IAGENWeb ~ Cerro Gordo Co. ~ Sgt. Ellsworth B. Myhr, WWII POW

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Tuesday, December 01, 1942, Page 11

To Return To Camp Dodge

GARNER - Hancock county selective service officials announced Monday that the following men will return to Camp Dodge as enlisted reserves on Dec. 2:

. . . Ellsworth B. MYHR, Britt. . . .

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Saturday, April 17, 1943, Page 14

WHEREABOUTS

Ellsworth B. MYHR has recently been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. MYHR of Mason City. He is stationed at Camp Phillips, Kans.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, December 20, 1943, Page 4

CLEAR LAKE BRIEFS

Sgt. Ellsworth MYHR arrived Friday morning from Camp McCain, Miss., to spend a 15-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. MYHR. He was joined here by his wife who is making her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack CRUISE, Britt.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Friday, August 25, 1944, Page 7

CLEAR LAKE BRIEFS

Mr. and Mrs. B. C. MYHR have received a letter Aug. 15, from their son, Sgt. Ellsworth MYHR, stating that he had arrived in England. He is with the infantry. Another son, Pvt. Carol MYHR, has recently been transferred to the motor pool of military police at the Algona prison camp.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
March 08, 1945, Page 3

568 FROM JUNIOR COLLEGE HERE in ARMED SERVICES

War Service Group Completing
Roll of Service Men, Women

Of the 2,333 students who have attended Mason City junior college since its establishment in 1918, a total of 568 are in service of their country. This roll is now nearing completion through the efforts of the war service committee, Eva LAROS and Harriet MEGATH. . . .

. . . The 415 undergraduates in service, five are reported as missing in action: Robert HAYES, army; Richard H. KNUDSON, navy; Ellsworth MYHR, army, Clear Lake; Kenneth PIERCE, navy; and Robert W. LEWIS, army. . . .

NOTE: Sgt. MYHR was a prisoner of war.

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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
November 14, 1945, Page 12

CLEAR LAKE BRIEFS

Ellsworth MYHR, who was recently discharged from the service, has accepted a position as manager of the lumber yard at Portsmouth, Iowa, 40 miles from Omaha, and, with Mrs. [Patricia (CRUISE)] MYHR and the baby [Sandra Jean], moved there Tuesday.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2013