Forest Park Fiesta Festival offers three vacation trips
Local merchants in Forest Park stage Fiesta Festival sales from July 21 to August 3 with 50 plus stores offering big buys and prizes. Shoppers register with each purchase for a chance to win three vacations to Chula Vista resort and Wisconsin Dells, awarded August 2 at the Fiesta Festival Carnival.
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Forest Park
Roosevelt
Andro Drugs
Barone Drugs
Golden Drugs
Hierson Drugs
Beloit Food Shop
Trageros
Blough-Miner
Rabe Appliances
Calcagno Modern
Food Mart
Whiteway
Circle Barber Shop
Cove’s Restaurant
First Savings
Forest Park National Bank
Kastrup and Lehman
Forest Home Gardens
Quitsch Florist
Harry’s Market
Circle Bootery
Open House at Methodist Parsonage This Sunday
Forest Park Methodist Church invites friends and members to an Open House at the Parsonage 620 Hannah Road Sunday July 20 from 2 to 6 PM. Meet Rev Jean Saltzman his wife and children Douglas and Sharon. Saltzman recently moved here from the University of Chicago to serve as pastor succeeding Rev Wallace Anderson who moves to Antioch Illinois.
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Methodist Parsonage
Hannah
Forest Park Methodist Church
Jean Saltzman
Douglas
Sharon
Sallzman
Methodist Church
Forest Park
University of Chicago
Saltzman
Wallace Anderson
Methodist
Antioch, Til
Forest Park Stores Move Friday Opening Nights
Merchants on Madison street vote to shift opening nights from Thursday to Friday starting August 1, with banks agreeing. The change aims to ease Saturday morning rushes and let residents finish banking and shopping in one Friday evening trip.
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Forest Park
Madison Street
Forest Park National Bank
First Savings & Loan Assn
Clarence Quandt Dies in Local Electrician Service
Clarence R Quandt age 64 born in Forest Park died last Wednesday during lifelong work as an electrician in the community. Survived by son Bernard and brother Marshal and Ester Evelyn Gigson. Services held Saturday at Zimmerman and Sons Chapel with Rev Roth officiating. Interment Forest Home.
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Clarence Quandt
Clarence R. Quandt
Marengo
Forest Park
Bernard
Marshal
Ester Evelyn Gigson
Zimmerman and Sons Chapel
R. W., Roth
Forest Home
Spray Maple Trees Against Tussock Moth Rampage
Forest Park faces a Tussock Moth outbreak as Commissioner Lambke reports hundreds of maples are affected, especially on the south side. After a conference with tree surgeons he orders an emergency spray program to kill the moths and save the trees, aiming to complete by week’s end.
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Forest Park
Mike Lambke
Lambke
Meyer
Forest Park Golf Outing Draws 125 Plus Attendees
The Forest Park Chamber of Commerce Kiwanis Lions and Retail Linux Dealers Association sponsored a golf outing at Pines Golf Club on Wednesday July Sth. Over 125 golfers attended aided by sunny weather and enthusiasm. Huebner won Low Gross with 70, Olsen took Low Net at 64, Sacco received Gruen watch, Ed Ziebell was 100th golfer, and Sam Zussman led the team with a large volunteer committee.
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Forest Park
Art Olsen
Olsen Stationery Supplies
White Pines
Tony Sacco
Oak Park
First Savings and Loan of
Ed Ziebell
Golf Committee
Sam Zussman
Moe Schnurstein
John Long
Howard Mohr
Phil Golden
Herman Meier
Andy Colville
Andro
Sam
Bert
Stolen Car Recovered After Daughter Drives It Home
John Bachner Jr. of River Forest reported his car stolen from a parking area near the L at Marengo. He later told police his daughter arrived at the L terminal, saw the car, and drove it home, leaving the keys in the sun visor.
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John Bachner, Jr
River Forest
Marengo
35 Years with Gas Co. Edwin J. Franz Recalls Career
Edwin J. Franz of 135 Elgin recently marked his 36th year in the gas business with Northern Illinois Gas Company. Beginning in 1923 in Oak Park street department, he moved through Oak Park Bellwood Maywood and Cable ties, serving as appliance serviceman and operating clerk before assuming current duties as assistant meter reading foreman. Franz and his wife Emma have a son Edwin H. Franz, who owns a drug and variety store in Cable Wise. Franz belongs to St Peter's church Forest Park and enjoys fishing.
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Edwin J. Franz
Elgin
Northern Illneis
Bellwood
Oak Park
Franz
Maywood
Emma
Edwin H. Franz
Cable, Wise
St. Peter's Church
Forest Park
Plan Completion Of Ice Rink Here For November 1st
A Park Board special meeting reviewed John A. Heinzelman and Associates plan to erect an artificial ice rink and warming house. Agreement changes were approved, plans to be completed by July 15, bids invited immediately, construction to begin early August and finish around November 1, 1958.
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Park Board
John A. Heinzelman and Associates
Heinzelman
Robert Monahan
Monahan
Cameras Stolen From Madison Man After Talk
Bill Gorey of 7451 Madison was approached by two customers seeking to sell a camera. While he turned away to talk to others, the pair stole two Japanese cameras valued at 125 dollars and left.
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Bill Gorey
Madison
Bikes Stolen From Oak Park Swimmers Report
Three men from Oak Park and Maywood report bikes stolen while they were swimming at Park GT One. Roland Kaiser J B Harmon of Oak Park and Peter Fichtner of Maywood identify their bicycles as stolen during the outing.
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Roland Kaiser
J. B. Harmon
Oak Park
Peter Fichtner
Maywood
the Park
Forest Park Library Sets Record for 1957 58 Circulation
The Forest Park Public Library circulated 62 536 items in 1957 58, up 10 748 from the prior year and about nine percent. Approximately 15 books per registered borrower indicate rising reading among residents as non fiction use grows. plans for a library addition include a children's room a quiet reference room a larger adult reading room and better office space with a voter referendum in November.
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Forest Park
Library Board
William Scheldemantel
Tickets Available H N Golf Tourney
Tickets are on sale for the Annual Golf Tournament sponsored by the St. Bernardine's Holy Name Society at White Pines Country Club in Bensenville. The event includes games and prizes with golf and dinner priced at seven dollars. Tickets from Laula Zellick Hob Dowd Eddie O'Shea Joseph Scardi Bruno Kurtz Joe Hefner Armand Meola and Father Edmund Schreiber.
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St. Bernardine’s Holy Name Society
White Pines Country Club
Bensenville
Laula Zellick
Hob Dowd
Eddie O'Shea
Joseph Scardi
Bruno Kurtz
Joe Hefner
Armand Meola
Edmund Schreiber
Guy Gagnier Dies Local Resident and Tavern Owner
Former long time resident and tavern owner at 7740 Madison, Guy Gagnier, died at his Torrente California home on July 12. He retired 12 years ago and moved west.
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Guy Gagnier
Madison
Torrente
California
Gagnier
Car break in rips out rear seat on Jackson Desplaines
Malicious Migehiot Mabel Hughes of 7035 Jackson reported a vehicle break in. Police were told the car was parked at Jackson and Desplaines when the rear seat was ripped out.
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Migehiot
Mabel Hughes
Jackson
Jackson and
Desplaines
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Reich & Becker
Warner Paints
BBM Broiler
Brass Bowl
Circle Foods
Howard Mohrfied Station
Jewel
Gas Co
H. N. Golf
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