Fall Festival Opens With Parades And Pageants
The Fall Festival begins Monday October 3 with a grand parade down Jackson Boulevard and Madison Street route. Events include free swing dance on Hannah Avenue, post office dedication, a Thursday bicycle pageant with prizes, a window dressing contest led by E A Parichy, and nightly street entertainment through the week.
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Forest Park
Jackson Boulevard
Marrison Street
Madison Street
Desplaines Avenue
Randolph Street
Harlem Avenue
Roosevelt Road
Rev Gehrig to Lead Novena at St Bernardine
The Rev Joe Gehrig will preach a nine Tuesday novena at St Bernardine church starting October 4 at 7 30 PM in preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. Parishioners are urged to attend for world peace and personal souls with non Catholic friends invited.
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St. Bernardine Church
Wagener
Joe. Gehrig
Sacred Heart Church
Lombard
Gehrig
George Cardinal Mundercin
St. Bernardine
Father Gehrig
Adult classes offered at municipal building
Typing shorthand counting bookkeeping business writing and alpha phonics speechwriting classes for adults available at the Municipal Building 517 Tes lanes avenue next to Forest Park Library. Evening sessions 6 30 to 10 pm Tuesday through Friday registration nightly. Enroll now.
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We Municipal
Tes
Laines Avenue
LO Pan
Forest Park
Windaiw Dressing Contest Gives Merchants Window Honors
Merchants urged to enter the seventh annual window dressing contest in Forest Park with prizes for first second and third. Participants decorate storefronts on Madison and Hannah avenues and winners will be announced at a Saturday evening gathering. E A Farichy chairs the committee inviting business owners to attract customers.
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Loen
Aarelark
Forest Park
Madison and
Hannah Avenue
Atlock
Hoost Muresty Park
New Forest Park Public Service Manager Named
The Forest Park store and office of the Public Service Company of Northern Mines is now managed by Jack Chinn. District Superintendent Tf. TV. Rast confirms the appointment. Ms. Chinn brings over ten years of utility experience in purchasing and selling electrical and pay work items.
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Forest Park
Public Service Company of Northern
Forest Park Post Office to Dedicate with Open House
Forest Park posts office to hold an open house Wednesday evening with a dedication ceremony at 8 o clock. Postmaster Arthur H. Schuler led outreach to county and local groups for the event. District Leader Joseph J Lelivelt and Congressman Thomas O Brien praised the new building and urged all citizens to attend.
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Forest Park
Arthur H. Schuler
Schuler
Joseph J. Lelivelt
Thomas O'Brien
Literature Class Woman's Club Holds First Meeting
The Literature class of the Drama Literature department at Forest Park Woman's Club begins with a meeting at Mrs. Dimmett's home, 1419 Elgin Avenue, on Monday October 3 at 1 30 pm. Miss Austin Forest Park librarian reviews recent books and Mrs RooH Inman leads the Better Speech class, urging members to attend for a pleasant afternoon and to share information on available appliances for sale.
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Blanche Wright
Forest Park
Bargains Offered Here During Festival Week in Forest Park
Forest Park merchants push Festival Week with ads promising 20 percent plus savings on all items from penny pencils to bedroom sets. Each ad features a guessing prize contest, urging housewives to shop local and compare prices with chain stores in Daily papers.
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Forest Park
Ferchah
Walter Langless Dies at Home in Forest Park
Walter Langless, longtime Chicago Rapid Transit Co. employee, died at his Forest Park home 7630 Adams September 17, 1938 after a lingering illness. Born January 10, 1881 in Chicago, he married Ida Broadfield March 10, 1906. Survived by wife, two daughters Marjorie and Virginia, a sister Mrs. Nellie Ginter, all of Forest Park. son Walter died in 1920. Services conducted by Forest Park Masonic Lodge officers.
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Walter Langless
Forest Park
Adams
Chicago
Mise Ida Broadfield
Hve
Langless
Marjorie
Virginia
Nellie Ginter
Walter
Tailor Joe Nicotera Returns to Oak Park Shop
Joe Nicotera, long-time Forest Park tailor of 25 years at 7232 Madison, returns to open a new shop on the Oak Park side of Harlem Avenue just south of Madison. He left in 1934 for Pennsylvania, then Cicero for two years, and later worked in Chicago.
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Joe Nicotera
Joe Neotera
Forest Park
Madison Street
Oak Park
Harlem Avenue
Pennsylvania
Cicero
Chi
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E. A. Parichy
Parichy
Occe
Rev. Gehrig
Joe Gehrig
Drese
E. A. Farichy
Chainman Window Dressing Contest Committee
Jack Chinn
Woman's Club
Uftering Fur
St. John’s
Christ
Circle Avenue
A. Wagner
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