Suburban Y concert to feature Schubert Unfinished Symphony
Karl Schulte conducts the Wg' Suburban Y Symphony in Lyons Township High School on Sunday May 16 at 4 pm presenting Schubert's Unfinished Symphony along with Glinka's Russian and Ludmilla Overture and Variations on a German Folk Song by Siegfried Ochs. Five soloists include Agnes Nordin McEnery Joyce lyn Jerry Bestler and more. Tickets available at West Suburban YMCA LaGrange or through local representatives. Charter memberships offered by Miss Plasman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karl Schulte
Symphony Vette
Lyons Township High School
Schubert
Agnes Nordin McEnery
roml”“Jocelyn
Jerry Bestler
Svendsen
Glinka
Russhan
Ludmilla
Metfried Orhs
Sigmund Romberg
Pypshkin
Imperial Opera
Glipka
Russia
Siegfried Ochs
Bach
Hayden
Mozart
Johann Strauss
Verdi
Gounod
Wagner
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Brahms
Meyerbeer
South LaGrange Road
LaGrange
Carolyn Plasman
William P. Rock
LaGrange Park
Western Springs
A. Kemp
Stein
Brookfield
Clarence Peebles
Riverside
Gwendolyn Roberts
Hinsdale
Miss Plasman
County awards hospital and Oak Forest bonds. Ashcraft home sold
The county board awarded half of the 7 million hospital bond issue and 3.5 million Oak Forest bonds to National City Bank of New York at 2 percent interest, while the Forest Preserve district sold Judge Alan Ashcraft’s Palos township home to Earl G. Stanton for 1351 dollars. A fire violation notice for the county school of nursing was received, and Commissioner Nixon urged a 500 dollar subscription to the Urban Land Institute to aid planning and zoning efforts.
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CNS
Oak Forest
National City Bank of New York
Forest’ Preserve District
Alan Ashcraft
Palos Township
Earl G. Stanton
Bluff Street
Glencoe
Ashcraft
Clarence Foth
van Buren Street
Charles G. Sayers
Foth
Stanton’s
County School of Nursing
E. B.overbeck
Chicago Fire Department
Overbeck
Phil Hogan
George F. Nixon
Urban Land Institute of
Washington, D.C
Nixon
Nominate New Mu Tau Officers At High School
Nominations for next year's Mu Tau officers at LTHS are in the community room today. Members may add names by petition from a list led by this year's music organization officers. Current names include Joy Hanson Carole Hillman Adel line McCoy Joy Reeve Nancy Cross Garland Russell. Final voting occurs May 27 with installation in early June.
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Mu Tau
LTHS
Music Organization
Joy Hanson
Carole Hillman
Adelline McCoy
Joy Reeve
Nancy Cross
Garland Russell
Police officials attend Cook County Traffic Safety parley May 6
Presidents and chiefs of police from LaGrange LaGrange Park Western Springs and Westchester plan to attend the combined Cook County Traffic and Midwest Safety conferences at the Sherman hotel on May 6. Notables include Walter J. Madigan and George Mason Rex Hieronymus Clarence Buehl Harry Oakes Wesley Pantilla William Riley and others. The gathering aims to curb rising traffic accidents with guidance from the National Safety Council Northwestern University Traffic Institute and Greater Chicago Safety Council amid a 1947 rise in county accidents 56 percent in total 30 percent property damage 14 percent injuries and 208 fatalities versus 209 in 1946.
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Police
LaGrange
LaGrange Park
Western Springs
Westchester
Cook County
Sherman Hotel
Walter J. Madigan
George Mason
Harold Stebbins
Harry Oakes
Rex E. Hieronymus
Clarence J. Buehl
Record Long Distance Swim by Skipper IV Shark
The gray nurse shark Skipper IV swam nonstop in the Tarona Park aquarium pool in Sydney from 1934 to 1939, covering about 105000 miles at three miles per hour. War years reduced interest in the aquatic feats.
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Skipper IV
Tarona Park
Sydney
Australia
Skipner IV
VFW presents $5400 ambulance gift to Sheriff Walsh
The Veterans of Foreign Wars gave Sheriff Elmer Michael Walsh a $5400 check for an ambulance for his office. Cook County Judge Advocate David H. Caplow presented the payment, noting the ambulance is one of four to be gifted and will help save lives since the sheriff currently has no ambulance.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Elmer Michael Walsh
Walsh
Cook County
David H. Caplow
Caplow
Legion membership grows as WWII veterans join
May 15 drive under Operation Mobilization expands Legion ranks in Fifth District. Speakers stress veteran service value and outlines to recruit delinquents. District commander Ernest Waldt presided. Illinois department shows about 1,500 more members than last year with total in state surpassing 203,000, per George Kelly.
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American Legion
Fifth ‘District Council
Austin
Legion
William Kleuskens
William Schlupp
Elmer
the Legion
Chicago
Joseph G. Howland
Ernest Waldt
Department of Illinois
Illinois
George Kelly
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Graz
U. R. Buckley
Ionas
Bank
COAL
Western Springs, Ill
Nsw
J. W. Steger Credit Jeweler
Cermak Road
LA Grange
Burlington
Christian Science
God
Earl McCloud
S. B
San Antonio
Texas
The
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
la Grange, Illinois
Florida
Yse
Warner
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