Halloween Fete Planned Here Oct 31
Brookfield sponsors annual Halloween party set for Monday Oct 31 at the village square near Grandblvd and Q tracks. A big parade with prizes for costumes and a program will highlight the evening. Committees are being formed to plan the event with Lions club handling earlier entertainment and local officials aiding the electrical setup. An Amateur contest entry blank is in The Brookfield Magnet for participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Business Men’s Association
Village Square
Grandblvd
Q Tracks
Brookfield Lions Club
Bob Hladik
Clarence Hoppenrath
Fred McDowell
C. Harold Fash
John Pinner
Supt. Hummell
Gross School
Brookfield
Miss Taylor Featured in Green Bay News Column
Mary Annette Taylor daughter of Charles and Mrs Taylor runs a 5c and 1 store in Green Bay Wisconsin. She graduated Marquette University February 1 1949 with a Bachelor of Philosophy in Journalism. She joined radio station WIPG in Green Bay as a continuity and news writer after moving from Milwaukee. the feature by Ann Weizenegger calls her a lively Get to know Skip the radio copywriter who crafts commercials and echoes her sponsor’s brands. Station WJPG is tied to the Green Bay Press Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Annette Taylor
Charles E. Taylor Taylor
Grand Bird
Green Bay
Wis
Miss Taylor
Marquette University College of Journalism
Milwaukee
WIPG
Hello Thair
Ann Weizenegger
Mary Annette Taylor
WJPG
Marquette
School of Journalism
Skip
Arrives From Germany to Make Home in Village
Mrs. Martha Blohm grandmother of Herman Blohm, 3210 Sunnyside Ave, arrives in Brookfield from Germany and will reside with her children. The 76 year old enjoyed a pleasant flight from Frankfurt leaving at 10 p.m. and arriving at Chicago airport at 7:15 p.m. the following day. Fifteen relatives from Chicago and Arlington Heights attended a reception at the Herman Blohm home Saturday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Blohm
Herman Blohm
Sunnyside Ave
Brookfield
Germany
Convertible top vandalism and theft report
A vandal damaged the convertible top of Bill Hos ticks car in October and stole items including a brown suit. Police note the perpetrators intended to steal more belongings and left three holes in the vehicle’s top.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hosticks
Have You Done Your Share for Brookfield Community Chest
A Brookfield Illinois appeal urges residents to support the Brookfield Community Chest highlighting local organizations and the lasting impact of donations. It notes that any amount given aids children and the needy, calls for broader participation, and invites mailed contributions to Brookfield Community Chest, Brookfield Ill.
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Brookfield
Community Chest
Ill
State Quiz on Prep Wrestling At R-B Nov. 17
A state interpretation meeting for wrestling will be held at Riverside-Brookfield High School on November 17. Kent Law of the University of Illinois will interpret and outline the fine points, with a clinic planned by William A. Shu ey athletic director of R-B. The Illinois High School Athletic Association sponsors two other meetings in Granite City and Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Chicago
Kent Law
University of Illinois
William A. Shuey
R-B
Illinois High School Athletic Association
Granite City
Champaign
Riverside - Brookfield High School
Lions Plan Barn Dance and Halloween Party
The Brookfield Lions club will hold a barn dance and Halloween party at National hall on Saturday October 2. Refreshments dancing and a general good time are promised. The public is invited.
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Brookfield Lions Club
National Hall
Voters Approve Lyons Township High School Building
Lyons township voters turnout shatters records with 2,731 ballots on Proposition One approving construction of the Leonard H. Vaughan building and 2,718 on Proposition Two for issuing $1,200,000 in bonds. Groundbreaking planned at Cossitt and Park, with completion target Dec. 1, 1950 before the 1950-51 basketball season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Township
Leonard H. Vaughan
Lyons Township High School
Dist
Board of Education of Dist
Cossitt
Park Road
Albert Johns Celebrate Three Anniversaries
Mr and Mrs Albert J John of Forest celebrate Mr Johns seventieth birthday their twenty eighth wedding anniversary and his fortieth year in the fishing tackle business A duck dinner was served and their son Thomas his wife Lillian and grandchildren Thomas Jr and Jean Ann attended from Arlington Heights Gifts and cards came from Brookfield and Chicago with thanks expressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert J. John
Forest
John
Thomas
Lillian
Thomas Jr
Jean Ann
Arlington Heights
Brookfield
Chicago
Boy Injured in Fall From Salt Creek Bridge
Richard Rasmussen six of Arden Avenue was severely injured October 17 when he fell from the Monroe street bridge into Salt Creek. He suffered a concussion and the loss of several teeth. Police took him to a Berwyn hospital about five o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Rasmussen
Arden ‘Ave
Monroe St
Salt Creek
Berwyn
Riverside-Brookfield Downs Lyons 21 19 to End 13-Year Slump
Riverside-Brookfield High School Bulldogs upset LaGrange 21-19 on their home field Saturday. Bud Israels connected with Skip Hill for a 17 yard score and John Damore added the extra point as RB built a 14-0 lead. Herb Berger powered the comeback as LaGrange pressed in the second half, but RB held on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulldogs
Riverside-Brookfield High School
LaGrange
Lions
Herb Berger
Israeli
Glenn Frenzen
Berger
Danmore
R-B
Pase
Are
Riverside-Brookfield Teams to Play in Downers Saturday
Riverside-Brookfield High School varsity and fresh-soph teams plus cross-country men travel to Downers Grove on Saturday to clash with the Trojans as Dade Day activities and varied features are planned for the afternoon bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Downers Grove
Trojans
Dade
Downers
Rivals Battle In Longtime Grange Clash Thriller
Fans watched a tense La Grange showdown as R B aimed to break a 14 year drought against their perennial rivals. The rivals sought revenge for a 1947 defeat in a fresh contest, with the game turning into a hard fought finish. Bud Israels opened for R B, gaining an early foothold in territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R-B
la Grange
Bud Israels
Riczy
Phone Rates Increase in Illinois Bell Order
Illinois Bell Telephone will raise revenue by 15.195 million with a rate rise effective Tuesday. Major cities LaGrange LaGrange Park Western Springs and Brookfield see monthly increases of 20 cents for residences and 50 cents for business accounts plus small toll and long distance changes. The FCC order covers over 11 million in total company grants after taxes.
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LaGrange
LaGrange Park
Western Springs
Brookfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Wiineis Bell
Frank C. Ford
Ford
Ates
Ilinois
Illinois
Moose Donate 667 for Brookfield Auxiliary Police Uniforms
Brookfield Lodge No 1599 Loyal Order of Moose presented Capt H C Crosby of the Brookfield Police Department with a 667 check to cover uniform costs for the auxiliary police. The presentation at the village hall on Monday Oct 12 was witnessed by village officials and Moose officers. The lodge notes ongoing contributions to community service as a duty of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookfield Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
J. Mulford
A. Olson
H. C. Crosby
Brookfield Police Department
Moose Fraternity
J. Long
K. Fullerton
G. Franson
R. Bieglow
L. Bertheles
O. Liska
J. la France
G. Wolf
The
Gross PTA Plans Film Talk by Cameraman William Larsen
The Gross PTA will sponsor an appearance by William Larsen RKO-Pathe news cameraman at 8 p.m. Wednesday October 19 in the school auditorium. He will speak on A Good Neighbor and show films from Chile and Argentina. Larsen has a long background in South American newsreels and served as official operator with Vice President Wallace on the Chile Bolivia and Peru tour. He led coverage of the Peruvian Air Force training and Peru Paraguay forces maneuvers and has held key posts including chief of the Pan American Union Motion Picture section in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gross Pta
William Larsen
Rko-Pathe
Larsen
Chile
Argentina
South America
Rkopathe
Movietone
Paramount
Universal
Metro
Bill Larsen
Wallace
Bolivia
Peru
Morinigo
Paraguay
South
Central America
North Africa
Mediterranean
Pan American Union
Washington
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Windy City Patrol Meet Sponsored by Chicago Motor Club
The Windy City Motor Club announces a district safety patrol meeting at Gross School in Brookfield. Safety patrol boys and girls from several suburban towns will attend. A safety motion picture will be shown and Illinois State Highway Police join Brookfield Police at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Motor Club
Gross School
Brookfield
Illinois State Highway Police Department
Mrs Rose Hosticka Dies at 86 Burial Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs Rose Hosticka nee Ruthan were held Wednesday morning at 9 from Mansfield Funeral home to St Barbara's church with interment in St Ad elbert's cemetery. She was a Brookfield resident for 27 years and died Sunday at 5 50 p.m. at the family home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Hosticka
Ruthan
Mansfield Funeral Home
Grand Blvd
St. Barbara's Church
St. Adelbert’s Cemetery
Hosticka
Brookfield
Fathers Forum Hosts Colorful A B Entertainment Night
The Fathers Forum of the Patrons council hosted an evening in the cafeteria with varsity and frosh soph football players, cheerleaders, and invited guests. A film titled King Football focused on football rules interpretation, shown after introductions by Bill Sovereign and welcome from Supt Haebich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fathers’ Forum
Patrons Council
Riverside-Brookfield High School
Fresh-Soph
Bill Sovereign
Haebich
William A. Shuey
R-B
Ewine and
Lain
Joe Fazio
Herb Berger
Mrs. Hoppenrath Celebrated on Birthday at Grant Ave Home
Mr. and Mrs. William Hoppenrath Sr. hosted children grandchildren and friends at their 9101 Grant Ave residence for Mrs. Hoppenrath’s birthday. Gifts flowers and a musical birthday cake highlighted the celebration followed by supper.
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William Hoppenrath Sr
Grant Ave
Trustees to Attend State Library Meet
Three Brookfield Public Library trustees will join a one day session of the Kinois Library association in Chicago on Thursday Oct. 20. Attending are Mos K. Sloan Mrs Henkel and KF. Watson. The program features two outstanding trustees honored by Miss Eleanor Plain of Aurora ILA president and a key address by John Mackenzie Cory of the American Library Association. The morning talks cover board status organization budget relations and personnel with six ten minute talks and discussions. New officers of the section will be elected in the afternoon.
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Brookfield Public Library Board
Kinois Library
Bismareck Hovel
Chicago
Alvin H. Dietz
Naam Lye
Pla
Joh Mackenzie Cory
The
American Library Association
A.L.A
Thomas C. Stifler
Danville Public Library Board
Iene Status of Trustees
Rohn
Waukegan Pie Library
Robert B. Browne
Division of University Extension
University of Illinois
Horace B. Garman
Decatur Public Library
Henry C. Warner
Dixon Public Library Board
Rh. C. Knight
Rockford Public Library
Two-Headed Garter Snake At Brookfield Zoo
A two-headed garter snake, about six inches long and two weeks old, discovered by Shirley and Judy Maynes near 4216 Custer Ave, is being fed chopped earthworms at the Chicago Zoological Park. The reptile, attributed to a split personality, is set for exhibition in the Reptile House Sunday afternoon.
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Brookfield Zoo
Brookfield
Shirley
Judy Maynes
Custer Ave
Director Bean
Chicago Zoological Park
Robert Snedigar
The
Zoo
Snedigar
New Polio Case And One Death Reported Here
Two polio cases surfaced in Brookfield this week with one death and one serious condition. Joyce Kellogg, 21, of 3232 Arthitr Ave, ill last Saturday, placed in an iron lung at Cook County contagious hospital. Dorothy Johnson, 28, died after contracting polio, nurse at MacNeal Memorial, burial in Pine Lake cemetery LaPorte Indiana. Surviving husband George Johnson, parents, two sisters, and a nephew.
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Brookfield
Joyce Kellogg
Arthitr Ave
Cook County Contagious Hospital
Edward Piszeseck
Cook County Health Department
Miss Kellogg
Hines Hospital
Dorothy Johnson
Catcher
Ogden Ave
Mrs
Johnson
Building code amendments discussed by village trustees
A village board meeting Monday amended the local building code. The changes set minimum floor space areas for residences and accessory buildings, detailing sizes for various house styles from one to three levels, basements, and dormers. The committee also considered police purchase funding for civic programs in Brookfield.
Teachers’ Group Reviews National Education Meet
Section VI of the Lake Shore Division of the Hiiness Education association held a workshop dinner meeting at Lyons Township High School La Grange September 28. Delegates who attended the National Education Association convention in Boston in July spoke to 140 teachers. Speakers included Ruth Broom Argo Wazel Phillip Argo Susan McClinn Brookfield Eithel Hickes Brookfield Warren Duval Riverside Brookfield High School and Dr B Smith Oak Park Elementary Schools and chairman of Legislation. Mrs Ludlow Riverside chaired the Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers Legislation Committee. Helen Ryan Illinois Education Association field assistant discussed the value of local associations to the profession and compared local to state and national groups as a winning combination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Shore
Hiiness Education Association
Lyons Township
la Grange
National Education Association
Boston
Ruth Broom
Argo
Wazel Phillip
Susan McClinn
Brookfield
Eithel B. Hickes
Warren Duval
Riverside- Brookfield
B. Smith
Oak Park
Illinois Education Association
R B Junior Varsity Victorious Over Glenbard 7-0
Riverside-Brookfield junior varsity won 7-0 over Glenbard in a Monday game. The frosh soph unit edged Glenbard 7-6, with the next contests scheduled for October 17 at Downers Grove. All junior varsity games are played on Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside-Brookfield High
Glenbard
Froshsoph
Froshsophs
Downers
Mysterious yard activity near 4501 Eber field
A fragmentary report describes several men, including Hector Fields and John Winston Young, involved in a questionable transaction at a Brookfield public junk yard. The messy text mentions a .31 caliber and a .25 automatic pistol, a quantity of brass, and an alleged sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eberfield
Brookfield
Kanelos
Hector Fields
John Winston Young
Caves LaGrange
Bray Public
Possible changes to the proone ment plans discussed
Incomplete notice indicates the Redec tions commission is examining present methods at the moment. The FCC has indicated possible modernization at the police station as a topic for a future meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redections Commission
Mome
FCC
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Kids of Village
Taylor
Green Bay News
Sansage
Press-Gazette
Dan Kylie
Dan Kulie
H. S. Building
Board of Education
Albert Johns
Salt Creek Bridge
Lyons
Moose
Crosby
Windy City Motor Club
Gross Patrol
Fathers Forum
Wm. Hoppenrath
State Library
Illinois Association
Ares Mos
K. K. Sloan
Henkel
KF. Watson
Ernor John Long
Sete
R-B High
Riverside
Brookfield High School
C. W. Carlson
Frank Stedrowsky
Fred Keller
Ken Picha
Ray Jiral
George Brixie
Dave Meier
Dick Vitck
G. WW
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