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Newspaper

Batavia Herald

Location

Batavia, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1944

Page

4

Christmas News From Batavia Towne News

Local notices recount Christmas gatherings and military family updates. Radar Man Oliver Anderson, stationed in New Guinea, mentions Batavia Body trucks in use with his unit. Brothers in service aboard ships and in France are noted along with multiple home visits by relatives and friends during the holiday season.

Oliver Anderson Oscar Anderson First Street U. S. Navy Batavia Anderson New Guinea Chester Arthur Anderson Eric Sea Bees New Caledonia Clifford Carney Michigan State College East Lansing Mich Ed Carney Chicago Axel Johnson Pauline South Jefferson Street Corp. Waller Johnson France Paris Corp. Johnson Faith Nelson Lawrence College Appleton Wis Harold Primm Dianne Athens Frank Olson South Mallory Avenue Emanuel Benson St. Charles Gail Mullen University of Illinois Ann Lillian Wagner Carl N. More R. R. Doty Springstreet Albert Doty Francis J. Doty Belgium Ernest Olson South Jefferosn Street Pat Fred le Verty Geneva Christena Kouzes Michael Kouzes North River Street Eugene Foster Merchant Marine Charles Foster Aurora Elsie May Evans Ethel Day Oklahoma George Benski College Street Betty Jo Ernie F. Kreitz Frank J. Kreitz North Ohio Street Douglas Hoover Stephen Hoover Richard Borg Wm. C. Spencer Pfc James Lundin Ernest Lundin Mary Camp Cooke Calif Dorothy Kathryn Patterman Leon Feldott Leo Feldott Henry Patterman Warrenville Kenneth Oleson Carl Oleson Panama City Fla Moody Field Oleson Dale Taylor Des Plaines Edward Peterson Barbara J.g Gordon Wenberg Martin Johnson West Wilson Street Ernest Johnson Camp J. T. Robinson Little Rock Ark A. R. Leifheit H. D. Newcomer Hannah Murray Dixon, Il E. H. Leifheit Batavia Herald Arnold Larson Sgt Alvin Sager Tavia Herald Ethel Mae Johnson Batavia High School Bert Johnson B. B. Paddock Elizabeth Seufert Middletown Conn Arthur Johnson Mary Engstrom Mallory Avenue First Methodist Church G. A. Doolittle Robert J. Howard Robert James Ft. Knox Robert Gustafson West Chicago Dick Higgins Maywood David Olson John Anderson Maple Park Helen Hokonson Ernest Larson This City Otto Larson Olson Clements St. Joseph’s Hospital Elgin Ora Mead

War Year Reflections Highlight Batavia Community

The 1944 year in Batavia is reviewed with praise for war production, home front efforts, and war bond drives. Leyte’s occupation is noted as a turning point, and calls for a peaceful postwar world underscore community resolve. Local social notes honor students, families, and military personnel with holiday updates and gatherings.

the Herald Batavia War Fund France Belgium Europe Germany Far East Leyte Philippine Islands Dumbarton Oaks 1945

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