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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1953
Page
9
A digest of local birthday greetings and upcoming gatherings. Mary Ann Mallard celebrates a 16th birthday with classmates. church bake sale set for Oct 23 to benefit the building fund. Local clubs schedule meetings and outings to Honey Bear Farms, Geneva, Wis, and Hollywood community house hosts a hair styling demo.
The Hollywood Brookfield Presbyterian church will host a Monday sermon by Rev Curtis M Glick on volunteers for Christ The Sunday worship time is moved to 1045 am with nursery care at the community house The church school assembles for worship and Bible study at 930 am A Senior Hi class is noted but details are incomplete
Naomi Circle members sew for the WSCS bazaar to be held November 17 at Brookfield Methodist Church. The event runs 3:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. with aprons, dish towels, and embroidered pillow cases on display, as presented by Mrs. Ethel Slack and Mrs. Fern Hammatt.
A start crew at the high school includes Iden Foltz as lead teacher while Joe Stejskal directs the Junior-Hi group, guiding activities and instruction for both programs.
Miss Alice Beth Arthur attends the American Academy of Ophthalmologists and Otolaryngologists convention at the Palmer House in Chicago from October 12 to 16. She stays with her parents at Hollywood and plans to return to Birmingham Alabama where she works as a medical illustrator at the University of Alabama Medical School.
Lyons Township High School boasts an undefeated dual meet run entering a non league clash with Oak Park and a Western Springs meet against Maine's Blue Demons on the Spring Rock course. Coach Max Armer leads a lineup highlighted by Mike Barry who remains unbeaten after a 10:12 mile victory over Riverside Brookfield and strong showings from Joe White Jim Trippel and others as Joe Lawlor returns to bolster the barrier corps.
Fred Bond APSA of Los Angeles, author of popular color photography books, will lecture before the Color Foto Club next Monday evening October 1 at Laidlaw School in Western Springs. The talk covers Color Analysis and Color Harmony, drawn from his forthcoming book. A color slide competition at the club's last meeting honored Western Springs participants. numerous names and awards are listed.
Soph harriers were slated to defend their Leyden invitational crown in Franklin Park. Sure to see action for the Cubs were Jim Agnew Byron Dudiey and Bill Harris. Four more Cub harriers were to be picked for the squad.
Lyons Township High School hosts its annual sophomore open house on Tuesday evening Oct 20. Supt George S Olsen opens at 7 45 pm in the school auditorium with a talk on the physical education program. The sophomore girls glee club will sing, followed by parents visiting their children’s classrooms.
A community group attended a school program session last Tuesday at the gymnasium. Attendees engaged in a brief tour, observed shopping and refreshments, and received information on the school’s courses and how the program operates.
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