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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1954
Page
6
Forest avenue residents hosted and visited relatives from Indiana and Ohio over the weekend. A bridal shower for Carmille LaMarca in Hinsdale, and multiple birthday greetings for friends and neighbors. The Little Theatre of Music meets weekly with auditions and roles posted. Community members travel to South Bend and Chicago for events, with health updates and sympathies shared for those ill or bereaved.
Families on Prairie and Arthur avenues recuperate from flu. A stork shower for Mrs. Edward Schuler was hosted by Mrs. John Brady with 23 ladies present. Visitors from Detroit and Savanna plan a Faster vacation. Friendly Pinochle club met with hostess Mrs. Elin Carlson. birthdays for Mary Horacek and Ellen Colby marked. Donald Arbee to Duluth as Western Electric instructor. Condolences sent to the families of Marie Novy and Mrs. Novy.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and courtesies shown during the death of our wife and mother.
Riverside and neighboring towns lead a youth mapping project with John Sovereign and Nancy Lindquest guiding divisions. Volunteers include Megs Guyer in Hollywood and Dolores Worazek in North Riverside, while Judge Lowe backs the effort and appoints division leaders and block captains this week.
News views notes a shift from grandiose diplomacy to tangible aid as Heifer Project, Inc. arranges over 35,000 baby chicks for Egyptian farmers interdenominationally. The piece contrasts dove symbolism with poultry provision and quips about Easter cards and a local pharmacy ad.
A fund drive by 615 Youth Center members hopes to raise 40000 dollars to buy a site and build a permanent teen club on Burlington Street in Riverside seven tenths mile from RBHS. The club will be self-supporting and open Friday and Saturday evenings during the school year.
Brookfield Kiwanis club members plan a teen program during vacation periods with Warren S. Magneson, RBHS faculty member, directing activities at the Youth Center in the old RBHS cafeteria. Only District 208 residents aged teen eligibility rules stated by Mrs H T Kracht.
The Brookfield Kiwanis club sponsors the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Chigree and St. Joseph's Orphanage grounds in LaGrange and Lisle. Kiwanian John Crumbaugh leads the event, with Crumbaugh a Clarendon Hills resident.
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