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Christmas News From Batavia Residents and Foreclosure Sale
Word arrives that Glen Hampson son of the police chief has reached a South Pacific island. Mrs. Carl T. Nelson receives the Purple Heart for her brother 1st Sgt. LaVerne O. Wenberg killed in France and Bronze Star awarded posthumously. Local families greet relatives over Christmas while others host dinners and observe anniversaries. A foreclosure sale notice announces Batavia Savings and Building Association versus Vernon C. Drury and Dorothy A. Drury with sale set for January 15 1945 at Kane County Courthouse Geneva Illinois.
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Glen Hampson
Walter Hampson
South Pacific
Carl T. Nelson
LaVerne O. Wenberg
France
Charles
John Yaeger
Mary Tincknell
Gainesville
Batavia
St. Charles
George Tincknell
Jerry Sykora
Detroit
Richard Robertson
Alice Mae
Edwin Benson
Geneva
Raymond Bergeson
Quantico
Berndt Peterson
Alfred Bergeson
Stephen Butcher
Betty Jane Beckman
Paul Montgomery
Paula
Aurora
Richard Beekman
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Butcher
John Anderson
McKee Street
John B. Blass
Blaine Street
St. Joseph’s