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The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1945

Page

8

Rockdale Welcomes Faynik Brothers Home From Overseas

Rockdale resident Martin A. Faynik arrives home after 27 months overseas on Army engineers duty in the Aleutians. His brothers Nichol as Army Air Corps prisoner in Japan and Joseph in Texas also served, with Nichol reporting via a 50 word postal card and Joseph returning from Italy last July.

Army Martin A. Faynik John J. Faynik Central Avenue Rockdale Faynik Army Engineers Aleutian Islands Fort Sheridan Florida Nicholas Faynik Army Air Corps Bataan John Joseph Faynik Texas

New postal notes debut at Joliet post office

Postmaster J Walter Lowrey announces the start of postal notes selling in denominations up to $10 with a five cent sales fee. The notes combine with stamps for exact amounts including cents, and do not replace traditional money orders.

Joliet J. Walter Lowrey U.S Lowrey

Local Soldiers Promoted at Air Base in England

Stephen E. Havrilla of 717 Francis Street rises from corporal to sergeant at an 8th Air Force service command station in England where he serves as an airplane mechanic with a mobile repair unit. Edward J. Eich of Lockport is promoted from private to corporal after enlisting April 10 1942 at Camp Grant and serving overseas since May 1943. Arthur, a brother, is a corporal with the Army in France.

Stephen E. Havrilla Mary Havrilla Francis Street 8Th Air Force Service Command England Havrilla Chicago Arm Camp Grant Edward J. Eich Peter Eich Lockport Elwood Ordnance Plant Arthur France

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