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Local clubs and service members in Batavia area news
The Sewing Circle of the Northern Sisters will meet next Wednesday at Mrs. Elmer Andersons home on Mallory Avenue. Past presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary picnic next Tuesday at Quarry Park, arranged by Mrs. Paul Martin. Edward Schimelpfenig has returned home from St Josephs hospital and remains under doctor care. Mrs. Sydney Andrews and her daughter from Lansing visit the Cheneys and relatives. Miss Patty Lindgren and Miss Betty Heiss of Aurora visited a Frances Shimer school friend in Milwaukee. Various Batavia residents travel for vacations, engagements announced, and military training updates including A C Paul B Martin completing Ottumwa training and heading to Pensacola.
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Elmer Anderson
Mallory Avenue
American Legion Auxiliary
Quarry Park
Paul Martin
Edward Schimelpfenig
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sydney Andrews
Lansing, Mich
Norman Cheney
Patty Lindgren
Betty Heiss
Aurora
Frances Shimer
Mt. Carroll
Milwaukee
D. R. Sperry
Marcia
Three Lakes
Wis
Sprry
Mabel Esmay
Chicago
Batavia
Melvin Few
Burgess-Norton
Geneva
Harry Averill
Elaine
Pfc
Ralph Ballard
Bergstrom Field
Austin
Ellis Carlson
Emma Urch
Devil’s Lake
Otto Madsen
Vivian Urch
Devil's Lake
A. D. Mallory
Omaha
Neb
Frank P. Smith
Winnifred Johnstone
Carl Wallman
Wendie
Harold Christenson
Sherman Fredendall
Fabyan Forest Preserve
Axel Ecklund
Harold Wenberg
California
Helen Hepburn
Rudolph Moberg
Harold Moberg
Gary