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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1953
Page
3
The fragment mentions families connected to Niagara Falls and Genoa H, with references to Mrs Jerabek and Miss Diouhy visiting and returning from vacation in Denver and Canada. It notes birthday celebrations for Mr and Mrs Henne and their son Jack in Grand Rapids and Vernon Avenue.
The Avery Coonley school adds two classroom teachers and two librarians. Mrs Don Larg on will teach senior kindergarten. Mrs C F Nadelhoffer leads the fifth grade and Mrs Lois Plasman will run the library. Larsen brings six years elementary experience from South Dakota and Illinois extension network.
A notice describes a September 24 sale of a half acre in Shawmut Park at 10 oclock morning by the Cook County court. The West Suburban YMCA would bid to use the site for a new Y building, with James A. Walker and Supt. SR. Groeser serving as park representatives and John Jorn testifying on revenue usage. Nearby mentions Shawmut Park remaining 16 acres and related park planning. The Avery Coonley staff and Elmhurst area students are noted in unrelated school announcements.
In the eighth round of Edgewood Valley Country Club tournament play on Saturday August 22, Mrs H D Burgess of Hinsdale and Mrs Anthony Walters of Berwyn won canasta. In bridge the victors were Mrs C Chester Carson of Hinsdale and Mrs J V Shannon of Palos Park.
A consumer survey reports that about seventy percent of large homes had floors finished with shellac. When applied in thin coats on oak, shellac reportedly stays in excellent condition for at least six years.
Festival plans involve John E F Frey as grounds chair with Robert E Coulter Jr post 1941. Members Art Hunt and Ernie Forsman completed a storage building addition on South LaGrange road and will paint it Saturday. Bill Linsky notes progress. Deane Radabaugh and Frey plan extra parking by clearing land, ensuring ample car space for Labor Day week.
A compact sewing basket kept in the kitchen helps handle last minute requests for buttons or scraps as children head off to school, saving time and trouble.
Our Lady of Bethlehem Academy at 1000 W Ogden Ave resumes classes for the fall term on Tuesday September 10. Grades 1-4 report September 8 and grades 5-8 on September 9 plus a new lay teacher Miss Rosemary Keough joins for social studies in grades 6-8. Sister Dorothy Ann remains principal.
The West Towns Alumnae chapter hosted 150 mothers and daughters for a colorful lawn circus on August 16 at Mrs. Co. D. Hardie’s LaGrange Park home. Volunteers from Hinsdale Elmhurst and Western Springs organized acts including clowns, a palm reader, side-show readings, ventriloquism, a barbershop quartet, and a star accordionist Joy Richard of La Grange, with performances by Myra Bloxom and family.
Dr. Ralph Lutkart II of Santa Barbara notes plants likely trigger allergic contact dermatitis, though plastics, insecticides, drugs, and dyes also cause numerous cases of skin inflammation.
David L. Chonoski 19 son of Mr and Mrs R J Chonoski 1 W Oak Ave is finishing Air Force basic airmen indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base near San Antonio The Gateway to the Air Force base is one of the world s largest training centers and hosts the human resources research center and officer candidate school The course includes aptitude testing and evaluation for possible technical training and a career path in the Air Force
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