Chadwick Woman's Club Holds Annual May Luncheon
About 50 members and guests attended the Chadwick Woman's Club May luncheon at Hope Evangelical church basement. Harve Zugschwerdt announced the federal government will furnish headstones for three Chadwick cemetery veterans, two Civil War and one World War I. two families are not local. The G A R designates Henry Hewitt’s grave though no Civil War service record exists. The club seeks to reset the broken Hewitt stone. Bernice Honberger sang two songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick Woman’s Club
Hope Evangelical Church
Harve Zugschwerdt
Chadwick
Christian Bachman
Frederick Diehl
Orval Lopp
Henry Hewitt
Bernice Honberger
Leaping Lena Destroyer Propels 40th Division
In the Philippines the 40th Infantry Division’s Leaping Lena tank destroyer crew led by Sgt. Frank Galanek fired 1 916 rounds of 105 mm ammunition, silenced a Japanese machine gun nest, destroyed six trucks and a bridge and cleared caves. The unit later helped sever the Japanese retreat from Iloilo after landing on Panay and advancing inland from Luzon. The crew included Cpls Carl Schueler John Makshanoff Pfc William Wrenn Jr Pfc Frank Sirignano and others. The article notes the 22d Infantry Regiment’s heroic actions in Normandy and mentions engineers and personnel connected to Okinawa and Lingayen Gulf operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
40Th
Philippines
Lena
160Th Infantry Regiment
40Th Infantry Divison
Frank Galanek
Bertha Galanek
Richton Street
Highland Park
Mich
Zambales
Luzon
Panay
Iloilo
Galanek
Carl W. Schueler
Adam Schueler
New Hall
Iowa
Thomson Briefs Revel in Clinton and Nearby News
Local items report property transfer at Lincolnshire, Clinton. Porter sells, Trotter buys, with June 1 possession. Several visits include Halfman family in Savanna and Grim family hosting, plus road trips to Mayo Clinic for observation. Church giving funds for Philippines Bible project and a Scenic Stage bus debut noted.
Local families share visits and birthdays across Illinois towns
The column lists numerous Sunday visits and gatherings in Fulton Morrison Mt. Carroll Clinton and Garden Plain including Albert Prins and Dave Geerts guests, Bertha Holland moving to her own home, a birthday for Ed Porter, Gary Stennison’s second birthday, and weekend stays by Gladys Little Helen Jones and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Stevenberg
Morrison
Bertha Holland
N. D. French
Edward Smaltz
Jay
Fulton
Ed Porter
Lester Grim
Clinton
Claude Grim
Gary
Harley Stennison
Willis Greeley
George Greeley
Glenn Ashby
Glenda
Norma
Richard Gillespie
Mt. Carroll
Wayne Ashby
Helen Jones
East Moline
Merle Atherton
Clarence Bolhous
Martin Bielema
Ralph Olds
Helen Wentling
Chadwick Briefs Family News From War Fronts
Mrs Ed Kness receives a son sent Mother’s Day plant while Pfe Charles Kness serves in the South Pacific. Arthur Miller and Mrs Miller travel to Chicago then to report to San Francisco. Frank Provant and family hear from Frank Provant Ste in the Dutch East Indies as Dean Provant passes Merchant Marine exams in Chicago. Ralph Adolph leaves for Athens Ga after furlough. Cpl Vernon Gordon and Sgt Leo Provant send Mother’s Day messages from France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Kness
Pfe
Charles Kness
South Pacific
Arthur Miller
Ralph Adolph
Athens
Albert Adolph
Charles Gordon
Cpl
Vernon Gordon
France
Alvin Provant
Sgt
Leo Provant
Young Canadian Naval recruit begins training at Great Lakes
Henry Weber age 17 son of Mr and Mrs J P Weber of Chadwick NL is starting initial indoctrination at U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes IL. He will undergo seamanship drills and naval procedures while aptitude tests determine assignment to school shore station or sea duty. Lt Lyle Carbaugh reports he is in Germany and notes improved conditions and meals. Mr and Mrs Ernest Remmers and family visited Mr and Mrs A P Schroeder in Morrison on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Huggins
Thomson
Huggins
Amie Raymond Huggins
B. W. Hazeltine
Army
Green and Orange
Lingayen
Luzon
P. L
Orange
Henry Weber
J. P. Weber
Chadwick
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Ill
Naval Service School
Lyle Carbaugh
Germany
Ernest Remmers
A. P. Schroeder
Morrison
Letter from Nettie E Phillips May 10 1945
An 86 year old Maywood resident writes to friends about life in the old home. She describes a new contraption disturbing the room but reaching shut ins, a dying neighbor with arthritis and cancer, limited outings, and family visits. She comments on global war weariness and hopes for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine St
Maywood
Ill
Chicago
Stanton
Nettie E. Phillips
Mother's Day Dinner Guests and Local Visits
Mother's day dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jensen included their daughter Mrs. Frank Warfield and family and their son Elden Jensen and family of Mr. Carroll. Earl Vos and Lois visited with their parents in East Clinton and Garden Plain. Mrs. Walter Berg of Oberlin attended funeral services for her aunt Mrs. Hattie Kneale before returning home. Mr. and Mrs. J. Gowan and Ruth Whitmer with son of Sterling were visitors at the Geo. Schamling home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Jensen
Frank Warfield
Elden Jensen
Carroll
Earl Vos
Lois
Joe Vos
East Clinton
Dave Geerts
Garden Plain
Walter Berg
Oberlin
Hattie Kneale
J. Gowan
Dewey Gowan
Ruth Whitmer
Sterling
Geo. Schamling
Funeral of Morrison man held for Lorke
Funeral rites for Arthur J. Lorke 57 of Morrison brother of Mrs T F E Lotz Chadwick were held at St Marys Catholic church Morrison Friday morning May 11 with burial in Calvary cemetery Sterling He died suddenly Tuesday evening May 8 of a heart attack while a Dixon hospital patient He was born near Coleta June 26 1887 son of Gustav and Margaret Lorke and spent most of his life on area farms He married Nellie Flynn Feb 20 1912 Surviving are his widow two daughters Mrs Leo Ryan Woodrow at home two sisters Mrs Anna Ryan Coleta and Mrs Lotz one brother Harvey Sterling two half sisters and a grandson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Lorke
Morrison
Margaret Lorke
Nellie Flynn
Leo Ryan Woodrow
Anna Ryan
Coleta
Lotz
Harvey
Sterling
Guest Night Attended by O. E. S. Milledgeville Members
Mrs. Albert Hartman Mrs. H E Zugschwerdt Mrs H L Carbaugh and Mr and Mrs J O Kerch attended Ber Nice chapter O E S Guest Night in Milledgeville Tuesday evening Mrs Hartman served as guest associate conductress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Hartman
H. E. Zugschwerdt
H. L. Carbaugh
J. O. Kerch
Bernice Chapter
Milledgeville
Hartman
Blankets Sent to Holland Aid Call by Eisenhower
General Eisenhower appealed for one million blankets for Holland and the Chadwick Lutheran Missionary Society responded by sending blankets to aid the effort. A memorial service will be held by Ramah chapter OES at the stated meeting on Tuesday evening May 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
United States
Holland
Chadwick Lutheran Missionary Society
Ramah Chapter
Grade Streets Graded by Township Crew After Rain
Most of Chadwick's gravel roads were graded last week by township highway equipment. Heavy rain Sunday night and Monday worsened conditions and traffic did not help. The Truth Seekers class meets Wednesday afternoon May 23 at Mrs. H. E. Zugebhwerdt's home with Mrs. Coble leading the lesson on "How to create a Christian home."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chadwick
Truth Seekers
H. E. Zugebhwerdt
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Chadwick News
AWS
LUX Soap
Hunt Club
NAVY
T. Jar
Tbs
Armed Forces
John A. Makshanoff
Alex Makshanoff
South Orme Ave
Los Angeles
Calif
Francis I. Puranen
Alby Puranen
Woodlawn
Wash
Gerald G. Diephuis
Jake Diephuis
Thomson, Ill
Pfc
William Wrenn Jr
William Wrenn
Hartington, Neb
Frank J. Sirignano
Mary Sirignano
E. 28Rd St
Brooklyn
New York
Normandy
St. Lo
St. Gillis-Maringy
St. Gillis
Canisy
le Mesnil Herman
Villebaudon
Moyen, Percy
Tessyeur-Vire
Asault
224 Infantry Regiment
John Root
Harry Root
Henry Ashpole
The
Tribune
Okinawa
Edward Martell
Albany
Ore
Carl Y. Farrel
Clarence Cooper
Foxbilt Feeds
Eddy Jensen
Everett Yates
Great Lakes, Ill
Clarence Foltz
California
David Switzer
Fort Meyers, Fla
Charles Switzer
Thomson Briefs
Charles Trotter
Fifth Avenue
Lincolnshire
South
L. A. Porter
Porter
Twelfth Avenue
John Halfman
Savanna
Mary Rogers
Patsy Lou
Paul van Zee
Hattie Wilt
Ketchem
Earl Robison
Lanark
Eleanor
Dixon
Clara Swett
Seaman Swett
Lockes Cleaners
Jeanne Swett
Delbert Curley
Cordova
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Marie Crow
R. N
Verda
Shelia Crow
Shick Hospital
Nellie Schade
Delbert Dimmick
Harry Diehl
Henry Toepfer
Fred Doden
John Hoy
Franklin Kahler
Merle Doden
Volk
Elynor Stagg
Kansas City
Kathryn Baker
Grims
Methodist Church
Scenic Stage Line
Lawrence E. Bruch
Carroll County
Vernon Rawlins
Kyle Rawlins
Hattie Rawlins
Wallace Dresbach
Anna Jenkins
B. R. Lewis
Willard Welch
Argo
Carl Peterson
Fred Jurgensen
Ers
Peterson
Dick Anderson
Albert Prins
Fred Hook
Reka Hass
Andrew Hook
Gladys Little
Miami, Fla
Bess Temple
Chadwick Briefs
Margaret S
Heusinkveld
Aetna Insurance Co
Argo News
Foy Hatchery
Smith
Travers
Fred Smith Store
D. C. Forest
Clinton, Iowa
Pittengers
John P. Squire
Savanna, Illinois
H. E. Cooley
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