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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
12
Beloit notes a lively week as Mrs Hansen's sister and family arrive from Arlington and tours film, clubs, and restaurants. Local residents, including the Mullers and Callaghans, visit relatives. Gosechs enjoy a long holiday across Michigan and Florida. Private Donald Weimer reports overseas duty. Dianne Boyer marks a first birthday with family celebrations.
VEW Auxiliary 7181 will host a party for volunteer poppy day workers on Monday evening May 16. The May 2 meeting elected new officers with Mrs Leathers of the Maywood post visiting. Gloria Blackmore won the merchandise club prize. Esther Guth and Betty Holst were absent ill.
Forest Park Woman's Club will send Madeleine M Shepard and Mrs John MacGregor as delegates to the fifty third annual Witness Federation of Women's Clubs convention at Hotel Sherman May 17 19 with Mrs Stanley Van Natter and Mrs Carl Behnke as alternates. An annual Spring Luncheon and Card Party at Brookwood Country Club is planned for May 23 with reservations due. Tickets are 2.75. luncheon served at 1 PM.
St Bernardine's parish hall hosts a May dance Sunday night May 15 sponsored by the Inter parish Catholic Youth federation. Bruce DeYoung and his orchestra provide the music from 8 30 to 12 attendance urged for members and friends at the pine venue. Tickets available at the gar.
A jumble of names reveals a bustling weekend with picnics at Mannheim woods and drives to the Lido and outdoor theaters. Couples mingle under starry skies while clubs and cafés host gatherings and youth groups flock to drive-ins for color cartoons and late bites.
The Perpetual Help Mothers club installed officers for a two year term at a May 5 ceremony in St. Bernardine's church. New officers include President Mrs. Ethel Uhlirs and Vice President Mrs. Virginia Callahan with other posts filled by Mrs. Lucille Slayer, Mrs. Rosemary Capkling, and more. Outgoing officers listed include President Mrs. Mildred Schwartz and Vice President Mrs. Ethel Abbs. The event closed with a Junehea and cards in the school hall.
The American Legion Auxiliary of Forent Park Unit 414 met on May 3. Reports covered May 4 hospital visits to veterans, a DAR officer’s attendance, and upcoming memorial services on May 18 with Gold Star and Poppy workers guests.
Attendees from Proviso High accompanied the couple after a reception celebrating their wedding journey through Indiana. Pre wedding events included showers hosted by Mrs. Helen Flohr, the bride’s mother, and the bride’s sister, along with the groom’s mother.
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