Kane and DeKalb Social Security Totals Report
J Ed mund Sweeney of the Aurora field office reports Kane and DeKalb counties saw 1 678 new social security number cards issued in the last three months, 39 187 since December 1939. In 90 days 176 residents filed benefits claims, 1 234 received monthly benefits June 30, with 93 new beneficiaries and 46 lump sum deaths worth 1 704.09 and 4 283.13 respectively. Retirement is federally administered, unemployment benefits under Illinois law.
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J. Edmund Sweeney
Aurora
Social Security Board
Kane
DeKalb
Social Security Trust Fund
Illinois
Gladiolus Show Slated at Garfield Park Conservatory
The Northern Illinois Regional Gladiolus Show will take place August 12 and 13 at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago. Exhibitors may enter flowers grown by themselves. entries close at 12:30 tomorrow April 12. Public hours are 2 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday with no admission fee.
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Northern Illinois
Garfield Park Conservatory
Chicago
Army Air Field Graduations Highlight War Effort in Texas
At Lubbock Army Air Field Herbert W. McDermott earned silver wings on Aug 4 and will pilot combat planes. Theodore E. Daniels is headed to Sioux Falls for radio operator training to join RAF bomber crews. Seaman 2¢ Clarence Preman reports from overseas via letter home, noting the USS Dempsey DC-26 marked one year in commission and his bid for letters home.
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Lubbock Army Air Field
Lubbock
Texas
Herbert W. McDermott
Herbert McDermott
Main St
Theodore E. Daniels
Theodore S. Daniels
Bellevue Place
AAF Training Command
Sioux Falls Army Air Field
Sioux Falls
S. C
Seaman
Clarence Preman
C. W. Preman
S. Prairie St. Clarence
Herald
Welfare Magazine highlights Holstein event and Legion installation
The Welfare Magazine shows photos from the Illinois Holstein-Friesian Association Day at St Charles School for Boys with Governor Green and Leslie Geddes near the $3,000,100 Victory Bond bull. Batavia American Legion installs Elmer R. Ander as commander, Alfred L. Larson as senior vice commander, and David Kraft as junior vice commander ahead of the Illinois convention in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Public Welfare
St. Charles School
John McQuaid
Mooseheart
Governor Green
Leslie H. Geddes
Rockford
St. Charles
Miss Dolly Engstrom Graduates With B S in Education
Miss Dolly Engstrom of DeKalb earns a Bachelor of Science and Education from Northern Illinois State Teachers College on August 4. A music major with home economics minor she studied voice at the American Conservatory of Music and worked with DeKalb bands orchestra and Treble Clef. She plans to pursue vocal performance and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dekalb
Dolly Engstrom
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
American Conservatory of Music
Chicago
Miss Engstrom
County police receive chemical gas equipment
The Kane County Sheriff's Committee approved purchasing complete chemical warfare gear for the County Police. The new method aims to control riotous mobs and subdue criminals, enhancing protection of life and property and order in jails, making Kane County among the first Illinois counties to adopt this equipment.
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Sheriff's Committee
County Board of Supervisors
Kane County
Illinois
Paper drives aid war effort urged for August 12
Readers are asked to place paper bundles on the curb early Saturday August 12. Trucks will collect materials to support military supplies and protect those serving in combat roles.
Illinois Expands Soil Conservation Districts
Howard Leonard reports continued soil conservation expansion in Illinois with 13 new or expanded districts across Bend Fayette Ford Hancock Henry Knox Macon Macoupin St. Clair Vermilion totaling 1 595 906 acres. Full district area rises to 13 95 674 acres serving over 100 000 individuals. Coast Guard anniversary observed August 4 with Governor Green proclaiming Coast Guard Day in Illinois. Highway engineers report road traffic down five percent in Q2, 1942 versus last year, and a 43 percent drop since 1941.
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Illinois
Howard Leonard
Dwight H. Green
Bend
Fayette
Ford
Hancock
Henry
Knox
Macon
Macoupin
St. Clair
Vermilion
Coast Guard
Revenue Cutter Service
Congress
George Washington
Illinois Hatcheries Produce Far Fewer Chicks in June
Commercial hatcheries in Illinois produced 5,135,000 chicks in June, well below the 17,248,000 chicks in June 1943. A number of hatcheries in Illinois and other states have been closed since the latter part of World War II era downsizing.
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Illinois
States
Illinois Transition to State Blind Assistance Spreads Aid
The Illinois state will fund blind assistance from July, replacing county grants. In July five thousand one hundred thirty six blind citizens received aid totaling $165,184. Aid now varies by need and aims to restore sight where possible and aid self support for the permanently blind.
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Illinois
Conservation training school session opens August 6
The second and final session of the Lake Villa training school, run by the state department of conservation, will start August 6. Fifty two youths from as many Illinois counties will receive two weeks of instruction in soil conservation fish and game propagation and management the Illinois game code and related topics. Diploma signed by Governor Dwight H. Green will be awarded upon completion.
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Lake Villa
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Dwight H. Green
Dobbs Named Superintendent of Illinois School at Normal
Harrison A. Dobbs of Woodstock is appointed superintendent of the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Children’s School in Normal. The appointment comes from Rodney H. Brandon, state director of public welfare.
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Harrison A. Dobbs
Woodstock
Illinois Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Children’s School At
Normal
Rodney H. Brandon
Dobbs Named New School Superintendent in Illinois
Dobbs, a World War I veteran, brings broad administrative and child guidance experience. He succeeds Charles Reed, who has served as acting superintendent since October 1948 and has now become assistant superintendent at the Illinois Training School for Royate St. Charles.
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Dobbs
Charles Reed
Illinois Training School
Roy Ate St
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FOX River Valley Homes
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Harry W. Sloggett
W. Wilson
Burnett & Johnson
BURNETT @ JOHNSON FUNERAL SERVICE
Norman E. Johnson
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Sunoco
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