Gross Band In Festival At Proviso
In Proviso Township High School auditorium Maywood on Sunday Jan 23 a 135 member combined band from four west suburban districts will stage the seventh annual music festival. Directors Marvin S Wilkins and district groups present quintets quartets and a full massed band performing works by Dvorak Bulle and Herbert along with spirituals and hymns. Proceeds benefit participating schools music programs with ticket sales noted as robust.
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Proviso Township
Maywood
Bellwood
Broadview
Brookfield
Forest View
Hillside
Hodgkins
Lyons
LaGrange
Mel
Barbara McCabe
Ralph Johnston
Carolyn Wheeler
Janet Lindner
Ciolito Lindo
Morton High
Gavotte
Ludwig Bulle
Riverside Brookfield High School
Richard
Sequoia
De Paur Group To Sing in A- B Series Jan. 24
The de Paur Infantry chorus will perform at Riverside-Brookfield High School on Monday Jan 24 at 8 pm under Riverside-Brookfield Community Concert Association. The 1948-49 tour aims to set new records in concerts with 175 appearances ending May 19 at Colgate University. The ex GIs have sung across coast to coast and in small towns and big cities alike.
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de Paur Infantry Chorus
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Riverside-Brookfield
Colgate University
Hamilton
N. Y
Maritime
Oregon
R B Calendar Highlights Events
January events include a Youth Center dance on the 21st and a Maine vans trip with the De Paul Chorus on the 22nd. January 25 features Dr. Samuel Stevens Patrons Council followed by a York basketball game on the 28th and the first semester ends the same day. Winter Party by the School Council on January 29. February 2 skin tests. February 3 report cards. February 4 LaGrange basketball.
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Mainevans
de* Paul Chorus
Samuel Stevens
York
School Council
LaGrange
Dinner for Gross Patrol Members At The School
A local PTA hosts a dinner for the Gross patrol members at the school. The event gathers parents and guardians in a community effort to recognize the patrol leaders and their service.
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Gross’ School
PTA
Gross Patrol
Barney Heinz Installed Head of Kiwanians
Barney Heinz was installed as president of the Brookfield Kiwanis Tuesday evening January 11 succeeding retiring president Harry A Varney. The event was Ladies Night with about 75 in attendance. installation conducted by Fred Iiynn past president LaGrange Kiwanis. New members John Crumbaugh welcomed as club member.
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Brookfield Kiwanis Club
Hollywood
Barney Heinz
Fred Lynn
LaGrange Kiwanis Club
Howard Boerman
Heinz
Charles Clarke
Mpererarsd
Bill Willis
Brookfield Kiswanis Club
Harry A. Varney
Fred Iiynn
Bill Willms
Frank “S. Kanelos
Bud Petke
George Geanopopolous
Bixler to Show Jap Pictures at Gross School Program
Pastor Bixler presents a Japanese picture program at Gross school with a 1:30 pm showing for young children, a 2:30 pm showing for upper grades, and an 8:60 pm evening screening for adults titled Japan As It Is Today.
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Bixler
Gross
Japan
Gross School
Pastor Bixler
Brookfield Schools to Run Tuberculosis Tests
About 1,150 students in three Brookfield elementary schools and Riverside Brookfield High will be tuberculin tested in the coming weeks to detect hidden TB cases. Tests at Gross and St Barbara's begin Jan 24 and 25, with high school testing Feb 2 and St Paul’s Feb 4.
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Brookfield
Riverside- Brookfieldn High School
Julius B. Novak
Tuberculosis Institute of
St. Paul’s
Institute
American Television Institute
William Klein
Michael Reese Hospital
RB Cagers Fall to Paris in Weekend Hiccup
RB Bulldogs endured a long bus trip and fast local Paris high school play to lose 52 to 33. After a tight start, RB trailed at halftime and struggled to convert in the second half as Paris pulled away. Crowe and Flaherty led RB with rebounds and scoring bursts while Glenbard beat RB 6 four at the end of the first period.
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Paris
Glenbard
Illinois
RB Bulldogs
Paris High
Bulldogs
Sistent
Crowe
Flaherty
Hagan
Hill
Ahem Mae Wille
Death Verdict In Mad Dog Killers Case
James Morelli 21 a mad dog killer was condemned to death for the December 12 murder in Chicago and Brookfield. Co-defendant Lowell Fentress 20 received 199 years plus 199 more. both linked to the killings of Emil Schmeichel and John Kuesis and the shooting of Theodore Callis. The verdict followed a six women six men jury before Judge John A Sbarbaro in Criminal Court.
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James Morelli
Nick Kuesis
South Side
H. DeHolloway
47Th Street
Brookfield
John A. Sbarbaro
Criminal Court
Morelli
Lowell
Fentress
Thomas Daley
Chicago
47Th
Zach
Sieloff
Kuesis
Frank Baker
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Baker
Maple 47Th Street
Oo Daley
57Th Street
East End Avenue
Hodgkins
Emil W. Schmeichel
Theodore J. Callis
39Th Street
Central Avenue
Stickney
Daley
Sgt
Joe McCabe
Prank Fepke Morelli
Brookfield Magnet Moves Office to Prairie News Quarters
The Brookfield Magnet office was moved last week to 3730 Prairie News Quarters. Prairie News staff reported several notable feats during the week as the move completed.
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Prairie News
Brookfield
Prairie
Brookfield Village reviews building code changes
Village of Brookfield informal board session discusses proposed Building Regulations from the 1947 Suburban Building Officials Conference edition. Debates focus on floor space, footing depth, drainage, fire code and wall types with potential adoption for Cook County unincorporated areas.
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Brookfield
Leslie Cox
Suburban Building Officials Conference
C. Harold Bush
Cook County
Ill in Hospital Judge Willis Melville in St Petersburg
Judge Willis Melville lies seriously ill in a St. Petersburg Florida hospital per a recent report received by his daughter Mrs Josephine Melville Myers of 3522 Park Avenue The two elderly Melvilles 81 have seen friends and neighbors from Brookfield and La Grange during their stay in Florida Mrs Melville who had been quite ill has shown some improvement
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Willis Melville
St. Petersburg, Fla
Josephine’ Melville Myers
Park Avenue
Melville
Brookfield
la Grange
St. Petersburg
Honor Society Inducts Fifteen RBH Students
Fifteen students were inducted into the National Honor Society on Thursday January 13 for scholarship leadership character and service. Recipients include Audrey Beier John Carroll Tom Harris Kenneth Kessel Pat Krisan Else Nielsen George Robinson Bruce Wooden and seven juniors Harriet Beaudoin Herbert Grench Judy Hoffman Richard Lange Barbara Milder Margaret Reed Carol Seibert Ann Pavlicek opened with a piano solo and Ed Randa president welcomed.
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National Honor Society
Eigh
Audrey Beier
John Carroll
Tom Harris
Kenneth Kessel
Pat Krisan
Else . Nielsen
George Robinson
Bruce Wooden
Harriet Beaudoin
Herbert Grench
Judy Hoffman
Richard Lange
Barbara Milder
Margaret Reed
Carol Seibert
Ann Pavlicek
Ed Randa
Elaine Moutvic
Barbara Ellacott
Jarmela Speta
Alice Bierma
Richard G. Ruse Killed in Georgia
Pfc. Richard G. Ruse formerly of LaGrange and Congress Park died from injuries in a plane crash and was buried at Marietta National Cemetery. Funeral was at graveside in Marietta on Saturday. He was born April 9, 1938 and lived at 4226 Blanchard Avenue then 27 South Stone Avenue. Survived by mother and father Mr. and Mrs. John C. Ruse, Miami. two brothers Jack and Wilson. sister Nancy.
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Richard G. Ruse
LaGrange
Congress Park
Marietta
Marietta, National Cemetery
S. C. Couch
Dustin
Ruse
Blanchan Avenue
South Stone Avenue
St.John’s
Richard
St. John’s School
Miami, Fla
John C. Ruse
Miami
Jack
Wilson
Nancy
Feature Program O Lebvina at Gross School Theater
O Lebvina will be highlighted at a musical program showcasing the Gross school band parents meeting Wednesday evening January 26 starting at 8 o clock in the Little Theater. Lebvina will perform on the accordion with the sollvox attachment and the Gross band will present additional musical numbers.
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O. Lebvina
Gross School
Bert Johnson Dead After Long Hollywood Residency
Funeral services for Bert Johnson a Hollywood resident for decades were held Saturday in Riverside. Burial followed at Clarendon Hills cemetery. Johnson spent winters in St. Petersburg Florida and died there.
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Bert Johnson
Hollywood
Riverside
Clarendon ‘Hills Cemetery
Johnson
St. Petersburg
Florida
Brookfield sees 1948 building drop from 1947 totals
The Bell Savings and Loan Association reports Brookfield's 1948 total village building value at 1,741,531 versus 2,238,717 in 1947. Home building shows 1948 permits 138 and value 1,282,890, down from 187 permits and 1,900,259 in 1947, with further December 1948 results: 16 permits and 138,090 value.
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Brookfield
Bell Savings and Loan’Association
Bell Savings and Loan Association
Gas Tank Blast Victim May Lose Sight in Both Eyes
Andrew Otrusina a 40 year old gas station worker may lose sight in both eyes after a January 16 gas tank explosion at Fiala's Service Station 8827 Maple Avenue He was first treated at Hinsdale Sanitarium then Evanston where Dr Allen took charge He lived at 8223 Harrison and was soldering a washed tank when the blast occurred.
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Andrew Otrusina
Fiala
Maple Avenue
Otrusina
Hinsdale Sanitarium
Evanston
Allen
Harrison
Extensive plans for Chicago exhibit remodeling announced
Announced by Robert Bean plans detail extensive ey es for Chicago's upcoming exhibit remodeling. The Smallz building will be reopened with enlarged cages andventilation, new visitors' section, and a complete system for cages. A Panda exhibit is planned near the pit with additional rods and small animals on the west wall.
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Chicago
Anarchic Note on Archery Hada and Diet
An adult named Hada is described in a fragmentary note about archery and eating habits. The text contains unclear phrases and possible transcription errors, providing no clear event, location, or outcome to frame a concise news item. Further readable details are needed to form a coherent summary.
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de Paur
Kiwanis
Kiwanians
Myron Fisher
Ben
John Crumbaugh
Cape Cod
National Board‘of Fire Underwriters
Hayford
Cox
Proehaskaj Gross
Kubricht
Novak
Bush
Ervin Rusch
John Filipinko
Howard Sproat
Norman Aylesworth
Irving V. Rezny
Charles Beranek
George Ives
Henry J. Hartkop
Madison Avenue
Hartkop
William Herchenroder
Mt. Prospect
Ill
D. W. Elness
Sunnyside Avenue
Herman Hartkop
Milwaukee
Henry Hartkop
Grove Avenue
Cicero
Sue and
Donna Hartkop
Ruth
Mt. Prospect, Ill
Richard G.ruse
Georgia
Ing
Hada
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