Iowa Old Press
The LeMars Globe-Post
April 8, 1943
Honor Marine Sergeant
A group of friends and relatives gathered in the home of Mrs. Mary Goetzinger in Oyens Sunday afternoon in honor of her son, Sergeant Raymond Goetzinger, who is in the Marine Corps at San Diego. Sgt. Goetzinger had been home on a 15-day furlough, and returned to San Diego this morning to the Marine Corps base, where he has been stationed since his enlistment June 15.
The following were present on Sunday: Rev. Henry Karhoff, of Oyens; Sister Mary Michael and Sr. Mary Ambrose, of Alta Vista, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Gengler and family; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gengler; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Tentinger and family; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilmes and family; Mrs. Roy Sitzman of Remsen; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schnepf and family; Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schnepf and family; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Hames and son Richard, of Oyens; Mr. and Mrs. Nick Goetzinger and family; Mike Goetzinger; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ruden and family of Alton; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Weber and family of Bridgewater, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Pete Theobald and son Robert of Heron Lake, Minn.; Mildred Sitzmann of Kingsley; and Marie Sitzmann, of LeMars.
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SEGGERMAN, DEAD NAVY
Previously Reported Missing, He Is One of 17 Changed
Eilert William Seggerman, of Remsen, brother of Mrs. Alma Scherner of Remsen, who had been reported missing in a previous Navy casualty list, of March 19, 1943, is known to be dead, a revised list of casualties announced Monday makes clear.
Seggerman’s name was among 17 whose status was changed by later information received by the Navy department.
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JACK PETERSON HURT IN ACTION
In Navy Hospital At Vancouver, Wash.—Was on Convoy Duty
Mr. and Mrs. John Peterson have received word from their son, Jack J. Peterson, that he is a patient in a hospital at Vancouver, Wash. According to his letter, his legs were injured while on convoy duty, but no details were given due to censorship.
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ESTERRE BOHLKE IS NOW A WAVE
Completes Indoctrination at Special Navy School at Cedar Falls
The U. S. Navy has informed the Globe-Post that Esterre May Bohlke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Bohlke of Kingsley, hs been graduated from the general indoctrination school for WAVES at Cedar Falls. This class is the final one to graduate in general indoctrination as the school will now be used exclusively for training Navy WAVE yeomen. Miss Bohlke hopes to receive a rating as yeoman.
She was graduated from Western Union college in 1942, with a B.A. degree, and was honored with many offices, including that of Homecoming Queen and Vice president of the senior class at Western Union college.
The Navy is now using 13 colleges for specialized training of WAVES and SPARS.
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JACK STOOS A PRISONER
This Makes Three First Victims of War Reported Safe
A long period of anxiety ended this week for the family of Jack Stoos, formerly of Remsen, who with Willard Stearns and Math Ruba, comprised the only Plymouth County representatives to be fighting in the Bataan-Corregidor area when it was taken by overwhelming numbers of Japanese.
Willard Stearns and Math Ruba had been previously reported prisoners on the Philippines, but an impenetrable silence has, until this week obscured the fate of the Remsen boy.
A letter was received by Mrs. Elmer Nitzschke, sister of Jack Stoos, giving the bare information that he is alive and presumably well.
Instructions are also given for the sending of strictly personal messages to prisoners of war. No money or goods may be sent—just personal letters, under conditions laid down by Japanese military authorities.
This leaves one more American who was in the Philippines still unaccounted for. He is Corporal Bob Kelly, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Kelly of LeMars, who was on Mindanao island attached to a new airfield when the Japs invaded. It is known that American units escaped to the interior of the big mountainous islands, and may still be living with the natives, who have no use for the Japs, waiting for the day when the American flag once more flies over the Philippines.
[transcribed by L.Z., Nov 2020]