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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1950
Page
6
Exhibits by Eugene M. Lentini of 427 Elgin will be among works on display June 1 to 4 at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. Galleries open 9 am to 9 pm June 1 2 and 3 and 10 am to 5 pm June 4. Fashion parade runs June 1 2 and 3 at 8 pm.
A 600 piece uniformed band with drums cymbals and brass will lead the annual school children and officials parade from Madison and Circle to Altenheim grove to start the summer holidays. Baton twirlers set the pace for a gay day while Bandmaster Wiegman of St. Columbine's Chicago leads. Grant White school's Parent Teachers association runs the lunch room with promised good food.
In large cities with populations over 500000, four fifths of traffic fatalities involve pedestrians. Call Polly Forest at 6 2415 to report this news.
The 1950 Lutheran School Girls Volleyball tournament at St Johns May 17-18 saw St Johns field two teams. The A team defeated Oak Park and Melrose Park in a dramatic final, coming from behind to win two straight points after a tied last game to claim a third straight championship. The B team lost to River Forest, ending their run with a 2-1 set loss.
A color film titled Beyond Our Own Horizons will be shown twice at St John parish hall on Friday evening May 26 at 6 and 8. The Lutheran Church Missouri Synod produced the film, highlighting church work worldwide with special focus on missions in Japan Guatemala New Guinea and the Philippines. All are invited to attend.
Oscar C. Hagen a leading Chicago layman and Presbyterian elder will speak at 11 o’clock Sunday at First Presbyterian on Miracles of Grace and address the Presbyterian Men’s Forum at 10 o’clock on Stewardship. Memorial Sunday events include choirs Fidelis and Westminster with a patriotic anthem and new program titles.
Anthony Miceli former Forest Park resident died of a heart attack at Loretto hospital on Sunday May 21. He lived at 1820 N Kedzie Chicago and previously worked 22 years for Mitchell Moulding. Survived by wife Vita, children Mrs Frank DeLuca and Fred Miceli, grandchildren Anthony and Peter DeLuca, and sisters Vincenzia Salvo and Binga Alessi. Funeral was May 24 at St Sylvester church then Mount Carmel cemetery.
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