Addison Merchants A Horatio Alger in Addison
Tony Ross heads the Ross Co. now based in Addison after moving from Chicago to focus on Pioneer Park and Pioneer Industrial Park. Since 1954 he built and sold 300 homes, with plans for 1000 brick and veneer houses at the west Addison edge. His family includes Rose and three children.
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Horatio Alger
Addison
Tony Ross
Tony Ross Co
North DuPage
Pioneer Park
Ross Co
Chicago
Tony
Chicagoland
Ross
North
Hillside Manor
Normandy Manor
The
Pioneer Industrial Park
Park Ridge
Rose
Richard
Anthony J
Natalie Regina
Addison PTL Elects First Executive Board
The St Pauls parent teacher league will hold its first executive board meeting Thursday Sept 12 at the home of new president Elmer Breitenbach Other officers for the school year include Sam Young Anita Rutter Dolores Schlesselman and Marge Mischnick The meeting will discuss the tentative school events program.
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St. Paul
Parent Teacher League
Elmer Breitenbach
Sam Young
Anita Rutter
Dolores Schlesselman
Marge Mischnick
Mesdames
Lorraine Reimer
Lois Magnuson
Cavalcade Of Homes Open To Public In 16 Towns
The first Cavalcade of Homes by the Northern Illinois Home Builders Assn will run September 14 to 29 in 16 suburban towns. Forty three builders will showcase at least 35 homes priced from 15000 to 45000, including split levels ranches and colonials. A Cavalcade of Homes booklet with maps and guides will be sold at model homes for 50 cents.
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Northern Illinois Home Builders Assn., Inc
Lee Newman
Addison Auxiliary Updates and Events
The Addison Auxiliary reports Alma Krage’s death and plans a September 13 meeting at 8 p.m. at the clubhouse. Gordon Erickson, home after over two years in hospitals from polio, is hoped to recover quickly. A September 21 Hard Times Dance costs 1 per person, and a September 25 tour of Vignola Furniture Co. is announced. The Post will bowl at new Addison Road alleys when open.
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VFW
Dick Mueller
Alma Krage
Gordon Erickson
Laides
the Post
Vignola Furniture Co
Post
Addison Rd
Moving TV Demo Aboard Train Sleeper Route
On October 7, 1948 passengers aboard the Marylander between Washington and New York witnessed the first practical demonstration of television reception on a moving train.
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Washington
New York
Lazy Bats Hang Upside Down Without Nests
Bats do not build nests they hook the claws of their hind feet into a wall or ceiling and hang upside down.
Fenton Evening School Enrolls Record Interest
The Adult Education council of Fenton High plans more enrollments than last year’s 455 as three new courses join the lineup. Registration runs Tuesday and Thursday 7 30 to 9 30 p m in the high school library with mail options available. Classes start Sept 24 and 26.
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Adult Education Council of
Fenton High School
Wayne Scheppele
Lorraine Probst
Fenton
Bensenville
Wood Dale
Norman E. West
Norman West
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Addison Merchants
Franklin Park Lumber
Belmont
Gladstone
Franklin Park
S. York St. Porter
Itasca
W. Orchard St
PTL
Addison Unit Home Bureau
West School
St. Paul Evangelical Luther’s Church School
Elsie Ross Butler
Addison Bible Church
Braun
Forest Preserve Drive
Robert Shark
Maplecourt
George Cazel
Natoma Avenue
Teens For Christ
Seventeen
Robert Piquard
Elmhurst Hospital
Cavalcade OF Homes
Addison Post
Viv Krage
Gerda Rosenwinkel
DR. C. F. Urban
Optometrist
Irving Park Road
Roselle
Lawrence
Ah, Dasa
Jacobsen’s
E. Lake St
WMD
Keive
Jewel
U.S. Choice
Mar-Crest
5.Inc
Cherry Valley
Mioue Chicken T Swift's Meats
Sawyer Pecan
Pia. of Ve
Maxwell House
Priggs
Bluebrook Bartlett
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