Peters Keeps Art Dream Alive as Concordia Student
Concordia College junior Jim Peters majors in art with a psychology minor and aims to be a professor of art. He creates pen and ink works and leather purses and expands into sandal making. He recalls high school art disappointments and describes his view of art as a gift from God expressed through nature and people.
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Jim Peters
Concordia College
Earth
Peters
Malta
Washington, D. C
Washington
Mural Created by Veterans at Hines Hospital
A Forest Park resident, Larry Luznicky, 48, a quadriplegic, helped lead 40 patients in painting a 22 by 30 foot patriotic wall mural titled An American Mural 76 in the spinal cord injury section of Hines Veterans Hospital Maywood. The four panel scene shows the Chicago skyline, a dancing action scene, a quiet park, and a flowers wall. The project cost 93 dollars and involved forty partially paralyzed veterans.
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Forest Park
Hines Veterans Hospital
Maywood
Larry Luznicky
Luznicky
Seniors prepare for 1977 Provi yearbook portraits
Proviso East High School schedules senior pictures in the air conditioned auditorium at First Avenue and Madison Street Maywood from Aug 9 to 13. Sessions run 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 30 p.m. daily. Students bring a $1 sitting fee plus deposits and may choose color or black and white.
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First Avenue
Madison Street
Maywood
Lady Bug Thrift Shop Celebrates First Anniversary
The Lady Bug Thrift Shop at 410 Circle Ave celebrated its first anniversary with an open house on Saturday July 17 at its Forest Park location. The event featured a volunteer fashion show, refreshments, and bread sales with all proceeds benefiting the Baptist Retirement Home of Maywood.
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Lady Bug Thrift Shop
Circle Ave
Forest Park
Lady Bug Thrift
Baptist Retirement Home
Maywood
Gilbert Houston
Still openings in Child Care fall sessions
Proviso Township High Schools offer two Child Care Careers classes for 3 and 4 year olds with sessions from 9 to 11 am or 1 to 3 pm Monday to Thursday. First attendance on Sept 20 at Proviso West Hillside campus. Fee is 75 dollars for supplies and insurance, payable in three installments. Contact Proviso East 344 7000 or Proviso West 449 6400 for applications. Dr Jeanne Bernhardt also fields inquiries at 449 6400.
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Proviso Township
Proviso West
Wolf Road
Harrison Street
Hillside
Jeanne Bernhardt
Penny Carnival at Forest Park Park District
The Forest Park Park District invites all to a Penny Carnival Friday Aug 6 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m on the district grounds 7501 Harrison St The event features clowns tumbling acts games of chance child booths a tumbling class performance and baked goods donated by participants mothers
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Forest Park Park District
Park District
Harrison St
Free lead screening in Forest Park Friday
The Proviso Association for Retarded Persons of Bellwood announces free lead screening tests in Forest Park on Friday August 6 from 12 30 p m to 9 p m at Zayers First Avenue and Roosevelt Road.
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Proviso Association For Retarded Persons of
Bellwood
Forest Park
Zayers
First Avenue
Roosevelt Road
Proviso East and West students post high marks in 1975 76
A total of 159 students at Proviso East and West high schools earned straight A averages in the final grading period of 1975 76. An additional 957 students reached honor roll status. Freshman straight A students include Pedro Alvarez Kathleen Blashewski Kenneth Floody Patricia Granados Rebecca Kallas Anast Markadonatos Patricia Pesch Kathy Riley Aldric Serrano Janina Sko rus Theresa Taplin Peter Tidei Jane Wong Pamela Zelek. Forest Park youngsters wait to board the bus for Camp Wonderland Wis. The Forest Park Service Unit of the Salvation Army selected 30 village children ages 8 to 12 for a fully paid week at the camp.
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Proviso East
Pedro Alvarez
Kathleen Blashewski
Kenneth Floody
Patricia Granados
Rebecca Kallas
Anasta Markadonatos
Patricia Pesch
Kathy Riley
Aldric Serrano
Janina Skorus
Theresa Taplin
Peter Tidei
Jane Wong
Pamela Zelek
Forest Park
Camp Wonderland
Wis
Forest Park Service
Salvation Army
Forest Park Salvation Army sends 30 youths to Camp Wonderland
The Forest Park Service Unit of the Salvation Army selects 30 boys and girls ages 8 to 12 for a week long camp trip to Camp Wonderland in Wisconsin from August 2 to August 7. An outreach to children from large or single-parent families, the outing covers all expenses including transport. Each child receives a Frisbee from the Chamber of Commerce and a ballpoint pen from Promotional Specialties, Inc.
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Forest Park Service Unit
Salvation Army
Wonderland
Wisconsin
John Stange
The
Forest Park Chamber of Commerce
Stange of Promotional Specialties, Inc
Proviso signup for new students Aug 31 enrollment
Enrollment opens for the 1976 77 year at Proviso Township High Schools for students with completed requirements. Forest Park students attend Proviso East in Maywood and must register there with proof of residence. Freshmen and new district students must submit health history forms and bring graduation certificates or credit checks as applicable. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. with contact 344 7000 for more information.
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Beth Becker
Back Yard
Proviso Township
Proviso
Forest Park
Large trash haul limited to Wednesdays in Forest Park
Forest Park officials warned residents to place large debris like refrigerators and mattresses at curb only on Wednesdays. Mayor Mohr and Commissioner Buckley said the contracted scavenger service operates on Wednesdays and extra village pickups waste tax dollars, noting past health and nuisance concerns while an observer cited other communities billing homeowners for special pickups.
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Forest Park
Howard R. Mohr
Cathy Buckley
Buckley
Mohr
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Lyn Anderson
Jackson Blvd
Walt Disney
Donald Duck
Donald
Charles Perrault
Hans Christian Andersen
James Sarno
Parks and Recreation
Ned Bastido
Peg Bastido
Jackie Schultz
Pat Hemstreet
Dave Novak
Diane Becker
Sally Jones
Alice Conway
Harold Weigman
Forest Ave
Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America
Weigman
Lady Bug Shop
Houston
Oak Park
Bible School
Locat
Cathy Madden
Mike Connelly
Noel Coward
St. Bernardine’s
Elgin and Harrison
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