Local notices and family news from a Midwestern paper
A string of brief items mentions vacations and greetings. Frances Tornow and Mrs. Robert Jewell spend time in Chicagoland. Mr. Prim and Mrs. Hawley enjoy time at Mallowish. Charles Hadec edits a magazine with a 6.00 three year subscription offer beginning Sept. 21. Leo Sanders and family vacationed in Hayward Wisconsin. Charley W535 Sunnyside Ave hosts birthday wishes. Cecil Foster, formerly of 5744 Blanchan Ave, dies in Riveria, California, while friends and neighbors send regard. the piece blends social updates with scattered ads and odds ends.
Carnival to Benefit New St Cletus Church and School
A nightly carnival opens on the church grounds at 55th Street between Stone and Waiola Avenues to raise $500,000 for the new St Cletus church and school. The event runs through August 9 with a children’s session next Sunday, featuring rides, 12 booths, and a large parking area east of the grounds. Organizers include John M. Hafeli as carnival chair, Edwin C. Miller as Holy Name Society president, and Mrs Walter H. Miller as Catholic Women's Club president. The project includes seven grades, a kindergarten, sanctuary for 500, and a second story nun dormitory, with Father Gerald J Morrissey as pastor.
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Achoo
55Th St
Stone and
Waidla Aves
St.Cletus Holy Name Society
Catholic Women’s Club
John M. Hafeli
54Th Pl
Edwin C. Miller
S.catherine Ave
LaGrange
Holy Name Society
Walter H. Miller
Grand Ave
Western Springs
Stone
Waiola
St. Cletus
Gerald J. Morrissey
St. Cletus Pansh
Easy corn off the cob method for canning
Use an angel food cake pan to hold the corn ear upright. Slice kernels with a sharp knife along the ear so the kernels fall into the pan while the cob fits into the pan’s center. This keeps the kernels contained and makes prep simple.
Obituary: LaGrange resident Dixon dies at 74
James chapel officiated at Hallowell with interment in Racel cemetery. Dixon, 74, longtime LaGrange resident since 1940s, retired as methods engineer at Western Electric Hawthorne plant Cicero in 1945 after 38 years. Born Aug 26 1878 near Ambia Indiana. Survived by wife Charlotte, two daughters, six grandchildren, and three brothers.
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Mr. Dixon
LaGrange
Oak Park
Western Electric
Hawthorne
Cicero
University of Illinois
Dixon
First Methodist Church
Home Workshop Club
Western Electric Pioneers Club
Ambia
Ind
Charlotte
Kensington Ave
John L. Robling
Brookfield
Leroy Middour
Will
Ira
Washington, D. C
Guy
Hazelton
Idaho
The Al Rankins Feted At 25th Wedding Party
Mr and Mrs Al Rankin of 3227 Raymond Ave celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary on July 26 with a buffet for 60 guests at 5 30 PM. The evening featured singing and reminiscences with out of town guests from Rochester Detroit La Porte Gary Fort Wayne Rockford Joliet and Beecher Ml.
Cubs Pack 90 Formed In Arrowhead District
The Srniat Wars and their families gathered at 26th Street Woods to toast marshmallows and ice cream as parents met cubmaster Rudy Hayden. Pack 90 was organized last April by Fred Leffler, chairman of the Arrowhead district extension committee and West Suburban council vice president of Boy Scouts of America. The pack now has 25 members and requires at least 8 years old to join. Den mothers listed for contact include Mrs. Harold Ball, Mrs. Myron Davis, Mrs. F. D. Fogde, Mrs. Carl Holt, and Mrs. Edward Kotiza, all in LaGrange or nearbyBrookfield areas.
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St. Woods
Nen
Cubs
Rudy Hayden
Fred’ Leffler
Arrowhead
West Suburban
Ming
Harold Ball
Morgan
LaGrange
Myron Davis
Arthur
Brookfield
F. D. Fogde
Blanchan
Carl Holt
Edward Kotiza
Ostrander
Ancient Pueblo Bonito’s Multistory Apartment Found
Researchers describe a vast apartment complex begun in 919 A.D. at Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon New Mexico. The community project was hidden in a canyon within the site now mapped as Chaco Canyon though not carved into cliff faces.
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Pueblo Bonito
New Mexico
Chaco Canyon
Second Brook Park Cream Social Draws Large Turnout
The Second Annual Ics Cream Social at Brook Park school grounds drew attendance more than twice last year's, with an accordion band from Kishel School of Music and colorful lights. Free treats and home-made cakes funded by PTA mothers supported Brook Park pupils, with thanks to Desplaines Valley Mosquito Abatement Authority, contributing mothers, Morris Greenhouse, Stanley Ida, and local residents for tables, lights, and crowd help.
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Ics
Brook Park
Brook ‘Park
PTA
Kishel School of Music
Ways and Means
Edward Kotza
Desplaines Valley
Morris Greenhouse
Stanley Ida
Superintendent Pease Home After Operation Threat
Supt James E Pease of District 102 schools is at home after a recent operation related to a threat. He is expected to return to duties at Cos sitt school Monday morning at 716 S Madison Ave.
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James E. Pease
Dist
S. Madison Ave
Cossitt
Woman injured in Wisconsin accident returns to hospital
Mrs Grosch was riding with Harold Blim party en route to Wisconsin Dells when she slipped on an Oregon sidewalk on Saturday July 25. She was taken to Saint Mary’s hospital in Baraboo and will stay there from one to six weeks more as she recovers.
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Oregon
Wis
Saint Mary’s Hospital
Baraboo
Grosch
Wisconsin Dells
Harold Blim
Brookfield
Blim
Goodman School
Mrs Betty Jones Feted At A Stork Shower
A stork shower honored Mrs Betty Jones nee Prezell at the home of Mrs Emil Prezell on Maple Avenue on July 31. Over 30 friends and relatives attended an evening buffet luncheon with a decorated cake centerpiece and a miniature lei hanging with dolls. Guests enjoyed watching Betty open her gifts.
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Betty Jones
Prezell
Emil Prezell
Maple Ave
Betty
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Frances Tornow
Eadigon Ave
Robert Jewell
Bird
Chicagoland
Fuka
Blanchan Ave
Achanellor
Bobs
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Chicago
Ro Prezell
Mapleon
Huberty
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Charley
Lowell
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Gwekt
F. M. Chapek
Cecil Foster
Rivera
Calif
M Cecil Foster
Brlanchan Ave
Riveria
Eke
Warner
Goodyear Service Store
West Burlington
LA Grange
Goodyear
West
Burlington
Beresington Ave
C. A
al Rankins
ST. Cletus Parish
55Th and
Brainard
Clem Heinz Motors
Conlon DeLuxe
Froner
Raven
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