8th District Legion Token Meet to Be Held Aug. 11 and 12
American Legion delegates across Illinois prepare for the 25 two day token district conventions starting August 11 for even numbered districts and August 18 for odd. The Eighth District with 21 posts in southern Cook County will meet in Harvey this weekend. A full report will go to the state convention in Chicago at the Hotel Sherman August 25 to 27. District commanders for two years will be elected by delegates. Delegates will receive copies of resolutions for state consideration and state officers will be elected including department commander and five division vice commanders.
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American Legion
Illinois
Cook County
Harvey
Chicago
Sherman
Ration Book 5 to be distributed in December
War Ration Book No. 5 smaller than a dollar bill with half the stamps of Book 4 will be distributed through public schools in December from December 5 to 15. The new four gasoline ration book and later A book will also go into use, with War Ration Book 5 used after the new year for food and shoes.
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OPA
Chester Bowles
Department of Agriculture
War Production Board
Veterans Return From European War Area
Sgt Joseph C Rader son of Mr and Mrs J Rader 530 Englest Dalton arrives home on a 30 day furlough after service in the European Theatre with the 103rd Combat Engineers of the 28th Division. Sgt John E Miller 13724 Leyden Ave Riverdale is home on a 30 day furlough after fourteen months with the 836th Bombardment Squadron based in England, arriving July 13.
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Joseph C. Rader
J. Rader
Englest
Dalton
103Rd Combat Engineers
John E. Miller
Leyden Ave
Riverdale
836Th
England
Ex Prisoner of War Home on Furlough
Ex prisoner of war S Sgt Frank W Leichinger returns to the United States on a 30 day recuperation furlough after liberation from Stalag 7 A Mooseberg and prior confinement at Stalag IV and Luft III. He traveled from Camp Edwards to Fort Logan and will report back August 31.
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Frank W. Leichinger
Army Air Base
Topeka
Kans
Frank
Saint Valaro
France
179Th General Hospital
Rouen
Boston
Mass
Camp Edwards
Fort Logan
Colo
Stalag IV
Tisshau
Kolberg
Luft III
Nuremberg
Stalag 7-A
Mooseberg
Red Cross
Emma Leichinger
138Th Street
Riverdale
Alice Krenkel
Charles Krenkel
Princeton Ave
Chicago
Army Air Corps
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Greenville
Texas
Sioux Falls
Yuma
Ariz
Final Meeting Held for St. Marys Festival
Last Monday evening final arrangements were made for St. Marys annual festival to be held Sunday August 19. The kitchen and dining room will be run by Gertie Simnick Betty Geier Evelyn McCloskey and Herbert McCarthy with many co workers. John Horn Ed Vorphal supervise bus boys. James Stieman Carl Larson Herman Horn and Lou Mangan handle entertainment bingo. Wayne Bennett Glen Ruther Jr and Wm Sluka oversee refreshments. Mrs Al Schumann and Mrs Peter Lau run ice cream. Mrs Sarah Panozzo runs hot dog stand. The event on St Marys parish grounds invites Riverdale and Dalton friends to join in a day of goodwill. Everyone is welcome.
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St. Mary’s
Mesdames Gertie Simnick
Betty ‘Geier
Evelyn McCloskey
James Stieman
Carl Larson
Herman Horn
Lou Mangan
Wayne Bennett
Glen Ruther, Jr
Wm. Sluka
al Schumann
Peter Lau
Sarah Panozzo
St. Mary’s Parish
Riverdale
Dalton
Township Republican Picnic Set for August 18
The Thornton Township Republican picnic will be held at Brown Derby Grove one mile west of Thornton Ill on Saturday August 18. Walter Haines township collector chairs the committee planning an all day program with an exhibition softball game late in the afternoon and free refreshments for children. About 22 valuable prizes will be awarded.
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Thornton Township Republican
Brown Derby Grove
Thorton, Ill
Walter Haines
Local Youth Aboard USS West Virginia
John A. Cowser Jr., fireman first class in the U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Cowser of Dalton Illinois, served aboard the West Virginia in the Western Pacific. The battleship, active in every landing in six months, fought at Leyte Gulf, Surigao Strait, Mindoro, Lingayen, Iwo Jima and Okinawa with minimal casualties.
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U.S.S. West Virginia
Western Pacific
John A. Cowser, Jr
John A. Cowser
West Virginia
Leyte Gulf
Pearl Harbor
Surigao Strait
Mindoro
Lingayen
Iwo Jima
Iwo
Okinawa
Tokyo
Democratic Picnic at Sportsman Park Draws Officials
The Thornton Township Democratic Organization plans a two day event at Sportsman's Park Lansing IL August 11 and 12. Officials from state and county are expected to attend with games for children dancing prizes fishing boating and swimming. Buses run per the ad schedule.
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Thornton Township
Democratic Organization
Sportsman’s Park
Lansing
Ridge Road
Wentworth
Let us beware of losing our en thusiasms
Let us ever glory in something and strive to retain our admiration for all that would enable, and our interest in all that would en rich and beautify our life. Phillips Brooks.
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Phillips Brooks
Girl Injured When Hit By Car Near Dalton Market
Joan Goeringer, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Alex Goeringer of 14811 Greenwood Rd Dalton, was struck while crossing Lincoln Ave in front of Anders Grocery. Driver Mrs Edmund Grassa of Pentwater Mich tried to avoid her but could not stop in time. Joan treated at Dalton fire station then taken to St Francis Hospital Blue Island with a slight skull fracture. Illegal Parking at Main and Chicago Stirs Dalton Police. Chief Cogswell says locals mostly offend and will be arrested to stop blocking stop signs.
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Joan Goeringer
Alex Goeringer
Greenwood Road
Dalton
Lincoln Avenue
Anders Grocery Market
Edmund Grassa
Pentwater
Mich
Joan
Philip G. Thomson
Dalton Fire Station
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Main
Chicago
Grovers Cogswell
Cogswell
Tailoring Ex Service Ration Books for Discharged Veterans
Local war price and rationing boards explain how to tailor war ration book No. 4 for discharged servicemen. The book removes expired stamps and keeps the last validated stamps, matching civilian practice. Veterans receive one extra valid shoe stamp in book No. 3, two instead of one. Boards are expediting service for armed forces members and recent discharges.
Town Clerks May Administer Oaths for Absentees
Illinois town clerks gain authority to administer absent voter oaths under a new law signed by Gov Dwight H Green. The emergency act takes effect within thirty days after publication, expanding prior rules that restricted oath power to county clerks.
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Iinois
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
District 148 Board Grants Bus Service Plan
The District 148 Board will provide bus service for all grades one through four north of 142nd Street to Washington school due to crowded Roosevelt facilities. Students in the Sheppard Drive area south of Sibley Boulevard and east of the Calumet river to Indiana Avenue will ride to Franklin and Lincoln schools. Merle M. Kauffman resigns as Lincoln principal after four years to become supervising principal at Andrew Cooke school in Waukegan with about 350 pupils and twelve teachers.
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Board of Education
District 148
Roosevelt School
142Nd Street
Indiana Harbor Belt
Illinois Central Railroad
Indiana Ave
Washington
Sheppard Drive
Sibley Boulevard
Calumet River
Indiana Avenue
Roosevelt
Franklin
Lincoln
Lincoln School
Merle M. Kauffman
Kauffman
Waukegan
Andrew Cooke
Dalton
Franklin School
Second Installment of 1944 Taxes Due in Thornton Township
Walter Haines announces the second and final 1944 tax installment schedule for Thornton Township with payment sites at Berger school house South Holland village hall Dalton banks and Harvey collector office. Installments run through August 25 with hours listed for each location.
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Thornton Township
Walter Haines
Berger
First National Bank of
Dalton
South Holland
First Trust and Savings Bank of
Riverdale
South Holland Trust and Savings Bank
East 154Th St
Harvey
Emil Seelbinder Dies of Heart Attack at Work
Emil Seelbinder 56 resident of Riverdale and longtime Riverdale fire department member died last Saturday of a heart attack while at Arcady Farms Milling where he had worked 17 years. Born September 5 1882 aboard ship in the Atlantic to German parents he is survived by his wife Bertha and is mourned by sister Christine Nimtz who died two weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Bachmann funeral home with Rev Ph H Bassler officiating and burial in Mt Greenwood cemetery.
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Emil ‘Seelbinder
Atlantic St
Riverdale
Arcady Farms Milling Company
Atlantic
America
Germany
Bertha
Christine Nimtz
Bachmann Funeral Home
Ph. ‘H. Bassler
Immanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mt. Greenwood Cemetery
Postponed Ivanhoe Picnic Pushed to Sunday
The Ivanhoe community picnic, postponed last week due to rain, will be held this Sunday August 12 if weather permits. The program of events remains the same as listed in The Pointer last week.
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Ivanhoe
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St. Mary's Festival
Cae
Beene Ht
USS
Emil Seelbinder
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