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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1953
Page
1
Fragmentary ad notices reference advertising and subscriptions with addresses 9441 Gengress Park and 111 W Har. Mentions rental and yearly amount 82.00 and Brookfield area with Brook. 9151 M and Burlington. Payment must be made at listed addresses.
A fragmentary item notes Wheaton College and Riverbeckfield High School staff planning summer activities. Cleary leads the Sal branch while Mary oversees a department team. Ethel Curtis from A-B faculty intends to visit England. Bill Shuey, Riv Brookfield athletic head, travels to Colorado for a degree course.
Agent Leo B Feary speaks at a Kiwanis luncheon in Chicago, promoting Zoo Day activities at Berial Park on June 20. Local business leaders and advertisers are urged to support the event.
The Lincoln School patrol awards recognizing outstanding work were presented to Brian Lundmark, Joseph Kostka, Barbara Fritson, Dennis Howart, Jack Collins, Colleen Coates, Marie La Marca, and Phyllis Soderdahl. Thomas Cartright gave the farewell, with George Coates and Eb Atrand as speakers. Certificates were handed out by Armgard and Coates after the class song and recessional.
Ronald W. Keller Jr of 217 W Harris Ave LaGrange drowned Friday night while swimming at Lake Geneva Fon tana Wis. He served in Korea and was a Purple Heart recipient. His body returned to Paxton Ill for funeral services at Ford Baier Funeral Home with burial in Paxton. Survived by father Ronald W a brother and grandmother of Paxton. Attending services from the area included J A Miller and his home companions, his girlfriend Aileen Vrba and others.
Mammalogists recognize 253 species and subspecies of land mammals east of the Mississippi in the United States, with global totals around 30,000 species and subspecies.
Church notices advertise Sunday school for ages up to 20 and Sunday service at 10 45 with the June 28 topic Christian Science A kindergarten is offered for children 2 to 8 during services An evening meeting with testimonies of healing is held Wednesdays Reading Room hours listed at 114 W Calendar Ave La Grange daily 11 am to 5 pm except Sundays and holidays Cordial invitations extended
Permits issued include Coronet Construction Co at 4220 Oak Ave for frame and brick ranch homes with values around 10 000 and 9 900, 4224 Oak Ave for another frame and brick ranch, 8400 04 Riverside Ave for a tri level duplex at 19 000, 2085 Sunya Ave for a tri level residence at 15 000, Joseph Jedrzejas 3717 Raymond Ave enlarging a garage, J Allan Gustafson 3506 Madison Ave brick residence 10 000, Neal Sundin 2908 Forest Ave brick veneer residence 16 500, and Church of the Nazarene 4803 Prairie Ave 30 000.
Burial notice for John Dresmek aged 73 with services held at a local church and interment at Queen of Heaven cemetery. Followed by a list of residential properties and brick residences with assessed values and street addresses including L J Oestreicher 9407 Lincoln Ave and others on Washington, Madison, Prairie, and Maple Avenues.
Dr. Arthur A. Ulén, a correlation ornithologist, argued that birds lack counting ability. He observed mating birds fleeing when he entered the blind during photography sessions.
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