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Newspaper
Bensenville Register
Location
Bensenville, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1969
Page
2
The Corinth Baptist Church of Chicago has bought the old Itasca steeple and completes exterior painting. Plans include carpeting heating baths and refinish pews as part of a 30000 dollar restoration to restore historic appearance. Services expected to resume by late October.
The Bensenville village board will continue the civil case against Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago for alleged negligence in allowing Harold Keeling to embezzle about $31,742 from 1964 to 1965. Court dates shifted to Sept 29 in Wheaton before Circuit Judge Philip Locke, while settlements with other defendants amount to $11,600 offered and $4,000 accepted from Harris.
James DiOrio, president of Dist. 100, says he will again resign when a full board is available. He submitted a formal resignation July 15 after a June 7 session where the board rejected Supt. Zuckerman’s raise recommendations and a June 30 meeting left the measure unresolved.
Village leaders struggle over sewage capacity as Hoffman Rosner development proceeds after annexation votes. A 600000 gallon plant looms, funding gaps remain, and county aid is uncertain while the town awaits a near term solution.
DuPage County Clerk Ray J. MacDonald will hold a series of classes this month for election judges to acquaint them with Constitutional Convention procedure prior to the primary election Sept. 23. Each meeting starts at 7 30 p.m. in Courtroom 3 at the DuPage County Courthouse Wheaton with sessions in Addison Bloomingdale Milton Naperville York township Lisle Winfield Wayne Downers Grove Sept. 15 16 17 18 19.
Rising college concert figure Biff Rose headlines an 8 p.m. show on Friday October 3 at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. The event marks the interim campus opening at Lambert Road and 22nd Street with six member group THE GREEN LYTE as opener. Tickets cost 2.50 dollars at the Office of Student Activities.
Bensenville Library will stay on extended summer hours through the present, librarian Dorthea Holland says. The schedule runs 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, totaling 58 hours weekly, up from 43.
A Milwaukee Road architect said the new Wood Dale passenger station is under discussion with more details expected next week. A prior blaze at Irving Park and Wood Dale roads gutted a 100 year old station. arson was later confirmed. A temporary 22 by 32 foot shelter has stood since December with construction delayed by road widening plans and uncertain timing.
Trinity in Roselle will host a 3 p.m. installation and ordination service for assistant pastor Robert Kretzschmar and his father Rev. Carl Kretzschmar of New Orleans. The event features Rev. Eugene E. Trieglaff and Dr. Paul Streufert, with 1600 members and a pot luck reception to follow. The couple resides at 77 Central Avenue. A related note mentions the Massachusetts Supreme Court outlawing slavery in 1783.
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