War Fund Workers Plan October Campaign Meeting
Region V district and community chairmen will gather at Perrys Dinette in Markham on September 18 at 6 30 p m to plan the October drive. Stuart W Cochran will provide instruction on a new worker kit and prospect card boosting local drives. New Riverdale and South Holland community chairs are announced. A merchant marine recreation center is being organized in a Japanese port with a USS emissary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrys 'Dinette
S. Western Ave
Markham
William G. Fischer
Fischer
Lester Brockfelt
S. Wabash Ave
Riverdale
Arthur C. Mullen
C. J. Zamrowski
District 24
F. R. Snyder
District 23
George Voss
East 159Th Street
South Holland
United Seaman’s Service
National War Fund
Japan
War era gift mail rules for overseas servicemen
Postal guidance outlines a September fifteen to October fifteen window for sending gifts to troops abroad. Recommends updating addresses, using ink, and keeping parcels under five pounds and 15 inches long or 36 inches total length and girth. Suitable items include dried fruits canned foods razors pens wallets and watches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Organize Mother's Group for Wash Kindergarten
A mothers group formed at a Washington school meeting to support the kindergarten taught by Mrs. French. Officers elected are C Thoureen president Charles Beam treasurer and Jon D Rumsey secretary. Monthly meetings set for the first Wednesday at 9 am. Parents may contact Mrs Thoureen Riverdale 1098.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington School
French
C. Thoureen
Charles Beam
Jon D. Rumsey
Richard C. Warner Safe in Jap Camp
Clarence Warner of Dalton learned his son Richard Warner a waist gunner on a Liberator bomber had been a missing in action flyer but was later revealed to be a prisoner in Shanghai. He and other airmen reported brutal torture by captors while awaiting official surrender news and contact with press. Richard, turning twenty next month, enlisted in December 1943 and went overseas in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Chicago
Richard
Navy
Warning to motorists on tire scarcity and safety measures
Local war price and rationing boards warn motorists that September quotas remain August levels and only careful driving and timely recapping will allow unlimited gasoline. They urge tire conservation, proper inflation, prompt repairs, cautious driving, and to buy used tires only with full information on condition and work done.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Soldier Bernard J L Middleborn Returns From Service
Bernard J L Middleborn arrives home September 1 on a 30 day furlough from Moore General Hospital Swannanoa North Carolina. He served 18 months overseas in New Guinea and the Philippine Islands with the 60th General Hospital before returning to the United States and is to report to Fort Sam Houston Texas after his furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfe
Bernard JL. Middleborn
Moore General Hospital
Swannanoa
N. C
New Guinea
Philippine Islands
60Th General Hospital
States
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Approval Granted on Two More Dolton Subdivision Plats
At the Dolton village board meeting on August 26 the Town and Country Homes fifth addition plat was accepted and officials authorized to execute it. The Michigan and Wabash avenues plat from 146th Street to Sibley Boulevard was approved. The attorney was asked to study annexation of areas west of Stony Island Avenue.
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Dolton Village
Ivanhoe
Michigan and
Wabash Avenues
146Th Street
Sibley Boulevard
Dalton
Stony Island Avenue
Diekman
Village Hall
Eri. L. Reeves
Roseland Gun Club
Central Avenue
88Th Street
Main Street
Dalton-Riverdale Girl Scout Council
Troop 9 Scouts to Hold Paper Drive Saturday
Riverdale Boy Scout Troop 9 to conduct its scrap paper drive this Saturday September 8. The War Production Board and James T. O Connor praise the troop for its wartime salvage work and urge continued community support to aid reconversion and civilian production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Troop 9
War Production Board
James T. O’connor
W. Thomas Hoyt
O’connor
W.P.B
Riverdale Boy Scouts
W S C S Plans Reception for New Dalton Pastor
The Women 's Society of Christian Service of the First Methodist church of Dalton plans a reception for Rev. Paul M. Gilbert and his family. It will be held Sunday afternoon September 9 from 4 to 6 p m in the church. All members and friends are invited.
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W.S.C.S
Paul M. Gilbert
Women’s Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church of
Dalton
Marine Pvt Edward Kurz Awarded Purple Heart
Mr and Mrs Pete Kurz of Riverdale received Navy notice that their son Marine Pvt Edward Kurz earned the Purple Heart for wounds received on Okinawa May 30. He serves with the 6th Marine Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete. Kurz, Sr
Riverdale
Navy Department
Pvt
Edward Kurz
Okinawa
6Th Marine Division
Soldier Be Home on 34 Day Furlough
Pfc. Henry Barfield returns home August 24 on a 34 day furlough after 28 months in the European Theater of Operations. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Barfield Sr. of 13827 Wentworth Ave Riverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Barfield
E.T.O
Wentworth Ave
Riverdale
Dolton Boy Killed in Fall From Tree
Charles Franklin Drendel ten year old of 13819 Kanawha avenue Dolton died after a fall from a willow tree near his home. A boy scout knife pierced his left side and he died en route to St Francis hospital Blue Island. A coroner jury ruled accidental death. Funeral at St Marys Riverdale. Born May 9 1935 he lived in Dolton and would have started fifth grade at Lincoln School. He leaves mother stepfather father sister and two stepbrothers.
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Charles Franklin Drendel
Kanawha Ave
Dolton
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Jacob Zoller
Clifford E. Waddell
Charles
Center Ave
St. Mary’s Church
Riverdale
Soldier Injured When Car Hits Stolen Truck
Jean Norwacki, 23, of Chicago, was hospitalized after his car hit a stolen truck at 146th and Indiana during the early hours of Wednesday. The truck owner J Martinez reported a burglary at his Halsted Street business with radios and electric fans taken. The abandoned truck was moved to Hastings garage by police.
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Jean Norwacki
Saginaware
Chicago
South Chicago
Indiana Avenue
146Th
Indiana
Dalton
J. Martinez
Halsted St
Maxwell St
Norwacki
Hasting
Funeral Services for Mrs J Lund Saturday
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p m for Mrs John Lund nee Dorothy Ehlers who died Wednesday in Suitzer Wisconsin where she lived the past ten years Born September 10 1889 in Dalton she lived on South Park avenue in Dolton for many years She is survived by brothers Fred William Edward and Otto Ehlers of Dolton The service at Bachmann funeral home with Rev Paul Gilbert of the Dalton Methodist church officiating Interment in Cedar Park cemetery The Riverdolites bowling league meets Monday evening Sept 10 at St Pauls bowling alleys to plan the season
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John Lund
Dorothy Ehlers
Suitzer
Wis
Dalton
South Park Avenue
Dolton
Fred
William
Edward
Otto Ehlers
Wisconsin
Bachmann Funeral
Paul Gilbert
Dalton Methodist Church
Cedar Park Cemetery
Raymond Krass Houston Survivor Freed From Prison
Parents of Raymond G Krass learn by Navy telegram that their son Boilermaker 2/c U S N survived the USS Houston sinking and was liberated from a Japanese camp and sent to Calcutta India His condition is reported as good and delivery of a 25 word message to him is being arranged Subsequent notes trace his movements from May 1944 through December 1943 including Nike Thailand and Moulmein Burma fighters and evacuations.
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Navy Department
Peter Krass
Calumet Ave
Riverdale
Raymond Krass
Houston
Calcutta
India
Navy
Randall Jacobs
Naval Personnel
Raymond George Krass
U. S
Calentia
United States
Raymond
Nike
Thailand
Moulmein
Burma
Riverdale Board Approves Regular Officer Charles Cook Jr
At the Riverdale village board meeting Charles Cook Jr. was named for appointment as a regular police officer effective September 1. The board referred the Suburban Yellow Cab taxi permit request to the license committee and denied a fish market license at the Indiana Avenue Bridge. An ordinance regulating taxis was passed.
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Riverdale
Suburban Yellow Cab Company
Wentworth Ave
Matthews
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Halsted Street
Hanihan
Claussen
Charles Cook, Jr
Indiana Avenue Bridge
Large Medical Depart ment officers graduate at Carlisle
Lt. R E Vandenberg a Carlisle PA graduate of the Medical Service School leads a large class at Carlisle Barracks exercises. The group awarded diplomas enabling field duty with troops. Among them 1st Lt Roy H B Vandenberg MO of 14504 Pohlers Court Dalton MI earned an M SD from the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Vandenberg
Carlisle
Medical Department
Medical Field Service School
Carlisle Barracks
Roy HB. Vandenberg
Pohlers Court
Dalton
University of Illinois
Holzbach son undergoes appendectomy at Francis Hospital
Bobby Holzbach son of Dr. and Mrs. Edgar M. Holzbach of Ivanhoe Krass Boiermaker. U S N underwent an appendectomy at Francis Hospital in Blue Island last week Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Holzbach
Edgar M. Holzbach
Ivanhoe
Krass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lester Brookfelt
Richard C. Warner
Clarence Warner
Grant St
Richard Warner
Marine Pvt
Purple Heart
Raymond G. Krass
Dolton Boy
J. Lund
Riverdolites
St. Paul’s
Chas. Cook, Jr
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