Local Christmas Skits and Radio Readings Featured
A community Christmas program included readings of Edgar Allan Poe, Julius Caesar paraphrase, and original poems. Alumnae Mary Jane Rinehart and Adelaide McCoy attended. Performers Betty Ross and others presented melodrama A Dark and Stormy Night Return of Nellie, Our Town pantomime, radio skits, and a monologue about a young girl's Christmas in Vienna.
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Shirley
Larson
Mary Jane Rinehart
Adelaide M
Nellie
Betty Ross
Pat Henry
Marlys Carson
Jody Hurlbut
Betty Williams
Libby Foster
Marfrat Hepier
Helen Schnackenberg
Sue Schwab
Sue Griffiths
Jeanne Daxon
Betty Tiedt
Emily Siebert
Grace Jarmgan
Carol Simonson
Mary Wood
Joyce Olson
Joan Thostesson
Edgar Allen Poe
the Bells
Vienna
Louisa Haskell
Foursome Featured in Emmanuel Church TB Hospital Toy Drive
Eight grade girls in Mrs. Gilby Mehagan's Sunday School class at Emmanuel Episcopal Church helped fill 460 Christmas bags for Municipal TB hospital patients. Photographed lineup was reduced from seven to four due to film edge imperfection. Names include Virginia Male Joy Crater Ruth Carr Judy Whitney with others Betty Petgulis Jean Ferriman Nancy Dierks. Event organized by LaGrange residents for St Mary's guild, with entertainment by Prairie Farmer artists over 15 years.
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Mamouth
Virginia Male
Joy Crater
Ruth Carr
Judy Whitney
Betty Petgulis
Jean Ferriman
Nancy Dierks
Gilby Mehagan
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Aroup of LaGrangers
Harrie M. Staley
St. Mary's Guild
la Grange
Prairie Farmer
Jack Holden
Grace Wilson
Rex Allen
Otto
Jimmie James
Preserving Bananas and Banana Figs in War Time
The text describes preserving bananas and similar fruits such as figs and raisins. Ripe bananas are dried in sun or oven until coated with a white sugary deposit from their own juices. During the war banana figs dehydrated by modern methods were shipped from Mexico to the United States.
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United States
Mexico
Joliet Hands Lion Matmen First Defeat
Joliet handed the Lions their first defeat of the season, 29 to 2, as Joliet showcased two state champions and broke through a strong LTHS lineup. Ed Schweinberg drew in 120, Chuck Pankow pushed state champion DAmico to the limit, and Bob Schweinberg faced Govoni in 164. Other Lions losses came by decision or fall in the remaining weights.
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Max Armer
LTHS
New Trier
Lions
Illinois
Armer
Joliet
la Grange
Invaders
Ed Schweinberg
Gakning
Armer Matmen
Chuck Pankow
D’amico
Bob Schweinberg
Govoni
Rod Gawlik
Roger Norton
Bob Howell
Test Tube Clothing and Other New Fabrics Arrive
New fabrics from test tube research include velon, a petroleum and salt fabric wiped clean with damp cloth and resistant to soap, water, alcohol and ink. Syton resin enables strong sheer hosiery that won’t snap. An air conditioned raincoat and silica aerogel allow body heat and moisture to escape while blocking water. Vinyon plastic fiber blended with wool creates water shedding felt for men’s hats.
Three GM workers win My Job Chevrolet prizes
Richard O. Neal Chester B. Danielser and Mrs. Mary J. Linabury won General Motors Chevrolet cars in a nationwide My Job contest for writing about their work. Neal spent 80 hours over four weeks composing a piece on work as a journey, while Danielser described his 50 ton vertical mill story and his partner Dan. Linabury, a senior calculator, wrote about being the only woman in her engineering division and the ease of writing her piece.
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Electrowad
Actuil
Weal
Day
General Motors
Richard O. Neal
Lombard, Ill
Chester B. Danielser
Elmhurst
Mary J. Linabury
Berwyn
Linabury
Henry
Neal
Danielser
Dan
Book collections rise 40 percent in three months
Secretary of State and State Librarian Edward J Barrett reports circulation of book collections at the Illinois State Library increased by about 40 percent from September to November this year over the same period last year. The three month total reached 191 246 compared with 136 738 last year.
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Minois
Edward J Barrett
Barrett
Illinois State Library
Illinois
Lincoln
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Lion
Ares
Kontines
J. W. Sieger Credit Jeweler
Cermak Road
Hithargad Agency For
Lengines Wittnauer” Wedel
Pitti
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