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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1953
Page
1
Local society notes list names and locations in Brookfield and surrounding areas with ads and address details. Mentions monthly rates, contact points, and classified entries for advertising and subscription payments.
Gertrude Keil renowned for power arrangements to lecture at the first Congregational church of Brookfield on Tincoinard corner on April 25. Demonstration includes corsages of rubber and nylon hose, candy, money carvings for birthdays and anniversaries. refreshments served. pre school child care available. tickets may be reserved by calling local Brookfield numbers.
The Lincoln School PTA serves as host for a district wide Spring instruction event of the Illinois Congress of PTA. A large crowd is expected for the after and evening meeting with a buffet served at the school. Reservations contact Mrs Frank Rosas, social airman, at 4018 Vernon Ave, Brook 206.
Mrs E Miller, Mrs G Burnett, and Mrs Long led Treop 5a on a guided tour through The Tribune, including a movie about paper origins and a visit to the editorials and photography departments. The observator tower ride offered a long view of Chevage.
Obituary note records Jerry Schwab's death and funeral details, stating his burial at Bohemian Cemetery. It mentions family connections, including his wife and multiple grandchildren, and lists a residence on Brookfield with references to relatives and caregivers.
The West Suburban Alumnae of Alpha Omicron Pi will hold a business meeting on April at the base of ME Char as Rover S95 Chiften. Mrs John Adamnis will preside over the session and oversee the election of a delegate to the annual Alpha Omicron Pi convention.
Mr and Mrs A Petrik and daughters Joyce and Dawn frame two weeks in Florida returning from Ft Pierce. Lenartsen family visited, with Tommy and Lots of 400 Sunnyside Ave. Also seen were Witlan Koupel and three sons, former Brookfield residents now Hinsdale residents. A boy and mother attended Breakfast Club at a radio station then visited a downtown theatre and had a shopping trip with Nie or Cara Kasner.
Readable notes show spring lecture series starting April 18 at the arboretum. The program includes landscape topics and tree focus with talks by local experts. Public attendance encouraged with details on times and venues to be announced.
Two new members Vaughan Caster and Mrs Herbert Hed win seats on the District 204 board, with Herman Allen reelected. About 530 votes cast across 10 precincts. Caster leads with 526, Hoff 512, Allen 590. Write-ins total three. Contests boosted turnout in Plateaview precinct.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Robert F Hart Ogden Ave on the birth of son Robert Franklin Jr April 9 at McNeal Memorial Hospital. Also listed are James Francis Johnson Jr April 4 Linda Ann Jacobsen April 6 Janine Mane Frum April and Daniel Bart Lahey April 9 with details of each family and residence.
West Suburban Youth for Christ hosted a rally Saturday evening at Five Grass Elementary School in Brook Ned. The program featured Drew Coleen DeKerr Walter Smith George Keer and Carl Comstock performing and sharing contributions to the event.
The Rev August Oltroge former assistant pastor at St John’s Lutheran LaGrange died suddenly Sunday in Shebanie HI after conducting morning services. Survived by wife Erika Mueller and three daughters Erika Gretchen Deborah, funeral today at 12:30 p m in Shebanie with Concordia cemetery Forest Park burial. Local relatives from New York California and Milwaukee arrived.
The Friendship Club hosted a Hollywood themed treasure hunt at Mrs. Mike Kurzeja’s home on Monday night. Members wore old jeans and formed teams receiving quirky tramp names. A mock kangaroo court and jail dinner followed, with casual coffee served in tin cans and lunch on battered tins.
Teddy Simon invited twenty junior girls from LTHS for dessert last Friday at 4189 Central Ave. Western Springs. The group then attended a theater performance together.
The graduate study program at Northern Illinois State Teachers College has earned full accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Dr. J R Hainds announced that a visitation committee evaluated the program in November. The association will review a program after it has operated for one year, and Northern granted its first master's degrees last June. All graduate work done before approval is recognized by the association. Northern’s undergraduate program has been accredited for 20 years.
In West Palm Beach Florida Jack Jackson requested court permission to revert his name to Narcisco Saccomani. The filing indicates a legal move to restore his original identity.
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