Forest Park clubs host December events and holiday programs
Forest Park groups announce December meetings and activities including a garden club Christmas luncheon with a $2 grab bag, a Friends of the Library Christmas gathering showing The Messenger and a white elephant exchange, and HMCC tours, ornament judging, caroling, and a toboggan trip. Santa visits, a school band concert, and library Christmas program details are listed with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park Garden Club
Marion Rauch
Friends OF the Forest Park Library
Josephine Austin
Howard Mohr Community Center
Chicago
HMCC
Forest Park
Palos Park
W. Jackson Blvd
Appointment stalled in Forest Park council vacancy case
A court hearing on whether Forest Park must appoint a fifth village commissioner or hold a special election was postponed to January 27. The vacancy arose after Santo Rizzo left for mayor following Mayor Mohr’s death, with plaintiffs arguing a mandatory election while defendants contend the council may act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen O'Brien
Daley Civic Center
Forest Park
William Shelley
Richard L. Curry
Cook County Circuit Court
Shelley
Edward Lambke
Lambke
William McKenzie
Santo Rizzo
Howard Mohr
Forest Park Village
Council deadlock on filling vacancy over term to 1979
The council discussed filling a vacant seat with a term expiring April 1979. On October 10, Commissioner Fred Marunde sought to appoint James Crowley of Forest Park. Buckley and Marunde supported. Mayor Rizzo and Lambke opposed the appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Marunde
James Crowley
Forest Park
Cathy Buckley
Santo Rizzo
Edward Lambke
Forest Park Council hears two bids for postal site mall
At the Forest Park Village Council meeting two development firms, Draper and Kramer and First American Realty, submitted plans to convert the bulk mail site into a shopping mall anchored by major stores. Both bids were held for later review as the council awaits mayoral return on December 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen O'Brien
Forest Park Village
Forest Park
Draper and Kramer Co
First American Realty Co
Draper and Kramer
George Cibula
Draper and
Kramer
Bulk Mall
Bulk Mail
CETA funding for Forest Park schools discussed at district meeting
District 91 education board examined the impact of the CUC bill signed by Gov Thomp son and appointed Supt Arthur Jones as C E T A director to plan projects with Forest Park and local government. The panel also debated boiler upgrades and authorized a read a thon to benefit multiple sclerosis research, with plans to proceed next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard Rudolf
James Thompson
Dist. 91
Board of Education
Field Stevenson School
Arthur Jones
Forest Park Schools
Forest Park
Earl Flight
Flight
Supt. Jones
Jones
Forest Park Park District
C.E.T.A
Village Hall
Park District
Grant-White
Betsy Ross
Charles Marinier
Marinier
Ed Phillips
Grant White School
Naomi Vinette
Betsy Ross School
John Erickson
Forest Park Council to appoint one new police officer
The Police and Fire Commission urged the Village Council on December 12 to appoint two officers to cover a personnel shortage caused by illness resignations and an impending disability pension. The council approved appointing one officer to replace Officer Hanson who has resigned, while personnel shortages continue due to Weber's hospitalization and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen O'Brien
Police and Fire Commission of
Forest Park
Robert Hanson
Council
Fred Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Hanson
Forest Park weighs joining West Suburban preservation agency
Village Council held over an ordinance to join the West Suburban Neighborhood Preservation Agency. The agency would include Forest Park Bellwood and Maywood with a $500 000 Cook County grant for village improvements. Attorneys urge bylaw acceptance as the new fiscal year nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
West Suburban Neighborhood Preservation Agency
Bellwood
Maywood
Cook County
Edward O'Shea
O’shea
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forest Park Opera
Michael Lucigno
Santa Claus
Des Plaines
Hannah
Elgin
Marengo
Santa
Ladies Auxilary Knight of Columbus
Oak Park
St. Bernadine’s Hall
Cibula
CETA
George Weber
Loyola Hospital
Marunde
Village
West Suburban Agency
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