YMCA Building A Granted by Board
The board granted a request to permit a five story YMCA project instead of the four story maximum. Officials including Birks and Hall supported the variation after testimonies from village staff and the state fire marshal. The building committee plans to prepare working drawings in about six months once the five story technicality is resolved.
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Birks S
B. I. Greenlee
William Fowler
Harry Oakes
Birks
H. V. Allinson
A. B. Hall
Water tank bids planned for Westchester Village
Westchester village board will open sealed bids on a $190 000 overhead water tank to be built at Canterbury and Aves near the village center. The tank aims to ease summer water shortages in Westchester Roadview and LaGrange Park and be connected to Broadview storage plans. Local officials expect bids after the February 10 meeting with contracts likely set at the first March meeting. Broadview plans a similar 1 000 000 gallon tank project to improve summer supply and pressure.
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Westchester
Westchester Village Board
Canterbury
Aves
Village
Roadview
LaGrange Park
Westchester-Broadview Water
Homer Fields
Broadview
Gies
Roosevelt Rd
Merritt Braga
Wester Broad Ieee
Broadview Board
Alagoroves
Star and Action
Tri Delta Group to Hold Meeting
Suburban Delta group invites area members to attend a Tri Delta meeting Wednesday February at 1 p.m. at Riverside hostesses listed including Mrs. VY. G. Lindgren and Mrs. E. D. Andrews. Members urged to attend and join the Alliance activity in Riverside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri Delta Group
Alliame
Delta
VY. G. Lindgren
Western Springs
E. D. Andrews
Carlson
Charles
Riverside
Alliance
G. F. Fers
Brookfield Named All American City in 1952 Honor
Brookfield has been selected as one of eleven All American Cities for 1952 in a National Municipal League Look Magazine contest. A letter from Mayor Dan Rule announcing the award was read in village churches including First Congregational Faith Evangelical Lutheran Countess Park Methodist and others. Details of the award ceremony will air on WTA Sunday at 1 p.m. and in next Thursday's papers. The letter thanks church members for active participation in Brookfield government and urges continued civic involvement.
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Brookfield
United States
National Municipal League
Dan Rule
First Congregational Church
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
Countess Park Methodist Church
Church of the Nazarene
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
New Apostolic Church
Church of Christ
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Baptist Church
Brookfield Methodist Church
Hollywood Community
St. Barbara's
Look Magazine
WTA
Breakfield
Report 2 Accept Nominations to School Board
Rober 2 Sa bh TRSey and Mrs. Rishon of Brook field w beo up for election next April as candidates for two posts on the district board of education. Innes accepted the nomination this week after being named at the delegate assembly of the district for the school, Mrs. Beskom has pressed wills ingress to cue for another term, John Armstrong was chosen new chairman and Mrs. James S. Of futt new secretary of the assembly during the meeting. Armstrong replaces Norman Borfist and Mrs. Offutt replaces Mrs. Nina Sittem.
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Rober
Trsey
Rishon
Brookfield
Beo
Masinees
Dist M2 Board of Education
Innes
Doe
Assercdis
Dastrict
Cossiit Sehoo
Beskom
John Armstrong
James S. Offutt
Armstrong
Norman Borfist
Offutt
Nina Sittem
Brookfield Honored as All America City in 1952 Contest
The community earned the designation in a National Municipal League and Look Magazine contest. Dr George Gallup and jury foreman cited energetic citizen effort as the basis for the award. John Naveen will receive the presentation with Mayer Ruhe and Francis P Watson assisting.
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National Municipal League
Look Magazine
Kylie
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Brookfield
Besis
John Naveen
Mayer Ruhe
Francis P. Watson
Brookfield Free Public Library
Extend Adult Registration for Lions Township courses
Adult education at Lions Township Jarneer college extends registration to Monday evening February 3 and Thursday February 6 at La Grange high school from 6 to 7:30 pm to help adults who could not attend during the January 27 to 29 period. Vocational college interest and hobby courses are offered with many selections still available. 555 adults from La Grange attended last semester. Mrs. Ernest Malmstroom replaces Elsie Ross Butler on leave. Malmstroom is a home economics graduate with teaching experience in Kewanee De Kalb and Hammond High schools.
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Lions Tiwnship Jarneer College
Orncall
Toto
Teas Teachers College
Ave
Kewanee
de Kalb
Hammond
Hair Stylist Joins Staff at C. A. Stevens
Mr. EF. Paul, a leading Chicago hair artist, joins the Chas. A. Stevens La Grange Park staff. He was long associated with Chas. A. Stevens on State Street and brings his patrons to the new location with his navclties now available in LaGrange Park.
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EF. Paul
Chicago
Chas. A. Stevens
la Grange Park
M. Paul
Chas. A
Brookfield Leads Illinois City Manager Movement Since 1947
The piece notes Brookfield as an early All-America City admirer of the city manager form, adopted in 1947, making it the seventh Illinois municipality to operate under the system and part of a statewide surge. By 1951, law changes and political push brought more cities toward manager government, with 70 cities adopting annually and over 1100 communities total using the plan nationwide.
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Brookfield
Illinois
Wiriyetka
Glencoe
Kenilworth
Wilmette
Glenview
Riverside
Ilinois
Calumet City
North Lake
Des Plaines
Elmhurst
Peora
Oak Park
Evanston
Illinois General Assembly
Adtar Steven
Himers State
United States
Village Market Awarded National Citation for Merit
The Village Market in LaGrange Park received a certificate of merit as one of two outstanding shopping centers completed in 1932. The award was presented at the National Association of Home Builders convention in Chicago, where over 18,000 builders attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange Park
United States
National Assocation of Home Builders
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Crow in Cheshire steals clothespins and keys
A Cheshire crow has been stealing clothespins and pecking at window frames. The bird also flies into cars and swipes ignition keys, disturbing residents with its bold antics.
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Crow
Cheshire
LTHS Wrestlers Conquer Leyden for 11th Win in Dual
LTHS varsity wrestlers defeated Leyden of Franklin Park 28 to 16 at Vaughan gym on Wednesday Jan. 21. Star 125-pound Jack Clesson extended his win streak to 11 with a 30-second pin and remains undefeated this season. Other LTHS results included Woehrle, Booth, DeShazo, Jordan, Courtley, Kamerschen, De Groat, Sporer, and Rinehart securing a mix of decisions and pins.
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Max Armer
LTHS
Leyden
Franklin Park
Vaughan Gym
Jack Clesson
Clesson
Don
Woehrle
Mickey Guzzardo
Larry Booth
John DeShazo
Tom Jordan
Parker Courtley
Dave Kamerschen
Pete de Groat
Bob Kamerschen
Jim Sporer
Dick Rinehart
Hunting Kodiak Bear Film At Hawthorne Club Meet
Members of the Western Electric Hawthorne Hunting and Fishing club meet at 8 p.m. Thursday January 29 in the Al bright gym Cicero to view a full color film Hunting in Alaska for Kodiak Bear starring Jim Stibal and unnamed bears. Stibal will lecture and answer questions admission is free with parking on the adjacent athletic field George T Liver is new club president at 829 Lincoln s Downers Grove also listed are officers George J Schiller Carl R Neumann Russell R Cheffer with their addresses and past roles.
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Western Electric Company
Hawthorne Hunting and Fishing Club
Albright Gymnasium
49Th Ave
Cermak Rd
Cicero
Alaska
Jim Stibal
Stibal
George T. Liver
Lincoln
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