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

Hastings Banner Published 1962. 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 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.

Assorted newspaper clippings on James Dibble from training to burial in Italy.

Hastings Banner Published 1939. 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 Santa Ana, CA during primary training to his mother.

Information given to the Dibbles on headstones the government would provide for James.

Letter from James in Chicago, IL to his parents.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine.

Barry County Cemetery Burials, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically T-Z. 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.

Bull Diaries Book 15

Nashville News Published 1959. 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 father.

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

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).

Hastings Herald published 1896. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1941. 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.

Sun and News Published 2015. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, September 9, 1943.

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

Letter from James in King City, CA during primary training to his parents.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1951. 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.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, August 26, 1943.

Color scans of the City of Hastings and all Townships and Villages in Barry County for 1873.

Images include:

• Assyria Township
• Baltimore Township
• Barry Township
• Carlton Township
• Castleton Township
• Hastings Township
• Hastings City Wards 1-4
• Hickory Corners Village
• Hope Township
• Irving Township
• Irving Village
• Johnstown Township
• Maple Grove Township
• Orangeville Township
• Orangeville Village
• Prairieville Township
• Prairieville Village
• Rutland Township
• Thornapple Township
• Woodland Township
• Woodland Village
• Yankee Springs Township

Hastings Banner Published 1887. 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 2011. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Nashville News Published 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1876. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Note the name change to the Hastings Republican Banner.

Also note the change to more frequent printing every 3-4 days. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Flight logs for James Dibble from training at Chico, CA through his final flight on September 9, 1943.

Hastings Banner Published 1982. 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 1940. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Letter from James in North Africa to his parents.

Sun and News Published 2011. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 10, 1943.

Copy of the agreement between the Women's Club and the Board of Education in Hastings to place the Women's Club book collection in the new high school for both school and public use. Unfortunately the original signed agreement cannot be located.

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

Hastings Banner Published 1988. 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.

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

Sun and News Published 2019. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

List of Hastings Public Library Directors from 1918 through 2022.

Nashville News Published 1878. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1953. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Nashville News Published 1913. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1991. 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 1901. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Account written by Jim Dibble of September 9, 1943 when his uncle James was shot down in Italy.

Example of a Vultee BT-13 Valiant James Dibble trained on.

Letter from James in North Africa to his wife Maxine (Micky).