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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1951
Page
4
A tangled OCR excerpt shows scattered names, visits, family ties, and a death notice. References include Martin Sshan Camp North Carolina, Patrica M Me Oa, Lir d M, Bert Hissen, A. Wo Hoase, Dana Fadiv, Brock Sir, Robert Davis, Ed Reeves, Canada trip, birthday celebrations, and a heart attack death of Walter Zande with survivors listed.
The School PTA held its regular meeting with the annual ticket reservation. Parents and teachers participated in a lighthearted discussion about passengers aboard and upcoming events.
Attendees learn of the 6th District Meet of Women and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo performing in Chicago from Oct 18 to 30 with a packed program including Swan Lake Nutcracker and Scheherazade pieces. The listing notes dates venues and repertoire as promotional notes for the company and events.
The Brookfield girl wed in Lyons Church in a ceremony attended by relatives from LaGrange and EastParis. The emerald satin gown bride wore featured with corsage and the groom’s party included Mrs Clara Mellard. attendees from Fastave and nearby areas described a traditional town wedding with photos and religious rites.
Out of town guests included Harold Gienow of Peoria Ed Lenz of East Peoria and Gerald Darnall with daughter Landa and son Millard of Minier A 300 guest reception at Sokol hall Lyons followed a turkey dinner at 7:40 PM The groom an industrial engineer studied at LIS and ILMakers. the bride a former stenographer now with Ford Aircraft In the Marine Corps era the couple lived in Wilmington North Carolina since.
South Brookfield notes recount Dean Hupp of Southview Avenue winning a club honor at the Tower event, Jaycee Hupp hosting a 15th birthday party with LaGrange and Brookfield friends, and Mrs. Triest training Trost family during a New York to California stopover. Also mentioned are Dr. John F. Jesse opening a dental office on West Ogden Avenue and Elaine Day recovering from surgery at home.
A student from LTHS was elected to represent the school at the Illinois Conference of Junior Colleges last week and will also serve as a discussion group leader. Lafayette presented the key to the French Bastille to George Washington and it may now be seen at Mt. Vernon.
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