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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
4
Social events and installations dominate Forest Park notices. Alpha and Beta Gamma chapters plan December gatherings at Hotel La Salle and Northeast Chapter meets at the Muagunle temple to install officers. Community groups hold charitable drives, dances, and bake sales with members and guests invited, and a New Year dinner planned by the Forest Park Womates club.
Cirde Avenue and Warren Street preachings and services in English and German led by Rev. Wagner Ya. Ma and others. First Presbyterian on Lexington and Ferdinand lists Sunday and midweek services with youth programs, Sunday school, and Junior Christian Endeavour. German Baptist Church at Harlem and Dixon notes morning and evening services and youth meetings. St Pauls Lutheran on Dixon and Brown outlines English, German services, Wartburg League, and men’s meetings.
Ladies' Aid meets on the first Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. Sunday teachers meet on the first Monday of the month at 8 p.m.
Community Methodist Episcopal, Reform Church, and St. Peter's Lutheran list service times, locations, pastors, and church activities. Details include Sunday School at 0:45 am, morning and evening services, choir and organist names, midweek prayers, youth groups, and meeting times for Oak Park locations with hours and contact notes. A filler line about doing odd jobs appears as stray text.
Paris fashion correspondent for the New York Times reports frocks in Paris as of an evening wear trend disappointing. He notes many gowns are ugly with a bizarre streak, predicting a return to the low U shaped backs and plain tops with trim mainly on skirts. The trend leans toward pale tops with darker skirts, and designers concede the style may need changes later.
A collection of local brief items mentions Jack Hermanson wardow taking Christmas tree orders from home in Eagle River, Mrs Hiram Dykstra undergoing major surgery at Midwest hospital with recovering progress, Kenneth Crabbe visiting a Presbyterian conference in Cankakee, Miss Mildred Blough remaining at Oak Park Hospital for appendicitis surgery with improving status, and former Forest Park resident A P Hinse in Miami, seeking a response to overcrowding notices from post office.
The article notes Walter Hosler at 7631 Monroe Street and Mrs Schmacker in interior decor. It mentions John H. Bothow opening the Manufacturers Outlet store on Madison Street in the new Algina building with house furnishings and toys. Jeanne Berliner, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Berliner, was christened on September 22, 1925, at home with Rev Irwin J Livingston officiating. The Mendelsohns returned from Florida after a storm caused flooding and damage in Miami and Coral Gables, with related travel delays and observations of flooded areas and local businesses adapting to water damage.
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