Our Boys in the Armed Forces Beneath Stars in Dolton and Riverdale
Local chapters report completion and display of service flags in Dolton and Riverdale villages. Names and assignments appear across service members including Navy, Army, and Air Force, with promotions and relocations noted from Great Lakes to Fort Belvoir and Camp Carson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Dolton
Dolton-Riverdale
Dalton
Emily C. Ripley
Donald E
Navy
Great Lakes
Lorenz Ripley
Camp Carson
Colo
Robert Ripley
Fort Belvoir
Engineers
Military Promotions And Assignments Highlight Local families
The article notes Ralph Vandenberg from Montana rising from Corporal to Sergeant with oversea duty. It also profiles Riverdale’s Braun family with Pvt. John WN Braun enlisting in May at Camp Sorant Medical Corps, brother Pvt. Thomas Braun in an Armored Division at Camp Polk, and Pvt. Werner Wulff returning from a four day furlough to a transfer in Washington after service in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Africa
Henry Barfield
Edward Ehlers
Jack Mooney
Riverdale
Ralph Gerloff
Helmer Kroon
Camp Beale
Calif
Corp. Tech
George Karambelas
Wisconsin University
Quartermaster’s Corps
Dwight Watson
Camp Campbell
Walter L. Angelug
U.S.C.A
Chicago
Robert Henricks
Alexander Stieben
Samuel Jessen
Great Falls
T. C. Braun
Pvt
John WN. Braun
Sorant
Thomas Braun
Camp Polk
Werner Wulff
John Wulff
San Diego
Washington
Wal
Ter Wulff Expected Transfer to Chicago School
Ter Wulff is expected to be transferred to Chicago shortly to enter a school of instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ter Wulff
Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Parmelee
Illinois Central
John and Evelyn's Grocery Announces New Hours
Effective Sunday June 6 the store at 86 E 137th Street will open 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily except Thursdays when hours end at noon. This notice informs customers of revised shopping times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Furniture CO
S. Halsted St
John and Evelyn
E. 137Th Street
Sip
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Fiest
Park Ave
Albert H. Harms
Lincoln Avenue
Oliver
Dyer Supply Co
Dyer, Ind
Call Dyer
Ph. Dolton
J. Dickman
155Th
Greenwood Road
144Th Place
Hammond
Ivanhoe
Horace Holmes
Harvey
War Man Power Commission
Monarch Laundry CO
Wilth Street
Pullman
John E. Peiguss
Riverdale Millwork Co
Hamilton Piano Co
Cedarer
Mary Quandt
Dolores Ketelson
Edward L. Kipley
Louis Kemnitz
U.S
University of Mississippi
Telephone and Telegraph Division
The
Signal Corps
Jack Zoller
Raymond Wilmot
Wient
Leroy (Grandmaison
Coast Guards
Boston
Mass
John Robatta
Southwest Pacific
DR. W. D. Shannon
Delton
Delton, I
Lansing
Thornton
National Bank of Harvey
East 154Th Street
Calumet City
Bank
Pulaski Road
Burnham
Berger’s Corner
Dolton Bank
Oak Glen
Homewood
Riverdale Bank
South Holland
Village Hall
Hazel Crest
South Holland Bank
Walter Haines
J. H. Parmelee
Directe- Bureau of Railway Econom
J. L. Beven
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