Forest Park ties to Company D in Vietnam war
An Oak Park lad who served and died with Company D inspired Forest Park to support its troops. The piece notes no one from Forest Park is currently in Company D yet highlights the village’s prayers, hopes, and a winded radio saluting the servicemen. It urges readers to find ways to cheer soldiers abroad and quotes Lt. Harris on the importance of not being forgotten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Charles J. Beattie
Penna
Pittsburgh
Dust
V.C
South Vietnam
Lt. Harris
Vacation reading guide at Forest Park Public Library
The Forest Park Public Library displays Vacation Suggestions featuring old favorites biographies and travel narratives for summer readers. It invites families to borrow liberal vacation loans while noting popular titles and classic works from authors like Tolstoy Dostoevski and Austen plus lesser known reads.
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Forest Park
Scott
Jane Austin
Anthony Trollope
Anatole France
Tolstoy
Hardy
Dostoevski
Socrates
Webster
Churchill
Conrad
Bunyan
William Shakespeare
Forest Lions erect flagpole at Circle and Madison
The Forest Lions completed a new flagpole at the northwest corner of Circle and Madison. When finished it will bear two bronze plaques honoring the Armed Forces and the flag of our country, a project proposed by Lion President Cliff Clemens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circle and
Madison
Lion
Cliff Clemens
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Forest Park Review
Viet Nam
Jaycees
Detroit
Mich
Vietnam
South Holland
Cotton
Riverdale
Ill
Chicago
Sec
Treas
A.M.C.L
East Liverpool
Ohio
Mary M
Diddle
Sec.Treas
MLC
Dear Forest Parkers
Forest Parkers
Harry J. Madden
Bronxville N_Y
Cpl
Curtis A. Curry
PPC
Robert L. Trevathan
1St Marine Div
Chuck
Jolly Green Glant Marines Co
Mr. Chairman
O.K
Dear Forest Park
Mary
John
Delta” Company
1St Marine Division
Sirs
Oak Park
WIND
Navy
Air
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