Court Rules For Meters In Forest Park Village Victory
Forest Park won Tuesday as County Judge Harley C Holm overruled a motion to strike objections to a petition for a referendum on the 400 Madison Street parking meters. The village objections were sustained and the petitions dismissed, ending the effort to force a vote. A separate Superior Court suit seeks a declaratory judgment on the meters ordinance. Attorney Leslie Smith represented Forest Park.
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Madison Street
Forest Fork
Harley C. Holm
Forest Park
Superior Court
Leslie Smith
Dry Dock Is Chosen Name For New Youth Center
Forest Park Youth organization approves naming the new youth recreation center Dry Dock to reflect community choice. The hall above Albright's will host the center with cooperation from the Recreation board. Next steps include plans discussed May 18 at the village hall and funds from the May 24 charity game at Archy Memorial Stadium.
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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 moves to install a modern luminous lighting system on Madison Street cutting lights by half while doubling brightness. Engineering report projects $42,500 cost funded from motor fuel tax funds with about $1,100 yearly savings. work includes pole removals and cable upgrades. Oak Park читать
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Forest Park
Madison Street
Edwin Hancock
Austin Boulevard
Oak Park
Austin
Harlem
Madison
Forest Park Delinquent Tax Liens Prepared
Village Clerk Charles Meseke announced liens will be filed on Forest Park properties with delinquent sewer accounts after a ten day grace period from notice. Several formerly delinquent accounts have been brought up to date under the January 1942 ordinance.
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Charles Meseke
Forest Park
Forest Park Chamber hosts Edward McFaul speaker
Edward McFaul, noted after dinner speaker and radio broadcaster, will guest at the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday noon May 23 at Forest Gardens. He has twenty years experience in teaching personnel management and advertising and is a graduate.
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Edward McFaul
Forest Park
G A R Services Sunday At Forest Home Cemetery
G A R Post 706 of Illinois will conduct memorial services for its now dissolved membership on Sunday May 22 at 2 p.m. at Forest Home cemetery. Comrade James McEvoy directs with Dr Preston Bradley of Peaples Church Chicago and Captain Thomas Ambrose department past commander delivering remarks marking the 100th anniversary.
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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 for funds with about 60 percent of its goal. Maywood Oak Park River Forest Elmwood Park Melrose Park Franklin Park River Grove Bellwood show varying percentages. 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. The event is open to the public.
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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 National Air Mail Rose Show
Forest Park post office employees are invited to participate in the Postal Employees National Air Mail Rose Show in Portland Oregon during the Rose Festival on June 9 and 10. The event is a feature of the annual Portland Rose Festival, held 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 expert to study rail line
The Illinois Commerce Commission announced it hired Major R. F. Kelper of San Mateo California, a former Chicago traction engineer, to survey the unsatisfactory operating conditions of the Chicago and West Towns Railway Inc. and to make recommendations to the ICC.
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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 F Ptacek Dies After Auto Accident in Oak Park
Mrs Libby Ptacek of 1135 Juniop died early Thursday May 12 in Oak Park hospital after an auto accident two weeks earlier. Funeral services May 10 at Cam Phultz Chapel. interment Mt Emblem cemetery. Born October 11 1892 in Chicago, she married Frank Ptacek and lived in Chicago before moving to Forest Park. During the war she worked at a newsstand in a mertorp, a tribute to her son Gregory who served four years in the armed forces. Survived by husband Frank, sister Antoinette Kristufek, sister 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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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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