District 105 to Open Schools for 1100 Pupils
The Spring Ave Ideal Hodgkins and Seventh Avenue schools in District 105 will enroll about 1100 students when registration starts Tuesday September 8 for grades one through eight at 9 a.m. and kindergarten at 1 15 p.m. September 8 and 9. Classes begin September 9 for grades 1-8 and September 14 for kindergartners. Kindergarten entrants aged five between January 1 and June 30 register Sept 8 afternoon. those age five between July 1 and December 31 register Sept 9 morning. Pre planning for teachers runs Aug 31 to Sept 4. District adds 15 new teachers. principals return Aug 24. Enrollment expected to rise from 1015 last June. All books and supplies are in, with new civics books for grades seven and eight, social studies for seventh grade, and writing spelling workbooks for second grade.
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Spring Ave
Ideal
Hodgkins
Seventh Avenue
Dist
David Aurand
Aurand
Suburban Symphony Contest Seeks Gershwin Blue Rhapsody Entrants
The Suburban Symphony announces a piano contest for area students under 21. Participants will perform Rhapsodie in Blue arranged for four hands, with the final concert held on a Sunday in 1954. Miss Hazel Troeg of LaGr. provides contest details.
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Suburban Symphony
West Aphony
Art
Hi Focal
Nts
Ithe
Riverrs Grove
Hazel Troeg
LaGr
Coast Guard Duties Emphasize Law Enforcement and Rescue
The Coast Guard’s functions include maritime law enforcement, saving and protecting life and property, providing navigational aids to maritime and transoceanic air commerce, and promoting the efficiency and safety of the American merchant marine, with readiness for military operations.
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Coast Guard
Amercan
California Airman Nelson Serves as Auditor Technician
In California Airman Second Class Robert S. Nelson son of Mr and Mrs Paul S Nelson of 518 N Catherine Ave serves with the auditor general USAF He is assigned as an auditing technician at Resident Office Western District Auditor General Beale AFB Cal Nelson a Lyons Township High School and Miami University graduate enlisted in Sept 1951 for four years in the Air Force He plays a key role in the auditor general mission auditing millions of dollars spent on aircraft and equipment procurement maintenance and USAF operations
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Robert S. Nelson
Paul S. Nelson
N. Catherine Ave
Auditor General
U.S. Air Force
Western District
USAF
Beale Afb
Cal
Nelson
Lyons Township
Miami University
Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Soldier Harold Ward Receives Korea Meritorious Service Award
Harold L Ward of LaGrange son of Mr and Mrs H A Ward is awarded in Korea by Gen P D Gr inder exiting general of the 45th Infantry Division for meritorious service as a clerk with the safety officer at 45th Division headquarters. Ward, 23, a Morton High School graduate and former pre legal student at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, entered service in Aug 1951 and went to Korea in Oct 1962.
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Army
Harold L. Ward
H. A. Ward
Leitch
Ave. LaGrange
Korea
P. D 'Grinder
45Th Infantry Division
45Th Division
Sgt. Ward
Morton High School
University of. Ing
Ann Arbor
Bain
Eebvice
H. A
Airman Nelson Remains Alert to Protect Taxpayer Dollars
Airman Nelson and other APY and civilian staff of the auditor general stay vigilant to guard taxpayer funds. The narrative notes his marriage on Aug 9 1952 to Barbara Betz, a former LaGrange girl, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Betz of 300 S Stone Ave.
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Nelson
Apy
Auditor General
Barbara Betz
LaGrange
Paul Betz
S. Stone Ave
Lyons Township Junior College joins nine area evening schools
The Adult Evening School of Lyons Township is listed among nine northern Illinois evening schools offering graduate and undergraduate courses. The program is conducted in collaboration with Northern Illinois State Teachers College.
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Lyons “Township
Illinois
Sion
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Ward moves to LaGrange sei Berwyn on July 3
The note records Ward relocating to LaGrange and Berwyn amid family updates. It mentions word received that their son is in the States and expected home by the weekend.
DeKalb extension courses offered at LaGrange adult school
Offered at LaGrange adult school are eight courses including Business Education Techniques for Improvement in Instruction in Typewriting Education and Fundamentals of Curriculum Development. First class meetings occur September 17. Other DeKalb night school courses are taught in Freeport Harvey Joliet LaSalle Rockford Sterling Waukegan and Oregon. Patronize Our Advertisers.
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LaGrange
Weather data kept flowing under the Tron Curtain
Greenland Europe and Africa remain connected by ships at sea and planes over the North Pole as Siberian weathermen report. Under the International Meteorological Organization world wide cooperation, weather information stays one of the few things not cut off by the Tron Curtain.
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Greenland
Europe
Africa
North Pole
Siberia
International Meteorological Organization
Indoor air relief devices claim ion filtering
Advertised ion controllers promise relief from cold hay fever and related ailments by making indoor air feel like outdoor air. Units pass air currents through a negatively charged nickel cloth grid surrounding heating elements of nickel chromium alloy to filter positive ions and carry in negative ions.
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RIC
Sairview Field
Merriett
LTHS
Colorado
LA Grange
California
SUN
Ah Moities Macuane
Carlie Parsana Rush
Stooges
Lost Planet
Ue Bal Ie
John Payne
Donna Reed
Eden Bowling
Cermak Road
Filmore
Burlington & Wolf
Western Springs
Betra
Berrer
Paris
Rod. Cameron
Aileen' Whelan
Kaiser‘Frazer-Henry J
Anderson
Melrose Park National Bank
LaGrange State and
LaGrange National Banks
Forest Park National Bank
First National Bank of
Maywood
Madison Street
Plymouth
Harry Phillips Motors
Dodge
LaGrange Rd
Tel. LaGrange
Chevrolet
Bel Air
Hmaria
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