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THE BLUE LIGHT Detective Area # J: Congratulations toDets. Robert Miller and Robert Savage ofGeneral Assignment unit. Their wives presentedeach of them with a new ba by gi rl;and Herbert Havenfang's wife presented himwith a new baby boy. Congratulations also toDet. John Allman on th e bi rth of his newgranddaughter . . . Our belated condolencesto Det. Robert Barksdale, Homicide/ Sex unit,on the death of his mother . .. Welcome backto Sgt. Martin Mullarkey, Auto Theft who isnow off the medi ca l roll. Many thanks tothe many bl ood donors . . . Congratu lationsto Det. James Grant in catching that Illh lb.No~t h e~ n Pike, .measuring 39 inches long,which IS up for fi rst place in a contest in NewLondon, Wisconsin ... The new fa ces on thescene here are Sgt. Ernest Spiotto and Sgt.Donald Pamoa and Det. Gaetano Delisa . ..Cong ratu!ations to Dets. James Hogan, CharlesKoludrovlc .and . . Henry Kaminski, Homicide/Sex, on their di ligent and unend ing effort incapturing two felons wanted for murders.Keep up the good work .. . Congratulationsto Sgt. Robert Leen on his recent marriage. .. Fathers Day had a special meaning forCharles McMullen. He received numero us giftsfrom fellow members in appreciation of thefatherly ~dvic e given by him . . . Speedy reocovery Wishes to Lt. John T. Cartan on hisrecent il lness.- Det. Stanley TaittDetective Area # 3: Parting sa lutations toAI Butvill, upon his reti rement 29 June. Everlastinghea lth and prosperity to you , AI .. .Tony Wenskus' and Butvill's sons are followingin their dads' foot-steps. Th ey we re both~ pp ointed cadets 5 July ... The party honor­Ing John O'Keefe and Ed Cusack's retirementwas a "Gala Affair." Congratulations! Sgt.Patrick McGroarty . . . That new straw hatPetrosius is sporti ng isn't St. Ann es collectionbasket . . . Faro's recipe for clear-ups is alittle spagh etti sauce, season ed with goodco mmon sense, set to 'Echo's from Ita ly' ...Wilkosz's wife could.be holding out for twins... Lorraine's husband is on the mend andEmil Knez's wife, Mary, is much better' . . .Hope to see Coogan hobbling into the Areaa~ain soon ... Ploszaj's son, Ronald, receivedhis degree in electrical engineering from PurdueUniversity. He and his wife Jo Ann areresiding in Indianapolis, Indiana,' where he islaunching his career in the Research Departmentat the Naval Facilities . . . Benoit hasa new Ford station wagon , and Griffin isgadding about in that new Ford Galaxie ...Bill Tracey's golf game is imp roving, Beneckihad a hole in-one; how about that! . . .Slattery is among the regu lars ... Kehoe'sdog Brody is an English-Bu ll.- Marie FallonDetective Area #6: Burglary: with sadnessand sil ence in our hearts, we wh isper aprayer for Louis Christofoli, who died 13 Mayafter a severe heart attack, ending his fineoutstanding record of 32 years . .. Det. JackMuller's fa mily left for their su mmer home inthe Wisconsin area. They will surely enjoy theloveliness of the scenic waters and woodlands!... Sgt. Tom Conliss' mother passedaway leaving Sgt_ Conliss with sadness andgrief. Our very deepest regards to his fami ly. .. Auto Theft: 22 June, Del Voss receivedan Honorable Mention which resulted from aninvestigation of one of his cases .. . Seniortypist Jeanette larue joyously march ed downthe aisle to marry her Sergeant who was inthe army with her during the War. Say,Jeanette, we wonder who will give and takethe orders when the knot is tied? . . . I leaveyou with these thoughts in mind: We mustearn the right and learnthe mea ning of democracyand freedom byworking together as agroup of Americans whoseonly aim is peace andharmony.- Jeanne Faith KileyTraffic Headquarters: Did you hear CarlSonne from Radar was leading the pack toescort Mrs. Humphrey (Vice-President's wife)back to the airport when a car hit his bike?Carl feels pretty good except his foot is givinghim a little trouble. Mrs. Hu mphrey saidshe would be his star witness . . . Sgt. M.Logan's son received his bachelor of sciencedegree from De Paul University and two weekslater too k the big jump to the altar . . _Lt.Colonel Hoppe is on a military furlou gh ; goingto straighten out the troubles of the day . . .Good luck, Lt. Fred Pickert, who retired.Looks like he got hi mself a good job in engineering. . . Chief Doherty is on vacationfor a few weeks. He is greatly missed ...Phillip Sherlock made sergea nt; we sure wishhe could return to Warra nts, but his talentsare needed elsewhere. We will miss you, Phil,and hope to see you cl imb the ladder to suc·cess . . . Big John's boss, Edward Swanteckthe 1st, is the proud grandfather of a 7 lb.15 oz. grandson, Edward Swanteck, the III. . . Lt. T. Doyle is on furlough in Wisconsinsomewhere . .. Lt. Marston is reti ring 30September and leaving 1 October for Floridato live. We sure will miss his smiling facearo und here.- Carol RossiTraffic Area # 2: Congratulations to JohnJamicich and his wife on the birth of a fine,healthy daughter. They now have two sons'and two daughters, a well planned family. . . Jack Blakeslee has his arm out of thecast and is mighty glad it was only a six-footladder from which he plunged. _ . Several ofthe boys are jealous of Eddie LaCourse beingselected as our Dress Right candidate. What'sthis crack about rompers? . .. Sgt. leo Weilstops in occasionally; he misses those homecooked meals and I believe he has lost alittle weight . . . Lt. Ed. Burke is making upsome CARE packages; anyone wishing to make~ contribution of old clothing, just hang themIn the sergeants' quarters on the rack ...Met Gene Simale and John Skarupa and theirwives out doing the town. Tom McGowan andhis bride were also in the group. That's theway to do it boys; it mak es a much happierhome life ... Sgt. John Orbon relinquishedhis golf championship title at the sergeantstournament. He didn 't want the others tothink the game was rigged so he played alittle off his usua l perfect score . . . BudDaVanon almost became a victim of a tragedywhen he attempted to save a sma II boy fromdrowning. We keep telling him he's not asyoung as he used to be and to use a littlemore caution. His large young family needstheir daddy . . . Don't hire Ken Dvorak asyour navigator. He started to fly to Floridaand ended up in Atlantic City; better lucknext time.- Ptlmn. Joe CaseyTraffic Area #3: The personnel of TrafficArea # 3 extend their condolences to OfficerBob O'Malley and fami lyon the death of hisbrother .. Welcome back! After a briefleave of absence and a change of venue,Ptlmn. Gerald (Olive) Venkus has retu rn ed toour Area ... Congratulations to Sgt. WalterBoyle on being one of the winners of the golfto urnament for the Sergeant's AssociationGolf Outing . . . As of this writing, OfficerJames Matual is patiently (but still nervously)awaiting for an arrival from the stork ...This reporter was ably assisted with thisarticle for the last several months by Ptlmn.Arthur (Tiger) Cholly. If you have any newsyou would want placed, contact either officer... Good fishing .. . pleasant vacations!!!- Ptlmn. Saul KopelCrossing Guards: Thisa and Thata FromThe Crossi ng Guard Strata. Our hats are offto: Miss Janet Liscarz, daughter of CrossingGuard Millie Liscarz, 12th District, who graduat~dfrom Mundelein College this June, forbeing awarded a Danforth Fe llowship. MissLiscarz atten-ded Mundelein on a 4·year liberalarts scholarship. She is one of 27 women towin the Danforth Fellowship in a field of 1800nation wi de competitors. She plans to enterthe University of Pennsylvania in Septemberfor her post-graduate work .•. . Deaths: CrossingGuards and Department personnel extendtheir condolences to the family of forme~Crossing Guard Helen McAdams, 20th District,(continu ed on the next page)AUGUST, 1965 9