Pfc. Joe A. Alfred, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Alfred, 1110 Lincoln Way, who is in the ground crew of the U.S. army air corps and is stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., spent the weekend in Ames with his parents. 

Salesmen Marvin Alm (left) and Joe Alfred are shown looking over the letter announcing that the Motor Sales and Service, 232 Lincoln Way, had been awarded top honors in its division (25,000 to 50,000 population) in Iowa in a sales campaign recently concluded by the Dodge Brothers corporation.  Leader in the division is the regional campaign that included Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming, was Cheyenne, Wyo., but the local firm was way ahead of all its Iowa competitors.  Alm and Alfred split approximately $2,000 worth of prizes for their individual efforts.

Pfc. Joe Adams Alfred of Ames related his army experiences brought about by a mix-up over names while he was a visitor at the USO Service Men's Center at St. Louis, Mo., recently.  He enlisted the 16th of last May but was not inducted until Nov. 18 because his three names were juggled and his surname appeared as Adams rather than Alfred.  He was sent to Jefferson Barracks here where he took his basic training with a group of cadets.  Having passed the age limit for cadets he was kept at the army post as an acting drill sergeant.  His brother, Robert, is an ensign with the navy in Hawaii.  Private Alfred's parents live on Route 2, near Ames, and his wife, Mabel, is employed by the state highway commission.

This informal photo looks north towards Lincoln Way from the parking lot of the Iowa Highway Commission.  In the background at left one can spot the contours of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern depot (see below).  In addition, the Chicago and North Western control tower on Grand Avenue is visible just to the right of the depot.  The buildings seen in the center background and at right behind the automobiles are the rear portions of Sorenson Oil Company at 802 Lincoln Way, earlier known as the Inglis Phillips Service Station.  The photo at the bottom of this page offers a better view of these buildings.

This photo, probably taken from the Chicago and North Western Railroad control tower, shows a portion of the area visible in the top photo, but from the opposite direction.  The Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern depot is just out of sight to the right of the photo.  The track circling that depot is visible, however.  Sorenson Oil Company station and the white posts of the Iowa Highway Commission parking area are in the distance.