Brookfield Residents urged to keep civic resolutions
The letter encourages Brookfield residents John Q Brookfield and his wife to engage in civic life and support Youth Center, village fathers, Business Men's association, and churches. It urges closer personal ethics, voting in spring elections, forming civic groups, and revamping local laws to improve the village amid growth. The author hopes for a prosperous New Year and stronger community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yohn Q. Brookfield
Fechurches
Toaist
Athe
Commundiy
Brookfield
John Q
State C of C President to Speak Here
James F. Stiles Jr president of the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce and Abbott Laboratories officer will address Brookfield Methodist Men's Club inaugural meeting January 8 in the church gym. Fred Trelfa will become president replacing Paul Pretzel with other officers named. A dinner program and singing by John Trinko Lawrence Pray and organ music planned. Public address system will be officially presented by Paul Pretzel to the church board president W K Meier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Stiles, Jr
Illinois State Chamber of Commerce
Abbott Laboratories
Brookfield Methodist Men’s Club
Church Gymnasium
Fred Trelfa
Paul Pretzel
Guy, Weir
George Zielstra
Jerry Ernoul
Kemp Stein
Frank Hough
Ed Vancura
Stiles
Agricultural-Industrial Relations
Whch
Jehn Trinko
Lawrence
Pray
Charles Lawrence
W. K. Meier
Methodist Men's‘club
Iinois State
Mary’s Expected Rhino Birth Delays at Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield Zoo waits anxiously for Mary the rhinoceros to give birth, a historic event as she is mother to two rhinos born in captivity. The timing slips past mid November, with keeper Eli Mark and Director Robert Bean hopeful for a holiday arrival. Mary and sire Pharaoh were captured in Tanganyika and arrived in June 1934. A dancing monkey from Equatorial Africa adds to zoo chatter, purchased from dealer Warren Buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Brookfield Zoo
Zoo
Robert Bean
G. A. Barnett
Riverside
Nonnie
Bean
South Africa
wMlagnet
Eli Mark
Sunnyside Avenue
Brookfield
Santa Claus
Mr. Bean Tod
Pharaoh
Tanganyika
Africa
Nancy
Elephant
Warren Buck
Frank
Bendel Dies After Heart Attack. Longtime Village Trustee
William J. Bendel 62 of 8600 Sunnyside died Christmas Eve at MacNeal Memorial Hospital after a heart attack. He had lived in Brookfield 40 years and served twice as village trustee. Funeral from St. Barbara's Church Saturday at 9:80. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery. Survived by widow Marie daughter Helen Lange brother George sister Anne Schrank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Bendel
Sunnyside
Brookfield
MacNeal Memorial ‘Hospital
Bendel
Berwyn Hospital
St. Barbara's Church
James Mansfield
Daniel Stokes
St. Josephs Cemetery
Marie
Helen Lange
George
Anne Schrank
Unrest Seen from Army Post in China Report
Arthur Lindberg Jr of 23829 Madison Ave writes from U S Naval Air Forces Station 3% Air Wing in Tsingtao China. He serves as radioman and gunner and reports conditions in China as hard for the people while noting his engaging duties with the Navy planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lindberg, Jr
Ste
Madison, Ave
U. S. Naval Air Forces
Tsingtao
China
Navy
Lauferskis Describe A Cold Korea Christmas Card
Lt Col and Mrs S R Lauferski send a winter greeting from Korea detailing a cold overseas life. They report no coal or wood, frozen pipes, daily water in five gallon cans, two rooms kept to about 70 degrees, a Japanese house, a hard-working houseboy, and rats skittering over a thin paper ceiling. They conclude that being together matters most.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
S. Rt. Lauferski
Brookfield
Lauferski
Overseas
Annual Meeting of Conarnationalists Scheduled
Annual meeting to be held January 8 with supper at 6 o clock. Revise summary notes indicate the minister and board members will present a year in review. The event aims to cover growth and wide scope of past activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conarnationalists
Faivanry
Colck
War Memorial To Get Test At Meet Soon
The Brookfield War Memorial association plans a timely meeting this month to approve a World War II memorial on Brookfield Public Library grounds. If approved, bids will be requested and work aimed for Memorial Day 1947 dedication. The funds, about 6000 dollars, would also help purchase library books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Memorial
Brookfield War Memorial Association
C. W.horak
Horak
Brookfield Public Library
OCD
H. C. Crosby
Pencil
O'Leary
Ed Hibka
M. W. Bradley
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Bob Morrow
American Veterans Committee
Janda
Dave Potts
Frank Brookbank
R. J. Cosgrove
American Legion
Divorce Filed After Newspaper Wallop in Lorwyn
Mrs June M Nelson of 3544 Wisconsin avenue Lorwyn sought divorce from Alfred Nelson on cruelty charges. Superior Judge George M Fisher heard the case. she alleged he struck her with a newspaper and scratched her face. Married December 24 1938 Brookfield. parted February 15 1946. She is awarded 2000 alimony substitute and 50 monthly support for daughter Janet who is three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
June_M. Nelson
Wisconsin Avenue
Lorwyn
Gowan
Alfred
George M. Fisher
Hew
Harry X. Cole
Nelson
Nelsons
Brookfield
Janey
Lightner Rites Set At St Barbara’s For 7 Year Old
Funeral services for Virginia Lightner 7 of 4302 Prairie were set for Friday at St Barbara’s Church with Fr Daniel Stokes officiating and burial at St Joseph’s cemetery. Her death followed a kitchen gas burner fire that ignited her pajamas after her mother lit a gas range in the home basement where she was washing. Virginia died four and a half hours after arrival at MacNeal Memorial hospital in Berwyn. The inquest is scheduled for 4:00 this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Larbards
Aarinia Lightner
Daniel, Stokes
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Virginia
Herbert G. Lightner
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Berwyn
Foreign News Editor Irving Pflaum to Speak in Brookfield
Irving Pflaum, noted foreign editor of the Chicago Times and radio commentator, will address a Brookfield audience on Wednesday January 16 at Gross School on The Drift of World Affairs. Sponsored by the Brookfield Congregational church Men's Club, Pflaum will discuss global issues backed by decades of frontline reporting from Rome Madrid Madrid and London including coverage of the Spanish Civil War and Nazi era events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside
Brookfield High School
United States
Citizens of Tomorrow
WGN
WGN Broadcasting
Bol Cook
Bet Mealer
Don Fears
Gloria ‘Azekas
I.E. Hachich
Phillip Maxwell
Alice ‘Brainerd
Toyland
DeVores Walder
Anita Hajek
Eva Wormser
Kay Horne
Elaine, Moutvie
Tom Flaherty
Miles Canat
Cochrane Chase
Lamar
Michaels
Ativtete
Etudent
Irving Pflaum
The
Chicago Times
Brookfield
Gross School
Rome
H Duce
Spain
United Press Bureau
Madrid
Nuremburg
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Purkey
Greece
Balkans
Anglo- American, Association
HHHA
Ns News and Radio Bureau
London
CIO
Washington
OWI
Hollywood Man Rewarded for Saving Fellow Worker Life
A Hollywood worker received a Budd Medal from Northern Islands Company officials for saving a fellow employee from a life threatening incident in January. The company president praised his quick actions and Commonwealth Edison group oversight noted the incident's safety impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Haro
Dep
Northern Islinos
Expensive 1946 Ends Year in the Limelight
A Brookfield year in review recounts three local attorneys facing the village board, chaos at Gross schools with three superintendents in two weeks, and a fatal Strand theatre fire causing about 6000 dollars in damages. The War Memorial committee reforms, debates flare over memorial plans, and notable local figures including Ray-Logan and Rudy Sage appear in a year-end chronicle of strikes, rail incidents, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Strand Theatre
OCD
Attorne
Strand Theater
Can Chicasan
West Towns Railway
Trols
Paul B.bischer
Hegan
Ray—Logan
Nainmander
Rudy
Sage
Pvv
Nts
Janey
Leot
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hilary Sadler
Imiough
State C. of C
F. Stiles
Methodist Men's Club
House Way and Means
Senate Finance Committee
Lake County
Victory Memorial Hospital
Waukegan
North Shore Railroad
Lake County War Finance Committee
A. T. Etcheson
Elmer, Walther
Ralph Baizem
Fred Vitale
Don Arnold
RBHS
Old Man Stork
W. J. Bendel
Lauferskis
June Nelson
Lightner
St. Barbara's
Frida
Virginia Lightner
Rita ’ Clody
Clare
Mae
Alice - Joan
Herbert, Jr
Iain
Mansfield
Vane
Wes Ava Va
Arent Lane
Es Ie
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