Plan Concert Flore Apr 4-9 and drive for next season
Next week Morley and Gearhart concert will close the 1948 49 community concert series. Preparations begin for next season's membership drive opening April 4 and running through April. Residents enjoyed artists Albert Spalding Helen Jepson Todd Duncan Rudolph Firkusny and others and meeting neighbors at concerts. Leadership under Miss Alice Brainerd with officers Mrs Paul Stephan and Mrs Ted Bachman Jr. and board members Judge John C Lowe James Anderle I L Brown Norman Aylesworth John Clifton C Harold Bush I F E Haebich J C McGowan Mmes A T Etcheson A J Haugseth Edward Havlik W A Shuey Dr L J Hauser Dr Charles Hubner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morley and Gearhart
Albert Spalding
Helen Jepson
Todd Duncan
Rudolph Firkusny
Alice Brainerd
Paul Stephan
Ted Bachman Jr
John C. Lowe
James Anderle
L. Brown
Norman Aylesworth
John Clifton
C. Harold Bush
I. F E. Haebich
J. C. McGowan
Mmes
A. T. Etcheson
A. J. Haugseth
Edward Havlik
W. A. Shuey
Kiwanians to Attend WLS Barn Dance
Six hundred ninety Kiwanis members from Chicago area clubs with Brookfield delegation will attend a theater party planned by Lt Gov Ralph Wheeler on March 29 at Eighth Street theater. The 9 to 9 30 p m WLS National Barn Dance broadcast will feature Kiwanis officials plus many WLS stars and acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield
Chicago
Kiwanis
Ralph Wheeler
Oak Park
Eighth Street
WLS
Lulu Belle
Scotty
The
Sage Riders
Jimmie James
Little Genevieve
Arkie
Arkansas Woodchopper
Grace Wilson
Mac and
Bob
Christine
Karl
Harry
DeZurik Sisters
Bob Archer
Captain Stubby
Buccaneers
Mr Spook the Slow Loris At Brookfield Zoo Delights Visitors
Visitors at Brookfield Zoo enjoy the Slow Loris, a standout exhibit described as unpredictable yet calm in day hours. The animal, Nycticebus coucang, hails from Southeast Asia, with origins noted in Dutch colonial naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spook
Nycticebus Coucang
Slow Loris
Brookfield Zoo
Dutc
East Indies
Ceylon
Asia
Assam
Tonkin
Burma
Siam
Malay Peninsula
Borneo
Java
Sumatra
Nema
The
Zoo
Film Showcase Highlights Creation in Color at Church
Dr Irwin A Moon preacher scientist presents The God of Creation a sound film at First Congregational Church Sunday March 27 at 7 pm Produced by Moody Bible Institute Los Angeles branch the film traces cosmic space from Mt Wilson to the minute world of plants and paramecia It ends with a Biblical message of Gods love A family supper precedes at 5 30 with reservations due by March 24 but film shows free with optional offering
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irwin A. Moon
First Congregational Church
Los Angeles
Moody Bible Institute
Mt. Wilson Observatory
Dr. Moon
Outline Privileges for Veterans at Service Stations
M R Tomlin of the U S and U S Air Force recruitment station Berwyn announced this week that former servicemen again have the privilege to select their branch of service. The notice lists transport corps engineers medical department and other roles, with possible assignments for Sgt Sy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Tomlin
U. S
U. S. Air Force
Cermak
Berwyn
OB. Amie
Transportation — Corps
Engineers
Medical
Sgt
Riverside-Brookfield Concert Duo Morley Gearhart
The Riverside-Brookfield Community Concert Association presents Virginia Morley and Livingston Gearhart in a piano duo at Riverside-Brookfield High School auditorium on Monday March 28 at 8 p.m. The couple met at Fontainebleau Conservatory in France and have toured France and the United States, with four recital tours. The drive to support community concerts runs April 4-9 with advance reservations urged as single tickets are not sold at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield
Virginia Morley
Livingston Gearhart
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Morley
Gearhart
Virginia
Fontainebleau Conservatory
France
Paris
America
Spring Fantasy to Be Given By Riverside-Brookfield High
Riverside-Brookfield High School will present Spring Fantasy on March 24 matinee and March 25 evening in the school auditorium. The Mixed chorus opens with three numbers followed by the Girls ensemble and soloists such as Carol Altheide Shirley Riha Thomas Harris Jean Thomas and Kathryn Morton. Jarmela Speta accompanies with other numbers featuring Carol Schultz and Richard Baieeche. The Girls ensemble performs a final number with Edna Michael pianist and Jarmela Speta organist, listing a large roster of participants in the school music department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Thegram
Jarmela Speta
Else Nielsen
Jarmela
Speta
Carol Altheide
Shirley Riha
Thomas Harris
Jean Thomas
Kathryn Morton
Carol Seibert
Carol
Anderie
Lily” Iby
Hodson
Iter Felow
Carole Schultz
Wecompainigt
Richard Bai
Iechee
Leeclub
Bias
Jarmellz
Jamea Moran
Two Casts to Handle Roles In Operetta
Lyons Township High school choir schedules two casts for Patience by Gilbert and Sullivan. Friday features Martha Morgan as Patience and Richard Tombaugh steps in as Bunthorne with alternating actors. Cast includes Grosvenor by Randall Olson and Jack Fowlie, plus Colonel Calverley Major Murgatroyd the Duke of Dunstable and other roles. Chorus members numbered among both male and female performers with a large supporting group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Township High School
Martha Morgan
Georgia Bail
Richard Tombaugh
William Munns
Bunthorne
Grosvenor
Randolph Olson
Jack Fowlie
Thomas Coleman
Donald Mehlenbacher
Colonel Calverley
Teter McKinney
Major Murgatroyd
Richard Lesler
George Hammond
Duke of
Dunstable
Jack Haugen
Mr. Bunthorne
Tennis Team at R-B Enrolls 30 for 1949 Season
Thirty tennis players report to Coach Thompson for spring training at R-B with 15 varsity and 15 freshmen. Dirk Stevens and Charles Luttenbacher are the only returnees from last year. Proviso from Maywood is the opener in a series slated for Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Dirk Stevens
Charles Luttenbacher
Maywood
One Great Hour broadcast urged for church support
Village residents urged to listen to the One Great Hour program on Saturday March 26 from 9 to 10 p m during an American Broadcasting Company broadcast featuring President Truman. The program highlights aid to Europe and Asia and calls for gifts to support churches in helping the needy worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of America
American Broadcasting Company
Truman
Europe
Asia
Robert Sherwood
America
Brookfield Business Men's dinner set for April 4
The Brookfield Business Men's Association schedules its first quarterly dinner for Monday April 4 at 7 p.m. at Ft Kup 3744 Grand Boulevard. Invitations go to non members. officers say a Membership committee will visit to outline plans for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Business Men’s Association
iKoffee Kup
Grand Boulevard
Louis A. Ciotti
Brookfield Business Men's Association
Ft Kup
Brook
Kathryn Armbruster
Louis A.ciotti
Frosh-Soph Track Meet Planned at Naperville Mar 24
Frosh soph Naperville relays set for March 24 at North Central college gym 8 pm with 11 schools including Downers Grove Wheaton LaGrange Naperville Elgin Hinsdale West Aurora Elmhurst Riverside Brookfield. Afternoon prelims start 5 pm. Events include hurdles dashes jumps vault shot put relays. Varsity set for March 26 with same events plus mile and three relays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naperville
North Central College
Brookfield
Downers
Grove
Wheaton
LaGrange
Hinsdale
Glen Filey
Riverside-Brookfield
Sunrise Easter Service Planned at Riverside Brookfield High
The annual Sunrise Easter service, previously at the high school in years past, will be staged this year on the Riverside Brookfield High athletic field. It is set for April 17 at 8 30 in the morning, sponsored by Lutheran Missouri Synod churches. Prof. A C Repp of Concordia Seminary will speak and a mass chorus will sing Easter anthems. If weather is bad, the service moves indoors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Lutheran Missouri Synod
A. C. Repp
Concordia Seminary of St. Louis
Sound Practical Plan Affects Brookfield School Site
The Board of Education plans a April 9, 1949 vote on selling the Kindergarten Property on Forest Avenue near Salt Creek to fund expansion. The district seeks adjoining lots and a playground resurfacing to meet growth, arguing public school funding is a wise investment in Brookfield’s future and its children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Board of Education of School District 95
Forest Avenue
Lincoln Avenue
Salt Creek
Brookfield
Two Problems Up To Gross Voters At AprilElection
Voters in School District 94 face two Matters at the April 9 election. The poll location is Gross school at 3524 Maple Avenue, open from noon to 7 pm. Voters will choose a president and three board members plus decide on the disposition of the kindergarten building. Frank J. Kessel seeks the three year president term. Harold Mortvedt and Wesley Kurth contend for three year director terms. BE. R. Whitehead runs for the unexpired term of A. E. Etcheson who moved to Hinsdale. The building plan would allow adjoining land purchase and an extended playground area serving both school and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Kessel
Harold Mortvedt
Wesley Kurth
BE. R. Whitehead
A. E. Etcheson
Hinsdale
Gross School
Maple Avenue
Boy Scouts Guests Of Nazareth Show At Par ish Hall
Nazareth Council 1595 of the Knights of Columbus hosted a Fraternity Hall gathering for Boy Scouts and families from St Barbara's parish on March 21. The event featured a technicolor sound picture titled Captains in His Army, depicting priesthood studies, followed by refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Barbara's
Nazareth
K. of C
Disorderly Charge In Langan Case
Arthur J. Langan aged 25 of 1950 West 22nd Street Chicago was arrested early Tuesday on a drunk and disorderly charge after boarding an eastbound freight at 1 36 am Officer Petrusha assisted in taking him to the station Langan reportedly threatened self harm by jumping from the moving Zephyr train going west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Langan
West 22Nd Street
Chicago
Langan
Petrusha
Couple Return From West Trip To California Oregon Washington
Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Bade of the Brown Castle have returned from a trip to the west visiting Mr. Bade's sisters and their families in California Oregon and Washington. They enjoyed scenery along the west coast and through the southwestern states traveling about 10000 miles by automobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl A. Bade
Brown Castle
Mr. Bade
California
Oregon
Washington
Five Tickets Enter Village Election Fight
Five tickets entered the village election field to be held Tuesday April 19 with filing by March 15 and withdrawal deadline March 21. Anthony J. Strobl reports no withdrawals. The groups are Better Government association Community Management Home Owners United Citizens party and Village Manager associates. Charles W. Horak seeks a second term as president heading United Citizens. Only two tickets published platforms with Better Government association and Village Manager associates. Most candidates are new to village voters, spanning diverse community sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony J. Strobl
Better Government Association
Community Management, Home Owners
United Citizens Party
Village Manager Associates
Charles W. Horak
Congress Park Model Appears In Chalk Talk
Members of the Art League praised Margaret Gardner after an interesting chalk talk in LaGrange Congregational Church parish house. The event featured portraits of Henrietta Cooper and the daughter of Mrs Harold Blim. A benefit dessert bridge is planned for May 6 at the Episcopal Parish house, with Gianni Cilfone to demonstrate oils at the White House event on April 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art League
Margaret Gardner
Congregational Church
LaGrange
Henrietta Cooper
Clarendon Hills
Harold Blim
Congress Park
A. S. Nelson
Episcopal Parish
White House
Gianni Cilfone
Red Cross Assembly Held at Riverside Brookfield High
A Red Cross assembly was held at Riverside Brookfield High School on Monday morning focusing on the current drive underway in Riverside and Brookfield. The event aimed to mobilize volunteers and raise support for the relief effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RED Cross
RB High
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Riverside
Brookfield
Trustees Approve West Suburban Building Code Changes
Village board approves the West Suburban Building code including minimum floor space for new homes. Four trustees vote yes with two nays and one absent. Plans for Lustron houses by Homes of Distinction involve four five room buildings on Madison and Park locations with a $10,000 setup, plus a fifth house in a projected exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krause
Hayford
Irv Novak
Brookfield
Cox
Kubricht
Proeiuaka
Gross
Novak
West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
Madison
Park
Buckholtz
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Archie: Schonerman
Spook
the Cat
Elsie Drazil
Edna Michael
Carol -Althelde
Garo Anderie
Tuey Barica
Richard Barnick
Audrey * Beier
Anita’ Bergman
Bette Berry
Lois Brooks
Mary Brown
Betty Lou Chapin
Clinton De‘Laby
John Duncan
Geola Ellwood
Leonide Gaines
Gloria Gigsow
Joan Gra‘ham
Joan Grund
LTHS
Elizabeth Foster
Helen Suk
Mary Lahey
Betty Vickers
Nancy Knappenberger
Lois Opthold
Louise Munger
Joane Wilhelm
Jane
Dinah Filkins
Joy Forster
Ruth Gustke
Beverlynn Hale
Patricia Halvorsen
Joan Hannouer
Enid Hensel
Karen Johnson
Trula Larson
Margaret Link
Nancy Moulton
Margaret Munson
Marjorie Nelson
Barbara Olsen
Barbara Prosch
Jomneretta Reed
Betty Ross
Nina Schlaf
Nanny Seegers
Donna Jean Simonson
Barbara Smith
Joan Thosteren
Susan Woods
Dennis Butterfield
Robert Carlisle
Lowell Erickson
William Fassett
Jack Hagberg
James Hay
Robert Holwick
Kenneth Johnson
Ray Johnson
John Miller
Robert Moore
Richard Rogers
Larry Schaller
William Simantel
Ioery
Shocutt
R-B
Boy Scouts
Bilm
Kiwanians
O.K. Lustron
O.K. Luatron Houses
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