Eighth Grade Promotion at Gross School June 10
The Eighth Grade Promotion exercises at Gross School will be held Thursday evening, June 10, at 8 p.m. in William Koenig auditorium. Sixty three students will graduate under the direction of Mrs. Ethel Hickes and Miss Susan McCann with diplomas presented by Josephine M. Myers, president of the Board of Education District No. 95.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross School
William Koenig
Ethel Hickes
Susan McCann
Faith of Our Fathers
Carol Lillie
Fred Wellman
M. W. Hummel
Theodore Allen Gatz
Marjorie Lillian Grosshenrich
Joseph W. Gruber
John Joseph Harazin
William Hardy
Richard J. Herman
Lorraine Dorothy Holzwart
Danny Irons
George John Janacek
Claude F. Johnson
Barbara Josephine Jones
James William Koepp
William Koupal
John Thomas Lamb
Peggy Ann Laurick
Eleanor Jane LeGant
Carol Jane Lillie
Robert Lisk
Louise Lorch
Edmund J. Maciejewski, Jr
Jerry Marsh
John Alan McCormick
Kenneth L. Meinhart
John Moro
Frances Dvorak Paver
Patricia M. Purl
June Carol Riska
Mildred Marion Roxas
Arlene Marie Rutledge
LaVerne Joan Ryth
Gale Shillington
Patricia M. Stephenson
Marian Stokoe
Clarence Stoppenbach, Jr
Rogers Chaplain Named for Illinois Amvets Minor Department
The Rev Vance D Rogers pastor of Brookfield Methodist church in Brookfield Illinois has been appointed chaplain for the Minors Department of the Amvets announced in Brookfield This will be ratified by the department executive committee at its Champaign meeting on Saturday Howard Sproat Amvets Minors finance officer will attend with other state officers Rogers served as U S Navy chaplain for three years during World War II He previously lived in Dundee and currently resides in Lake City Minnesota
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Vance D.rogers
Brookfield
Lilljander Receives DAR Award at LTHS
LaGrange chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution awards a certificate to Brookfield Junior College sophomore Robert E. Lilljander for high scholarship in history and political science. The faculty at LTJC unanimously approves the honor.
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Lilljander
Clergymen to address LTHS baccalaureate in 1948
Lyons Township High School prepares for baccalaureate vesper services on June 6 with Rev Edward F Manthei of Western Springs and Rev Wilbur C Christians of La Grange delivering sermons and prayers. About 400 students expected. Howard Storm to give the address. choir under Clarence F Dissinger to perform. senior prom June 8 at Medinah Country Club. luncheon at Spinning Wheel. class officers and advisory board named with multiple student members.
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la Grange
Western Springs
Lyons Township High School
Edward F. Manthei
First Congregational Church of
Wilbur C Christians
la Grange Baptist Church
Howard Storm
Clarence F. Dissinger
Marguerite Carnal
Medinah, Country Club
Dave Swain
Spinning Wheel
Susan Sovereign
Storm
Charles Beath
Barbara Betz
James Hoffman
Frances Pulliam
Carol Ruminer
Norette Miller
William Fritz
Kenneth Carlson
Dorothy Neice
Jack Hensler
Caroline Fraser
John Radebaugh
Herbert Hearth
Robert Messner
Nancy Greaves
Marilyn Martin
Jack Fitzgerald
Elephant Air Mail Delivery on Television Shows Baby Elephant
WGN telecast the air mail delivery by a baby elephant at the post office. Postmaster Colgrass reported Thursday, May 20 about the first showing on Tuesday evening, May 2. The event drew a crowd of several hundred children, many with parents, though local pickup of pictures was not learned.
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WGN
Riverside-Brookfield Summer Sessions Start June 14
Summer school at Riverside-Brookfield High runs six weeks from eight to noon with options for credits. Courses include English Social Science Personal Typing Art and Mechanical Drawing. Tuition 15.312.50 for half credit and 25 for full credit plus rental fees.
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Riverside-Brookfield High School
Fourth of July Celebration Committee Plans Event
The 4th of July Celebration Committee met last Friday in the village hall to outline the annual observance in Kiwanis Park. Earl Bostrand, former Brookfield VFW commander, chairs the committee guiding the program with periodic meetings to finalize details. Representatives from patriotic and civic groups will sponsor the event and the public is invited to participate.
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Earl Bostrand
Brookfield
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kiwanis Park
R B 48 Class Members Have Varied Plans for Future Life
Almost half of the R B 48 class of 1948 plan to attend college next year. Many intend to work or already have job offers. a few remain undecided or await college acceptance. Read lists of students and their intended colleges and universities.
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R-B
Robert Abel
Iowa State
Dale Allison
Joan Altera
Grinnel College
Gus Anderle
Ardis Bansford
University of Minnesota
Ray Barnick
Coyne Electrical
William Hazant
North Central College
June Bergstrom
Sullins College
William Honow
Bradley College
Charles Boston
John Bozik
Loyola University
Ray Bronsteader
College For
Rosemary Cerny
Frances Shimer
Gordon Benes
Sally Clarke
Bob Cook
Rollo, Missouri College
Barbara Craig
Northwestern University
Miles Canat
Brown University
George Davis
Radio
Portland Floods Noted by Miss Savana Letter
Shirley Savana writes friends in Elmhurst and parents in Brookfield about Portland flood conditions and many homeless residents. She notes the ice machine failure delaying performances and outlines a summer tour from June 5 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, with a Hollywood premiere in September.
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Shirley Savana
Elmhurst
Brookfield
Portland
Ore
Shirley
Ane
Barbara Schonemann
Magnet
Ice Follies
Michael Savanas
Oak Avenue
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Cease Order Sought in Bluebird Case Before Judge Fisher
West Towns attorney B Goldberg asked the ICC to issue a cease order on Bluebird operations on Maywood and Brookfield routes. Judge Fisher sent the case back to the ICC for a ruling after new evidence, proposing a combined decision with Berwyn Cicero lines. The ICC granted a substitute trustee and allowed Goldberg to act for the trustee while Bluebird seeks a temporary order. The case continued to June 16, with Bluebird seeking removal of Chicago and West Towns Railway from further participation due to bankruptcy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry M. Tisher
Brookfield
Maywood
Commerce Commission
B. Goldberg
West Towns
ICC
Bluebird
Fisher
Circuit Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Berwyn-Cicero
Goldberg
Louis R. Gentili
Francis Daily
Commission
Raymond Drymalski
Chicago and West Towns Railway
Walter J. LaBay
Riverside-Brookfield High selects 1949 1950 1951 officers
Riverside-Brookfield High School announced class officers for 1949, 1950, and 1951. The 1949 slate included President Jack Hagan and Treasurer Richard Kennaird, while 1950 elected President William Ludlow and Treasurer Harold Hill, and 1951 chose President Bruce Hale with Officer Mary Brown and Secretary Joan Henke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Jack Hagan
Frank Hajek
Kenneth Flaherty
Richard Kennaird
William Ludlow
Neil Thomason
Dorothy Rylander
Harold Hill
Bruce Hale
Mary Brown
Joan Henke
David Meier
Sharclub
Barbara Ellacott
Jeannette Scoville
Judy Hoffman
Carol ‘Seibert
Shaken Up Tuesday In Auto Accident
K Cerny of Madison avenue was badly shaken up Tuesday morning when he lost control of his car after hitting an object on the street. Police report the vehicle may have struck another car on the road.
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K. Cerny
Madison Avenue
Ice
Grand Jury to Hear Evidence in 2-Way Robbery
Three witnesses testified before the Cook county grand jury in a Brookfield and National Tea store robbery case. Officers Lieut. George Zahora and Byrum Shaw identified alleged suspects Vernon Lee Bean and James D. Tucker, both Chicago residents, with the pairs linked to Brookfield Appliance.
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Cook County Grand Jury
National Tea
Ogden Avenue
Brookfield
Ogden and Prairie
George Zahora
Byrum Shaw
George Padalik
Vernon Lee Bean
Lake Park Avenue
James D. Tucker
Indiana Avenue
Chicago
Ogden
True bill returned against Bean and Tucker
The Cook County grand jury returned a true bill against Bean and Tucker on Wednesday June 2, with Brookfield police receiving word shortly after noon.
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Cook County
Bean
Tucker
Brookfield
Robbery leads to chase through Congress Park and river crossing
Sunday morning May 16 a burglary at a National Tea store yielded 65 cartons of cigarettes and radios valued about 500 dollars. Lieut Zahora and Officer Petrusha pursued two colored suspects from Ogden avenue toward the Des Plaines river, with Tucker and Bean arrested after a long chase ending near the river.
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National Tea Store
Zahorn
Petrusha
Congress Park
Ogden Avenue
Zahory
Zahora
Ogden
Inghway
Hudson
Des Plaines
Tucker
Bean
Ilin
Hiariem
Brookfield Lions to Meet Bi Monthly in Summer
The Brookfield Lions club pauses weekly dinners for June July August and limits gatherings to brief meetings at member homes on alternate second and fourth Wednesdays. The next meeting is June 9 at 8 p m at Bob Hladik’s home 233 Dubois Boulevard.
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Brookfield Lions Club
Clarence Houppenrath
Bob Hladik
Ben Kitching
Segoond
Hladik
Dubois Boulevard
Mrs Burgermeister To Be Buried Today
Funeral services for Alma Burgermeister of 3815 Madison avenue are set for Thursday June 3 at Nepil Funeral home Ogden avenue in Congress Park at 2 PM with cremation to follow at Acacia Park cemetery. She died Monday at home. Evening: at Coe ae ving are her sis-
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Alma Burgermeister
Madison Avenue
Nepil
Ogden Avenue
Congress Park
Acacia Park
Burgermeister
Coe Ae Ving
Riverside-Brookfield Faculty Plans for Summer Varied
Members of the Riverside-Brookfield high school faculty outline summer plans including vacations at lakes and in the north, attendance at Northwestern, Denver, Indian, and Chicago summer programs, teaching at the high school, working at the district office or bookstore, and trips to New York and Illinois. Coach Dudley will direct a summer recreation program and attend coaching schools, with family trips in August.
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Riverside-Brookfield’ High School
Supt
Haebich
Wisconsin
Michigan
Hubert Edquist
Minnesota
Nettie Courtney
Speriti
Silver Plume
Colo
Miriam Fager
Northwestern University
Alice Brainerd
University of Denver
Jane Hewitt
Indian University
Merriel Sanders
Clarence Carlson
University of Chicago
Emil Barwis
Mary Houston
Lucile Shipley
Wilma Buchholz
William A. Shuey
O. C. Haack
Lincoln
Neb
Morton Kaiser
Adell
Wis
Mabel Bare
Fulton
E. A. Jenkins
Ozarks
Ruth Cleary
Ruth Curtis
Lucile Mason
Louis Newmark
New York City
East
Forest Hill
Dudley
Riverside Grammar School
VePaul
Earlville
Audley
Logansport
Ind
Normal University
Beloit College
Wins Bowling Prize Ken Kellerton in Berwyn
Ken Kellerton of 3725 Prairie Avenue won the $600 second prize in the Berwyn Bowling sweepstakes. The event awarded cash prizes and honored top contestants among local bowlers. Kellerton’s achievement followed a neck and neck competition with several rivals, with the final standings confirming his position as the runner up.
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Ken Kellerton
Prairie Avenue
Berwyn Bowlings
Three Day Memorial Holiday Attendance Sets Chicago Zoo Record
The Chicago Zoological Park logged a three day attendance of 87 917 over Memorial weekend with 5 629 visitors on Saturday May 29 33 149 on Sunday May 30 and 49 249 on Monday. The six Yale University baby chimpanzees drew crowds along with new exhibits including a Marabou stork and penguins. Cars from most states plus Mexico and Canada filled lots marking one of the park s greatest turnouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Zoological Park
Brookfield Zoo
Zoo
Yale University
Yale
United States
Mexico
Canada
185 Students At R B High On Honor List
At Riverside Brookfield High School an assembly on Wednesday morning June 2 recognized 185 students with awards across multiple activities. Ten boys earned National Athletic Scholarship Society memberships while others were noted in chorus band orchestra debate ticket sales and various student leadership roles. The Burt T Krueger Memorial tennis award honoring Robert Hoffmann for sportsmanship and teamwork was presented for a second time. the cup award cites his 1947 and 1948 West Suburban Conference titles.
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Riverside-Brookfield High School
National Athletic Scholarship Society of
Froshsoph
Burt T. Krueger
Robert Hoffmann
Commencement Program at R-B Weekend Events
The program lists a Baccalaureate service Sunday June 6 at 8 15 p.m led by the Rev Vance D Rogers of Brookfield Methodist church followed by a senior dinner on Tuesday June 7 at 7 p.m in the parish hall Riverside Episcopal may feature other details.
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Vance D. Rog‘ers
Brookfield Methodist Church
Parish
Riverside Episco
Memorial Day Services Honor Local Veterans
Memorial services were held at 11 o clock for World War II veterans east of the village hall. American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Amvets hosted the event with wreaths placed, color guards present, and remarks by Frank Marsh VFW past commander. Village officials and Scouts attended as flags were displayed on graves and a sermon marked the day.
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Erican Legion
Veterans of Wars
Amvets
Auxily
Commander Ward
Edward Feely
Hubka
Veteran Foreign .Wars
Howard
The
Frank Marsh
VFW
Bash
Brookfie
Fairview
Fisher's Macy
Memorial Squire
Vance D. Rogers
Brookfield
Ans
Organization Board Holds Meeting At Noon
An organization board will convene at noon to discuss plans for a Brookfield location. Details indicate a candlelit lounge setup along the avenue with tasks to finalize arrangements and designate roles.
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Rogers
Illinois
Robert Lilljander
DAR
LTHS
Edward Manthe
Elephant
Richard Gauch
Ripon College
Janet Gillen
Stanley Grabzurek
Stoat Institute
Glen Guthrie
University of Michigan
Anita Hajek
Califor
Nia
John Halbeck
Morton JC
Hesert Halladay
Purdue
Jack Hamer
Harriet Handtman
DeKalb Normal
Jean Hartley
Maryland College
Bob Hayer
Georgine Hoteldt
Lake Forest College
Bob Hoffman
William and Mary College
Kay Horne
University of Colorado
Carolyn Huckstep
MacMurray College
Bob Huebner
Dolores Israels
LTIJC
Marilyn Jahnke
U of 3
Bill Jarvis
LTIC
Lucilla Kammerer
Lawrence College
James
Kennedy
Wayne King
Carol Kirby
University of Ilinois
Wiliam Knack
Savana
National Hall
Emily Masek
Gold Star
Harry Brunson
J.komorous
Warren Masek
Eleanor Alexander
James Lyons
John Jabronski
Joseph la Francis
Auxiliary
Lions Club
New York
Brookfiel
Marsh
Ponee Walter
Jacobson
Alfred Karner
Eugene H. Kozohorsky
John Jr. _ . Kreiger
Rudolph K. . Lagerdahl
Morton
Richard F. Neilson
David H.nelson C. Richard Nelson
Robert A. Nerud
Lovie T.noland
Walter K. Pa
Laddie Walker
Calvia
Avenue
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