Chamber Sponsor Troop 40 In Mokena Decides Support
Mokena Chamber of Commerce approves sponsorship of Boy Scout Troop 40 for the coming year and names Don Best as institutional representative. The group plans a Christmas tree lighting in Rock Island parking lot and lights on Front Street, while urging merchants to decorate storefronts. A new telephone directory and information booklet will be issued in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mokena
Chamber of Commerce
Don Best
Rock Island
Front Street
Chambers of Commerce
Tuttle to Open Electric Shop in Mokena
Mokena set to see the new electric shop of Will Tuttle on Front street in the former Hatch building. The venture will offer electrical supplies and small appliances with hours 8 a.m. to 5 30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 9 p.m. on Fridays. A chili supper fundraiser is planned by the New Lenox Sportsmen's Recreation club auxiliary on December 6 to support the club beach area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Tuttle
Mokena
Stellwagen
Alfred Hatch
Florida
Hatch
Mr. Tuttle
Lenox Sportsmen’s Recreation Club
Lions den
Open New Mokena Postoffice For Christmas Rush
The new Mokena postoffice began use on December 1 with 2403 square feet and loading docks. Postmaster Margaret O'Brien moved in ahead of dedication, as hours run 7 to 5:30 through December, with general service expansion planned by January. The project, built and leased by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sliwa, adds 506 mail boxes and aims for first class status. home delivery may start by July pending renumbering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mokena
Postoffice Department
Margaret O’brien
Louis Sliwa
Prospect
Olc
Posrt
Tinley Pair Charged in Farmhouse Robbery and Attack
Two Tinley Park men Arthur Darby and Keither Parmer originally denied then admitted to rape robbery and assault of a farm home widow and her children near Route 45. Each was held on 25000 bond after police traced the attack to Oak Forest and a later alibi collapse.
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Tinley Park
Arthur Darby
Highland Ave
Keither Parmer
Darby
State Ice
Homewood
183Rd
Knater
Palmer
Harevey
Inley Park
Oak Forest
Will County
Justice of the Peace
Roy Benson
Orland Park
Pontiac
Teachers Explain Tax Money Use In School At PTA Meeting
The Mokena PTA met at Carpenter Street School with Rev. Bueltmann opening and the Pledge. Superintendent Mrs. Elizabeth Cappel led a program on how tax funds support the school, aided by teachers from grades one through eight and the junior high subjects. A stack of textbooks showcased the curriculum while each educator highlighted teaching methods and subjects including art music history science and English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mokena Pta
Carpenter Street
August Bueltmann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Minnie Pester
Elizabeth Cappel
Mildred Montgomery
Anne Richards
Patricia Faletta
Marecella Lehmann
Minnie Bignall
Jean Clark
Perry Friedman
Joshua
Madeline Gregory
Coleman Rogers
William Donaldson
Mary Donahue
Kitty Hinckler
Harriet Westerlund
Florist Dan Martin to headline Frankfort Woman's Club event
Local florist Dan Martin of New Lenox will present the program at the Frankfort Woman's Club meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. at Frankfort Methodist Church. Christmas decorations and arrangements will be awarded to members, followed by a gift exchange. hostesses include Mesdames Morrisson, Reamien, Freeh, Osmus, Otto, Kohlhagen, Ebert and Petruch.
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Dan
New Lenox
Frankfort
Woman's Club
Frankfort Methodist Church
Dan Martin
Mesdames
Wendell Morrieson
Howard Reamien
Donald Freeh
Howard Osmus
Claude Otto
Lynn Kohlhagen
Harold Ebert
Joseph Petruch
Teachers Assn To Meet Dec 5 In Mokena
The Lincolnway Area Teachers Association will hold a regular meeting December 5 at 4 30 p.m. at Carpenter Street School Mokena with faculties from Manhattan New Lenox Mokena Frankfort Lincoln Way High School and rural areas. The agenda highlights a potential Future Teachers scholarship and innovations in the Lincolne Way high school stepday program with entertainment by the Mokena Girls Chorus.
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LincolneWay Area Teacher’s Association
Carpenter Street
Mokena
Manhattan
New Lenox
Frankfort
LincolneWay High School
Area Teachers Association
Lincolne Way High School
Lions Club Pre Yale Party Tonight in Mokena
The Mokena Lions Club hosts a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Ritts in Frankfort with wives invited. A Lincoln Way High School girls quartet directed by Tom Olsen and soloist Larry Subway with Gordon Case perform. The annual fruit cake drive begins, with proceeds aiding club charity and library rent increases from recent expansion.
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Lincoln Way High School
Tom Olsen
Marilyn Miller
Lorna Miller
Gail Gregory
Cayle Harling
Larry Subway
Gordon Case
Lions
Enrollment surge at Lincoln Way High and feeder schools
Lincoln Way area enrollment rises by about 80 percent over five years, per Supt. A Hunter Chapman. Current total 3273 students, up from 1835 in 1955 56, with rising freshmen and sophomore classes and a projected 525 students in 1961 for grades 10 to 12.
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Lincoln Way
Hunter Chapman
Supt. Chapman
Lincoln Way High
Brief Illness Fatal To Mary Marshall Marley
Mrs. Mary Marshall 75 of Marley died at home Saturday Nov 26 after a brief illness. Born Feb 28 1885 in Lemont she was married to Jesse O Marshall in 1907. Survivors include daughter Evelyn Moore of Santa Clara California granddaughter two great grandchildren and three brothers and one sister. Funeral services were held at the Sonntag Burgess and Wylie funeral home Joliet with Rev Ray Hamer officiating. Interment in Marshall cemetery Marley.
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Mary Marshall
Marley
Lemont
A. J
Kate Battenhouse
Cleveland
Jesse O. Marshall
Minnesota
Michigan
Mervin
Evelyn) Moore
Santa Clara
Calif
Marshall
Clayton Cleveland
Isaac A. Cleveland
Orland Park
William J. Cleveland
Menahga
Minn
C. W
Elizetta) Thomas
Joliet
Sonntag, Burgess and Wylie
Herkimerst
Ray Hamer
Marley Church
Marshall Cemetery
Will County Schools Claim State Aid Totals Near 3 Million
Supt. Verne E Cracker reports 38 Will County districts filed state aid claims totaling 2 969 495 up 233 358 from Nov 1 1959. Payments start Jan 1 with monthly disbursements after state approval by Jan 25 1961. Joliet grade system receives the largest share nearing 900 000.
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Will County
Verne E. Cracker
Mokena
Frankfort
New Lenox
Manhattan
Homer
Ann Rutledge
Reiter
Weitendorf
Marley
Summit Hill
Cherry Hill
Lincoln Way
Green Garden
Schmuhl
Joliet
Dining Room Sets Sell Fast in Reader’s Classifieds
Mrs. H O Herman of Or land Park reports rapid results from her ad selling an 8 piece dining room set for 50 and a 5 piece chrome dinette set for 25 after about ten inquiries. She notes total return of 75 on a 1 50 ad and says others report similar success across the Golden Triangle newspapers.
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H. O. Herman
Orland Park
P.S
Fieldbrook
Golden Triangle
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Margo Book
Wilson Library Bulletin
Dorothy Wells
Margo
Eric G. Book
Andrew Corp
John Wakeman
Lincoln-Way
Wilson
Wilson Co
Library
Kenneth Kinney
L-W
Tuttle
Gordon Spiess
Loren Collins
Charge Tinley
Woman
Dee Ann.bressler
Edgewood Court
Mark Ebert
E. Denny St
Alice Bermet
Lions Club
Yale
Mokena Lions Club
Ritt’s
John Oster
Grant B. Genther
Ted Massey
Will County Tuberculosis Association
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