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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1948
Page
3
A garbled OCR list shows numerous personal names and surnames with scattered initials and titles. The fragment hints at a directory or roster including many individuals such as Peters, Murphy, James, and Petersen, among others, but lacks coherent structure or context.
A compiled roster of individuals including Vitek Martin James Verenes Ed ward Richard Vondrasek Robert Vrehota Elsie Emilie Wagner Gordon Donald Wagner Hugo Frank Walter Gilbert Gustave Warrington Robert Wenzel Carolyn Wilde Jacquelyn Virginia Williams Gloria Belle Wilson Donald Ralph Wolk Richard William Yueaver William Frum ney Audrey Dolores Zehier Jon Alberta containing a mix of given names and surnames without stated roles or events.
Hodge Paden's bowling team won the Idle Hour league and exhibited the trophy at Paden's pharmacy. The team held a banquet at Chateau May VI where Lois Johnson received a gold pin for her high game of 222.
Fans viewed River side-Brookfield High School’s new stadium opened after the Thnots State District tract meet. The one third completed project seats 1 600 with two floors of facilities including locker rooms, restrooms, and refreshment counters. Construction uses reinforced steel and concrete with antislip granite chip surfaces and gas unit heaters. A future public address system is planned and a fall dedication is expected.
Northwestern began spring drills on April 7 with a focus on halfback candidates including Laser Grid Candidate Does Laser of Hollywood and North tern University players. Deavatur Betterman is slated for a final Wildcat appearance next fall as spring practice closes with an intra squad case May 10. Mrs H Weise and son Lawrence visited Kiwan for four days to see Mrs Weise’s brother and family.
Linsdale Racqueteers drop three of five watches as R-B clinches its third straight Suburban Conference tennis title. Pou Hollman routed Hinsdale’s Charles Kettering 6-3 6-4 in a key singles upset. Dick Stevens, R’s No.2, beat Sam Pieler 6-? 6-4 as Cost topped Jerry Seibert in the third singles.
Richard Reed and Ralph Freita defeated Jonn Morris and Russ Stephens 6-1 6-1 to reach the quarterfinals. Bud Cushing and Eldén Spearman beat Jack Hamer and Chuck Luttenbacher 6-4 6-3. R B ends conference tennis season against Maine and hosts a conference varsity tournament starting Monday May 24 to decide singles and doubles titles.
Riv Brook and Maine split in a baseball scoreline with errors and multiple batteries listed. Hinsdale played Glenbard with a 7 4 final and a late rally.
The R L s C end and Orchestra will appear in a band concert May 21 at 8 15 o'clock in the school gymnasium directed by Louis Newmark. The programs include soloists with The Orchestra David Frick violinist Anita Hajak harpist Carol Kirby soprano Doroty Tre Bog Cour alae Try Mere Covet Smith on the tuba.
The line describes the deadly explosion of a nitrate-laden freighter in Texas City on April 16, 1947. It killed about six hundred people and destroyed about half the town, marking one of the worst maritime disasters in U.S. history.
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