Sailor writes from Solomons describing life at sea
Kenneth Ward, in the navy and stationed near the Solomons, sends a letter home detailing life in a waterfront tent by the ocean. He describes open air sleeping, a small boat dock, vibrant tropical fish, sharks and barracudas, warm weather, abundant marine life, a red parrot, and plans to ship coral, sponge, coconuts and seashells home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ward
E. E. Ward
Navy
Solomons
Pacific
Local Military and Social News Roundup
Local residents welcome returning service members and note leaves and travels. Pvt. Don Crossett returns from furlough before reporting to Camp Gruber Oklahoma. Lt. William W Brown and family arrive from Del Rio Texas after pilot training. Mrs. Rex Hazen, Mrs. Douglas Leonard, and Mrs. A W Yard with Mrs. Floyd Blankenhorn travel between towns for visits and events. A VFW rummage sale is planned at the former Bowling Alley building with community participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Crossett
Pvt
Don Crossett
Grinnell
Crossett
Hazen
Camp Gruber
Okla
Rex Hazen
Charles Hazen
Brighton
William W. Brown
del Rio
Texas
M. L. Brown
J. L. Walker
Lt. Brown
Fragmented notes on coral formations and aged marriage remarks
The text describes coral islands with solid formations and finger like projections. It notes a sticky clear substance inside living coral and mentions stained yellow pieces. A personal aside muses about Clayton and peers marrying, implying inexperience. The style resembles a disjointed diary or interview snippet with color observations and casual chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
Otto S Pfc Guy Vow Repeated at Carlisle Home
Sarah Katherine Otto daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivo Otto of Carlisle Pennsylvania and Pfc Harold P Guy of Oakridge Tennessee were married at 2 40 PM Saturday September 16 in the Otto home with Rev H M Snavely officiating. The wedding featured music by Dorothy Hake and a gown of embroidered white net. Attendant Ruth Rheinheimer wore aqua and white satin. The couple plan a trip to Pittsburgh and then reside in Tennessee after visiting his Washington area parents. Both attended Pennsylvania State College. Guy serves in the army as a special engineer detach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivo Otto
Carlisle
Penna
Sarah Katherine
Pfc
Harold P. Guy
Oakridge
Tenn
Dan Guy
Washington
Otto
H. M. Snavely
Brethern Church
Dorothy Hake
Spring Grove
Pennsylvania State College
Ruth Rheinheimer
Pittsburg
Tennessee
Pre
Guy
Special Engineer
Army
Kalona Local Notes Highlight Hospital and Army News
Lena M. Yoder and Susie Miller had major operations last week. Mrs. Chester Schwitters and Cherie Lee plan a Camp Wolters Texas visit to see Private Schwitters. Wilbur Prybil announce birth of son Gary Francis weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces at Washington hospital. Mr Nisley and Mrs Nisley report birth of a girl at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Schwitters
Kalona
Lena M. Yoder
Susie Miller
Cherie Lee
Camp Wolters
Texas
Schwitters
Wilbur Prybil
Gary Francis
Washington Hospital
Red Nisley
Dale Voorhees Sails Toward Rennes with Radio Man
Lieutenant Dale Voorhees, a Los Angeles native with three years of service and fifty five bombing missions, pilots a plane toward Rennes Brittany. The crew recalls missions over Abbeville Cambrai Lille and a December attack on Amsterdam that crippled a major Nazi airport. He jokes about returning home for his wife’s apple pie after rugged flights and says others in his squadron have already gone home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Abbeville
Cambrai
Lille
Amsterdam
Voorhees
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FOX
Leslie David Howard
Niven
John Lite
Wen
Steele Ken
Maynard
Washington County
A. W. McCall
Douglas Leonard
Sommierville
N.J
C. B. Reed
Hall
A. W. Yard
Floyd Blankenhorn
Cedar Falls
A. H. Twinam
R. S. Dix
Yard
Mr. Blankenhorn
Twinant
Dix
Russell Helm
Mt. Pleasant
Harry L. Whittaker
Seabees 1/C
Cino Endicott
R.L
V.F.W
Ellis Negus
Chicago
Kenneth Dunwoody
Marilyn Green
Burlington
France
Jor
Matinee
Century-Fox
Maxwell Anderson
Anne Baxter
William Eythe
Michael O’shea
Palau
U. S
Palau Islands
Theodore S. Wilkinson
Kyn
Sarah K. Otto
H. P. Guy
Arthur H. Otto
Pottstown
Thomas M. Anerson
Boiling Springs
Phoenixville
Bolus Springs
Crone’s
Jack Sprat
Call
Jack Spratt
John Shields & Sons
Heisey
Hukgaber
Goodyear
Labora
Tories
Great Goodyear Tire
Dale Voorhees
Radio Man
Rennes
Brittany
States
P. L. Etter
S. Iowa
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