Eagle Scout Award Presented By West Boy Scouts
An Eagle Scout badge was presented by Jess Wit executive of the West Boy Scouts. The recipient, born in Westchester, earned the Eagle badge and a miniature Eagle Scout spin for his mother. Skipper A. J. Lewis of 78 introduced him as a member of Cub Pack 74 from February 1940 to January, then joined Troop 73 in August. The event, at the Weatchester Home Owners association academy, featured Sea Scout training certificates and merit awards for athletics, water work, and leadership.
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Eagle Scout
Westchester
Vage
Acge
A. J. Lewis
Weatchester
Alu
Academy
We Riley
Skipper Lewis
C. W. Kirchner
R. H. Bruscato
PSC Features 16 Landmarks in Northern Illinois
The September-October Public Service Company bulletin highlights 16 historic northern Illinois landmarks with John McKee sketches. Lyonsville Congregational church and Tiedtville tavern are featured, noting Lyonsville’s 1858 church and a torn spire, and Tiedtville’s roaring canal era with two taverns and a grocery. The issue, sent with residential bills, is the first of two fall features and includes credits to editor Bernadine Skeets.
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Lyonsville
Tiedtville
Chicago
Northern Illinois
Public Service Company of
Northern Illnois
John McKee
Bulletin
Plainfield
Joliet
Flag Creek Valley
LaGrange
Cook County
Tiediville
Des Plaines ‘River
Fred Tiedt
Chicago Drainage Canal
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Lombard
Bellevue Place
Batavia
Grand Detour
Rogers House
Downers Grove
Fullersburg‘inn
Hinsdale
Mildew Killer Promises Paint Protection Solution
Fragment describes a 300 unit corrosive sublimate formula claimed to kill mildew on paint. No clear dates, places, or entities provided.
Rights of returning servicemen GI Bill Q and A
A veterans employment representative answers questions about GI Bill eligibility for high school attendance with subsistence, maintaining satisfactory progress to continue in schooling, using power of attorney for VA benefits, and GI loans for home repairs.
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H.C. Gibson
United States Employment Service
West Burlington, LaGrange
Veterans’ Administration
G.I
Odds on accidents across farms this year
A welfare note states that each farming family has roughly a one in five chance of an injury to a member during the year. The figure underscores safety concerns and prompts attention to farm risk mitigation.
EY Plans for C B and Q West Suburban Policy Board Action
Village Officials Association passed a resolution asking the Federal Works Agency for a 520,000 grant to draft preliminary plans for a continuous grade separation over the Chicago Burlington and Quincy railroad through the west suburbs. County highway chief notes three grade separations fit a 11 year road program. County board approves 205 feet of Desplaines frontage purchase for 16,650 in Proviso township north of North Riverside by Jerry Plocek Jr. Local actions aim to advance the Congress Street superhighway from Kostner to Austin and extend to the Des Plaines county line.
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Federal Works Agency
Buresay
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Chicago, Burlington & ‘Quincy
George A. “Quinelan
Lombard
Ridgeland
East Avenues Oak
Park Avenue
Home Avenue
Harlem
Circle
Besplaines
First
Fifth
Ninth
Seventeenth
Twenty-fifth Avenues
Westchestern Boulevard
Mannheim Road
Wolf Road
Farm Realty declines in farm building values 1930 to 1940
Farm Realty notes a drop of over 20 percent in farm buildings values between 1930 and 1940, from 13 billion dollars to about 10 billion dollars, reflecting broader asset losses in agriculture during the decade.
Elevators in New York City Carry Vast Daily Load
Elevators in New York City travel about 95 000 miles each day and transport roughly 10 000 000 passengers.
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New York City
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LA Grange
North” Avenue
Parimutuels
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Walbers
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Boysenberries
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Wites
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la Grange, Il
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Copane
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