Dr Winters speaks on education for life at Patrons' Meet
Dr Carl S Winters pastor of First Baptist Oak Park told Riverside Brookfield High School Patrons council on Feb 15 that education should guide science with eternal truths of God. He urged building character and responsibility through schools homes and churches to ensure cooperation and progress. A nominating list was read and a trumpet trio plus Karen Osborne provided music. Dan Stockbarger discussed Brookfield Youth Center plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl S. Winters
First Baptist Church of
Oak Park
Riverside- Brookfield
Winters
James Horalek
Don Blanck
Don Novy
Ken Barnick
Emil Anderle
Karen Osborne
Dan Stockbarger
Brookfield
Banquet of Brookfield Business Men Assn Plans Event
The Brookfield Business Men's association hosts its annual banquet at National Hall South Prairie with 6 30 dinner. Kathryn Armbruster secretary notes tickets should be reserved early and Bill Evenson will present the program. Installation of new president Lou Ciotti and officers will crown the evening with community singing as eight committees finalized plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Business Men’s Association
Kathryn Armbruster
National Hall
South Prairie
Marsh
Armbruster
Bill Evenson
Lou Ciotti
Sullivan Named LaGrange Cadillac Dealer
W A Sullivan, former wholesale manager of Cadillac Motor Car in Chicago, was appointed Cadillac dealer for LaGrange effective February 1. His firm, Sullivan Cadillac Company, will operate from a new building at 9540 West Ogden Ave with temporary offices at 1 North Kingston Ave until April. His automotive career began in 1917 with Oakland Motor Car in Pontiac after a stint on the Detroit News editorial staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Sullivan
Chicago
Cadillac Motor Car Division
Cadillac
LaGrange
Sullivan Cadillac Company
Sullivan
West Ogden Ave
North Kensington Avenue
Sbup-Sullivan
Oak~y Motor Car Company
Ponti
Mich
Detroit News
Aellivan
Inc
Branch Ager
Hudson Motor Car
Columbus
Milee
Wis
Pittsburgh
Boston
Jean Trinko Featured as Song Stylist
Jean Trinko a leading song stylist with Lester Cole and the Debutantes, just completed a five week run at Hotel Bismarck Swiss chalet. The group closed their Chicago stay with a three week engagement at the Oriental theater on Feb 23 and will play two weeks at Kilbourn hotel in Milwaukee. Trinko has toured the midwest east and west coast and even Hawaii since leaving Riverside-Brookfield High School in 1944. She is the daughter of Frank J. Trinko of 9445 Monroe avenue.
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Chicago
Oriental Theater
Kilbourn Hotel
Milwaukee
Wis
Jean
Middle West
Hawaii
Riverside- Brookfield High School
Miss Trinko
Frank J. Trinko
Monroe Avenue
Brookfield Writers at Pegasus Forum in Chicago
Three Brookfield poets attended the Pegasus Writers Forum held in the Alliance Francaise suite of the Fine Arts building in Chicago. Speakers included Dr Bertha Van Hoosen author Petticoat Surgeon with readings by Earle Whicomb Carter and others. officers Annette Victorin and Patricia Clafford led the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Pegasus Writers’ Forum
Alliance Francaise
Fine Arts
Chicago
Evelyn Schmidt
Madison Avenue
Congress Park
Dorothy Wetzel
Arthur Avenue
Grace Vogt
Washington Avenue
Bertha van Hoosen
Earle Whicomb Carter
Edna St. Vincent’ Millay
June Martin Findley
Jean Rausch
Catherine Karamagionas
Annette Victorin
Berwyn
Pegasus Writer’s Forum
Patricia Clafford
Judge Melville Shows Health Gain Amid Illness in Florida
Report from St. Petersburg indicates Judge Melville and his wife, both ill, have improved after week of illness. His daughter Mrs Joseph Melville Myers says the judge was recently seen in a wheelchair, prompting plans for family travel to Brookfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis. Melville
St. Petersburg
Florida
Joseph Melville Myers
Kinne
Mrsyers
Myers
Brookfield
Pease Outlines District 102 Teacher Needs
School District 102 will need four more teachers next year due to enrollment growth and facility expansion. Superintendent James Pease cited salary trends from The Alumnus and a survey by Evanston District 75 showing rising starting salaries for elementary graduates. He noted a teacher shortage and district needs for new equipment and textbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pease
Pease
E W. Goeth
Iowa State Teachers College
Chute
Evanston
Miss Zwergel Alaskan Rail Pioneer Dead
Lida A. Zwergel of 4160 Raymond Avenue died Friday night February 19. Funeral was Monday February 21 at St Barbara's Church with interment at Calvary Cemetery in Michigan. Survived by sisters Katherine and Gertrude and brother Al. Zwergel became a general passenger agent for White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska in 1932, the only woman in the post, serving until 1942 when the government took over and the Chicago office closed for the duration. She had been an invalid for several years, her passing not a surprise to friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lida A. Zwergel
Raymond Avenue
St. Barbara’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Michigan
Zwergel
Katherine
Gertrude
Miss Zwerger
White Pass
Yukon
Alaska
Chicago
iMliss Zweigel
RB Varsity Ends Hinsdale Streak With 45 41 Win
RB Varsity defeated Hinsdale 45 41 ending the Red Devils ten game winning streak on Friday Feb 18. Bob Jarm led RB with 17 points while Bud Horalek added 11 and RB built a 38 25 lead by the end of the third period. Hinsdale guard Chuck Kettering led their scoring with 15 points as RB secured the upset and kept pace for a possible share of the conference title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinsdale
Red Devils
Chuck Kettering
Bob
McClelland
Devils
Bulldogs
Farm
Hora‘Tek
Flaherty
Grange
Bob Jarm
Bud Horalek
Nikcei
Ridley
Enon Jt
Ullpups
Huchner
Shoemaker Retires After 27 Years in Congress Park
Joseph Hauptmann, longtime shoe repairman serving the 9400 block on Ogden Avenue in Congress Park, closed his shop Saturday February 19 to retire. He plans rest at his home on Howard Avenue and cites arthritis in his wrists as the doctor’s orders to stop working. He laments leaving his business in Congress Park after 27 years of service.
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Joseph Hauptmann
Ogden Avenue
Congress Park
Howard Avenue
Western
Nes
Hauptmann
Lincoln PTA Jitney Show Draws Crowd
Lincoln PTA held a Friday evening event at Lincoln School on February 18 featuring a family style supper and a home talent show. About 300 people attended as a jitney supper, cafeteria priced at five cents per serving, offered a budget dining option for families.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln
Local TV Show Night At WEPU Channel 80
At 7:30 p.m. cast and staff packed the upstairs viewing room to watch a WEPU TV-80 program hosted by Thelma Soderdahl. The event featured acts from The Wooden Soldiers to The Andrews Sisters and Carmen Miranda with a wrestling match Gangu s George vs Gruesome Gus, accompanied by Mrs Edward Ellison and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Soderdahl
Wepu-Tv
Rence
Cubs Plan Paper Drive by Scout Pack This Saturday
Cubs and Scout Pack plan a paper drive this Saturday to raise funds and collect recyclable paper materials. Leaders urge community support as they organize routes, volunteers, and drop-off points for the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cubs
Scouts Rule Village A Day Feb 12 in Brookfield
Twenty nine Scouts were elected to public office and served as Brookfield Village officials for a day starting at 9 am on Saturday February 12. They partnered with regular officers, held a scout village board meeting at 2 pm, and visited Water and Public Works, Parks and Health, Roads and Streets, Building and Zoning, and Safety.
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Brookfield
Congress Park
Hollywood
Brookfield Village
Scout Village
Anton Kmoch
John Krause
Water and Public Works Department
Scout
Kmoch
Richard Vitek
Parks, Licenses and Health Committee
Irvin F. Novak
Richard Lonhart
Eugene Kuhricht
Fred Well
Joseph. Prochaska
Richard McCormick
of Safety
Civic
Ted: Balluff
Leslie W. Cox
Edmund
Maciajewski
Harold
Bash
Maciejewski
Robert Arthwaite
Falout
Robert. Seiler
Anthony Stroble
Red Cross Leader Appointed in Brookfield for 1949 Drive
J Norman Aylesworth named fund chairman of the Red Cross in Brookfield for the 1949 drive announced by J Philip David of the Cook County communities division. The mail campaign launches March 1. Aylesworth, Brookfield resident for 29 years, is a local businessman with his father James P. Aylesworth and sons. He attended Lyons Township High School and the University of Alabama, and has served as service officer of the Illinois Veterans Commission. He previously led the Red Cross drive in central Brookfield business district and is a member of Amvets Legislative committee and the American Legion with Mrs. Aylesworth and their two children residing at 9120 Sheridan Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David
Cook County
Aylesworth
Brookfield
James P. Aylesworth
and Sons
Prairie Avénué
Lyons Township
University of Alabama
Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Red Cross
The
Amvets
American‘Legion
Sheridan Avenué
Better Government Association Elects Brookfield Leader
Raymond S Behrle of 4142 Deyo avenue Brookfield was elected president of the Better Government Association of Brookfield. He has served the city for many years. Members will be notified by mail of the time and place in the next few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond S. Behrle
Deyo ‘Avenue
Brookfield
Better Government Association
Seturday
Manv
Lee Gee
Brookfield Health Clinic Invites Public for Chest Examinations
Residents desiring chest examinations are invited to the Brookfield Health Center at 3887 Jxairio Avenue on Friday for a public health event. The foray aims to assess respiratory conditions and provide guidance for seeking further care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro Field
Brookfield
Jxairio- Avenue
Valparaiso University Enrolls 77 New Students
Donald Fandrey of Congress Park is among 77 new students enrolled at Valparaiso University for the second semester of 1948 49. The veteran freshman previously attended Parks College of Aeronautical Technology and is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward H Fandrey of 4210 DuBois Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Fandrey
Edward. H.fandrey
DuBois Boulevard
Congress Park
Valparaiso University
Fandrey
University
Parks College of Aeronautical, Technology
Wilson Case Tension in Chancery Proceedings
Fragmentary report shows a chancery case involving William J. ter and Walter village engineer on sewer prep. Proceedings shifted through Friday and Monday with references to a basic issue and expected testimony. Details are unclear due to OCR fragments but involve municipal work and related charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
William.J.ter
Walter
Cattl
Sete
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Dr. Winters
Education
New LaGrange Cadillac
Jean Trinko
Lester Cole
Debutantes
Bismark
Meet of Poets’ Forum
Windy, City
Ilinois
Katherine Niemeyer
Miss Niemeyer
Ed Niemeyer
Maple Avenue
Miss Zwergel
Varsity
Ketterillé
Bulge
Bob Jarmi
Bud’ Horalek
Ken Flaherty
Halzstime
Jarm
Lek
Riverside
Downers Grove
Lincoln Pta Jitney
George
Carmen Miranda
Coates
Ghar Zan
Jean Brecher
Joseph
Scouts of
Rex Balluff
Elmer A. ‘Swanson
Glen Tabor
Frank S. Kanelos
Fire
Francis Rezabek Jr
J. Norman Aylesworth
J. Philip
Better Government OF New. ‘Association
Agnasing
Donald’ Fandrey
Valparaiso
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