November Must Be Christmas Mailing Month Warns Postmaster General
Postmaster General Frank C. Walker urges November as Christmas Mailing Month to avoid an impossible holiday backlog. He cites war material transportation strain and 31 000+ officers deployed, urging the public to mail parcels in November and mark unopened until Christmas to prevent shortages and delays.
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Frank C. Walker
Postal Service
Army
Navy
War Sevice
Walker
War Relocation Authority chief to address Lions Club
Supt. of the War Relocation Authority Board Mr. Dougherty will speak on Relocation of American Born Japanese at the Riverdale Dalton Lions Club meeting in St Marys church hall. The program is run by the safety committee chaired by Floyd Mix with members Putnam McDowell Mraz Krauss. First place essay contest winners from seven local schools and their teachers will attend as guests.
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Dougherty
War Relocation Authority Board
Riverdale-Dalton
Lions Club
St. Mary’s Church Hall
Floyd Mix
Safety Committee
Mr. Mix
Karl S. Putnam
E. T. McDowell
Frank J. Mraz
Conrad Krauss
Bowen P T A To View Education Recreation Films
Walter Hinkle the Acme Steel mill superintendent will present Education and Recreation films at the Bowen P T A meeting scheduled for Tuesday November 16 at 8 p m in the school auditorium.
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Walter Hinkle
Acme Steel Company
Bowen P. T. A
Friend Resigns As Scout Executive From Pottawattamie Trails Council
Clifford W. Friend resigns as executive of the Pottawattamie Trails Boy Scout council effective Nov 15 to join Valley Council based in Appleton Wisconsin. He led growth from 773 to 933 Scouts and 252 to 425 Cubs since May 1941, with possible merger options and staffing challenges noted.
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Clifford W. Friend
Pottawattomi
Pottawattami Trails Council
Hammond Shaubenee
Hammond
Chicago Heights
Vincennes
Indian Trails
Sauk Trails
Riverdale
Dalton
Vincennes Trails Council
Friend
Immanuel Church Holds Notable Note-Burning Service
Immanuel Evangelical and Re formed church hosted a large audience for a note burning ceremony. The event featured a robed choir and five new members welcomed by rite or transfer as Pastor and officers reflected on eleven years of progress and future hope.
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Immanuel Evangelical
Lester Ohlsen
Abe Frerichs
A. R. Miller
Immanuel
River Clean Up Meeting Set For November 12
The flood control committee calls a general meeting for all parties at South Holland village hall at 8:00 PM to review past efforts and latest river project developments for the Little Calumet cleanup from the State line to the Sag canal. Engineers have provided maps and are surveying the river. officials report progress as funds from the state were appropriated on October 26 after a long campaign by Thornton township leaders.
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Little Calumet
South Holland
Wm. Winterhoff
Thornton Township
Casey
Springfield
Allsweet
Chicago
Judge de Young
Thornton
State Line
Sag Canal
Harvey Federal Savings and Loan reports new peak profits
W H Hammer executive vice president told the board that the Harvey Federal Savings and Loan assoc loaned 750172.21 on home mortgages in ten months Jan 1 through Oct 1, with a 7 percent higher mortgage total than 1942. The association also saw a large net gain in shareholders money and sold 2130650 in war bonds while new investors rose to about 66 monthly.
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Harvey Federal Savings and Loan Association
W. H. Hammer
Hammer
Famous Radio Preacher to Be in Local Church
Sam Morris of San Antonio Texas known as The Voice of Temperance will speak at the First Reformed Church South Holland Illinois during the regular evening service Sunday November 14 at 7 00 p m Morris broadcasts daily over WHAS Louisville KY XEG Monterrey Mexico and other stations He is a national figure in the temperance crusade Public invitation extended for 7 00 p m service.
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First Reformed Church of
South Holland
Ill
Sam Morris
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Morris
Voice of Temperance
WHAS
Louisville
XEG
Monterrey
Mexico
Harmony Choral Club Plans Musicale Tea Event
The Harmony Choral Club will present a musicale tea on Wednesday November 17 at 2 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Gerald Reasor 14321 Atlantic Street Ivanhoe. Victor Herbert's music will be featured. A special rehearsal of the choir will be held next Wednesday evening in the Dolton village hall.
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The
Harmony Choral Club
Gerald Reasor
Atlantic St
Ivanhoe
Victor Herbert
Dolton
Dolton to Add 37 Homes as Sewer Plans Advance
Dolton village board learns 37 new houses are planned for Teninga's Second Ivanhoe Manor boosting total in progress to 49. sewer and water installations along with street sidewalks will be submitted to the Federal Housing Authority for approval. L A Davidson is named inspector to ensure fire protection and sanitary drainage. The board also accepts an invitation to a Community Firemen's Association meet and seeks quotations for a snow plow and sidewalk weed cutter.
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Dolton
WPA
Indiana Ave
Main St
Teninga
Ivanhoe Manor
Federal Housing Authority
L. A. Davidson
Board of Trustees
Community Firemen’s Association
End of War Ration Books One and Two Issuance
War Price and Rationing Boards announce no more copies of War Ration Books One and Two will be issued. Stamps 18 in Book One and blue stamps X Y Z in Book Two remain valid for specific purchases through dates noted, with replacements not provided if lost or stolen.
Services to be Held Saturday for Mrs Otto Krause
Funeral services for Mrs. Otto Krause nee Wesse are set for Saturday at 2 30 p m at St Pauls Lutheran Church Riverdale. She died Wednesday morning at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey from double pneumonia. The body rests at Bachmann Funeral Home.
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Otto Krause
Wesse
W. 137Th Pl
Riverdale
Ingalls Memorial Hospital
Harvey
Bachmann Funeral Home
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War Relocation Rd
Emil Kasten
Alexander Fritz
Margaret Gohr
Virginia Grapenthien
Louise Wilde
Chas. Rudolph
Harvey Federal
Village Rd
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