Community notes and greetings from the Rocking Brigade
A wide ranging update covers store tips for managing shopper points and summer help ideas, a patriotic ambulance of chores, and local moving notices. Readers hear from Mildred Westermark and others en route to San Diego and Tucson, plus a tribute to Cloyce Messenger with Hornet and Tokyo bombing service. Dairy experts are also mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Westermark
Helen Klepfer
Hilda Brown
San Diego
Tucson
Pvt Gerald Armbruster Heads to Kelly Field After Furlough
Riverside notes report Pvt Gerald Armbruster left on Sunday for duties at Kelly Field San Antonio Texas after a ten day furlough spent with his family and friends. The home gathering honored him with a supper hosted by his aunt Lena Bopp and attended by relatives including his mother and several siblings. Community members attended Foresters meetings and other local visits noted alongside school closures and visits from Iowa City residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Gerald Armbruster
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Mary Armbruster
Lena Bopp
Capper
Leonard
Francis
Paul
Leo
Bernard
Ambrose
Frank Bopp
Matilda Wieland
Joseph Shradel
Jesse Bopp
Harold
Near Hills
Women’s Catholic Order of Foresters
Forester Hall
John Knittel
Edward Kueneman
Lorena Kron
Donald Herring
Cedar Rapids
Gus Kern
Kern
Norma Goetz
Oak Grove
Pearl Rummelhart
Clementine
Iowa City
Mary Dvorak
Pennsylvania College Work Seeks Perpetual Milk Freezing
In a Pennsylvania college, researchers pursue a method to freeze milk for indefinite preservation. The Death-Leeder process supposedly avoids separation when returned to liquid form and retains the original taste and appearance of fresh whole milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
Pennsylvania
Ship Work of Art One Battleship In Guadalcanal Night Battle
The warship off Guadalcanal features elaborate paintings on its gun turrets and mounts. The artwork depicts the Rising Sun of Japan sinking as enemy ships bear shell hits. The scene mirrors the night battle from mid November with ships battered and sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guadalcanal
Japan
Colombia’s rugged valleys split by Andes branches
Colombia remains divided by deep valleys and scattered towns, its landscape wedged between three main branches of the West Coast Andes. The terrain creates a topographic checkerboard of isolation among communities and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombia
South America
Storm Damage At South '76 Farm Hits Several Buildings
A Saturday night windstorm caused extensive damage at Everette Vincent’s farm including a ruined windmill and uprooted trees. At Clarence Aller’s brick chicken house was destroyed and chicks sheltered on a back porch. Most farm buildings other than the main house were damaged. Meeker Hess, Bert Dunbar, and Frank Greiner also reported damage to hog houses and outbuildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Everette Vincent
Clarence Aller
Meeker Hess
Bert Dunbar
Frank Greiner
Planting Forest Trees Should Start After Frost Eases
Farmers should begin planting forest trees as soon as ground thaws and soil can be worked. Early completion gains from spring rains and better soil conditions.
Ainsworth Alumni Banquet Sees Record Attendance
The thirteenth Ainsworth alumni banquet was held Friday at the Methodist church parlors with 112 attendees. The program featured class mottos, speeches, solos, and musical acts, with 40th year reunions for the class of 1903 and officers announced. Local delegates from Iowa and neighboring towns joined in the celebration and dinner service included creamed chicken and assorted desserts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ainsworth
Raith Richards
John Walker
Richard Harvey
Paul Campbell
Ruth Norris
Diana Halda
Gene Stephens
Millard Chambers
Army Air Corps
James Quinn
Clint Hanson
Chas. Radewaker
Marian Stephens
Lillian Simpson
Manford Radenold
Bob Koehler
BOS. Cay
Helen Kilgore
Ruth Rabenold
Hazel Hunt
Warren Lins
Texas
Alma Lins
Iowa City
Terry Marsh
Daverport
Robert Hites
Des Moines
George Warnock
Rock Island
Ethel Hendersen
Oakdale
Hugh Hall
Soldiers Ban Buffalo Shots From Barracks Windows
An old army regulation still in effect at Fort Logan Colorado forbids soldiers to shoot buffalo from their bar racks windows. The rule reflects strict discipline and safety in military housing areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Logan
Colo
Soil testing guides garden soil health and nutrients
After soil suitability is confirmed for a victory garden a soil test can reveal acidity availability of phosphorus and potash and total nitrogen plus nitrate content information.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brigade
Harry Whittaker
Rean
T. F. Barker
Barthelows
Maude Miller Simerman
Merle
Pressey Frank
Waterloo
Nelle Samson
Charley Hebner
Jack Shields
New York City
Myrtle
Blanche Shields
Iowa Avenue
Jack King
Crawfordsville
Cloyce Messenger
Wapello
Hornet
Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Pvt. G .Armbruster
Oxfords
Moore’s Bootery
Aller Farm
Warren Davis
Prairie Flower School
Irma Hess
Keota
Mer
Ruth Martin
Harry Marten
Milwaukee, Wis
Elmer Aller
Virginia Aller
Veg Preth
Lifornia
Florida
Doz
Iss
Swift
Kraft Margarine Parkway
Big Sweets Larsen
SLASS
Campbell
Campbell's
Clapp's
HEINZ
Clapp
Fort Dearborn Farina
Peg
Fort Dearborn
Kellogg's Pep
Owen Glass
Pillsbury
Dr. Price's National
Serie
Sorie
Ise
Jemima Hazel
Coffee Hills Bros
Amer
Home Coffee Chase & Sanborn
Graham
Salerno
Benteco
Bentece
Ige
Land O'Dairies
Benner
Kellogg's Gro Pup
Acaxes
Wilbert's Furniture
Velvet
Orc
ADAY
Yitamin Ves
Lido Club
Spaghetti
Southern Red Triumph
California
Texas Marsh
Sic
New
Mississippi
Jumbo
Sunkist
Valencia
NEW Peas
Frankfurters
S‘cop
Bologna
aMrietta Workman
Francis McConnell
Ruth Houseal
Shull
Washington
Mildred Morris
Joan of
Tehind the Times
T. W. Harwood
Westphal Jewelry
East Side Square
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