Mrs Ed Sanders 80 Fractured Hip After Fall
Mrs. Ed Sanders, 80, fractured a hip in a fall at her home on Wednesday evening. She was taken to Henry County hospital for X rays to check for possible dislocation. Her daughter, Mrs. Newa McGuire, has lived with her for years. The town notes detail are followed by multiple family updates including nurses training plans for Gertrude Rinner and visits from relatives.
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Wayland
Ed Sanders
Henry County Hospital
Newa McGuire
Gertrude Rinner
Newton
Kansas
Bethel Hospital
Marvin Rinner
Wesley
Hedrick
Arnold Rinner
Delta Alpha
Myrtle Elder
Gerty
Kans
Ezra Wittmer
Burlington
David Wittmer
Marvin Roth
Harriet
Galesburg
Millard Schlatter
Dianne
Dickie
Ft. Riley
Kan
Mr. Schlatter
Millard
Bertha Schlat
Atlas Tires Car Care on Highway No 2
Local tire shop Atlas Tires offers car washing greasing and battery service on the east edge of Washington along Highway No 2. Contact phone 458 for services and maintenance.
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Washington
Atlas Tires
Memorial Day Program Set for Crawfordsville High School
Mary Manners reports Crawfordsville will host a Memorial Day program at 1 00 P M on May 3 in the high school auditorium. The program includes invocation solo reading a reading titled Along the Paths of Glory a duet by Wilma Wooley and Joan Maxwell address by Rev. Frederick Westbrook the Star Spangled Banner benediction and a piano accompaniment by Mrs. Anna Mae White. Graves decoration and posthumous air medal to Staff Sergeant James L Mitchell awarded to his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Mitchell for five bomber missions over occupied Europe.
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Mary Manners
Crawfordsville
High School
America
Junior Despain
Viola Hering
Wilma Wooley
Joan Maxwell
Frederick Westbrook
Anna Mae White
Graves
Fred Mitchell
Staff
James L. Mitchell
Continental
Peanut Kernel Lodges in Long Peanut
Two year old Joyce Switzer, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Rotzinger and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Switzer, underwent surgery at Iowa City to remove half a peanut kernel from her lung after choking on peanuts. She was taken to Iowa City after developing a cold and high fever following the incident. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tracy returned from Louisiana with Mrs. Willis and baby daughter, accompanying them home from Camp Polk. A dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Horton honored Homer Ingham and Mrs. Roy Howell of Selma, California.
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Brighton
Joyce Switzer
Edgar Rotzinger
Frank Switzer
Rotzinger
Fairfield
Iowa City
R. H. Tracy
Louisiana
Corp
Keith Willis
Camp Polk
Willis
AE. Horton
Leland Horton
Janet
Roberta
Willis Horton
Marilyn
Billy
Russel Whitaker
Seattle
Wash
Syrrell Whitaker
Whitaker
Syrrel Whitaker, Jr
Yvonne
Eugene Comaway
George Nicholas
Conesville
Elmer Vinton
Washington
Joe Rich
Sam Hesseltine
East Pleasant Plain
Charley Farrier
Hollis Lauderdale
Joel
Helen Lauderdale
J. H. Brier
Baby
Jake” Brier
Fresno
Calif
Winfield
Rex Brier
James Harlan Brier
United States
Raymond Lemley
Norfolk
Carrie Lemley
Evelyn Bennett
Mollie Boos
Homer Rotzinger
War Hero’s Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously
A lieutenant of the army air forces presented the medal to Mitchell who was killed in action on his ninth mission. The article notes a posthumous Purple Heart awarded to their son and mentions other local social items and visits spanning relatives from Cedar Rapids to Seattle, along with community church and school activities.
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Ope
Army Air Forces
Mt. Pleasant
Mitchell
Dorothy Waters
Audrey Coates
Mildred Woodburn
A. C. Bain
Kathleen
Cedar Rapids
Glen Beenblossom
Visitors and residents gather in wake of flood at Helmick home
Mrs. H W Helmick hosts guests including Mrs Harold Phillips and children Russell Marlys and Henry of La Verne and Miss Helmick from Dallas City. Others present were Mr and Mrs Lowell Van Dorin and two children of Albia and Clyde McBride of Ainsworth. L E Helmick family plans sale after moving to Washington while health officials advise pumping and disinfecting wells and organizing typhoid inoculation clinics amid flood recovery.
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Lowell van Dorin
Albia
Caution Public on Contaminated Water in Des Moines Flood Areas
State health officials warn against contaminated water and food in flood zones in Des Moines. All drinking water suspected of contamination should be boiled at least two minutes, per Dr. W. L. Bilerring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Towa
W. L. Bilerring
Cedar Rapids Man Heads State R of C
Cedar Rapids Des Moines attorney George E O Malley was unanimously elected state deputy of the Iowa state council Knights of Columbus at the closing session of the forty third annual convention He succeeds Dr C D Kerrigan who had been a candidate for re election
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Cedar Rapids
George E. O'Malley
Des Moines
Iowa State Council
Knights of Columbus
C. D. Kerrigan
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