Pavletic Shuster Wedding Held in St Barbara s Parish
Rose Pavletic and Joseph Shuster were married at St Barbara s church on May 8. Officiant was Father MacInerny. The ceremony featured lily and snapdragon decor and a white satin gown with a lace veil. Guests exceeded 300 at the Lyons hall reception before the couple departed for their Westmont home.
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St. Barbara's Parish
Rose Pavletic
Joseph Shuster
St. Barbara’s Church
MacInerny
Cerest
Rose
John J. Pavletic
DeHois Avenue
Joseph
Charles’ Brzek
Westmont
Hainois
Grace Besich
Mary Pavlettc
Julie Mesich
Rose’Pavich
Lollye Pavletic
Alice Schumacher
Eva Pavletic
Betty Pavletic
Rita Serge
Chickie Jonas
Mike Karkotsky
Johnny Haag
Earl Polanek
Roy Elledge
Tory Vukovich
Kenneth Fisher
Joe Saif
Congress Park Girl Scouts Join Brookfield Council
Brookfield Council votes to absorb Congress Park Girl Scouts after Sept. 1. Mrs Henry J. Bergman Jr chaired a April meeting after conferences on joining. Attendees include Mrs Bergman and Mrs Henry Garner. The move will extend training and resources for leaders and girls at Gross School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Bergman, Jr
Henry Garner
Brookfield
Shower for Miss Anabelle Tegen Before May 22 wedding
Miss Anabelle Tegen was guest of honor at a shower hosted by Mrs. Ellen Zimmerman in Congress Park. Twenty six close friends attended and showered her with gifts as she plans to marry Raymond Weidert on May 22. Pink and blue decorations set a festive mood with buffet refreshments and social games. The B. A. Rose Family of Prairie avenue visited the P. J. White side family at Warrenville last Saturday.
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Annabelle Tegen
Ellen Zimmerman
Congress Park
Miss Tegen
Raymond Weidert
B. A. Rose
Prairie Avenue
P. J. Whiteside
Warrenville
Shower for Bride-To-Be Marilyn Smith at Garner Home
A miscelan eous shower honored Marilyn Smith on April 30 at Elmer and Fred Garner’s home 3005 Vernon ave. Guests praised the hostesses and presented gifts while a life sized utensil bride doll greeted the guest of honor. Marilyn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Smith, will wed Dena Petrucciani at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church on May 22.
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Marilyn Smith
Elmer Garner
Fred Garner, Jr
Vernon Avenue
Marilyn
Victor Smith
Oak Avenue
Dena Petrucciani
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church
Mrs Gilgenbeck Feted At Farewell Surprise
In Brookfield a farewell surprise honored Mrs Emily Gilgenback at 3515 Vernon avenue hosted by Mrs Pentis. The Gilgenbacks, long time residents of 3504 Oak avenue, are moving to Hinsdale and plan Florida as their future home. Friends wish them luck and presented a lapel watch inscribed From My Friends.
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Emily Gilgenback
Brookfield
Pentis
Vernon Avenue
Gilgenbacks
Oak Avenue
Hinsdale
Gilgenback
Florida
Markwell Meier Nuptials in Brookfield Church May 6
The wedding of Miss Grace Markwell and Myron E. Meier was solemnised Thursday evening May 6 at 7 o'clock in the Brookfield Methodist church with Rev. Vance D. Rogers conducting. Vera music was by Mrs. Fredericka Wiley. attendees included Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Meier of 3640 Vernon Avenue and out of town guests from Chicago Joliet Des Plaines and others. A reception followed and the couple departed for a short honeymoon. Mrs. Meier, a Gross School faculty member since 1926, will be remembered for her social science teaching. Meier worked on Midway Island during the war.
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Grace Markwell
Myron E. Meier
Brookfield Methodist Church
Vance D. Rogers
Fredericka Wiley
W. K. Meier
Vernon Avenue
Charles S. Kelly
Chicago
Kelley
William and
Jermene
Kellys
Walter J. Zenner
D[es- Plaines
R. H. Stine
Joliet
F. W. Scheineman
Black Cat Survives Narrow Furnace Rescue
Six week old Susie the cat fell into an open heating register at the Bussema home in North Riverside on May 10. Marion Bussema signaled for help, father found the kitten near the furnace curve, and after shutting the furnace off, Marion lowered a makeshift rope of stockings. Susie clung to the rope and was raised to safety, soot covered but unharmed save for a smoky coating on her black fur.
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Susie
John Bussema
North Riverside
Marion
Congress Park guides round up at Summer Round Up
Nine girls performed as guides at Congress Park on Thursday May 13 1948 with six from Troop and three from Troop V. Dota Lee Sahat fert Phyllis Juracek Judy pee tem Barbara Duckett Patti fee Marjorie Thatcher Betty Pater Richrath Judy Ives and Glagiay Batley participated in the event at the Summer Round Up held Saturday.
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Congress Park
Dota’ Lee
Sahat Fert
Phyllis Juracek
Judy
Pee Tem
Barbara Duckett
Patti
Fee
Marjorie Thatcher
Betty Pater
Richrath
Judy Ives
and ‘Glagiay Batley
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Girl Scouts Inngress Park
Brookfield Council
Anabelle Tegen
Moose
The
Charlie
Gross School
John Stephens
Morton Avenue
Wyona Bigelow
Robert Flanagan
Irene ‘Gabrisch
George Mullin
Fred Polivka
Mullin
la Grange
Rebekah
Brookfield Rebekah Lodge
Ruth Thompson
Emily Cina
Cicero Lodge
Bessie Holpuck
Cicero Lodge No. 4
Alice Klemme
Dorothea Voith
Kenwood Lodge 174
Isabel Jackson
Ingeborg Krause
Sylvia Holat
Mae Kratoska
Lucy Yun
Cervenka Lodge
Noble
Hannah Nelson
RSNG
Bertha Susanka
LSNG
Emily Ehling
Mary Mally
Winifred Chapek
Kate Damit
Nina Wallace
Lorayne Doogey
Anita Filip
Noble Grand
Helen Kolar
Barbara Novy
Ann Herman
Clara Flynn
Oak Park
Harrison St
Lyons Township
LaGrange
LaGrange State Trust and Savings Bank
LaGrange National Bank
Western Springs State Bank
Argo State Bank
Fr. D. Cossitt
la Grange Road
Garner Home
Humphrey Bogart
Walter Huston In
Sierra Madre
Tommy Dorsey
Jimmie Dorsey
Janet Blair In
Dorseys
Sun
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Henry Fonda
John Wayne
Shirley Temple i
Fort Apache
Markwell-Meier
Nelson Mack
Forrest Avenue
H. Lightner
Mrs. Knight
Western Electric Company
Medinah Temple
Anes LA Grange
Illinois
Walter Brennan
Charlotte Greenwood In
William Boyd
Loretta Young
Robert Preston In
Cheyenne
Douglas’ Fairbanks Jr
Joan Bennett In
North Ave
Melrose Park
By Marion Bussema
Boivin
Sunnyside’ Avenue
Thoma
Hodel
Ogden Avenue
South Brookfield
Nazareth Academy
Hupp
Southview Avenue
William Bird
Berwyn
Arthur Schliep
Omaha
Thurs
By Robert Casey and
W. A. S. Douglas
Dwight H. Green
America
Republican Party
Philadelphia
AL Capone
Nn Evra
Wilcox & Follett Co
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