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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
2
The Hollywood Society Editor details ad pricing and payment rules. Classified ads cost 75 cents per 5 lines with 25 cents extra for bookkeeping and mailing. Bank disclaimer notices and ads carry 1.25 per insertion. notices of activities and admissions are treated as ads.
During wartime years the railroad handles 50 to 100 cars daily with floods threatening ballast on the Q tracks. Trains paused at Congress Park Station as emergencies arise. Engineer signals and tower communications operate 24/7 to keep lines clear and guiding millions.
Funeral services for John Earth Sass 62 of 3146 Oak Avenue will be held at 1 30 Friday at Mansfield Funeral Home with interment in Francisville Mind The Rev George Vulgaris will officiate He died suddenly at home Tuesday night He was employed by Western Electric the past years born February 18 1884 He lived in Oak Park 16 years and was married to Marie Meyer Survived by widow two daughters Lucille Staehle and Janet Check two sisters Rose Root Bertha Marquardt Helena Henshaw two brothers George Sass and Frank and two grandchildren
L. E. Lenhein, long time president of the Illinois Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, is named president of the churchs Union Conference for Illinois Indiana Wisconsin and Michigan. He will also chair the Berrien Springs college board and Hinsdale Sanitarium directors.
Reverend E C Banks and family plan relocation to Collegedale Tennessee where he will teach at a Remeny type institution after serving as pastor at LaGrange Seventh Day Adventist church. Other items note Mrs Clara Brill and Bessie Brill visiting Plainville Indiana, Eugene Runes and daughter vacationing in Colorado Springs Estes Park Garden of the Gods and Dude Ranches. Health notes report Leon Erikson back from Hinsdale Sanitarium.
Mrs Howard S Broas of Poughkeepsie New York writes to residents of the area recalling a past eight years in their town with families the Exche sons and Pretzels and thanking readers for magazine attention. She invites neighbors to drop by the above address inviting a social visit.
A traveler describes a summer trip from Chicago to Wisconsin's North Woods, passing through Spooner and Cable. He notes encounters with storms, lakeside scenery, deer and northern lights, a baby deer saved by a motorist, and a reunion with his brother in law Gerhstd Braunes. He returns home July 28 after a weeklong journey.
North Riverside saw a second street car collision involving Chicago West Towns Railway vehicles. A motor man and three passengers were injured, none seriously, when brakes failed and the rear car rammed the front car at 26th Street and Hainesworth Avenue. Injured were taken to McNeal Memorial hospital. seven passengers on the rear car were en route to Brookfield Zoo.
The Burlington Rooster association sponsors a Sunday August 4 picnic at Phillips Park in Aurora IH for Burlington railroad employees their families and friends. Free pop ice cream and cracker jack are provided by the management. There will be golf ball casting tennis races and horseshoe pitching with prizes for winners. An orchestra will play for dancing.
Rainbow Division veterans from Illinois gather for an all day reunion at Paul Haase’s home, 3331 Harrison. About 1800 past members and their families are invited to attend on September 8, with no formal invitations sent.
Zoo authorities report a burglary at the Brookfield Zoo administration building. Two unknown youths escaped with petty cash and stamp money, while films and cigarettes cached along the fences were recovered.
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