Batavia Notes From City Hall to Pythians
A sweep of Batavia community items from January includes Paul H. Martin named general chairman for a Roosevelt Birthday Ball, pensions for local clubs, Legion and Pythias activities, racing pigeons, marriage notices, and a Purdue engineering graduate. Names include J Van Burton, James C Ball, Alphonse Kershules, Pythias sisters, Chloe Bergman, Olga Plunge, Carl Giese, Olga Plunge, and Fred E Hohenstein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul H. Martin
Batavia
Roosevelt
J. van Burton
James C. Ball
American Legion
Kane
Will, DuPage
McHenry
Batavia Legion
Pythias Sisters
Knights of Pythias
Alphonse J. Kershules
John A. Kershules
U. S. Marine Corps
Green Pheasants
Kane County
E.D.T. Jordt
Kiwanis Club
Elgin
C. N. More
al Hunt
Geneva
Pythian Temple
J. Johanna Andrews
John Andrews
First Street
Burnett and Johnson
P. H. Nordlander
West Batavia
Adene Bergman
Louise White P
Grace McWayne P.T.A
Carl Giese
Olga Plunge
North Central College Chapel
Roscoe Wiebel
Zion Evangelical Church
Abraham Bergeson
Elm Street
Andrew Anderson
Esther V. Anderson
Axel Anderson
Blaine Street
Albert A. Regelbrugge
St. Charles
Robert Carse
Ruth Uberti
Longtime Batavia resident Mrs Emillie Giese dies at 90
Mrs Emillie Giese widow of Carl Giese aged 90 died Saturday night at her Cleveland Avenue home. Born in Germany March 13 1853 she migrated to the United States at 16 with her parents and settled in Batavia where she lived her entire life. Survived by four daughters two sons in law and many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at her home and Zion Evangelical Church with burial in East Batavia cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William McGeachy
Neil McGeachy
van Buren Street
Esther Ames
Wayne
Neb
William Herrick
Wheaton
Orpha Hinds
Wheeler Hinds
Community Hospital
Geneva
Burnett and Johnson Funeral
Gary Roush
Emillie Giese
Batavia
Carl Giese
Cleveland Avenue
Zion Evangelical Church
Woman’s Missionary Society
Edgar Bull
Elgin
John C. Klein
Elmhurst
Alfred Marckhoff
Henry A. Lipp
Elmer Koerner
Naperville
Ralph Esterly
Wells, Minn
Carla Marckhoff
Plainfield
Harold and
Rolland Koerner
Merlyn
Carol
Lorraine Esterly
Herman Giese
Augusta Giese
Edward Ehhresman
I. L. Schweitzer
Chicago Area
East Batavia Cemetery
Soldier Returns From Brief Home Furlough
Cpl Gordon Rogers reports back to Camp Ellis Peoria Illinois after a short furlough at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Gordon Rogers
Camp Ellis
Peoria
Illinois
Olsen and Wagner team up in bowling amid comedy duo show
Ole Olsen trains with Ruth Wag ner of the Chicago Pabst Blue Ribbons in the Congress Women’s Classic. Olsen of Olsen and Johnson stars in Sons O’ Fun at the Chicago Civic Opera House. Wag ner and her Pabst Quint are set for the Illinois Women’s Championships at Springfield Bowl on February 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ole Olsen
Ruth Wagner
Chicago Pabst
Ole
Olsen and Johnson
Chicago Civic Opera House
Ruth
Springfield
Ill
Past Commanders Dinner At Alexs Restaurant
The Past Commanders of the American Legion held a Saturday dinner at Alex's Restaurant. Glen Crane organized the event. Elmhurst resident James Sykora attended and greeted fellow members of the local post where he previously served as commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Alex
Glen Crane
James Sykora
Elmhurst
Farmers offer weekly earnings for winter skin scraping
Classified notice describes a seasonal job earning about 100 dollars weekly for scraping raw skins in slack winter months. Skills are simple to learn and steady work continues until May. Also advertised is a five room circulating coal heater in A-1 condition for sale with address J. J. Smith East River Road North Aurora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Smith
East River Road
North Aurora
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reino J. White
DeKalb
Crown Point
Indiana
John Anderson
DuPage County
American Legion Auxiliary
Edward J. Kelly
Chicago
Service Men’s Center
Ways and Means
J. E. Swanberg
Civic Club
Legion and Auxiliary
Harold Hassell
LaCrosse
Wis
Clarence Lindgren
Board of Charities
Conservation Department
Woman’s Club
M. J. Abernethy
Robert Powell
Charles Anderson
Carl W. Johnson
Bedlam
Grace McWayne School
Evelyn Bartman
Fred E. Hohenstein
C. D. Hohenstein
Purdue University
Tau Beta Pi
Pi Tau Sigma
Mechanical Engineering
Purdue
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
June Yong
Carl Carlson
Jackson Street
Arnold Zirk
Ray Shams
Bergie Carlson
The
Altar and Rosary Society
C. Hall
Andrew Connelley
Jerome Palacek
Ted Konen
Bert Hyde
Batavia Insurance Agency
Elmer E. Peterson
Philip B. Carlson
Christian Science Monitor
the Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Man Fur Corp
Aurora & Elgin Railroad
Wheaton, Ill
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