Poppy Day Observance Here May 24
Commander William Markward and President Hazel Wilson of Ed ward Feely Post No. 190 Ameri can Legion with their Poppy day chairman Lloyd E. Lee and Mrs. J. Runkle will sell poppies on Monday May 24 The sale supports rehabilitation services for hospitalized veterans through Illinois American Legion offices and VA facilities Funds from poppies fund travel expenses and occupational therapy for veterans and their families The program emphasizes duty to veterans and the symbolic poppy as a symbol of devotion through Emil Ehlert poetry
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William Markward
Hazel Wilson
Edward Feely
American Legion
Lloyd E. Lee
J. Runkle
Brookfield
Congress Park
Hollywood
Ilinois
Department of Illinois
American Legion Rehabilitation Commission
Illinois
V. A
Chicago
Legion
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Bat
Emil Ehlert
Edward
New Brookfield Lions Club to receive charter May 21
Brookfield announces Charter Night May 21 at Acacia Country Club with 45 charter members led by Clarence Hoppenrath president and William Strandquist vice president. Victor C. Neuman district governor will present charter. Attendees include Lions clubs from LaGrange Lyons Maywood Austin and others. Toastmaster H E Sproat Jr. and dancers to Bob Stevens and his Bobcats. Dress optional. Tickets from Wally Specier or John Pinner.
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Brookfield Lions Club
Howard E. Sproat, Jr
Acacia Country Club
Lions Club
Brookfield
Clarence Hoppenrath
William. .Strandquist
Victor C. Neuman
Lions International
Lions Clubs
LaGrange
Lyons
Maywood
Austin
Lion H. E. Sproat, Jr
Bob Stevens
Bobcats
Lion Wally Specier
Lion John Pinner
Open Verdict in Korbelik Case Returns
An open verdict was returned Wednesday May 12 in the death of William Korbelik 42 a union official whose daughter Frances 16 admitted shooting him in his sleep four months ago. Death from a gunshot wound received Jan 10 formed the jury’s verdict and the coroner’s jury urged further state attorney investigation. Korbelik is brother in law of Walter Whitworth of Brookfield. The jury avoided naming a specific slayer citing county practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Korbelik
Tle Union
Frances
Korbelik
Plans Forming for Brookfield July 4 Celebration
A May 14 village hall meeting drew civic groups veterans and business leaders to organize Brookfield July 4 events. VF W Earl Bostrand named acting chairman with officers elected: Earl Bostrand chair, William Markward VP, Emil Ehlert secretary, Dan Kulie treasurer. A May 28 meeting at 5 pm at the Village hall to ensure broad representation and fundraising via personal and mail appeals.
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Woman’s Club
Knights of Columbus
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Methodist Church
American Veterans Committee
American Legion Post
Auxiliary
Earl Bostrand
V.F.W
William Markward
Emil Ehlert
Dan Kulie
Brookfield
Congress Park
Hollywood
World War II Vet Arnold Panenka Buried May 5
Funeral services for Arnold F Panenka of 4222 Rese Avenue Lyons were held Wednesday May with a military guard detail from VFW posts in Brookfield and Lyons. Panenka a corporal and WWII veteran died in an air crash at Atkinson Field British Guiana on March 3 VA. Survived by parents two sisters and a brother. Burial at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Arnold F. Panenka
Lyons
VFW
Brookfield
Panenka
Atkinson Field
British Guiana
Forest Home Cemetery
April Building Permits Rise in Village and Chicago Region
A press release from Bell Savings and Loan reports April building activity up across the village and Chicago region with 3237 450 total units, 19 homes valued at $184 000, compared with the prior year. March 1905 totals cited, and a decline in other permits noted.
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Bell Savings and Loat Association
North LaSalle
Chicago
Gross Band Parents To Induct Officers
The Band Parents Club of Gross School will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday May 26 at 8. The gathering will include a short business session and the installation of new officers.
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Gross Band
Gross School
Mithere
Erticern
Realtors Air Building Ideas At Brookfield Village Meeting
Real estate men and builders debated building problems at a Brookfield village board meeting on Monday night. Mayor Hayford chaired with all trustees present. The board approved purchasing a Burroughs machine to speed village billing. Two appointments were made: Clare Falout as village collector and Elmer Swanson as village treasurer. The discussion on building issues remained informal with ideas exchanged.
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Brookfield
Hayford
Burroughs
C. Harold Bash
Prochaska
Kash
Clare Falout
Neing
Elmer XN. Swanson
Miss Falout
Swanson
Zoo Rhinos Coming to Brookfield June 20
Two rhinos from the Indian branch of the family are slated to arrive at Brookfield Zoo on June 20, transported aboard the S S Steel Surveyor from Calcutta to Savannah, Ga. Assistant Director Graham oversees the shipment, which also includes two tigers reptiles and birds. Attendance climbed to 27 439 for the day, marked by the Marabou stork feeding on snakes with hamburger patties as a novelty attraction.
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Brookfield Zoo
Robert Bean
Chicago Zoological Park
S. S. Steel Surveyor
Calcutta
Savannah
Graham
Operation for Rev Wakefield in Berwyn
The Rev Wilfred Wakefield pastor of the First Congregational Church of Brookfield had a gall bladder operation on Monday at MacNeal Memorial hospital in Berwyn. He is resting as comfortably as can be expected. The patient sharing his room is Larry Pray of Brookfield.
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Wilfred Wakefield
First Congregational Church
Brookfield
MacNeal Memorial Hospital
Berwyn
Wakefield
Larry I’ray
Graduation Program set for Riverside Brookfield High
Riverside Brookfield High announces graduation events with Baccalaureate June 6 at 5 15 PM in the school auditorium and graduation exercises June 9 in the auditorium. Report cards issued at final session June 11. Salutatorian Nancy Nelson and valedictorian Glenn J Guthrie named. Class roll lists numerous seniors with full names and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Vance. D. Ropers
Brookfield Methodist Church
Nancy Nelson
Aikenside Road
Riverside
Glenn J. Guthrie
Southcote Road
Abel
Robert Bruce
Aguilar
Consuelo
Albrecht
Elizabeth Frances
Allison
Dale
Altera
Dogh
Anderle
Gustave
Bamford
Ardis
Barnick
Raymond
Barton
Nancy
Buzcaurt
Wu- Nam
Henes
Gordon James
Clarke
Sally Jane
Clevenger
Paul Wesley
Cook
Bobbie Jean
Craig
Barbara Anne
Canat
Miles
Edward Davis
George Gonrad
Davis
Jane Ann
DeHart
Fred Arthur
David
Big Protest Meet Draws Anti Taxers
Taxpayers angry over 1947 bills crowded Gross school last Friday for a public hearing called by village manager C Harold Bush. Speakers included Board of Education members Mrs Josephine Myers Mrs Winona How A T Etcheson Harold Mortvedt Judge Carroll and others. About 400 attended as questions were clarified during a lengthy session, with similar meetings planned at Hollywood Community House and Congress Park grammar school.
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Gross School
C. Harold Bush
Josephine Myers
Board of Education
Winona How
A. T. Etcheson
Harold Mortvedt
I. E. Haebich
Riverside-Brookfield
C. B. Allen
Judge Carroll
Bash
Hollywood Community House
Congress Park Grammar School
Swan Song of Trolley Rails Ends in Brookfield
The last trolley rails in Brookfield face removal by week’s end as Chicago & West Towns clears tracks from Hillgrove Avenue. Most of the Cicero to LaGrange route will be bare except Berwyn and Cicero borders, with decisions pending on paving versus a parkway. Salvage value cited as key to funding, amid a planned $350,000 bus purchase and a July 1 payment. Local officials warn paving Cermak Road could turn it into a speedway.
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Brookfield
Chicago & West Towns
Hillgrove Avenue
Philipp W. Gerhardt
West Towns
Cicero
LaGrange
Berwyn
Gerhardt
Cermak Road
Illinois Commerce Commission
State Highway Commission
Stage Set for Elephant Mail Delivery Act
Raby Brookfield will deliver mail to the Brookfield post office Thursday afternoon around 4 o clock to commemorate National Air Week May 15 21. Mail will be bagged at Brook field Zoo and loaded on the elephant from which point moppet will head for the post office. The ceremonies after school dismissal will likely draw a crowd of young people to the post office.
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Raby Brookfield
Brookfield
Brookfield Zoo
Moppet
Guy Smith
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Smith
Brookfield Unveils New Efficient Garbage Truck
Brookfield placed a new orange garbage truck in service on Tuesday. Village manager C Harold Bush praised its use in town cleanup and noted the machine is 85 percent more efficient than the old hand loading system. Residents and board members commented during Monday night exhibition.
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Brookfield
C. Harold Bush
Chicago
Riverside Brookfield to Open Summer Sessions on June 14
Riverside Brookfield high school announces a six week summer session starting June 14 offering four schedules for credit. Options include four hours daily for three weeks or six weeks for half or full credits, with courses in English social science typing drawing and Art. Tuition runs from 12.50 to 25 dollars per half or full credit. Organ lessons offered without credit require prior piano study and approval by Miss Brain erd.
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Riverside Brookfield High School
Express Bus Fare Hike Approved for Suburban Routes
Commuters in LaGrange Brookfield and North Riverside face a 16 percent fare increase on Bluebird System buses this week. Tokens rise from 10 for $1.50 to 10 for $1.75 while one way fares stay unchanged. Commuters will pay 27 15 cents per token plus a dime from LaGrange and 24 6 cents more per ride in Brookfield and North Riverside.
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LaGrange
Brookfield
North Riverside
Bluebird
Kinois Commerce Commission
Joliet
Brookfield Christmas Seal Sale Net Total 2394.82
The 1947 Christmas seal sale in Brookfield and nearby areas raised 2394.72 to combat tuberculosis, exceeding 1946 by 3863.13. Mrs. Harbacek chaired the Brookfield drive. mail sales yielded 2353.63 and booths and schools 41.0. The Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago cited a city and county total of 487,682, reflecting rising public support. The Institute, with the community chest, runs Brookfield Health Center at 387 Prairie Avenue for ongoing case finding and health education.
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Brookfield
Congress Park
Hollywood
John Harbacek
Forest Avenue
Chicago
Tuberculoss Institute of Chicago
Cook County
Earl E. Kleinschmidt
The
Tuberculosis Institute
Community Chest
Brookfield Health Center
Prairie Avenue
Louis Pichler Sr Buried in Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral services for Louis Pichler Sr aged 74 were held May 15 at Mansfield Funeral Home with burial in Bohemian National Cemetery. Masonic rites were given at the chapel and grave. He died May 13 after a three year illness. A Brookfield resident for 37 years he lived at 3612 Vernon Ave. Surviving are wife Anna, daughter Helen Frano, a son Louis III of Chicago, and Edna and Joseph Frano as parents in law. He long worked with Liquid Carbonic Corp retiring five years ago.
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Louis Pichler Sr
Mansfield Funeral Home
Bohemian National Cemetery
Mr. Pichler
Pichler
Vernon Avenue
Brookfield
Anna
Helen Frano
Louis III
Chicago
Edna and
Joseph Frano
Liquid Carbonic Corporation
Return to States From Korean Port
Lt Col Stanley R Lauferski and Mrs Lauferski have returned to the United States after an extended Korea assignment. He noted driving a jeep from San Francisco to Los Angeles on newly paved roads and they visited Ben Osbourne and wife in Los Angeles. Lauferski recalled last seeing Osbourne in Rome in 1944.
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Stanley ‘R. Lauferski
Lauferski
United States
Korea
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Magnet
Pastor Bixler Returns to Brookfield Pulpit for Sunday
Pastor Bixler formerly led Forrest Avenue Church of Christ and left for Japan two years ago. He will speak at 11 a m on Sunday May 23 and friends will welcome him back to his former pulpit for a brief return before resuming Far East duties.
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Bixler
Forrest Avenue
Brookfield Post Office Faces Growth and Delivery Strain
Postmaster Michael Colgrass warns Brookfield’s growth demands expanded facilities as the 1936 post office, already overloaded, must reorganize ten daily routes for more than four hundred new homes. Carrier stops have surged 36 percent in five years, with two to five families served from single buildings. Northwest Brookfield, once underserved, now has two daily carriers, and existing space is fully used. Colgrass notes forty feet of northern land and further plots are needed to accommodate added facilities.
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Brookfield
Michael Colgrass
Congress Park
Colgrass
Northwest Brookfield
Amvets Active at State Meet with Brookfield delegation
Four delegates from Brookfield attended the state Amvets convention held at Sprit Field. Howard Sproat was elected flag officer of the state department. Brookfield post members Norman Ayleworth J P Browne and Otto Matineh served on committees including housing and preparedness. Mrs William Hoppenrath Brookfield led the auxiliary delegation as the convention urged action on Taft Ellender Wagner housing and federal regulation to curb the gray market. Sessions ran May 13 to May 16 with debate on national housing programs and subsidies.
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Broo
Amvets
Spritfield NL
Howard Sproat
Depa Gthers
Brookfield
Norman Ayleworth
J. P. Browne
Otto Matineh
Tony Brockmann
St. Ni Hotel
Aylesworth
Brown
Sproat
Thek
William Hoppenrath
William G. Lee
Rockfordz
O Fee
Coace
Partiaeral
Basi
Arve
Rip Van Winkle Returns at Gross School May Show
A new version of Rip Van Winkle featuring Van Winkle Si Knickerbocker and Vedder among 22 characters is set for May 27 and 28 at 8 p.m. The cast includes Carol Lillie, Robert Zynda, Derry Smaage, Eskey, and Leslie Gald Slouka in a locally staged rendition expected to revive the famous legend.
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van Winkle
Oy Hott
Knickerbocker
Carol Lillie
Wilhelm
Roberters Zynda
ecTene
Herman
Derry Smaage
Eskey
Nick Vedde
Leslie I Ald Slouka
Edmond
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Acacia
R-B High
Fazekas
Gloria Jane
Fears
Donald Jean
Fisher
Harold Roy
Freitag
Ralph Lee
Gatherer
James Willard Jr
Gauch
Richard Frank
Gerken
la Verne
Gillen
Janet
Godard
Robert
Goniv
Gloria Ann Margaret
Gorgen
Wilbert Fred
Grabarek
Stanley
Gordon Edwards
Man
Joan
Elizabeth
Griesbach
Carolyn Louise
Grove
Patricia
Guthrie
Glenn Edgar
Hajek
Anita
Dawn
Halamka
Joyanne
Iitseck
John
Halladay
Hubert Earl
Hamer
Jack James
Handtmann
Harriet Eleanor
Hartley
Jean Carel
Haugh
William Hayer
Robert James
Hebeda
Christine Louise
Helebrandt
Robert Anton
Hessel
Betty Jane
Heluig
John A
Herda
Donald Ray
Hofeldt
Marie Georgine
Hoffman
Robert Melvin
Horne
Ruth Katherine
Hrdina
Roselynn Jo
Huckstep
Carolyn
Huebner
Robert John
Israels
Dolores Mary
Jacobsen
Wilma
Jahnke
Marilyn Joyce
Jarvis
William
Jerabek
Donald George
Johnson
June
Jonés
Fy Hoyt
Kammerer
Lucilla Ann
Kennedy
Dolores Ann
James Richard
King
Wayne H
Kirby
Carel Ann
Klemme
Vera Maes
Knack
William Arthur
Knourek
Wilma Claire
Kobzina
Arnold
Kolar
James Otto
Kozel
Shirley
Kozelka
Charles William
Krabec
Adolph
Kraft
Marie Elizabeth
Kramer
Louis John
Krejcik
Earl Albert
Krupka
Kundroth
Joanne Margaret
Gross Grammar School
Louis Pichler, Sr
Korean
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