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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1950
Page
1
Local Brookfield listing shows advertising rates and contact details. Includes page time stamps and office addresses such as Prairie location and Brookfield office. Rates noted as 3.49 per year with 125 dollar authorization. details are partially illegible and require clarification.
A disrupted evening at a gallery featuring diving art and a live performance drew attention from attendees including groups of men and several girls. The scene turned eerie as the gallery audience experienced a tense, theatrical moment with escalating noise and partial disruptions.
A damaged OCR fragment records a scheduled Meld Business Man's association meeting from April 19 at The Roifer Grand Bird. It mentions topics on a complete form and potential school rates. Christian Science Church listings detail Sunday services for ages 2 to years, with readings at Hines Memorial Hospital and Vaughn's Hut, plus reading room and invitation notes in LaGrange Ashland area.
A historic school board meeting depicts a female member influencing curriculum and activities from nursery to high school. Generational tensions ease as programs expand to domestic science, typewriting, manual training, and community events.
A Riverside family announces the engagement of Bruce Green to a daughter of Mrs. Frony LeBros. The wedding took place in April at Fry Lauderda'e. The bride is a graduate of the Ort Hebre program and is tied to Bruce Green Motors in Riverside.
A fragmentary obituary note lists Jean Allison Bebinger, born April 18, to Mr and Mrs Wile RK Babinge of 3819 Vernon Ave, with parental details for Jean Marie Sediv3 born April 2 to Micard Mre and Henrietta Ave. occupants, mentioning MacNeal Memorial Hospital.
Round up of local notes from Brookfield including a Zoo gendarmes chat, a tale of a Chicago Tribune writer, spring garden plans, a Mothers tea invite, and a baby Colombian tapir rumor. Mentions Cornier Irving Reeny brokered talk, Curt Darnell and Pare Loeb, Ved Newell, and a final concert by Jurce Rolet.
The Brookfield column notes new residents like Lawrence Miller at 9416 Henrietts, Fred Stromsky now based in Phoenix, and Dan Kulie returning from Detroit. Curtis store opening draws crowds at 2045 Grand Blvd. Mrs. Harold Dibbies seeks officer lists for recreation notices. May 7-18 declared Be Kind to Animals Week with community reminders and a playful Shakespearean aside.
General Wally at the S Gate visits with Dr Lyons and Supt Aurand, then tours Brookfield. Real estate For Sale signs sprout on a new building as a brick mason jokes about signs. A dead heat in a race of signs. Cards arrive from Betty Jamieson and Darlene Howell in California. Lee Hal-Teck tours the South with her mother. Brookfield Recreation commission earns praise. School Notes mention Susan McCann rehearsals, a Mothers Tea at Lincoln May 17, and Violet Hajek leading Girls Glee clubs. La Rue Thompson, dean of boys.
Miss Bana Hithac dean of girls and the Aiddérator represented Riverside-Brookfield High School at an army type program sponsored by the patrons council Tuesday evening.
Funeral services for John Davy aged six months were held April 21 with burial in Queen of Heaven cemetery Hinsdale. Death occurred in MacNeal Memorial hospital about midnight April 19. The baby became ill last December and the Brookfield Fire department inhalator squad assisted recovery. Fire parents are Mr and Mrs Thomas Davy of 9515 Monroe Ave.
Funeral services for Russell Lee Ursini aged 715 were held at 1 30 from the Kedzie avenue chapel with burial in Waldheim cemetery. He was the son of Gertrude and Lester brother of Curtis Arthur and grandson of Gertrude Ernest Gierman and Lillian F Ursini. A member of Brookfield Royal Neighbors of America Juvenile camp No 10148.
A child learns to see as he learns to swim. Without proper coordination of eyes and the muscles and nerves used in seeing, he is likely to have trouble in school. The statement emphasizes the link between visual development and academic performance.
An advertisement promotes owning a chain store business with easy start up and operation. It claims no experience is required, highlights support from an established system, and directs inquiries to a location at 458 Se Messions Ase. The text reads as an OCR damaged notice offering business ownership and starter details.
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