Social calendar notes from Granite City and nearby towns
A string of local social items details gatherings and visits through the region. Mrs Floyd Potzler and party on Custer avenue hosted four wives from Granite City and Hanover. Mrs Herbert Lightner and others attended a St Marys of Riverside fashion show at the Conrad Hilton. Neil Fiihart hosted his bridge club on Forest avenue. John Coykendall and guests joined the McCormick Co party at Vogers in Whiting Indiana. Ted Pence enjoyed Time Out for Ginger at Harris theater. Janice Cockendall and Constance Neville-Johns attended the Illinois Federation of Music Clubs festival in Champaign. Curtis Peterson and Marlin Frisfart visited Neil Fridaeus. Leone Schye returned from Norfolk Virginia. Maryann Johnson made her first Holy Communion. Birthday wishes to Kemp Stein and Terry Stevens. George Coates and children spent a weekend in Marcellus Michigan with Don Gallup. Waldo Schneider visiting from Fort Leonard Wood will report to Camp Lee after furlough. Mrs Paul Melzahn entertained her pinochle club Sunday evening.
Beginners to Model Blouses and Dresses Show at School
Members of the adult evening school start sewing with cotton blouses and progress to a dress with zipper and buttons. Teacher Mrs. Nancy Bierma will comment as the class models their work Thursday night. Participants include Mrs. Philip Bowden, Mrs. J. C. Combs, Mrs. John Hawkins of LaGrange, Mrs. Beatrice Bive, Mrs. Thomas Moreau, Mrs. George Supplitt of Brookfield, Mrs. Octave De Semple of Hinsdale, Mrs. John Milton, and Mrs. James Hodge of West Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Bierma
Philip Bowden
J. C. Combs
John Hawkins
LaGrange
Beatrice Bive
Thomas Moreau
George Supplitt
Brookfield
Octave de Semple
Hinsdale
John Milton
James Hodge
West Springs
WSCS Election to Be Held May 26 in Methodist Church
The Women's Society of Christian Service at Brookfield Methodist will hold its first general meeting of the year at the Brookfield church on May 26. The event features officer installation after a Madigal chorus performance and a talk by Rev. Milton Bayly. Nominated officers include President Mrs. Robert Wright and several secretaries and committee chairs such as Mrs. L. E. Henning, Mrs. Don Arnold, and Mrs. William Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Brookfield Methodist Church
Madigal Chorus of Riverside 1
Milton Bayly
Installaare
Robert Wright
M. S. Deardorff
L. E. Henning
H. W. Hammett
Charles Slack
Tom Norem
Chester Pickrell
Don Arnold
William Barber
Warren Duval
Edwin Whitehead
William Neville
M. F. Lillisander
H. N. Chastain
Jean Mulder
David Marsh
Frank Mears
Sunshine
L. L. Lewis
Phillip Cennar
George Arp
John Kent
Paul Miller
Eugene Cashman
Willard Mehl
DePaul ROTC Cadet Roberts Commended at Review
Wilbert J. Roberts, 21, of 4437 DuBois Boulevard Brookfield, was commended as nearest cadet of the junior class at the DePaul University ROTC corps annual review on Sunday May 16. The honor was presented before U S Army and university dignitaries. Roberts, a Roselle Park High School graduate, is a chemistry major in DePaul University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbert J. Roberts
DuBois Blvd
Brookfield
DePaul University
ROTC
Gross Band Parents To Sponsor Concert
At a Band Parents Organization meeting on May 11 at Mrs. Robert Hruby home, a May 25 general meeting date was set. Mrs H W Hamimatt will lead at 7 30 p m in Gross school auditorium. Delegates from the American Legion East of Brookfield will present a marching banner and a flag before the cadet and concert bands perform. William Wilson the band master will award medals and ribbons to the solo contest winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Parents Organization of Dist. No
Robert Hruby
H. W. Hamimatt
Gross School
American Legion
Brookfield
William Wilson
Night School of Mothers styles for Lyons Township students
Twelve children ages one to nine model twenty garments made by their mothers in Lyons Township High School Junior College evening school. The show Thursday May 20 at 445 pm features outfits including coats dresses and suits. Mothers Kathryn Kolinger Riverside Claston Wells LaGrange Stanley Cash LaGrange Park R Ensign Western Springs Roy Widner Downers Grove Dorothy Kuczenski Miriam Jensen Hinsdale Ruth Richter LaGrange Margaret LeGras Long Beach suburb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Township High School
Sue Dierks
Nancy Graves
Pat Mueller
Lyons Township High School Junior College
Kathryn Kolinger
Riverside
Geome
Claston Wells LaGran
Paul
Karen
Pamela
Mary
Jayne Blankenship
John Blankenship
LaGrange
Deborah Kay Cash
Martin
Stanley Cash
LaGrange Park
Eileen Ensign
R. Ensiens
Western Springs
Downers Grove
Darryn Kay Widner
Roy Widner
Mary Alice
Lewis Kuczenski
Dorothy Kuczenski
Charles Jensen
Hinsdale
Miriam
Beach
Ruth Richter
Lrons
Margaret LeGras
Kolinger
Vision Screening Program At St Barbara’s School
St Barbara’s school in Brookfield, with Brookfield Health Center and Illinois Society for the Prevention of Blindness, begins a three day vision screening on Monday May 10. Miss Mery Pokorny leads a special mothers club committee assisted by Misa Esther Schultz of I SPB and Miss Mary Pokorny to review the testing process and screen students. Parents are urged to note that children often protest despite possible poor sight, which may blur vision or show double vision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Barbara’s
Brookfield Health Center
Illinois Society For the Prevention of
I.S.P.B
Mary Pokorny
Miss Pokorny
Kha
Right To See: eye symptoms in children need prompt care
Miss Pokorny warns eye symptoms in children may reflect eye or systemic disease and require glasses or better fitting eyewear. Seek a competent eye examination promptly. The Society for the Prevention of Blindness urges quick attention to eye trouble and avoiding accidents at playground, work, and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Pokorny
Society For the Prevention
University offers two week summer arts and crafts course
The University of Tlingia offers a two week summer arts and crafts course at Spring Avenue School in LaGrange from June 21 to July 2. The fee is 15.50 per person plus a materials charge, with option for two undergraduate college credits. For more information contact Mrs. Hill Warren at FL 2-3587 or FL 4-1645. Also encourages regular eye examinations for children and those over forty and invites friends to join a nationwide save sight campaign.
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The
University of
Fraternity seeks liberty and tolerance through costume dance
Fragmented lines describe a school event at night with a shipwrecked desert theme. References to a Furnishing costume dance, a man with opinions, and the pledge of Thomas Verney Smith. The wording is garbled but suggests a fraternity event aimed at enriching liberty and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert
Dae Brook
Stardusters
Grant Thomas Verney Smith
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Floyd Potzler
Custer Ave
Granite City
Hanover
Herbert Lightner
Jos. Budin
William Harthegen
Paul Molzahn
St. Mary’s of Riverside
Conrad
Neil Fiihart
Forest Ave
John Coykendall
40Th St
Lyons
McCormick Co
Vogers
Whiting
Ind
Ted Pence
Gaster Ave
Ginger
Harris Theater
Janice Cockendall
Biss
Constance Neville-Johns
Curtis Peterson
Chicago
Marlin Frisfart
Wiegon, Hl
Neil Fridaus
Leone Schye
Vernon Ave
Norfolk, Va
Maryann Johnson
Peter Johnson
Park Ave
Kemp Stein
Terry Stevens
George Coates
45Th St
Marcellus, Mth
Don Gallup
Waldo Schneider
Ft. Leonard Wood
Elmore
Camp Lee, Va
Paul Melzahn of
Prairie
WSCS
Broadway
Peice
Ronny Granam
Robert Clary
June Carroll
Alice Ghostley
Virginia Deluge
Se Lagrange Lumber Oc
31St St. and
North LaGrange Rd
Fleetwood
Gross Band
Helen Bergstrand
He Sen
Decker
Northern
Illinois
South LA Grange Road
Galt Creek
Marshall Migatz
Chicagoland
Jack
Palange Atar
Shane
Playa i
Ball Theater
Binsdale
Charles Coburn
Ethel Waters
N.la Grange Road
ITN
LA Grange
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