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Hastings Banner Published 1862. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change from Republican Banner to The Hastings Banner as of the may 7, 1862 issue. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Maple Valley News Published 1997. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

The three most recent HPL Directors. Left to right are Evelyn Holzwarth (2007 - 2015), Laura Ortiz (2015 - 2017) and Peggy Hemerling (2017 - present)

Letter fragment from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He mentions the Collier's article about him.

Jim Dibble holding uncle James' posthumous Distinguished Flying Cross at the Dayton Airforce Museum.

Hastings Banner Published 1986. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically M-O. Notes: This data was compiled in 2006 and will not contain datas later than approximately 2004. Many first names are missing for some cemeteries whose names begin with S-W; we will address this issue if and when possible.

Hastings Banner Published 1980. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Notes from Lt. Frank McIntosh clarifying events of August 30, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1907. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1990. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1940. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1941. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1891. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Children with a giant Connect Four game, one of several outdoor games set up at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.

Article written by Stan Wojcik and published in the 1st Fighter News recounting the day James Dibble was shot down and Stan's time as a POW.

The 125th Anniversary Library Display Showcasing The Reminder Newspaper Covers About the Library and Book Titles From the original Women's Club of Hastings Reading Room. Created by Barbara Haywood.

Hastings Banner Published 1915. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

James Dibble's tentmate Jack Hanton (2nd from left) and Padula citizens. Jack flew with James on the mission when James was shot down and killed on September 9, 1943.

Maxine on her Wedding Day in Phoenix, AZ.

Nashville News Published 1873. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1930. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James at Luke Field, AZ during advanced training to his parents asking them to authorize his marriage to get a license.

Nashville News Published 1895. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, May 21 and May 22, 1943.

Weekly encounter report, 1943-08-22 to 1943-08-23, listing Lt. Dibble as downing an enemy Messerschmitt 109.

Hastings Banner Published 1916. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Hastings Banner Published 1904. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his brother Bill in Chicago, IL.

Order awarding Lt. Dibble the 8th and 9th Oak Leaf Clusters for his Air Medal for downing two Me. 109s.

Bill Dibble, James' younger brother, at the crash site.

James (2nd from right, back row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

An article in the From Time to Time series about A. E. Bull. This is part II, but part I is unaccounted for. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into pdf some time ago. The bottom of the page is cut off slightly.

Sun and News Published 1983. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1946. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 2022. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2023. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1893. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1989. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Statement from Stanton Opdahl about Lt. Woodard, shot down on August 30, 1943.

Newspaper clipping announcing a tribute to war dead at Hastings High School.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Th-Zu

Maple Valley News Published 1995. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky). He tells her here about receiving the Air Medal.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Maple Valley News Published 1978. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1879. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1927. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.