Lions Schedule Free Eye Check
The Forest Park Lions Club will hold a free eye sight check in the Community Room of North America Savings at 7525 Madison on Sunday November 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A trained staff with Lions assistance will perform tests for people of all ages as part of their ongoing blind aid program connected to Hadley School for the Blind and Leader Dog School.
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Forest Park Lions Club
Community Room of North America Savings
Madison
Forest Lions
Hadley School For the
Leader Dog School
Deacons Appointed at St. Peter Sunday Service
District deacons of St Peters Ev Lutheran Church Hannah at Adams will be commissioned at the 10 15 a m worship. They will distribute 1966 offering envelopes and receive pledge cards toward the 1966 budget. Pastor Roth delivers second sermon in Stewardship series. Senior Choir to sing Oh Cord Most Holy with Shirley Christell soprano. Holy Communion follows. Sunday School ages 9 meet at 9 a m.
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St. Peters Ev
Hannah At Adams
R. W. Roth
Franz Luidahl
Shirley Christell
Local Republicans Oppose Metro Government Centralization
Marshall Quandt reports the Township GOP opposes a Cook County consolidation plan. A Chicago businessmen group backs unifying all local governments into a single super government. Quandt warns centralization would be costly, inefficient, unresponsive, and easily manipulated by the Chicago machine.
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Marshall Quandt
GOP
Chicago
Cook County
Quandt
Potempa Training With 196th Brigade At Fort Devens
Pvt Timothy J Potempa of 7506 Madison is undergoing Basic Combat Training with the 196th Light Infantry Brigade at Fort Devens Massachusetts.
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Timothy J. Potempa
Madison
196Th Light Infantry Brigade
Fort Devens
Mass
Parent-Teacher Conference Schedule Update
The business meeting will begin at 8 pm followed by two twenty minute classroom sessions. Parent-teacher conferences will start on Monday and proceed into the week.
Coin Box Taken From Pay Phone in Roosevelt Area
A best telephone coin box was stolen from a pay phone at 7220 Roosevelt on Thursday. The box contained 35 dollars.
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Roosevelt
May Build Storm Sewer Lift Here
The village council and Forest Park Zoning Board of Appeals held a joint meeting to discuss a storm sewer lift at the Desplaines River and Great Western tracks to reduce floodback. A follow up with Sanitary District officials and village engineers was announced, plus talks on zoning, taxes, and planning needs for new housing.
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Forest Park Zoning Board of Appeals
Mohr
Earl Witt
Edward B. O'Shea
Fred Schudt
Charles W. Meseke
Desplaines
Great Western
Forest Park
O'Shea
Mike Rustivo
Forest Park Leader Heads 1966 March of Dimes Drive
Floyd Schultz of 1012 Elgin is General Chairman directing Forest Park January fund drive to fund birth defect research and treatment. Schultz promotes research centers and asks residents to give generously. he is a retired meter mechanic and holds roles with the Forest Park Volunteer Firemen and St John Parent-Teachers League.
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Floyd Schultz
Elgin
Forest Park
Schultz
March of Dimes
Commonwealth Edison Co
Maywood
Rose Reappointed to State Township Clerk Committee
Fred Rose of Forest Park was reappointed Clerk of Proviso Township to the Legislative Committee of the State Township Clerk's Association. The move occurred during the association's state convention of township officials in Peoria.
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Fred Rose
Forest Park
Proviso Township
Peoria
Hansen Enlists in Army Food Inspection at Ft. Knox
Jon Hansen of 415 Marengo has enlisted in the U.S. Army and chosen food inspection work. He will report to Ft. Knox, Kentucky. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hansen.
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Jon Hansen
Marengo
John
Ft. Knox
Oscar Hansen
Forest Park Crafts Informal Planning Recommendation
Forest Park lacks a formal planning commission and relies on the Zoning Board and Council as the de facto planning body. The Mayor urged the Zoning Board to discuss among themselves and present a recommendation to the council on current building issues facing the village.
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Forest Park
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Metro Plan
Potempa Training
Marie Paulson
Garfield School
Glen Baumbach
Kenneth Wick
Chicagoland
Wick
Tuberculosis Institute of
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