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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1948
Page
3
Congress Park residents share Thanksgiving dinners with neighbors and family. Tributes to local families including Gabrisch and Skog households appear along with notices of visits, births, and upcoming events at Riverside Brookfield and nearby towns.
The Blue Birds Saturday group from the Arti-Cruelty society will travel by bus leaving the community house at 9 30 a m and return before 1 p m Mothers interested in joining the trip are invited. Mrs Irving Richter of Arden avenue has recovered from virus pneumonia and friends are glad she is up and about.
Fragmentary clipping lists Naselli Riveraide and Harry Richardson of 3521 Oak Avenue Brookline as a couple connected to a church ceremony at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Other details unreadable due to damaged text.
Suage aD, a Maywood May 30? assistant professor of physics on leave, is now director of the Nuclear Physics Research division at Argonne National Laboratory. He previously joined the Manhattan Project, working at sites in Chicago, Tennessee, and Washington. A patent sponsored lab work pursues peacetime applications of atomic power seen as wartime continuations.
A surprise party marked the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. A B Sliwinski of Forest Avenue. Hosted by their daughter Gerry and son Robert, about 30 guests enjoyed a luncheon, a two tier wedding cake, and gifts including money.
St Barbara’s Mothers club will meet in the school hall Thursday to discuss plans for a Christmas party. First grade mothers directed by Mrs Beaudoin will hostesses in the room mother. Members thank all who aided in the recent party.
Games were played and prizes awarded after the event at ACI Chicago. Participants from local teams competed for top honors and recognition in a community sports gathering.
A note celebrates Johnny Vesely of Rosemear Avenue for birthday on November 20, praising outstanding scholarship and promise in education. Thanksgiving hours are shared by A K Jones and family of Washington Street with Mrs Jones’ kin in Waukegan. A youth group meeting on December 6 at Village Hall is urged for local community involvement. Reverend Burton Willoughby, longtime Hollywood resident and Sunday school charter member, has died after leaving Hollywood in 1927 for the Religious Film Corporation on the West Coast.
New participants enroll as Brookfield scouts bring troops to meet craft requirements. Miss Woodward, craft instructor, shares leather work stories. Between each seven-session block a Come and See Night may be offered. West Suburban YMCA invites leaders to contact for openings in morning and afternoon sessions.
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