Court Rules For Meters in Forest Park
Forest Park village victory ends bid for a referendum on parking meters along Madison Street. County Judge Harley C. Holm overruled a motion to strike objections and sustained the village, dismissing the petition. A separate superior court suit seeks a declaratory judgment on the meter ordinance.
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Madison Street
Forest Fork
Harley C. Holm
Forest Park
Superior Court
Leslie Smith
Dry Dock Named For Forest Park Youth Center
Forest Park youth group selects Dry Dock as the recreation center name. Plans set to relocate to the hall above Albright's with cooperation from the Recreation board. A charity game on May 24 at Archy Memorial Stadium funds the project. meeting May 18 at the village hall.
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Forest Park
Pete DeLuca
TB Ae
Albright’s
Recreation Board
Arichy Memorial Stadium
Village Hall
Forest Park Plans New Lights On Madison Street
Forest Park engineers propose a modern luminous lighting system on Madison Street cutting equipment by half while delivering twice the brightness. Estimated cost is 42 500 dollars with annual electricity savings around 1100 dollars and funded from motor fuel tax funds. Oak Park also plans a similar upgrade along Madison from Austin to Harlem.
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Forest Park
Madison Street
Edwin Hancock
Austin Boulevard
Oak Park
Austin
Harlem
Madison
Village to File Liens on Delinquent Forest Park Taxes
Forest Park property owners face lien filings for delinquent sewer accounts after a ten day grace period from notice. Village Clerk Charles Meseke announced several liens will be filed if balances remain unpaid following the deadline, under January 1942 ordinance.
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Charles Meseke
Forest Park
Edward McFaul to speak at Forest Park chamber meeting
Edward McFaul, a noted after dinner speaker and radio broadcaster, will be guest speaker for the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce gathering Monday at Forest Gardens. He has spent about twenty years in teaching personnel management and advertising and is a graduate of unknown institutions.
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Edward McFaul
Forest Park
G A R Services Sunday at Forest Home Cemetery
The G A R Post 706 of the Department of Illinois will conduct memorial services for its ceased membership on Sunday May 22 at 2 p m in Forest Home cemetery. Comrade James McEvoy directs the observance with an address by Dr Preston Bradley of Chicago and remarks by Captain Thomas Ambrose past commander of the Illinois department marking a centennial celebration.
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Winam A. Senin
Forest Park
jean.Legion
Amatom
Department of Mismis
Grand Army of the Republic
Forest Home Cemetery
James McEvoy
Preston Bradley
Peaples Church of
Chicago
Thomas
Forest Park Tops Suburban Lists In Cancer Drive
Forest Park leads west suburban towns in the American Cancer Society drive with about 60 percent of its goal reached. Maywood 50 percent Oak Park and River Forest 48 percent Elmwood Park 37 percent Melrose Park 34 percent Franklin Park 23 percent River Grove 22 percent Bellwood 15 percent. The West Suburban chapter's first annual meeting is tonight at 8 p.m. at the Oak Park club with Dr. John A. Ropers as guest speaker.
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Forest Park
American Cancer Society
Maywood
Oakark
River Forest
Elmwood Park
Melrose Park
Franklin Park
River Grove
Bellwood
West Suburban
Oak Park Club
Oak Park
Ontario
John A. Ropers
Illinois Division
Mel Glos
Forest Parte "Sat
Post Office Staff Invited to Air Mail Rose Show
Forest Park post office employees are invited to join the Postal Employees National Air Mail event in Portland Oregon on June 9 and 10 as part of the Portland Rose Festival and Rose Show activities in the City of Roses.
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Arthur Schuler ii
Forest Park
National Air Mail
Portland
Ore
City of Roses
Illinois Commerce Commission Hires Inspector for Chicago Line
The Illinois Commerce Commission hired Major R. F. Kelper of San Mateo California to survey the unsatisfactory operating conditions of the Chicago and West Towns Railway Inc. and to report recommendations to the ICC. Kelper is a former Chicago traction engineer and familiar to Chicago transport circles.
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CNS
Miinois Commerce Commission
Chicago Traction
Chicago and West Towns Railway, Inc
ICC
R. F. Kelper
San Mateo
Calif
Chicago Transport
Mrs Ptacek Dies After Auto Accident In Illinois
Mrs Libby Ptacek aged from Chicago died May 12 in Oak Park hospital after an auto accident two weeks earlier. Funeral May 10 at Camp Schultz chapel with interment Mt Emblem cemetery. She was born October 11 1892 in Chicago and later lived at 1 Dunlop Avenue Forest Park. Survived by husband Frank Ptacek son Gregory and sisters Mrs Antoinette Kristufek and Mrs Mary Hadae and brother William Vanek.
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Libby Ptacek
Juniop
Oak Parkospital
Ptacek
Camphultz Chapel
Jace
Mt. Emblem
Praorel
Chicago
Frank Pireck
Forest Park
Dunlop Avenue
Jucek
Mertorp
Gregory
Ptacuk
Frank
Forest Park Lodge
AML
Antoinette Kristufek
Elgin
Mary Hadae
Cicero
William Vanek
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F. Ptacek
St. Paul’s
Mothers and Daughters of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Ladins Aid Society
Emil
Richard Flaim
Mise Gebhardt
Corrinne Pollotier
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