Community Social Notes Highlight New Year Visits
Mr Arthur Hoover travels to Saucier Mississippi to recuperate from flu for two weeks. Local families host dinner guests and report service members abroad, births, bingo and card gatherings, Moose Club meeting, and Red Cross sewing resumes January 3. Ramona Jean first Aurora newborn of 1944. WAVE granddaughter serving in Pensacola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Hoover
Saucier
Mississippi
August Johnson
Violet
Agnes
Ruth Dolf
Flint
Michigan
Barbara
Nels Ostrom
Ted Jonsson
Elmer Ostrom
Chicago
Elmer Johnson
Bill
Jeanne Johnson
Pensacola
Florida
Kenneth Ostrom
U. S. Navy
Carl Feldman
Copley Hospital
Aurora
Axel Ecklund
Chicago Stadium
Sherman Freydendall
Batavia
Jerry Wagner
Carl Anderson
W.O.N
Wagner
Ira Johnson
Geneva
Walter Swanson
Claude L. Hanson
Sgt
John Hanson
East Lansing
James
Purdue University
John Johnson
South Jefferson Street
Everett Johnson
Northern Ireland
Frank Platt
Kansas City
DeKalb
Bernard Pitt
Lois Moore
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
Maurice Moore
Artie Lundborg
Lundborg
Bridge Club
A. B. Stratton
St. Charles
James Wyllie
Dick Larson
O. T. Benson
Batavia Moose
Moose Temple
Leonard Lowe
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ramona Jean
Rosalie Ann
Philip Wendell
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Andrew Hansen
Death notices and fire safety warning shared in one item
Obituary for Rudolph Stenman of Los Angeles formerly of Batavia notes his death at home on January 2. He leaves a wife Marguerite Vittetow and siblings, with his mother preceded in death and a brother killed in action. Separate fire tragedy warns of kerosene dangers after a family blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph Stenman
Los Angeles
Calif
Joseph Stenman
Batavia
Marguerite Vittetow
Viola Bates
Isabelle Keeling
Pearl Stenman
Pendral
Samoans Urge War Bonds Support and Duty
Samoans express pride in backing the Army and Navy and encourage buying War Bonds with earned pay. A Boatswain's Mate at Page exchanges currency for U S War Bonds and urges collars to work for victory, highlighting that idle money harms the war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
United States
U.S. Treasury
First Methodist Church Sunday Services and Activities
Frank L. Countryman leads the morning worship with a subject An Unfinished Task. Church school meets at 9 44 am for all ages. Visitors welcomed. Choir provides special music. Prayer service Wednesday evening at o o clock led by Amos Hartman. Choir rehearsal Thursday at 7 15 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of the Church
Amos Hartman
Lieut Margaret Duffy Weds Lieut Claud Carter at Camp Forrest
Military ceremony at Camp Forrest Tenn united Lieut Margaret Marie Duffy daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Duffy of this city and Lieut Claud G Carter son of Mr and Mrs Ik Carter of Tazewell Tenn Miss Katherine Rose maid of honor Madonna High School uniform and white carnation corsage Best man Lieut King The couple hears the 1944 year date and the Kane County name appears in a separate public notice regarding a name change Petitioner Oren Cornelius Hawse seeks to change his name from Hood to Hawse attorney Kimil J Benson listed for the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Marie Duffy
Harry Duffy
Claud G. Carter
I Kk. Carter
Tazewell
Tenn
Post
Camp Forrest
Keany
Katherine Rose
Madonna High School
Lieut. King
Madonna’ High School
Dinner Guests From Geneva Visit Mr Anderson Family
Mr Joe Anderson and daughters Alma and Selma hosted Mr and Mrs Ik A Zanders and daughters Marlowe and Suzanne from Geneva at a Sunday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Anderson
Alma
Selma
Ik. A. Zanders
Marlowe
Suzanne
Geneva
Notice of Will Probate by Publication in Kane County
In Kane County Illinois the Probate Court will hear the probate petition of Edward J. Stanton deceased of Aurora. He left heirs James Francis Stanton Joseph P. Stanton also known as Father Terrence Paul J. Stanton Edward Stanton and legatee Michael Stanton. Hearing set for February 1944 at 10 a.m. in Geneva Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kane
Said
Edward J. Stanton
Kane County
Iinois
Aurora
James Francis Stanton
Joseph P. Stanton
Father Terrence
Paul J. Stanton
Edward Stanton
Michael Stanton
Court House
Geneva
Illinois
Army nurse and donor marry in wartime ceremony
Bride trained at St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing enlisted in the Army Nurses Corps and received a lieutenant’s commission. Groom, a U S Army leutenant, graduated from Tavewell Tenn High School and served at Pearl Harbor before the war. He and the bride’s family, including Lieut Eugene Duffy with the 820th Infantry, attended the wedding as maneuvers continued in Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph’s Hospital School of
Army Nurses’ Corps
Tavewell, Tenn
U.S. Army
Pearl Harbor
219Th Field Artillery
Tennessee
Duffy
Katherine Rose
Lieut
Eugene Duffy
820Th Infantry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Baptist Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Paul Martin
Nels Benson
Arthur Schmidt
Melvin Few
Arvid Peterson
John Anderson
North Jackson Street
Martin Ekman
Mae
Elaine
Victor Anderson
Elmer Anderson
Patsy
Stevie
Carl
Esther
Red Cross
Arthur H. Anderson
Jefferson Street
U. S
Main Street
Wah Bonde
First Methodist Church
Frank L. Countryman
County of
Oren Cornelius Hawse
Oren Cornelius Hood
Orin Cornelius Hood
Kimil J. Benson
Bert D. Galbraith
Dale Kk. McAlpine
Ness
Sponsored
Glenn S. Crane Crane Funeral Home
Batavia Dairy Coo
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