Harlem 50th Anniversary Biographies Highlight Early Residents
The 1906 Harlem anniversary booklet recalls Frederick Hintze a German immigrant village trustee who helped level ground and recalled duck hunts along Elgin Street. It profiles E M Hasselbring a musician cigar maker and two term village trustee, Dr Jacob Bieger a South Beloit land buyer and South public school builder, Martin Grosse the village attorney and later lawyer, and Henry J Mohr a coal and building materials businessman who led Harlem’s board.
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Harlem
Frederick Hintze
Germany
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Hintze
Elgin Street
Franklin
Des Plaines
Flat Creek
Lake Bridge
Des Plaines Ave
Randolph St
Forest Park Library
E.M. Hasselbring
Hamburg
Professor Ascher
Chicago
Union
Ands
Hasselbring
Jacob Bieger
Board of Education
Chicago Homopathic Medical College
South Public School
South Beloit
Bieger
South Marengo
Martin Grosse
Mohr
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
Martin
Marshall Field Co
Bryant & Stratton
Soper School of Oratory
Lake Forest University
L.L.B. de
Hartford Building
Henry J. Mohr
South Dakota
Standard Oil Company
Harlem Village Groups Fostered Forest Park Growth in 1900s
The piece details Harlem and Forest Park clubs and figures from 1900 to 1906 including the Harmonie, Arion Singing Society, Harlem Liedertafel, Eagles Proviso Aerie No. 1344, and Knights of the Maccabees, with leaders like August Michalsky and A. Blum. It notes meeting halls, roles, and contributions shaping the village, and references a souvenir booklet by Bellman Assn. for Harlem’s early settlers.
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Harmonie
St. Paul
Johannes Schulze
John Gaden
Madison and
Des Plaines
Arion Singing Society
John Quehl
Harlem Liedertafel Singing Society
August Michalsky
Proviso Land Association
Maywood
Harlem
Michalsky
Order of Eagles
Gaden’s Hall
Harlem Turn-Verein
A. Blum
Beloist
Knights of the Maccabees of the World
Fitch’s Hall
Forest Park
Bellman Assn
Forest Park chief Lew Good resigns for health reasons
Forest Park Mayor Howard Mohr says police chief Lew Good will retire December 1 for health reasons, prompting a search for a replacement. The board also announced the purchase of five squad cars from Al Piemonte Ford with heavy duty brakes to be installed before they are put into service.
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Forest Park
Lew Good
Howard Mohr
Mohr
Good
al Piemonte Ford
Oak Park Woman Appointed Triton Trustee to Fill Vacancy
Fran Sullivan of 531 Fair Oaks was appointed by the Triton College board to replace Ann Brennan, who resigned Oct. 9. Sullivan, one of 13 applicants, will seek a two year term in spring 1975 if she runs, and pledged to study Triton’s workings while supporting women’s representation.
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Oak Park
Triton College Board of Trustees
Fran Sullivan
Fair Oaks
Ann Brennan
Sullivan
John Swanson
Oak Park River Forest High School
Brennan
Gerald Ford
Triton
Anse
Oak
Democratic Party
Voting guide for Forest Park precinct polling places
Tuesday voting runs 6 am to 6 pm with 20 polling sites in Forest Park. Voters choose U S Senator Congressperson state reps and county offices and decide a constitutional amendment on governor veto power. Precincts 61 to 175 listed with street addresses and venues.
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Forest Park
U. S
McShane Named World Sports Editor and Critic at Large
Timothy McShane is appointed sports editor and critic at large for the WORLD newspaper. The Oak Park native and 23 year old NIU graduate has written for Pioneer Press papers and his Split Times column covers local sports with a distinct voice. He will also critique film theatre and literature and performs in Electra with Gill Community Arts Center in Chicago.
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Timothy McShane
WORLD
McShane
Oak Park
West Group
Pioneer Press
The
Split Times
Northern Illinois University
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John Koppelmeyer
Koppelmeyer & Mohr
Koppelmeyer
Maple and
Harrison Streets
Madison St
Chica- Mohr
Marengo St
Harlem Mannerchor
Thode’s Hall
Madison
Gustave Muehlenhaupt
Ferdinand St
Singing Society Harmonie of Harlem
Harlem Turn Verin
Northwest Saengerbund
Milwaukee
Ndent Order of Foresters
Ill
Roos Hall
W.R. Crawford
Harlem Assembly
Loyal Americans of the Republic
H.L. Pelles
Mette
Franklin St
Ludwig Zimmerman
Ferdinand Schulzke
Frederick Hintz
Paul Zimmerman
Albert Lindon Blessman
Union Oil Co
A. J. Davis Co
van der Mullen Dial Company
Edward Lambke
George Franzen
Dixon St
Circle Ave
Melvin Electronics
Desplaines Ave
V.F.W. Hall
Hannah Ave
Jackson Bivd
Library
Fire Dept
American Legion
Harrison St
Park
Desplaines
Moose Hall
Dunlop Ave
Elgin Ave
Roosevelt Ave
Forest Park Insurance Agency
Harlem Ave
Union Office
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