Batavia Musicians Present May 19 Instrumental Concert
Batavia public schools announce a spring instrumental concert Friday May 19 at 8 o clock in the high school auditorium directed by Paul W Peebles with more than 75 students. The program features grade and high school bands and orchestras, solo numbers, and a senior awards presentation. The combined groups perform The Star Spangled Banner Gypsy Festival Overture and The Old Refrain among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Paul W. Peebles
Indies for Bluejackets Aid Bundles Issued in Geneva
Indie volunteers at the Roberts Gift Shop 219 State Street Geneva have received bundles of number 3 for Bluejackets. Donation needs include nitters and turtle neck sweaters. Call the Gift Shop Tuesday Thursday or Friday afternoons for help and directions.
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Roberts
State Street
Geneva
Batavia Civic Club to Hear Conservation Talk Monday
Batavia Civic club meeting Monday features Claude R. Graeff of the Illinois Department of Conservation as speaker on wildlife conservation work and postwar plans. A color film on Illinois preserves will be shown. J Maynard Dixon will preside. dinner at 6:30 followed by a short business session and program at Knights of Pythias hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude R. Graeff
Illinois Department of Conservation
Batavia Civic Club
Graeff
Illinois
J. Maynard Dixon
Civic Club
Knights of Cpythias
Cold Star Mothers Entertained by Legion Auxiliary
The American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents hosted Gold Star mothers at a Tuesday dinner at Rose and Josephine Sykora homes. Tables featured spring floral decor and candy pot favors. Prizes went to Mrs. J. E. Swanberg, Mrs. Ruth Weber, and Mrs. S. J. Rudd. Gifts were given to Mrs. Sofi Peterson and Mrs. Anna Andersen. A dinner and gift were sent to Mrs. Hannah Benson who is bedbound after an automobile accident, and a gift will be sent to Mrs. Maurice Kelly, convalescing in Wheeling IN. Attending were Mrs. C. J. Perusse, Mrs. Ruth Weber, and Mrs. Charles Allison, with Mrs. Russell Strickland and Mrs. Homer McCoy planning the next meeting.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Misses Rose
Josephine Sykora
J. E. Swanberg
Ruth Weber
S. J. Rudd
Sofi Peterson
Anna Andersen
Paul Martin
Hannah Benson
Maurice Kelly
Wheeling
C. J. Perusse
Batavia Auxiliary
Wheaton
City
Oklahoma City
Okla
Legion Auxiliary
Emil J. Benson to Speak at Moose Meeting
Governor Ed Parman of Batavia Moose Lodge announces Emil J. Benson will lecture Monday night after a brief business session. Benson will discuss "Things Then and Things Now" based on extensive research and preparation, with officers aiming for strong turnout.
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Atty
Emil J. Benson
MOOSE
Ed. Parman
Batavia
Benson
Annual Grade and High School Concert May 12
Approximately 200 musicians will perform in the annual grade and high school concert at the high school auditorium next Friday at 8 p m directed by Miss Evelyn Bartman. The program features school vocal groups with pieces by many composers, including The Star Spangled Banner, Down South One Myddleton and Battle Hymn of the Republic. Performers include Louise White Eighth Grade Sextet and the High School Girls Glee Club with soloists and ensembles from the Junior and Senior classes.
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Evelyn Bartman
Laughing Spring
Mouart Down South
Myddleton
Louise White
Sells of the Sea
Solman
McWayne Boy
Ciribiribin
Pestalozza
Gertrude Smith
Trinkaus
E. Mac Dowell
Betty Benson
Old Virginia
Bland Country Gardens
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Cook the
Big Brown Bear
Mana Zucca
di Capua
Johnny
Rena Do Gilmore
Sy Louise White
MecWayne
McWayne
Gretchaninoff
NANG
Cedar
Gene
Mozart High School Girl’s Glee Clubs
L’amour-Toujoures
L’amour J
Frinda
Tuberculosis Education Material Now Available in County Libraries
Kane County Tuberculosis Association distributes books booklets and pamphlets on tuberculosis and silicosis to public school and county libraries. The material covers Koch Roentgen Trudeau lives and studies and is available via the association office at 11 South Grove Avenue Elgin for those seeking copies.
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Kane County Tuberculosis Association
Koch
Roentgen
Trudeau
Association
South Grove Avenue
Elgin
Moose Members and 33 Candidates Journey to Chicago
Batavia Lodge No 682 Moose members and 33 candidates travel to Chicago for the Birthday class initiation honoring Supreme Secretary Malcolm R Giles at Hotel Sherman. The caravan gathers at 9 30 am, ceremony runs to 2 30 pm, then a free lunch at 1830 North Wells Street. Over 2 000 new members will receive ritual work for Giles 50th birthday.
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Batavia Lodge No
Loyal Order of Moose
Malcolm R. Giles
Hotel Sherman
Chicago
Wilson and
River Streets
Greater Chicago Lodge No. 3
North Wells Street
Giles
Woman's Club Holds Annual Luncheon at Legion Rooms
The Woman's club concluded its season with an annual luncheon at the Legion rooms attended by 75 members. A three course chicken salad meal with peach meringue was served by an auxiliary committee led by Mrs Ansgar Carlson. The event featured decorations by Mrs Fred Dickenson and a program including Mrs Carl Pinoke Johnson's welcome address, reports, new standing committee chairs, a music and dramatic program by Town Hall Players, and a forthcoming state convention in Chicago May 9 to 11 at the Sherman hotel.
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Legion Rooms
Ansgar Carlson
Fred Dickenson
Carl ‘Pinoke’ Johnson
Johnson
Robert Kerfoot
J. J. Tyndal
W. B. Westrope
Lloyd Kautz
Robert Larson
Frank Longyear
Dickenson
Club
Burn Healy
Melvin Schneller
Aurora
Jack Snowden
Robert Thorsen
Employers Urged to Aid War Manpower Stabilization Plan
The War Manpower Commission invites all area employers to support an expanded stabilization program in the Kankakee Joliet Fox Valley division. A written pledge of cooperation is urged, with management and labor leaders stressing tighter controls on turnover and absenteeism to maintain local manpower.
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WMC
Kankakee- Joliet Fox Valley
Thomas H. Wright
Illinois Area No. 1
War Manpower Commission
Management-Labor Committee
H. B. Bushnell
Austin Western Co
Aurora
Illinois
John R. DeLaney
Cities Ice Cream Co
Elgin
Robert R. Fauntleroy
Moline Malleable Iron Co
St. Charles
Walter I. Jones
Farrell Manufacturing Co
Joliet
Roy D. Foster
Kane County Building Trades Council
A. F. of L
Ralph H. Goldfuss
A. F
Albert A. Krzywonos
United Steel Workers of America
CIO
Cecil Martin
United Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers of America
Wright
Illinois American Legion to Hold State Convention in Springfield
Illinois leads the nation with a record Legion membership of 100 961 with several thousand World War II veterans among them. The 1944 Illinois Department convention will be in Springfield August 25 to 28 with a streamlined agenda and limited attendance. Headquarters will be the Leland hotel.
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Illinois
American Legion
Arthur Canty
Chicago
Illinois Department
Springfield
Leonard W. Esper
Leland Hotel
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Kreisler
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George Tincknell
Frank Perna
Bradley Honholt
Moussourgsky
Brahms Kay Bowron
Mary Benson
Spirit of America
Loreley
Janice Lundberg
George Kidston
Kay Bowron
Joe Lenart
Isaac “Mowis
Carolyn Christensen
Shirley Clarno
Louette Sandell
Bernice Senft
John Sloggett
James Walbert
America
the Beautiful
Isaac
Miss Bartman Ard
Christien Coldiers
Cold Star
Smith
Paula Giacomarra
Lois Read
Elaine Upright
Howe
Joyce Sellers
the Shepherdess
Roberton Shadow
High School Girls Glee Club
Romberg
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Woman’s Club
American Legion Dept
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