Iowa Old Press
Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
April 23, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 1 of a Series
(photo included)
David Clair Van Dyke, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van Dyke of Lime
Springs, entered the U.S. Army under the selective service act on
May 4, 1941. He received training at Camp Claiborne, La., where
he was a member of a machine gun company in the infantry, Co. H.
133rd Infantry. While there he was awarded a medal for
marksmanship with pistol.
The first part of January 1942, he was sent to Fort Dix, N. J. He
is now with the American Expeditionary Forces in Ireland.
Clair, as he is known here, was born Oct. 13, 1919, on a farm
nine miles west of Harmony, in Bristol township. He was graduated
from Lime Springs High School in 1938. Previous to entering the
Army, he was employed at the E. E. Evans & Son dairy farm.
Help the Herald Compile Records of Service Boys - Will
Be Pleased to Publish Others
In order that the editor of the Herald can compile a
complete record of all the Boys in Service from Lime Springs and
Chester and adjacent territory, it is necessary that we have the
cooperation of parents, sisters and brothers, or sweethearts of
the boys in service. We ask that any of these see to it that the
blank on the back page of this paper is filled out and mailed or
brought to the Herald.
In later days, it may be very important that there will be
available information that the Herald desires to
complete as a history of this community’s war effort. Be
sure that the boy you are interested in is listed in the Heralds
War Record for Lime Springs and Chester. You’ll be glad that
someone is keeping the record straight. In further response to
the call we are making we publish below new addresses of boys in
service received since our last issue.
Pvt. Lester Norman Albert, Det. 906th Q.M. Co., Aviation Service,
Sheppard Field, Wichita Falls, Texas.
P.F.C. Eldon C. Lemon, Hq Btry. F. A. 14th Obsn. Bn. A.P.O 303,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Robert Hunter, Annex 1, South Boston, Mass.
Curtis Ellison McKnight, U.S. Naval Training Station, Seaman
Guards, Great Lakes, Ill.
Pvt. James Klomp, Co. C, 79th Infantry, 7 N.G. Bn., 2nd Platoon,
Camp Roberts, Calif.
Pvt. Albert C. Meyerhoff, 21st Ordnance Co., Petaluna, Calif.
Pvt. Carrol Sears, Co. C, 5th Bn., A.F.R.T.C., Fort Knox, Ky.
Murial G. Henry, Ship Co., Camp Barry, Bldg N, Great Lakes
Training Station, Great Lakes, Ill.
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Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
April 30, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 2 of a Series
(photo included)
Donald M. Bowers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon S. Bowers of Lime
Springs, enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Purdue University,
Lafayette, Ind., on Jan. 29, 1942. He entered training as an
aviation cadet Feb. 26, 1942, at Maxwell Field, Alabama, where he
is now taking pre-flight training. Previous to his appointment as
cadet, he received a private pilot’s license and had 70
hours of flying time.
Don was born Sept. 4, 1916, at Lime Springs, Iowa. He was
graduated from Lime Springs High School in 1933. He attended Iowa
State Teachers College 1933-34. He was owner and operator of the
Texaco station here from the fall of 1936 to May 1940. From Dec.
1940 to the time of his enlistment, he was an outside adjuster
for the National Bond & Investment Co. of Gary, Ind. He
attended the Gary Junior and Airport College at Gary, Ind. His
father is an ex-service man.
He married Irlene McMasters, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
McMasters of Lime Springs on Sept. 30, 1936. They have a
daughter, Sharon Lee, born Jan. 22, 1938. Don’s present
address is Sq. C. Gp. 1, Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala.
[transcribed by L.Z., May 2015]