Armistice Party and Legion Meetings Notice
The Legion announces an Armistice Party at the dugout on Saturday night November 13 at 8 p.m. All servicemen on furlough or discharged are invited and asked to wear uniforms for admission. Regular meetings are the second and fourth Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Servicemen welcome. A poker event starts Friday night November 5 at 8 p.m. Comrade Mathieson notes a 100 percent paid-up membership goal by Armistice Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Jim Johnson
H. Meginnis
Mathieson
District meeting delegates and notices for dues
Delegates to District meetings are Mrs Minnie Calcott Mrs Margaret Sagneri Mrs Ruth Slaughter Mrs Mary Ferguson and Mrs Ann Barbeaul Alternates are Mrs Viola Wiebke Mrs Gladys Johnson and Mrs Mable Nelson Mrs Slaughter and Mrs Albrecht sold stamps and bonds at Sears in Chicago Oct 20 Mrs Meginnis and Mrs Johnson sold stamps and bonds at Union station Chicago on Oct 23 The Junior Auxiliary made favors for Halloween for Orland Conval escent Center at Orland Ill Unit members please take notice Won t you please pay your dues at once Bring or send them to the next meeting Pay up and help your Unit president meet her quota
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Calcott
Margaret Sagneri
Ruth Slaughter
Mary Ferguson
Ann Barbeaul
Viola Wiebke
Gladys Johnson
Mable Nelson
Slaughter
Albrecht
Sears
Chicago
Meginnis
Johnson
Union Station
Orland Convalescent Center
Orland
Ill
War Industries Here Join Quiet Drive
Riverdale area war plants join a quiet drive with Chicago Noise Abatement Commission led by Mayor Kelley. The commission, at 134 N LaSalle Chicago, will investigate complaints and invites public input to cut harmful noise affecting sleep and worker efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale Area
Edward J. Kelley
Chicago
N. LaSalle
St. Chicago
Fred M. Echoff
Commission
Echoff
American Legion Auxiliary Plans November Meeting
The American Legion Auxiliary will hold a regular meeting Thursday evening November 11 at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Margaret Meginnis presiding. At the last meeting she appointed committee chairmen for Americanism and National Defense Ruth Slaughter poppy Gladys Johnson gold star Mary Ferguson Junior activities Monterey Strand sick committee Mrs. Ferguson and Mrs. Edith Rudolph publicity Frankie Albrecht membership Minnie Calcott and music Amy Schlie man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankie Albrecht
American Legion Auxiliary
Margaret Meginnis
Meginnis
Ruth Slaughter
Poppy
Gladys Johnson
Mary Ferguson
Monterey Strand
Ferguson
Edith Rudolph
Minnie Calcott
Amy Schlieman
Ivanhoe Woman's Club Observes American Citizenship Night
The Ivanhoe Woman's Club will mark American Citizenship Night at its next meeting on Tuesday November 9 at 730 PM in the Mills & Sons office 408 W 144th St. W J Goertz of the FBI will speak introduced by Mrs Elmer Krueger with husbands of members as special guests. Hostesses are Mrs William Murphy Mrs David Gray and Mrs Harry Howe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivanhoe Woman's Club
Mills & Sons
144Th St
W. J. Goertz
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Elmer Krueger
William Murphy
David Gray
Harry Howe
Illinois Central Wins Victory Garden Plaque Award
Illinois Central railroad received a National Victory Garden Institute plaque for outstanding encouragement of Victory Gardens in 1943. The railroad is one of four US lines honored, with 1675 workers using company land across Iowa Illinois Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. Charles A. Cadenhead of Riverdale was among Chicago area awardees.
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Illinois Central Railroad
National Victory Garden Institute
Illinois Central
Paul R. Farlow
Iowa
Illinois
Kentucky
Tennessees
Mississippi
Louisiana
R. E. Barr
Chicago
Charles A. Cadenhead
S. Eggleston Ave
Riverdale
Our Boys in the Armed Forces News from the Pacific and Home Front
A long letter from Cpl. John H. Shilling in Hawaii describes 24 hour shifts, island travel, crops like sugar and pineapple, and local prices such as butter at 68 cents a pound and eggs at 75 cents a dozen. The report includes other service members letters from North Africa to Australia, updates on training, postings, and morale as ships, planes, and theatres of operation shape daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaiian Islands
Cpl
John H. Shilling
Shilling
Dalton
States
Fordson
Harold Wease Reports Safe Return From Ten Day Leave
Harold Wease, after a ten day at home, was transferred to Sheppard Field Texas on returning to duty. His brother Pvt Arthur Wesse writes of his safe arrival somewhere in the South West Pacific. They gathered tropical fruit on the island and learned how it grows in its native state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfé
Harold ‘Wease
Sheppard Field
Texas
Pvt
Arthur Wesse
Southwest Pacific
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Legion News
Ivanhoe Woman’s Club
Mark Am
Gerald Ward
North
Africa
John Waldron
Gordon Pierce
ARM-3/c
Australia
SeaBees
New Guinea
Aka
Antionette Linard
Cherry Point
N. C
Arthur Pelley
Port Hueneme
Seaman Pelley
South Pacific
Glenn Wilkinson
Logan
Utah
Edward Bitter
Lincoln
Nebr
Hhe
Lincoln Air Base
Air Corps
Harold Tait
Camp Callan
Calif
Robert Schneider
England
Raymond Jacobitz
Edward Kaiser
Keesler Field
Atlanta
Ordnance Department
Ordnance
Fpte
Henry Reisbich
Vallejo
Clarence Hammermeister
California
Camp Polk
Hammermeister
Riverdale Inn
Indiana Avenue
BAT. & Son
Fred Keyl
Delton
Central Garage
Pohlers & Stahnee
Washington Ave
Anthony Basile Plumbing
Chicago Street
August C. Reich
Interocean
Tee
Malloy Coal Co
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Carl Dieck
Coal and
Park Avenue
The
J.F. Chandler Roofing Co
Chicago St
Acme Coal CO
Commodore
Acme
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