Navy Athletics Build Teamwork and Sportsmanship
Navy life emphasizes athletics as a core part of discipline and unity. Assistant Chief Lester Brookfelt recalls how football baseball basketball boxing and track train teamwork and resourcefulness on ships and stations. Naval units form rivalries across bases with ship crews hosting interunit games and on deck batting nets during sea duty.
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Sam
Navy
Lester Brookfelt
Riverdale Police Department
U.S. Navy
Officer Brookfelt
Thornton Junior College Radio Workshop Opens Broadcast Series
Thornton Junior College in Harvey Illinois launches a radio workshop under Melvin R White with a first broadcast on October 30 1941 from WNOB Hammond Indiana. The program trains students in script writing announcing acting and directing across a variety of radio fields.
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Thornton Junior College
Harvey
Ill
WNOB
Hammond
Ind
Thornton
Radio Workshop
Melvin R. White
Bride Wins Fred Ek Daughter Weds Robert Mortensen at University Chapel
Miss Winifred Ek daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Ek of Ivanhoe married Robert Mortensen of Chicago in a candlelight service at Thorndike Hilton Memorial chapel on the University of Chicago campus. Dr Paul Kramer of Evanston led the ceremony. A brief organ recital preceded the rite as the bride, in an ice blue satin gown with silver brocade, entered with her father to Lohengrin.
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Thorndike Hilton Memorial
University of Chicago
Winifred Ek
Fred Ek
Ivanhoe
Robert Mortensen
Chicago
Paul Kramer
Evanston
Marriage of Mortensen in Chicago Celebrated with White Flowers
The matron of honor Mrs Lawrence Hobson wore a coral crepe beaded gown and carried white swee pens and baby’s breath. Norman Buenhling was best man and John James ushered. A reception for immediate families and seventy guests followed at the Sydney Funk cloisters with a white flower tea table and a large centerpiece cake. Mr and Mrs Mortensen will reside after December 20 at Marshall Field garden apartment in Chicago.
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Lawrence Hobson
Norman Buenhling
John James
Sydney Funk Cloisters
Mortensen
Marshall Field Garden
Chicago
Dalton Christmas Seals Campaign Opens Nationwide
Local chairman Mrs. William Rieaugh announced the 1941 Christmas Seal drive with a lighthouse design symbolizing protection against tuberculosis. Dalton residents received their Seals this week as the national campaign began, urging united community effort.
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Dalton
William Rieaugh
Seal Sale Committee
England
Christmas Seals Help Fight Tuberculosis War Time Hope
Months of effort carried 61 00 lives in the United States as tuberculosis threatened during wartime. Christmas Seals are health tokens encouraging cooperation to continue the fight against the White Plague and protect public health.
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United States
U. S. Navy
Navy
Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club Christmas Party Change
The Dalton Riverdale Woman's Club moves its Christmas party from Dec 16 to Dec 17 at Riverdale village hall. Members contribute twenty-five cents each to the Department of Occupational Therapy chaired by Miss Lillian Hankey. Mrs M Tourtellotte organized the program with a carol history by Mrs Dorothy Dickey and performances by several members.
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Dalton-Riverdale Woman’s Club
Riverdale Village Hall
Department of Occupational Therapy
Lillian Hankey
M. Tourtellotte
Dorothy Dickey
Bernard Bender
Gerald Reasor
George Zilsberger
David Gray
Navy Enlisted Pay Extras For Honors And Skills
The article lists monthly extra pay for enlisted Navy personnel beyond base wages. Examples include $2 for recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguish Flying Cross, or Navy Cross, $2 to $5 for gun captains, $10 to $80 for mail clerks, $8 for expert riflemen or pistol shots, $1 for sharpshooters, and $10 to $20 for divers, among others.
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U. S. Navy
Naval Reserve
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David Bro
Thornton Junior College Radio Workshop
Ek-Mortensen
Woman's Club Christmas Party
America
Naval Academy
Annapolis of the Air
Pensacola
Secretary of the Navy
Navy Life
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