Iowa Old Press
Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
May 7, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 3 of a Series
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Earl John Meyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Meyer of one mile
south of Lime Springs volunteered in the U.S. Army at Cresco,
Iowa, on April 3, 1941. He was inducted at Fort Des Moines, sent
to Jefferson Barracks, Mo., then to Camp Claiborne, La., where he
was a member of Co. A, 168th Infantry. January 1, 1942, he was
transferred to the Army Air Corps, and entered aviation cadet
training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, the latter part of January.
Previous to joining the Army, Earl was employed by W. J.
Armstrong at the stockyards in Lime Springs for about five years.
The winter before enlisting, he took a six-weeks sheet metal
course at an aviation school in Omaha, Nebr. Earl was born Feb.
8, 1917, at Bonair, Iowa. He attended grade school at Lime
Springs, Iowa. His present address is: Sq. E. Group 2, B199-8, 42
K. Maxwell Field, Alabama.
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Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
May 14, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 4 of a Series
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Clarence Lewis Klomp, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Klomp of York,
Minn., volunteered in the U.S. Army at Preston, Minn., on March
20, 1941. He was inducted at Ft. Snelling, Minn., and shortly
afterwards sent to Ft. Meade, South Dakota, where he is now a
private first class, Troop D. 4th Cavalry. At present he is main
gunner on a 37 mm anti-tank gun. He has licenses to drive a jeep
or reconnaissance car, bantani, scout car 2 ½ ton truck,
motorcycle, ½ track tank, and pick-up. He has been awarded
medals for expert with pistol and submachine gun and as
sharpshooter. He also has a medal for maneuvers in Louisiana.
Previous to joining the Army he helped his father farm and the
last two years operated a portable feed mill. He earned quite a
reputation for his boxing ability by taking part in several
boxing cards. Clarence, nicknamed “Kuss” was born in
York Township, Fillmore County, Minn., on April 15, 1918. He
attended grade school in York Township. His present address is:
4th Cavalry, D Troop, Fort Meade, S.D.
NEWS OF OUR BOYS IN SERVICE.
Private First Class Clarence L. Klomp of Fort Meade, S.
Dak., has sent us clippings from the Omaha World-Herald
telling about the arrival of the 4th Mechanized Cavalry Regiment
from Ft. Meade for the Omaha Army Day parade. “Kuss” is
a member of this regiment, having enlisted in the Army in March
1941.
TRANSFERRED
-Merle Moore has been transferred from Camp Claiborne to
Camp Polk, La. He was recently raised to the rank of sergeant.
-Staff Sgt. Curtis H. Moore of Grenier Field, Manchester, N. H.,
is to start a classification course at an Officer Candidate
School, Ft. Washington, Md., on June 22.
SOUTHWEST CHESTER:
Adelaide and Doris Hageman and Doris Goodman were Cresco
visitors Saturday.
Josephine Brumbaugh spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Joe
Lomica. She is planning to leave for South Dakota soon to spend
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Schreiber of Cresco and Mr. and Mrs. Burle
Downing and Mildred were Sunday dinner guests at the Alvin
Malcomson home. Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Anderlik and Bobby and the Ernie Malcomson family of LeRoy.
Miss Holm and pupils of No. 5 spent Friday afternoon playing
kittenball with the pupils of Chester No. 7.
Mr. Joe Huntoon was up from Marlon to visit his mother, Mrs. W.
Huntoon, on Mother’s Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Schreiber and James, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Malcomson and Mavis were Chester callers Saturday evening.
About 40 Oakdale and Chester women attended the canning
demonstration at the Paul Goodman home Tuesday. Canning corn,
tomatoes and greens were demonstrated in both pressure cooker and
hot water bath. Canning rhubarb with honey and how to prepare
vegetables and fruit to store in lockers were also demonstrated
by our H. D. A., Miss Kunau.
The mothers of Dist. No. 7 surprised Mrs. L. Trainer at her
school Monday afternoon by walking in on her about 3:00
o’clock and serving her and her pupils a picnic lunch. The
occasion was Mrs. Trainer’s birthday.
Harold and Marion Anderlik spent Sunday afternoon at the Godfrey
Buresh home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Trainer and Mr. and Mrs. Will Kitterman
attended the show at LeRoy Saturday evening.
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Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
May 21, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 5 of a Series
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Gerald John Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Liewellyn Jones of 3 ½
miles southwest of Chester, Iowa, entered service in the U.S.
Army by way of Selective Service on July 6, 1941. He was inducted
at Fort Des Moines and entered training at Camp Wolters, Texas,
in Company C, 61st Infantry Training Battalion. He is one of five
men who had a rating of 1 in three examinations given to 220 men
in Company C, and who were sent to Headquarters after their Army
training. He is now post office clerk in the Main Post Office.
He was graduated from Chester High School as an honor student in
the Class of 1930 and completed three years of college work at
Upper Iowa University, Fayette. He took a normal training course
at Upper Iowa in the summer of 1931 and received a certificate
from Oxford Institute, Chicago, in 1932 for a course in business
administration. He attended U.I.U. in 1939-40 and 1940-41, and
earned one year’s college credit through summer schools. He
was affiliated with the national honorary commercial fraternity
Pi Rho Zeta and men’s social fraternity Rho Sigma Chi.
Gerald was auxiliary mail carrier from Chester for two years, was
census enumerator in 1935 and worked at carpentry work with
George Hughes of Lime Springs in the summer of 1936. He taught
rural school No. 6 in Chester Township one year and Forest City
Township No. 5 for three years. He served as substitute Railroad
mail clerk during the holidays in 1940 and was due for an
appointment for that job in a few weeks after he was inducted. He
was born March 23, 1914, in Saratoga township, Howard county,
Iowa. His present address is: Hq Det. C.A.S.C., Camp Wolters,
Texas.
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Lime Springs Herald
Lime Springs, Howard co. Iowa
May 28, 1942
SERVING UNCLE SAM
No. 6 of a Series
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Forrest Strike, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Strike of Belgrade,
Minnesota, 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 the Mortar Gun division, Co. H., 133rd
Infantry. The first part of January, 1942, he was sent to Fort
Dix, N.J. He is now with the Expeditionary Forces in Ireland.
Forrest was born on a farm near Spencer, Iowa, on March 4, 1917.
In the spring of 1919, he came with his parents to Howard County.
With the exception of eight years spent at Belgrade, Minn., this
has since been his home. Previous to entering the Army, he was
employed by his brother on a farm west of Lime Springs. His
present address is: Co. H, 133rd Inf. 2nd Bn. APO B13, c/0
Postmaster, New York City, N.Y.
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