Home Economics Expands for 1960s Dist 88 Schools
Dist 88 high schools York Willowbrook and Addison Trail broaden home economics beyond cooking and sewing adding baby care child development consumer education and psychology of living The program aims to prepare girls for modern family life while noting limited classroom time and shifts toward male involvement in shopping and meals.
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York
Willowbrook
Addison Trail
Arlene Hawbecker
Hawbecker
Phyllis Geyer
State Office of Public Instruction
Linda Carbon
Marilyn
Janice Ringwald
Normandy
Two Thefts Reported In Bensenville Home Burglary
A burglar entered a home at 427 W Irving Park Road Bensenville on Monday and stole a radio phonograph combination and a portable radio valued at 65 dollars. Ira Yarbrough reported the burglary to police Tuesday. An eight dollar jar of change was also taken from an unlocked house.
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Bensenville
Irving Park Road
Ira Yarbrough
Home Danger Report Tags Safety Council Findings
DuPage County Easter Seal Treatment Center promotes a home safety checklist citing National Safety Council data that homes are the most dangerous place due to falls and other hazards. The center reports 1966 home injuries at 4.4 million with 120,000 permanent impairments and outlines 1967 service stats and how to obtain the checklist by mail or phone.
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DuPage County
America
National Safety Council
Florence Parkhurst
Health Group Hears of School Sports
Two physicians from Elmhurst and Norbeck discuss should young boys play football in school sports programs at a DuPage County School Health Council meeting. The group, composed of principals, superintendents, nurses, teachers, and PTA health chairs, meets monthly at Scanda House Carol Stream with luncheon at 12 15 and a program following.
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DuPage County
PTA
Scanda House
North Avenue
Carol Stream
Board Changes Date Of Monthly Meeting
The High School District 88 board shifts its monthly meeting to next Wednesday due to Lincoln's birthday holiday. The 7:30 p.m. session at Willowbrook High School covers secretary and clerical services across three district schools. The finance committee meets 7:30 p.m. February 19 with York Principal W A Jones presenting a North Central Association evaluation. The regular business meeting remains 7:30 p.m. February 26.
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High School Dist. 88 Board of Education
Lincoln’s
Willowbrook High School
York
W. A. Jones
North Central Assn. of
Special Education Leader Bassler To Speak on Learning Problems
John J. Bassler, expert on reading problems in children, will address the West Suburban Association for the Other Child on An Interdisciplinary Approach to Learning Problems. The talk, Feb 21 at 8 15 p m, is at Main Street School Glen Ellyn. Public invited. Bassler, English reading supervisor for Illinois, has produced Bradley University video tapes and lectures widely. The association seeks to expand public school facilities for children with specific learning disabilities.
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John J. Bassler
Peoria
Bassler
The
Illinois Optometric Assn
Illinois
University of Wisconsin
Loyola University
Chicago
One Year Sentence For Drug Charge In DuPage County
James S. Parks, 22, of Chicago, ordered to serve one year in Vandalia State Prison for unlawful attempts to obtain dangerous drugs. Arrested in Itasca last September with a co operating pharmacist, using an assumed name on prescription blanks. Bond set at 1000 dollars on appeal.
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Itasca
Vandalia State
DuPage County
James S. Parks
Chicago
Parks
Slide Show of Viet Nam at Tabernacle Church
Viet Nam slide show will be shown Sunday at 7 30 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church 306 S Park St Bensenville. The public is invited.
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Viet Nam
Tabernacle Baptist Church
S. Park St
Bensenville
Gets 30 Days On Theft Charge
Roselle Dwight Prien 324 Foster Roselle is sentenced to 30 days in Du Page County jail after a guilty finding on burglary and theft. Judge Leroy Rechenmacher suspended two years probation with the jail term to be served at the start of probation. He was indicted December 14 by a DuPage Grand Jury after Elmhurst police charged him with taking a hitching post valued over $50 from Mrs Rose Parish’s Elmhurst front lawn.
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Dwight Prien
Foster
Roselle
DuPage County
DuPage
Leroy Rechenmacher
Prien
Elmhurst
Deer Vs. Cars A Seasonal Issue
Betty Forrester reports on rising deer vehicle collisions in Illinois. Cook County Forest Preserve notes 17 deer killed by cars since fall, DuPage cites no count, statewide deaths reach about 1,000 over two years. Deer populations grow as habitats shift from woods to farms, with peak auto deaths in fall and early spring.
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Cook County
Sion Rate
State Conservation Department
Forest Preserve
State of
Illinois
United States
Bishop Harold Heininger to lead Itasca Bethany dedication
The Evangelical United Brethren Bishop Harold R. Heininger will headline Itasca Bethany Church dedication ceremonies for an 80000 square foot Christian education addition. The service includes a 10 45 a m sermon and a 230 p m dedication with a church tour to follow. The event marks a recent merger announcement between the EUB Church and the Methodist Church.
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Evangelical United Brethren Church
Itasca
Itasca Bethany
EUB
Harold R. Heininger
Minneapolis
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Northwest Canada
Bethany Church
DuPage TB Board Reports 1967 Care and Costs
The DuPage County Tuberculosis Sanatorium Board released figures for the year ended Nov 30 1967 showing 1676 patients received hospital home or outpatient followup care. Almost 50000 procedures and 3600 consultations supported 66 active cases with 68 percent in advanced stages.
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DuPage County
DuPage
Otto L. Bettag
Illinois
Illinois Assn. of Tuberculosis Sanatorium Boards
Bettag
Public Health Service
Klotter Bound Over For Grand Jury On Burglary Case
Addison Bowl burglary case sends Robert Klotter 28 of Schiller Park to a DuPage County Grand Jury with bond raised to 5000. Co defendant James Butterfield had similar charges dismissed. Investigation details describe a 3:30 a.m. break in on Dec 15 and a high speed chase ending with Klotter's capture in a Roosevelt Road cemetery.
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Robert Klotter
Schiller Park
DuPage County
Addison Bowl
Lee’s Pioneer Lanes
James Fitzgerald
Klotter
Grand Jury
James Butterfield
Fitzgerald
Addison and
Lorraine Avenues
Addison
Charles Gordon
Chicago
William Devaney
Addison Police Department
Gordon
Villa Avenue
Villa Park
Devaney
Oakbrook
Ralph North
Roosevelt Road
Mannheim
Wolf Roads
Kenneth North
Butterfield
U.S
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Mother
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Susan Radke
Fairfield
Lombard
Addison Trail High School
Safety Council
E. Park Blvd
School Health Council
James A. West
David E. Norbeck
West
Norbeck
Special Education
Hears
National Eye Research Foundation
Betty Forrester
Conservation Department
Columbus
Methodist Church
Heininger
Commission On Church Union
World Methodist Conference
Oslo
Norway
Evangelical Church
Eugene Wykle
Itasca Bethany Church
Ephraim A. Carlson
Glenview
Lester Johnson
Bishop Heininger
TB Board
Board
Medicare
Sanatorium Board
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Edwin F. Neckermann
A. C. Gordon
Spain
Zeus
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