Portrait of Charles H. Gabriel and Billy Sunday circle
In Des Moines in 1914 a vivid scene formed around Billy Sunday and his evangelistic party. Charles H. Gabriel, modest and shy yet a prolific hymn writer, drew attention for his 7000 plus hymns as Ackley and Rodeheaver highlighted his work and performed his pieces such as The Glory Song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Gabriel
Des Moines
Billy Sunday
Fifth Street
Homer Rodeheaver
D. B. Ackley
Billy
Tabernacle
Sunday
Chicago
Winona Lake
Ind
Gabriel
Ackley
Charlie
Rodeheaver
Plans for US Census in Brookfield outlined
Officials of the Chicago area census office outlined plans for the federal census in Brookfield and surrounding suburbs including LaGrange LaGrange Park Western Springs Riverside and North Riverside. The 1950 census is the 17th decennial and set to begin April 1 with enumerator applications opening about ten days early. June 6 Cronin named district supervisor for Lyons township with offices at 5650 S Wolcott Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
LaGrange Park
Western Springs
Brookfield
Riverside
North Riverside
Chicago
Iinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Lyons Township
Cook County
John Cronin
Illinois
George’ Seward i
Thresh Out Building Problems at District 95 Meeting
A public meeting Wednesday evening February 1 in the district 95 school library gathered 25 organization representatives to discuss the new school project. Architect Llewellyn supplied cost estimates while topics included site selection, building design, bond issues, and related questions. The Board of Dist 95 plans more sessions to let taxpayers discuss construction aspects as sites advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist
Llewellyn
Board of Dist. 95
Two Brookfield Men Set for DePaul Mid Year Convocation
Chester Adams of Brookfield will receive the juris doctor degree and Roger C. Sherry of Brookfield will earn a bachelor of science in commerce at DePaul University mid year convocation on Sunday February 12 at 2 pm in the University Church of St. Vincent de Paul. The benediction will be by Rev Richard B Sherlock CM with assistants Rev Merlin Feltz CM and Rev Edward V Rebenack CM assisting in the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Adams
Southview
Brookfield
Roger C. Sherry
Deyo Ave
DePaul University
University Church of St. Vincent de Paul
Webster
Richard B. Sherlock
C.M
Department of Classical Languages
Merlin 4
Feltz
Ic Pbgiongnby
Edward. V. Rebenack
Chicago nature photo contest winners announced
Ben Hallberg of 3836 Grand Blvd. was among three suburban prize winners in the Fifth Chicago International Nature Photography exhibition. Winners in prints and color slides across animal life plant life and general classifications receive silver medals ribbons and museum subscriptions. The exhibit runs Feb 1 at the Chicago Natural History Museum with slides shown in illuminated display and projected Feb 12 and 19 at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hallberg
Grand Blvd
Chicago
Chicago Natural History Museum
Nature Camera Club of Chicago
Bulletin of the Museum
James Simpson Theater
New Reservoir At E M To Tie In On BNR Line
A 2,400,000 gallon water reservoir for Electro-Motive will be supplied from the Brookfield North Riverside line via McCook and placed in service this spring. Located north of the Paint and Taste shed at Plant 4, the concrete compartment spans over 150 sq ft, with two thirds in ground and one third covered by two feet of earth. When finished Chicago city water will be pumped to the plant, power provided by a two unit 300 KVA sub station, with a booster at McCook to draw water from the line along First Ave near the tie in with the Brookfield North Riverside and Chicago Zoological Park system. Harry J. Decker leads the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electro-Motive
Brookfield- North Riverside
McCook
Chicago
First Ave
Brookfield
North Riverside
Chicago Zoological Park
Harry J. Decker
Brookfield Congregational Players Begin Rehearsals
Brookfield Congregational Players started rehearsing this week for a one act comedy All Carrs to The Rescue by Jay Tobian. The Wakefield hall of the Brookfield church hosts Family Night on February 26. The cast includes Helen Mann Ted Reilley George Shilt Rosemarie Baumrucker Alta Kellogg Harriet Vaurinek and Al and Thelma Soderdahl with Al Soderdahl publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Congregational Players
All Carrs
Jay Tobian
Wakefield Hall
Brookfield Congregational Church
Gross School
Campbells
Rosemarie Baumrucker
Helen Mann
Ted Reilley
George Shilt
Alta Kellogg
Harriet
Vaurinek
Thelma Soderdahl
al Soderdahl
PFC Matthews Enjoys 80 Day Home Furlough
PFC Ronald Matthews of Brookfield is home on an 80 day furlough from the U S Air Force after enlisting in June 1949 through the Cicero recruiting station. He trained at Lackland AFB in San Antonio Texas for 13 weeks before reassignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Matthews
Elm Ave
Brookfield
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
U.S. ‘Army
Atr
Cicero Ave
Cicero
Roni
Matthews
Lacklund Field
Far South
Hire Teacher In Dist 102 For Third Grade
A new third grade teacher for Congress Park school was appointed by Dist 102 board at a busy meeting. Bernice Spittler, graduate of the University of Minnesota, will bring one year Minnesota and California experience. Other actions included library committee roles and council delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Park
Board of Education of Dist
Cossitt_sche
Bernice Spittler
University of Minnesota
LaGrange and LaGrange Park
Harold H. Wegner
Gilbert Lewis
Coordinativg Council
Mildred Winslow
Cossitt
Margaret K. Walraten
Dallas
Tex
American. Library Association
Winslow
Edgewater Beach
Edith McCall
Tri-County
Werner
Board of Éducation
Arrange School Census for Dist 95 From Feb 6 11
A district 95 school census is planned for February 6 through 11 with 75 to 100 enumerators conducting house to house contacts. Mrs. Asey Flowers is general chairman. the area is Kemman to the west, 26th to the north, Grove to the east, and Southview to the south. The event is sponsored by the Gross Parent Teachers group to aid in planning a new school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dist. 95
Gross ‘School
Asey Flowers
Kemman
Grove
Southview
Gross
Senior and Freshmen Essay Winners At R B High School
Hollywood Woman's club sponsored an essay contest at R B High School open to all students. Winners included seniors and freshmen with essays titled Wa But Better Community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R-B High School
Hollywood Woman’s Club
Tovall
Name Slate To Check Dist 95 Candidates
A caucus at Gross school Jan 27 appointed a committee to solicit and interview prospective Dist 95 school board candidates for the April 8 election. Members include A Bauer chair Harold Meyer Mrs Robert Walters and Mrs E Schaliy. The April slate seeks to fill Shahan’s unexpired term and Whithead’s completed term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School Board of Dist
Gross School
Reborteatta
Miegting
A. Bauer
Harold Meyer
Robert Walters
E. Schaliy
Brookfield Man Honored for His Service Record
Roy A. Fogelsong of Brookfield was honored at a Koppers Company Tar Products Division dinner for 25 years of service or more. The event on January 11 at Old Prague restaurant in Cicero welcomed two new members into the 25 year circle, receiving diamond-studded pins. Clarence Romine, plant superintendent, hosted. pins presented by FL Le Byron from Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy A. Fogelsong
Morton Ave
Brookfield
Koppers Company
Tar Products Division
Cicero
Old Prague
Fogeleong
FL le Byron
Pittsburgh
Clarence , B. Romine
Gross PTA Plans Style Show at Friday Meeting
The Gross Parent Teacher Association will meet Friday in the Gross auditorium at 1 p.m. A new spring fashion style show will feature PTA ladies as models. Models include Marion Ptak Horak Scott Delgado Schally Kieinke Grady Smith Janutka Remes St. Clair Riessa Jackson and Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross Parent Educational Group
Gross Auditorium
P.T.A
Mmes
Marion
Ptak
Horak
Scott
Delgado
Schally
Kieinke
Grady
Smith
Janutka
Remes
St. Clair
Riessa
Jackson
Williams
Riverside Brookfield Faculty Attend Chicago Kiss Me Kate
Riverside Brookfield High School faculty members and escorts attended a Saturday night performance of Kiss Me Kate at the Shubert theater. About 25 people participated, including Lupt and Mrs Haebich, Mr and Mrs William A Shuey, Mr and Mrs E A Jenkins, and other faculty and their guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R-B
Chicago
Riverside- Brookfield High
Shubert Theater
Lupt
Haebich
William A. Shuey
E. A. Jenkins
Tom. A. Newton
H. L. Edquist
S. B. Jevey
Louise Williams
Norton Kaiser
Dot’. Houston
Bill Shuey
Flora. Frazier
Ethel Curtis
Wilma Buchholz
Miriam Fager
Margaret Lane
Elizabeth Fileworth
Ina ‘Leland
Mary Ouston
LTHS Debate Team Finishes Third in Meet
LTHS varsity debates team placed third among 27 Mli nors and Iowa high schools at Aug- Sean college in Rock Island. Fre eport and West Aurora tied for first. LTHS lost both playoff debates to finish third. Key speakers: Lee Battles Van Ooms Keith Yarborough on affirmative. George Phillips Bob Wier and Duane Batista on negative. Next round features East Aurora Marmion and Downers Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LTHS
Mlinors
Iowa
Aug- Sean College
Rock Island Fuiay
Freeport
West Aurora
Lions
Ivan L. Rehn
Lee Battles
van Ooms
Keith Yarborough
George Phillips
Bob Wier
Duane Batista
van Doms
Battles
Batista
Wier
Yarborough
Lion
Davenport
East Moline
Geneseo
Galesburg
Kewanee
Moline
Burlington
St. Petersburg
Ill
Peoria Manual
Pekin
Rock Island
Granite City
United States
East Aurora
Marmion Military Academy
Marmion
Downers Grove
LaGrange
Hammond
Ind
Amvets To Issue War Compensation Forms At Meeting
At the Amvets regular meeting on Tuesday February 7 at 8 p.m. application blanks for compensation for prisoners of war will be made available. Tony Brockman of the Minvis Veterans commission will assist veterans in filling out the forms and all World War I veterans are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amvets
Arone
Tony Brockman
Minvis Veterans Commission
Former A B Student Wins Scholarship at Carleton College
Elizabeth Osborne, a Carleton College junior, has been awarded the Arthur Sandeen Scholarship by the college’s student aid committee. This is the second time the award has been given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carleton College
Elizabeth Osborne
Carleton ‘College
Arthur Sandeen
Toy
Three-Way Crash Injures Brookfield Man Near Ridgeland Ogden
One Brookfield resident, Israel Israeli, 64, suffers nose abrasions and a forehead laceration after a three vehicle collision at Ridgeland and Ogden avenues. He was a passenger in Lloyd Israeli’s car and taken to MacNeal Memorial hospital. Ed ward Prazak, driver of the second car, also went to the same hospital. Mayard of Chicago, driving the third car, escaped injury as all three vehicles waited at a light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeland
Ogden Aves
Oscar Israels
Maple Ave
Brookfield
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Israeli
Lloyd
Edward Prazak
South 61St Ave
Israel
Prazak
Donald E. Mayard
Chicago
Ogden Ave
Mayard
Duo Pianists On Sunday Eve Program At Legion Club
Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff, renowned duo pianists, perform Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. February 5 in the American Legion club at LTHS auditorium. Their career includes leading orchestras such as NBC Symphony under Toscanini, Boston Symphony under Koussevitzky, Philadelphia Orchestra under Ormandy, and New York Philharmonic. The program features Bach, Saint-Saens, Chopin, Campistre, Milhaud, and more, with Luboshutz noted as a vibrant yet scholarly artist and the couple’s romance cited as a notable example in duo piano history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierre Luboshutz
Genia Nemenoff
American Legion
LTHS
Luboshutz
Nemenoff
NBC Symphony
Toscanini
Boston Symphony
Koussevitzky
Philadelphia Orchestra
Ormandy
New York. Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Pierre
Genia
Mlle
Paris Conservatory
Jesson
Lubdshutz
Enters Four Cats In Chicago Show
Mrs. Louis DeFilippo of Brookfield entries two Siamese and two Persian cats in the Thirty-eighth Cat show on February 11 and 12 at the Anti Cruelty Society auditorium in Chicago. Show hours run 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. She breeds Jamese Persian and the red Siamese striving toward the red point breed. Mrs. Stanley Gibson, show secretary, notes over 100 entries expected. Persians lead with 18 classes. Siamese expected to compete strongly. Other breeds include Burmese Manx Abyssinian Domestic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis DeFilippo
Burlington
Brookfield
Anti-Cruelty Society
West Grand ‘Ave
Chicago
DeFilippo
Jamese
American Cat Association
United States
Stanley Gibson
Village Scout Election Chooses Brookfield Leaders
Brookfield Methodist Church hosts a village Boy Scout presidential contest with Troop 23 and Troop 2 members. James Pauley opposes Ray Jiral in a race for village trustees and civic roles. New officials, including police and fire liaisons, will be sworn in at a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Jiral
Cll
Brookfield
Copereds
van John Vitha
Bara’s Church
Satarda
Cials
Also Mentioned on This Page
Santa Claus
DePaul
FBI
E-M
BNR
PFC
Masque and
Wig Dramatic Club
Riverside Brookfield High School
Lucile Shipley
Roger Kobzina
Dick Lange
Carol Seibert
Oan Fuller
Carol Gnat
Carol Aitheide
Brett Brown
Betty Chapin
Lee Gaines
Carol Langley
Marilyn Prokopek
Diane Johnson
Diane Chandos
Carol Klein
Catherine Morton
Jacqueline Unger
Jim, Laas
Gordon Goodman
Constance Rogers
Milo Illich
Alan McNair
Bill Ludlow
George Ocetting
PTA
Sara
Augustana
Luboshutz-Nemenoff
Seouers
Counc
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!