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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1948
Page
6
Personal reflections describe Peoria’s recent convention scene and shifts from rowdy to orderly. The piece outlines convention roles, from leaders to attendees and nuisances, and ends noting a local Pup Day by VFW Auxiliary amid community prompts for poppy campaigns.
St Johns claimed the third annual Lutheran School league track meet at Concordia College on May 28, scoring 5 percentage points ahead of rivals. Paulsen swept three sprints, Melcher and Werner led in multiple events, and the championship relay featured Schnurstein, Schnurstein, Marvinac, and Zimmerman.
Refiners Pride girls baseball team won their opener 7 to 6 in DeKalb Sunday. Dorothy Wendt relieved starter Norma Burger in the fourth, struck out 8, and tripled in two runs in the sixth to spark the comeback. Mary O Connor scored three runs for Forest Park, with multiple teammates named from Maywood and Forest Park. The Pride season starts June 4 at Harrison and Desplaines, opening the DeKalb Aurora Elgin Forest Park AA American Baseball League schedule.
The Garotta Estate widow Anna Gargatta died May 2 leaving an estimated $5,000 estate. A petition to admit the will was filed this week in Probate Court. The estate is left to daughter Mary Becchinelli of Forest Park.
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