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Four Joliet girls aid war effort as nurse's aides
Four Joliet high school graduates Georgina Kelly Helen Horwath Nina Kramer and Katherine Waddell work six days a week at Kankakee Ordnance Works and three evenings as Red Cross nurse's aides at Joliet hospitals. They learn hospital duties from beds to temperatures and say the war's nurse shortage makes their extra service valuable and rewarding.
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Joliet
Georgina Kelly
N. Cagwin Avenue
Helen Horwath
Summit Street
Nina Kramer
Union Street
Katherine Waddell
Glenwood Avenue
Kankakee
Kelly
Kramer
Horvath
Miss Kelly
Silver Cross Hospital
St. Joseph’s Hospital
The
Red Cross