Legion elects Forest Park Unit 114 officers at luncheon
Forest Park Unit 114 American Legion Auxiliary will install new officers at a Homer's restaurant luncheon next Tuesday. Lillian Shank will be president. Lucille Block and Mabel Weigel as vice-presidents. Ramona Hafner as treasurer. Erna Brandt historian. Lillian Hussers chaplain. Ellen Tams sergeant at arms. Gold Star members from area and out of state will attend as honored guests. Past president Gladys McEvoy to receive 50-year citation. The Eagles auxiliary meets tomorrow. ice cream social planned July 24. St Bernardine’s Friendship club installs officers tomorrow. Rome trip offered by Catholic Charities group. Forest Park VFW posts a July 18 bus trip to a Sox game. Bicentennial Train at Navy Pier July 28-Aug. 3. tickets at Community Center. Altenheim picnic July 27 with multiple entertainment acts. Illinois Wesleyan summer junior music camp reports 223 campers from 82 cities.
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Lucille Block
Mabel Weigel
Ramona Hafner
Erna Brandt
Lillian Hussers
Ellen Tams
Joseph Przybylak
Fifth District
Billy Hansen
Gold Star
Nellie, Mohr
Hilda Hillmer
Ruth Ritter
Bea Albright
Pennsylvania
Grace Hodges
Florida
Hines Hospital
Rose Rodenbostel
Alice Gough
Irene Schilling
Selma Neil
Gladys McEvoy
Unit 414
St. Bernardine’s Friendship Club
Elgin
Rome
Florence
Sorrento
Pompéii
Capri
Jerry Prete
Catholic Charities
Senior Citizen Community Programs
Arthur Broenen
VFW
Comiskey Park
Des Plaines
Cootie
Park District
Indian tools unearthed at Forest Home cemetery display
In 1900 William and Lee Haase uncovered trade silver, fossils, and numerous Indigenous artifacts while exhuming burial mounds at Forest Home cemetery. The collection, dating 100 to 4000 years, was donated to the library in 1968 and curated by Isabel Wasson and David Wenner, revealing a rich regional Indian heritage.
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Lee Haase
Forest Home Cemetery
Leon Bourassa
United States
Martin van Buren
Bourassa
Roosevelt Road
Des Plaines River
Oak Park
Chicago
Forest Home
Josephine Austin
Austin
Isabel Wasson
David Wenner
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