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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1954
Page
1
Advertising section lists contact lines for Congress Park locals Jessie Brill Hollywood locals Alice W Wood South Brookfield Sirs Ted Pence and Bown office with telephone numbers. Mentions broad ad details and misformatted text.
Mrs Cisra Smith aged 83 of 241 Deyo Ave Congress Park died at her home Sunda Torning after 37 years in the roadh. Survived by two sisters, three grandchildren, and relatives Gilbert of Wash DC and Mrs Grady’s Warden of Congress Park. Funeral Mar 30 at 2 pm from Nepil Funeral Home 9446 Ogden Ave. burial Waldheim cemetery Forest.
Horace A. Martwick of 125 Woodside Rd Riverside died at home last Friday after a brief illness from a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 56, a prominent local osteopath who practiced in Riverside and had long run his business here. Born in Twaki New York, he studied at the Chicago College of Caventiatis and is survived by his widow and a daughter Joan Mart-Japsen of the north side. Funeral services were held Monday at Ivin's Chapel Burlington Rd with burial in Bronswood cemetery.
Harry Hankinson age 42 of Lisle in the lumber business died of a heart attack last Friday. He was the son in law of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Wakefield and left a widow and three children.
Danish born Joseph Berg 1868 to 194?, longtime Chicago baker and postmaster for Congress Park from 1909 to 1923. He moved to Congress Park after a Dundee stint and later lived with his daughter at 4112 Devo. Survived by son Walter H. Berg and two grandchildren Cynthia Gene Berg and Laurel Anna.
Dr Horace A Martwick of Riverside died at home on March 26. Funeral services were held Monday with burial at Bronswood cemetery. Born in Brooklyn in 1897, he practiced in Riverside for 30 years. Survived by wife Bessir ne Carmichael, daughter Joan Martwick Jansen of Chicago, and two brothers.
Urge contributions to the 1954 Red Cross fund as thousands need help. Brookfield residents and businesses are urged to send checks to the 1954 American Red Cross Fund at Brookfield village hall 8820 Brookfield Ave Brookfield NL.
West Suburban Boy Scout council purchases a 500 acre site in northern Wisconsin to supplement Camp Delavan. Officials say Delavan will remain open year round, serving 2700 local scouts but limited by capacity. The new campsite, bisected by a highway and near resorts, aims for partial use next summer.
Funeral services for Churchwell M. Davis of 4533 Devo ve. Congress Park, age 79, were held Monday at Ripps Funeral Home Burlington Rd. Cremation followed at Woodlawn Cemetery. Davis died March 19 after a stroke. He had been in poor health a month at his sister Candice E. Harris’s Riverside home. Surviving are four children.
The Brookfield Womans Club hosted a St Patrick Day Reciprocity Day at the Brookfield Methodist with guests greeted by two receiving lines. Mrs. Floyd K. Pool and Sixth District officers spoke, noting the late Mrs. George D. Radcliffe. Helen H. Vetter presented a Turkish slide program, showing women in Turkey without veils and teenagers similar to those at home. A spring table with shamrock cake followed, with hosts R O Jones C L Adams and E O Echland assisting.
Kilburn MacMurraugh 18 son of Mr and Mrs A E Murraugh 3500 Forest Ave Brookfield changed seats with a companion just before a highway 101 crash near Buellton Santa Barbara county last Friday one killed and three injured. He graduated Riverside Brookfield high school as an honor student and is a Stanford freshman employed in the Citizens Publishing Co mail room. He was hospitalized in Santa Maria and later spoke with his parents by phone.
Seventy two ladies of St Barabara's church toured seven churches from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fr Winters led special prayers in each church. They lunched on Mrs Ralph Raffaelli's spaghetti and later joined a Mothers club social at 1:30 p.m. Fr Barthellime of Notre Dame church presented a film.
In Santa Claus Indiana the town's famous post office remains a beloved landmark for stamp enthusiasts and local residents, reinforcing its name as a noted postal heritage site.
Boy Scouts of Troop 43 at Brookfield Congregational Church hosted parents and families in Wakefield Hall. Chairman arerere:s introduced ary Pokorny who outlined health and sanitation plans her department handles. A Q and A with Miss Pokorny followed, clarifying issues. Forest Preserve Officer Roland Eiisenbeis showed a conservation film titled Yours Is The Land. Scouting merit awards were given to Danny Hosek for second class, E Eiserman Jr for Woodworking Printing and Mechanical Drawing badges.
Announcement notes that 20 Troop 43 Boy Scouts will attend a 12 day Reed summer camp in Delavan Wisconsin from July 25 to August 6. They will display woodworking during the upcoming Scout-O-Rama Show May 15 at the Reynolds Aluminum plant grounds. Scout Dad Program Committee members served refreshments after the event.
Vegetable fats and oils are recommended for deep fat frying because their smoking point, the temperature at which they burn, is high.
A speaker at a community stand at a church urged immediate aid and temporary care until a doctor. She emphasized prevention and safety measures for camp life and Miss Pokorny demonstrated basic first aid routines for cuts and scratches and simple bandaging and transport of injured persons.
One hundred and forty scouts attended the 8 o'clock mass at St Barbers church in March and then wore served breakfast in the school hall. The Altar and Rosary and Mothers Club furnished the meal. Tyrrell delivered a brief and interesting talk.
Round the Towns feature for Susan Cook promotes Johnnie's Spaghetti Bowl at 31st and LaGrange Rd offering Italian favorites spaghetti chicken steaks chops and pizza. Dine in or take out with delivery by order phone Fleetwood 29758 and loan assistance advertised from The LaGrange State Bank 14 S LaGrange Rd for home improvements and other financing.
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