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James Dibble's Air Corps training graduation photograph.

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.

Bull Diaries Book 9

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 13, June 14 and June 15, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1963. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1914. 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 1993. 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 1913. 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 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.

Hastings Banner Published 1919. 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.

Maple Valley News Published 1984. 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.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Sun and News Published 1998. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Pilot Capt. Charlie McCann just landed his P-38 "Lady Beverly". Crew chief Pillard is kneeling by the cockpit.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

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 Herald published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

In February, 1900, the members of the Hastings Women�s Club met to celebrate the �End of a Century.� Ten came dressed in the fashion popular in one of the century�s decades. Pictured above from left to right are:
Sitting: Mrs. Frank (Nettie) Brooke (1830) and Mrs. John Lombard (1820)
Standing: Mrs. James Sweezy (1800), Mrs. Richard (Allie) Bates (1840), Mrs. P.T. (Rose) Colgrove (1850). Mrs. Carrie Grant (1860), Mrs. William W. (Margaret) Potter (1870), Mrs. Charity Stauffer (1880), Mrs. Arthur Brown (1890), Mrs. Maggie Bailey (1900)

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Mc-Ri

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 25, 1943.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1893. 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.

Newspaper clipping reporting James and Maxine's stay in Glendale, CA.

Photo of other pilots, some of whom flew on August 30, 1943. Left to right are Johnson (debriefing officer), Hurst (flew), Wineburg (flew, KIA), George Smith (flew), Smythe (didn't fly) and Newberry (didn't fly)

Sun and News Published 2017. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

List of Hastings, Michigan veterans who died in World War II.

Photograph of head librarian Barb Furrow, 1984-2007.

Jim Dibble and Vinie Dimaio, relative of a family friend, at the crash site holding a piece of James Dibble's plane found with a metal detector.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1897. 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 Herald published 1912. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Sun and News Published 1984. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

P-38 being prepped for a mission

Hastings Banner Published 1949. 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.

Photograph of Mayor Becwith signing paperwork for the City of Hastings to take ownership of the old post office to become a library.

Bull Diaries Index, Weddings and Anniversaries Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Kr-Zi

Sun and News Published 1994. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Nashville News Published 1945. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1999. 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 1934. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1947. 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 1962. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1922. 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 H-L. 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.

Nashville News Published 1875. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Handwritten note from Mrs. Richard Groos to the Hastings City Mayor and City Council accompanying a letter received from the Michigan State Librarian.