Louis Nelson Named Red Cross Drive County Leader
Louis Nelson of Maywood and Mark Munson of LaGrange were named fund chairs for the 1950 Red Cross drive in Cook and DuPage counties. Stuart Cochran urged every resident to contribute, noting over half of each dollar stays in Chicago area to fund local disaster aid and veteran services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fundeam
Mark Munson
LaGrange
Louis Nelson
Maywood
Vyetal County
Nee
Stuart Cochran
Park Ridge
Melrose Park
Red Cross
Cochran
Chicago
Chicago Area
Cook
DuPage
Lake County
National Headquarters
Lawrenceville
Rossclare
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Armed Robber Holds Up Beloit Novelty Store
A young man masked with a handkerchief robbed the Beloit and Harvard novelty store Tuesday. He forced owners Adulph and Mrs. Binger and customer Louis Ridoff into a booth, stole $45 from the cash register, then fled with an accomplice toward the east. Police were alerted after the Hingers summoned help.
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Binger
Beloit
Harvard
Adulph Binger
Louis Ridoff
Lathrop
Ras
Hingers Ecouks
Local Man Wins Navy Plant Award For Suggestions
Gilleard Panel at 921 Dunlop received a principal award from Naval Ordnance Plant Forest Park for a workable improvement. He earned 275 dollars for a idea saving torpedo manufacture about 12 thousand dollars annually and split 275 with J Be Schackey of Chicago for another idea saving about 12 thousand dollars. The plant reports 1949 as record year with 652 suggestions and 101 thousand dollars in estimated annual savings across adopted ideas.
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Gilleard
Dunlop
Nawval Ordnance Plant
Forest Park
Chicago
Naval Ordnance Plant
Gerald B. Linke
USN
G. D. Duke
Peter Palermo
N. 22Nd Avenue
Melrose Park
Former Villager Dies Of Heart Attack In Dentist Office
John Gall, 40, longtime Perest Park resident, collapsed from a heart attack Saturday morning while waiting with his son Ronald for a dentist appointment at Dr William T Wojahn's office in Westchester. Funeral Tuesday at Zimmermen chapel and St John’s Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife Edna, sons Ronald and Gerald, and siblings William and Hilda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gall
Perest Park
William T. Wojahn
Madison
Gall
Ronald
Forest Home Cemetery
Kan Kenne
Portsmouth Avenue
Westchester
Forest Park
Theresa
SL. John's
Proviso High School
Edna Popp
Mr. Gall
St. John’s Church
Lutheran Aid Association
Edna
Gerald
William
Hilda
Desplaines
New Handicraft Class Opens To Adults In Forest Park
Forest Park Recreation board starts weaving for adults with six looms and materials. More looms may be bought if enrollment grows. Items include scarves placemats bags neckties belts among others. Classes meet Wednesdays 7 to 9 p.m. in the Park Administration building. There is no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park Recreation Board
Recreation Board
Park Administration
Student bitten by a dot in Desplaines incident
Thomas Wojak of 7334 Midison is described as a student who suffered a severe bite from a dot in 233 Desplaines on Saturday. The report notes Sodaro administered first aid.
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Thomas Wojak
Midison
Reich Elected Head of Proviso Municipal League
Vernon W Reich mayor of Forest Park was elected president of the Proviso Municipal League at a recent meeting. H Michael Yundt of Hillside becomes vice president and Michael J Lacary of Melrose Park re elected secretary treasurer. The league serves township officials school board trustees park commissioners and other local officials to foster autonomy and cooperative action within Proviso Township. The group organized in 1935 with Kurt Krausser as first president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon W. Reich
Forest Park
Proviso Municipal League
Mr. Reich
H. Michael Yundt
Hillside
Michael J. Lacary
Melrose Park
Froviso Municipal League
Ilinois Municipal League
League
Winois
Proviso
Kurt O. Krausser
Maywood
James L. Bott
Broadview
Andy Yundt
Call Meeting For All Forest Park Merchants
A Forest Park Chamber of Commerce letter invites all merchants to attend a general meeting Tuesday January 31 at 10:90 a.m. in the Forest Theatre. The purpose is to plan a sales-building program and related merchant activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Forest Park
Forest Theatre
Iing
Schools Provide Plan To Guard Pupils Health
Dorothy Perkins outlines Health and Physical Education efforts to safeguard students well being. The plan emphasizes health environments, facilities, and services including exams, vision and hearing tests, tuberculin screening, first aid, disease control, and integrated health instruction across curricula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Perkins
Health and Physical Education Department
Deadline Jan 31 For Forest Park Vehicle Tags
Motorists are urged to buy Forest Park vehicle license tags before a February 1 price increase. Licenses are on sale at the village clerk’s office 527 Des Plaines. Clerk Charles Meseke says the office will stay open Tuesday Jan 31 until 2 p.m.
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Forest Park
Charles Meseke
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Navy Plant
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Vernon .W. Reich
Municipal League
Cub Scouts
Mira
Marian
Marian Day
Howard Sanman
Forest Park National Bank
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