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Twila McKinnon Kearl
11 July 1905 - 24 July 1965
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When I decided to create this blog, I contacted the Director of the Utah Digital Newspapers Project to get permission to use all of the linked articles listed herein. All of the articles were "In the Public Domain" when I created this blog, but, readers of these articles should seek permission from me before attempting to use any of these articles for any purpose other than reading them on this blog.
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A few of these articles do not show Twila Kearl's "by-line", which usually appears near the beginning of the article. There are a few such articles near the end of the list that may have been written by the Editor of the newspaper, possibly because Twila had health or family issues at these times. Even though a few of these articles were not written by her, I felt that all of them should be included, for continuity and closure. I've listed the names mentioned in each article, to help readers find those of most interest to them. As of today, 12/31/2016, I have included a list of names, sorted by surname, in the right column. They are listed with the Article Numbers in which the name(s) appears. This should make it easy to look at article(s) in which there is a name you have interest in.
I truly believe these articles may have saved lives during the war, by helping those serving to be strong and endure, and helping those at home to have patience and courage while they waited for their loved ones to return. We should all remember the brave men and women who have defended our great country, and our freedoms around the world!
I know that some of the articles and stories in this blog may bring tears to the eyes of some of my readers. I am sorry, but I will not apologize, as these brave men and women deserve our deepest feelings,... out of appreciation for their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their families.
Please know that I intend this blog to be a MEMORIAL to all who served during World War 2, including those who waited, impatiently and with deep concern, for those serving to return. Let pride in your country and for those who served this great nation and the world dry your tears.
It is my sincere hope that these articles will bring warmth to your heart, as they did to mine!
(Having trouble viewing these articles? Click here.)
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Article #01 - Date: 1943-07-18
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Rich County 1943-07-18 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54270
Names Mentioned: Pvt. Vern Rex; Miss Teresa Anderson of Mesa, Arizona, and 2nd Lt. Max E. McKinnon; Pfc. Virl Pope; Sgt. Clayton Longhurst, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Longhurst; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Osborne, Gene, Roy, Ab, Ray; Garth Nicholls; 1st Lt. Otto Kennedy, Staff Sgt. Sheldon Kennedy; Mabel Syms and Velenna Kennedy, Sisters of Glenn Nicholls; 1st Lt. LaPreal Blaidsdell.
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Article #2 - Date: 1943-07-23
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Rich County 1943-07-23 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54350
Names Mentioned: Nine Kennedy's from Randolph, three from home of Mrs. Lota Kennedy, Sheldon, Mae and Floyd; 1st Lt. Otto Kennedy; Reed Kennedy; Second Lt. and Mrs. Ross Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson; Mrs. Calvin Whitney, formerly Elain Kennedy, husband T-Sgt. Calvin Whitney; Seaman 2nd Class Gordon Peart and Seaman 2nd Class Hubert Helstrom, Gordon (Peart) married Miss Barbara Rees, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Rees of Woodruff, in Logan, on July 12, by Bishop Hall; Bob McKinnon.
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Article #3 - Date: 1943-07-30
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Rich County News 1943-07-30 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54427
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Fern Kennedy, Mrs. Leslie P. Brasel, Clyde Kennedy; Fay Kennedy, Master Sargeant, Jackie Gray Kennedy; Dean Nicholls, son of Mrs. Velda Nicholls; Wallace Snowball; Sgt. Clayton Longhurst; Mrs. Jean Wilson, formerly Miss Elva Wilson, eight month old son, Jean Carlton, Lt. Jean Wilson.
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Article #4 - Date: 1943-08-06
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Rich County 1943-08-06 News of Our Men With the U. S Forces
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54506
Names Mentioned: Billy Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wilson; Kay Larsen from Randolph; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Osborne, two sons, Ab and Ray; Kib Jacobson and Ab (Jacobson); Mr. and Mrs. Osborne's other two sons, Gene and Roy; Privates First Class Birch Norris and Edward Smith; George Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson; Mrs. James Kennedy, Corp. Jean Kennedy; Corp. Paul Kennedy, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy.
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Article #5 - Date: 1943-08-13
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Rich County 1943-08-13 News of Our Men With the U. S. Forces
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54582
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Longhurst, Sgt. Clayton Longhurst; Aviation Cadet Billy Stacey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stacey of Woodruff; Cal and Dale Cornia, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Osro Cornia of Woodruff; Master Sgt. Fay Kennedy, Jackie Gray Kennedy, Corless Wamsley; Merril Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Johnson; Mrs. Lola Kennedy, son Yeoman 2nd Class Floyd Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy and daughter Helen; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy, and son, Reed Kennedy.
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Article #6 - Date: 1943-08-20
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Rich County 1943-08-20 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54744
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Daisy Crouch of Morgan, her brother, Stuart McIver (and wife, May), Don Williams of Morgan, Sheldon Kennedy; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith, Fred Snowball.
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Article #7 - Date: 1943-08-27
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Rich County 1943-08-27 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54814
Names Mentioned: Bob McKinnon; Second Class Yeoman Flody [SIC] (probably Floyd) Kennedy, his mother, Mrs. Lota Kennedy and his sister, Helen Kennedy, Mrs. Elthera Johnson, Sister Lt. Mae Kennedy; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Norris, son Glenn.
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Article #8 - Date: 1943-09-03
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Rich County 1943-09-03 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54894
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Theil Wamsley, husband a prisoner of war in Germany; Eugeane [SIC] (Likely should be) Eugene Hanney; Lt. Fred S. Rex, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Rex; 2nd Class Seaman Hubert Helstrom [SIC, likely Hellstrom], 2nd Class Gordon Peart; Fred Helstrom [SIC, likely Hellstrom]; Jack McKinnon; Lt. Mae Kennedy.
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Article #9 - Date: 1943-09-10
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Rich County 1943-09-10 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,54967
Names Mentioned: Fay Kennedy, Bob (McKinnon); Reed Kennedy, Clyde Kennedy; Lt. and Mrs. Max McKinnon, Arch McKinnon; Lt. Mae Kennedy.
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Article #10 - Date: 1943-09-17
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Rich County 1943-09-17 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55029
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Schlappi, Lloyd K. Schlappi, Carol Schlappi.
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Article #11 - Date: 1943-09-24
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Rich County 1943-09-24 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55106
Names Mentioned: Clayton Longhurst, Mrs. Lewis Longhurst, Staff Sgt. Gene Broyles, (Max Sarbrowski 26, a German POW weds by proxy), Pvt. Kay Larsen, Ray Osborne, his brother, Ab, and Kib Jacobsen, Lt. and Mrs. Ross Jackson.
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Article #12 - Date: 1943-10-01
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Rich County 1943-10-01 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55181
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| Page 1 of 1943-10-01 Issue Click for full story Find-A-Grave Memorial |
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Article #13 - Date: 1943-10-08
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Rich County 1943-10-08 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55262
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith (Edna), son, Kib ("your friend, Kib"); Pfc. Elmont Bingham, Mrs. Minnie McKinnon; Corporal Fred Helstrom, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Helstrom, and wife, Mrs. Delmar Helstrom; Owen Wahlstrom; 1st Lt. and Mrs. William B. Anderson (formerly Miss Eleanor of Ferguson Falls), Mr. and Mrs. James Stuart of Woodruff.
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| 1943-10-15 Find-A-Grave |
1943-10-15 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1943-10-22 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #14 - Date: 1943-10-29
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Rich County 1943-10-29 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55595
Names Mentioned: SSgt. John Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith; SSgt. and Mrs. Grant C. Muir, parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muir; 2nd Lt. Matt Pickett, Mrs. Pickett and small daughter; Ensign Kenneth Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Myers, of Laketown; 2nd Lt. Max McKinnon, his wife, formerly Miss Tresa Anderson of Mesa, Arizona; Gordon Peart, Hubert Helstrom, both 2nd Class Seaman; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shelby visit Bob's parents, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Shelby; 2nd Class Seaman Eldon Brough; 1st Class Seaman Merril Johnson, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Johnson; L. L. Hellstrom; Bob McKinnon; Marine Verl Pope, Corp. Paul Kennedy, Eugene Kennedy, T. Sgt. Calvin Whitney, and his brother, Ensign Howard Whitney; Ensign Kenneth Myers of Laketown, Pfc. Jesse Limb.
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Article #15 - Date: 1943-11-05
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Rich County 1943-11-05 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55659
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Thos. J. Norris, Petty Officer Thos. J. Norris Jr., AM 3-c, Petty Officer Wm. B. Norris, SC 2-c; Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Helstrom, son Fred (Helstrom); Pvt. Lorraine Dean, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kay Dean, Pvt. Roy Cox, son of Mrs. Maud Cox of Woodruff; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall, son Pfc. Maurice and wife; Ensign Earl Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Heber Myers of Laketown, Kenneth (Myers), Mr. and Mrs. Myers two sons, First Class Seaman Russell (Myers), his wife, former Miss Barbara Richards of Ogden, S-Sgt. Harold (Myers); Clayton Longhurst. (Sent piece of metal from German plane.)
1943-11-12 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #16 - Date: 1943-11-19
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Rich County 1943-11-19 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55821
Names Mentioned: S-Sgt. W. C. Wamsley; Lt. Max McKinnon, Russel Thornock (and wife), Mrs. McKinnon; Ensign and Mrs. Lloyd Schlappi and two sons Kent and Larry; Seaman 2-c George Jackson, son of Mr. and Len Jackson; Clyde Kennedy.
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Article #17 - Date: 1943-11-26
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Rich County 1943-11-26 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,55893
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Ascel Jacobson, son Kib; Ned Spencer, wife, son, mother, Mrs. Ethel Spencer (living in Ogden); Gordon Peart, Lt. and Mrs. Max McKinnon; Corporal Garth Nicholls, mother Mrs. May Nicholls; Audrey Peart, brother Captain Otto Kennedy; Pfc. Reed Kennedy; S/Sgt. Silas Ellis, his wife and her mother and sister, Mrs. Gertrude Jollineau, and Mary Ann Jollineau, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ellis of Woodruff; Pfc. Billy Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thetcher Wilson.
1943-12-03 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #18 - Date: 1943-12-10
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Rich County 1943-12-10 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56047
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Luella Eller, son, Howard Eller, LaVon Eller; Mrs. Lota Kennedy, daughter Heen (SIC, but likely was Helen), Pvt. Fred Fox; Captain Piatt (Commander of Nurses?).
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Article #19 - Date: 1943-12-17
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Rich County 1943-12-17 News From Our Boys and Girls in The U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56125
Names Mentioned: T/Sgt. Fred Helstrom, brother, Delmar (Helstrom); S/Sgt. Wm. J. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Ascel Jacobson, son Kia [SIC] (probably Kib), son Fay; Bob McKinnon; Hubert Helstrom.
1943-12-24 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #20 - Date: 1943-12-31 (a)
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Rich County Reaper, 1943-12-31 News From Our Boys and Girls in The U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56287
Names Mentioned: Leon Kearl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kearl of Laketown, Kay Larsen, son of Mr. Adolph Larsen and Alta Loyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Lloyd married, Bp. G. W. Peart, Mrs. G. W. Peart, Mrs. Dallas Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Norris, Mrs. Arvel Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Lloyd, Jerry Larsen, Ruth McKinnon, June Smith and Mabel Sym; Eugeane Hanney, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanney; Sgt. Calvin Whitney; Dale Rex, Cpl. Wayne Rex; Lt. and Mrs. Max McKinnon; Lt. Owen Wahlstrom, Mr. and Mrs. George Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mariner Brown, of Woodruff.
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Article #21 - Date: 1943-12-31 (b) Extended Addition for New Years!
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Rich County 1943-12-31 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
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Rich County 1943-12-31 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56260
Names Mentioned: Cpl. Albert J. Osborne, brother Ray, Jim Brown of Evanston, Kib Jacobson; Pvt. Roy Osborne; Reed Kennedy, Bob (McKinnon), Kib (Jacobson), Mrs. Klea Larsen.
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| Rich County Reaper 1943-12-31 |
At this point, 1943 ends and 1944 begins. Most likely all our military and the parents of those serving were praying that the war would end early in the new year. Unfortunately their prayers are not answered in 1944, at least not completely.
1944-01-07 - The Reaper appears to not have been published on this date.
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Rich County 1944-01-14 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56740
Names Mentioned: Ensign Lloyd K. Schlappi; Bob McKinnon.
1944-01-28 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #25 - Date: 1944-01-21
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Rich County 1944-01-21 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56275
Names Mentioned: Capt. Otto R. Kennedy, phone call from Bob McKinnon, ran into Sheldon (Kennedy); Mark Norris, Eugene Hanney; Blair Findley, and wife, Carol Johnson Findley; Mr. and Mrs Lewis Longhurst, pictures from son, Sgt Clayton Longhurst.
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Article #26 - Date: 1944-02-04
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Rich County 1944-02-04 News from Our the U. S. Service Boys and Girls In
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59234
Names Mentioned: Cpl. Ray Osborne, Fay Kennedy; Lt. Max McKinnon; Blair Findlay and Rex Jones; Seaman 1st Class Gordon Peart, Hubert Helstrom; Ensign Lloyd Schlappi.
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Article #27 - Date: 1944-02-11
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Rich County 1944-02-11 News from Our the U. S. Service Boys and Girls In
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59797
Names Mentioned: Fred Helstrom, Pete (no last name), Clayton Longhurst, Alley 'boy' from Laketown, James Hayward's Brother-in-law, Wm. J. Smith;Hubert Helstrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Helstrom; Billy Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher Wilson; Jimmy Gill; Lt. Helen Kennedy, Helen's sister Lt. Mae Kennedy; Sgt. Sheldon Kennedy, Mrs. Lola Kennedy, Captain Otto Kennedy.
1944-02-18 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #28 - Date: 1944-02-24
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Rich County 1944-02-24 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59958
Names Mentioned: Pvt. Measer Rex, son of Mr. P. H. Rex; Wm. J. Smith; Lt. Helen Kennedy; Sheldon Kennedy, Captain Otto Kennedy.
1944-03-03 - Rich County Reaper paper not published on this date.
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Article #29 - Date: 1944-03-10a
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Rich County 1944-03-10 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60105
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Lota Kennedy, daughter Helen; Gordon Peart, Miss Barbara Reese of Woodruff, Bp. and Mrs. Willard Peart, his sister, Joyce Peart, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Thornock; Lt. Wesley Weston, son of Sheriff and Mrs. Ben Weston of Laketown
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Article #30 - Date: 1944-03-10b
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Rich County 1944-03-17 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56824
Names Mentioned: Reed Kennedy letter to Adolph ("Ade") Larsen.
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Article #31 - Date: 1944-03-17
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Rich County 1944-03-17 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,56824
Names Mentioned: Pvt. Eddie Smith, son of Mr. Roan Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, son John; Willard Clawson; Miss Julia Porter; Gene Osborne, Ray Osborne, Jimmy Brown of Evanston; Elmer Whalstrom [SIC], son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wahlstrom of Laketown, Howard Lamborn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Will Lamborn, J. L. Willis, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Willis; Rex Jones, Blair Findlay; Kay Larsen; Fred (Snowball), Mr. and Mrs. Roy Snowball.
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| On front page of 1944-03-24 issue. |
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1944-03-24 -
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1944-03-31 -
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Article #32 - Date: 1944-04-07
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Rich County 1944-04-07 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57041
Names Mentioned: John Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith; Florence (Smith), Mary (Smith, his wife); Corporal Garth Nicholls, Richard Nicholls, sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kennedy; Lt. Ross Jackson;
1944-04-14 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-04-21 - No paper at all (in UDN records)
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Article #33 - Date: 1944-04-28
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Rich County 1944-04-28 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57188
Names Mentioned: Lloyd Schlappi, Carol (Schlappi); Pvt. Clifford McKinnon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton McKinnon; Sgt. Clayton Longhurst, Fay Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Smith of Evanston; T. Sgt. Bob McKinnon, Captain Otto Kennedy; Hubert Helstrom; Cpl. Fay Jacobson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ascel Jacobson, Cpl. Theodore M. Gajewsky of Ogden, Pfc. Jesse W. Burbridge of Holliday, Cpl. Howard Adelbert Mills of Bountiful.
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Article #34 - Date: 1944-05-05
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Rich County 1944-05-05 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57261
Names Mentioned: Alma Argyle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alma Argyle, George Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson, Carlysle Bryson of Woodruff, Nor GRAY; Carlysle, rating Gunners Mate 3/c; T. Sgt. Calvin Whitney, with wife, Elaine, and two daughters, Carol Gene and Naidine, Calvin's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whitney; On the USS Republic, Bob McKinnon and Fay Kennedy; Lt. Col. Frank Kurtz, Author W. L. White.
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Article #35 - Date: 1944-05-12
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Rich County 1944-05-12 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57335
Names Mentioned: Elmont Bingham; Mark Norris, S 2/c.; T. Sgt. John Wm. Smith, Mrs. Wilford Bell, Mrs. Fred Smith, his sisters, Myrlee and June Smith, Lois Ann Thornock, Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, Fred Smith; Pvt. Lowell Clawson; Lt. Owen Wahlstrom; Oscar Bellman received letter from his son, Carl (Bellman), Irene (Carl's wife).
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Article #36 - Date: 1944-05-19
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Rich County 1944-05-19 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57418
Names Mentioned: Lt. Helen Kennedy, Mrs. Lota Kennedy; Lt. and Mrs. Max McKinnon; Mrs. Twila Kearl, Mrs. Regina Hanney, and daugthers, Beverly and Bonnie; Pvt. Vern Rex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rex; George Wilson, Stanley Wilson; Dale Rex, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rex; Kay Larsen, son of Adolph Larsen and the late Kea Peart Larsen.
1944-05-26 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-06-02 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #37 - Date: 1944-06-09
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Rich County 1944-06-09 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57715
Names Mentioned: Pvt. Alva Smith; Dale Rex; Bp. and Mrs. Willard Peart, son Gordon, wife, Barbara Reese Peart.
1944-06-16 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #38 - Date: 1944-06-23
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Rich County News 1944-06-23 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,57863
Names Mentioned: Lt. Wesley Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Weston of Laketown; Seaman 2/c Blair Findlay; Seaman 2/c Russel Thornock; Mrs. Max McKinnon, sister Miss Mona Anderson of Mesa, Arizona, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanney and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kearl; Blain Nicholls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Nicholls.
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| 1944-07-07 Find-A-Grave Memorial |
1944-06-30 - no issue for this date in UDN.
1944-07-07 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #39 - Date: 1944-07-14
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Rich County News 1944-07-14 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58018
Names Mentioned: S 1/c Jay Thompson, Carlyle Bryson, Merril Johnson; Mr. and Mrs. John Wm. Smith and small son at parents Mr. and Mrs.Fred Smith; Reed Kennedy, Jay Thompson, Wendall Muir, Bob Jackson; Robert Calder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Calder of Garden City, and wife, former Maxine McKinnon and small daughter; Theil Kearl, Mos's Mate 1st class, son of Mrs. Mary Kearl of Laketown.
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Article #40 - Date: 1944-07-21
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Rich County 1944-07-21 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. ServiceUDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58093
Names Mentioned: Reed Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanney, Bob McKinnon; Lloyd Schlappi, wife Carol; P-38 pilot, Lt. Max E. McKinnon's first photographic mission, wife, Mrs. Tresa Anderson McKinnon; Lt. Owen Wahlstrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wahlstrom of Laketown reported MIA; Lt. Ross Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson of Randolph, awarded Air Medal; Clayton Longhurst; Pfc. Richard (Dick) Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones, poem written by son, Seaman 2nd Class Richard Rex Jones, "A Prayer In Thoughts".
1944-07-28 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-08-04 - The Reaper didn't publish on this date, or UDN couldn't find a copy.
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Article #41 - Date: 1944-08-11
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Rich County News 1944-08-11 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58249
Names Mentioned: Glen Stuart; Mr. and Mrs. Marriner Brown, son, George; Ray Dean, Shervin (Dean), his sisters Thea and Loraine; Mrs. Lizzie Eastman, Arvel (Eastman), Wynn Huffaker; Mr. Claude Cornia; Roy Cox, Loraine Dean; Shervin Dean, Glen Cornia; Mrs. Bob Telford.
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Article #42 - Date: 1944-08-18
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Rich County 1944-08-18 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58334
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson, Lt. Ross Jackson, Distinguished Flying Cross; Eugene Hanney, Mrs. Ralph Hanney, "Bud" Whist of Washington, D. C., Bob McKinnon; Jackie Gray Kennedy, Fay Kennedy; Mrs. Ella Schench notified son Rex had been killed in France; Mrs. Lota Kennedy, Sheldon Kennedy.
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Article #43 - Date: 1944-08-25
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Rich County News 1944-08-25 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58452
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Rich County 1944-08-25 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58517
Names Mentioned: Son Rex (Schenck) KIA, Mrs. Ella Schenck, Brother Conley (Schenck); Master Sgt. Fay Kennedy, wife Jackie Gray Kennedy Claire B. Chenault parents Mr. and Mrs. Karl Kennedy, 2-yr old daughter "Midge" (Kennedy); T/3 M.C. Sheldon Kennedy; Seaman 2/c Blair Finlay, wife Carol Johnson Findlay, two sons Gordon and Douglas, parents Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Findlay, young brother Bruce; Seaman 2/c Kay Bryson of Woodruff; Mrs. Frank Jackson, son Lt. Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy, son Reed; TSgt. and Mrs. Calvin Whitney and daughters Carol Gene and Nadine, Elaine (Whitney) and two little girls, Fay Kennedy, Bob McKinnon; Mrs. Ella Schench, son Rex.
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Article #44 - Date: 1944-09-01
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Rich County 1944-09-01 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58532
Names Mentioned: Beth Kennedy Gerrard, Clyde Kennedy; Max McKinnon promoted; Fred Snowball, son of Mr. and Mrs. xxxx Snowball (first name unclear, but may have been Edna); Leo Telford; Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Kennedy, returned to Randolph, Married in Salt Lake Temple on August 23, 1944, Jess Knight, Temple President performed the ceremony, Mrs. Lucille Thornock, mother of the bride, the former Willa Thornock, the mother of the groom, Mrs. Lota Kennedy, Joyce Peart and Mr. and Mrs. Kay Thornock; Mrs. Lota Kennedy, daughter Lt. Helen Kennedy recovering from pneumonia; Lt. May Kennedy, another daughter of Mrs. Kennedy serving on hospital ship USS Mercy; Elna Rae Corless daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless; Lt. Ross Jackson, with wife and parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jackson.
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Article #45 - Date: 1944-09-08
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Rich County 1944-09-08 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58616
Names Mentioned: Alice Hoffman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hoffman, married Merril Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, in Salt Lake Temple, Elder Robert Burton performed the ceremony, Accompanied by Leonard Hoffman, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Peart and Joyce Peart; Lt. Helen Kennedy; Marine Keb Jacobson; Fred Helstrom, parents Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Helstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hoffman; At Dance, T/S.M. Sheldon Kennedy, M.S. Fay Kennedy, Lt. Ross Jackson, S 3/c Leo Telford, Q. M. 2/c Merrill Johnson, Glen Stewart, and Lt. Billy Reese, Glenn Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Spencer of Evanston; S 2/c Blair Findlay and wife, Mrs. Carol Findlay; Mother, Mrs. S. A. Findlay of Ogden, sons Gordon and Douglas; Pfc. Keith W. Gunn, received Purple Heart, brother of Mrs. Ivan Hoffman.
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Article #46 - Date: 1944-09-15
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Rich County 1944-09-15 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,58684
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Maxine McKinnon Calder, husband, Bob Calder; A.O.M.B 3/c Hubert Helstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Helstrom; Master Sgt. Fay Kennedy; Mrs. Audrey Peart, Otto Kennedy, promotion to Major; Major Gus Rich, wife and two daughters Billie and Marilyn, son-in-law Captain Raymond Prior, husband of Major Rich's eldest daughter, Billie; Frank Corless, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless.
1944-09-22 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-09-29 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-10-06 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-10-13 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-10-20 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-10-27 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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| Back: Robert Gordon McKinnon and Roene Price McKinnon; Front: Myself, Donald Kent McKinnon, and Marcia Elaine McKinnon |
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| "Bob" and Roene Wed |
Just think, if my parents hadn't met, you wouldn't be reading this blog.
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Article #47 - Date: 1944-11-03
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Rich County 1944-11-03 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59297
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McKinnon, "Bob"; Roene Price, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Price of Bloomington, Idaho, marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kearl, Mrs. Joseph Price; Vern Rex seriously wounded, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rex; Mrs. Carol Findlay, Blair (Findlay); Lt. Owen Wahlstrom, pilot of B-24, POW in Germany.
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Article #48 - Date: 1944-11-10
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Rich County 1944-11-10 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59385
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Vera Peart in charge of Red Cross preparing "Fifty overseas kit bags"; T-Sgt. Norman Call of Ogden is guest of Miss Elain Hoffman of Randolph; Major Norman Weston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Wahlstrom; Seaman 3/c Bob Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vloe Jackson; 1st Lt. Max McKinnon -Distinguished Flying Cross; Paul Hanney.
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Article #49 - Date: 1944-11-17
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Rich County 1944-11-17 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59446
Names Mentioned: Eugene Hanney; Lt. Ross Jackson, wife, Nola Cornia Jackson; Lt. Max McKinnon, not Distinguished Flying Cross, but Air Medal; Reed Kennedy; Rex (last name not given).
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| 1944-11-24 Service Flag Mrs. Alben Borgstrom |
1944-11-24 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-12-01 - No issue published, or UDN didn't find a copy.
1944-12-08 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1944-12-15 - No issue published, or UDN didn't find a copy.
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Article #50 - Date: 1944-12-22
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Rich County 1944-12-22 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59674
Names Mentioned: Jesse Limb; T Sgt. and Mrs. Robert McKinnon; Seaman 1/c Gorman Findlay, son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Russell Findlay of Kemmerer; Pfc. Edward Smith, Lieutenant General Mark W. Clark; Colonel W. Fulton Magill, Jr. of Portland, Oregon.
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Article #51 - Date: 1944-12-24 !! EXTRA CHRISTMAS EVE PRINTING !!
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Rich County 1944-12-24 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,59737
Names Mentioned: Cyriel Argyle, Mr. and Mrs. Alma Argyle; Garth Nicholls, mother, Mrs. Mae Nicholls; Mrs. Lota Kennedy, daughter Helen (Kennedy), Dale Rex, Sgt Saul Levitt; Staff Sergeant Clarence James of South Carolina; Dale Rex of Randolph, Norman Rivkin of Chicago, Ill., Ross Staley of Winchendon, Mass., Richard Marshall of Houston, Texas, Kelly Lemmon of California; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rex, son Vern; Hubert Helstrom.
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Article #52 - Date: 1944-12-29
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Rich County 1944-12-29 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60177
Names Mentioned: Wallace Bitton [SIC], wife Ila Wilson Bilton and two sons Dennis and Ronny, and daughter Jolien; Marine Ray Osborne, S 2/c Bob Jackson, Wallace Belton, Major Otto Kennedy, Evan Helstrom; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless, son Frank (Corless), becomes Fireman Second Class; Mr. and Mrs. Vloe Jackson, son Bob (Jackson); Major Otto Kennedy; Mrs. Robert Calder, the former Maxine McKinnon; Lt. (j.g.) Lloyd Schlappi.
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Article #53 - Date: 1945-01-05
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Rich County News 1945-01-05 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60983
Names Mentioned: Marine Corporal Ray Osborne, son of Mr. Ray Osborne, and Miss Mary Coggins, daughter of Mr. Bish Coggins of Evanston, Wyo. married, Aldolph Larsen, Hyrum Smith, Miss Kathleen Maltby; Fred Snowball, brother Albert, Kib and Fay Jacobson, Theo Limb; Major Otto Kennedy, Marine Corporal Ray Osborene [SIC], Wallace Bilton, Billy Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs Thetcher Wilson; Hubert Hellstrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hellstrom; Cox 2/a Dean Nicholls .
1945-01-12 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published, but these were found on the front page:
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1945-01-12 issue, Front page,
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| 1945-01-12 issue, Front page, under WOODRUFF NEWS |
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Article #54 - Date: 1945-01-19
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Rich County News 1945-01-19 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,62567
Names Mentioned: Mrs. Ralph Hanney, letter from Eugene's friend, John "Buddy" Wist, gives details of the torpedo attack when Ralph Eugene Hanney died; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanney and Family.
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Article #55 - Date: 1945-01-26
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Rich County 1945-01-26 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,63405
(This one was likely the toughest article Aunt Twila had to write... describing the funeral services for her Nephew, Ralph Eugene McKinnon, who lost his life during a torpedo attack on his ship!)
Names Mentioned: Eugene Hanney, MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hanney, Bishop Willard Peart, David Hoffman, John "Bud" Wist of Odenton, MD, Earl Passey, Frank McKinnon, Arch McKinnon, W. T. Rex, Mearl Peart, Carl Stuart, Junes Smith, Lois Ann Thornock; T/3 Sheldon Kennedy; Seaman Wm. Norris and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norris; Mayor Gus Rich, wife and daughter, Marilyn, Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. M. Pulley of Logan, Mr. and Mrs. Farell Spencer of Randolph; Seamon [SIC] 2/c Frank Corless, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless.
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Article #56 - Date: 1945-02-02
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Rich County 1945-02-02 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U.S. Service
Rich County Reaper, 1945-02-02 Soldier Letter
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,63627
Names Mentioned: This was a long letter written by Fred S. Rex, 1st Lt., to Twila Kearl. Use the second link to read the conclusion of the letter.
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Article #57 - Date: 1945-02-09
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Rich County News 1945-02-09 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,63708
Names Mentioned: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Norris, son Birch (Norris); revisited Miss Shaw; Clyde (Kennedy), Eugene Kennedy; Pvt. Maeser Rex (amusing tail of News Year's activities); Ewan Hellstrom inducted.
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Article #58 Date: 1945-02-16
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Rich County News 1945-02-16 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,63790
Names Mentioned: Corporal Eugene S. Kennedy, 26, son of Mrs. Phebe Kennedy of Randolph, accorded the War Department's Distiquished Unit Citation; Corporal Clyde M. Kennedy, son of Mrs. Lois Kennedy, promoted to Sergeant; Mrs. Maxine Calder, daughter Mary Irene, living with Mrs. Calder's sister, Ms. John Peart, received her husband's Purple Heart medal.
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Article #59 - Date: 1945-02-23
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Rich County News 1945-02-23 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,63855
Names Mentioned: Major Otto Kennedq [SIC] (should have been Kennedy), son of Mr. and Mrs. Reay Kennedy, Miss Ruth Bowns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jared Bowns of Almy, Wyo., married in SL temple, J. C. Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Mearl Peart of Randolph, and bride's mother, Mrs. Bowns, Mrs. Beatrice Calvert and Mrs. Robert Huggins, the former Miss Peggy Kennedy of Ogden; Seaman 1/c George Jackson, son of Mr. Leonard Jackson; Gordon Peart, Bishop and Mrs. Willard Peart; Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless, son Seaman 2/c Frank Corless; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spencer of Logan, Seaman 3/c Jerry Spencer, Jerry is son of Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Spencer of Logan; S/Sgt. and Mrs. Grant Muir, parents Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Muir, Mrs. Muir's parents Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hansen.
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Article #60 - Date: 1945-03-02
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Rich County News 1945-03-02 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60265
Names Mentioned: Letter addressed to "Betty and Elwin", Richard Rex Jones, S 1|c.
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Article #61 - Date: 1945-03-09
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Rich County News 1945-03-09 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60338
Names Mentioned: Lt. Helen Kennedy, daughter of Mrs. Lota Kennedy of Randolph and Dee Cornia, son of Mr. and Mrs. Corless Cornia of Woodruff, married on Valentine's Day; Wesley Weston son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Weston of Laketown; LaMar Argyle, Verl Hoffman; Wedding Dance for Hyrum Smith, brother John Smith and his wife.
1945-03-16 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published
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Article #62 - Date: 1945-03-23
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Rich County 1945-03-23 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60473
Names Mentioned: 2 5|c Frank Corless visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kearl and son Joe (Kearl); Dan Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Wilson, wounded in Italy lost one arm; Major and Mrs. Otto Kennedy; Master Sgt. and Mrs. Fay Kennedy (Jackie) and daughter Midge (Kennedy); Lt. (j. g.) Kenneth Myers son of Mr. and Mrs Heber Myers of Laketown, Utah; First Lt. Wesley Weston of Laketown; Max McKinnon promoted from 1st Lt. to Captain, wife, Mrs. Tressa Anderson McKinnon and small dauther Ktahleen [SIC] (should be Kathleen); M. T|Sgt. Gene Osborne, Pvt Carson Norris and Seaman Thomas Norris, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Norris; Mrs. Stanley Wilson received 2nd telegram saying her son, Pvt. Dan Wilson died of his wounds.
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| Front page 1945-04-06 issue. |
1945-04-06 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
1945-04-13 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #63 - Date: 1945-04-20
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Rich County News 1945-04-20 News from Our Boys and Girls in Nork the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60775
Names Mentioned: (Quality of Image only about 90%) First Lt. and Mrs Matt Pickett, also 2-yr-old son Matt; Pvt. H. LeRoy Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hyrum Thompson; Miss Barbara Gray, and (Mr.) and Mrs. Fay (Jackie) Kennedy and small daughter Midge, parents Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Gray, brother Billy Mack Gray; S 2|c Frank Corless, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Corless; S 2|c (Wendell?) Muir, son of Mr. and Mrs. Law(rence?) Muir.
1945-04-27 - News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service not published.
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Article #64 - Date: 1945-05-04
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Rich County 1945-05-04 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,60911
Names Mentioned: Max E. McKinnon, 27, of Randolph, Utah promoted to Captain, at Seventh Photographic Station, commanded by Lieut. Col. George W. Humbrecht of St. Louis, Missouri; McKinnon is a photo pilot and assistant operations officer for a photographic reconnaissance squadron; Wife is Mrs. Tressa Anderson McKinnon of Mesa, Arizona; Mr. and Mrs. Alma Argyle, son Cyril (Argyle); Mr. and Mrs. Russell Thornock, wife Emma Lou (McKinnon Thornock) remain with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McKinnon.
Date: 1945-05-11
Rich County 1945-05-11 SHALL THE REAPER CONTINUE?
An Appeal from Reaper Editor W. E. Marshall
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,61051
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Article #65 - Date: 1945-05-18
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Rich County 1945-05-18 News From Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,61131
Names Mentioned: Captain Max McKinnon arrived May 9th coming from England where he had been since D-Day, June 6, 1944; Mrs. Twila Kearl, Mrs. Arch McKinnon and son Michael [SIC, should have been Mikal], Tressa [SIC, should have been Tresa] Anderson-McKinnon [SIC] and 7-month-old daughter Catherine, Mrs. Mynoa Anderson [SIC, Andersen?]; Marine Roy Osborne so of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Osborne, his brother Sgt. Gene Osborne, Albert Osborne; Sgt. Sheldon Kennedy, his wife Willa Thornock Kennedy.
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Article #66 - Date: 1945-05-22
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Rich County News 1945-05-22 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service - LOCAL AIRMAN AMONG THOSE CONGRATULATED
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,61192
Names Mentioned: Captain Max E. McKinnon honored as part of 185,000 men and women of the Eighth Air Force, by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle.
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Article #67 - Date: 1945-09-28
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Rich County News 1945-09-28 News from Our Boys and Girls in the U. S. Service - Letter Received from Mark S. Norris. Gm 3/C
Continued in: Rich County News 1945-09-28 Letter Received from Mark S. Norris. Gm 3/C
UDN Reference URL: http://udn.lib.utah.edu/u?/richcounty,62658
Names Mentioned: Letter from Mark S. Norris, GM 3|c detailing what he saw in the last hours of the war, after Hirohito had accepted unconditional surrender, Fleet Admiral Nimitz, Brigadier General William Clemente of the 6th Marines, Admiral "Bull" Halsey; and, Mark concludes with this statement (BOLD and ITALICS emphasis added):
A Closing Note from the Author
I came upon a Wikipedia report, that said that World War II officially began 1 September 1939 and ended on 15 August 1945. It also gave an estimate of the number of people killed during World War II as "an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities." Even 50 million staggers the mind!
May God help us avoid anything close to that in another war. Let's hope the current events in the world (ISIS, for instance) will not lead to another such World War. If it comes, may He guide our nation and allies to bring it to a swift and less painful end!! --- Robert B. McKinnon
