Illinois Bell appoints Ford to LaGrange area supervisor post
Frank C. Ford will head the Illinois Bell area including La Grange Western Springs Brookfield Summit and Willow Springs as Lyle W. Francis transfers to Chicago to supervise results for the upstate division. Ford, longtime Elmhurst manager and civic participant, succeeds Francis who has served since 1944 and will reside in Downers Grove with his wife and one child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle W. Francis
LaGrange
Illinois Bell ‘Telephone
Chicago
Frank C. Ford
Elmhurst
F. C. Clark
Francis
Upstate
Ford
la Grange
Western Springs
Brookfield
Summit
Willow Springs
90 Percent Hawthorne Employees Take Two Week Vacation
Western Electric Hawthorne Works will slow to a near halt July 17 as about 90 percent of its 33,000 employees depart for two weeks of summer vacation. About 3,500 workers will stay on for plant maintenance and special manufacturing tasks. Travel plans span the Midwest and extend to Canada, Mexico, and Cuba, with stickers featuring Katherine Krause and the slogan Hello Charley to identify travelers, and the Charley Western persona symbolizing Hawthorne employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Electric Company
Hawthorne
Chicago
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
66Th Street
Western Electric
Katherine Krause
Charley
Charles Drucker
Charley Western
Talk With General Ike During New York Visit
Kenneth R Rickey of 125 Bassford avenue interviewed General Dwight D Eisenhower at Columbia university on June 24. They discussed educational benefits of the National Association of Cost Accountants and the group's role in guiding accounting curricula worldwide. Rickey, a CPA and Loyola faculty member, praised Eisenhower as friendly and easy to talk with. Mrs Rickey accompanied him and attended a United Nations session at Lake Success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kenneth R. Rickey
Bassford Avenue
Dwight D Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Columbia
National Association of Cost Accountants
Rickey
Tells Association
National Association
Certified Accountant
Illinois
Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants
Curtis Lighting, Co
Loyola University
Waldorf Astoria
United Nations
Lake Success
Maryland's Old Line nickname tied to Mason Dixon line
The term Old Line State honors Maryland's historic boundary dispute along the Mason and Dixon line. Established in 1763, the line features crown stones every fifth stone bearing Calvert arms on the south and Penn arms on the north, marking the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Calvert
Penn
Taxpayers Share in University of Illinois Cost and Returns
A recent financial report shows Illinois residents pay three fifths of a cent daily for support. The university’s plant costs 242 million with 25.44 per state family. Instruction uses 45 cents of every dollar, research 18 cents, services 9 cents, with the rest for libraries, plant and administration. Scholarships cover 2,111 students at 211,566 value. Including all taxes, only two fifths of a cent per dollar goes to the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
University of Ilinois
Land of Lobsters Nova Scotia Leads in Lobster Production
Nova Scotia is described as the world’s largest lobster producer and noted for a coastline more than three times the length of the United States Pacific frontage. The article highlights its sea-surrounded geography and even likens its shape to a lobster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
United States
36 New Plants Being Located in Suburbs
A total of 36 new industries planned suburban plant locations in the first half of 1948, potentially employing more than 2600 people. Of the 36, 18 are newly formed firms, eight are branch plants, and ten relocate from outside the area. The largest is International Harvester's new parts depot at Broadview, expected to employ about 1200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Company of
Northern Illinois
International Harvester
Broadview
Duplicate Bridge Club Holds Annual Pair Championship
Ten couples qualified for the yearly pair championship of the West Suburban Duplicate Bridge Club and met at the White House Tea Room on July 9. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McCaugherty won the title, with Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Willis second and Art Morgan and Ernie Bitler third. Due to many members and guests being away on vacation, the club suspended play for the summer and will resume in early September at a date to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Suburban Duplicate Bridge Club
White House
Howell
Lloyd McCaugherty
Morgan
Willis
Art Morgan
Ernie Bitler
West Suburban Bridge
Anti-Tank Unit Prepares Camp Ellis Encampment
The Anti-Tank company of the Illinois National Guard’s 33rd Infantry division held a July 4 weekend drill at Camp Logan near Zion HL using .45 pistols, Garand rifles, and carbines. Local members leave July 24 to join others for a two-week training at Camp Ellis, practicing firing positions and weapon operation after arriving July 3 by army trucks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ennonee NE
Camp Logan
Zion
Camp Ellis
33Rd Infantry Division
Illinois National Guard
la Grange
Four Adventurers Trek Canada by Canoe
Four LaGrange men Bob Hill Jim Hill Joe Giles and Chuck Beath travel in canoes through isolated northern Canadian lakes and rivers. They left LaGrange four weeks ago, taken by Dr L R Hill and his brother Dr E L Hill to Sioux Lookout for the wilderness trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Jim Hill
Joe Giles
Chuck Beath
LaGrange
Canada
L. R. Hill
E. L. Hill
Sioux Lookout
Anti-Tank unit trains and camps with new experience
The Anti-Tank company and Company A of the 228th Infantry regiment from Downers Grove were issued blankets and quartered at a camp. After evening mess training continued until 9 p.m. then focused on weapons to be fired next morning. Lights went out at 11 p.m. and a 5 a.m. reveille began a demanding start. Despite reluctance, the men looked forward to the firing range and performed well, even among those who had never fired a weapon before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
228Th Infantry
Downers Grove
Brookfield Magnet Adventurers Speak Of Hudson Bay Trek
Four LaGrange youths began a camping canoe journey from Canada toward Hudson Bay. They outfitted for camping and cooking, paddled Lake Sewell and Lake St Joseph, plan to navigate the Albany River to Hudson Bay, visit fur trading posts, then ship canoes from Hudson Bay and return by train, though weekly service may delay them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Lake Sewell
Lake St. Joseph
Albany River
Hudson Bay
Sioux Lookout
Hudson Bey
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Germany
Austria
International Refugee Organization
IRO
Europe
Ike
la Granger
Breen's
U. of Illinois
Duplicate Bridge Club
Camp Ellis, l
J. W. Sieger Credit. Jeweler
Cermak Road
Rose Marie
the Brookfield
Magnet
Thurs
Hayford Motor
Meter Taneuy
B.T.U
AMD
Montgomery Ward & CO
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