Navy Waves poem and hometown news from Milledgeville
Thanks to Margaret Ragan for the letter and prayer poem used by Waves trainees in Milledgeville Georgia. The note lists her address and notes the Navy school as a store keeper role while praising the Waves’ seriousness. Also reports on Mrs Nita Blair Law’s homecoming, the Sloat family death in Arkansas, Louise Porter Fields travel, John Goodwin shingles project, and Bob Marble's army air corps enlistment with family updates.
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Margaret
Milledgeville
Georgia
Navy
Charles Sloat
Lucy Arnold
Wilber Miller
Arkansas
William
Wichita
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Emerson Arnold
Bob Marble
Max Marble
San Angelo
Texas
Army Air Corps
Neighborhood notes and family updates brighten Washington
The column details local residents and renters at 621 North Second Avenue the Van Autens and Mrs Owens and Green sisters. It covers Gordon Dean on the Miller farm, the Shannon family visit, a studio couch sale dispute, and remodeling plans for the Coles. It notes deaths and hospital moves, July 4 events in Washington, teacher resignations, and a push to finish 137,483 surgical dressings with 6,680 attendants. It closes with fruit market prices and a remark on currants and raspberries.
Passing Years and Local Happenings in Washington
A column recalls events and people in Washington including appointments, weddings, trips, and obituaries. Notable items: Rev Carl Klein appointed county Emergency Relief chair by Gov Clyde Herring. marriage announced for Priscilla Morrison and Hunton D Sellman. deaths and accidents in Marion Iowa and the Skunk River area. new wardens and business changes. school and church news. community notices and local visits.
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Klein
Carl Klein
Clyde Herring
Emergency Relief Committee
Community People Receive Weekend Visits and Updates
Local residents and visitors share a busy weekend with relatives across Iowa. Several individuals return from vacations at family homes, including Wilma Acheson in Ainsworth and Emily Williams from Montgomery, Alabama. Others travel to and from Des Moines, Davenport, Chicago, and Chicago area for brief stays and nursing training.
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Wilma Acheson
H. I’. Burmeister
Ainsworth
C. L. Kilgore
Miss Acheson
Maxwell Air Corps Field
Montgomery
Alabama
Emily Williams
Ainsworth News Highlights Military Movements and Local Couples
Ainsworth community notes ship homecomings and transfers from Ellington field to Harlingen Army Air Field. Local families host travelers including Norbert Norris and Ruth Graf while others head to Richmond and Omaha for duty and training. Wedding licenses rise, a divorce is granted, and Roberta Stewart joins WAVES as Ila O Loughlin marries Dr W O Rehmeyer.
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Eldon Conry
Ernestine Dean
Lee Conry
Ainsworth
Ellington Field
Texas
Harlingen Field
Harlingen Army Air Field
Harlingen
Ila O'Loughlin
Monahan
W. O. Rehmeyer
Cellulose Hoods Guard Aircraft Pipelines in War Effort
Airplane manufacturers use skin-tight cellulose hoods to cover bottle caps and protect open ends of fuel and hydraulic pipes during assembly and shipping. The hoods shield components from dirt and sabotage in war production.
Hospital Discharges and Births Mark Weekend
Multiple local residents are discharged from hospitals after treatment and several births announced. A daughter arrived for Mr. and Mrs. Dan Holcom in Keota weighing eight pounds ten and a half ounces. The article notes a bridge completion on English river and Morgan Manufacturing Co details, with staff names and local business notes. Sylvia Warren returns home from Brooklyn for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Carris
Keota
Charles MecKone
Frances Alen
West Madison
Dean Cripple
Bruce Wayne
Columbus Junction
Dan Holcom
South 3Rd
Boyd Smith
Brooklyn
Sylvia Warren
New York
30 Years Ago Here for Visit Miss Beth Surgical Patient
Local brief notes a patient named Miss Beth visiting and a surgical patient admission for Ralph Ryan at 802 South 4th. It also references Robert Hafferty of Brighton being readmitted yesterday after an unspecified earlier event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Ryan
South 4Th
Robert Hafferty
Brighton
A Bite of Wit From a Light-Hearted Column
A quirky collection of observations on clocks sleepiness funerals editors and authority. The snippet notes how lonesome rooms feel without a clock and how former pastors are sought for sermons while editors don’t get similar honors. It playfully mocks self praise and misplaced pride.
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