years ago as an apprentice seaman rising to chief aviation pilot before his commission. He served on the carrier Ranger and at San Diego Pensacola and Glenview. His mother Mrs Leona Elecha Wehr resides in Washington and his wife Marian lives in Las Cruces New Mexico while he is overseas.
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London
Clifford F. Blecha
USN
North
Marion Ave
Washington
Iowa
U.S. Naval Forces
Europe
Ensign Blecha
Navy
Ranger
Naval Air Stations
San Diego
Pensacola
Glenview
Leona Elecha Wehr
Marian
Las Cruces
New Mexico
Burham Graduates at Marana Army Air Field
The notice reports Cadet Howard D. Burham, son of John Oscar Burham of Washington Iowa, has completed basic flying training at Marana Army Air Field in Tucson Arizona. He will attend Advanced Flying School to earn his silver wings as an Army Air Corps pilot after graduation.
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Daryl Burham
Marana Army Air Field
Tucson
Arizona
Washington
Marana Army Art Field
Army Air Corps
Howard D. Burham
John Oscar Burham
East Second Street
Iowa
Washington High School
Washington Junior College
Air Forces
Burham
American Pearl Jution Co
Washington Seaman First Class Returns From Sea Duty
Eugene Hotle 19 seaman first class USNR Washington Iowa attached to U S naval armed guard center New Orleans has returned from ten months at sea aboard an American merchant vessel He joined the Navy June 15 1942 Visited ports in West Africa and the Mediterranean He is son of Mr and Mrs William H Hotle 732 East Second street Washington He attended Washington High School and worked as a farmer before service He received boat training at Great Lakes He awaits further assignment as an Armed Guard gunner.
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New Orleans
Eugene It. Hotle
USNR
Washington
Iowa
U. S. Naval Armed Guard Center
Sth Naval District
William H Hotle
East Second Street
Hotle
The
Navy
West Africa
Mediterranean Sea
Washington High School
Great Lakes
Ill
Cadet Darkins Reports for Duty at Big Spring Bombardier School
Aviation Cadet Charles J. Darkins reports for duty at the Big Spring Bombardier school to begin training as a bombardier. He is the son of Mrs. Helen Darkins of Ainsworth and was an ordnance inspector before entering service. The program lasts eighteen weeks with rigorous discipline, ground school, and strenuous weeks ahead.
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Pig Spring
Texas
Charles J. Darkins
Big Spring
Bombardier School
Robert W. Warren
Darkins
Helen Darkins
Ainsworth
Phalanx Fraternity
Ordnance
Bombardier to Receive Silver Wings Over East Texas Range
Night and day flying over the East Texas range country on practice bombing missions, he will be awarded his silver wings as a bombardier and be appointed a flying officer in the Army Air Forces.
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East Texas
Army Air Forces
Chance Promoted To Corporal In Eighth Air Force
Clarence F. Chance son of Mrs Minnie Chance of Washington Iowa has been promoted from private first class to corporal announced by Brigadier General Frederick L Anderson of the Eighth Air Force Bomber Command Chance is stationed at a flying fortress base somewhere in England as this promotion is announced by the general
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Eighth Aaf Bomber Command
England
Clarence F. Chance
Minnie Chance
East 7Th Street
Washington
Iowa
Frederick L. Anderson
Eighth Air Force Bomber Command
Corporal Chance
Flying Fortress
Dusenbery Enters B-24 Bomber Mechanics School
Pvt. Harry Dale Dusenbery son of Mr Harry A Dusenbery West Chester Iowa has begun a 17 week B-24 Liberator bomber mechanics training at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi He will study fundamentals structures fuel and electrical systems propellers instruments engine operation hydraulics and inspections and then receive a field test Before completion he may be assigned to active line duty or sent to a gunnery or factory school
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Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Harry Dale Dusenbery
Harry A. Dusenbery
West Chester
Iowa
Dusenbery
Army Air Forces Training Command
Bluejacket Ross Graduates as Qualified Striker at Great Lakes
Richard Lee Ross 19 son of Darrell L. Ross and Mrs. Ross of Washington Iowa is recognized as a qualified striker for the petty officer rate of motor machinist's mate third class at the Naval Training School Diesel on the Iowa State College campus Ames. His selection followed recruit training aptitude tests and the course covered operation maintenance of internal combustion engines. The graduate now holds fireman second class and awaits active duty orders to sea or shore station.
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Great Lakes
Naval Training School
Diesel
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Richard Lee Ross
Darrell L. Ross
South 4Th Avenue
Washington
Flynn Joins San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Class
Aviation Cadet Victor G. Flynn of West Chester is listed among nine Iowa and nearby cadets in training at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center Texas. The group undergoes nine weeks of preflight instruction to prepare for primary basic and advanced flight training and to earn the silver wings of the Army Air Forces Pilots.
Victorville cadets receive wings at air field ceremony
The Victorville Army Air Field graduation lists cadets earning wings of the Air Force. among the new pilots is Robert Thomas of Washington Iowa a Washington High School graduate who entered service as a cadet in April 1948 and has a brother Private Charles P Hennon in Amarillo Texas. He previously worked in the mechanical and imbrication business before joining the air forces.
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Victoryville Army Air Field
Victorville
Calif
Pombardiering
Air Force
Victorville Army Air Field
Robert Thomas
Washington
Iowa
Washington High School
Charles P. Hennon
Amarillo
Texas
Air Forces
Spangler Promoted at Fort Bragg 13th Airborne
Fort Bragg North Carolina announces the promotion of Albert R Spangler from private first class to corporal in the 676th Glider Field Artillery Battalion part of the 13th Airborne Division stationed at Fort Bragg. The reward recognizes ability and devotion to duty in the service.
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Fort Bragg
N.C
Albert R. Spangler
R. R. No
Washington
Iowa
676Th Glider Field Artillery
13Th Airborne Division
Corporal Spangler
Ginkens Receives Good Conduct Medal In Wartime Ceremony
Pine Camp New York reports Tank Commander Walter J Ginkens of the 10th Tank Battalion awarded the good conduct medal for exemplary behavior efficiency and fidelity in a battalion ceremony. The actual medal is not issued during the war. He is the son of Mr and Mrs E H Ginkens of Ainsworth Iowa.
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Pine Camp
N.Y
Walter J. Ginkens
10Th
Cominy
E. H. Ginkens
Ainsworth
Iowa
New Haven Cadet Receives Commission At Yale Aviation School
James A. Trenerry son of Rev Alfred Trenerry Washington Iowa earned his commission and sold bars at the graduation ceremony of the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Yale University. After passing strict tests he joined aviation cadet training to become a technical officer in aircraft maintenance engineering and is prepared for duty at an air venered flying field according to Col Raymond J Reeves.
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New Haven
Conn
James A. Trenerry
Alfred Trenerry
Washington
Iowa
Army Air Forces Gaining Command School
Yale University
Lieut
Trenerry
Raymond J. Reeves
Ensign Chilcote Commissioned From Northwestern Training
William F. Chilcote son of Mr and Mrs A Chilcote of Washington Iowa received his commission as ensign in the U S naval reserve at graduation ceremonies for midshipmen at the naval training school on the Northwestern University Evanston campus Courses in navigation seamanship and gunnery comprised the three month program He will now serve as a deck officer with the fleet
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Great Lakes
Naval Training School For
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
William F. Chilcote
A. Chilcote
Harrison
Washington
Iowa
U. S. Naval Reserve
Moothart Promoted Yeoman Third Class at Sub Chaser School
Earnest L Moothart of Washington received a promotion to yeoman third class at the Navy submarine chaser training center in Miami Florida He is a graduate of Washington high school and former student of Washington junior college He worked as a desk clerk at the Congress hotel before enlisting in October 1942 He is the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Moothart of 427 South Ninth Ave Miami is the site of the east coast sub chaser training center and Moothart is among its trainees
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Miami
Fla
Earnest L. Moothart
Washington
Navy
Washington High School
Washington Junior College
Moothart
Congress Hotel
Dovenport
Lloyd Moo
South Ninth Ave
Combatants Study Methods Against Enemy Recon Boats
A study on tactics to counter enemy reconnaissance boats outlines new approaches for naval patrols. The briefing emphasizes speed, stealth, and coordinated sensor use to detect and deter hostile craft.
Cadet Berdo Starts Army Air Forces Training at Northwestern
Alva Oklahoma recital notes Thomas Jefferson Berdo 20 of Washington Iowa son of Mr and Mrs Henry E Berdo R3 undergoing approx five months of Army Air Forces instruction at Northwestern state college before appointment as an aviation cadet.
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Alva
Okla
Thomas Jefferson Berdo
Washington
Iowa
Henry E. Berdo
Northwestern State College
Army Air Forces
Harold R. Dawson Completes Flexible Gunnery Course
Harold R. Dawson of Route 4 Washington Iowa has successfully completed the Army Air Forces flexible aerial gunnery course at Laredo Army Air Field Texas. Upon graduation he is promoted in rank and receives aerial gunnery wings and will join an AAF combat crew.
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Harold R. Dawson
Route 4
Washington
Iowa
Army Air Forces Flexible
Laredo Army Air Field
Laredo
Texas
Army Air Forces
Young Army Graduate from Kingman Field
Russell H. Miller of Crawfordsville Iowa a 19 year old graduate of the Kingman Arms Air Field flexible gunnery school near Kingman Arizona entered the army at Iowa City on December 14 1942 after attending the State University of Iowa.
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Kingman
Arizona
Kingman Arms Air Field
Russell H. Miller
Harold Miller
Crawfordsville
Iowa
Miller
Iowa City
State University of
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America
Ohio
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Old Man's Creek
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Crawfordsville Telephone Co
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Jones
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Robert
Robert Davis
E. R. Davis
Bob
R. V. Davis
Bob Bill
William
R. BE. Davis
Bob Bryn
Bryn
J. R. Davis
John R
Hugh J. Davis
Hugh
Mary
Prairie
Prairie Davises
Hugh S. Davis
Jolly Palace
Palace
Plas
Plas Davis
Hugh S
Mary Plas
Hugh Davis
Racine
Hugh Racine
Hugh Corner
Elias Williams
First Savings Bank
Luther Williams
Columbus Junction
Joe H. Jones
Mary Thomas
Crawfordsville Consolidated
Denis
Joseph
Methodist Sunday School
Lisle
Ivor Davis
Joe FE
Wayne Davis
Howell Davis
John D. Jones
Alvin
Ernest
Griffith Davies
Clara Davis
Towyn
John R. Williams
Howard
Russell
A. E. Davis
E. G. Davis
East
Jane Morris
Kansas
Laura Owens
Presbyterian Church
Evan Davis
Evan L. Davis
Elizabeth
Augusta Williams
Augusta
Edward D
Catherine Davis Williams
Mary Evans
Robert H. Evans
Evan Evans
Katie Jones Davis
R. E. Davis
Everette Davis
Margaret Hughes
Wymore
Nebraska
Everette
Lydia Davis
Mary Prairie Davis
May Rees
John A
Wilma Rees
Town
Latimer Davis
David H
Latimer
Prudence John Edwards
Annie Davis Johns
Sarah Hughes Abbott
Edward Rees
Iwessyn Roberts
Daniel Griffith
Salem
E. L. Lewis
Galsgow University
Scotland
David C. Davies
Ripon College
Poston
School of Religion
State University of Iowa
Marcus Bach
Addison Alspach
Robert Morris
Thomas Jefferson
Charles Evans Hughes
James J. Davis
Owen J. Roberts
Warner Bros
Betty Davis
Paul Lukas
FOX
Allan Jones
Kitty Carlisle
the King Sisters
Alvino Rey
Chance
Mechanics School
Dick Ross
Munsing
Klein
Spangler
Berdo
Kingman Field
Paul R. Horak
Carter
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