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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
5
Fragmentary notes describe a Citizens' council sponsoring a board of education function. It mentions an adult group and candidate criteria. Names such as Mrs. H Wegener and F Luthin appear among possible members, with unclear roles and dates. The text lacks coherent actions or outcomes.
The Bluebird Coach Express service to western suburbs faces discontinuation as the case against the Illinois Commerce Commission proceeds in Cook County Circuit Court before Judge Harry Kishere. West Towns, represented by Berthold Goldberg, argued area residents Maywood Oak Park Berwyn and Brookfield could join, and the court allowed their appearances. The Berwyn Cicero route dispute is also before the commission for further findings.
Brookfield students Donald Suchomel and George Svatos, sophomores in Liberal Arts, are spending a 16 day Christmas furlough at home from the University of Illinois Galesburg division. The break runs from noon December 20 to 8 p.m. January 5. Enrollment data show about 1,700 students in the spring term with about 482 in the emergency division earlier in the year.
Riverside village trustees postponed awarding the Riverside project bid for water system work after rejecting all bids as too high. They decided not to let contracts yet and will wait for lower bids to possibly rebid.
George Ives Jr. owner of FM station WRGK in Brookfield will speak at Friday’s Kiwanis club meeting. The event will cover station moves and frequency changes, with Ives addressing members about permitting and the station’s future plans.
Harry A J Varney will be installed president of the Brightfield Kiwanis club at a meeting to be held Thursday Jan 6 in the Hollywood Community House. Other officers to be installed with Varney include Barney Heinz vice president Red Clark secretary and Art Malcolm treasurer.
The Friday Dec 26 Sock Dance at Gross School gym drew about 200 youths dancing in wrceking feet with rainbow colors and bells. Bruce DeYoung sextet played as chaperones Allen Davison Fazekas Hoffman Ghana assisted. Moose Women donated gift hasapck phonograph records for the girls powder room.
Mrs Ellen M Alden mother of Mrs Schoen died at MacNeal Memorial hospital Berwyn on Wednesday December 17 at 2 45 pm Her husband Sylvester W Alden died December 6 1940 She leaves two other children Col Sylvester W Alden Savanna IL and Mrs Ro Johns Geneva IL and grandchildren Body taken to Fuller Funeral Home Savanna IL Funeral services were at the Presbyterian church burial in Savanna Alden was well known in Brookfield and visited her daughter there often
A transcribed fragment describes a postal inquiry dated March 2, 1947 about airmail delivery times and international postage to the works in 48 hours. The letter to Lauferski discusses arrival timing, a request for 10 cents air mail, and mentions Lakeview and a town context.
In the American Legion senior league at Gross School Hayford Motors defeated Lyons Merchants 71 to 38. Pandas beat Saints 77 to something. Standings show Hayford Motors atop the league with Panda and Lyons Merchants near bottom as schedules note Sunday games at Congress Park with junior league precedents and no admission.
A War surplus Vultee BT-13 flown by Midshipman Jim Jenista of Tulsa and Midshipman Glover, after buying the aircraft in St. Louis, completed a trip to Stinson field and back in about four and a half hours. Jenista, training at Pensacola Naval Air Base, aimed to visit his mother during Christmas and to share the new plane with his passenger.
James D. Cunningham announces Arthur F. Senior will again head the Cook County division in the 1948 March of Dimes campaign. The annual appeal by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis runs January 15 to January 31. Delegates named include regional chairmen and local organizers to lead drive efforts.
Postmaster Colgrass reports a sharp rise in outgoing Christmas mail for 1946. He added 25 staff to clear the surge, completed sorting by Christmas Eve, and delivered gifts and parcels on Christmas Day. Six primary cases handled plus two for all-state routes, central states, and Lingia cities. two daily carrier trips with helpers maintained the schedule. Colgrass noted three casual ties among staff including Hugo Wagner who hurt his ankle Albert Weiss with a leg injury and Gilbert Oden ill with flu.
A terse wartime notice from Headquarters Third Air Force Guam states Pvt Fricke is to be released. The barely legible OCR mentions December 16 and a field residence on a commonly referenced avenue, with scattered typos in the source.
Brookfield approved extension of Bluebird service from the north gate of the Chicago Zoological Park to LaGrange with a Sunday launch on November 9, 1947. The move followed petitions, hearings, and a lengthy process including a 1946 extension from 200 Street, and a 1965 Illinois Commerce Commission hearing. The case involved village officials, residents, and attorney representatives, culminating in later court actions impacting Bluebird’s routes and field rights.
A garbled 1946 to 1947 financial snippet from Savings and Loan in Chicago notes a decline in builtins s field and time-based game comparisons. It references figures for net income not yet released, with January to November 1947 totals showing 162 onies and 1,680,964 dollars, tied to early 1948 expectations.
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