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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
8
A brief note on bicycles highlighting their long history from early two wheel designs to modern streamlined models. The piece emphasizes cycling as a universal mode of transportation and its evolving possibilities.
Mrs Tone Moody Cowan a Park grade school teacher and former ladies golf champion at LaGrange Country club scored the first hole in one of her golfing career Monday afternoon using a No 4 wood for an ace on the 133 yard 4th hole Mr C C Bell and Mr J E Edmonds accompanied Mrs Cowan.
The governor signed H R 814 to reform the tax sale law effective after Sept 1 1951. The bill aims to enable merchantable title and possession by tax buyers, lower redemption penalties with competition, and allow tax deeds after two to three years with notice rules. It was sponsored by Arrington Branson Powell and senators Little Walsh Fribley and endorsed by state farm and banking groups.
Wilmette completed a new library at a cost of 350000 with capacity for 90000 volumes. The modern building includes a robber reference room main stack reading rooms garden children’s room work rooms and an auditorium seating 135 on the second floor suitable for gallery use. It will house phonograph records an educational film department microfilm and film projectors.
The newly organized Lyons Townsship Woman's Regular Republican group held its first meeting on July 11 at president Mrs. Edward Burie's Brookfield home. Plans discussed included the fourth annual summer outing, the Cantigny woods Farmers festival on Aug 1, and the all county Republican Women's lunch at Edgewater Beach on Sept 11. Board members for the coming year were listed including Mrs Edward Burk as president and Mrs C H Thomas as first vice president.
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