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Family and social notes from Batavia area events
A long list of gatherings and hometown moves, including Mrs. Johnson and guests from Chicago at Lake Genoa, a 13th birthday party for Jores Johnson, and many visits by relatives and servicemen. The record covers Memorial Day activities, golf and church events, and local shop and school notices with multiple Batavia and Geneva addresses and regional ties.
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An Johnson
Rui Johnson
Chicago
Harry Sloggett
Jane
John
Lake Genoa
Jores Johnson
Oscar Johnson
S Avenue
Rush
Lucille Cousins
LaSalle
Batavia
Burg
Petty Ceer
Navy
Sar Diceo
Calif
Gust Nystrom
Houston Street
Hannah Benson
Paul Martin
Lyle Clarno
Fox Valley Industrial Baseball League
St. Charles
Batavia Metal Products Co
Sadie Lundberg
Ethel Larson
California
Bertil Sponberg
Marie Larson
John Stenmans
Jean Marcuson
Long Beach
Carl E. Christenson
Camnamin
Nordlander
Hattie Matthews
Aurora
W. B. Beem
South River Street
Randi Reymert
M. L. Reymert
Lynn Anderson
Rayner Anderson
Carl Anderson
Kane County
Elgin
Rose
Josephine Sokora
Marie Hoag
Stanley Johnson
Louise White
Henry Geise Roschurch
West Wilson Street
Kenneth Oleson
Air Corps
Carl Oleson
South Jefferson Street
Courtland
Ala
Molly Ann
Ensign William “Sill” Shatzer
Mooseheart
South Pacific
Ensign Shatzer
Fox Valley
Iowa Seahawks
North Central College
Naperville
Illinois
Raymond Ekstrom
Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
New York
John J. McGary
Tessie Nelson
Berkeley
James
Norbert
Gertrude Goss
Grace Lamb
Irene Walker
Terry Michael
Charles MacCurdy
South Carolina
Betty Rule
Jack Rule
Washington, D. C
Betty
Cora Benson
William B. Benson
Oscar Holste
Alf Peterson
Elaine Hermes
The
Madonna High School
Helen Perusse
Wheaton
Russell Strickland
Homer McCoy
American Legion Auxiliary
Harry Kraft
Elmer Anderson
Kraft
Anderson