William Grahlman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerd Grahlman and Clarence Ball, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Ball of America township, returned home Wednesday from Des Moines where they took examinations this week for entrance into the Navy.
Source: LeMars Sentinel, June 15, 1945
***Further Research:
Clarence Ewald Ball was born Mar. 27, 1948 to Ewald Albert and Florence Caroline Yates Ball. He died June 1, 2022 and is buried in Linwood Park Cemetery, Boone, IA. Pvt. Ball served with the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Source: ancestry.com