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World War II
Feb. 1,1940
ST. HELENA — St. Helena had the lowest property tax levy of any place in the state.
Feb. 1,1940
RANDOLPH — Henry L. Peck, 71, former editor of the Randolph Times Enterprise, died a few months after his retirement from the newspaper, which he sold to B. Moran.
Feb. 1,1940
WYNOT-Alex Schulte was elected president of the Wynot Cooperative Credit Association.
Feb. 1 1940
HARTINGTON —Two armies of hunters on two widely separated “battlefields” bagged 652 rabbits in less than 2 ½ hours. Forty-two hunters scoured five sections of land northwest of Bow Valley killing 268. Best marksman was Herman Sudbeck who shot 15. Meanwhile, 384 rabbits were killed on four sections of land near Pleasant Valley.
Feb. 1, 1945
FORDYCE — Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Buschelman received word from their son, Sgt. Irvin Buschelman, saying that he has been transferred from France to Belgium.
Feb. 1, 1945
LAUREL — Pfc. David Newton, a tank destroyer operator, has written his sister, Mrs. Walter Lindberg, that he is now stationed in Germany with the Seventh Army. This was the first word from him in several weeks.
Feb. 1, 1945
BELDEN — Cpl. Howard Gries, son of Mrs. Mabel Gries of Randolph , and nephew of Mrs. Vernie Middleton and Mrs. Earl Sutton of Belden, who is somewhere in Luxembourg, has received the Purple Heart, according to word received here.
Feb. 1, 1945
HARTINGTON — A.C. Jack Stockwell spent from Friday until Wednesday visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Stockwell, and other relatives and friends here. He returned Wednesday to Merced, Calif.
Feb. 1, 1945
HARTINGTON — Peter Gubbels received word Saturday from his sons, A.S. Martin A. Gubbels, saying that he is stationed at Great Lakes, Ill., and Raymond Gubbels, G.M. 2/c, saying that he arrived in Washington D.C. and is attending gunnery school there.
Feb. 1, 1945
WYNOT — B.M. 2/C Vernon Newton left Saturday for Napa, Calif., after spending a 30-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newton, and other relatives.
Feb. 1, 1945
HARTINGTON — Pfc. Frank E. McNamara, former foreman of The News printing department, is stationed somewhere in France with a signal battalion which is providing telephone, radio and cable communications for the Sixth Army.
McNamara reports he does not like France “in any way.” He wrote that it was cold there all the time.
Feb. 1, 1945
BELDEN — Lt. Howard Clausen, son of Mrs. Ethel Clausen of Randolph, and formerly of Belden, has been reported missing in action somewhere over England.
Howard is a pilot of a transport plane.
