High School Artist Offen Wins District Runner Up Honor
Lincoln Way student Diane Grosboll of Mokena earned district runner up honors in a U S representative George Ob rien sponsored art contest for high school students. Her watercolor La Flor will be shown in Washington this summer with other runners up. The winner was Joliet Central student Anneliese Arenas Bowman. Judges were William Fabrycki Joliet Junior College Albert Piarowski Prairie State College and Earnest McBurrows Kankakee Community College.
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Lincoln Way
Diane Grosboll
Mokena
U.S
George O’brien
R-Joliet
Anneliese Arenas-Bowman
Joliet Central High School
William Fabrycki
Joliet Junior College
Albert Piarowski
Prairie State College
Earnest McBurrows
Kankakee Community College
Mokena Chamber Reminds of July Fourth Parade Entries
The Mokena Chamber of Commerce issues a reminder that time is running out to enter the 1982 Fourth of July parade. Entry forms should be returned to the Chamber office at 10940 Front Street, Mokena, or requests for forms can be made by calling 312-479-2468. Separately, Illinois State University awarded scholastic honors to 319 graduates in 1981-82, with five area residents listed among Magna Cum Laude and Cum Laude honorees including Mike Green Frankfort Ursula Hoffmann Mokena Lynn Schick Ann Wakey New Lenox and Barbara Chopp New Lenox with GPAs ranging from 3.65 to 3.89.
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Mokena
Illinois State University
Mike Green
Frankfort
Ursula Hoffmann
Lynn Schick
Ann Wakey
New Lenox
Barbara Chopp
Frankfort firemen’s auxiliary seeks old recipe cookbook
The Frankfort volunteer firemen's women's auxiliary wants residents to share old favorites for a community cookbook. Send copies of recipes to Judy Herder at 102 Hickory Street or Karen Radtke at 159 Woodland Drive, Frankfort, Illinois 60423.
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Frankfort
Frankfort Man Honored by Nixdorf for Five Years of Service
Michael Quinn of Frankfort received honors from Nixdorf Computer Corporation marking five years with the firm. He serves as a senior field engineer at the Chicago branch sales office.
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Frankfort
Michael Quinn
Nixdorf Computer Corporation
Quinn
Nixdorf
Chicago
Murer pledges more bids from area firms for Fedwork
Fourth District candidate Michael Murer vows to speed up federal procurement by competitive bidding. He writes to 300 plus industrial firms in Republican country that small businesses need guidance from federal agencies and private consultants to win contracts. He criticizes incumbent George O'Brien on steel imports, defense spending, and district federal dollars, urging active congressional support to revive manufacturing and jobs.
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Murer
Fedwork
Michael Murer
Joliet
Aurora
George O’brien
Congress
O’brien
Hospital cesarean birth prep class at Saint Joseph Joliet
Saint Joseph hospital in Joliet will hold a free cesarean birth preparation class on Tuesday July 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. for couples planning a cesarean birth. Reservations are advised by calling the labor and delivery department or Ann Boeke ext 3037. Future classes occur on the first Monday of each month.
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Saint Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Hospital Labor and Delivery Department
Ann Boeke
Local resident earns degree from Lawrence University
Kenneth B Urbanski son of Mr and Mrs Ken Urbanski of 540 Meadow Avenue Frank Stort received a bachelor of arts degree with a major in economics from Lawrence University at commencement exercises this month Urbanski is a Lincoln Way High School graduate Lawrence is a liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton Wisconsin with about 1100 students enrolled
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Kenneth B. Urbanski
Ken‘Meth Urbanski
Meadow Avenue
Frank Stort
Lawrrence University
Urbanski
Lincoln Way
Lawrence University
Conservatory of Music
Appleton
Wisc
Swim-a-long Postponed by Frankfort ACS Unit
The Swim-a-long fundraiser by the Frankfort unit of the American Cancer Society has been postponed due to cold weather. It is rescheduled for late July, according to an ACS spokesman.
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Frankfort
American Cancer Society
ACS
Obituary for Charles H. Wolf of Tinley Park
Charles H. Wolf of Tinley Park died Sunday at Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey. Services at 1 30 p m today at Hirsch Memorial Chapel Tinley Park with burial in Zion Lutheran Cemetery. Born August 21 1893 he lived in the area for 40 years and was a retired salesman for Union Special Co Chicago. He belonged to Masonic Lodge 810 Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2791 Medinah Temple Chicago and American Legion Post 615. Survived by two daughters Charlene Benck of Crete and Karen Van Dyke of Frankfort. his daughter Myrdellyn Albers died in 197?.
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Charles H. Wolf
Tinley Park
Masonic Lodge
Inley Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Medinah Temple of
Chic“tago
American Legion
Charlene ‘ ‘Benck
Crete
Karen “van Dyke
Frankfort
Mrydellyn Albers
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