Blacktop Highway Upgrades In Batavia Township
Batavia township highway commissioner Fred C Nelson announced that two miles of township roads feeding into Batavia will be blacktopped in the coming weeks. Claude L Hanson will oversee construction using township funds. Work begins on Mckee street and includes Garfield Morton Blaine Walnut McKinley Whipple North Prairie Forrest Latham South Van Buren and South Prairie. The project aims to cut upkeep costs and extend hard roads around Batavia. County crews brought equipment for the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred C. Nelson
Batavia
Claude L. Hanson
Mckee Street
Furnas Electric Company
Garfield
Morton
Blaine
Walnut
McKinley
Whipple
McKee
North Prairie
Forrest Avenue
Latham
South van Buren
South Prairie
Batavia Township
Nelson
Burgess Heads Republican Service Men in District
Charles M. Burgess president of Burgess Norton Mfg Co Geneva and recent Republican convention delegate was elected chairman of the Republican Service Men League for the 11th District at the Baker hotel St Charles. He will represent four counties on the state executive committee succeeding Myron Lehman Elgin.
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Charles M. Burgess
Burgess-Norton Mfg. Co
Geneva
Republican Service Men’s League
Baker Hotel
St. Charles
Burgess
Myron Lehman
Elgin
Atty. Louis Rockwell
Batavia's oldest resident Anna Harleen dies
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Anna Harleen Batavia's oldest resident at the home of her daughter Swan Johnson 165 McKee street.
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Anna Harleen
Batavia
Swan Johnson
McKee Street
Obituary notices for Harleen and related local items
The Rev. P. H. Nordlander officiated at services with interment in West Batavia cemetery. Mrs. Harleen, born in Sweden in 1843, died at the Johnson home aged 97 after years of illness, survived by five daughters, one son, 31 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren, and several in military service. Wayne Womack had his tonsils removed at St Josephs Mercy hospital. The Northern Sisters plan a banco party July 21 at the homes of Mrs. Gust Larson and Mrs. Iddo Anderson. Private Leland Petrie returned to Camp Dedrick after a brief visit home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Beckman
Sidney Beckman
St. Charles Hospital
Aurora
Alice
Nancy Wiberg
Gunnar Wiberg
West Wilson Street
St. Joseph's Hospital
Joel Peterson
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital
P. H. Nordlander
Bethany Lutheran Church
West Batavia
North
Washington Street
Harleen
Swan Johnson
O. W. Hubbard
Freda Hubbard
Charles Johnson
W. L. Anderson
Carl Harleen
Armed Service
William
Leonard
Donald Anderson
James
Paul
Warren Hubbard
Donald Johnson
Gifford A. Johnson
Wayne Womack
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
Banco
Gust Larson
Iddo Anderson
Blaine Street
Leland Petrie
Camp Dedrick
Frederick
Bata Metal Products Picnic At Glenwood Park
Batavia Metal Products employees plan a Sunday picnic at Glenwood park starting 12 noon. Free dinner at 4 with baked ham and beans, games, dancing, flag raising, and a tug of war. George Leick, Seabees chief petty officer, reports temporary sight loss from Trinidad sun exposure and is now regaining partial vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia Metal Products Company
Glenwood Park
H. M. Garsson
Batavia Post 504
American Legion
Peter Leitx
George Leick
The
Seabees
Albany, N. Y
Trinidad
Lieck
Fifty-One Boys Attend State Conservation School
The Illinois Junior Conservation Training school opens at Lake Villa with 51 students from 51 counties. The program runs to July 22, with a second group August 16–19. Kane county is represented by Thomas J. Pike. Instructors teach soil conservation, fish and game propagation, hunting and fishing, game codes, and community junior groups. Field trips to state game units and recreation time are planned under guard supervision.
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Illinois Junior Conservation Training School
Lake Villa
State Department of Conservation
Illinois
Kane County
Thomas J. Pike
Batavian Soldier Dies in West Coast Air Crash
Fred Wiesbrock of Batavia learns his son John Raymond Wiesbrock 23 of Batavia died in a plane crash near Fresno California while training as a heavy bomber pilot. John, a 1938 Batavia High graduate, enlisted 1943, trained at Sheppard Field Texas and served in the air corps. Surviving are his father a brother and three sisters. Funeral arrangements and burial details are listed.
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Batavia
Fred Wiesbrock
East Wilson Street
John Raymond Wiesbrock
Fresno
Calif
John Wiesbrock
Batavia High School
Air Training School
Avenue Motor Sales
Air Corps
Sheppard Field
Texas
Roy
Dorothea
Helen Kielson
Patricia Fry
Crane Funeral Home
Holy Cross Church
East Batavia Cemetery
Lt David R Anderson Assigned as Navigator Instructor
Lt. David R. Anderson, son of David P. Anderson, is assigned to Mountain Home Army Air Field Idaho as navigator instructor. He joined the service March 13 1943 attended cadet school at Mather Field Morton Air Academy and LeMore Field and was commissioned May 29 1944. He previously served at Peterson Field Geiger Field and Ephrata Field and before enlisting studied at a business college in Aurora and worked as a salesman.
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Geiger Field
Wash
Ephrata Field
Business College
Aurora
Batavia Metal Plans Role in Army Heavy Artillery Drive
Batavia Metal Products, Batavia’s largest plant, is among 56 firms chosen for a major war expansion to boost heavy artillery shells. The Army envisions a several hundred percent production rise for 155 mm 8 inch and 240 mm shells, with Batavia preparing new facilities and hiring to meet demand. Brig. Gen. Hardy cited roughly 100 million dollars in tool, press, and furnace investments as part of the expansion. The Gustav line usage by the Fifth Army last May illustrates the scale, while WPB and Manpower priorities push for maximum capacity and skilled labor.
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War Department
R. E. Hardy
Ordnance Department
Batavia Metal Company
Department
Fifth Army
Gustav Line
Cassion
War Production Board
War Manpower Commission
Hardy
Blood Donor Drive at Geneva High Five Days in July
The American Red Cross Mobile Blood Donors unit will be at Geneva High School from Monday July 17 to Friday July 21. Donors are urgently needed and asked to call Geneva numbers for appointments. Former donors are being reregistered for the same weekday and approximate hour as before.
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Geneva High School
The
American Red Cross
Geneva
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Glenwood
State Conservation School
Batavia Metal Co
William Kelly
England
France
Captain Kelly
Potosie
Wis
William Kelly III
Michigan Mining and Technical School
Houghton, Mich
LT. Anderson
Mountain Home
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