Brookfield Local Notices and Ads from 1879
Local item listings, adverts, and notices for Brookfield including Prairie Ave addresses and ads for Kranee's Dry Goods and Harris. Mentions annual rates, Magnet collection at 3730 Prairie Ave, and advertising payment locations at specified addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RTIA
MANOR
Addie Pelrik
Efflees
Itio Prairie Ave
Breekfield
Promina
Prairie Ave
Kranee
Congress Park
W. Harris
Budget Hearing Notice for Riverside-Brookfield High
The Educational School District No. 208 Cook County Illinois announces the fiscal year 1950 budget and appropriation ordinance will be on file and available to the public from 9:30 a.m. March 25, 1950. A public hearing on the budget will be held at 8:00 p.m. April 1950 at Riverside-Brookfield High School. Ethel M. Curtis, secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Township
Meridian
Cook County
Inois
Ambers
Board of
Edu
County
Iinois
Dat
Brank
J. Kessel
Oh, Mortvedt
M-4
Ver Educational
Illinois
Riverside-Brookfield
Rierside-Brookfield High School
County of
Cook
Tinos
Ethel M. Curtis
Ilinois
Board of Education of School
Board of Education of
Linois
Bilding
Urpuses
Maple Avenue
Brookfield
Board of Education
Board of Education of School Dist
Cook ‘County
Minois
Mingis
Gress School
Brookfield Community Notes and Local Events
Village residents report recovery of Trene Lavisa after arm surgery and her return to Trene's Beauty on Grand Blvd. Andy the Parakeet marks his first birthday at Brookfield Free Public Library next Saturday. Essay contest deadline April 1. Concert series tickets go on sale March 27 for Riverside Brookfield Community Concert Association. Brookfield Lions to run a cancer drive beginning April 11. Substitute clerk carrier applications due by April 17. Friends of Donna Hoff visit Chicago while she travels from Snyder to Minnesota after a death in her family. The Brookfield poetry group remains active with Hoff formerly tied to them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy
Brookfield Free Public Library
Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Riverside - Brookfield
Brookfield
Donnafred Hoff
Chicago
Snyder
Buffalo
Minnesota
Brookfield Party
Search for Clarity in Style by Flynn Clarke Benson
The Inland Journalist, issued from Congress Park publisher Franklin E. Coyne marks its March issue with a notable poem by George Boss titled Beloved Banality and an article by Flynn Clarke Benson. Benson’s final line emphasizes choosing words and their arrangement to express a single mind’s turn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin E. Coyne
Congress Park
George Boss
Flynn Clarke Benson
Benson
Local residents and teachers gather for talks at Myron Fisher’s
Lawrence Gross of Congress Park and Lincoln school teachers Mrs Jessie Kinne Mrs Violet Hajek and Mrs Marine Stoga attend a session with Susan McCann and Mrs Hickes. Tom Keigher Heinz salesman and Evelyn Schmidt share experiences including a lecture on finger painting at Belle OLeary in the post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Gross
Congress Park
Myron Fisher
Lincoln School
Jessie Kinne
Violet Hajek
Marine Stoga
Gross
Susan McCann
Hickes
Tom Keigher
Saleman
Heinz
Evelyn Schmidt
Belle O'Leary
Florence M Gervais widow of Fred J Gervais dies
Mrs Florence M Gervais of 4528 Johnson Ave Western Springs died Friday night March 17 after a year long illness at Fox River sanitarium Burial at Mt Olivet Joliet she was born Nov 13 1900 in Joliet a nurse at LaGrange hospital later married in Riverside March 4 1924 Survivors include husband Fred J Gervais son Edward daughter Marilyn father George Miller brother Edward Miller
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence M. Gervais
Ashland,ave
Western Springs
Fox River Sanitarium
Merkers Funeral Home
St. Mary’s. Church
Joliet
Mt. Olivet
Florence. Miller
Nec
St. Mary's
LaGrange Hospital
Riverside
Fred J. Gervais
Berwyn
Johnson Ave
Gervais
LaGrange
Catholic Woman's Club of
Edward
Marilyn
Metals Through Time Lecture At LaGrange Club
William E. Mahin of the Armour Foundation will speak at the LaGrange Chemists club on metals research. The talk covers the rise of metals in industry, future tech developments, and economic impact, linking metallurgy to vocational guidance for Chicagoland high school and junior college students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam E. Mahin
Spring Ave
LaGrange Chemists Club
LTHS
Mahin
Armour Foundation
Whic
Chicagoland
Sub Teen Club Girls Fashion Show Highlights Local Event
Sub Teen Club staged a fashion show at Lowry's Children’s Store last Friday night featuring 725 Western Sub Teen members. Notable organizers include Jean Kassebsin, Miriam Campbell, Joy Hebert, and Dena Brooks with Joe Stevens assisting. models include Sharon Boldenow, Mary Stodden, Juanita Sehulta, Margaret Bassnell, Gloria Gatz, and others from Western Springs, Brookfield, Congress Park, and Hinsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowry
Jean Kaegebeins
Mary Ahe Rafferty
Barhars
Bradley Joy Hebert
Miriam Campbell
Dena Brooks
Joe Stevens
Sharon Boldenow
Mary Stodden
Juanita Sehulta
Margaret Bassnell
Mary She Rafferty
Gloria Gatsz
Carel Osth
Roxane Dempsey
Lola Alexander
Joy Hebert
Barbara Bead-ley
Grace ‘Ann Churchill
la Grange
Lela “Keeton
Rose Mary Sturtz
Penny Pierce
Evelyn Anderson
Pat Patton
Alana Lons
Kitten ‘Booz
Western Snrings
Jean Kassebsin
Brookfield
Jayce Garner
Dorothy Jean Bergman
Congress Park
Barbara Hynes
Hinsa “le
Birthday Celebrations and Local Notes in Suburban News
Happy returns mark birthdays for John Viwald and Margaret Hugh with family gatherings and friends. Marilyn Wagmen visits from Chicago as a guest. Mrs. Albie Lodt recuperates after major surgery at MacNeal Memorial hospital. Den No.6, Cub Scouts Pack 28 gains new leader Mrs. Robert Horson. Judy and Susan Petrik attend the Ice Capades 1950 at the Arena with the Walt Disney Toy Shop show. Robert Lodt celebrates his seventh birthday. E H Faster and family visit from Kansas City while Shrine Circus guests enjoy Medinah Temple. Mary Lou Myles recovers from a bad ear infection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Viwald
Madison Ave
Marilyn Wagmen
Chicago
Judy
Susan Petrik
Harrison
Arena
Walt Disney
Robert Lodt
Sheridan
Lyons Township staff on North Central meeting panels
Lyons Township High School is represented by three faculty members at the North Central Association annual meeting at the Palmer House. Supt. George Olsen librarian Mildred Nickel and Ronald Deabler appear on panels with Nickel on librarians at 2 p.m. Wednesday and Olsen on fraternities and sororities at the same time. Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Olsen and Deabler join on The Realistic Functional Program of In-Service Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Township High School
Sdth
North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Palmer House
George Olsen
Ronald Deabler
Mildred Nickel
Miss Nickel
LTHS
Olsen
Deabler
Duplicate Club Welcomes Guests in West Suburban Duplicate Bridge
The West Suburban Duplicate Bridge club reports rising interest with 14 tables Friday evening. Sessions run Fridays at 8 p.m. at the YMCA, except no session on April 7. Last week’s winners were North and South Mr. and Mrs. Copenhaver, Mr. Nelson and Mrs. Schuldes, Mr. Gardner and Mr. Sloan, East and West Mr. Schuldes and Mr. Rezek, Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Lloyd, Mr. Hill and Mr. Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Suburban
Duplicate Bridge Club
YMCA
Copenhaver
Nelson
Schuldes
Gardner
Sloan
Rezek
Burke
Lloyd
Hill
Mills
65th Anniversary Ceremonies At Illinois Masonic Home
The 65th anniversary ceremonies of the Savatlag Orphans Home in LaGrange will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in the institution. Benjamin E Patton grand master of Illinois Masons will preside. Chief speaker will be Charles S Johnson general manager of the Masonic Home in Kentucky. Rev Thomas L Crosby of the First Congregational Church will offer the invocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois “Masonic
LaGrange
Benjamin “E. Patton
Masor
Illinois Masons
Charles Ss. Johnson
Masonic Home
Kentucky
Thomas’ L. Crosby
First” Congregational Church
Auto Mishap on LaGrange Road Causes $175 Damage
LaGrange police estimated total damage at 175 after a Sunday evening collision on LaGrange Road 200 feet north of Cossitt. Stephen C. Helis of Chicago driving south struck Joseph R. Brookbank of Brookfield, who was backing from a parking space. Damages totaled 150 to Brookbank’s left side and 25 to Helis’s right front fender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
LaGrange Rd
Cossitt
Stephen C. Helis
S. Racine
Chicago
Joseph R. Brookbank
Monroe
Brookfield
Brookbank
Bidwell Senator Bidwell to Speak at GOP Open House
Arthur J. Bidwell joins a slate of candidates at a GOP Open House at Republican party headquarters in Maywood Friday night. He seeks another term as senator from the Seventh District while campaigning locally county and state offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Bidwell
Republican Party
Maywood
Bidwell
Cana Conference For Married Couples In Nazareth Mar 26
The Cana conference, conducted by Rev James Birch of Our Lady of Sorrows Chicago, will be held Sunday March 26 at Nazareth Academy Brainerd and Ogden Aves Brainerd and Ogden. The event, under Chicago archdiocesan chancery, offers spiritual exercises to re acquaint couples with Christian marriage principles. Reservations may be made by telephoning Mr and Mrs Lawrence Creighton 707 South Second Ave Maywood at Maywood 5427.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Birch
C.S.M
Our Lady of Sorrows Church
Chicago
LaGrange
Nazareth Academy
Brainerd
Ogden Aves
Chicago Catholic’ Archdiocesan Chancery Office
Lawrence Creighton
South Second Ave
Maywood
Psychologist to Talk at West Suburban YMCA Meeting
Isaac Jones staff psychologist in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction will highlight a meeting of the parents of retarded children at 8 p.m. Wednesday March 22 at the West Suburban YMCA 31 East Ogden Avenue in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Jones
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Springfield
West Suburban
E. Ogden Ave
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OL Rieke
Cing
An. Brook
NG Brock
Scutes Brook
Mollywood
Trene Lavisa
Trene
Grand Blvd
Pts Oiwiden
List
Southview Avenue
Grove Avenue
Burlington Avenue
Ulinois
Gross School
Kamman Avenue
LaGrange Park
Richard Sobol
Cleveland Avenue
LA Grange Park
Pard of Education
Day Frank J. Kessel
Lis Aurober
Chemists Club
Broggs
Albie Lodt
Sheridan Ave
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Robert Horson
Eincotnave
Mrs. Hadac
Sunnyside Ave
Margaret Hugh
Raymond Ave
E. H. Faster
Kansas City, Mo
Mrs. E. J. Faster
Frank Zak
Lesley
Side Ave
Medinah Temple
Mary Lou Myles
Claveland Ave
Ig Chee
North Central Meeting
Duplicate Club
Nelson J. Mack
Fores'ave
Blowmer
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Gen McNamara
Mrs. McNamara Sr
B. A. Rose
William Teichmiller
Forest Ave
Diamond Fruit Market
Mark
Nazareth
M. Pesko
Monroe Ave
Park Ave
Brookfield, Il
Mes. Lanning
Dan
M Madsen
Sunnyside
A.G
Hillgrove
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