Nancy Carr to headline Girls' League anniversary program
Proviso Township High School hosts a silver anniversary event for the Girls' League with Nancy Carr, ProvIso graduate and radio star, performing as guest of honor during a Friday January assembly and reception. Carr, now an operatic vocalist, is billed as the featured entertainment for the school event.
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Nancy Carr
Provi Grad
Radio
Girls’ League
Proviso Township High School
Jan
Welco Oils Girls edge St John’s in double overtime
Welco Oils Girls beat St Johns 20 to 18 in two overtimes with Cara Galligan top scorer for Welco with 4 points and Jean Perotti adding 5. In the second game Refiners Pride Girls defeated Olde Tymers of Chicago 23 to 19, Eleanor Frank scoring 6 points followed by Peggy Fenton and Carol Adams with 5 each.
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Welco
Welco Oils
St. John's
Cara Galligan
Jean Perotti
Pride
Olde Tymers
Chicago
Eleanor Frank
Peggy Fenton
Carol Adams
Women of the Moose Initiation and Meetings
Proviso Chapter 245 Women of the Moose will initiate candidates on Thursday January 12. Senior Regent Rowan asks officers and escorts to attend the first meeting of the new year. January 26 is regular business night and January 29 hosts the conference at Portage Park chapter 6836 Irving Park Boulevard.
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Proviso
Women of the Moose
Rowan
Portage Park
Irving, Park Boulevard
CaC-workers of
Blazing The Trail With Troop 105 By The Pathfinder
Troop 105 held a meeting that included scouts and their dads. The group aims to boost father involvement to strengthen the troop, expand the committee, enable more camping and paper drives, and improve future activities. The article thanks attending fathers and invites ongoing participation.
Grant-White PTA Meeting Promises Biased Screening Night
Grant-White Parent-Teachers Association schedules a January 16 meeting at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. A technicolor film titled Alm Trees to Tribune will be shown. Sixth grade mothers will serve as hostesses.
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Grant-White
P.T.A. Grant-White
Parent-Teachers Association
Tribune
Lady Knorkers Klub News Elects 1950 Officers
Violet M Pollack notes the Lady Knorkers Klub held a Jan 5 meeting at 440 Ann St with election of officers for 1950. Esther Pries as president and May belle Johnson as vice-president lead a slate including Violet Pollaci secretary Ada Lynch treasurer Henrietta Toepper scribe Clare Schwader as courtesy chair and new directors Bessie Curran Lorraine Crowly Betty Atkinson.
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Lady Knorkers Klub
Thomas
Ann Stemm
Esther Pries
Maybelle Johnson
Violet Pollaci
Ada Lynch
Henrietta Toepper
Clare Schwader
Elizabeth Reinek
Chaman
Home on Holiday for Naval Aide Jack Larkie
Jack R. Larkie, stationed at the U S Naval hospital in Pensacola Florida, returned home for the holidays to spend part of the year with his mother Mrs Vivian Larkie and his grandmother. New Year dinner was hosted by Mrs Larkie with uncles aunts and cousins. He left January 6 to return to Pensacola.
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Jack R. Larkie
U.S. Naval Hospital
Pensacola
Fla
Vivian Larkie
Ill Bell extends direct dial service to Wheaton Winfield
Illinois Bell Telephone extends dial direct service from Oak Park to Wheaton Winfield and eight nearby communities. Residents with various line types can dial Wheaton or Winfield numbers by exchange name prefix plus five digits. City officials joined at midnight as the project, costing about 1.08 million dollars, culminated after nearly two years of work.
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Weatom
Winfield
Oak Park
River For
Forest
Park
Wheaton Exchange
N. E. Cain
Illinois Bell Telephone Company
Wheaton
Focal Area
Oak Park Exchange
Cain
Elmwood Park
Evanston
Chicago
Franklin Park
Niles
River Grove
Schiller Park
Winnetka
William A. Gamion
George B. Willard
Lucky Day Dance at Byrd Ballroom Set for Friday 13th
Byrd Ballroom management reserves the Lucky Day Dance for Friday the 13th January. Adults born on Friday the 13th are invited to attend with Carl Schreiber and his orchestra providing music. Festivities begin at 9 pm for both young and old audiences under the “Dance Awhile Carl Schreiber Style.”
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Byrd
Byrd Ballroom
Carl Schreiber
James Monroe and the fifth U.S. presidency record
James Monroe served as the fifth president of the United States, a key early leader shaping early national governance and expansion during his time in office.
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James Monroe
United States
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