Percy headlines big GOP picnic in Proviso Township
Charles H. Percy, gubernatorial candidate, will speak at a free Republican picnic in Miller Meadows on Sunday August 16 from 10 am until dark. Proviso residents can attend. events include games prizes music dancing a bazaar and a Cadillac giveaway.
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Charles H. Percy
Republican Party
Proviso Township
Miller Meadows
Rao~ Wevelt Ra
Marshall A. Quandt
John Lonergan
Indies
Percy
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Women’s Rep
Young Republicans
Frank Ignatius
Art Fair Brings Old Town Atmosphere to Madison Street
Local Sunday art fairs draw visitors from churchgoing crowds and suburban exhibitors. Madison Street hosts free displays each Sunday afternoon in the summer. Chamber president Ed Miklas notes growing artist participation and urges residents to view the works.
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Suburbia
Madison Street
Chamber
Ed Miklas
Dowd Resumes Duty as Instructor in Coronado
Corporal Dowd, USMC, injured last February, returns to active duty as an instructor with the Landing Force Task Unit at Coronado California. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Dowd of 1030 Dunlap. Dowd spent eight weeks at the Naval Hospital after an automobile crash that caused a fractured skull and palsy. He will complete three years of service in September after enlisting four years. Bob thanks those who sent him kind messages during confinement.
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Robert P. Dowd
USMC
Coronado
Calif
Robert Dowd
US Naval Hospital
Bob
Monkey Business At Golf Outing.
Forest Park Chamber of Commerce Golf Day broke attendance records with 176 golfers and 198 in the dinner crowd. A donated Chinese monkey, in a loose cage, escaped during prize giving and was pursued by police. eventual owner Charley Curran refused the animal, new winner Bill Haggerty faced a risky swap, and a buyer later reportedly faced bites. Golf trophies went to Ted Skorowald for low gross and lowest score, with Don Stange as member low gross and Jim McMahon and Fred Rose tied for low net.
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Midwest Country Club
Jim McMahon
L. Brady
Ed Miklas
McMahon
Fred Ross
Elmer Schnurstein
Don Stange
Forest Park
Mohr
Lorraine Wick
Mr. Curren
Charlie
Bill Haggerty
River Forest
Haggerty
Brown
Northbrook
Mr. Brown
Ted Skorowald
Don
New 4.O.P Commander Pace assumes Forrest Park post
Captain Joseph J. Pace USN takes command of the U S Naval Ordnance Plant Forest Park on July 17 relieving Captain Robert H. Harwood who has led the Midwest’s largest torpedo and ordnance production facility since 1962. Pace, born January 26 1920 in Philadelphia is a Michigan and Harvard graduate and is married with three children.
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Joesph J. Pace
USN
U.S. Naval Ordnance Plant
Forest Park
Robert H. Harwood
Navy
Midwest
Harwood
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Washington, D.C
Capt. Pace
Philadelphia
Annie Jeffries Green
Calvert
Texas
EM. Page, Jr
Los Angeles
Eleanor M. Smith
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ann Elizabeth
James
Roberta
University of Michigan
Graduate School
Harvard University
Naval Rotc
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Fla
Yero Beach
Calif
Naval Air Staton
Miami
Bureau of Aeronautics
Bureau of Aeronautica
CDR
App’t
Weag
Pacific Missile Range
Bureau of Naval Weapons
Pace
Naval Ordnance Plant
Roosevelt Rd
Operaa
Tour of St Charles School Aimed at Forest Park Public
Forest Park Forest Park Youth Commission invites the public to tour the Dinoia State Correctional facilities for girls under 18 at Gen eva Delaware and for boys at St Charles. The tour is set for Wednesday July 29 with reservations by July 26. A bus leaves the Park Swimming Pool at 8 30 am sharp. Free lunch will be served at the Boys Training School St Charles. Adults only. For info call Don Onorato FO 64630.
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Dinoia
Geneva
St. Charles
Forest Park
Sharp
Mohr Needs Cars For Orphans Day
Asa n Mohr leads 60th annual Orphans Automobile Day in Lincoln Park on August 19 serving 5000 orphans crippled and aged. Forest Park groups join Maywood and Villa Scalabrini Home for Aged. association seeks volunteer drivers and car owners to transport attendees and provide meals rides and entertainment. Contacts BE 5-2330 and 2331.
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Asa’n
Lincoln Park
Forest Park
Roy Mohr
Thomas
Mohr
Association
Algo
Maywood
Villa Scalabrini
Northe Lake
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