Scouts To Collect Waste Paper For War Effort In Batavia
Batavia Boy Scouts plan a full day collection of waste paper to aid the wartime drive. Troops 3 6 and 12 led by Jack Benson Ernest Johnson and Harry Pierce will collect curbside bundles to raise funds for campouts and scout properties. J M McDonald and Joe McClurg supervise with trucks gathering papers citywide in 63 Chicago area towns.
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Batavia
Boy Scouts
Scout
Treasuries
Jack Benson
Ernest Johnson
Harry Pierce
J. M. McDonald
Joe McClurg
Kane County 4-H Club Plans Printing Plant for Army Helpers
Kane County 4-H clubs fund a printing plant for Sixth Service Command installations aiding wounded soldiers. The plant aids occupational therapy and allows a publication, under the drive led by Farm Adviser A C Johnson and Home Adviser Gertrude Fields with state guidance from Miss Mary A McKee and F H Mynard of the University of Illinois.
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Kane County
A. C. Johnson
Gertrude B. Fields
U. S. Army
Sixth Service Command
Mary A. McKee
F. H. Mynard
University of Ilinois College of Agriculture
Waste Paper Curb Pick Up Day Proclaimed in Batavia 1944
Mayor Thos E Davis proclaims August 12 1944 as Waste Paper Curb Pick Up Day urging all Batavia residents to place waste paper on the curb at 8 am for the U S Victory Waste Paper Campaign. The note emphasizes wartime need to meet a per capita quota and to continue efforts through the war.
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I. T. E. Davis
Batavia
U. S. Victory
Wheeler
Illinois
Thos. E. Davis
Twin crook neck squash raised by Batavia gardener
Harris S. Lee of 92 North Batavia Avenue, a Batavia Victory gardener, shows a twin crook neck squash from his garden. The odd growth, described as a nature freak, aims to spark interest in local garden produce.
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Batavia Victory
Harris S. Lee
Batavia Avenue
Batavia
Waste paper drive aims to boost war material supply in Batavia
The 63 towns expect to collect over 5000 tons of waste paper to be reprocessed into 700 000 paper items for war use. William L. McFetridge urges households to save rather than destroy waste paper, cardboard and packaging as Batavia Scouts aim to exceed last year’s 50 tons in a city drive tomorrow.
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William L. McFetridge
France
Batavia Boy Scouts
Batavia
Batavia Schools Lose Two More Teachers
Batavia teachers William Groves and Florence Hackett resigned from the high school staff. Groves will join Paw Paw N1 schools after years of teaching and coaching here, while Hackett plans to stay in Chicago office work. Superintendent J. B. Nelson faces staffing challenges ahead of a September term start.
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Batavia
Batavia Board of Education
J. B. Nelson
William Groves
Paw Paw
Groves
Blaine
Florence Hackett
Chicago
Miss Hackett
Nelson
Giese Family Visits Patient After Geneva Hospital Surgery
Herman Giese, who underwent surgery last Thursday at Community hospital in Geneva, is recovering well. His children visited him this week. Kansas City resident Herman Geise returned home Sunday with his nephew Wayne Benson, son of Herman Benson, who will visit Carl Giese in Tulsa and Mrs. Meredith Ireland of Elmhurst. His daughter Mrs. Herman Geise makes frequent hospital trips. Mrs. Maurice Kelley returned Monday to Villa Addolorata in Wheeling, after a month with her son and daughter in law Joseph and Kathleen Kelley.
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Herman Giese
Geneva
Herman Geise
Kansas City
Wayne Benson
Herman Benson
Carl Giese
Tulsa
Oklo
Meredith Ireland
Elmhurst
Maurice Kelley
Villa Addolorata
Wheeling
Ill
Joseph Kelley
Illinois Peach Harvest Tops One Million Bushels
The Illinois Elberta peach harvest begins in Anna with Centralia area fruit arriving a week later. The statewide crop is nearly 1.5 million bushels, up from 400 thousand last year, though size may be smaller due to dryness. A new Anna field office will issue daily market bulletins with fourteen inspectors.
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Illinois
Division of Markets
Anna
L. N. Gillespi
Bergeson Family Army News and Local Celebrations
Donald Philip Bergeson left for Lan sing Michigan to begin Army Air Force reserve training at Michigan State College. His brother Clarence Bergeson is stationed in Australia. The Rhodes family held a baptism and birthday dinner for Jimmy Rhodes and Roscoe Jackson with relatives from Chicago Batavia. Staff Sgt Marvin Freeman, nephew of local Petersons, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Purple Heart and Air Medal as a B 24 gunner in the 15th Army Air Force in Italy. Mrs Duke Logan of Anniston Alabama visits her mother in Geneva.
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Donald Philip Bergeson
Walter Bergeson
Lansing
Mich
Army Air Force Reserves
Michigan State College
Corp
Clarence Bergeson
Australia
C. D. Rhodes
South Jefferson Street
Jimmy Rhodes
Roscoe Jackson
Charles Rhodes
Chicago
Jackson
Batavia
Jimmy
G. A. Doolittle
First Methodist Church
Marvin Freeman
Joan Freeman
Geneva
Arvid Peterson
15Th Army Air Force
Italy
Duke Logan
Anniston
Ala
Herman Shaw
Rev Turnbull Joins Batavia Recreation Council
The Rev. Roland E. Turnbull pastor of First Baptist church and head of the Batavia Ministerial Alliance is named to the Batavia Recreation Council. He fills the seat left vacant by Rev. L. J. Tuck who departs to a new pastorate at Avon Fulton County. The council oversees Batavia’s summer program expected to involve about 600 children.
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Roland E. Turnbull
First Baptist Church
Batavia Ministerial Alliance
Batavia Recreation Council
L. J. Tuck
Avon
Fulton County
Batavia
Army Navy game at Garsson park in Batavia to feature veterans
The annual Army Navy game of Batavia Post American Legion is set for next Sunday at Garsson park. Jerry Wagner will captain the Legionnaires and Ernest Nelson captains the Army veterans. Nelson, a former Batavia Blues figure and Three-Eye league pitcher, predicts another Army victory with a possible battery pairing including Carl Redborg.
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Army-Navy
Batavia Post
American Legion
Garsson Park
Glenwood Park
Batavia
Legionnaires
Jerry Wagner
Aurora
Post
Ernest Nelson
Batavia Blues
Chicago White Sox
Moline
Nelson
Mr. Wagner
Carl Redborg
Legion Picnic Invites Home Leave Service Members
All legion members should buy tickets before Sunday at the Smith Barber Shop on West Wilson Street or from committee members. Service men on leave are invited to attend the Legion Picnic as guests.
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The
Legion
Smith Barber Shop
West Wilson Street
Army management groom famed sluggers for key roles in Batavia game
Well known batters Cal Swanson Emil Benson Harold Bailey Richard Hendrickson are being groomed this week for key positions by Army management. Wagner may pitch or catch with Elmer Ander Ansgar Carlson Max Cavender and Herman Benson in reserve to fill needs. Umpires John H Sanders and Walter Hanson, longtime Blues associates, will call the game at 3 15 pm with catering announced.
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Cal Swanson
Emil Benson
Harold Bailey
Richard Hendrickson
Army
Wagner
Weaver’s Woods
Elmer Ander
Legion
Batavia
Ansgar Carlson
Max Cavender
Herman Benson
John H. Sanders
Walter Hanson
Sanders
Batavia Blues
Illinois
Hanson
Blues
Ladies of Vikings Plan Meeting at K P Hall
The Ladies of Vikings will meet next Wednesday evening August 16 at the K P hall. Refreshments will be served. The Robert Thorsen family has been vacationing for the past three weeks at Three Lakes Wisconsin. Miss Gladys Forsberg returned home Tuesday from a visit in Minnesota.
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Ladies of
Vikings
K. P. Hall
Robert Thorsen
Three Lakes
Wis
Gladys Forsberg
Minnesota
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Rome
Am. Legion
Rev. Turnbull
John Sanders
Walt Hanson
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