Portals in Time guide offered by South Suburban Heritage
The South Suburban Heritage Association offers Portals in Time a 32 page guide to history in the South Suburbs with listings for over 60 communities from the Indiana border to Joliet and from Chicago to Peotone. Each entry includes history society contacts sites museums and events. Reserve by check to Heritage Association Box 917 Homewood 60430. After June 1 price is 4 per copy. Information at 798 9535.
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South Suburban Heritage Association
Indiana Border
Joliet Line
Chicago
Peotone
Homewood
Bloom Township Seniors Month Event Schedule
Bloom Township Senior Department notes Older Americans Month with free blood pressure checks for 60 and older, free hearing screenings on May 11, a May 14 veterans benefits talk by William Moran, a May 21 Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care program by the Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation, and health fairs at Prairie State College May 19 and Jones Community Center May 20. Registration at 754-9400.
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Bloom Township
William Moran
Veterans Service Officer
Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation
Harvey
Health Department
Prairie State College
Jones Community Center
Postal workers raise funds for Love Letters
Steger branch U S Post Office employees collected donations in February and March for Love Letters a nonprofit aiding ill children. They hosted collection boxes and a bake sale at Immanuel Lutheran Church with proceeds matched by Aide Association for Lutherans Branch 219. About 100 local children receive cheerful cards letters and gifts through the program.
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Steger
U.S. Post Office
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Aide Association For Lutherans
Besty Honea
Steger Post Office
Honea
Grassroots Homeschoolers Hold Parents Information Night
Grassroots Homeschoolers hosted an information night for parents at 7 p.m. Wednesday in St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall Mattoon. Booths cover Illinois and Indiana homeschool law, teaching children with special needs, high school topics and learning methods. Vendors will be present. Admission is $3. Call Arlene Olson at 720-1637 or Jody Whitcomb at 597-1329 for details.
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St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall
Vollmer Road
Matteson
Illinois
Indiana
Arlene Olson
Jody Whitcomb
Fixing Glenwood shelter is no picnic
Glenwood officials face a crumbling pavilion on Main Street within a Cook County forest preserve. The 60 year old CCC built structure, damaged by fire and storms, is eyed for repair with bids sought and expected to approach 50 thousand dollars. Local leaders blame neglect and hope repairs by July will curb its eyesore.
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Glenwood
Ada Shrimple
Cook County
Pete Gergel
Gergel
Forest Preserve
Steve Mayberry
Mayberry
Forest Preserve District
Civilian Conservation Corps
Congress
CCC
Forest Preserves
Tim Donohoe
Glenwood Oaks
Kevin Welsh
Welsh
Also Mentioned on This Page
APC News Service
Myra Eder
Chanel
Chanel, Inc
Lancéme
Paris
Jessica McClintock
Jessica
Hollywood
Fred Hayman
Shalimar
Burberrys Weekend
Burberrys
Tommy Girl
Tommy Hilfiger
Calvin Klein
Elizabeth Taylor
Big City
Lord & Taylor
Ueers
Torrence
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!