Community Notes From Batavia News Briefs
Mrs Frank Peterson returns from Cincinnati visit. Bethany Lutheran teachers plan annual picnic next Monday. Committees listed for refreshments entertainment and hospitality. Mrs Harley Osborn returns from St Joseph hospital. Miss Lois Moore returns from Cornell college and starts summer job at Furnas Electric. Mollyanne Oleson hosts Bert Johnson drug store employer with refreshments. Miss Joan Nelson and Miss Romayne Mostrom attend Congregational youth conference near Bloomington. George Burnett back from St Joseph Mercy hospital, bedridden. Robert Martin of U S Army Air Corps on leave, graduates Batavia High School, heads to Marianna Fla. Brother Paul in Navy Air Corps finished training, on two weeks leave, may transfer to Corpus Christi. Mrs Duane Johnson formerly of Batavia visits family in city. Miss Mary Tincknell vacations from First National Bank in Geneva. Neal Hendrickson and Russell Anderson return from 10-day leave. Neal turns 19 tomorrow and marks Coast Guard service anniversary. Altar and Rosary society meets. card honors awarded to several local ladies. Mrs Carl Clements and niece Fern Gustafson return from Jacksonville wedding trip. Robertson returns from overseas service, hospitalized in South Carolina. Oren Brada of Coast Guard home from hospital in New York after spine operation. Nellie Gaweka attends Townsend Club meeting in Chicago. Past American Legion Auxiliary president honored at gathering at Mrs Russell Strickland’s home. Quarry Park picnic planned with Mrs Paul Martin. Fred Graham visiting son Sgt Robert Graham at Moody Field Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Peterson
Frank Peterson Jr
Cincinnati
Bethany Lutheran Church
Louise Berg
Marion Swanson
Sadie Lundberg
Bernice Olson
Birgit Johnson
Katherine Hubbard
Robert Larson
Harley Osborn
First Street
St. Joseph Hospital
St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital
South Batavia Avenue
Robert Martin
U. S. Army Air Corps
Batavia
Marianna
Fla
Paul
Navy Air Corps
Ottumwa
Corpus Christi
Tex
Duane Johnson
Jane Johnson
Washington, D. C
Oscar Johnson
John T. Johnson
Mary Tincknell
First National Bank
Geneva
Neal B. Hendrickson
Richard Hendrickson
Russell Anderson
Arthur Anderson
New Orleans
Neal
Coast Guard
Altar and Rosary Society
Lyle Hawks
Wendell Pitt
William Flynn
Aurora
T. D. McDonald
Martin Featherstone
Axel Ecklund
Frank Jacobs
David Murray
Carl Clements
Fern Gustafson
West Chicago
Jacksonville
June Wallace Robertson
South Carolina
Erickson Couple Celebrate 30th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Joseph Erickson of South Harrison street celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary by hosting relatives over the weekend. Guests came from Geneva St Charles Chicago and Rockford. Weekend visitors included Ernest Erickson and son Paul with two daughters Roger Strieb and William Johnson of Rockford. William Johnson serves in the U S Navy and arrived from Great Lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Erickson
South Harrison Street
Geneva
St. Charles
Chicago
Rockford
Ernest Erickson
Paul
Roger Strieb
William Johnson
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Second wedding anniversary celebration details
The couple marked their second wedding anniversary for Sgt. Richard Erickson stationed in England. His wife, living with her parents in St Charles, attended. A bouquet of 30 red roses and a wedding cake adorned the table while movies were made of the celebration. Their daughters Mrs Norman Ekstrom and Mrs Raymond Ekstrom attended with their husbands serving in the background.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgt
Richard Erickson
England
St. Charles
Joseph Erickson
Norman Ekstrom
Raymond Ekstrom
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American Legion Auxilary
Russell Strickland
Homer McCoy
Nels Benson
J. E. Swanberg
Stan
Anderson & Elliott Real Estate — Insurance
Fox River Homes—River Front
South Second Street
Illinois
Ansgar L. Carlson Agency
N. Washington St
Lindis
Batavia, Illinois
Batavia Herald Company
Ilinois
Dr. Tomez
Tomato
America
Dr. Tomato
Doc Tomato
Western United Gas and Electric Company
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