South Holland Letter Highlights War News and Local Notices
The South Holland column covers Marine Private William Hook earning a Purple Heart on Saipan, school teachers assigned for 1944 45 at Roosevelt and Coolidge, a marriage in the Christian Reformed parsonage of South Holland, and Mrs. Leonard Van Deursen's plane trip to San Diego to visit her son in the Marines.
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Pacific
William Hook
Pacife
Saipan
Marine Corps
Hook
Thornton Township High School
Albert Hook
158Th Street
South Holland
Roosevelt and Coolidge
Indiana
Thornton Fractional High School
Bloom Township High School
Lansing
Leonard van Deursen
San Diego
Cal
Lester
Sermon by Rev Bel on War Causes on WCFL Tonight
Rev Herman Bel of Chicago Christian High School speaks on the Back to God Hour on September 3 at 9 pm. The topic is The Real Causes of War. Sponsored by the Christian Reformed church, the program airs over WCFL Chicago 1000 ke.
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Herman Bel
Chicago Christian High School
The
Christian Reformed Church
WCFL
Chicago
War updates and local notices fill Community News
Clarence Van Vuren hospitalized with rheumatic fever after six weeks in bed. Local families host and visit relatives in Michigan and Iowa. Medal awards to 14 Chicago area soldiers include a posthumous Soldier’s Medal for James Groenveveld in the Mediterranean. England injuries reported for Lt. William Jacobs. Red Cross drives urged with upcoming church meetings and Labor Day fest plans at Bock’s Grove Oak Glen. Bowling lanes buyout sets Julius Mulder as new manager September 1. Community firemen attend Homewood meet. Great Lakes boat training, and families visiting Winona Lake and Cedar Lake areas.
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Clarence van Vuren
Grace Pelon
D. Stevenson
Muskegon
Mich
Carl Walvoord
Michigan
Cornelius Newenhouse
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Julius ‘Newenhouse
Richard Rickert
John Rickert
Robert Murray
Henry Murray
Gardener’s Hospital
Chicago
Rey
Mrs. H. ©. Bode
Kalamazoo
Henry Rickert
War Department
James A Groeneveld
South Holland
Mediterranean
Donna VanDer Wall
Armee Nelson
Marlene Gail Voss
Miss Jensen
Flossmoor
Wm. Jacobs
England
Josie Tanis
Winona Lake
Ind
Hans Shilling
Joe van Drunen
Presbyterian Hospital of
Eral
William Hoeksia
Red Cross
First Reformed Church
Nick de Young
Arnold de Young and Son
Ivan Rietveld
Cedar Lake
Cornelia Dalenberg
China
Bock’s Grove
Oak
Lester Traas
California
Seaman Traas
U. S. Sei
Pacific
James Dekker
Mary Ann
Marie VandeRepe
Sheboygan
Wis
J. Vanderbilt
Farmers Fuel Up with New Gasoline Engines
Farmers are urged to visit Wagnum Implement Sales in Hebron Indiana to purchase the latest gasoline engines. Orders are encouraged promptly.
Rubber bands approved for agricultural use in Rubber Order
The Rubber Order amended by WPEB allows rubber bands for agricultural purposes and requires purchaser certification. They are available from multiple distributors. A three room house on a 60 by 120 foot lot in Thornton, NL is offered for 2500 dollars by John Ravesfoot, South Park Avenue, South Holland, Illinois.
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WPEB
Thornton
John Ravesfoot
South Park Ave
South Holland
Ill
Harvey
Gasoline Engines Offered by Wagnum Implement Sales
New supply of gasoline engines suitable for onion screens and stationary units. Interested buyers can call Hebron 39 or write Wagnum Implement Sales Hebron Indiana for details and availability.
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Hebron 39
Hebron
Ind
Edified Talk Sways Yank Soldier to Sleepy Edinburgh
Capt. Leirevaag joined the air corps in 1941 and trained on the west coast. He received his commission in 1942 and earned captaincy in 1943 after training at MacDill Field and Lake Charles. On 21 day leave he heads to Miami for rest before army decisions. His brother Marshall serves in the Navy at Oceanside.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Leirevaag
Air Corps
Pearl Harbor
California
New Mexico
MacDill Field
Fla
Lake Charles
Miami
Army
Marshall Liervaag
R. M
Navy
Marine Training Base
Oceanside
Calif
Farmers urged to sell or junk old engines in Dyer Indiana
Notice from Dyer Supply Co asking farmers to write or call about selling or junking Fairbanks Morse or New Idea small gasoline engines. Dyer Indiana address and phone 2251 provided. company says they pay top prices for old gasoline engines.
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Fairbanks Morse
Dyer Supply CO
Dyer, Ind
For Sale Two Building Lots in Winkes Subdivision
Two choice building lots in Winkes Subdivision on Wausad with 50 ft frontage offered for sale. Contact Harvey A426 at 17-44 for details and inquiries.
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Winkes
Wausad
Call Harvey
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