Brief Life History of Dale Laverne
When Dale Laverne Loomis was born on 18 June 1923, in Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, his father, Clarence Charles Loomis, was 30 and his mother, Hazel Louise Buchacker, was 26. He lived in Highland Township, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 August 1997, in Ayrshire, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Ayrshire, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States.
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- Dale Loomis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Dale Lavern Loomis, "Iowa, Birth and Stillbirth Records, 1921-1947"
- Dale la Verne Loomis, "Iowa, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world
Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1944 · The G.I Bill
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury inLancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, andapparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ +halh ‘nook, recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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