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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1948
Page
11
Fragments describe funeral services for Michael, with a funeral home visit to St Barbara's in South Prairie and a funeral in Resurrection Ave. Survivors include thirteen children and other relatives. The text reflects a local obituary notice with scattered details of the service and attendees.
The text touts relief from anxiety and limitations through Christian Science, promising enlarged understanding happiness and well being beyond prior experience. It points to the textbook Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy as the guide, available for reading borrowing or purchase worldwide.
A lawn party at 3918 Biau han avenue celebrated Geo Richard Jirsa's birthday with about twenty guests from Cottage. Music and dancing filled the lawn in the afternoon, followed by a buffet lunch in the basement.
Mr and Mrs Frank E Muska of Hollywood announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth to William J Purcell of Streator The couple are both University of Illinois graduates with Ruth a Zeta Tau Alpha member No wedding date has been set
On July 18 Michael Colgrass Jr., 16, of 3648 Madison Avenue Brookfield will be a contestant on the Morris B Sachs Amateur Hour from 12 30 to 1 20 p m over WENR and WCFL He is a Riverside Brookfield High School senior and will play a drum solo on the program.
Portia Manor Grocery announces new management Mike and Lu Matiya and George and Jo Pitlik at 3848 Harrison Avenue. John Long is the former owner. The store offers groceries luncheon meats dairy products vegetables and fruits fresh daily with prompt courteous service as the slogan.
Brookfield residents welcomed the William Crooks locomotive of the Great Northern en route from Aurora to the fair site. The Deadwood Central narrow gauge line will shuttle visitors over a mile of grounds with two old fashioned stations and functioning telegraphic gear. The Chicago lakefront exposition aims to be the largest rail industry event, commemorating Chicago's 100th railroad anniversary and showcasing Wheels a Rolling on a 450 foot stage with 220 performers and 800 period costumes. The Santa Fe will host an Indian village representing 125 tribes, while railroads and manufacturers will present dramatized exhibits over the mile long grounds. Vanishing world fairs face waning interest amid film, radio, and auto competition.
Brookfield youths gathered for a Saturday fishing contest on Salt Creek with 100 spectators. Winners include Pat Purl for an eight inch fish, Robert Gabel second, Warren Hauschild third, and Donald Konetsky tops with most fish. Prizes donated by local stores. judges Schmid Jablonski Duracek.
A report notes US tobacco land loses 10 to 25 tons of fertile topsoil per acre yearly due to erosion. It advocates contour row layouts to reduce soil loss and protect productivity.
Siberia extends north of the Arctic Circle with arctic climate reaching south to Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia. Lake Baikal is about twice the size of Lake Ontario and over a mile deep. North and west of Baikal lies the Irkutsk region, a vast plateau undergoing agricultural development.
Fiji islands number between two hundred and fifty and cover 7089 square miles with a 1945 population of 254 676. They lie in the South Pacific Ocean due east of northern Australia.
Funeral services were held for Mrs Almira M Ryan nee Brewster who died July 1 at 101 Mapie avenue. The service took place at Mansfield Funeral Home and proceeded to St Bartholomew Avenue for interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery. Survived by her husband the late Dr John F Ryan and several children.
Verue Cleaners and Dyers, Grand Blvd, has closed and redeveloped its place with a modern, efficient storefront. The new establishment advertises expanded service facilities and equipment, promising more and better offerings than before.
The piece notes that the United States has only four coins valued at a quarter or less, while Britain has six, and the Netherlands and Sweden each have seven. The short comparison highlights small denomination coin counts across these nations.
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