60 years ago
DECEMBER 24, 1942
"Closed Until After Hitler's Funeral" was the sign that Earl Crandall left on the Co-operative gas station at Tampa he has been managing when he left for the Army last week. Tom Murphy and Alvin Novak were other Tampa boys leaving at the same time.
Homer Miesse, who had been in the Marion hospital a week following an accident in which he received a head injury, was taken to Wesley Hospital Tuesday for further treatment.
Emil Hedstrom from the northeast corner of the county was in Marion trading Saturday and applying for his extra gas rationing. He was still using only his A card. He wanted some extra sugar for meat curing. Incidentally, the recipe which Mr. Hedstrom uses for curing was so good that the State College asked for it and has for many years been recommending it. There are few better farmers than the Hedstroms.
Capt. Karl William Schroeder, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Schroeder of Hillsboro, is a prisoner of war of the Japanese, word received by his parents recently said. Capt. Schroeder was in the Philippines when that territory fell to the Japanese and has been listed as "missing" for almost a year by the War Department. Hence the word recently received was a welcome one even as serious as it is.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fairbrother entertained the Penney store force at a Christmas party Friday evening. The evening was spent playing games and visiting. Refreshments were served after a gift exchange. Those present were Mrs. Harry Propp, Mrs. Paul Williams Jr., Mrs. Earl Linn, Mrs. Howard Ford, Miss Marlene Kreutziger, Miss Rachel Goertz, Miss Betty Dody, Miss Lettie Stenzel, Miss Frances Batt, Robert Propp, Alfred Chill, and Harry Chill.
