Altenheim honors 22 volunteers at year-end luncheon
Altenheim administration praises 22 volunteers who received certificates at a December 27 luncheon. Edmund Andrews and Dr. Helen Beiser presented certificates. The article lists community groups and individuals aiding residents during the holidays including Forest Council Telephone Pioneers and Lions, Cordula Potoczek family, Jack Healy, Irmgard Davis, and German school carolers. Additional events noted include Christmas Eve activities by the Altenheim choir and the Dankspatzen and a New Year’s Magic Show donor, with upcoming Forest Park Community Chest meeting and various club notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altenheim
Edmund Andrews
Elen Beiser
Forest Council
Forest Lions
Cordula Potoczek
Jack Healy
Irmgard Davis
Friends of
Germany
Riverside-Brookfield
Riverside-Brookfield High School German Club and St. John’s Lutheran School
Dankspatzen
Alexandra Pradella
Floyd Fengel
Kiwanis Club Celebrates 62 Years Of Kiwanis Founda tion
Forest Park Kiwanis marks the 62nd Kiwanis anniversary and 37th Kiwanis International Foundation anniversary from January 16 to 22. Past Lt Governor Emery Parichy will speak on the "Widening Path of Kiwanis" at the January 25 meeting. Members may bring guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Kiwanis International Foundation
Emery Parichy
Oak Park Buys Garfield Street Parcel for Parking and Motel Prospects
Oak Park paid 70000 for a Garfield Street and Harlem Avenue parcel across from Forest Park. The two story red brick building may be torn down for a parking lot expansion and to attract commercial development including a potential motel, per Oak Park officials and the OPDC. The site, part of a four-site feasibility plan, is one of two from which investors show interest, with no immediate changes planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Park
Forest Park
Garfield Street
Harlem Avenue
Garfield
Harrison Street
Oak Park Village
Arthur Thorpe
Margaret Bouchard
la Grange
Maple Avenue
Thorpe
Oak Park Development Corp
OPDC
Arthur Replogle
Replogle
Garfield St
Garfield-Harlem
Jack Gruber
Proviso East Plans Adult Education Sign-Ups and Courses
Proviso East High School will host adult education sign-ups on January 19 and 20 from 7 to 9 PM in the library. The continuing education program, run with Triton College, offers 33 courses plus nine university transfer and career education classes starting the week of January 31. Registration may also be completed at Triton College through January 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proviso East High School
Proviso East
Triton College
Learning Resource Center
Triton
Mohr to Speak on The State of the Village
Mayor Howard R. Mohr will headline the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday January 18 at 11 45 a m at Homer's Restaurant 7340 Madison St. His topic is The State of the Village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard R. Mohr
Forest Park Chamber of Commerce
Homer’s
Madison St
Mohr
Library group to hear book reviews Sunday
The Friends of the Forest Park Library will hear short book reviews by Miss Josephine Austin at 2 p.m. Sunday January 23 at 7555 Jackson Blvd Forest Park. Reviews include Arctic Passage Education of a Public Man A World of My Own A Man Called Intrepid and An American Family in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Forest Park Library
Josephine Austin
Jackson Blvd
Forest Park
William Hunt
Hubert Humphrey
Mike Tomkies
William Stevenson
Moscow
Jerrold Schlechter
Community Center schedules events in Forest Park area
The Forest Park Community Center lists a series of activities including ice skating parties on January 12 at Ridgeland Commons Arena Oak Park with 1 admission plus skate rental and preregistration required. A second ice skating session is set for January 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Ridgeland Commons Arena
Oak Park
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St. Bernardine Friendship Club
W. Harrison St
Proviso Township
Republican Women's Organization
Orgo’s
Butterfield Road
Hillside
Lucile DaCosta
Dorothy Cherrington
Telephone Pioneers
Forest Council Telephone Pioneers
Harry's Penny Lounge
Museum of Science and Industry
Ann Carlstrom
Larry Klein
Ellen Tams
Mary Scolar
Eagles Auxiliary
Hines Hospital
Marian Hill
Margaret Provo
Ruth Fry
Lyn Anderson
Uworld of
Pari
Mercial Growth
Harris, Kerr and Forster
Library Group
John MacGregor
Ben Bieger
John Connolly
Viola Daugherty
Forest Park Public Library
Rebecca Hodde
St. John’s School
Sabine Redenz
St. John’s
Jeanette Young
Ann Kelly
St. Bernardine’s
Gregory Fischer
Beth Hodde
St. John
River Foresters Bank Fompany
Lake ST
River Forest
FDIC
Prescription City
Mfg
Sinutay
North Ave
Community Center
Olympia Hotel
Oconomowac
Wis
Milwaukee
Jim McCoy
Villa Olivia
AIR Canada
AIR France
AIR
India
AIR Jamaica
New Zealand
Alitalia
Allegheny Airlines
American Airlines
Avianca
Braniff Airways
British Airways
Continental
Delta Air Lines
Eastern Air Lines
U.S.A
Crossroads Travel
Sabenas
Scandinavian Southern Airways
Swiss Air Tap
Trans World
TWA
United Airlines
VARIG
VIASA
Western Airlines
Crossroads Ravel Service. Inc
Lake Street
North
Michigan Ave
Chicago
London
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