Bloomingdale races with three party tickets for April election
Stanley Haverkampf leads the Forward Party with trustees Paul Ahlrich Robert McLaughlin and Werner Troesken and clerk candidate Arlene Miflek. Robert Meyers heads the Alert Bloomingdale Citizens Party slate with trustees Ralph Johnston Frank Johnson James McIntosh and clerk Dorothy Gallo. Patrick O'Dea runs as independent for village presidency. Haverkampf touts growth steady codes and upgrades to police and sewer plans amid debates on open housing and annexation.
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Stanley Haverkampf
Robert Meyers
Bloomingdale
Patrick Brendan O’dea
Haverkampf
S. Prairie Ave
Paul Ahlrich
Robert McLaughlin
Werner Troesken
Arlee Arlene Miflek
Ahlrich
McLaughlin
Meyers
Cardinal Drive
Zoning Board of Appeals
Alert Bloomingdale Citizens Party
Ralph Johnston
Frank Johnson
James McIntosh
Dorothy Gallo
Addison Kiwanis Club
DuPage
National Foundation
March of Dimes
Dist. 13
Forward Party
DuPage County
William Guild
Quad-Village
Hoffman
Roselle
Addison
Glendale Heights
Illinois Central
Bloomingdale Faction Seeks Two-Party System Under Meyers
Robert S. Meyers, 31, candidate for Bloomingdale village president, calls for decentralizing power from a single ruler and forming a chamber of commerce with youth involvement. He advocates a citizen advisory council, stricter zoning enforcement, and development while prioritizing schools and village services amid growth.
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Bloomingdale
Robert S. Meyers
Citizens Advisory Council
Hoffman-Rosner Corp
Westlake
Zoning Board of Appeals
Hoffman-Rosner
Residents Protest Zoning Change in Bensenville
Twenty eight residents of unincorporated Bensenville protest a zoning request near York and Brookwood. They presented the village board a notarized petition asking the board not to approve annexation and zoning of three lots as light industrial and two as commercial. They warn any change would seriously jeopardize the district.
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Bensenville
York
Brookwood
Policeman's Ball Set for May 2 at Itasca Country Club
The Itasca Policeman's Ball, the 16th annual event, will be held May 2 at 8:30 p.m. at the Itasca Country Club. Tickets cost 1.50 and are available from police personnel or the station. Music features the Bill Russell Orchestra with vocalist La von Carroll to benefit the police department for equipment needs.
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Itasca
Itasca Country Club
Bill Russell
Lavon Carroll
Independent candidate O'Dea urges unified Bloomingdale village
Patrick Brendan O'Dea 41 seeks the Bloomingdale village seat as an independent. He pledges a unified village, open communication, historic village hall preservation, improved mail and sewage, and expanded year round parks and recreation, without party ties. O'Dea, Galway-born, now in Bloomingdale with eight children, works as a salesman and hosts a WOPA radio program. he moved from Oak Park last year.
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Patrick Brendan O’dea
Bloomingdale
Old Town
O’dea
Galway
Ireland
Oak Park
DePaul University
Chicago
American Litheford Corp
WOPA
E. Schick Road
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Hilltop Foundation
Florence
Frantz
Robert Frantz
William Florence
The
Register
Roselle Village
United Party
William Seddon
Village Board
Fred Steging
John Miskell
N. York Road
Elbert Wray
Al’s Auto
Wray
Edward Schnitta
Hillside Drive
Schnitta
Steging
California
Inglewood
Fenton High School
Patrick O’dea
Evergreens
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