August 2020

Robert W. Getman, age 95 of Monticello, died Tuesday, July 28, 2020, at his home. Bob was born on July 15, 1925, in Stevens Point, WI, the son of Ralph W. and Leone M. (Foss) Getman.
He graduated from high school in Stevens Point and attended Wausau Vocational School for Residential Design. Bob then served in the U.S. Marine Corps from July 1943 until his honorable discharge in April 1946. He served as an aircraft radioman in Jacksonville, FL, several islands in the South Pacific, and spent six months in China following World War II.

<strong>Powerful Bombs Over Japan</strong>
An atomic bomb, hailed as the most terrible destructive force in history and as the greatest achievement of organized science, has been loosed upon Japan.
President Truman disclosed in a White House statement that the first use of the bomb, containing more power than 20,000 tons of TNT and producing more than 2,000 times the blast of the most powerful bomb ever dropped before, was made 16 hours earlier on Hiroshima, Japanese, Army base.

Dear Editor,
A big thank you to everyone who helped to make our June Red Cross Blood Drive a huge success!
The protocol for the day changed and we were, unfortunately, not able to take as many walk-ins as usual. That was a tough change to make because we are used to being able to fit in many people who figure out that they can squeeze one more thing into their day. We were sorry to have to turn you away and hope that we see you at the next blood drive.