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Newspaper
Forest Park Review
Location
Forest Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
4
The Oak Park YMCA announces a men’s physical fitness program with an Early Bird Club at 7:15 am on Wednesdays and Fridays and an evening Tiger Club at 5:45 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The program includes testing, exercises, calorie counting, health tips, and individual conferences with the Physical Director to boost endurance and reduce waist measurements. Registration now open.
Walther's Broncos behind quarterback Bill Scheine erased a 12 point halftime deficit to beat the Spartans of Hales Franciscan Chicago 20 to 19. A fumble recovery by Dennie Gilge set up a 42 yard Scheine TD to Doug Dumler, followed by a 56 yard TD march and continued Bronco surge as Scheine and Al Curry pierced Franciscan. The Francis Parker game was cancelled.
About 2000 freshmen at Proviso East and West high schools are undergoing speech and hearing examinations led by C E A Moore director of the Speech and Hearing Clinic. Tests run annually in September and October with nurses administering pure tone hearing tests. Moore assists students with speech issues during the year or summer programs. Nurses retest those who fail the screening, and referrals follow if retesting indicates further problems after an audiogram.
A women’s fitness course offers one hour of figure trimming exercises at the start, followed by an hour of endurance swimming or an hour of badminton or volleyball. Participants are tested on day one and retested at the end to show progress. Sessions run Wednesdays 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. for eight weeks starting September 28.
I wish to thank the Forest Park Police Department for their prompt aid and efficient response to our emergency call. Special appreciation goes to officers Robert Scheffelbein and Garry Doss for taking me to the hospital.
The Forest Park Public Library offers the newly published 1961 65 edition of its Fiction Catalog in the Reference Room. This tool helps readers locate adult novels from the past five years on subjects like Gettysburg era frontier life and detectives with author name index and subject based arrangement. It includes price, publishers, paging, plot summaries, and reviews, with earlier editions also available.
The Forest Park Recreation Board met Wednesday night at the Village ball with all members present. Officers Art Schetne as President Larry Conway as Vice-President Joe Hather as Secretary and Harry Mirchhoefer as Co-ordinator joined Toby Zapler Tom Scolire and Bob Dowd Rec Director to discuss plans.
James H. Morrall and Richard R. Hardtke have graduated after nine weeks of basic training at the Naval Training Center Great Lakes. Morrall, 19, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morrall of 430 Marengo, while Hardtke, 18, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hardtke of 506 Des Plaines.
Welborn Dimmett former Superintendent of Public Schools at 1419 Elgin attended a sales conference of Knowledge Books sponsored by the Groller Corporation in Tarrytown New York. He is a leading regional representative for the firm.
Doane College in Nebraska enrolls Miss Jane Kasch daughter of Mr and Mrs Lester G Kasch of Forest Park as a freshman at the state’s oldest liberal arts college.
ASSIST CHAPLAIN Army Pvt 1st Class Robert M Sebring 21 of 935 Ferdinand was assigned to the 87th Engineer Battalion in Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam Aug 21 Sebring a chaplain s assistant entered the Army in Oct 1965 and was last assigned at Fort Benning Ga
Kenneth Lessin a partner in Lessin and Lessin Accounting Service of Forest Park will be inducted into the Northwestern chapter of the honor society of business at a dinner on Oct 1 at the Furniture Club in Chicago.
St John grade school team routed Elmhurst 17 to 1 last week. Bill Kuecker hit a grand slam, with Bob Paetkae and Dave Heinrich adding homers. Teammates Retal Erkman and Rambeau also produced offense as Barry Prescott recorded a three hit effort on the mound.
A group from Forest Park including Mr and Mrs Frank Manzella of 1027 Circle Mr and Mrs Gerald Lasko and Mrs Blanche Lolli of 845 Hannah recently visited Las Vegas Nevada. They stayed at the Flamingo Hotel during the trip.
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