Century of Achievement in Sports and Entertainment at Forest Park
Benny Firewall hosts a Sunday program at the Forest Park Historical Society meeting at 2 pm in the library featuring photographs and clippings on local athletes stadiums teams and entertainers. Guests include former Paunchy Bloomer Girls and Matchcorp members, with films from Proviso East teams and a Hall of Fame honor for Proviso East High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Firewall
The
Historical Society of
Forest Park
Jackson
Firewall
Matchcorp
Harlem
Bloomer
Lorraine ‘‘Turk
Gerke Baumgardner
Laura Bishop
Dorothy
Boots” Klupping Ortman
Willa Mae Turner
Marian
Pee-Wee” Charvat
Elaine Groth Eckholm
Tony Crisanti
Boots Becker
Art Piotter
Fat Fend
Vic Dwoinen
Art Dwoinen
Proviso East
Tom Millikan
Supt. C
Carol Lawrence
Green Bay
Ray Nitschke
Readers Digest
Jerome Ellison
Proviso Township
Forest Park Society Seeks Three Dimensional Donations
The Forest Park Historical Society urges donations to expand its collection beyond photographs and papers with three dimensional items. They particularly seek garden tools and similar tangible objects to preserve local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Park
Eight-Week Day Care Starts At Howard Mohr Center
An eight week program begins June 29 at the How ard Mohr Community Center. It runs Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon for children ages 3 to 7. Residents pay 3 dollars per day or 38 dollars for eight weeks. non residents pay 3 75 per day or 50 dollars for eight weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mohr Community Center
Comedy to reign at Proviso East
Proviso East High School presents Ladies of the Jury a Fred Ballard farce Friday and Saturday May 13 14 at 7 30 p m in the auditorium Maywood Illinois Tickets 150 adults 100 students seniors free with activity pass Readings include Heidi Grant Forest Park as Mrs Gordon Jay J Pressley Forest Parkers Jon Wilson Sheryl Loyd and Brian Fippinger Forest Park directed by John Toth
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Proviso East High School
Ladies of the Jury
Fred Ballard
Proviso East
First Avenue
Madison Street
Maywood
Torney
Judge Fish
Forest
Forest Parker
Brian Fippinger
Forest Park Garden Center meeting May 16 at village hall
Forest Park residents are invited to a May 16 meeting at 8 p.m. in Village Hall. Mary Alice DeRose of Triton College will speak on gardening. The Environmental Commission reminds plots are for Forest Park residents only and violators will forfeit gardens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies Aid of
St. Paul’s Church
Brown and Dixon
Forest Park
John Robert Hanson
Forest Park Community Garden Center
Desplaines Ave
Mary Alice DeRose
Triton College
St Bernardine Club Plans 1 P.M. Meeting and Birthday Party
St Bernardine's Friendship Club schedules tomorrow at 1 p.m. in the school cafeteria for a combined business meeting and birthday celebration. It will honor members with birthdays and discuss club matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bernardine’s Friendship Club
Betsy Ross PTO Sets Final Meeting and Events
The Betsy Ross School PTO schedules its final meeting for May 17 at 7 30 p m in the gym to elect officers for 1977 78 and recognize student safety guards and attendance awards. A social hour follows hosted by third grade mothers. A May 16 luncheon honors Betsy Ross staff and May 23 plans a luncheon for room mothers and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Ross
13Th Street
Marengo Avenue
Lori Falbo
Lorraine Sansone
PTO
Lester Zemba
Naomi Vinette
Jean Ramelli
Room Mothers
D.E. classes plan special employer appreciation banquet
The Distributive Education classes of Proviso East High School will host an employer employee appreciation banquet at the Mar Lac House in Oak Park on Wednesday May 11. Students funded the event by running a concession stand at home football games and selling candy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proviso East High School
Mar Lac House
Oak Park
Fifth International Lutheran Single Adult Conference
The event runs July 1 to July 4 at Concordia Teachers College River Forest with a theme Here O Lord Hear. Registration is 39.50 before May 15 and 44.50 afterward. Speakers include Rev. Bartz, Bob Hale, Rev. Pauling, Rev. Schultz, and Rev. Weisheit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Teachers College
Augusta
River Forest
Koinonia Lutheran
Chicago
Robert Bartz
St. Peter Lutheran Church
Arlington Heights
Bob Hale
Delayne Pauling
Carson, Pirie, Scott, and Co
Wally Schultz
Luther
Fifth International Lutheran Single Adult Conference
Lois Wolf
Valley Lake Drive
Apt
Schaumburg
Illinois
Field Museum of Natural History
Museum of Science and Industry
Planetarium
Great America Theme Park
Sears Tower
Chinatown
Also Mentioned on This Page
Historical Society
Society
Zita van Schoick
Abraham van Schoick
Union Army Construction Corps
Forest Home Cemetery
Florence Higgins
Hilord E. Jenkins
Illinois State Board of Health
Buddy
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russ Stryker
Poppy
Memorial Post
Gerry Pruhn
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Ken Stange
Stange
VFW National Home For Widows and Orphans
Eaton Rapids
Mich
Flanders Field
Forest Park Library
Eagles Auxiliary
Ladies of the Eagles
Nancy Anderson
North Shore
Carolyn Garbe
Pioneer
Forest Council Telephone Pioneers
Louis
East Lake St
Addison
L. Flaherty
L. Kocanda
Illinois Bell Telephone Benefit Department
Jim McCoy
Elm Skating Rink
St. Paul’s
St. Bernardine’s School Hall
Elgin
Garden Club News
Forest Park Garden Club
Oak Ridge Home
Baptist Home
Oak Park Nursing Home
Pershing Nurs
By Lyn Anderson
Uuorald of
Journa World
Austin
Journal
Pulaski
Humboldt Park
Hermosa Park
Kelvyn Park
Northwest World
Mont Clare
Gatewood
Elmwood Park
River Grove
Melrose Park
Franklin Park
Community Newspapers
Wiforth Avenue
Tom Walter
John J. Wilk
Randy Erickson
Forest Park Edition
Susan Swaim
Cynthia Truss
Friendship Club
D.E
U.S
Canada
Eldon Weisheit
Trinity Lutheran Church
Roselle
Paul Gergolla
Meadow Terrace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!