Uncle Sam and international finance in a cold world
Archie Schonemann muses on postwar diplomacy and U S aid under Truman, noting the cost and diplomacy as a showcase of power. He imagines Uncle Sam as blunt yet realistic, preserving hard ground while a sick world relies on American generosity amid frigid winter weather and local town musings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Truman
Sam
Uncle Sam
Four Freedoms
League of Nations
United Nations
Uncle
United States
Car crashes plate glass window at Fisher's Pharmacy
Frozen brakes caused a Thursday January 25 crash at Fisher's Pharmacy on Grand Street. A car driven by Mrs Bob Langele leapt the curb and struck the plate glass in the Been her building. The bumper bottom appeared to chip terra cotta from the lower facade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand 7
Bob Langele
Nancy of Brookfield Zoo Elephant Clan Dies at 37
Nancy, one of the oldest elephants at Brookfield Zoo, died after what appeared to be a heart attack. Gifted by George Getz from a private Holland, Michigan zoo, she was about 37 years old and had lived at the zoo for approximately two decades with generally good health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Brookfield Zoo
George Getz
Holland
Mich
Roberts Bean
Park
Degree Awarded to John Weigle Jr at Illinois Tech
Mrs A J Bart of 4124 Blanch Park and Mrs John Weigle Jr (Sylvia Bart) attended the Illinois Institute of Technology commencement at Orchestra Hall on Jan 27. John Weigle Jr received a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and later planned to work in Burlington Railroad's Chicago engineering office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weigle Jr
Illinois Tech
A. J. Bart
Blanchan Ave
Congress Park
John Weigle, Jr
Sylvia Bart
Burlington Ave
LaGrange
Illinois Institute of Technology
Orchestra Hall
Weigle
Bart
Jack
Burlington Railroad
Chicago
Brookfield Sports Club Hosts Second Ice Fishing Contest
The Brookfield Sports men's Club held its second annual ice fishing contest at Fox Lake with 29 entries, eight by women, despite icy roads and poor fish bite. Winners included non-member James Hapien and member Joseph Duran, with junior Thomas Duran and Mrs. Joseph Duran among top placers. Club officials note frequent arrivals by plane to the lake and invite all to the next outing on February 4 at the clubhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Sportsmen's Club
Fox Lake
Mineola Hotel
al Noland
James Hapien
Joseph Duran
Thomas Duran
Durans
Bill Zobrak
Karl Anderson
Ruby Gajdos
A. Strobi
Thieves Break Into Sullivan Cadillac Garage
Police report a January 27 intrusion at the Sullivan Cadillac garage Ogden Eberty. Thieves forced a rear door with a chisel but did not obtain any loot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan- Cadillac
Ogden-Eberty
Jen
Brookfield Community Almanac Open House and Local Notes
Brookfield residents share Open House at Gross School January 24 with recreation leaders and program directors. Navy enlistee Joe Rohrbacher trains at Great Lakes after A B graduate work at A P LaGrange. February dates planned include Daughters of Isabella meeting and Mardi Gras at Lincoln School with Riverside Brookfield concerts plus a high school musical interlude. The Magnet thanks readers in Florida for keeping in touch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Rohrbacher
Lexington Ave
U. S. Navy
Great Lakes
Joe
A&p
LaGrange
Henry
Fueture
Daughters of Isabella
St. Barbara’s
Mable Westendorf
Lincoln Era
Lincoln School
Riverside- Broontiad Community Concert Association
Riverside-Broofield High School
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Plans On Precinct Changes In Village Hall
Village officers and spectators met at the village hall Tuesday night to discuss plans for equalizing voting populations across precincts. The conference followed previous talks by the village board and aims at creating uniform quotas, addressing top heavy and under quota precincts.
Mercury’s Frigid Village Weather Report and Transport Hustle
The week brings a 13 degree below zero chill as Village Manager Bash notes several minor meter freezes. Cabs surge for quick transport while garages handle stalled cars and neighbors push to move autos. Northwest winds push people indoors as Riverside Brookfield High warms with a new heating unit set to boost comfort. students ride buses packed to the doors during the cold spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Schonemann
Bash
Riverside- Brookfield High School
Hollywood Church Names New Trustees and Activities
Hollywood Community church elected Lynne Castle Frank Edwinson and Charles J Beranek as trustees by Sunday vote with Robert Beaudoin joining the board The women’s auxiliary plans a February 2 party at 8 pm inviting the public Mrs Charles Moira chairs and Mrs Alton Holding is president Rev Curtis M Glick will lead devotions and speak on Laange radio February 1 3 at 7 45 to 8 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood Community Church
Lynne Castle
Frank Edwinson
Charles J. Beranek
Robert Beaudoin
Charles ‘Moira
Alton Holding
Curtis M. Glick
Laange
Riverside Brookfield Community Concert Elects Officers
The Riverside Brookfield Community Concert association elected George T. Schreiber president succeeding Judge John C. Lowe at the Jan 23 meeting in the high school. Directors include Judge Lowe and 20 others. officers for the year are President George Schreiber First vice president C Harold Bush second vice president Mrs Paul Coons secretary Mrs J J Krieger treasurer D L Brown dinner chairman Mrs Richard Abram publicity chairman Mrs T J Brenneman. A kickoff dinner March 19 starts the membership drive with Columbia Artists Management aid. A violin piano duo performs Feb 22 at the school auditorium, rescheduled from Feb 19. The 1950 51 climax features Gladys Swarthout March 19 in recital at Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield Community Concert Association
George T. Schreiber
John C. Lowe
John Lowe
Paul Stephan
D. L. Brown
John Clifton
Harold Bash
I. E. Haebich
Edward Havlik
Charles Wabner
C. Harold Bush
Paul Coons
J. J. Krieger
Richard Abram
T. J. Brenneman
Craig Hutchinson
Columbia Artists Management
James de la Fuente
Samuel Sorin
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Gladys Swarthout
Metropolitan Opera
Tadio
Blackhawk Rd
Riverside
Riverside Brookfield High Orchestra to Perform A Musical Interlude
The Riverside Brookfield High School music department inaugurates its 1951 season with an orchestra concert titled A Musical Interlude. It will be held Sunday February 4 at 4 p.m. in the school auditorium. Louis Newmark conducts. Soloists include Ken Barnick and Jack Fritze on trumpet, Dorothy Trojan on clarinet, Eugene Givens on violin, David Frick on violin, Darlene Mitch dance, Pat Smith piano. Selections feature Scrambled Opera Oh Susanna Little Brown Jug and pieces from Show Boat Miserlon Park Avenue Fantasy Procession of the Sardar Soldiers Dance from The Red Poppy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Louis Newmark
Ken Barnick
Jack Fritze
Pal
Dorothy Trojan
Eugene Givens
Thais
David Frick
Symphonie Espanol
Darlene Mitch
Pat Smith
Miserlon
Piano Quartet To Close S.E. Club Season
The Philharmonic Piano Quartet closes the Sunday Evening Club season with a 7:30 p.m. concert at Lyons Township High School. The program blends classical and pops selections and features Ada Kopeta, Bertha Melnik, John Scales, Max Walmer, and Max Bomhard as organizer. Tickets are not required, and a free will offering supports the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Philharmonic Piano Quartet
Sunday Evening Club
Lyons Township High School
Mma
Lewiohn Stadium
Ada Kopeta
Julliard
Julliard Graduate School
James Priskin
Rdouard Steuermann
New York City Symphony
Radio City Music Hall
Bertha Melnik
Alexander Siloti
American Conservatory
Fontainebleau
Robert “Asadesus
New York
Town Hall
Max Bomhard
Princeton University Orchestra
Glee Club
Witches Club pictured in TV Mirror February issue
Members of the Witches club, seven years together, appear in the February TV Mirror magazine with the Don Mc Neill breakfast club. Dorothy Sengstock was previously interviewed. present members include Shirley Studer Mildred Hall Mae Koett Polly Ogden Maxine De Wees Marion Wiess Nellie Sengstock Dorothy Sengstock. absent Amy Rielly Marge Lindburg. Most members reside in Brookfield and Congress Park with Dorothy Sengstock in Westmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witches Club
TV Mirror
Don McNeill
Dorothy Songstock
Mmes
Shirley Studer
Mildred Hall
Mae Koett
Polly Ogden
Maxine de Wees
Marion Wiess
Nellie Sengstock
Dorothy
Sengstock
Amy
Brookfield Auxiliary Police Forms First Meeting
The Brookfield Auxiliary Police held its first meeting on Tuesday evening January 30 at the Hollywood Community House. Stanley Hale leads the group and plans a training course including first aid and routine police duties. Male residents may contact Mr. Hale to join as the force grows to aid Civilian Defense and the Brookfield Police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Hollywood
Stanley Hale
Hale
Riverside-Brookfield Grad Leads Illini Play
Jacqueline Unger, a Riverside-Brookfield High School alumna and University of Illinois freshman, starred in An Enemy of the People a five act comedy at the university. Unger, a member of the Illinois Theatre Guild, formerly lived with her grandmother Mrs Marge Kugel on Prairie Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Unger
Riverside-Brookfield High School
University of Illinois
Miss Unger
Illinois Theatre Guild
Marge Kugel
Prairie Ave
Lincoln PTA Mardi Gras at Lincoln School Friday
The Lincoln School Parent Teacher Association plans a Mardi Gras event on Friday February 2 at 6 30 pm in the school. Each grade offers a booth or show from a junior merry go round to candy booths valentine displays and a fish pond. The event includes an auction sale balloons a farm room and games with eighth grade hosting a bakery sale. PTA members urge friends and neighbors to attend and enjoy the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School Parent_Teacher association
John Pernicka
Ways and Means Committee
PTA
Man Held on Disorderly Conduct Charge
Pete F. Thomas was booked on a disorderly conduct charge after police found him in a locked room at his home 3811 Harrison Ave on January 25. He reportedly took poison. police gave first aid and he was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Thomas
Harrison Ave
Brookfield Amvets officer delivers weekly magazines to veterans
Ken Teuscher, service officer of Dist. 1 Amvets, delivers free Brookfield Magnet copies to veterans at Hines and Vaughan hospitals. Dist. 1 has 60 posts in Cook County. Teuscher also serves in William T. Gross post 99. He spends days on service work, delivering gifts to the men, and resides at 8428 Parkview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Markland
Brookfield Recreation Commission
Edwin Dropka
R. A. Farrell
George Schreiber
Charlotte Kravulka
Gross School
Norman Darnell
Magnet
O. H Rockhoff
Springfield
Ill
Ken Teuscher
Amvets
Dist. 1
Gross Post
Hines and Vaughan
Frank Derrick
Brookfield
Woman's Club
WOPA
Jak Park
Marion W. Thomas
Wie
Ehlert
David Markland
Hummel and
Martin
Grass
Congress Park
Schreiber and
Kruvalke
Brook- Hen
Granast
Ben. Grundset
Cook County
Teuscher
William T. Gross
Parkview
Hall Teuscher
E* Gross
U.S. Army
Engineers
Southwest
Pacific
Sarmand
Ibe Ni
Big 4 Questions Dominate West Suburban Officials Meeting
West Suburban Officials met at Dow Grove on Jan 18 to discuss four main topics including inter-d municipal cooperation, garbage disposal, Salt and Flag creeks waterways, and civilian defense. Village leaders urged action on garbage disposal with LaGrange to decide by Jan 22 and a bid ad noted in The Grange Citizen. Plan to pool efforts across villages received general approval and a $100 per village proposal was discussed for joint action.
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Tion
Dow Grove
Basha Brookfield
Sheen
LaGrange
Grange Citizen
Saltan Creek
Weishel
Brooktiaa
Budget bond proposal plans improvements for Hollywood and Ames schools
A Wednesday night advisory committee outlined a $945000 bond issue to fund additions and improvements at Hollywood and Ames schools. Proposed totals include $245000 for two new classrooms a music room a multipurpose auditorium and five rooms at Hollywood planned intermedia arts and crafts spaces $590000 for a combined arts and crafts complex and a $110000 heating system replacement at Ames School. The special election date will be set after the district board approves the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Ucation
Hollywood
Clas
A.F. Ames
Posal
Dist Board of Education
Illinois Wrestles Sectional at Riverside Set for Feb 16
Illinois state sectional tournaments are set for Riverside Brookfield with events on the 16th and 17th. Frank Melia is noted as a favorite in the 165 pound class as wrestlers prepare for the sectional meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Riverside-Brookfield
Frank Melia
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Marlene Soncarty
Jack Rhind
Win Mann
Jane Burns
Earl Fetta
Gail Loess
Paul Fullerton
Lucille Kuncil
Phillip Hammerschmitt
Bill Gill
Janice Holomka
Herbert Davis
Diana Pulver
Kent Edwards
Carel Thomas
George Markland
Ronald le Kander
Bruce Dunn
Grace Lemke
George Liska
Richard Betti
Darlene Newell
Ron Lyons
Harold Sites
Dolores Neumann
George Smetana
Clifford Johnson
James McLain
Richard McCormick
James V. Bloomquist
Charles Feller
Zoo
Elephant Clan
Florida
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Mercury
Hollywood Church
R-B Community Concert Group
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S.E
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