South Brookfield Social Roundup Guides Holiday Feasts
Mr and Mrs John Murphy hosted 11 couples for a Dec 26 dinner at Elm avenue. Guests included the Pernicka family from Lyons and several Chicago and Michigan residents. Several visits and New Year gatherings followed with local families on Vernon, Southview, 45th and Elm avenues. Residents traveled to Niagara Falls, Des Moines, and Three Oaks for events and job interviews as district residents marked the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murphy
Elm Ave
John Pernicka
Anna
Lyons Hal
Albert Havlik
Chicago
Chick Havlik
Michigan
Ann Vanzera
S. Havlik
Newcomers Hold Yale Fete Community House
Brookfield Alumnae of Newcomers club met in Gross school kindergarten room on December 21 planning a Christmas party for members' children at the community house in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon December 27. Secret pals were named for the coming year. Prizes were awarded for high and low card plays, a grab bag followed by refreshments with Christmas trimmings served by Val Kraus with help from Dorothy Garst Midge Krems Beulah Reid and Helen Schlitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Gross School
Hollywood
Val Kraus
Dorothy Garst
Midge Krems
Beulah Reid
Helen Schlitt
War hero 1st Lt Stanley Missar loves art institute return
1st Lt Stanley Missar of Riverside formerly 4116 Vernon Ave Brookfield is home from the war after earning the silver star bronze star purple heart and a unit citation. After discharge he plans to resume studies at the Art Institute where he left three years ago. He led a heavy machine gun platoon in the 7th Infantry Regiment 3rd Division and served six months in Korea contributing to nearly every form of action. His training included demolition work and parachuting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Missar
Riverside
Vernon Ave
Brookfield
Art Institute
Missar
7Th Inf. Reg
3D Division
Korea
Food Products Party Of Park Woman's Club Planned Thursday Eve
The Congress Park Woman's club garden department will host a food products party next Thursday January 7 with a dessert luncheon at 1 PM hosted by Mrs Sam Gervase who also chairs ways and means. Plans are under way for the forthcoming annual card party and the club’s Christmas party previously held at Mrs Robert Hockenbrough’s home with awards to Mrs E J Powers and Mrs Frank Wood for Christmas table decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Park Woman’s Club
Sam Gervase
Gervase
Ways and Means
Robert. Hockenbrough
E. J. Powers
Frank Wood
Plan Poetry Recital At Newcomers Meet
Mrs H L Bitting of Western Springs will present a humorous poetry recital A Village Visit at the next meeting of the Alumnae of Newcomers club of Brookfield held in the kindergarten room of Gross school on Monday Jan 18. She holds a degree in speech from Iowa State Teachers College and has done graduate work in speech at the University of Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bitting
Western Springs
Youth Center site chosen amid district survey
The RBHS district vote shows 764 in favor of a youth center and 665 supporting participation in organizing it, with 152 against. Site talks center on Burlington St Riverside, amid committee work and incorporation steps led by Harold Nielsen and H L Pesch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RBHS
Riverside
Brookfield
North Riverside
Burlington St
George Borkevee
G. A. McCullough
Harold Nielsen
L. O. Morgan
Wallace E. Dunn
E. Mallard
Hollywood
E. S. Engle
Orville Kocour
Brook
H. L. Pesch
Catherine
E. S.) Engle
Edward E. Mallard
George J. Borkevec
Mary T
E. S.) McEwen
Gordon R. Scatter
Harold E. Nielsen
Adult Advisory Board
Borkevec
Engle
Dunn
Mallard
McEwen
Pesch
Nielsen
Scatter
H. T Kracht
Victor Kraybill
James J. Kelly
W. Lyle Rader
Ernest Oechslin
Edward C. Logelin
H. V. Bloomquist
R. B. Reskine
R. R. Heidemann
M. J. O'Neal
LaRue G. Thompson
Ed J. Riedlinger
Sixth Dist Woman's Clubs Sponsor Radio Programs
The Sixth district led by Mrs. George E. Radcliffe will sponsor nine weekly radio broadcasts on WOPA Oak Park at 10 05 a m Tuesdays. The aim is to inform the public and recruit chair members for district and state programs. Mrs Edward P Mallard directs the district radio and television effort. The first program featured Mrs Charles F Peterson discussing Club Extension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Radcliffe
Thomas Jr
Oak Park
WOPA
Radio and Television
Edward P. Mallard
Arden
Brookfield
Charles F. Peterson
Western Springs
Donald Wetsell
Mayweed
Wil
Hitness Federation of Woman's Clubs
Gladys M.sansen
Brookfield Scout Tom Cengr Installed as Lodge Treasurer
Tom Cengr of Brookfield was installed treasurer of Leek winai Lodge, Order of the Arrow, at the lodge’s fifth annual banquet held in Western Springs Methodist Church. The lodge draws honor campers, Boy Scouts, Explorers and Scouters from the West Suburban Council, Boy Scouts of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Cengr
Brookfield
Leekwinai Lodge
Order of the Arrow
Western Springs Methodist Church
West Suburban
Boy Scouts of America
Textiles Output Tripled 1900 to 1940
From 1900 to 1940 the output of manufactured textile products and clothing almost trebled in this country. The growth reflected expanding industry and demand across sectors, signaling a major shift in production capacity and employment.
Portia Manor News Items And a tidy Christmas note
Sympathy is extended to Janice Flowers who broke her wrist falling on ice and will spend the holidays with her right arm in a cast. Cubs of Pack 28 had their Christmas party recently. Each item reflects small community happenings in Portia Manor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Flowers
Janice
Vo Cubs
Women of the Moose Sponsor Dual Feature Programs
Brookfield Chapter No. 526 Women of the Moose will sponsor child care night and Green Beanie night at an open meeting with enest junior graduate regents filling stations. Thorbie Murphy, child care chairman, leads. Four Mooseheart guests from LaGrange and Berlak family attended. notes on ages and origins follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Women of the Moose
Enest
Thorbie Murphy
Mooseheart
Leo Berlak
LaGrange
Pre
Ninth Birthday for Ron Ragova at Methodist Church
A party began at 7 p.m. at the Methodist church to mark Ron Ragova’s ninth birthday on December 23. Relatives from Wilmette Northbrook and LaGrange joined his grandparents and an aunt from Jackson Michigan for the Sunday celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cub
Methodist Church
Ron. Ragova
Wilmette
Northbrook
LaGrange
Ron
Jackson
Michigan
Engagement for Lora Jeanie Watson Opie Planned
Brookfield area notes mark New Year at Henry Buchholz residence Sunnyside Ave. Families gathered to greet 1954. Francis P. Watson and wife announce the engagement of daughter Lora Jeanie to John Opie Jr son of John Opie Sr Riverside. No wedding date set. Several families and guests visited seasonally with local residents. Cubs of Den 4 Pack 23 held a belated Christmas party with Den Mother E Mattson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Buchholz
Sunnyside Ave
Francis P.watson
Henrettia Ave
Lora Jeanie
John Opie, Jr
John Opie
Riverside
Cubs
Den 4
E. Mattson
Not Until The Turn Of The Century On Malaria Link
The article notes that the definite understanding of the relationship among humans malaria and the Anopheles mosquito emerged only around the turn of the century. It emphasizes a historical shift in scientific knowledge and the role of the mosquito in disease transmission.
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South Brookfield
Afrs
A. J. Wesman, Jr
Glenview
Paul Brown
Leone Schye
Colleen Coates
45Th St
Lyons
Marcellus, Mich
Don Gallup
Paul Atherton
Danville
Marlin Hupp
Southview
Dean Hupp
Champaign
Hupp
M. C. Hupp
Dean
Niagara Falls
N. Y
University of Ilinois
Ed. Naus
Custer Ave
South Bend
Ind
Terry Stevens
Elmove
Jack Bryant
Terry
Carl Chatfield
Southview Ave
al Baney
Neil Fiihart
Forest Ave
Joseph Stevens
Willard Mehl
Warren Duval
Kemp Stein
George .Ives
Charles Slack
Grant Ave
Harold Hague
Konrad
Des Moines
Yale Fete
Park Woman's Club
Bob Lesch
Jack Heimerdinger
Joe Bartulis
John Sovereign
Nancy Lindquist
High School For Youth Center
Ron Natale
Pat Keller
Fred Hunkeler
Jack Lambert
Jack Voyda
Melvin Shaver
Joyce Opie
Judy Scatter
Gail Loess
Dick Baumeister
Ronald Luce
Bob Beneditte
Wayne Givens
Stanley G. Fullwood
Peggy Gerner
Bill Steinhaus
Dennis Paloucek
Sylvia Engle
Carol Fetta
Dick Morcock
Bob Pesch
TAX Service
Earl E. Schultz
Ogden Ave
Hunter
Dist
Woman's Clubs
THE
Brookfield Federal Savings
Brookfield Federal Savings and Loan Association
Grand Boulevard
Board OF Directors
Louis F. Kucera
Bohumil Hladik
Karl
Malden
Lnan Wea
Elaine Stewart
SOS
Color Cartoon
Fernando Lamas
Arlene Dahl
Jeanne Crain
Jean Peters
Vicki
Portia Manor
Women of Moose
Ann’s Food Shop
Maple Avenue
Charles Campbell
Arthur Guhl, Jr
Mix
Arthur Guhl, Sr
Elm Are
Joey Rostichil
Jane Kendall
Mrs. E. Boncik
Mrs. Boncik
E. Phelps, Jr
Son Winn
Kalamazoo
E. Finch
Glyda and
Joann
Marion Hills
John Kendall
E. Rochelle
Anepheles
Irene
Mildred
Trene
the House of Loveliness
United States
Illinois
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