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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1952
Page
1
Fragmentary notice lists Brook 9151 M Manor and 9708 Fade conveses with prices 2.09 per year and 3450 par year Dry Goods Park. Mentions Garris 11W and subscription addresses. Advertising geld at those locations.
An impending Grass and Park PTA gathering is planned for Wednesday evening with Supt M W Hummel to present a talk on services the school provides to the community. Attendance banners and activities highlight a win by Mrs Atkins’ kindergarten class, with parents urged to assist and the public invited.
The Riverside Methodist choir invites community members to join its third Messiah presentation on Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. from January 3 onward. Interested singers should contact Miss Alice Brain at the church.
Hollywood social notes report the Hollywood Friendship club convening at 8 p m January 17 at the Hollywood Community house with guests including Nellie Farrell of Grand Rapids and Sterling Cookingham of Woodside avenue.
Sgt. Glenn F. Reynolds of Clarendon Hills formerly of 3503 Oak Ave was on the Korean front for seven months with Co. G, 7th Cavalry. He was transferred December 15 to Sapporo, Japan.
Fred Grohalske of 9505 47th Place Brookfield was injured January 6 after falling from a stool in a tavern on Arthur Avenue. He sustained head and right ear injuries and was transported to a Berwyn hospital for treatment.
Excerpts from a Florida notice reprint detail engagements and future plans of Sue Ann Grunwald and John A. Sayles, both freshmen at the University of Illinois, with family connections in Brookfield and Riverside. It also notes Lois Frances Meincke engagement to Lt. Fletcher P. Graham, their educational backgrounds, and affiliations.
Humble Oil in Houston recalls a civil engineer now stationed at Patrick Air Base Cocoa. He is a junior member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Chi Epsilon. Wedding plans will be announced later.
The West Suburban YMCA adult program committee met Tuesday evening at the Y and heard views from leaders of activities such as dancing, jewelry making, painting, dance, leathercraft, water ballet, color photography, and Girls Service Organization. Chairman Mrs Arthur Deyo led the session with invited group leaders including Ann Johnson, Walter Briggs, Manning Giles, Myrtle Roger Meyers, Harold Bjerke, Marguerite Woodward, Mrs L O Carlisle, Don Varra, Dorothy Fisher, and Dave Segur.
The Hollywood Women s auxiliary will meet at the Hollywood Community house on January 15 at 1 30 p m with a program after the regular session. Mrs Albert L Nelson of LaGrange Presbyterian Church will review My Heart Remembers by W A Gance. The Grossdale singers, with Mrs Joseph Gray at the organ, will perform Stephen Foster songs. Everyone is invited.
Mr and Mrs Leé Besse of 4820 Dale Ave Brookfield announce the engagement of their daughter Eileen Margaret to Robert R McCarty son of Mr and Mrs F T McCarty of 5054 S 11th Ave La Grange They will marry August 30 at Our Lady of the Brookfield church Both attended Lyons Township High School and work now in clerical roles He is in the engineer building department 80 at the Electro Motive plant
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