Let's Talk It Over by Hilary Sadler
The Magnet editor reviews a Brookfield daily mail load, sorting letters from Western Airlines Red Cross and others. Most items are wastebasket fodder with a few local-interest pieces about Brookfield Manor Lang and Scout materials. A small share holds genuine local relevance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilary Sadler
Magnet
Western Airlines
Red Cross
West Suburban Council of ‘the Boy Scouts
Chicago Academy of Science
Industrial Press Service
Industrial News ‘Review
Lang
Brookfield Manor Hayling League
University of Illinois
Army Special Services
Brookfield’ Manor
New York
Brookmela
Industrial News - Review
The
Scout Council
Village auto sticker sales begin after delay
Village Collector Lloyd Het announces vehicle tags finally arrived and are on sale. Tags, normally available mid December, can be purchased for four dollars, with a February 1 deadline. No word yet on whether the discount period will be extended this year.
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Lloyd
Foreign News Editor Pflaum Speaks at Brookfield Forum
Irving Pflaum will address a public forum at Gross School Auditorium next Wednesday, sharing his experience as a foreign news editor and broadcaster. The Chicago Times foreign editor will discuss The Drift of World Affairs, with audience Q and A at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Pflaum
Gross School
Brookfield Congregational Church
Rockford College
Inland Press Association
Executives Club of Chicago
Northwestern University
Chicago Woman's Club
Overseas Press Club
The
Latin-American Council
Washington D. C
NBC
University of Chicago Roundtable
Mutual
Pflaum
Chicago Times
OWI
Nuremburg
Germany
Teschen
Danube
West Suburban Music Festival Opens Sunday at Gross School
Over 120 grade school students from Bellwood Melrose Park Stone Park Hillside Maywood Broadview Westchester Brookfield La Grange Hodgkins Lyons McCook Stickney and Forest View will perform in the fifth annual West Suburban Music Festival Sunday at 8 30 p m in Gross school's auditorium. Students come from concert bands with cadets and beginners divisions supervised by Marvin Wilkins and Lloyd C Brydon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Suburban
Gross School
Bellwood
Melrose Park
Stone Paulx
Hillside
Maywood
Broadview
Westchester
Brookfield
la Grange
Hodgkins
Lyons
McCook
Stickney
Forest View
Marvin Wilkins
Lloyd C. Brydon
Burlington plan for 40 rail grade separations near La Grange
The Burlington chief engineer explains elevated tracks of 10 to 12 feet with subways at several La Grange and nearby streets as part of a 13.6 mile project from LaVergne to Westmont. Aerial and ground surveys proceed, with months expected before completion of preliminary studies.
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Burlington Railroad
LaGrange Road
Cook County Highway Department
la Vergne
Belmont
Magnet
Herbert R. Clarke
South Kensington Avenue
la Grange
LaVergne
Berwyn
Riverside
Brookfield
Gilbert Avenue
LaGrange
Hollywood
Prairie
Maple Avenues
Stone
Edgewood Avenues
Gilbert
Western Springs
Wolf Road
Central Avenue
Lawn Avenue
Pheouigh
Cook
DuPage
Clarke
Burlington
B. ‘Labenfels
Labenfels
Western Avenue
West Suburban YMCA Names Executive Secretary
Harold M. Milrot announces appointment of Charles C. Stotz as executive secretary for the West Suburban YMCA to begin February 1. A headquarters committee will locate offices and organize activities using community facilities. the Y will serve LaGrange LaGrange Park Western Springs Congress Park and Brookfield.
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West Suburban
Harold M. Mlrout
Charles C. Stotz
North Avenue-Larrabee
Chicago
University of Illinois
University of Oklahoma
Illinois
Stotz
Zuppze
U. S. Navy
Green Bay
Wisc
North Avenue- Lamahea
Elliott
YMCA
LaGrange
LaGrange Park
Western Springs
Congress Park
Brookfield
Eliott
Board of Directtors
Young Men’s Christian Association of Chicago
Chicago Association
West Suburban Ymca
George W. Simons
North Catherine Avenue
la Grange Park
John Laidlaw
Howard Avenue
William Spicer
South Stone Avenue
John M. Clifton
Madison Avenue
Robert Williams
Brainard Avenue
la Grange
Pandas Beat EMD 2 and Rangers Defeat EMD 1 in Legion League
Sunday games in the American Legion basketball league at Gross School featured the Brookfield Rangers beating Electro-Motive No. 1 53 to 37 with R. Arbee scoring 20 and Don Arbee 19. The Pandas edged Electro-Motive No. 2 38 to 32 as Bebinger and Zimmerman led with 9 and 8 points while Stimace added 14. League Chairman Chester Jones announced room for two more teams and Interested parties may contact Tony Strobl.
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American Legion Basketball
Pandas
Bebinger
Zimmerman
Ted
Stimace
EMD
Chester Jones
Tony Strobl
War Memorial Group to Hold Closed Meeting January 16
The Brookfield War Memorial association may hold its final meeting on January 16 at 8 p m in the village hall. Chairman Charles W Horak announced the meeting will be restricted to council members and press representatives.
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War Memorial
Brookfield War Memorial Association
Charles W.horak
Hte
Snow Blankets Brookfield in Nearly Ten Inches
Old Man Winter painted a chilly picture in Brookfield last week as nearly 10 inches of snow buried cars and drifted across streets. Commuters faced a tough return from the station while postal worker Joe Cihlar, on the Congress Park route, braved the drifts. Maginet Photos.
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Winter
Brookfield
Joe Cihlar
Custer
Congress Park
WAC S Sgt Anne Cekan Serving With US Forces in Europe
S/Sgt Anne E Cekan daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Cekan of Brookfield is serving with the Women's Army Corps in the European Theater. She recently graduated from the Theater WAC Athletic school in Stuttgart and is assigned to the US Forces in Europe at Frankfurt Germany. She has decorations including Good Conduct Medal American Theater ribbon European Theater ribbon Victory ribbon and the Occupation Ribbon.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Anne
Joseph Cekan
Kemman Avenue
Brookfield
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
United State Forces
Theater
Stuttgart
Bru Anch
Theater ‘Special Services
JA. St. Lothng
84Th Infantry Division
Cekan
Harrison High School
Chicago
Ilinois Business College
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces
United States
Hoechst
Footloose Streetcar Skins Tracks in City Trolley Tale
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Footloose Streetcar and trolley lines. Names and places are unclear. no distinct events or entities are verifiable. The readable bits hint at a transit or streetcar context but lack concrete details for a full summary.
Shuttle Bus Expands Service Through Village
A new shuttle bus service links the Bluebird line at the Zoo and the railroad in Brookfield. Joseph Petlus, a veteran, operates at 3100 Grand Blvd on a set fee basis. Buses run on two regular routes, completing a round trip every fifteen minutes, with special student rates and pickup along the route. Full route and time details are to be published elsewhere.
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Bluebird
Brookfield
Thiseek
Joseph Petlus
Grand Blvd
Petrus
Health Center to Hold Child Health Conference Today
Brookfield Health Center at 3887 Prairie Avenue hosts a semi monthly Child Health Conference today from 2 to 4 pm. Sponsored by the Health Center committee with the Tuberculosis Institute of Chisaro and Onok County, parents of children six years old or younger are invited for subsidized consultation and routine checkups led by health nurse Ney DM Lie and George A. Cech.
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Brookfield Health Center
Prairie Avenue
Tuberculosis ‘Institute of
Chisaro
Onok County
Bradfield
George A. Cech
Death of George Picha a Brookfield Navy veteran
George F Picha 48 of 613 erk avenue Brookfield died Tuesday after a visit to the WAA surplus center Navy Pier he was stricken during the visit Full military rites will be held at 1 30 pm tomorrow from Slant Funeral Home Rev George Valgaris will officiate and interment will be in Woodlawn He was a former commander of Feely post American Legion and past president of the Legion Auxiliary Surviving are his widow Julia a daughter Lucile Bastiau s son Kenneth and a sister Margaret Jindrich
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Brookfield
Sudsden
George F. Picha
Erk Avenue
Picha
American Legion
WAA
Navy Pier
Slant Funeral Home
George
Valgaris
Interme
Woodlawn
Chicago
Ata Dori
Hee Rae
Srs
Julia
Cicero
Ines
Rome
Electric Motive
Lucile Bastiaan
Kenneth
Aegaret Jindrich
Vehicle Crash Near New Year Leaves Injuries
In the days after New Year, a vehicle overturn incident damaged a trailer or carrier near a roadway. Authorities investigated the scene and reported injuries, with responders securing the area and assisting those involved.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curtiss Candy Company
Ivic Management
VI. II
Harold Bash
the Times
United Press
la Granger
Claire
Joug,hagthere
New la Grange Ymca
Navy
Weather Man
Stork
George Picha
North Ymca
Bee
Oan
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