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Sidewalk Sale on Madison Street draws diverse crowds
Forest Park Chamber of Commerce hosts a Saturday Sidewalk Sale on Madison Street from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring crafts, arts booths, motor home displays, contests with cash prizes, and performances by local bands. Community groups, churches, and merchants join in with activities and drawings while St. John’s hosts a June picnic and local organizations plan exhibitions.
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Madison Street
Forest Park
Elsie Kelm
Forest Parkers
VFW
The
Moose
Youth Commission
Madison
Don Hinz
Olde Town West
Goodlite Company
Hinz
Bill Hughes
John Trage
Art Jones
Trage Bros
Forest Park National Bank
Frank J. Orland
Arnold Wulff
Josephine Austin
Joyce Thiesse
Charles Marinier
Agnes
Lovejoy
Dawn DeBeers
Beloit
Madison Streets
Reich and
Becker
St. John’s
Miller Meadow
Roosevelt Road
First Avenue
Howard Schlichting
Howieburger
Sweettooth
Rodenbostel
John Prescott
William Ernst Sr
William Ernst Jr
Marvin Schlichting