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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1928
Page
5
Private family offers furnished room near Wilcox Street and L station. Gentleman preferred. Call Forest 1008 or visit 7702 Wilcox St for details.
Andy Wentzel’s two run frame drives a 2 to 1 win for St John A A Junior Nears over Pilgrim church as Elmer Hass shines in his second start with four scattered hits. Lefty Wentzel earns another win aiding an 8 to 4 senior victory over Cragin at Central avenue and Palmer street.
The Forest Park District No 91 Board of Education invites sealed bids for about 400 tons of Pocahontay Mine Run coal in bin delivery. Delivery can start after June 12 and must finish by July 1. Bids due by 8 PM June t at the Secretary’s Garfield School. certified check equal to 10 percent of the bid enclosed. The board may reject any or all bids.
The Wilhelmis beat Belpres of Chicago 6 to 4 with Landry pitching steady and Cody Hum contributing key hits. Sunday they defeated Spencer 11 to 6 as Judy Toepper hit a two on homer and Phobus and Landry added mulitple hits. Next, they schedule a fifth straight win against West End Badgers with Landry and Hunter as batteries.
Robert Dearborn, a Maywood based Proviso Township High School junior who took second in the state oratorical contest, begins duties as a 1933 World’s Fair representative. With two others, he was named honorary speaker by manager Keith Spade. They will tour schools for ten minute talks on Chicago history and the Centennial impact, stressing educational value and youth roles in the fair’s success.
The Forest Park school children picnic committee, made up of business leaders and booster club members, expresses thanks to the mayor, village council, police, school board, Proviso high school band, women's club, Infant Welfare association, and boy scouts. Also honored are numerous public spirited citizens for their time and gifts.
An angry mother scolds a man after his careless action on the pavement. She reproaches him as a brute for damaging her baby’s banana. The brief vignette captures public confrontation and social tension in a single street moment.
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