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Brookfield Magnet

Location

Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1953

Page

7

Local residents share holiday news and visits

Phyllis Shuey to fly from St Louis to spend time with her parents Mr William Shuey 220 Cedar Riverside. Antionette Blaser will fly to Los Angeles Christmas day to visit her daughter and farm owner F Peterson residents of LaGrange Helvig home from MacNeal hospital Friday after surgery. Congratulations to Hallberg for 36th wedding anniversary. Fidelity club held Christmas party at Francelia Zan’s LaGrange. Nancy Booth recovering from spinal surgery now learning to walk. Misses Anna and Lena Seay of Chicago visited Mrs Clarence Stump. Christmas visits and gifts exchanged among neighbors. Holly Deffry confined at home with cold. Grandparents Bethke celebrate birth of Henry H. in Lombard.

Phyllis ‘St ‘Shuey St. -Louis Skend William Shuey Riverside William J Heholidaye Billis-a ‘Artis Purdue University Antionette Blaser Jan .Ave Will Los 8 Aia F. Peterson LaGrarnge Nancy Booth Grandbird West ‘Surburban Hospital Nancy Fred S. Booth

Warren F Hrstka promoted to chief of standards at Electro Motive

Warren F Hrstka of LaGrange promoted by R L Terrell to chief of standards and methods in Electro Motive division GM. He shifts from general supervisor to replace A B Pulliam who resigned December 1 to join New York Central. Hrstka, a Cicero native, is a Morton High School graduate who joined the division in 1938 and rose from coil form helper to time study observer and junior process.

Warren F. Hrstka S. Waiola Ave LaGrange Electro-Motive Division General Motors R. L. Terrell Hrstka A. B. Pulliam New York Central Railroad Cicero J. Sterling Morton High School Morton Junior

Special citations honor Sertoma La Grange leader

Leadership honors awarded to Herb Schmidt of 624 Seventh Ave for service in the Sertoma club of La Grange. The text traces career moves from Sept 22, 1945 transfer to the standards department as time study supervisor, through promotions to general supervisor of work standards, relocations to Plant 3 Cleveland and Plant 2 Chicago, back to LaGrange on June 1 of the current year as general supervisor of work standards and methods.

Sertoma Club of la Grange Herb Schmidt Seventh Ave Hirstka Standards Department Cleveland General Motors Chicago LaGrange

Santa Claus Gifts Distribution At Local Club Event

Santa Claus and his distributed gifts, and does, went to Larry Green and Everett Taylor. Three out of town officials attended the club event: Frank Reiske of Milwaukee, district governor. Ed Nelson of Chicago, international director. and William Page of South Chicago, Zone 2 lieutenant governor. The program featured Barbara Bird in a vocal solo, a Barbecue quartet selection, and a banjo duet by Larry Boyles and Earl Bohnsteadt.

Santa Claus Larry Green Everett Taylor Frank Reiske Milwaukee Ed Nelson Chicago Iliam Page South Chicago Zone 2 Barbara Bird Larry Boyles Earl Bohnsteadt

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