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12th District: The 12th Dist. is be·
latedly reporting ... Dist. Cmdr. James
P. Hackett's recent surgery and re o
cuperation have been deemed a suc·
cess ... Things are buzzing with reo
newed activity. The 12th is proud to
boa st a lowering crime rate . .. The
fine troops of the "Fighting 12" extend
best wishes and hopes for a speedy reo
covery to Jim McKittrick, Secy., and
also to Tom Samansky and Joe Leonard
. . . Not too many days ago, the 12th
had been put through a gruelling Field
Inspection by the Inspection Div . and
pass·ed with flying colors ... Because
of the outstanding police work demon·
strated in the month of April, Honor·
able Mentions were awa rded to Lt. ·
Richard Rae, Ptlmn. McClanahan,
James, Matozzi, Gage, Tucker, "Bruno"
Provenza Ie, "Jawn" Keller, A. Lawlor,
D. Collins, Ford, and Olson ... And
welcome aboard to Lt. C. Riordan, Sgts.
Blackburn, Lazar and Wielontek . . .
Will report more "news" next month.
-Ptlmn. Frank Lewis
13th District: Ptlmn. Dan Green be·
came a father again. He was presented
with a strong, good looking boy . Mother
and baby doing fine. Sgt. W. Wojda's
wife entered the hospital in preparation
for giving birth to the next little Wojda.
... Sgt. Ed Michalik is still on Medical.
Everyone at 13 wishes him a "get well"
and we hope to see him back behind
the desk soon ... Sgt. John Walsh just
started his annual furlough and is
headed for the land of the' "eternal
sun " -Florida. He's taking his family
along, which may prove to be an ad·
venture beyond description - Sgt.
Walsh has six children-WOW! ...
Ptlmn. R. Spinell's wife presented him
with a handsome baby. Mother and
child dOing fine . .. Yours truly re o
cently returned from his annual fur·
lough and was glad to be back from
the "hard labor camp" ... The 13th
Dist. softball team has been working
out for the past few weeks. Sgt. Paul­
"The Babe" Jankowski revealed he has
another championship contender again
this year providing his injuries are kept
to a minimum . Good luck for the 1966
season . They ' ll need it!!!
-Ptlmn. Mike Coyne
16th District: We are very sorry to re o
port the death of Lawrence Ryan, for·
merly of this command . He was one of
the most respected police officers in
this Dist. Our sincere sympathy to the
Ryan family . .. Tom McGuire is a
proud father for the 2nd time-his
lovely wife presented him with a baby
boy ... Oops, I goofed in my April
article. I reported that Richard Natter
was the proud father of a baby girlit
was a boy, Richard Jr. Are we still
friends, Loretta? . . . Bob Weisman, our
engineer, is unhappy these days­
Reason: he lost his 12 helpers. We
(D.C., Its., sgts., vice men , ptlmn.,
cadets and yours truly) all participated
i.n Operation Ship·Shape. We were given
additional tools to work with, i.e.,
sponges, rags, polish, wax. Every spare
minute we had we helped the engineer
clean the station from top to bottom.
None of us complained though (not out
loud anyway!) . The cleanliness and
housekeeping of the 16th Dist. station
is second to none. If we don't land in
the # 1 spot someone is "cheating" in
this here game ... Following named
men are on Medical and we all wish
them a quicky recovery: Sgt. John
Hauser, Ptlmn. Bob Fitzgerald, Ron
Bevier and Tom Cahill.
- Ptlmn. Louis F. Bruzzini
17th District: Ptlmn. Emil Nelson and
Richard Server received letters from
the Supt. of Police acknowledging
creditable service to citizens ... Con·
dolences were extended to Ptlmn. Eddie
Kennelly on the loss of his mother ...
We were all sorry to hear that Ptlmn.
Ray Schmidt was retu rned to the hos·
pital. Get well quick, Ray old boy ...
Ray Stillwell, a ptlmn. formerly as·
signed to old 34, passed away in St.
Petersburg. Burial was in Florida with
no services in Chicago . .. Ptlmn. Joe
Digati and John Pin ski were com ·
mended by a citizen for their aid in
saving a little gi rl from dying . . .
After four boys it was a baby girl at the
Robert Felde's-congratulations ...
The Dir. of the Max Straus center reo
cently commended Dist. Cmdr. Mc­
Inerney, Lt. Walter Powers and Ptlmn.
Alex Marches for excellent service and
cooperation . . . Ptlmn. Eddie Tyska
returned to 17; Ptlmn. Tom Skelly is
also a new addition . Ptlmn. Joe Digati
has been detailed to 14 .. . Lillian
Dennison recently became an aunt.
-Ptlmn. Joseph McDermott
18th District: The members of our
command were sorry to lose Capts.
Richard McGuiness, Henry Hartman
and William Payne; Sgts. A. Lazar, P.
Blank and W. Wielontek and other
ptlmn. on a recent transfer order. We
welcome Capts. R. Clark, K. Fossier
and F. Cloherty, Sgt. R. O'Hara and
other ptlmn. To the many readers of
this article if you have an extra card
to spare Larry Traub's son, Terry Traub,
at St. Mary of Nazareth 's Hospital
wou Id appreciate getting it as he is still
recuperating from a bike accident that
occu rred in March ... John and Rose ·
mary Gubrud are the proud pa rents of
Eric Richard, 8 Ibs. 10 ozs., born 2
April. Almost on April Fools' day. Also
John Durkin and Joanne Phillips took
the big plunge on 16 April. She knew
what she was doing for she also got
his pay check ... Stanley Tomaszewski
took his pension and is just relaxing.
Tom Smith, Michigan and Chicago Ave.
crossing, also left and is going to vaca ·
tion first, then practice law as he is a
licensed attorney ... We were sorry
to hear of the passing of Joe Leon's
father ... Rich Bollman and Ken Watmouth
met. in of all places, at Disney·
land in Calif. The Lithuanian Eagle .
-Ptlmn. John R. Daciolas
20th District: The 20th does it again.
The Chicago Bulls bowling tournament
was won by the 20th Dist. team spon ·
sored by Laurie's Pizza Restaurant. Top
bowler for the team was Ralph Lippert,
2nd bowler was Jim Spicer, other
champ bowlers were Jimmie Eckner,
Larrie Ide, John O'Connor and Bob
Tanner. They will have their victory
party at Laurie's Restaurant in the near
future. Congratulations, boys ... A
retirement party was given for Capt.
Erikson at Antoine's Ballroom on 21
April, which was a real success. En·
tertainment and refreshments were of
the best. But the real treat was when
Sgt. DiGregor and his beautiful wife
Terri did the tango and rumba for us.
Capt. Erikson was presented a gold en·
graved watch. Good luck and a long
and happy retirement, Capt. Erikson,
from the men of the 20th ... The 20th
Dist. was given an awa rd of merit, a
beautiful engraved plaque from the
Donald Davidson Memorial Chapter of
the Leukemia Research Foundation. It
was presented by the president, Kay
Langerman. Kay thanks all the men of
"20" but we thank you, Kay; the honor
was all ours ... I see John Michalewicz
took the Training wheels off his
chrome plated Honda.
-Ptlmn. Tony Canezaro
21st District: Emmett Miller reports
that Moe Erman, retiree from the old
6th, is now in Ariz. for his health and
is dOing fine. Moe wishes to express
his appreciation for the kind remem·
brances by his former co ·workers. Em ·
mett has become a high rise dweller,
which means he will devote more time
to his travels abroad ... The stork is
proud to announce the bi rth of Owen
J. Patterson III to the proud pa rents of
Off. and Mrs. Owen J. Patterson Jr.,
and the birth of Angela Brazlen Patter·
son to Off. and Mrs. Howard Patterson.
Congratulations . .. Off. Sidney Lloyd
announced his marriage to Bettie Joe
Reynolds, 17 May. Best wishes to you
both . .. Sgt. Reed is happy to an ·
nounce the promotion of his son , Phillip
J. Reed, to 1st Lt., U.S.A.F., and he
has now been transferred to Germany
from Calif... . The pains of grief took
a great toll upon the members of the
Dept. with the brutal and merciless
slaying of Sgt. Claude Fisher at the
hands of felons. His courage reflected
the dedication to his profession and
the qualities of a truly fine man. His
absence will be felt. Our command not
only lost a truly fine gentleman but
superb leader of men . . In sympathy, the
21st Dist. wishes to express their con ·
dolences to the wife and family of Sgt.
Fisher, and may God guide them
through their hours of darkness. Our
condolences are also extended to the
family of Off. Robert Gunn who suffered
a fatal heart attack.
-Ptlmn. John J. Burian, Jr.