Local items cover town notes and visits
Elaine Wegener sustains a broken arm in a fall and is convalescing. A wave of visitors and travels includes families from St. Louis Tampa Wheaton Glen Ellyn and Riverdale with updates on births and trips. Community events include retirements, a church retreat plan, and a nurses relief corps school in Chicago.
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Elaine Wegener
Albert Wegener
Ivanhoe
R. C. Shawl
Wheaton
Glen Ellyn
Winners Named at Ivanhoe Picnic Contests
The Ivanhoe Community picnic on Sunday August 22 featured multiple contests with prizes. Winners include Nancy Bee Walker in the baby buggy parade Carol Jean Mosser second, Larry Winterringer first in the bicycle parade Russ Anderson second, Donald Van Housen first intermediate boys Lillian Schaefer first intermediate girls Bill Brown first in rooster fight Harry Bennett first race for small boys Joyce Mix first for small girls Marilyn Maynard and Lois Brandt first high school girls Robert Popper first high school boys Mrs Thos Walker wins the women's mashie Albert Gile wins suitcase race Mrs Clarence Brown wins tossing contest Allen Kukral and Betty Brown win the egg throwing contest Florence Kalkbrener won five dollars in war stamps for bean guessing.
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Ivanhoe
Nancy Bee Walker
Carol Jean Mosser
Larry Winterringer
Russ Anderson
Donald van Housen
Lillian Schaefer
Bill Brown
Harry Bennett
Joyce Mix
Marilyn Maynard
Lois Brandt
Robert Popper
Thos. Walker
Albert Gile
Clarence Brown
Allen Kukral
Betty Brown
Florence Kalkbrenner
Lincoln Kindergarten Registration Opens Sept 8
Registration for Lincoln kindergarten will be held Wednesday September 8 in the Lincoln school kindergarten room Dolton. Eligible children are four and five years old. Mrs George Schaefer Jr Dolton will instruct again this year. Classes begin Monday September 18 from 9 to 11 a.m. Information from Mrs Schaefer Dol 1525 or Mrs Edw Watson Dol 1411.
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Lincoln School
Dolton
George Schaefer, Jr
Schaefer
Edw. Watson
American Legion Auxiliary Paul Gall Unit Activities
The Paul Gall Unit holds its next regular meeting next Thursday at 8 PM with new president Mrs. Margaret Meginnis presiding. Installation of officers is planned for Saturday Sept 25 at 8 PM in Dalton village hall. The Junior Auxiliary meets Sept 11 at 1 30 PM under Mrs Monterey Strand. Faith Petraske will preside and the juniors will be installed Sept 25. Sympathy is offered to Mrs Jacob Myers on the death of her husband. Members attending the American Legion Convention in Chicago included several officers and their spouses. Newly elected Auxiliary officers for the Illinois Department are President Myrtle Webber First Vice President Bertha Shimkus Second Vice President Thelma Eldridge Chaplain Waterfall and Treasurer Florence Kellogg. Installation was performed by Mrs Reinke and unit delegates Mrs Weibke and Mrs Albrecht attended sessions.
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Paul Gall
Margaret Meginnis
Dalton Village Hall
Monterey Strand
Faith Petraske
Jacob Myers
Comrade Myers
American Legion
Chicago
Jim Johnson
Harry and
Helen
John Reinke
Earl Slaughter
Edward Albrecht
Herman Wiebke
John Matthiesen
John Belz
Auxiliary
Department of Illinois
Myrtle Webber
Bertha Shimkus
Thelma Eldridge
Waterfall
Florence Kellogg
Reinke
Weibke
Albrecht
Meginnis
Certificate Needed to Purchase Domestic Stoves
Under the stove rationing program effective August 24, consumers must obtain certificates from their rationing board to buy a stove. Certificates are issued on need and must be presented to dealers. no dealer may sell a rationed stove without the certificate.
Dealers Must Register With War Price Board
After September 3 dealers or distributors may not buy or sell rationed stores unless registered with their local War Price and Rationing Board. September 1 2 and 3 are designated days for dealer registration with the board.
Civil Service Opens Junior Clerk Positions in Chicago
Civil Service announces openings for junior clerks in Chicago with a salary of 146 dollars per month for a forty eight hour week. Applicants include high school graduates or those with billing auditing bookkeeping statistics typing or similar experience. Positions are day or night full or part time. Apply at local first or second class post offices or the Civil Service Commission New Office Building Chicago. War workers at their highest skill should not apply.
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Chicago
Civil Service Commission
New Post
Harmony Choral Club Plans Twilight Musical
The Harmony Choral Club engages Madame Siurkow Ryder for a twilight musical on Wednesday September 15 at Dolton village hall. Ryder will perform several selections and give a demonstration. Public invited.
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The
Harmony Choral Club
Madame Siurkow Ryder
Dolton Village Hall
Madame Ryder
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