Community groups run toy lending library and VFW activities
Forest Park Public Library opens a toy lending library with a two week loan period and a catalogue detailing each toy. Forest Park Memorial VFW Post 7181 crowns Kimberly Keller Poppy Princess and honors her court with tiaras and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly Keller
Poppy Princess
Forest Park Memorial Vfw
Donna Faerber
Carolyn Mata
Karen Faerber
Therese Leone
Koller
Forest Park
Nominations for Officers At Eagles Auxiliary Meeting
Nominations for 1977 78 officers will be made at tomorrow's Eagles Auxiliary meeting at 7 45 p m at the club house. Members may reserve for the May 4 mother daughter banquet through Auxiliary president Ellen Tams. The group thanks those who baked cupcakes and visited Markam Home for Children in Bloomingdale on April 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagles
Thy
Tumor Auxiliary
Ellen Tams
Markam
Bloomingdale
Proviso Township High Schools Summer Session Registration
Registration for the 1977 Proviso Township High Schools summer session begins May 2 in Room A123 at Proviso West. All courses, June 20 to July 29, are at Proviso West with no classes on July 4. Credits offered to upperclassmen and eighth grade graduates include multiple subjects. mail and in person registration options are described with fees and bus routes to Proviso West in Hillside.
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Proviso Township High
Proviso West High School
Proviso West
Proviso Township
West Town Bus Company
West Town
Hillside
Madison Street
Harlem Avenue
19Th Avenue
St. Charles Road
Wolf Road
Lake Street
First Avenue
Forest Park Board Adopts 1977-78 Calendar and Officers
Forest Park board of education held an April 9 oath ceremony for Michael Lyons and Charles Marinier. At the reorganization meeting Earl Flight was named president and Marinier secretary. Regular meetings stay on the second Thursday at 8 p.m. Calendar runs Aug 30, 1977 to June 14, 1978 with student vacations per Proviso High Schools. Graduation for Forest Park Middle School is June 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park Memorial
VFW
Katherine Rizzo
Helen Arendt
Betty Jane Schultz
Lorraine Crowley
Charlotte Sisson
Chaplin
Pauline Schulz
Billie Weber
Ardath Olsen
Pearl Taylor
Carmella Farina
Forest Park Board of Education
Michael Lyons
Charles Marinier
Laureen Thornton
Board of Education
Earl Flight
Marinier
Forest Park
Century of Achievement in Forest Park Sports and Entertainment
The Historical Society of Forest Park presents a slide program on Sunday May 15 at 2 p.m. at the Forest Park Public Library showcasing local people and institutions with state or national recognition. Highlights include a major league pitcher, a Russian Czars watching jockey, Kay Kyser’s clarinetist, Your Hit Parade orchestra leader, and a famed talk show host. Also featured are Forest Park’s claims to fame such as the world’s first baseball museum, Chicago area’s first daily fee golf course, the first public swimming pool and ballroom in the western suburbs, a championship women’s softball team, and a thoroughbred racetrack. A short business meeting, door prize, and refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ripley’s
Forest Park
Historical Society of
Chicago
Cubs
Sox
Kay Kyser
Benders celebrate 60th wedding anniversary in Forest Park
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Bender of Beloit Avenue Forest Park marked sixty years of marriage with a dinner party at Homer's Restaurant on Thursday April 21 hosted by their son Robert Bender and his wife in Oklahoma City. The guest list included 70 attendees and three grandsons. A wine cup blessing and champagne toast preceded a three tier cake. Separately PARC announces its annual dinner dance on Saturday May 7 at Michael's Belmont Chicago with tickets $15 at the door or PARC offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph D. Bender
Beloit Avenue
Forest Park
Homer’s
Robert Bender
Oklahoma City
Bob Bender Jr
Charles Bender
Columbia
South Carolina
Thomas Bender
Lorraine Bender Eicher
Scottsdale
Arizona
Ronald Davis
First United Church of
Proviso Association For Retarded Citizens
PARC
Michael’s
Belmont Ave
Chicago
Bellwood Ave
Bellwood
Boogie for a Cause Dance Marathon at North Riverside Park
A 24 hour dance marathon to aid MDA runs from 3:00 p.m. May 21 to 3:00 p.m. May 22 at North Riverside Park. Sponsored by the Merchants Association and MDA, it invites participants to register early and obtain sponsorship cards at the mall office. Proceeds support MDA research and clinics offering free diagnosis and treatment services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Riverside Park
The
Merchants Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
MDA
North Riverside Park Merchants Association
Association
Proviso students earn top grades across 1976 77 term
Proviso students achieved high scholastic honors with 91 students earning all As for the final period of the first semester 1976 77. East and West campuses listed 367 and 416 students on Honor Roll along with named top scholars across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proviso Township High
East
West
Proviso East
Robert Bing
Donna Chesna
Nancy Falco
Lori Ann Gasperich
Sandi Germany
Kay Hatfield
Edward Millen
Elizabeth Parren
Jerry Tobola
Sharon Zarembka
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Eeseneinenecee
By Lyn Anderson
Forest Park Public Library
Elaine Moore
Rose Sansone
Hazel Snover
Dorothy Pickle
Gerry Bruhn
Martha Latall
Francis Wiggins
Bruhn
Robert Petrey
Howard Swan
Marvin Pickle
Charles Bruhn
Robert Faerber
James Crowley
Tom Bond
Ken Gustafson
William Koeller
Ralph Weber
Howard Eggersdorf
Harry Larson
al Arendt
Marvin Blasius
Poppy
Russ Stryker
Joe Sansone
Mr. Pickle
Drum Corps
Kenneth Stange
Richard Orr
William J. Sisson
Edward Stroschein
Gene Cleff
St. Bernardine’s Friendship Club
Ann Mack
Jim McCoy
Jackson
McCoy
North Avenue
Mannheim
Mannheim Road
Circle Drive
5Th Avenue
Ridgeland Avenue
Des Plaines Avenue
el’’ Station
DesPlaines Avenue L
Roosevelt Road
Hillside Shopping Center
Austin Avenue
25Th Avenue
Washington Boulevard
Butterfield Road
History Society
Kurt Berndt
Jan Chabala
Wilhelmina Gales
Doris Krauss
Eugenio Martinez
Mary Mengel
Marianne Nicoletto
Margaret Sharkey
Kevin Williams
Kathleen Blashewski
Robert Calzada
Kenneth Floody
David Martinez
Aldric Serrano
Janina Skorus
Jane Wong
Lorel Braband
Donna Fletcher
Diana Gonzalez
George Miner
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