Red Cross Drives For Army Navy Garments And Club Activities
Mrs Stenley Munroe leads county knitters as army seeks 258 sleeveless sweaters 128 gloves 224 mufflers and 320 wristlets while navy asks 56 turtlenecks 40 gloves 64 helmets and 160 scarves. Postwar relief work includes home nursing classes March 15 at Central School and a baby development clinic at the Boston Store with lectures on tuberculosis typhoid. Motor Corps reports 400 miles driven delivering war fund supplies and staff assistants begin March 11 to collect contributions and register volunteers. U S O hostess Mrs Ella Kertes helps serve cocoa and cake to servicemen. sewing chair Mrs Charles Johnston requests more help toward a June 1 garment deadline. Junior Red Cross features Madrigal Singers broadcast and grateful letters from European children.
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Stenley Munroe
Army
Navy
Nn Army
Central School
N. Chicago and
Webster Streets
Edgar Stephens
Will County Tubercular Association
Helen Fredericks
Will County Health Unit
Boston
Red Cross
United Gas
Union National
First National
Gilbert Blogg
Red Cross Home Service Department
Telephone service in wartime stretches to limit
A wartime notice explains copper nickel and rubber scarce as materials are diverted to military use. Long Distance circuits are crowded and some cities face delays. New residence extensions and party line service are used to stretch facilities, with civilians asked to cooperate and accept restrictions.
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America
Absentee Ballots Ready For Lockport Voters
Lockport Township supervisor Sylvester C. Wierschem announces absentee ballots are available from now to April 3 for mail returns, with election day set for April 6. Those outside the county may vote absentee. non travelers within the county are ineligible.
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Sylvester C. Wierschem
Lockport
Armed Services
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Ineinad- Frame Mann
DR. Macy Optometrist
S& WW
Vaneeres
Red
Florence Lynk
Cate
Motor Corps
Joliet-Lockport
Union
Ella Kertes
Kertes
Metz
Charles Johnston
St. Joseph’s Parish
Jean Tezak
Junior Red Cross
Madrigal Singers
Washington Junior High
Loreto Kimball
Betty Lou Denton
Reliable Income Tax Report Service
Notary Public Service
Meeker & Henderson
Joliet Oil
Lincoln Bakery and Grocery
N. Bluff St
White
Green Cap Coffee
California
Texas
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