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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1951
Page
9
A specialist notes many parents work hard and strive to keep up with neighbors, while teens now grow up amid speed and distraction. Parents’ busy lives curb stability at home, yet teenagers increasingly raise themselves despite adult missteps and social pressure. Archie Schonemann.
The fourth annual Pre School Planning conference for School Dist 103 teachers will run Aug 27 29 with sessions at Washington school LaGrange Mt Morris. Dr William Reavis Anna Ludlow and Dr Howard Y McClusky will address educators. District 103 schools begin Sept 4 enrollment last year totaled 1161 with Costello Washington Lincoln and Haley schools. Birth certificates required for enrollment.
Pvt Leo Von Drasek of Brookfield arrives at Fort Bragg North Carolina to participate in the Southern Pine joint army air force exercises. He serves with the 28th Infantry and is a Fenwick High School Oak Park and Morton Junior College graduate. The maneuvers run through September 2 with the 28th Division, formerly the Pennsylvania National Guard, involved after Camp Atterbury training.
St Pauls parochial school will open on September 4 with a service at St Pauls Lutheran church 9029 Grant. Oscar Wilden, formerly of Kankakee, is named the new principal of St Pauls school.
The 12th annual planning conference opens in Dist 102 with the theme Planning a Well-Balanced Educational Program for Children. Dr John Guy Fowlkes dean of the University of Wisconsin school of education will speak on What Are the Fundamentals of Education at the first general meeting Thursday morning.
Two dog bite cases were reported over the past fortnight. One on Aug 19 involved B E Noos at 3935 Sunnyside bitten by his own dog at about 9 37 p m. The other involved Edward Edderg of Jamestown New York bitten in the 4100 block on Devo as he exited his car.
Susie Scheffelin a two year old with a noted vocabulary has been invited to audition for the Quiz Kids Program. Her maternal grandfather Dr A C Merrick is known in Brookfield and her mother Margaret Merrick Scheffelin of Albuquerque was on the Quiz Kids program for four and a half years. Susie recently reassembled a large United States map puzzle in two minutes and used 1485 words in a vocabulary test. She has a sister Katie and was born in Philadelphia with her family residing at 1237 Walnut Ave Western Springs.
LaGrange police report a resident involved in two of five auto accidents in the village last week raising the annual total to 112. The latest occurred Monday at 7 50 am on Cossitt Avenue near LaGrange Road when a cab driven east by Frank M Oesterreicher struck a westbound car driven by Ernest O Peterson. Repair costs estimated at 280 dollars. Osterreicher earlier Saturday was in an alley east of LaGrange Road when his cab was hit by a truck backed into Harris Avenue by Andrew Olson of Elmhurst.
Kenneth FE. Joranson seaman recruit USNR son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth M Joranson and husband of Mrs Dorothy Joran son of 8420 Greenview Hollywood is taking a two week reserve training course at the U S Naval Training Center Great Lakes. He first joined the U S Naval service June 30 1950 and belongs to Organized Surface division 9 2 in Chicago.
Brookfield village hall reports the dog pickup program is a success with multiple wagons hauling away stray dogs. residents and officials surface in a tapestry of daily activity from post office runs to parade setup, praising local watering holes, shops, and residents observed along Prairie and Grand avenues.
St Barbara’s parish school will open Wednesday September 5 with an estimated 500 to 550 students on the first day. Kindergarten enrollment may reach about 50 to 60. Plans include grades one through eight with two first grade groups and two second third grade groups. The new 14 classroom building could be ready by Christmas. Faculty members listed include Sisters Mary Fidelis Mary Teresita Anton ia Sebastian Ann and Charles Ann and Roberta, plus Mrs Frank Kessel and Sisters Mary Samuel Charlotte Marie Agnesetta Catherine and principal Sister Mary Catherine.
John W. Gorz USN son of Mr and Mrs John Gorz of 3030 Sun nyside Brookfield advanced in rate to seaman aboard the heavy cruiser USS Los Angeles now with the United Nations fleet in Korean waters Gorz entered the Naval service Sept 6 1950 and trained at Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Three new teachers will join Riverside Brookfield High School for the fall term opening September 4. Merry Coffey will teach Spanish and French, Constance Hugill will replace Alta Stauffer as English teacher, and Robert Lumsden becomes head of the English department. Coffey holds a BA from the University of Chicago and MA from the University of Illinois. Hugill has a BA from Cornell College and MA from the University of Minnesota. Lumsden earned his BA and MA from the University of Wisconsin.
Village Manager Eash will leave Brookfield September 9 for Poland Springs Maine to attend the annual convention of the International City Managers Association. He plans to return September 13. Creelman of Western Springs and Uppers of Riverside will attend the meeting where a Kansas City flood relief report will be discussed.
The 17th Annual Camporee themed Operation Emergency Service will host 12,000 scouts and explorers from the West Suburban Boy Scout council Friday to Sunday September 21 22 23 at Camp Sullivan Oak Park Avenue. E. D. Haugh chairs the event with J R Rowe council president and J M Swofford scout executive among many committee leaders planning camping cooking decathlon health safety and compass courses plus a surprise feature on Saturday. Units should report headcounts milk needs service projects and participation plans to LaGrange headquarters ahead of the event.
Twenty men from Brookfield police groups seek support for tickets to a dance at National hall on Saturday Oct 6. Chief Wally Griffin notes encouraging sales as funds will buy uniforms and equipment for regular and auxiliary forces. The 27 member auxiliary serves without pay and has purchased its own gear.
Eight more men from local draft board No. 111 will be called up for induction on September 11, according to Area ITE Selective Service headquarters at Harlem on Ogden Aves.
Brookfield zoning board will meet next Thursday evening August 30 in the village hall to discuss Class A-1 zoning. The plan would restrict single family dwellings to a 50 ft frontage, ending close spacing on sixth acre lots. A hearing on the proposal earlier failed to proceed due to missing legal terminology in the notice.
Thieves prowled the North Zoo parking area near the Brookfield Zoo, breaking into two cars on separate occasions. Boris Zytkrin reported a August auto break in stealing $4 in cash and papers after a hood vent was forced. Robert Steele reported Aug 18 theft of two men’s suits two women’s suits and two women’s coats from his vehicle.
The 1951 52 Brookfield Community Chest held its first meeting on August 14 at the village hall. President Homer Eby leads the new officers with Gale Gross as vice president, Robert Hopson as treasurer, and Mrs. C W Bates as secretary. Organizations urged to file requests by letter to Eby at 3218 Harrison Ave Brookfield. A campaign director will be named this week. No drive dates set.
Mr and Mrs Leonard Kulczynski and their children Bryan and Janice of 3229 Grand Blvd recently completed a 16 day vacation trip. They started in Ludington Michigan and proceeded to Interlochen Thompsonville and Lake Superior near Sault Ste Marie. They visited relatives in Michigan and Chicago, toured St Joseph Islands and Shrines of the Pines, then stopped at Tahquamenon Falls and the Dell in Wisconsin before returning home. The trip covered about 2000 miles.
Pre planning week for Lyons Township students and faculty outlines high school start Aug 27 to Aug 31 with classes and registrations for 1,850 high school students and anticipated growth in junior college enrollment. Freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors have scheduled orientations and testing, with locker picks, gym gear, activity tickets, and counseling appointments.
The Lyons Township High School calendar for August and September 1951 outlines student registrations for grades 9 10 11 12 across Districts 102 and 204. Key dates include August 27 registration for freshmen and new pupils, August 29-30 senior and junior registrations, August 31 orientation day, September 3 Labor Day, September 4-6 enrollment periods, and September 7 10 11 13 registration activities plus upcoming council meetings and events.
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