Purchase Mart Set to Open August 12
The grand opening of the new Kempler Purchasing Agency warehouse, funded by Louis Calcagna, treasurer, takes place Sunday August 12. Located at 4012 W Lake St Melrose Park the 280000 square foot site has 4 loading docks and 3 railroad sidings with easy Chicagoland access. The organization aims to enroll hundreds of independent grocers across Chicagoland and in Aurora Elgin Joliet Rockford Matine Davenport Kenosha delivering daily across three states. Annual capacity is projected at 15000000 dollars for frozen meats ice cream drug sundries and groceries.
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Kempler Purchasing Agency
Louis Calcagna
Calcagno Food Mart
W. Lake St. Melrose Park
Chicagoland
Louis Calcagno
Aurora
Elgin
Joliet
Rockford
Maline
Ilinois
Davenport
Iowa
Kenosha
Wisconsin
In Memoriam Helen Stange
In memoriam for Helen Stange two years after her August 14 1954 death. Gone but not forgotten from the Stange family.
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Helen Stange
Stange
Pvt Glen Peontke On Select Team at Devils Tower
Pvt Glen RB Peontke from Forest Park Illinois joined a Mountain and Cold Weather Training Command select team at Fort Carson to demonstrate climbing and rescue techniques on Devils Tower in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the monument. He entered the Army in May 1954 and trained at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Devils Tower
Wyo
Army
Glenn RB. Peontke
Syliva
S. Elgin Ave
Forest Park
Wyoming
Fort Carson
Cola
Peonike
Pany
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Far East
Pvt Carl Dorrance Begins Active Duty Training at Fort Leonard Wood
Pvt Carl R Dorrance son of Mrs M Dunlap 147 Harlem Ave recently began six months of active duty training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri under the Reserve Forces Act Dorrance is receiving eight weeks of basic combat training to be followed by advanced individual and unit training Volunteers for the six month tour of active duty are sought.
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T. Leonard Wood
Carl R. Dorrance
Neighbors Send Well Wishes to Ill Mr. Schultz
Robert D. Schultz of 1100 Circle Ave is confined at West Suburban Hospital after surgery. He would appreciate cards or small notes from friends and neighbors to lift his spirits during recovery.
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Robert D. Schultz
1100 Circle Ave
West Suburban
Schultz
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Grant-White
Grant-White School
Purchase Mart
Pvt
Glen Peontke
Army Reserve
National Guard
Dorrance
Proviso Township High School
Maywood
National Bank
Madison Street
Neve EY
Hannah Avenue
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
Carl Dorrance
Ft. Leonard Wood
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