Revised Induction Procedure Takes Effect February First
Col. Paul G. Armstrong announces revised regulations for pre induction examinations in Illinois. No selectee may be inducted after Feb 1 1944 without a prior physical at the induction station. Accepted registrants return to local boards with at least three weeks to settle affairs before induction. First group examined at Chicago station. Navy entrants to report around Feb 14 and Army general service entrants around Feb 22.
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Illinois
Paul G. Armstrong
Navy
Chicago
Board of Appeal Classification
Ivanhoe Woman's club to host occupational therapy talk
Mrs E D Chapman of Homewood will speak on Occupational Therapy at Oak Forest for the Ivanhoe Woman's club meeting at Mills and Sons office 408 W 144th St Monday Jan 31 at 7 20 pm. An exhibit of Oak Forest patients handwork will be shown and sold after.
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Oak Forest
E. D. Chapman
Homewood
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Mills and Sons
Cyril Skidmore
Chapman
Dalton-Riverdale Woman's Club
Ivanhoe Club
L. A. Davidson
Norman Beasley
Arthur O'Keefe Dies. Longtime C E I Yardmaster
Arthur O'Keefe born July 1 1891 in Chicago died Tuesday January 25 at St Francis hospital Blue Island at Cedar Park Cemetery burial in Dolton He served the C and E I rail road since 1920 becoming yard master in 1926 and general yardmaster in 1932 He left a wife Maybelle son Earl one granddaughter two sisters a brother and a step brother all of Chicago.
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Jacobsma
Dolton
Arthur O'Keefe
Kanawha Ave
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Cedar Park
Chicago
Maybelle
Earl of Dalton
Violet Schoulda
Viola Hines
Harold
Myles van Arkel
WRC Officers for 1944 Are Installed
Mrs Bonnie Bender was elected president of the G. W. Spencer Woman's Relief Corps as 1944 officers are installed at Riverdale village hall. A large audience from Chicago Blue Island Harvey Riverdale and Dalton attended along with district and department leaders. The event featured music by Mrs Ruth Lambertson and Mrs Clara Neath with accompanist Mrs Margaret Alm.
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Bonnie Bender
G. W. Spencer Woman’s Relief Corps
Riverdale Village Hall
Chicago
Blue Island
Harvey
Riverdale
Dalton
Hazel Boyd
Boyd
Addie Frehling
South Half
Anne Bitner
Ruth Lambertson
Clara Neath
Margaret Alm
Jennie O’connor
Meta Schroder
Esther Peacock
Clorinda Nelson
Clara Middleborn
Mary Ferguson
Jennie O’ Connor
Rose Johnson
Viola Wiebke
Mayme Linard
Zoa Stage
Marie Graevost
Marguerite Martin
Mildred Wright
Ida Matz
Matilda Unrwh
Mary Berger
Adele Stutzhiem
Clara Engel
Schroder
Middleborn
Louisa Schaefer
Alm
Mary Lehman
Ida Struven
Hulda Dieck
Captain William B. Gentry Receives Purple Heart
Captain William B. Gentry, posthumously honored for his actions in New Guinea, is awarded the Purple Heart and the Air Medal. The announcements were sent to his wife, Mrs. Katie L. Gentry of Miami, Florida. He piloted a Liberator bomber on the New Guinea front and is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Gentry of Dolton.
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William B. Gentry
New Guinea
Katie L. Gentry
Miami
Fla
Adjutant General’s Office
Washington, D. C
Air Corps
Capt. Gentry
William S. Gentry of
Dolton
Chopin Life and Music to Open Woman's Club Program
The Dalton Riverdale Woman's club hosts a Chopin themed program next Tuesday evening February 1 at eight. The life history of Chopin will be presented and several of his compositions played on records. Piano soloists Lois Nelson Sonia De Marche and Kathryn Napoli perform. Refreshments follow. Mrs. Louise Ewert chairs.
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Chopin
Dalton- Riverdale
Lois Nelson
Sonia de Marche
Kathryn Napoli
Louise Ewert
Dolton Board Approves 87 New Homes In Subdivision Plan
Dolton officials report 24 new building permits issued with 13 more expected soon, totaling 87 for a two block area on 142nd place. Builders Sullivan Construction Chicago and owners Teninga and Company Roseland plan 56 homes in this phase, near Main St and the Thomson site.
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Frank B. Diekman
Dolton
Board of Trustees
Indiana
Main St
Dr. Thomson
Teninga and Company of
Roseland
Sullivan Construction Company of
Chicago
Dalton
Five Dolton Men Included in Draft Call of 36
A draft board lists 86 inductees this week including five Dolton residents Alfred Soldal Howard Lewis Rentner Robert Charles Rubinie Alfred Emil Grossenbacher and Fred Henry Born Jr. Also named are registrants from South Holland Lansing Homewood East Hazelcrest Phoenix Hazelcrest Harvey and Thornton with additional individuals from areas like Oak Lawn and Lansing.
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Dolton
Army
Navy
Alfred Soldal
Howard Lewis Rentner
Robert Charles Rubinie
Alfred Emil Grossenbacher
Fred Henry Born, Jr
John Vlietstra
Andy Hoekstra
Lawrence William Michalski
Mitchell van der An
George Kats
Charles Burton Kickert
South Holland
William Herbert Padsen
Harold Louis Vess
Edward Stanley Pozdol
Charles Robert Hudson
LeRoy Duncan
Phoenix
Joseph Macaluso
Hazelcrest
James Edward Bailia, Jr
Harvey
Roy Erich Lange
Thornton
Dolton Honor Roll Seeks Servicemen Names
Parents and wives of Dolton servicemen are urged to send the names of their sons or husbands to The Pointer office. The list will be used for an honor roll and must be complete and correctly spelled.
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Dolton
Dolton '44 Vehicle Tags Go On Sale at Village Hall
Vehicle license stickers for 1944 are available at the Dolton clerk's office in the village hall. The fee for passenger cars and light trucks is $3.00, rising to $5.00 on February 1.
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Dolton
Dolton Village
Police Club Show Set for March 4
Riverdale village hall hosts a police club exhibit on March 4 and 6 presenting photography in police work crime scene methods fingerprints mugging and accident investigation with Officer Allison also a news photographer. A second booth displays a guns exhibit organized by Officers Vick and Lyria detailing weapon types ammunition calibers and ballistic tests.
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Riverdale Reserve
Allison
Booth
L. K. Vick
K. H. Lyria
War Bonds to be Awarded at Lions Winter Frolics
Riverdale Dalton Lions sponsor a Feb 12 party at Turner Hall to raise funds for community projects. Tickets 25 cents enter drawings totaling 623 in War Bonds with prizes of 200, 100, 50 and eleven 25 bonds. Lions club, active since 1988, supports school patrols raincoats contests athletic meets wheel chair inhalator for residents.
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Riverdale-Dalton
Lions Club
Riverdale
Dalton
Dolton Fire Department
Polio Fund Drive Ends January in Cook County
The 1944 fund-raising campaign of the Cook County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis will close January 31. Local community chairmen urge residents to donate now, with coin cans placed in stores, plants, and other businesses.
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Cook County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Progress Report on Fourth War Loan Drive in Local Communities
The Fourth War Loan drive in Dalton Ivanoe Riverdale aims for the halfway mark as volunteers canvass homes. A. L. Pearson reports progress but notes the goal remains distant while Anna Nelson and the Women’s division push bond sales, booths, and street solicitations. Riverdale shields appear as effort continues with wardens to earn Treasury citations.
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Dalton
Ivanhoe
Riverdale
A. L. Pearson
DOD
Anna Nelson
War Finance Committee
Alton E. Phillips
Walter E. May
OCD
United States Treasury Department
Weidner Wing Wins Roosevelt Citation in China
Captain M. R. Weidner and the India China Wing of the Air Transport Command receive a presidential citation for exceptional duty. The Wing supplied General Stilwell and the Fourteenth Air Force, moving men, fuel, food, and vehicles along the Burma road corridor, the war front's most dangerous air lane.
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M. R. «Weidner
China
India-China
Air Transport Command
Roosevelt
Weidner
A.T.C
Burma Road
Claire Chennault
Fourteenth Air Force
Stilwell
St Marys seventh and eighth grade girls hold bakery sale
The seventh and eighth grade girls of St Marys school run a Saturday bakery sale in the school meeting room starting at 1:00 p m. Proceeds go to the school athletic fund.
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St. Mary’s School
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C.&e.i. Gen
WRC
Wm. Gentry
Dolton Board
James J. Mossell
Malloy
Malloy Coal Company
Mosseil
Police Club
Lions
9Th Ward
M. R. Weidner
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