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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
9
Town party plans emerge with committees named for the annual event to be held May 12 in Parkes Uren Bougay. Organizers announce coordination details including telephone notes and local volunteers. The piece lists attendees and hints at a regional celebration format with speakers and entertainment.
Fragments describe spring wildflowers and saturated soils across woodlands and prairies. References to bulbs, clovers, and blooming plants imply a broader plant life event, though many words are garbled.
Grays Lake state commander of the American Legion, Ds Getchell, hails the House committee report on the Communist control bill as a definite step forward. He says the Legion is pleased Congress recognizes the facts of life of Communism and positions the Legion as Public Enemy No 1 of Communism in the United States.
The gathering spans ages from infants to centenarians, led by Ferdinand Jeschke of Melrose Park the oldest telephone pensioner. More than 4,000 Western Electric Hawthorne works chapter members are expected to attend the event.
Founders Day was observed by West Suburban Alumnae of Pi Beta Phi in Western Springs. Members from both Alpha and Beta groups attended a 7 o'clock supper in a recreation room on Ellington avenue. A long white table ran the length of the floor with candles, and attendees shared a floor-seated supper. Hostess duties were handled by Mrs. Orin I. Bingaman, with assistance from Mrs. Fred A. Cutler, Mrs. H. A. Dana, and Mrs. Morrell Gross.
The Monmouth Pi Beta Phi club hosted a candle-lighting ceremony honoring the twelve founders from 1867 at Monmouth College. Mrs. Bingaman led the event with committee members and guests from La Grange Hinsdale Western Springs and Hinsdale. The celebration mirrored a larger Evanston Georgian Hotel gathering with Northwestern's active chapter singing and an after-meeting open house at the Northwestern Pi Beta Phi house.
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