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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1936
Page
6
The Downers Grove Builders held their fourth annual gemmy carnival drawing a large crowd from Morest Park and nearby groups. Attendees enjoyed dancing bingo raffles and penny games while Wilcox and Beck won darts and balloons. Plans for further entertainment were announced as the next meeting was delayed a week.
Eleven heads of families joined Forest Park Presbyterian Church in a beautiful Sunday service led by Fr. Jon Wallace Gare. Seven baptisms occurred and over the past months about thirty adults and heads of families have been received into membership. more are slated before the New Year. Dr. Gade spoke on The Bower of the First Church and special music enhanced the service with Mrs. Gladys McVay giving a pleasing solo.
A striking play titled The Blue Ribbon Play will be shown Thursday evening at Curtis auditorium of the Faith Stevenson church. Kenneth Arabe directs with a cast featuring Alice Maggie Nancy and Mrs Malone delivering lively roles. audience appeal centers on Mrs Malone's comic Irish performance and a dramatic scene with a shopping bag and umbrella. Tickets are 35 cents for adults and 15 cents for children.
Armand Guerrero of the Community Methodist Church will present a service titled Seeing God in Art on Sunday at 8 PM. A stereopticon display of religious masterpieces will explore origins and development of modern painting, including O I Caldwell’s modern work highlighting drunken driving waste. Universal Bible Sunday precedes at 11 AM with a sermon on The Bible and Life.
The Citizens Committee on Relief holds its fourth meeting Saturday at 2 30 p m at the Methodist church community hall corner Adams and Thomas. Public invited to discuss relief amid funding shortfalls and the need to aid 296 families on the relief roll through December. Armand Guerrero of Forest Park and Morton L Johnson of Bell lead the group.
Dr Lou Wallace Gade announces Sunday service at Forest Park Presbyterian Church at 10 55 with Rev William C Ruby from the Executive Offices of the Presbytery of Chicago as speaker The Rev Ruby praised as a splendid speaker and the choir will provide music all are invited to hear him
Postmaster announces a temporary office in the Forest Park Hank building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to process applications under the security law. Exempt groups advised to apply for old age benefits promptly.
At 1 p m and on Saturdays all afternoon and evening to 5 p m information and help are offered to fill in applications required by the Social Security Act.
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