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Newspaper
Batavia Herald
Location
Batavia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1944
Page
5
City Council approved elm tree purchases for parkways after Box Elder removals. Odd Fellows Rebekah installation drew 300 attendees. Batavia figures honor and marriages with local residents, deaths, PTA talks, and a fire department surge.
Twenty years ago this week the Legion stage cast rehearsed A Pair of Sixes directed by Edwin Hunt of St. Charles. The production aimed to be a big success as Charles Magnus Anderson, former Main Street Garage proprietor, lay severely ill in a hospital near Orlando, Florida. Reverend Fred Field, pastor of the Baptist church, was to give ...
Local theater Marion-Woods Dramatic Co proves popular in Batavia with weekly performances. Kane County Federation of Women’s Clubs schedules annual meeting February 7 at First M. E. church. A shooting incident on North River Street injures two workers. Chuck Jordan jailed. Aleck Bothwell dies at 88 in Rochelle. Mooseheart post office planned. Miss F W Stearns retires after 33 years in millinery. Group eyes $50 000 for Batavia YMCA. Dr Bernard J Cigrand locates Lincoln and Davis meeting site on Kishwaukee Creek Coltonville wreck area. August Severtson buys Stearns millinery business.
The American Legion Post hosted auxiliary guests at last evening’s meeting with films on Illinois conservation. A dinner for high school athletes and coaches is planned for February 24, with Great Lakes Notre Dame football footage shown by Coach Tony Hinkle. A member party is slated for February 10. Kane County Legion meeting at St. Charles Community Center included Batavia members. Local residents include Miss Cora Benson and several others. Knee sprain sidelines H N Wade. Glenn Crane attended a Chicago furniture show. Mrs C N More had surgery at St Joseph's Hospital.
Fifty years ago this week, the remains of Mrs. Dr. I. S. P. Lord were found in perfect condition after exhumation. East Side school notes opine on tardy marks while a local social note recalls Ruth Bowers and Jacob Mini um’s 1850 Batavia arrival and long residence. A Turkish Bath comedy played at the Aurora Opera House on January 27 with popular prices.
Marmion beat Batavia 37 to 26 in the main game after a physical contest that saw Batavia lose Meyers and Martin on fouls and Benson with an eye stitch. In the lightweight match Batavia trailed 10 to 6 at first, led 18 to 12 at halftime, but Marmion rallied to win 27 to 22.
The Altrusa Class of the Mission church met Tuesday evening in the church parlors and elected officers: President Marie Pierson, vice president Evelyn Johnson, secretary Linnea Swanson, treasurer Dorothy Larson, pianist Carol Johnson, courtesy committee Harriett Carlson and Elsie Liden.
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