ReH TeCENtY Brookfield Girl Scout Troop Plans Leather Goods Display
Appointed council members lead Troop 2 with Mrs Camp as chairman and Mrs Rath Watson as vice. Mrs Dierkes assists with troop organization as 16 girls craft leather purses and pillfolds. They aim to display during Girl Scout week March 22 to 28 in a central Brookfield store window. Mrs Griffin Meyer and Cashman teach feather work. most girls hold First Class, advancing to Senior Scouts in March.
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Weill
Dierkes
How
Cashman
Brookfield
Griffin
Meyer
Colorcraft dye tests and polio charity in local troops
In vivid excerpts from Congress Park and Lincoln schools, Girl Scout troops perform dye on potatoes experiments for colorcraft, host an old style show tracing fashion from 1841 to 1985, and donate dues to Brookfield Polio. Troop acts include community service and a polio awareness puppet show by Earl Staley Jr.
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Edward.Lemke
Arlene Musil
Diana Pulven
Grace Lemke
P Tay Henry
Virginia Séiler
Vera Janscek
Betty Oesterreicher
Musil
Lemke
Congress
Park School
Lincoln
Gross School
Girlis
Congress Park Brownies
Wilbur
Congress Park
Miller
Earl Staley Jr
Hansel and Gretel
Meier
Brookfield
Portia Manor News Items Celebrate Local Birthdays
Susan Boueck of 8712 Morton Avenue recovering after tonsillectomy and hoping to play with friends soon. Carl Victor Lundeen Jr of 3650 Grand Bird hosts seventh birthday with guests from Hollywood and nearby towns. Judy Hoffman of 3622 Morton Ave marks seventh birthday. Mrs Antoinette Blazer of 8528 Blanchan Ave hosts birthday dinner for relatives. Belated congratulations extended to the Blazer family and kin.
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Susan Boueck-of
Morton Avey
Carl Victor Lundeen, Jr
Carl
Lorretta Dvorak
Dickie
Jim Reichardt
Hollywood
Carl Sehlangi
Lynn
John Clayton
Nancy Rogers
Colletta Richards
Orrin Johnson
Judy Hoffman
Morton Ave
Judy
H F. Peterson
Birthday mystery and village notes from Brookfield News
Manager Dickson of the Brookfield News agency observed his birthday this week. A former editor recalls Hrogard and R. E. Ellington, noting age sensitivity and early reporting days. The Brookfield village reports 217 single family homes valued at 2,799,191 for 1949. Village board hearings on Flat and Morton zoning, and a tribute plaque from Charles Vik’s grandson for firefighter efforts.
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Mason City
Iowa
Brookfield
Curtis Darnell
Flat and
Morton
Charles W. Horak
Charles R. Vik
Fire Department
Brookfield Kiwanis Drive Aims Five Thousand Dollars
The March Dimes drive in Brookfield seeks to raise $5,000 between January 16 and 31 to support year long work. The Brookfield post office flag was lowered for General Arnold’s funeral in Washington D C. Jane Beaudin reports Yuletide gifts spread cheer with local merchants contributing goods from Baumanna’s to Kubricht’s and Park Ave Foods.
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Brookfield
Man
Brookfield Kiwanis Club, {Ltd
Arnold
California
Washington, D.C
Jane Beaudin
Baumanna’s
Grand Food
Horn’s Wood Market
Kroger’s
Park Ave
Westfield
Darimart Wane
Bob Tlapa
Swatek
Broadway
Colonel Men's Shop
Fredrika Wiley
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Reh Tecenty
Camp
Heinz Bros. Motor CO
Ogden Avenue
Rupert
Spohr and Company
la Grange State Bank
LA Grange “Road
Western Springs
Grand Bootery
Grand Blvd
Portia Manor
David Anderson
Blanchan. Ave
Television, Service
CALL
Warmer Paint Co
Wadety Producers of
la Grange
Elgin
Bulova
Hamilton
Eastman Kodaks International
Sterling
Rogers Bros
Kuba Jewelers
W. 26Th. Street
Chicago
Razp and Kubricht
Birs
Paul
Casey
Flowers
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl Hayford
John
Madell
Arizona
Suns
Weidhs
Harmon and Company Ae
Suverioe
GE Electric
General Electric
Public Service Company
Hari Ad
Becker Roofing CO
North
Grange
la Grange Road
Riverside
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