Plans for Addition To Congress Park School
District 102 Schools approved building plans for an addition to Congress Park School. Bids open Aug 24 for the addition and for a new Goodman Avenue school. The annual financial report showed 62,862 spent on maintenance. educational fund totaled 359,150. Enrollment reached 1,931 pupils with 83 teachers and 16,732 library volumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress Park
Cogsitt
Goodman Avenue
Edgewood
Leitch
Maintai
Lybrand Ross Brothers & Montgomery
Chicago
Oak Avenue
Hains
Ith
James B. Pease
Power capacity expansion and survey during postwar period
The system has 557000 kw of new generating capacity under construction and 100000 kw planned, but completion will take 9 months to 344 years. A precautionary capacity survey will cover customers with 25000+ watts served by major utilities. The shortage is expected to persist until spring 1949, despite efforts to prevent a power emergency.
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Public Service Company
Commonwealth
Study on Local Power Demands in Northern Illinois
Public Service Company of Northern Illinois and utilities serving about 600 cities report reserve capacity tightness. A survey of 7,000 large industrial and commercial customers seeks minimum power needs during shortages. Rising electrical use, war era capacity limits, and overhauls reduce available generation by 778 kilowatts, 48 percent since 1940.
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Public.Service Company
Northern
Illinois
Associated Utilities
Ilinois
Bids Requested for New LaGrange School and Congress Park Additions
The Board of Education district invites sealed bids for a new Goodman Avenue school in LaGrange and additions to Congress Park School at Raymond and Shields. Separate bids required for General, Heating, Plumbing, Wiring, and equipment. Bid deposits 3 percent with bonds, bids due August 24, 1948 at 8:00 PM in LaGrange or 4:00 PM in Chicago, with right to reject any bid.
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Board of Education
Edgewood
Leitch Avenues
la Grange
Congress Park
Raymond and
Shields Avenues
Illinois
Jos. C. Llewellyn Company
South Dearborn Street
Chicago
Lingis
Cook County Tax Take at Midyear Falls 20 Percent
Cook County real estate, railroad and personal taxes for 1947 totaled 157,822,971 through June 30, Treasurer Louis E. Nelson reported Tuesday. The midyear amount sits 110,7 million short of the full year, with a 20 percent drop from 1946 midway collections. Nelson cited taxpayers paying in two installments as the cause. The quarter-year collection is for a quadrennial year with re-evaluations underway.
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Cook County
Louis E. Nelson
Nelson
Power curtailment plan during peak hours considered
A postwar power management survey explores temporary reductions for large users during peak hours between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to safeguard public supply and essential services. The study aims to find least disruptive options before new generating capacity becomes available.
End of June Totals Highlight Bill and Collections
A 1946 report notes a total sum of 15 dollars and a final collection of 154,525,258 dollars by the end of June, with figures 252 and 263 and 29 referenced in relation to the totals.
Decapitated Earthworm Will Grow New Head If Rings Remain
A scientific note states that if the head is severed so that no more than 13 rings are cut, the earthworm can regenerate a new head and continue to eat and function normally.
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Congress Park School
S William Lalling
Bill
Cossatt
Geneveive Fecker
Jane Badger
Gladys Beckman
PTA
Ruth
Ann Sokol
Hinsdale
Downers Grove
Brookfield
Robert MacDonald
George A.liemere
Les Dinkel
Curtis
Russell Ursini
Lester Ursini
George LeMere
Lillian Ursini
LeRoy Dinkel
Avon Cleaners
Grand Boulevard
Hodge Paden’'s Drug Store
Corner
Grand and
Prairie Brookfield
Public Service To
LaGrange
Rollin A. Brooks
Edward S. Coif
Ogilen Avenue
Pinas Ee Western Chats Ae
L. Guange
Ae Real
Laskin
Nelon
Ideal
Mouton
Portia Manor Grocery & Market
Long's Royal Blue
Harrison Ave
Fasher’s Drug Store
Refrigerated Candy Department
Whitman’s
Warman
Gale
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