Iowa
Old Press
Postville Herald
Postville, Allamakee co. IA
Wednesday, September 19, 1945
Our Men Who Fought on Foreign Shores Are Returning Home
Corporal Vernon (Ted) Seybert arrived home Sunday after
being discharged from the army at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., last
week. Ted served in Africa and Italy with an Engineers unit that
built airstrips for our planes. He told an amusing story of how
after many days without fresh meat while in North Africa a group
of his buddies went out and brought in a bullock weighing 800
pounds. The Arab owing the animal followed them into camp and
insisted on getting his property back. The Yankee lads, seeing
their juicy steaks slipping away, told him they had bought the
animal for $40, so the Arab gave them that amount and carted his
bullock away with him. Later the boys discovered half of the
money was counterfeit. "You can't beat an Arab." Ted
says.
Pvt. Harold Christofferson, who saw considerable service in
France and Germany with the Army, arrived home last Thursday, his
wife going to Prairie du Chien, Wis., to bring him home.
Sgt. Howard Bulman arrived at an eastern port of debarkation last
week end after serving overseas. He is one of the first local men
to be inducted and saw service on the Alaska highway with an
engineer unit before going to Europe. A son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G.
Bulman, he is expected home this week.
Sergeant Winfield Masonhall expected to leave Europe for home
Monday, according to word received here by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L.J. Masonhall. "Windy" has been serving with an
engineers' treadway bridge company in the Army since going
overseas two years ago.
Another Postville boy now stationed in Europe who expects to be
headed for home soon is Sergeant Leslie Poesch, who writes his
parents, Mr. and Ms. Ed Poesch, to look for him about November 1.
He recently spent several days sightseeing in Switzerland and
says the only thing that would induce him to remain overseas now
would be opportunity to spend two weeks more in the Alps of
Switzerland.
Corporal Roland (Tiny) Madorin arrived here last week from the
European war theater where he had been serving with the 348th
Engineers Battalion. Tiny was hospitalized for some time with a
fractured leg while in Belgium. He has a 30-day furlough before
he has to report back for assignment to duty, presumably in this
country, since he has enough accumulated points to keep him from
going to the Pacific theater.
Among the men from this community to be given discharges from the
army recently were Cpl. DuWayne Bulman and Cpl. Harlan Wegner,
both overseas veterans of the 34th Division. DuWayne spent three
years as a prisoner of the Germans after being captured in North
Africa, while Harlan, who was taken ill when the division left
England for the African invasion, was left in the British Isles
and later got to the European continent after the Normandy
invasion. He is now living in Cedar Rapids. DuWayne has been in
veterans' hospitals at Clinton, Iowa, and Wood, Wis., since being
returned to this country.
Called for Examination
Leo Meyer arrived here Friday from Dubuque where he
recently enrolled in the University of Dubuque. On Monday he went
to Waukon to leave with a group of Allamakee county registrants
for Fort Snelling, Minn., for pre-induction physical
examinations.
Second Poultry Plant Opened by Fred Groth
Expansion in business has brought about the opening of a
second poultry dressing plant by the Groth Produce Company who
are employing eighty people at present, with need for as many
more, it was reported Monday. The new plant is located near Mr.
Groth's turkey rearing houses in west Postville, where only
chickens will be dressed. The uptown plant continues to dress
turkeys for shipment to the eastern markets and the army.
Operations were begun Monday at the new dressing plant.
[transcribed by S.F., September 2017]