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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
3
Mrs Stubbe remains in bed but cheerful as visitors from Hollywood bring letters from a man named Pears. She expresses appreciation for the support and looks forward to receiving more correspondence to ease her long loneliness.
Community updates from McCormick and Hollywood include Sunday school at Hollywood Presbyterian Church closing for summer until September, Rev Ubena's busy week at the Presbyterian Minis teen conference at McCormick Seminary, and condolences for Eichhelz family due to an accident. Congratulations to John Vesely and family on Karen Evelyn’s birth at Garfield Park Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Williams and son Ronald returned home on Thursday July 18 from a 22 day 6000 mile trip totaling visits to Colorado Springs Pike’s Peak Royal Gorge Salt Lake City Yellowstone National Park Dingle Idaho and the West Coast They visited Mrs Williams’s brother Harry Dailey in Santa Monica California and her sister Mrs Harry B Padul nee Ann Bailey formerly of Brookfield They also saw the Royal Canyon in Colorado and the Petrified Forest.
The latest Navy discharge list includes John C. Barns S2e of 343 Oak Avenue and Raymond C. Kadlee SIc 3129 Grand Bvd. Mr and Mrs Joseph Kokes and daughter Lynn of Rockefeller are in town after a week at Spooner Lake Wisconsin where they rented a wilderness cottage for fishing swimming and scenery. Mrs Kokes's mother Mrs John Broz of Berwyn accompanied them. Kenneth Johanson and son Kenneth with their nephew Hoyt Jones returned from three weeks at Minong Wisconsin. The Jordan sons have rented Sunset Cove Resort for five years, with good time for swimming boating and fishing though this year the fishing was not as good as in past years.
A friendly column invites readers to join the Happy Hollywood Family cooperative. It urges members to contact their reporter Brook at 8770 with any items, large or small, and to participate in the ongoing community listing.
Mr and Mrs W Grewer announce a son William born July 23 at MacNeal Memorial. Mr and Mrs T McCullough welcome a daughter born July 23 at MacNeal Memorial. A son John James born July 24 to Mr and Mrs B Vrchota of Sunnyside at MacNeal Memorial. Mr and Mrs D A Nixon announce a daughter Judith Ann born July 16 at Garfield Hospital with brother Danny age 11. Melvin V Budé and Helen Marie Hardyman announce a son Michael John born July 19 at Englewood Hospital. Mr and Mrs A Fanine announce a daughter Linda Ann born July 13 at MacNeal Memorial in Berwyn. Arthur Feeney and family announce a son Donald Agar born July 13 at MacNeal Memorial.
A series of birth notices from MacNeal Memorial report James Allen born July 13 to Mr and Mrs E Struck at Oak Avenue. Keng Allen arrives at the home of Mr and Mrs M Petrousek Sheridan Street. Roy Lancaster Jr weighed pounds at birth Sunday July 21, at MacNeal Memorial Hospital. Mrs Roy A Lancaster, formerly Dolores Mealer of 3124 Oak Avenue, is noted as the parents.
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