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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1953
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR shows mentions of Real Estate, Cleaners, Manor Cleaners, and Bunny Browne's, with monetary figures and item codes. The text appears as a garbled roster of ads or results, referencing facilities and services without coherent narrative or dates.
Rich Port Realtors defeated Walker's Service Station and LaGrange Federals led by high games from Doris 221 and Dana 201 while individuals Doris 221 and Medea Snow 509 headlined the high series. Handicap leaders included Kubricht Phar and Weiland Mart with team marks Kubricht Phar 2879 and Lobster House 2793. Dec 9, 1953.
The New United States grain market identifies corn as the most important feed grain with a value around five billion dollars, surpassing all other crops in dollar terms and highlighting its economic dominance in farming.
Dick Leiber's LTIC cagers close the pre holiday phase with two league games in Vaughan gym and Chicago, both at 7 30. Ramblers own a 2 2 conference mark. LaGrange beat Williams 70 55 in a non league game after a 79 58 loss to Morton in Cicero Dec 10. Morton led 27 27 at halftime, then pulled away in the fourth, with Fancher and Schmidt keying the Rambler attack.
Wally Johnson and Jim Larimer fueled a hot start with consistent shots as Johnson led scoring with 24 points on 10 field goals and 4 free throws. Dick Mikuta added 22, Ken Meinhart and Dick Schmidt each 11. Jerry Riler contributed 11 of La Grange’s 14 first‑quarter points.
Debaters from Nies Township high school held a tournament on December 5 with several LT Debate teams guided by sponsor Ivan Rhen. On December 12 they traveled to a debate workshop at the University of Wilnois, with twenty East Aurora high school students joining the La Grange team.
At halftime the score stood 42 to 23. LaGrange’s top scorers were Riley with 25, Kickers 16, and Schmidt 14, while Spina, the center for George Williams, led all players with 16 points.
LaGrange Park fell 873 to 839 at Western Springs in a tight game. Riverside beat Lyons 797 to 528. North Riverside defeated McCook 607 to 540. Individual leaders included Kreuz 262 and Walker 249 for LaGrange No 1, Azarello 243 for Brookfield No 1, Gray 240 and Barcal 232 for Brookfield No 1.
Sgt Paul Behnke led Western Sprit to a hard earned victory over LaGrange Park with 242. Howard Smrt 218 and Charles Petersen 216 followed. Sgt Gay O Haver 197 also featured as Riverside’s Lt Palzer 209 and Trader 203 helped their win. Lyons had Vanduka 157 and Bouska 153. McCook’s Haase 177 paced his team while Agostino 174 led McCook.
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