Hotpoint and Centex Plan Industrial Park at Elk Grove
Hotpoint and Gentex Construction unveil a 1,490 acre industrial residential development near Elk Grove Village. Hotpoint will build a new refrigerator compressor plant with initial 300 to 560 jobs, pilot production in early 1959, while Centex plans a 720 acre industrial park east of Hotpoint property. The combined project aims to create over 10,000 jobs and shape a major Chicago area growth corridor with access to water, power and transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Grove
Hotpoint Co
Gentex Construction Co
Hotpoint
John C. Sharp
Devon Ave
Route 83
Landmeier
Chicago
Sharp
Centex
Tom Lively
Lively
United States
Cicero
Milwaukee
Chicago Heights
Elk Grove Village
Bartlett Planning survey meeting exposes resident concerns
The Bartlett Planning Commission held the third of four meetings to discuss the Center for Metropolitan Studies survey for residents between Oak Street and Berteau. The final session will occur next Tuesday at 7 30 p m for Berteau Avenue east to village limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett Planning Commission
Oak St
Berteau
Center For Metropolitan Studies
Village Field House
Berteau Ave
Jean Johnson
Hickory St
Elmhurst
Richard Duval
Joseph Phelps
Michael Lynch
Chicago
Christine Johnson
Howard Johnson
Lake Geneva
Wis
Charles
Curt Perrin
Harold Perrin
Sycamore
Mary Ann Ortmann
Whitewater College
Whitewater
Ann Ortmann
New York
Arthur Newman
Minnesota
Tioga VFW Auxiliary Meeting Notes and Plans
July 23 1957 notes report turnout enthusiasm and discussion of event ideas. Plans include a hospital rummage sale in September, stained window project for Eaton Rapids chapel, and fundraising for $1500. A new manager Harold Bills requests signatures for club items and lists volunteer shifts for rides booths and hospital and home committees.
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Pat
Grant Topflites
Holywood
Franklin Park
Hospital
Julie Gunther
Mary Strohm
Edie
National Home Committee
Eaton Rapids
Harold Bills
Gar
Harold
Auxiliary
Kathorn Losch—Po
Cancer Comm
Pearl Burde—Po
Gloria Buttens
Nat’l
Steging
Itasca
Lou Kimball
Sun
Helen Keeling
Thurs
Lou Spencer
Pearl Burtle
Lorraine Garcia
Ingar Anderson
Burchills
Helen Duffy
Lillian Seidenfoos
Sylvia Young
Burton
Shirley Soden
Roselle
Leona Bychowski
Medinah Community Notices and Events Highlight Local News
Medinah residents share engagements and weddings, school plans and civic meetings. The Brown engagement, Delvaeux wedding set for August 17, and a card party fundraiser for St. Walter’s Roselle appear alongside baseball results, reunions, travels, christenings, new neighbors, and military service notes from Medinah and nearby areas.
Community Notes from Lawrence Bloomingdale Area
Local residents host birthday party for Miss Jean Buchanan and attend a Las Vegas vacation visit by Mr. and Mrs. John Lesmeister. Garden club features Mrs. Karl Maier dolls. Otto Kent dies in Florida after a stroke. funeral held in Chicago. St Paul church plans August 4 picnic with services, pot luck, games, and ride. Public Service Co shows complete model kitchen at Wheaton fair August 2-4. Pleasant Hill 4-H tours DuPage fairgrounds tickets. next meeting July 29 at Jo Sandford home. Ida Bender hospitalized after hip fracture at Sherman hospital. St Paul Women’s Guilds set August 1 meetings.
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Bartlett
William White
Gordon Cannons
Fred Pierces
Elsie Parsons
Elgin Hospital
Benjamin Freese
Immanuel Evangelical and Reform Church of
Reynold Knickrehm
Minnesota
Debbie Umbach
Stevie
Danny
Janice Porter
Lynda
Marcia Benicke
Ronnie Ehlers
Mark Baxman
E. Ehlers
Wayne Baxman
William Davis
N. Hickory
New Jersey
Dorothy Brandt
Wis
Albert Winkelman
North Dakota
Harvey Brandt
Fargo
N.D
Matilda Krumfuss
Elgin
Oliver Rest Home
George Reiser
Hillside Court
Medinah Hills
Catholic Women's Club
St. Walter’s Church
Roselle
Salt Creek Park
F. Wronski
Linda
Chicago
Como Inn
Millie Riser
Ed Wyttwal
Jean Buchanan
John L. Lesmeister
Las Vegas
Nev
Otto Kent
John Grosvenor
Miami Beach
Fla
St. Paul
The
Public Service Co
Wheaton
Lloyd Fricke
Pleasant Hill
Janet
Judy
Jimmie Landmeier
DuPage County Fairgrounds
Manchester Rd
Jo Sandford
Ida Bender
County Approves New Hoffman Plat
The Cook County board of supervisors approved a 255 home Hoffman Estates subdivision plat named Hoffman Estates Parcels. Parcel F sits northwest of Illinois Boulevard and Schaumburg Road as sales begin in the area and construction by F and S Construction Co. continues through next April. This marks the fifth plat approval by the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook County Board of Supervisors
Hoffman Estates
Mlinois Blvd
Schaumburg Rd
Hoffman
F & S Construction Co
Corner-Trees 24% Acres Homesite in Country Setting
For sale at Clearbrook 5-6228. Secluded 24 percent acres suitable for a homesite. Country side living with trees and open space. Contact for details and viewing arrangements.
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Clearbrook
The Mailman's Corner Dare to Be a Fool and Forge Ahead
Essay urges overcoming fear of ridicule to pursue ideas and innovation. It cites Wright brothers Fulton and Ford as examples of nonconformists who risked mockery to achieve progress. It argues conformity hinders leadership and highlights Christ as a model of fearless nonconformity shaping history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Ellis Truxell
Wright Brothers
Fulton
Ford
For Sale Office Building and Related Listings
Roll top desk items and office space for sale with addresses in Arlington Heights Roselle and Clearbrook. Advertising also notes beauty services and weight loss schemes with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Campbell
Arlington Heights
Roselle Realty
E. Irving Park Rd
Roselle
Etiquette Q and A on door goodbyes and anthem cues
A host may close the door as guests walk away without being abrupt. If the national anthem plays with the film you stay seated. if it plays separately you should rise.
Park Ridge Home With Built-In Modern Kitchen
Stone and frame residence with 3 bedrooms plus guard's room and large living areas. Features include a wall stone fireplace, paneled family room with built-in bar, two baths, one powder room, breakfast area, air conditioning, and an extra large 2-car attached garage. Corner lot 71 by 114 feet with mature oaks. Open house Lat and Sun July 27 and 28. Offered by builder Vanderbilt 4-6189.
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North
Riverside Drive
Park Ridge
Vanderbilt
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Chicagoland
George Hughes
Dearborn Street
Midwest
Merchandise Mart
Ben W. Heineman
Chicago & North Western Railway
Clyde J. Fitzpatrick
Willis D. Gale
Commonwealth Edison Company
Charles A. Hochmair
Village of Elk Grove
George L. Irvine
General Electric Company
Tom H. Coulter
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
Ohare Field
Centex Construction Co
Hotpoint Tract
Harold Mayer
Tennyson
Tioga Vfw Auxiliary
Medinah
Ruth Kretschmer
Robert A. Brown
Medinah Spring Valley
Gertrude Emily
Arnold Delvaeux Jr
Arnold Delveau
Miss Brown
Mr. Delveaux
University of Illinois
Champaign
Lawrence
Augie Felcan
Pat Spagnoli
Joe Kramarczyk
Roselle Scout Lodge
Indiana
Ray Rich
Mr. Rich
Mrs
August Johnson
Hobart
Ind
Mr. Johnson
Rich
Medinah Civic Organization
Edward Kropacek
Spring Valley
Kropaceks
Tom Whitacre
Tom
California
Hitacres
Disneyland
Grand Canyon
Jerry Kahovec
Gary
High Lake
Boulder Junction
E. Wronski
Katherine Patricia
Chester Olendzki
St. Hyacinth Church
John Hirt
Johnson
Broker Rd
J. Pate
Spring Court
A. Bukowski
Harvey Rd
Norman Keir
Shellenberg
Irving Park
Robert Dix
Ray Hedberg
Berney Hoem
Jill
Cheryl
John Hoem
Westchester
Bill Dailey
Hedberg
R. Herrmann
William Gaff
Western Springs
Dick Kropacek
Fort Riley
Kansas
Jim Calhoon
Long Lake
Jerry Hodlmair
Is Scotty Hodlmair
Charles A. Hodlmair
Wm. C. Pauling
Bloomingdale News
Karl Maier
W. Forrest Ave
Florida
Sherman Hospital
St. Paul Women's Guilds
Church
S. State Rd
Quintens Rd
Lake Zurich
Collier Encyclopaedia
Twinbrook
Prospect Heights
Sanford Lane
Studebaker
STOVE
the Mailman’s Corner
America
Christ
S. Mitchell
Pontiac
Barrington
Lee Paddock
R&h
Clear‘brook
Arizona
Palatine
W. E. Griffin
Paddock Publications, Inc
J.D
Harry Kelley Company
Allis-Chalmers
New Holland Elgin
Sherwood
Beverly
Sears Roebuck & CO
Des Plaines
Mercury
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