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Newspaper
Batavia Herald
Location
Batavia, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
1
Batavia Civilian Defense Corps with nearly 500 enrollees winds back from wartime duties as Allied advances in Europe and Italy lessen the need for home-front defense. Leaders note the program can be reactivated in hours, with funds totaling 531 dollars in reserve after expenses for scrap, equipment, first aid, and supplies.
State Director of Labor Francis B. Murphy advised employers that second quarter wage reports and contributions are due by July 31 to avoid penalties. The act applies to 1943 liable employers and those who reach twenty weeks in 1944 with six or more workers, expanding coverage to new employers in the June 30 quarter.
The Colonial Sweet Shop changes hands from G. B. Rodman to Harold H. Lindgren a cousin of Chester and Clarence Lindgren. The Lindgrens will reside above the shop with two sons one in service and one in early teens. Mrs Myrtle Colwell, the assistant, stays on in a room at Fitzgerald home. The Rodmans and Edith Bohart will live in Batavia after the sale.
Mr. Thorsen stressed the local defense corps are not disbanding and will keep all records for emergency action. For future war months the Bata via corps will serve in stand-by capacity ready for any call but does not anticipate further blackouts or statewide defense calls.
Mrs Vere Sellers of Batavia resigns after 13 years as Mooseheart secretary to take over personnel work at Southbury Training School Connecticut. She moves with daughter Joyce. sons Eldon and Keith in Army Air Corps. Eldon pilots troop carrier planes in England. Keith trains at Ellington Field Texas.
The Rev L J Tuck pastor of the Congregational church will preach his farewell sermon this Sunday as no services will be held during August. He has accepted a call to lead a Feder ated church in Avon a community about 20 miles from Galesburg and 50 miles from Peoria.
Batavia township thistle commissioner Guy H Conde seeks volunteers to help cut Canadian thistles at Township Park. He warns owners who fail to remove noxious weeds face fines from 10 to 300 dollars and possible property liens. Charges were filed last week in Blackberry township over a 240 acre farm with uncleared thistles.
A candlelit ceremony at Bethany Lutheran Church honored service members. Staff Sgt. Elliott Lundberg unveiled the honor roll plaque on furlough from Australia. Four groups of four names were lit by Earl and Dale Johnson as the service read by Miss Ethel Larson. Taps followed with James Lundberg and Bruce James providing echoes.
Mr and Mrs Sven Soderstrom and their son of South Batavia Avenue have returned home after a successful fishing trip in northern Wisconsin.
The 23rd annual American Legion celebration runs this week at Township Park with a four day program ending tomorrow night awards will be presented. Batavia youths helped erect a merry go round ferris wheel and a new Octopus ride as committees led by Elmer R Ander Commander George H Tincknell and Paul H Martin run stands and booths. The midway sits south of Wilson street and favorable weather could bring large crowds to support the Service Fund. Wartime conservation limits parades and most activities are park based with the Auxiliary handling food and drink. Pre-induction examinations are planned for Thomas T Oki Clifford P Maxwell Willard A Lanham Calvin R Hinds and George E Snyder.
Mr and Mrs Carl Martenia celebrated their golden anniversary at their daughter s home 86 South Van Buren Batavia Wednesday as friends visited in the afternoon and evening They were married July 26 1894 in Marietta Ohio and moved to Batavia 35 years ago The couple have three sons and two daughters Harold in Birmingham Indiana Douglas and Howard in Oakland California and Mrs Philip Harris Mrs Alma M White in Oakland They have nine grandchildren and three great grandchildren with five grandchildren in the armed services
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