Forest Park C of C Launches Month-Long Goodwill Drive
Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and merchants begin a one month goodwill campaign starting Oct 13 to end before Thanksgiving. A gala finale is set for Nov 19 at the Forest theatre with ceremonies and awards for contestants.
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Forest Park
Commerce
Phil Golden
Howard Sammon
Forest Park National Bank
Elsie Tonkings
Tonkin’s
Sam Zussman
Rubin's
Army Store
Roy Olson
Tomaroy’s
Andy Colville
Forest Park Review
Deckert Named President of Cook County Suburban Publishers
Victor E. Deckert of Oak Leaves Oak Park was elected president at a Friday meeting at the Bismark hotel. He succeeds John V. Carroll of Pickwick Publications Park Ridge, with J Myron Lambert Harvey Tribune as vice president, Claude A. Walker Forest Park Review secretary, and Clinton Loomis LaGrange Citizen treasurer. J Carroll was named chairman of the board. The association, formed in 1937, includes 51 newspapers in Cook County outside Chicago.
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Victor E. Deckert
Oak Leaves
Oak Park
Cook County Suburban Publishers Association
Bismark
John V. Carroll
Pickwick Publications
Parkidge
Deckert
J. Myron Lambert
Harvey Tribune
Claude A. Walker
Forest Park Review
Clinton Loomis
LaGrange Citieen
J. Curroll
Cook County Suburban Publishers
Conk County
Chicago
William Lloyd Garrison Abolitionist Editor of The Liberator
William Lloyd Garrison is identified as the famous abolitionist editor of The Liberator newspaper. The note centers on his role and the publication he led in the anti slavery movement.
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William Lloyd Garrison
the Liberator
Forest Park Drivers Honored At Bowman Safety Dinner
Bowman Dairy honored 111 vehicle operators with ten or more years of accident free driving at a dinner in the Lake Shore club Old Salem Room Monday evening October 10. Dr David B Peck Bowman president noted the drivers have driven 1414 years without a single accident.
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Edward Treabess
Jackson
Carl Felgner
Ted Taphorn
Ferdinnand
Bowman Dairy Company
Old Salem
Lake Shore Club
Bowman
Paul Coburn
National Safety Council
Motor Transportation Bureau
B.C. Fagan
Merchants Indemnity Company
David B. Peck
Chicagoland
June Olson Sails For the Far East
Miss June Katherine Olson of Forest Park is set for overseas duty with the American Red Cross in the Far East theater. She will sail from Seattle on Thursday October 13, marking her second overseas assignment after serving in the Pacific from 1948 to 1950 as a clerk stenographer.
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June Katherine Olson
Forest Park
Olson
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Provise High School
Football Official Michael Lambke Appointed by Western Conference
Michael J. Lambke of Peoples Gas Light and Coke Co Chicago is among 42 officials named by Commissioner K L Wilson to officiate Big Ten football games this fall. He attended St Bernardine’s grammar school St Philip’s high school DePaul and Northwestern Universities and has 15 years of experience officiating high school and college football and basketball.
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Michael J. Lambke
Cireese
Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company
Chicago
K. L. Wilson
Uiorn
Park
Mike
St. Bernardine'’s
St. Philips High School
DePaul
Northwestern
Weber Shop Superintendent Dies After Illness
M J Weber former Forest Publishing shop superintendent died Tuesday October 4 at his sister Mrs Virginia Gannon’s home in Glen Ellyn He had served ten years at Forest Publishing and fifteen years at Oak Parker before resigning two years ago The body was taken to his Galena birthplace for funeral services held October 5.
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M. J. Weber
The
Forest Publishing Company
Virginia Gannon
Glen Ellyn
Weber
Oak Parker
Galena
Forest Park’s Favorite Phrase Added to The Review
Forest Park tradition continues as editors insert a beloved local phrase into The Review. The move highlights community identity and ties to the neighborhood’s history.
Scout Troop 105 Silver Jubilee Anniversary
Scout Troop 105 plans a Silver Jubilee celebration at Curtis Auditorium on October 21 at 7 PM. Former members and leaders are invited to attend as the troop marks 25 years since its 1920s debut in Forest Park.
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Forest Park
Wynd Cilang
Da'elock
Curtis Auditorium
New Heaven
Funeral for Forest Park native Anna Rose held at St. Pauls
Mrs. Anna Fiiewald Rose lifelong Forest Park resident died suddenly at home on Ferdinand Street. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at St. Pauls Ev Lutheran with interment in Glen Oak cemetery. She was born October 28, 1683 and married Theodore H. Rose in 1906. She leaves her husband, children Fred, Jeanette, Ann, Ethel, and Mertin, six grandchildren, and siblings Emma Voelz Otto Friewald and others.
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Anna Fiiewald Rose
Forest Bark
St. Paul's Ev
Glen Oak Cemetery
Ferdinand
Rose
Forest Park
Theodory H. Rose
St. Pauls Church
Ladies Aid Society
Alo
Fred J. Rose
Jeanette Samuel Ann VandeBorg
Ethel Huebner
Mertin Stanley
Emma Voelz
Otto Friewald
John, Fred
Emil Friewald
PTA Council Sets School Instruction Meeting
Forest Park Council of Present Teachers associations will hold a school of instruction at Garfield School Wednesday Oct 26 at 7 p.m. All newly elected officers and chairmen are urged to attend. Those interested in PTA work will be welcomed at this meeting.
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Forest Park
Telephone rate hike approved by committee in Forest Park
The committee voted to authorize a 25,196,000 increase in telephone revenue with a new monthly rise for residents and small business customers. Beginning October 11 at 12 01 am rates rise for residence and small business plans with modest changes to rural calls, while taxes will take about 6 million of the total increase. The manager notes tax impact and cites that overall price gains lag other price movements.
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Forest Park
Tinois
Noo
Cain
Cait
Uwingia
Ilinois
Tno
Forest Lions To See Popular Film
The Forest Lions Club meets today to view Trees to Tribune, a popular film tracing a newspaper’s progress from timber land to pressroom. The presentation comes at popular request. Phone Polly with news tips.
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Fln
Tribune
Forest Lions Club
Presroom
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V. Deckert
New President County Publishers
June Olson
Far East
M. Weber
Scout
T. H. Rose
P.T.A. Council
Polly
Field-Stevenson
Parent-Teachers Association
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