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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
1
Local directory snippet lists 88 Park Locals in Brook with contact numbers 7864 Wood and 7477 R. The fragment suggests a street or neighborhood listing without full details, preserving the sparse OCR text as a brief reference entry.
Funeral services were held June 21 for £ 3M. Pesco a shoe repairer, who died after a Chicago fatal incident. He was employed at a Brookfield store and attended the Catholic church at Mt Carmel.
Liam Markward, a junior vice for the South District, and Ed Baas tie for leadership as the Am-P advancement in Le Time mghth race this week. The head has long been active in Le attains since moving to Forest directing the annual 4th of ly parades, and this year he becomes in charge of public relations for the event.
Hollywood Community Presbyterian Church will hold its morning services at 10 o clock each month with Sunday school and other activities on hiatus for July. The church will reopen on September 16. The report notes a separate incident involving Chatfield, aged 9, who severely injured himself after a fall near 9039 South.
Berwyn prepares a large Fourth of July parade with A and B corps, Norwood Park drum and bugle corps, and school bands in float entries. Horses from the DuPage Saddle and Harness club compete for ribbons. the Skokie Drum and Bugle corps performs. The day includes children's races, tug of war, bread the needle relay, Indian wrestling, water contests, and evening games. The Rev. Wakefield will give benediction, and Dan Kulle will welcome guests as village president.
Teddie Beaudin of Brookfield married Ronald G. Jesup on Saturday afternoon June 28 at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church. A reception followed at 5215 West 25th Street in Cicero. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore R Beaudin of 8553 Grand Bird and the groom’s parents are Mr and Mrs Earl Jesup of LaGrange.
Gordon Dunn was elected president of the West Suburban Duplicate Bridge Club for the coming year at a gala dinner Saturday night at LaGrange Country Club. Officers named include Herbert Ameisen as vice president and Mrs. L. C. Jones as treasurer. High scores were recorded by several pairs at ten tables of bridge, with the next meeting set for the Friday after Labor Day at the YMCA.
Mrs C B Krone of 501 S Waiola Ave served as an official delegate at the annual meeting of the women's auxiliary to the American Veterinary Medical Association in Atlantic City New Jersey last week She is a member of the Tour of Representatives governing and policy making body directing activities nationally and planning projects in cooperation.
After a day full of events, the remaining prizes will be awarded to the winners. Then at 9 p.m. a fireworks display will commence to cap the day’s activities.
The Brookfield village board plans two phase street lighting upgrade. Phase one removing gas lights is complete. phase two enlarges and electrifies lighting, with scope tied to affordability. The Welschbach lamp hire rose to 1.50, accelerating the program. McEachran expedited efforts as the five-year plan nears completion.
Engineers drawn up complete installation plans for a series lighting system. Poles will be on existing streets and some on new poles after underground checks with a finder device. Center block lamps require property owner permits, and new reflector lamps will direct light toward the street, replacing old gas lamps.
Paloucek Funeral Home at 3542 Grand Blvd opens to the public July 19 and 20 under manager William Paloucek. The new facility features two air conditioned chapels, one 26 by 45 feet and a triangular chapel of similar size, with a spacious lobby at the entrance as interior work nears completion.
The village of Brookfield has received 15 to 20 calls and letters from Indiana Wisconsin and southern Illinois requesting the old lamps according to Mr Dumelle All such requests have been referred to the Welsbach company.
A report notes a half keg of 10 penny pelle was spilled at the intersection of Rockfield and Rsemear avenues on July 1 and turned over to police.
The project includes a display room for caskets a family room with an organ and parking facilities with entrances on Washington and Grand Blvd The lot will provide space for 25 to 80 cars William Paloucek a longtime Cermak Funeral Home staffer is connected to the Brookfield family of his parents Mr Mrs Frank Paloucek and his paternal grandmother who have long resided in Brookfield
Norman Molloy son of Mr and Mrs John Molloy of 4240 Raymond Ave arrived home June 30 after leaving Camp Stoneman near San Francisco June 28 He recently returned to the United States from Hokkaido Japan and has served twenty men with seven months in Korea and seven months in Japan He is on 30 days leave from Ft Sheridan and hopes to be discharged Aug 28.
The 990 foot liner United nae has a troop carrying capacity of 12 14 thousand.
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