Auxiliary Police To Be Organized In Forest Park
Forest Park plans an auxiliary police force as a civilian defense measure with selected personnel rather than volunteers. Proximity to airfields and strategic sites underlines need for civil defense, with nearby suburbs forming committees as possible models. Details of Chief Kern's program will be printed in the Review.
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Forest Park
North Western
Argonne Laboratories
Naval Ordnance Plant
Chicago
Elmhurst
Maywood
Berwyn
Wheaton
Brookfield
la Grange
Cicero
Kern
Local Registration Deadline Warned By Village Clerk
Saturday marks the last day to register in the village before the November 7 election. Charles W. Meseke urges residents to register at the local office by Saturday September 16 to vote, noting a secondary option at the County Clerk’s Loop office through October 6.
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Charles W. Meseke
Pants stolen from car in rear Forest theatre lot
Charles Duffy of Melrose Park reported September 12 that three pairs of pants and four shirts were taken from his parked car behind the Forest theatre by an unknown person.
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Charles Duffy
Melrose Park
Forest Theatre
Proviso GED Tests Scheduled September 1950
General Educational Development tests for adults 25 and older will be offered at Proviso Township High School from September 21 to 23. Five subjects will be tested: grammar social studies science literature and arithmetic. A diploma can be earned only if all five tests are completed.
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Proviso Township High School
C C. Taggart
Veterans' Testing Service
First Church to Show Noted Motion Picture
The motion picture Second Chance will be shown at First Evangelical and Reformed church in Elgin and Harvard on Thursday September 21 at 6 00 PM. Produced cooperatively by Evangelical and Reformed Presbyterian and Congregational churches it will tour Evangelical and Reformed churches this fall with no charge though free will offerings will be accepted.
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First Evangelical and Reformed
Elgin
Harvard
Bam
Bikes Can Be Dangerous
Two youths suffered bike related injuries this month. Jack Fairchild, 11, of Des Plaines, injured his right leg when a pedal caught it on September 12. Jerry Hughes, 11, of Lathrop, was cut on the heel when his left foot was caught in a bike chain on September 6.
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Jack Fairchild
Desplaines
Jerry Hughes
Lathrop
Forest Park Chief of Police William Kern laid to rest
Chief William Joseph Kern longtime Forest Park police leader died Friday at his home at 412 Ferdinand after a prolonged illness. He joined the force in 1927 and served as chief from 1948 until his death, with a career marked by community service and participation in the Forest Lions Club and Illinois Police Association. He is survived by his family and is interred at Queen of Heaven cemetery after services at St Bernardine’s Church.
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Forest Park
William Joseph Kern
Ferdinand
Zimmerman’s
St. Bernardine’s Church
Queen of Heaven
Chief Kern
Chicago
Jeanette Collins
Precious Blood Church of
Hannah
American Express Company
Forest Lions Club
Illinois Police Association
Inter-1
Adult Discussion Series Opens at St John Ev Lutheran
A series of discussions on the fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith will be held at St John Ev Lutheran church on Thursday evenings in the parish hall. The open adult class will cover the Lutheran church history, position and doctrines. For enrollment or questions call Forest 6 2870. The adult Bible class meets Wednesdays at 7 30 p.m.
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St. John Ev. Lutheran Church
Forest
Round Table Talk With Local Publishers Set in Chicago
Six Chicago area publishers and a business manager will gather for a dinner round-table at the Merchants and Manufacturers club in Merchandise Mart on Thursday September 21 at 6 30 p m The discussion will be led by Claude Walker publisher of Forest Publications Forest Park and director of the Headline club Other participants include Lloyd Hollister Wilmette Life William Williams Chicago Heights Star Vernon Nickless Sr La Grange Citizen S RR Paddock Sr Arlington Heights Herald Telefer McArathy Oak Fork Leaves and John Kubik Cicero Life The Headline club is affiliated with Sigma Delta Chi and other groups Walker is a former Illinois Press Association president and is noted as a director of the club He is survived by his wife Jeanette and daughters Betty Jane Farrell Dolorea and Donna Jean He was father of the late William E Kern killed in action in the last war.
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Chicago
Chicago Headline Club
Merchants and Manufacturers Club
Merchandise Mart
Claude Walker
Forest Publications
Forest Park
Lloyd Hollister
Wilmette Life
William Williams
Chicago Heights Star
Vernon Nickless
la Grange Citizen
Nmisional Association of Police
Chiefs
Ilinois Federation of Sportsmen
Minute Men Club
Forest Park Eagles
St. Vincent de Paul Society
Knights of Columbus
Jeanette
Betty Jane Farrell
Dolorea
Donna Jean
William E. Kern
Board to be elected for Proviso Family Service group
At the first annual meeting of the Family Service Association of Proviso Township a permanent nine village board will be chosen. The meeting at Forest Park Village Hall opens to the public on Sept. 20 at 8 p.m. A prior mass meeting in Maywood led to forming a private family counseling service with a steering committee chaired by Mrs. Kurt Schlesinger.
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Family Service Association
Proviso Township
Forest Park
Publc
Maywood
Kurt Schlesinger
Mary A. Young
Division of Family and Child Welfare
Welfare Council
Chicago
Young
Local Red Cross Unit Seeks More Volunteers in Forest Park
Forest Park Red Cross unit calls for volunteers to sew knit and prepare surgical dressings. Help needed Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 to 4 at the Red Cross room in Field Stevenson school. Surgical dressing instructor is Mrs Adelaide Lusthoff and production chair Mrs Eva Prueser has kept the unit running with only three or four workers.
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Forest Park
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Red Cross
Forest Park Garden Club
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