Pet Parade Set to Break Records in La Grange Area
La Grange and LaGrange Park chambers report a surge in Pet Parade entries for the June 9 event. Parade chairman Edward Breen Jr notes entries are about three times last year, with new classes for petless kids and groups, plus bands and celebrity appearances in the evening show.
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Chamber of Commerce of
la Grange
LaGrange Park
Edward Breen Jr
Lyons
North Riverside
Downers Grove
Westmont
Breen
Racine
Wis
Racine Hilties
American Legion
Racine Boy Scouts
Evanston Boy Scout Corps
Austin Grenadiers
Norwood Park
Junior Legion
Athieve
Electro Motive Division
General Motor
Red” Grange
University of Illinois
LaGrange
Brookfield
McCook
Bar Group Back Judge Miner For Supreme Court Bid
Chicago Bar Association endorsed Judge Julius H. Miner 53 year old Republican candidate for Illinois Supreme Court from the seventh district. Miner, a Circuit Court judge, has 27 years as a jurist and 16 years as master in chancery in Cook County. He attended Oliver Goldsmith grade school Medill High School Chicago Kent Law Northwestern master's, married with three children.
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Chicago Bar Association
Julius H. Miner
Illinois Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Chicago
Oliver Goldsmith
Medill
Chicago-Kent College of Law
Northwestern University
Miner
Cook County
Superior Court
Stamp Club Elects 1951 52 Officers At LTHS
The LTHS stamp and coin club elected 1951 52 officers. Bill Gothard was named president, Norman Fisher vice president, Arlene Mrnk secretary, and Wayne Glover treasurer. Rabies losses cited across states include East Texas cattle and Georgia livestock declines, with foxes and dogs spreading the disease.
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Stamp Club
Lths Stamp and Coin Club
Bill Gothard
Norman Fisher
Arlene Mrnk
Wayne Glover
Texas
Georgia
Cited Grading Accuracy At Lyons Township High School
Lyons Township High School graduates entering college maintain strong scholastic results. A National Registration Office survey shows 504 grads across 141 colleges with a 2.6 average in both high school and first-year college work. Subjects such as foreign languages and mathematics improved or matched, while social studies lagged. The four-year data cover 449 English students at 134 colleges, 417 in languages at 93 colleges, 485 in social studies at 122 colleges, 380 in mathematics at 70 colleges, 170 in science at 110 colleges, and 435 in other fields at 91 colleges. Additional two and three-year breakdowns are noted. Supt. Olsen links results to marking accuracy and the private status of the registration office.
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Lyons Township
National Registration Office
Supt
George S. Olsen
Coun
New Rer
Rye
Bronxville
Scarsdale
New York
Supt. Olsen
Headmasters’ Association
LTHS
Puppetry Class for Children Planned at West Suburban Y
Registrations for summer programs at the West Suburban YMCA run June 4 to June 8. Puppetry for children aged nine and up, with puppet design and production, meets Fridays from 1 50 to 2 p.m. through August 28, taught by Mrs Mari a. A drawing and painting class for nine and over, taught by Mrs Nerad, meets Wednesdays 9 to 10 a.m. A summer wood shop for boys nine and over is offered Thursdays 9 to 10 a.m. Don Widler leads the wood shop.
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Heyal
Fetnehnih
Maria
Nevad
West Suburban Ymca
West Suburban
Nerad
Wedne
Ogden Avenue
Hull House
Chicago
The
Oye
Don Widler
LTHS Wins Track Title at Riverside Brookfield
LaGrange secured its fourth straight West Suburban track championship by taking firsts in five events at Riverside Brookfield. Rod Webber led with double wins in the 120-yard high hurdles and 180-yard low hurdles, clocking 14.9 and 20.4 respectively. Dean McKown, Clyde Greene, Ben Johnson, and Joe Remelsberger also struck for LaGrange in pole vault, 440, and high jump events.
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LaGrange
Riverside- Brookfield
Rod Webber
Russ Peason
LTHS
Rod
Dean McKown
Clyde Greene
Ben Johnson
Joe Remelsberger
LTJC Instructor Wins Recount in Westchester Vote
Homer H. Fields an economics instructor at Lyons Township Junior College and a Ma bin Port Realtors salesman is declared president of the Village of Westchester in a Superior Court ruling by Judge John A. Sbarbaro. The judge reversed the April 17 election result after Fields filed suit to have the outcome reconsidered.
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Fields
Ludvig Peterson
Sbarbaro
Petersen
Westchester
Homer H. Fields
Lyons Township Junior College
Mabin-Port Realtors
Village of
John A. Sbarbaro
Hit and Run Forensic Photomicrographs Aid FBI Detections
Photomicrographs of paint traces left by hit and run cars are a valuable aid to detection by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The photos study color layer structure and metal content by lantern magnification. A spectograph identifies metals used as pigments for comparison.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mrs. Dawson to Direct Summer Nursery School at Y
Letta Dawson, 56 Kingsington Ave, longtime LaGrange Community Nursery School director, will lead the West Suburban YMCA program July 2 through August 10 for children aged three to five. Registration at the Y runs June 4 to June 8. Sessions run 9 to 11 30 a m weekdays with activities like games, singing and finger painting. Dawson previously taught first grade at Ogden Avenue School and trained at Chicago Teachers College and National Kindergarten. She has assisted YWCA camp for teens at Lemont.
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Letta Dawson
S. Kensington Ave
LaGrange Community Nursery School
West Suburban
Dawson
Ogden Avenue
Chicago Teachers’ College
National Kindergarten
YWCA
Lemont
Brookfield Midweek Paper Notes Community Nursery History
The Brookfield paper reports a 20 year history of the Community Nursery held in LG, recently conducted at the West Street urban YMCA and formerly at the Congregation church, reflecting local community efforts and location changes.
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Weat St Urban
Congregation Church
Bridge Tournament opens at Edgewood Valley May 19
The opening game of the timer bridge tournament at Edgewood Valley was held Saturday May 19. Four winners named: Mrs Yi Arndt Downers Grove Mrsoe B Eichler LaGrange Park Viray Rush McCoy Berwyn and Mr Robert Kurtz LaGrange. Second round set for June 2 with Canasta added to the summer schedule at Edgewood.
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Edgeswood Valley
Yi Arndt
Downers Grove
Oe B. Eichler
LaGrange Park
Viray Rush McCoy
Berwyn
Robert Kurtz
LaGrange
Aos
Canasta
Edgewood
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la Grange Road
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LTJC
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the Brookfield
MAG
Edgewess
B.C
Greece
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