Polio Case Reported in Brookfield
A fall polio case in Brookfield was reported this week. Mae Pasch, 23, of 3718 Cleveland Ave, was taken to the Cook County Contagious Hospital after illness began Aug 18 and Aug 25. County health director Dr Edward A Piszczek voiced optimism for a decline in suburban cases within ten days.
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Office
Cook County Health Department
Mae Pasch
Pash
Cleveland Avenue
Cook County
Brookfeld
Edward A. Piszczek
Chicago
Pisczek
Pasch
A.—Dominski
Pigzczex
Coo County
Piszcrek
Evanston
Winnetka
Brookfield
Agust
Hoffman Wins RBHS Tennis Championship in Heat
Bob Hoffman, RBHS senior, captured the third annual R-B Tennis Club men’s singles title by defeating Dick Stevens 6-3, 1-0 after Stevens defaulted in the second set amid 100 plus degree heat and Hoffman's blistering serves.
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Bob.Hoffman
RBHS
Sunda
Dick Stevens
Riverside
Stevens
Hoffman
Butlayers
Roger
Wyckoff
Jerry Torrison
Ralph Arbee
Neil Johnson
Chuck Luttenbacker
Robert Brown
Torrison
Luttenbacker
Championshp
R-B
Hollywood Community House Becomes Public School
Announcement from Supt Hauser in Riverside notes Hollywood district attendance at the Hollywood school will reach about 125 students. The Kindergarten will use Hollywood Community House, a short distance south of the school on Washington boulevard, with 3b enrollment in the Kindergarten amid expanded facilities.
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Hollywood
Riverside
Supt. Hauser
Washington Boulevard
West Brookfield Tops Hollywood In Junior Ball Final
West Brookfield defeated Hollywood 6 to 8 in the first game of a best of three series at Kiwanis Park to determine the Brookfield Junior Baseball League champion. Bottere teams tied in regular season play.
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West Brookfield
Hollywood
Brookfield
Kiwanis Park
Ackin
Sleepy GI Wins Am vets Dream Home in Brookfield
Police woke Leonard Hall at 1 a.m. in Brookfield to tell him he had won a $20,000 dream home from Brookfield LaGrange Post No 99. Hall, a former G I, and wife Mavis have lived in Brookfield since release from the army and plan a move after carnival winners are announced. Other prizes included a Ford convertible for Mary Benda and various appliances awarded to Oak Park and LaGrange residents.
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Amvets
Brookfield
LaGrange
Mavis
Douglas
Lynn Kay
Leonard
Chicago
C.B. & Q. Railroad
United States
745Th
JB. Hall
Indiia
Seargeant
Bengal and Assam
U.S. Army
Co. B. & Q. Company
Hall
Cape Cod
Mary Benda
South 56Th Avenue
Cicero
Anderson Gas Range
H. Enscheler
Oak Park
Friesdaire Rane
Warren Liberty
North Oak
Park Avene
Bendix
Cook
Cole
Valley
Frigidaire
Roy
Hansen
South
LaGrange Road
Paper drive donors urged by church group
A local Congregational church appeals for support in a paper drive. Contributors are asked to deliver paper at the church basement and volunteers will sort and transport materials to the recycling site.
Brookfield Kindergarten A Century of Design by Wright
Brookfield opens a restored Frank Lloyd Wright designed kindergarten built for the Coonley family on Salt Creek at Lincoln and Forrest avenues. Once neglected, the Spanish style cement building now houses the Brookfield Recreation Center with a history of philanthropic roots, schooling, and community concerts.
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Brookfield
Queene Sery Coonley
Salt Creek
Lincoln and
Forrest ‘Avenues
Frank Lloyd
Wright
Are
America
Brookfield Mouth and Recreation Center
John: Levy
Avery Coonley
Birthday Milestone for Boy Marked at Six
Master Jimmy Wood son of Mr and Mrs Neil Wood of 4207 Vernon avenue celebrates his sixth birthday on August 26. Despite physical handicaps he sits up unaided now, whereas last year he was confined to a wheelchair on his fifth birthday. The Wood family recently enjoyed an outing in Michigan at Sister Lake where Jimmy gained new zest for life and kindness is expressed in his happy smiles and reaching for his mother.
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Jimmy Wood
Jimmy
Neil Wood
Vernon Avenue
Wood
Michigan
Lake Beleath
Kiwanis Talk Highlights Wakefield Europe Trip
The Kiwanis Club at Hollywood Community House heard Rev. Wilfred Wakefield describe an eight week Europe tour. He spoke on Czechoslovakia recovery, its Nazi atrocities museum, and the British Isles situation after talks with officials. Hed ge Paden urged golfers to join Bill Ochelree Day sponsored by the Riverside Chamber of Commerce at Navajo Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hollywood Community House
Wilfred Wakefield
First Congregational ‘Church
Europe
Germany
Wakefield
England
British Isles
Hédge Paden
Club
Bill Ochelree
Riverside
Riverside Chamber of Commerce
Dismissal Hours Trimmed at Gross School First Week
Superintendent Hummel announced new dismissal times for first grade during the first week of school. Early hours will be 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Beginning Monday September 8 dismissal will be 11:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Hummel
Gross School
Avi
Ungrammatical School Schedule Fragment
Schedule fragment lists classes and times with several errors. Mentions Lincoln Park St Barbara and Burwood with dates Sept 2 and Sept 8. Ambiguities include misformatted times and names, making exact events unclear.
St Pauls School to Start Fall Term on Sept 2
St Pauls Lutheran school will launch its fall term September 2 at 845 am with registration for new pupils on Grant avenue. The kindergarten meets Tuesday at 845 am in the parish hall under Mrs Marvin Toepper supervision. Primary grades headed by Miss Caroline Mueller. Music will include a school orchestra led by Paul Schmidt. The program emphasizes Christian citizenship and Bible fundamentals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s Lutheran School
Grant Avenue
Edgar Abraham
Marvin’ Toepper
Brookfield
Attendance At Zoo Up Despite Heat
Heat dampened visits at Brookfield Zoo yet attendance reached 1 078 816 year to date by Aug 28, with 988 904 recorded for the same period last year. Director Beale notes animals suffer little, snakes show activity, and the baby elephant remains the top attraction. The reptile house houses 350 reptiles across about 50 species, including a 19 foot 150 pound python. The oldest is a colorless spitting cobra brought in 1934 from a Frank Buck collection. Galapagos tortoises arrived in 1928, now weighing up to 365 pounds.
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Brookfield Zoo
Beale
Zoo
Frank Buck
New Village Manager Is Given Oath
James F. Shurtleff became Brookfield's first village manager at a Monday night meeting and was sworn in by Village Clerk Strobl. Mayor Hayford and multiple trustees observed. Shurtleff traveled from Mansfield Massachusetts where he had been village manager and now lives with the mayor temporarily. The board adjourned after routine matters as accounts payable were approved and water contract talks with Brookfield North Riverside were discussed. A zoning fee ordinance was approved and traffic safety questions were referred to committee. New squad cars were referenced and the treasurer reported July receipts and disbursements for the water commission.
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James F. Shurtleff
Brookfield
Shurtleff
Strobl
Hayford
Bosgraf
Kubricht
Mash
Gruss
Krause
Cox and
Novak
Mansfield
Mass
Bush
Brookfeld
Brookfield-North Riverside
Brookfield Zoning Board of Appeals
Cox
Gross
Harrison
Blanchan
Bud “Rezek
Grand-Grant-Sunnyside
Rezek
Grand
Street Committee
Police Department
Brookfield-North Riverside Water Commission
Ink Factory in McCook to Cost $600000
A $600000 printing ink plant by J M Hubex Corp of New York will rise on a McCook site adjoining Reynolds Aluminum. Construction has begun and the facility is to produce 25 million pounds of printing ink annually with operations set to start next spring. The Chicago plant at 1230 West Jackson Boulevard will be involved in the process.
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McCook
J.m.hubex ‘Corporation
New York
Chicago
West Jackson Boulevard
Reynolds Aluminum Company
Aew
Huber Corporation
General
Parochial School A to Open Sept 3 at St Barbara’s
St Barbara’s parochial school will begin on Wednesday morning September 3 at 9 o’clock. A record first grade enrollment of 58 students is reported. Sister Superior M Rose will teach the fourth grade, with a list of sisters assigned to each grade including Sr Joseph in first grade and Sr M Carlen in seventh grade among others.
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St. Barbara’s Parochial
M. ‘Rose
Sigters
Joseph
Mu. Pauline
A Reericardo
Fira M. Towephihe
Ae Jaaiel
Sr. M. Carlen
M . Constanee
Illinois State Normal freshmen enroll from Brookfield
Freshmen Betty Ann Gardiner and Hilda May Henry from Brookfield will begin courses at Illinois State Normal University when the semester starts September 9. Gardiner lives at 3284 Sunnyside Avenue and Henry at 8822 Madison Avenue. The class is reported as the largest freshmen group in the university’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Betty Ann Gardiner
Hilda
May Henry
Illinois Stat Normal ‘University
Sunnyside ‘Avenue
Hilda May Henry
Madison, Avenue
Village Manager Shurtleff Begins Duties in Temporary Office
Village Manager Shurtleff assumed the post Tuesday morning and will work from the village hall mornings with Clara Falout coordinating calls, and afternoons devoted to department contacts. He plans to establish regular hours soon and may office in the village building adjacent to the police department or the Maple Street planning office.
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Shurtleff
Clara Falout
Shurttefé
Police Department
Maple
Planning Commission and Zoning Board
Keglers All Set For 47 48 Season At Bowl Mor
The Bowl Mor alleys in Brookfield launch the 47 48 bowling season with a 6 45 p m start on Monday Sept 8 led by a Idle Hour Ladies League member. Don Rumph has remodeled the alleys and hired Pro Beattie with 80 years of experience to run lanes while Ted Beaudin revamps the cocktail lounge. A full weekly schedule lists multiple leagues from Monday through Friday with potential Saturday mixed play under consideration.
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Brookfield
Don Rumph
Jeres
Don Rump
Pro Beattie
Téd Beaudin
American Legion
W.F.W
Zimmer Lustig
Progressive Ladies League
Wmn
Riverside Brookship High School schedule chaos 1947
Readable fragments describe Riverside Brookship High School in 1946 47 planning for 1947 48 term. Freshmen assemble at 8 16 am in cafeteria and upperclassmen in auditorium. Book fees and activities collected. Scheduling cards issued for textbooks and assignments. District boundaries listed along Harlem Avenue and 22nd CGermak to 3900 south.
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Riverside-Brookfé Ship’ High School
Eteria
Ieee Ea
Harlem
First Avenue
Jington Avenue
Venience
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Mae. Pasch
Cleveland
Cook Hospital
Bob. Hoffman
Riverside and
Riverside-Brookfield
Fairview Avenue
Leonard Hall
Leonard ‘Hall
G. I
Lincoln Forrest
Downers’ Grove
Downers Grove
Coonley
Board of
Edt
Mark
St. Paul's School
Cobra
O.K
Edward Feely Post No. 190
Edyardie Poste
St. Barbara's
Normal
James F. Shurfleff
Keglers
Bixler
The _ initia
Merce
Bar Nettie
Aly
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