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Forest Park Review

Location

Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1949

Page

16

Fishing Contest At Trailside This Saturday

Plans for a Saturday morning fishing rodeo at the Trailside Museum pond west of Trail Side on Chicago Avenue and the Des Plaines River in River Forest. The event invites youths under sixteen with no admission fee and features prizes for biggest catch and other categories.

Trailside Museum Chicago Avenue Des Plaines River River Forest Leonard C. Urecht Robert Fox Oak Park Sportsmans Club Oak Park Better Fishing Inc Maypale Bars and Motors Chicago Fajr Wieboldt’s Pines Sport Store Barnards Cycle Shop Flood Hardware and Supply Campbell’s Sporting Goods Hajek's Sports Store Cicero Sportsmans Club The Lake Theater Better Fish Herbert Ratner Wesley Avenue Leonard Utecht Berwyn

Sparta Known for Simple and Hearty Citizens

Sparta, an early Greek city, was famed for the plain, robust lifestyle of its inhabitants and the austere simplicity that shaped daily life.

Sparta

Red Cross First Aid Training For Bus Drivers

A special Red Cross standard first aid class for bus drivers carrying school children runs Aug 29 to Sep 2 from 7 to 10 PM at the Chicago Chapter Red Cross HQ 520 S Wabash Ave Chicago. Graduates receive a three year Red Cross first aid certificate under Illinois law mandating drivers complete the course.

Chicago Red Cross S. Wabash Avenue

School staff seek up-to-date first aid before fall license

Officials plan to ensure all carried school children receive current first aid certification prior to issuing licenses for the upcoming fall term.

Gas Tax Funds Increase Reported for Forest Park

Forest Park received 10055 dollars in gasoline tax allotments in the first half of 1949, up from 16377 dollars in the same period of 1948, per Barcus Kindred & Co analysts of Chicago, specialists in municipal bonds. The increase is 578 dollars.

Forest Park Illinois Gaseline Barcus, Kindred & Co Chicago

Presidents Lincoln Garfield and McKinley Assassinated

Historical note recalls that Abraham Lincoln James A Garfield and William McKinley were assassinated while serving as U S presidents.

Abraham Lincoln James A. Garfield Wm. McKinley United States

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