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Brookfield Magnet

Location

Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1947

Page

13

Grange Students Highlight Local Commencement Achievements

Grange residents and LaGrange area graduates appear in college notices. Richard R. Allen and Richard Griffith earned medical degrees with honors after four years of study. Jean Louise Maglott, Leah Keller, Marjorie Tully, Elinor Alleworth, B. Dewey, and others are listed among graduates and scholars. A student from the John Dewey family begins an insurance career after a Portland trip, while Ward-Belmont calls Clare Martin to study. Betty Nagel earns a Sherwood Music School normal certificate.

University of Sessional Quee Navy Pier Friane Richard R. Allen Gallerine Avenue Griffith North Wisner Robert Kare Park Road Valentine laGrange St. Louis Nagareth Academy Lyons Township University ‘of Missouri Pat Alpha. Delta’ Pi Ray Lyons Marjorie F. Tully John C. Tully South Park Road Stanford Uniersity Calif Betty Nagel Brainard Avenue Sherwood Music School Orchestra Hall Betty Sherwood

Sugar maples yield up to forty gallons of sap per season

Sugar maples have been known to produce as many as 40 gallons of sap in one season. It takes from 45 to 50 gallons to make one gallon of syrup.

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Waldt Named Fifth District Commander in American Legion

Ernest D Waldt was elected commander of the Fifth District at the annual meeting on June 19 at Maywood Post 133. Retiring commander Glen A Gilliland was honored. Other officers named include Joseph G Howland senior vice commander and William F Boeckelman junior vice commander. An installation committee was appointed and Father Thomas C Hanlon, chaplain, will depart for armed forces duty abroad.

Ernest D Waldt Broadview The American Legion Maywood Glen A. Gilliland Joseph G Howland Austin William F. Boeckelman Cornelius McCue James G. Brophy Martin Finstad William Kiszner Broadview Post Elmer Erhardt Austin Post Chesly McPhee Charles Roth Oak Park Edward Kurtz Fred Volkman Paul E. Brederle Ways and Thomas C. Hanlon Germany Japan Gilliland Hanlon

Royal Antelope Description From West Africa

The royal antelope is the smallest true cud chewing animal and stands about ten inches high along the west coast of Africa. It is described as a tiny, delicate creature with remarkable balance and alert demeanor in its natural habitat.

Africa

New Water Supply Bill Approved By City Council

The city council approved a bill authorizing munic ipally owned water supply systems to serve suburbs beyond Chicago. It aims to acquire property for a 30 mile extension, with charges to cover construction and operation costs. The measure, prepared by the council, follows Public Works Commissioner Oscar K Hewitt's argument that outside mains are cheaper and more efficient than interconnecting village mains.

CNS Chicago Oscar K. Hewitt

Summer Picnic Foods From A P Service for Home Makers

The article promotes an extensive open air dining menu for summer Sunday dinners. It lists steaks eggs and coffee for camp cooks, hamburgers and frankfurters over an open fire, fried chicken for picnics, fresh vegetables fruits and spices, bananas pineapple asparagus lettuce and mayonnaise, a wide range of sandwich fillings and breads, seafood options like salmon tuna shrimp lobster clams or oysters, and finishes with fruit juice or jellied soup followed by cake and iced beverages.

Ummer A&p

Ophthalmic Glass Production in the United States

The Better Vision Institute notes that while glass making began early in the American colonies, the United States began manufacturing fine ophthalmic glass for spectacles less than fifty years ago. Today large quantities of the finest ophthalmic glass are produced domestically.

American Better Vision Institute United States

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