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Title: Audubon County Court House, built 1939, Audubon, Iowa, Audubon County Courthouse
Description: Looking southeast at a two-story brick & stone building completed in 1940 costing approximately $139,000. The second Audubon County Court House is one of ten courthouses built in Iowa during the federal Public Works Administration (PWA) program's operation in the 1930s. The county seat moved in 1879 to Audubon and in 1884 the county secured a $7,000 building to used as a courthouse and was demolished in 1939. Located at 318 Leroy Street, Audubon, Audubon County, Iowa. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places. "VOTE YES on FEB. 10th and put the County Seat at CLARKFIELD, THE GEOGRAPHICAL CENTER."--t.p. verso.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:13919

Title: Ben Purdum Conducting Church Service for Boy Scouts
Description: Boy Scout troops from Grinnell, Guernsey, Brooklyn, and Montezuma at the Boy Scout camporee west of Montezuma in 1943. Ben Purdum conducted the church service when the minister who was to have held the service failed to arrive in time. Boy Scout Troop 330 put on a play, The Good Samaritan, with Scoutmaster Purdum as narrator.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:27245

Title: Edward Shackelford '43
Description: Alumni oral history interview with Edward Shackelford '43. Recorded June 1, 2012.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:19458

Title: Fall Oil Company on highway[s] 30 and 69, Ames, Iowa, McGee Motor Company
Description: The Fall Oil Company was located southwest of Walnut and Lincoln Way at 508 Lincoln Way.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:13713

Title: Harold McKelan to Jimmy Ley - May 9, 1943
Description: A telegram from Capt. Harolf [sic] McKelan stating the Jimmy’s furlough has been cancelled and ordering him to return immediately.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18690

Title: Jimmy Ley to Dad, Baby, Ruth, and Bill - February 13, 1943
Description: Jimmy describes the flying clothing and equipment that he will be issued next week.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18675

Title: Jimmy Ley to Mr. W. E. Ley - February 2, 1943
Description: Jimmy tells his father about his visit with his mother and grandmother. He asks after the garage and wishes for a furlough, although getting one seems unlikely.
Date Created: 1943
PID: grinnell:18673