Batavia Year 1944 Highlights Local Happenings
In Batavia during January 1944 civic events included Geo. B. de Huszar as Civic Club guest, Woman's club Guest Night, and the Willing Workers first meeting led by Mrs. Freda Wagner. Local men headed for military boards and booster events, with community scores on charity drives and war bond sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. B. de Huszar
Civic Club
Congregational Church
Woman’s Club
Willing
Freda Wagner
Batavia Lodge
Moose Temple
Arnold P. Benson
Springfield
Henry O. Carlson
St. Joseph Hospital
Aurora
Eugene Benson
Barber Greene Co
John Geiss
Jane Abbott
E. Coreau
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Rudolph Stenman
Los Angeles
Calif
Margaret Duffy
Harry Duffy
This City
Claud G. Carter
I. E. Carter
Tazewell
Tenn
Camp Forrest
Naperville
Adolph Erickson
Blaine Street
Adolph LeRoy Erickson
Alma Hendrickson
Edwin F. Smith
South
van Buren Street
Invise Otterstrom
Geo. Nelson
James Wyllie
Jacqueline
John Pini
Nicholas Schuler
Flin Street
Batavia
Fatexios
Batavian
Fmilie Giese
Aaron Avenue
Fox Valley
St. Charles
Madeson Strum
Francis G. Leopold
S 2c
Emile Leopold
Carl O. Strum
Church Street
West Chicago
Wm. C. Thrun
Legion Club Rooms
Elmer C. Johnson
South Water Street
Edward Hines
Louise Otterstrom
Gustaf Otterstrom
George Nelson
McKee Street
Batavia Civic Club
Harold Ettlinger
Friends of
Aroald P. Benson
Mooseheart
Loyal Order of Moose
John Holland
Wls
Little Brown Church of the Air
M. E
Fox Valley War Emergency Committee
Loren A. Cameron
William A. Wolcott
P. H. Nordlander
Bethany Lutheran Church
Herald
Arnold Stenman
Chandler
Arizona
James D. Walbert
Argo
Holy Cross Court
Red Cross Blood Bank
George Eubank
William Thrun
Oscar Rydlander
North Aurora
Springbrook
Norbert B. Tyrrell
South Batavia Road
Leo R. Council
Brookfield
Fred Simpson
Charles L. Simpson
Houston
Texas
Circle 6
Emil J. Benson
Christian Church
Sportsmen’s League
Monse Hall
Fairvan Forest Preserve
Mary Snow
Batavia News Roundup Highlights Local Events
February Batavia items report a basketball win over Sycamore and a 42 41 victory against Wheaton's Tigers. Local incidents include a near collision with a train, a fire destroying a home, and several marriages anniversaries and engagements. The Red Cross drive targets 10000 with 422 26 overquota, and the Batavia Herald marks its 52nd year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batevia
Sycamore
Fritz Burkwist
Geneva
St. Charles
Batavia
W. C. Duncan
Jack Brill
South Prairie Street
Margaret
John DuPont
Aurora
Carl Swan
Howard Aircraft Co
Wm. B. van Nortwick
John van Nortwick
Elizabeth Holiday
Dallas
Texas
Frank Nelson
Whipple Street
Theodore Brandenburg
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Wheaton’s Tigers
Kane County
Roberta M. Weaver
Pure Milk Assn
William C. Webb
West Batavia
Muscatine
Iowa
Cora Ballard
St. Joseph Hospital
March events and obituaries in Batavia news
March events include services by Pastor Anton Lundeen in Batavia, political visits by Republican candidates, a basketball carnival at Batavia High, and a war veterans committee in Kane County. Obituaries note Elizabeth Schimelpfenig, Jack Kline, Charles W. Pomp among others. local deaths and community notices fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anton Lundeen
Minneapolis
Woman’s Air Corps
Lillie Carney
Elizabeth Schimelpfenig
Pioneer Farm
Batavia
Louis Schimelpfenig
John H. Kline
Jack” Kline
North River Street
Richard Hendrickson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Batavia and Vicinity
Carl August Johnson
Main Street
John Barrelt
LaFox
South Washington Street
Batavia Basketeers
Dundee
Marie Hoag
American Legion Auxiliary
Batavia Recreational Council
Furnas Electric Co
Little Seven
Batavia High
Kenneth G. Bullev
Keno
DuPage
Wheaton
John F. Petit
Chester Jindgren
Jack E. Lindgren
Harlingen
Norma Caldwell
Tampa
Florida
Albert Burke, Jr
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Red Cross
Fox Valley Chanter War Fund
Bruce B. Paddock
Batavia Herald
Wellington Cobb
Edna Chambers
Mary Carroll
J. McQuaid
Committee On Entertainment
Rex Hogan
South Pacific
Marmion
Ring Lodge
Charles W. Pomp
Jefferson Street
Bernie Milroy
Kentucky Babes
Camp Campbell
Peddy Dairy
American Home Department
Woman's Club
Charles Bird
Batavia High School
Janet Anderson
Community Hospital
Francis J. Hicks
Frank Hicks
South Jackson Street
William C. Wilke
Elizabeth Hohenstein
Renue
Townsend Club No. 2
France
Albert Painsipp
Congress
Albert E. Davis
First Street
Mark
Illinois Avenue
Charlotte Peterson
Mission Church
Swedish Mission Covenant Hospital
Minnie Sperry
Calvary Episcopal Church
Arvid E. Benson
E. M
Oscar Benson
Herald Office
Dick Caroe
Krishti
Pythias
June Carter
Charles McCurdy
Fred Schmidt
Hinckley
Evalyn White Grimes
Charles J. Grimes
James T. Hamilton
North
Washington Avenue
Eorly Monthey
Vlive
Ospson
Mon Semele
American Red Cross