Miss Bataan Celebration Seeks Beauty Queen and Parade Entries
Veterans Council hosts a Miss Bataan beauty contest open to unmarried women 16 and up in Proviso Township with entries due by August 15. The parade in Maywood features floats, drum corps, bands, and antique cars, culminating in an evening pageant with prize money and tickets sold by the Maywood Chamber of Commerce.
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Cornel
Bascat
Phils A
Proviso Township
George Dennis
Box 166
Marywood
Tank Batallion
Bataan
Maywood
Bataan Drive
Kenneth Wiley
The
Veterans Council
Ares
Mid ‘West
Maywood Chamber of Commerce
S. Fifth Ave
Bus Problems Face Village Fathers
The Village has received numerous applications from bus lines requesting permission to operate out of the Forest Park Terminal. Mayor William Meyer notes Forest Park is now the suburban transport hub and the Council will plan bus schedules to minimize congestion.
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T TA
Forest Park
William Meyer
Remove Church Bells At 1st Presbyterian
Dr. Lou Wallace Gade, pastor, announces removal of the old bell after decades of service. A new chime system will be installed in the rebuilt steeple with work led by Hay Co and Anderson Co, with Julius Zander as Building Committee chair. Services continue Sundays as remodeling proceeds and Dr Gaede resumes pulpit duties in late August.
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Lou Wallace Gade
First Presbyterian Church
Hayco, Anderson Co
Julius Zander
Gaede
Grass Lake Angler Pete Smith Net Two Bass At Local Lake
Grass Lake Illinois youngster Pete Smith aged 12 caught a two pound bass while surface fishing at Grass Lake. The next day he used a frog hook with pork and landed a three pound bass. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Peter Smith of 7656 Adams Street.
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Pete Smith
Wsconsin
Minnesota
Grass Lake
Ill
Pete
Peter Smith
Adams
Republicans Take Over Melody Top Theatre
The Country Towns Regular Republican Organization will present Annie Get Your Gun at Melody Top in Hillside on September 1. Jay P. Morgan stars in the production with profits aiding the operation and maintenance of the Country Towns Headquarters.
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Arthur J. Bidwell
Country Towns
Hillside
Jays P. Morgan
Neighbors Object to Trampolins at Harlem and 16th
Harlem at 16th Street trampolins faced opposition from residents at a Village Council meeting. A 60 sign petition challenged the permit citing poorly constructed equipment and inadequate parking while critics argued the business violates zoning and endangers public health and children. Council plans to revisit the issue in two weeks.
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Harlem
16Th St
James T. Gallagher
Elgin
George Leninger
William Meyer
Edward O'Shea
O'Shea
Meyer
Leninger
Debbie Hermann to play organ at Sox game Sunday
Eleven year old Debbie Hermann daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hermann 1000 Circle will play the organ after the seventh inning of the White Sox game Sunday. She was selected by Lyon Healy for the Sox A Roo concert. Debbie has two years of organ experience and studies with Miss Osterling of Lyon Healy Oak Park. She attends St Bernardine school.
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Debbie Hermann
John Hermann
White Sox
Lyon Healy
Debbie
Miss Osterling
Oak Park
St. Bernardine School
Appoint Craney Grant Principal
Wayne Craney will serve as principal of Grant White School and continue as principal at Field Stevenson and Betsy Ross. Cari Zdeb becomes Garfield School principal while remaining Junior High head, under a cooperative plan with the University of Chicago approved by the Board of Education.
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Wayne Craney
Grant White School
Field Stevenson
Betsy Ross
Cari Zdeb
Garfield School
Robert E. Pruitt
Unversity of Chicago
University
Legion Auxiliary installs officers at Belvedere Tuesday
Installation takes place at a Belvedere Restaurant dinner Tuesday as Mrs. William Boeckelman installs Legion Auxiliary officers for the new year. New president Mrs. Herman Brandt outlines programs and appoints chairmen including Betty Mullen Americanism and Marie Burtar Child Welfare.
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The
Legion Auxiliary
Belvedere
William Boeckelman
Fifth District
Offtca
Laurse Mohr
Beatrice Quandt
Ramona Hafner
Courtney
Ethyl Schlupp
Parley
Ada Goodman
Poppy Ramona Jordan
Souluep
Bannick
Frieda Hinz
Stella Sutton
Fray Favors
Ramona Hafner, Jr
Veterans Craft Exchange
Marian Tal- HY
Ways & Means
Mary Annatner
Live Poodle Draw at Caserio's Tuesday
Freddie Caserio's Steak House on Madison hosts a live poodle giveaway Tuesday. Patrons may enter by trying the dog costume and the winner will be announced at 10 p.m.
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Caserio’s
Freddie Caserio
Madison
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Jim Dale
William Mathiesen
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Jim Weaver
Ron Kos
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George Anders
AFA
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Len Luca
Craney Grant
PTA
Install Legion Girls
Herman Brandt
Joseph Hafner
Mis
Mary Ann Hafner
Mra
Ray F. Block
Gertrude Donohue
Chaplan
Mabel Weigel
Herbert Burtar
Arma
Harry Blue
Boeckelman
John Talley
Gerald Donahue
Kenneth Wick
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