Local social notices and gatherings listed in Riverside page
A roundup of neighborhood events and travelers, including attendance at weddings and club gatherings. Recaps mention Mrs. Eugene Vyhnanek, Mrs. Yvonne Donnely, Karl Helm, Josephine Meyers, Jos. Kral, and Mrs. William Wallwork among hosts and guests. Kinship visits, trips to St. Augustine, Genoa Illinois, and California engagements are noted along with birthday and Christmas celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Priscilla
Sehoen
Savanna
Eugene Vyhnanek
Rand Blyd
Yvonné “Donnely
Bettendorf
Iowa
Karl Helm
Cleveland Ave
Josephine M. Meyers
Grand ‘Blyde
Jos. Kral
Harridgon Ave
William
Wallwork
Chicago
Final Square Dance Planned by Recreation Group
Friday evening hosts the final 1953 recreation square dance at Congress Park school gymnasium. Sponsored by the Rev Comers Alumnae, the event runs 8:30 to 11:30 with caller Bob Maybe. Brookfield residents invited to attend and join in the finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Park
Bob
Brookfield
Lincoln PTA Host At Yale Party In The School Hall
Lincoln PTA hosted a December 8 potluck in the school gym drawing 450 attendees. After dinner the program opened with the pledge, songs led by John Coykendall, and a film on Silent Night followed by the tale of the carol’s origin in Oberndorf Austria in 1818.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Pta
Yale
Lincoln School
PTA
John Coykendall
Br. Moore
Oberndorf
Austria
Franz Gruber
Brookfield Building Permits Decline in November 1953
Brookfield building activity slowed in November 1953 with total permits and values down from November 1952. The month posted 5 permits totaling 65000 dollars, vs 22 permits worth 226800 dollars a year earlier, while year to date stood at 196802 dollars versus 278751 last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Bell Savings and Loan Association of Chicago
Brookfield Lions annual Yuletide party set for December 21
The Brookfield Lions Club will host its annual Yuletide party on December 21 at the Lobster House, with the ladies to be honored. In a letter to The Brookfield Magnet, Campaign Chairman Al Walter thanks the editors for support during the recent campaign and notes our incomplete returns exceeded past totals, promising full tabulation when ready and warm holiday wishes to the publication staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Lions Club
Brookfield
Ill
al Walter
Hollywood-Brookfield Presbyterian Church
Santa Claus
Hollywood Grade School
Helen Frisch Canat
Corelli
Bach
Business Change Reported at Scott School of Music and Dancing
Josephine L. Brown, after a year at the Scott School of Music and Dancing, Brookfield, acquires part ownership with Frank P. Scardino of A.B.C. staff musicians. Scardino appears on television Channel 7 with the Modulators at 1 30 p m and Friday evenings 11 10 to midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine L. Brown
Scott School of Music and Dancing
Grand Blvd
Brookfield
Frank P. Scardino
A.B.C
Scardino
News Views 1953 Recalled in Year End Reflections
Gene Kubricht looks back at 1953 noting Korea truce and POWs, Rosenberg case, speed of planes, Queen Elizabeth coronation, 3D movies, near full employment, Middle East clashes, King and Queen of Greece visit, Kinsey report, tax evaders, droughts, with a forward glance to 1954. He quips about radio in a grain field and Christmas film scenes. Kubricht's Pharmacy ad promotes last minute gift ideas and contact numbers.
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Rosenberg
Israel
Trieste
Greece
Kinsey
Drouth
Laramie
Wyoming
Kubricht’s Pharmacy
Ogden Ave
Brookfield
Hunter
Great and Glorious Are Thy Works O God Heyser Choir
Mixed choirs perform Great and Glorious Are Thy Works O God selections with Mmes. Harold Nunes Florence Peterson and Dorothy Thomas contributing as soloists or organizers in a church or community concert setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heyser
Obligato
Mmes
Harold Nunes
Florence Peterson
Dorothy Thomas
Delta Theta Tateoye at Forest College Man Enters Varsity
George is a man from City of Towa Ce who entered in September 1953 at Forest College. He is now a second parr semester and part of a basketball vote for varsity season. Helpers Seee a ue i assist Seti.
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Field
D Delta Theta Tateoye
Forest College
George
Towa
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