Auxiliary Holds Memorial Service for Gold Star Mothers
Forest Park Unit 414 of the American Legion Auxiliary held a memorial service on May 17 to honor Gold Star Mothers and deceased members. Mrs. Ada Lynch opened the meeting, with chaplain M Stelly Sutton leading prayers and tributes including candles for veterans, the Unknown Soldier, and departed Auxiliary members. The program featured piano, solos, and the song Mother with taps to close.
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Sylvia Donders
Leoneschel
Buddy
Dorothy Zander
Erna Hrandt
American Legion Auxiliary
Gladys McEvoy
Cara Sallee
Gold Star
Memorial and Poppy Day Meeting Highlights
Our memorial services were solemn with Book of Ages played as participants left. Mrs. Erna Brandt as Gold Star chairman introduced all the Gold Star Mothers and present members. Lucile Black led the Poppy program with Ethyl Schlupp, prize raffles, and refreshments by several members.
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Gold Star
Erna Brandt
Lucie Black
Lucile Black
Cochairman
Ethyl Schlupp
Beatrice Quandt
Man Falls in Street on Des Plaines Near Madison
William Sturtevant 218 Des Plaines suffered a facial cut above his eye and on his cheek May 22 after fainting and falling on Des Plaines near Madison. He had been ill at the show and was taken to Oak Park hospital for treatment.
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William Sturtevant
Desplaines
Madison
Oak Park Hospital
Waves Off Cape Good Hope Reach Giant Heights
Ocean swells surge to heights of 50 or 60 feet as seas pound the Cape Good Hope area, challenging ships and coastal observers with towering breakers and rough conditions.
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Cape Good Hope
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Victor Bisluk
Vie and Vie's Tavern
United Tavernkeepers Association
Forest Park
Vernon Muehlenhaupt
Harlem Eagles Tavern
Bill Albright
Casa Nova
Queete
Ed Anderton
Circle Lanes
Herman Schmidt
Forest Park Tavern
Al-Arma
Dick Cantino
Glenn Miller
Jazz At the Philharmonic
George M. Colian
Fred Waring
Sammy Kaye
Kate Smith
Vaughn Mourve
Gordo Jenkins
Caravan
Dick Contine
Mel Torme
Trage Brothers Appliance Company
Madison St
Conan
Peers Tince
Binner
Chambers
Easin’ Kae
Trage Brothers
Madison Street
Forest Park Forest
Faust and
Hoym
Centrella
Pure Food
of Ally
Wilton's
Snider's
Catsup
Hamburger Ib
Betty Grocker
Faust & Hoym Pou Knour
Forest
Karl Marx
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