Big Addison reassessment grows bigger in tax talk
The Addison township reassessment is under way and may not finish in time to set 1958 tax rates. Under assessed properties are found, and the assessor aims to be objective using 662/3 per cent of market value. Local schools and services rely on local taxes, with 80 per cent of taxes going to schools. The project costs 76 000, supported by voters, and is essential to maintain local self government amid growing populations.
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Addison Township
Addison
Reinecke
Carl Reinecke
DuPage County
DuPage PTA Conference at Fenton next Wednesday
The 6th annual District 32 Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers conference will be held next Wednesday at Fenton High School in North DuPage. General Chairman Mrs. Carl Mueller of Itasca reports featured speakers Otis Keeler and Mrs. Robert Nelson with topics on school ratings and parent teacher coordination.
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Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers
North DuPage
Fenton High School
Carl Mueller
Itasca
Otis Keeler
Vernon Nickell
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Robert Nelson
Illinois Congress
Keller
Illinois
DuPage Pta
Register
Clifford Zingraf
Bensenville
Raymond Richert
Four Hunters Detained for Trespassing near Roselle
Sheriff's deputies stopped four Chicagoans on Milwaukee Road near Rodenburg Road west of Roselle. The quartet Lou Gelumino Ernest Vestuto Richard Serwalka and Domijo Zaccona faced trespassing charges after J. J. Crosby reported them shooting on his property. license number recorded and they were jailed in Wheaton.
County Okays 27 Acres Here For Toll Road Fill
The DuPage county board and Greco-Marchur concur on using 27.94 acres on the north side of Grand Ave near Bensenville to support toll road fill. The zoning board recommended denial, but the supervisors voted to override, with Greco-Marchur offering a $50,000 bond to back up operations and fill plans. A second toll road case involving 160 acres tied to the Elmhurst airport site awaits October action and public objections.
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County Board
Greco-Marchur Co
Wheaton
DuPage
Grand Ave
Bensenville
DuPage County
Fischer
Elmhurst
Zoning Board of Appeals
Greco-Marchur
Reinecke Reports Some Amazing Daily Discoveries
Carl Reinecke, assessor turned explorer, explains Addison township reassessment covering 36 sections. He notes progress from 49 completed to 144 total parcels, with slowdowns due to staffing and clerical workload while aiming for fair valuation. Next week promises a $50,000 for 3 points conclusion.
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Reinecke
Carl Reinecke
Addison Township
Edwin L Douglas Named New Public Defender
Warrenville lawyer Edwin L Douglas becomes DuPage County public defender succeeding George Morton who resigned to teach biology at Glenbard High School. State's Attorney William Guild has yet to name a replacement. Douglas will assume duties immediately.
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DuPage
Warrenville
Edwin L. Douglas
George Morton
Lombard
Glenbard High School
William Guild
Douglas
Women’s Auxiliary Dinner Hits Hinsdale Board Meet
The Du Page County Medical Society Women’s Auxiliary held a dinner meeting at the Spinning Wheel in Hinsdale. New board members introduced include Mrs. Richard Bowman Itasca president, Mrs. Vino Raag Addison treasurer, Mrs. Bruno Beinoris Wood Dale safety chair, and Mrs. Gus Ormbreck Bensenville publicity chair.
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DuPage County Medical Society
Spinning Wheel
Hinsdale
Richard Bowman
Itasca
Vino Raag
Addison
Bruno Beinoris
Wood Dale
Gus Ormbreck
Bensenville
Bensenville Boy Hurt In Fall From Swing
A 5 year old, Albert D. Bettilyon of 142 N Mason Bensenville, fell backward from a swing at Green Street School at noon Tuesday and was taken to DuPage Memorial Hospital Elmhurst with a gash in the back of his head.
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Bensenville
Albert D. Bettilyon
N. Mas
DuPage Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst
Green St. School
William Ernsting Banker Dies At 66 In DuPage
William A. Ernsting 66 longtime Bensenville banker and civic leader died of a heart attack Monday at Memorial Hospital Elmhurst after leaving his home at 193 S Mason St Bensenville He served 25 years with the Bensenville volunteer fire department was a former Addison township school trustee began banking in 1905 at Corn Exchange Chicago with Roselle State Bank for 18 years and served as a director at Itasca State Park He leaves widow Edna Franzen Ernsting two daughters Mrs Walter Kehoe and Mrs Norma Emmons a son Eugene a brother and two sisters Funeral services Thursday at 2 p m from Geils Chapel Bensenville to Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church with interment Frieden's Cemetery on York Rd.
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Bensenville
Addison Township
Ernsting
Old Corn Exchange Bank
Chicago
Roselle State Bank
Itasca State Park
Geils Chapel
Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church
Frieden
York Rd
Edna Franzen Ernsting
Walter Kehoe
Norma Emmons
Eugene
Roselle
Lincoln Home Bureau Meeting Focuses On Low Calorie Cooking
Advisor Elsie Ross Butler presents a lesson titled Low calorie food preparation at the Lincoln Home Bureau meeting today Thursday at 1 p.m. in the home of Mrs. Roy Bragwell on John Street.
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Elsie Ross Butler
Lincoln Home Bureau
Roy Bragwell
John St
Bensenville
Auto Agencies Fined for Missing Plates in DuPage Crackdown
State police crackdown in north DuPage fines totaling 325 dollars levied by Justice of the Peace Kenneth Winters. Reichert Motor Sales Crystal Lake Burk Motors Harvey and Burk employees were cited for using only one license plate and lacking driver licenses during vehicle transport.
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North DuPage
Justice of the Peace
Kenneth Winters
North Bloomingdale
Reichert Motor Sales
Crystal Lake
Burk Motors
Harvey
Burk
Reichert Agency
Burk Cos
Winters
Lake St
Rte. 53
Ontarioville Tot Injured In Fall From Mom's Car
A Ontarioville toddler Kenneth Zierk suffered a possible skull fracture and cuts after falling from his mother's car Monday night near the community. His mother Mrs Dorothy L Zierk rushed him to St Joseph hospital Elgin. Police said the child was in the back seat and reportedly opened a rear door. Two people were injured in a two car crash at Lake Street and Grand Avenue east of Addison Friday night and taken to Du Page Memorial Hospital Elmhurst for treatment. Margaret Ball 18 Caledonia Ill suffered possible chest injuries in Bruce W Poole's auto Rockford. Paul Wierzba 13 with his mother Mrs Annamarie Wierzba 41 Chicago treated for a forehead bruise after eastbound Lake Street left turn into Grand Avenue where Poole's car traveled west on the main highway.
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Ontarioville
Kenneth Zierk
Dorothy L. Zierk
St. Joseph Hospital
Elgin
Lake St
Grand Ave
Addison
DuPage Memorial Hospital
Elmhurst
Margaret Ball
Caledonia
Ill
Bruce W. Poole
Rockford
Paul Wierzba
Annamarie Wierzba
Chicago
Lake
Grand
Poole
Bensenville Man Joins Wheaton College Faculty
Clayton E. Halvorsen, longtime Moody Bible Institute music and voice teacher in Chicago, has moved to a similar post at Wheaton College in Wheaton. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Halvorsen.
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Clayton E. Halvorsen
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
Wheaton College
Wheaton
H. D. Halvorsen
Bensenville
William Atwood Dies After Car Crash in England
William Atwood 20 a York High School graduate and Air Force enlistee, son of Mr and Mrs Philip Atwood of 1758 White Pines rd Bensenville, died in England when his new car struck a curb and was hit by another racer near Mallory Park by Sculthorpe RAF base. He leaves two brothers David and Gordon and a sister Janis. body to be returned for burial.
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William R. Atwood
Philip F. Atwood
White Pines Rd
Bensenville
Mallory Park
Sculthorpe Royal Air Force Base
Atwood
York High School
Air Force
Michigan State University
David
U. S
Gordon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Janis
DuPage Justices Meet Tonight At Bensenville
DuPage justices of the peace hold their monthly meeting at Bensenville with dinner at 6 30 p m at Chaban's on Addison street A constitutional amendment in discussion and guest speakers include Irving Feiserman president of the Cook County justice association and Ronald R Hazel of Peoria
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DuPage
Bensenville
DuPage Justices of the Peace
The
DuPage Justice Association
Chaban’s
Addison St
Justices of the Peace
Irving Feiserman
Cook County Justice Association
Ronald R. Hazel
Peoria
Dr DuVall to discuss life and love for teens at two schools
Dr Evelyn Millis DuVall will address Fenton high school on Thursday September 26 at 10 a.m. and Lake Park high school at 12 30 p.m. Her talk Facts of Life and Love for Teen Agers is drawn from widely used family life books. Parents and friends may attend at either school, with arrangements by school administrators and the North DuPage ministerial association. Rev Thomas M Hinkin will introduce Mrs DuVall.
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Evelyn Millis Duvall
Fenton High School
Lake Park High School
Fenton
Lake Park
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Wilbur Zinn
Roy DeShane
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William W. Wanders
William Solesky
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Raymond P. Richert
Orval Moritz
Oliver Oaken
du Page County
DuPage Zoning Board of Appeals
Carl Fischer
Naperville
Board of Appeals
Addison Town
Addison Rd
Carl
Edwin Douglas
New Public Defender
Lottie Holman O’neill
Downers Grove
Hilda Dean
Adeline Blecke
Anita Rutter
Marie Bromann
Judy Elyea
Wallace
William Ernsting
William A. Ernsting
S. Mason St
England
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Thomas M. Hinkin
First Presbyterian Church of
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