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THE BLUE LIGHT
001: Yours truly has taken over the reins
while George Thiese is vacationing in
sunny Mexico ... Word has it that our
able senior typist, Sharon Vallone, is
spending a lot of time at the Playboy
Club while on furlough .. . Congrats to
Ptimn. E. Dwyer and R. Jezek on their
promotion to Lieutenant .. . "Stubbs"
Fogarty does it again . This time he stuck
his finger in a lawnmower . . . Best
wishes to the following patrolmen recently
retired: R. Lavin, R. Philbin, and
T. Reen ... We welcome aboard newly
promoted Lt. D. Bergamin from Training
Div. and Cadet F. Kukielka from 014 . ..
A sad farewell to Cadet T. Pickens who
went to Area 1 Youth and J. Giuliano to
Loop Traffic. Welcome aboard to probationary
patrolmen R. Castrogiovanni, J.
Heyden, L. Heyden, R. Kilroy, J. Magee,
R. McCullough, W. Owens, C. Qualizza, R.
Schnoor and C. Swanson ... Cadet Rich
Buroff and his wife are expecting a
blessed event . . . Our condolences to
Ptlmn. J. Pecoraro on the death of his
father Giacomo -Ptlmn. Charles Bennett
002: Welcome back to Cmdr. Edward L.
Buckney from a well-deserved furlough,
and thank-you to Capt. Nichols who was
acting district commander at that time
... The fun day at Washington Park was
a success thanks to the participating
people in the community. Also, many
thanks to our Cmdr. Buckney for supporting
the event ... Condolences to
Sgt. Edward Brooks on the death of his
father-in-law . . . The 2nd District Explorers'
Post won 1st place in the softball
tournament. Members of the post
also won five gold medals in the Explorers'
Olympics held at Circle Campus
.. . To P. Bush and B. Pryor: I have found
out about your well-kept secret . .
Welcome Sgt. D. Jackson, Ptlmn. P.
Carioto, R. Gavert, R. Kelly, B. Kimble,
W. Schroeder, R. Shamley and Cadet R.
Paprocki .. . So long to Sgt. T. Harris,
Ptlmn. A. Gurrin, T. Ryan, C. Loftus, L.
Duckett, R. Goc, J. Roberts, P. Hayman, T.
Ptak, E. Kaleta and O. Stuparitz ... Welcome
Ptlmn. R. Hart to Review. You are
now a member of the nerve center ...
Good luck to Miss L. Davis, Community
Service Aide, who will walk down the
aisle this month Happy Birthday to
Ptlmn. J McGinnis who will spend the
day at Lake Geneva. Some fellows have
al i the luck. -Cadet Hollis Dorrough
003: Our heart-felt sympathy to the
family of Ptlmn. Irwin F. Hayden, a
friendly person who had a never-to-beforgotten
voice and who was my personal
friend ... Best wishes to J. Pilot who resigned
to join the Calif. Police Force . . .
Bob Waigand and his wife Barbara joined
the 20 yrs. alld "Big M" Club on 1 Sept.
and the grand ole stork is expected to
help them celebrate . . . The stork has
made its visit to the homes of Ptlmn. C.
and Patricia Hayes, J. and Linda Plebanski
and left them with fine healthy sons ...
Ptlmn. D. Lake and wife Linda, P. and
Mary Martinkus, Viceman O. and Gloria
Cotton received beautiful, healthy daughters
.. . Our congratulations to C. and
Theresa Weise on their 38th year of
marriage .. . Endurance award goes to
G. Howard, 5th District, and our S/Clk.
Virginia whose marriage has entered its
second year ... H. Grant, R. Binkowski,
J. Greene, J. Marik, T. Bledsoe and Cadet
Wm. Brown are back from two weeks'
military encampment ... IBob Sanford
and his family has returned from New
England where they spent their vacation
. .. Mrs. Smajo and children returned to
Tony after an enjoyable vacation in Oklahoma
. . . Crossing Guard, Mrs. B.
O'Shea, a real civic leader, could hardly
wait to resume her duties at the corner
of 75th and Exchange . .. J. Lipinski has
now completed pre-investigator trainint
Welcome carpet for Lt. A. Faklis, Sgt.
G. Sheehey, Sgt. J. Kelly, Ptlmn. E. Jones,
A. Currin, C. Richardson, T. Ryan, C.
Shannon, L. Harris, B. Clark, J. Dooley,
F. Glass, A. T. McNichal, D. Newson, B.
St. Clair, and J. White . .. Thanks to
Sgt. T. Collen who was detailed into the
Dist. ... Three-star salute goes to J. R.
Magee and J. Minoque assigned to Tact.
They apprehended a robber and wellknown
con man plus cleared up a number
of outstanding warrants and stop
orders .. . Honors also go to Ptlmn. S.
Morris, A. Schubert, J. Bois, P. Welsh,
B. Ginkel, R. Yellowlees, C. Hayes and
Vicemen G. Weber, M. Crosby C. Tomsovic,
Ptlmn. W. Michalski, R. Berry, A.
Graf, Sgt. J. Alexander, Ptlmn. T. Brooks,
H. Adema, D. Healy, E. Ervin, Quedell
Cochran, J. Glover, G. Mustari, T. Martin,
G. Rogers, J. Sweeney, R. Ganzer, W.
Hudson, R. Ganzer, l. Gordon, R. Watson,
L. Wafer, J. Marik, J. Thielmann and M.
Burns Jr. for their most recent exhibition
of police know-how ... A speedy recovery
to James Simmons who's out on
1.0.0. . . . The community will long
remember two grand old men. who recently
died-Rev. Henry Jelks, retired
pastor of Mt. Pleasant M. B. Church, and
Joe Rosenberg, secretary to 7th Ward
Alderman N. Bohling. Our sincere condolences
to their families.
-Ptlmn. Art Kimber
006: Congratulations to Jack Stewart and
his wife on the birth of a boy. Jude
Stewart .. . Big Quirk ran a party for
Cadet Jim Quinn who is now happily
married and living in Lugenville. Quirk's
parties are always the social events of
the year . . . We bid farewell to Sgt.
Roger Niehoff on his new assignment.
Roger was sought after to do a recruiting
poster for the Marine Corp but they
found out he was a sailor for four years
. . . Ed Fitzgibbons, who broke three ribs
while taking a sauna bath last month
is at home taking it easy . .. Congratulations
to Rich Cohen on his season
tickets to all Bear, Notre Dame and
Cardinal games ... D. Duffy and P. Cunningham
became full fledged members
of the U.S. Guys SAC. by passing a
battery of tests at Chicago State ...
Ben Weyforth, J. Cushing and E. Jackson
are all new Sergeants and tmnsferred
out . . . Our new Cadet Bob Jaseckas is
getting ready to ask his dad to buy him
a new Corvette for the holidays ...
Speaking of cadets, our man Weicherts'
four-on-the-floor, two stick, trans-double
trunk posi speed red streak sedan is not
running anymore due to the atmospheric
conditions of our planet .. . New guys
Jim Cotter, Tony Boberly, Ron Parello,
Andy Abbott and J. Guarnieri all formed
a platoon and dazzled the folks with
their marching in the annual Bud Billiken
Day Parade ... The odds on Wally Novak
and Jimmy Dewan living under the same
roof are almost unbelievable, but now
that Tom Small has also moved in ,
Ripley has cause to investigate the
phenomena. -Ptlmn. Robert Angone
007: 007 extends a hearty welcome to
Lt. Robt. Casey, Lt. Thos. Kelly, Capt.
Paul Gall and Ptlmn. D. Walsh, R. Rzepka,
T. W. Monahan, J. W. Sullivan, E. J. Tann·
heimer, H. J. Clark, l. Dertz, Gerald
Lindsey, Alvia Maxwell and Cadet Galey
.. . Luck and good wishes go with Lt.
McCoy, C. Richardson, R. Busch, G. Bak·
sinski, D. Kopala, P. Payne, Cadet Leon·
ary and typist E. Longstreet, G. Panjan
and Capt. Siedlecki who was promoted
to District Cmdr. of 015 . .. Nice to have
Cmdr. Watson back from his relaxing
trip to the West Coast ... The Englewood
station is going up in smoke as
the proud fathers, Ptlmn. K. Gooday, S.
Sherwin and S. Stephens passed out
cigars announcing new arrivals at their
houses. All three have girls ... Sincere
sympathies are extended to Ptlmn. R.
Smith on the death of his mother; and
Ptlmn. J. Wagner on the death of his
father. - Ptlmn. William H. Briggs
009: The District is happy to welcome
to its ranks Officer Marcos Garcia, Ber·
nard Quinn and Cadet Lohrman ... Con·
gratulations to Ed and Donna Pochie on
the addition of a baby girl named Candace
Marie . . . Officer AI Robinson fell
under Cupid's arrow and was recently
married to Adrienne Lawrence. Lots of
luck. AI ... Congratu.lations to Officer
Rich Meuris and wife Catherine on the
addition of a baby boy named Michael
Richard . . . If anyone happens to see
Officer Harold Kunz's automobile running
around the city, please notify him
immediately . . . 009 expresses its
deepest sympathy to Officer Frank Labuda
and family on the death of his
father ... Congratulations are in order
for Officer James Drish and wife for the
new addition of a baby girl named Jennifer.
We would also like to congratulate
Officer Paul Valasquez and wife Mary
on the birth of a baby girl Christine
Marie. -Cadet Leo Grzywacz
010: Congratulations are in order for
John and Joan Grantz on the arrival of
their fifth child. a boy, Richard Kyle .
Richard is the fourth son in a row for
the Grantzes . . . Congratulations to Sgt.
Harris on his new appointment and good
luck on his new assignment .. Our
deepest sympathy to Ptlmn. Robert Smith
on the death of his father .. . Good luck
to all the new patrolmen and sergeants
assigned to 010 ... We hear rumors
that Officer Barnas is getting married.