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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.

In February, 1900, the members of the Hastings Women�s Club met to celebrate the �End of a Century.� Ten came dressed in the fashion popular in one of the century�s decades. Pictured above from left to right are:
Sitting: Mrs. Frank (Nettie) Brooke (1830) and Mrs. John Lombard (1820)
Standing: Mrs. James Sweezy (1800), Mrs. Richard (Allie) Bates (1840), Mrs. P.T. (Rose) Colgrove (1850). Mrs. Carrie Grant (1860), Mrs. William W. (Margaret) Potter (1870), Mrs. Charity Stauffer (1880), Mrs. Arthur Brown (1890), Mrs. Maggie Bailey (1900)

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

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

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

This is a partial year with issues only available through April. Note some newspaper files are very large and may take some time to download.

Newspaper notice that on November 25, 1963, the City Council approved purchase and use of the old post office for a new public library.

Hastings Banner Published 1998. 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, September 4, 1943.

Nashville News Published 1888. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 2001. 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.

Photo of other pilots, some of whom flew on August 30, 1943. Left to right are Johnson (debriefing officer), Hurst (flew), Wineburg (flew, KIA), George Smith (flew), Smythe (didn't fly) and Newberry (didn't fly)

Maple Valley News Published 2005. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, July 16, 1943.

Report by British forces of the finding of James Dibble's body in Padula and its relocation to a nearby cemetery.

Hastings Banner Published 1975. 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, July 13, 1943.

Republican (Hastings) Banner Published 1857. 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 1925. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1979. 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 1878. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Example of a Curtis Wright AT-9 James Dibble trained on.

Bull Diaries Book 9

The crash site in Padula, Italy.

Email from Jack Pettus mentioning James Dibble on the morning of August 30, 1943

An article in the From Time to Time series. This was the final article in a series about Mr. Bull. Date published is unknown but estimated to be July 1992. Note tis document is not searchable and was scanned some time ago. The very bottom of the page is cut off.

Hastings Banner Published 1955. 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 North Africa to his parents.

Maxine Dibble

Maple Valley News Published 1992. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Maple Valley News Published 2000. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

P-38 pilot Capt. Charlie McCann (right), Tech Sgt. Gene Pillar the crew chief (left), and "Lady Beverly"

Mission Report for the 94th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, June 16, June 17 and June 18, 1943.

An article in the From Time to Time series describing A. E. Bull and his impact on Irving Township in Barry County, MI. Note this document is not searchable and was scanned into PDF some years ago.

Speech by Bill Dibble, James Dibble's brother, at the monument dedication.

P-38 pilot Capt. Charlie McCann (left), Tech Sgt. Gene Pillar the crew chief, and "Lady Beverly", McCann's plane named for his sweetheart and eventual wife

Nashville News Published 1921. PDFs were created from microfilm and may have readability issues. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Memorial Service Program held at Hastings High School in 1946 honoring 27 Hastings residents who died in World War II.

Letter from James at Muroc Air Force base (now Edwards), CA to his parents.

Hastings Banner Published 1891. 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 1968. 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.

Children playing in the foam at Thornapple Plaza celebrating the 125th anniversary of the Library.

Bull Diaries Index, Listed by Last Name Alphabetically Mc-Ri

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

James (3rd from right, back row) and classmates at the Kellogsville School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Letter from Jim Dibble to Italian Investigative companies seeing assistance to investigate James Dibble's crash site.

Sun and News Published 1987. Specific issues may be incomplete or missing.

Hastings Banner Published 1986. 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 Chico, CA during basic training to his mother.

Letter to James Dibble's parents about the High School memorial.

The Dibble family at Barlow Lake. Mother Estella (standing), brother Bob (kneeling), brother Bill (left), James (right), and father James (on the ground).