Legion Auxiliary Notes by Elsie Andrews
Mrs Harriet White of Forest Park Unit 414 presents an engraved flag band to Mrs Mathilda Petersohn for Forest Park Memorial Library. Charity activities include a clothing suitcase for a foster girl, a May 4 outing for Forest Park children, and hospital service hours totaling 1500. Members visited Hines Hospital Ward B-2 with toiletries and cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet White
Forest
American Legion Auxiliary
Mathilda Petersohn
Forest Park Memorial Library
Ada Goodman
Josephine DeLuca
Fanny Shepard
Erna Brandt
Ann von Hagel
Hines Hospital
Ella Bannick
Lucille Rock
Margaret Ada Gnhodman
Frieda - Rimona Jordan
Elizabeth Matthews
Gladys McAvoy
Alma Meseke
Robert Poremski Named Gunner’s Mate in US Navy
Robert C Poremski USN of 1035 Beloit has been advanced to Gunner’s Mate Second Class while serving aboard the heavy cruiser USS Des Moines. He participated in Sixth Fleet exercises in the Mediterranean and is making liberty calls at ports along the French and Malian Riviera during April and May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Fleet
Mediterranean
Robert C. Poremski
USN
Beloit
Des Moines
Malian Riviera
Malta
One Man’s Quest to Reform the World and Self
A reflective line ponders whether a reformer who seeks to change society can ever attain personal perfection. The aphorism weighs ambition against self-improvement, questions the cost of reform, and suggests the reformer’s inner contradictions.
Behnke Directs Choirs At Civic Opera House
Local maestro Behnke directed the Galvin Chorabers and Motorola Glee Club at the Civic Opera House in a spring concert. The two thousand plus audience heard Hawaii themed selections including Echoes of Hawaii with employees of Motorola, Inc. garbed in Hawaiian costumes and performing songs such as My Little Grass Shack and Aloha Oe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl
Belhinke
Galvin Chorabers
Motorola Glee Club
Civic Opera House
Mr. Behnke
Echoes of
Hawaii
Motorola, Inc
Islands
Little Grass Shack
Bowman Party at Forest Park Methodist Church May 28
The Bowman party at Forest Park Methodist Church is sponsored by Bowman Party and will be held on Thursday May 28 at noon. A luncheon will be served by the dairy at Thomas and Adams. There will be door awards and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowman
Forest Park Methodist Church
Thomas and Adams
Also Mentioned on This Page
Legion Auxiliary
Elsie Andrews
Hines
Emma Courtney
American Cancer Society
Fern Liedke
Olga
Buchtner's
Lombard
Gladys McEvoy
Ben Albright
Rose Lehovitz
Marilyn Brown
Alma Mesche
Cook County
Robert Poremski
Cua
Cara Nome
Cologne
Ree
Cara Nome Perfume
Cara Home Cosmetics
Swayer
POST
Collier's
Country Gentleman
Helen Cornell Chosns
Elray
M's
Rierson
Madison St. Forest
Behnke
Harold and
Myrtle Strong
Casa Nova Restaurant
North Avenue
Elmwood Park
Harlem Avenue
Rabe
Madison St
Rabe-Blough
Strant
Forest Theatre
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