Local festivals shift as communities fund and run events
Rich ton Park carnival profits showed $32,000 cost and $10,000 revenue as residents fund four free summer concerts across Klawitter Glaeser Helen Jones and Pierce parks. Flossmoor plans a Sept 16 one day fest with $20,000 budget and $30,000 in donations last year. New Lenox ends Proud American Days run by chamber, shifting to Lions Club management with community groups aiding. Orland Park expands Orland Days space to Ravinia Avenue and 149th Street for a one time use event.
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Klawitter Park
Glaeser Park
Helen Jones Park
Pierce Park
Flossmoor
Peggy Glassford
Flossmoor Park
Glassford
New Lenox
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hilton
New
Nex Lions Club
Lions Club
Lynn Eckhardt
New Lenox Park
Eckhardt
Orland Park
Orland Park Village
Ravinia Avenue
149Th Street
Orland Park festival site issues threaten 2001 Orland Days
A lengthy list of summer events appears, but the Orland Park Lions Club faces a crisis as lease terms curb carnival use at Park Place. Officials seek land donation or purchase to host Orland Days in 2001 while Taste of Orland is paused due to liquor-sale concerns. Community groups worry about future funding and local tourism impact.
Model home opens on Sunday morning
A new model home built by and for Chicago Heights residents opens for exhibition at 11 Sunday. Built by Union Construction Co on Country Club road near Ashland avenue, the brick English style house features oak floors birch trim steel casement windows and colorful tile baths. Entered via tiled vestibule the main floor includes sun parlor and a huge fireplace with closets on both floors. mechanical details include a fruit cellar insulated for special purpose washing machine electric pump and four pipe plumbing supplying hot water. Interior decoration by G H Morrow and Company. The Star's Almanac will appear in every issue leading up to our 100th anniversary in 2001.
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Chicago Heights
Union Construction Company
Country Club
Country Club Road
Ashland Avenue
G. H. Morrow and Company
Stout Airline to Move Base to Lansing Ford Airport Opening
Stout Airlines will shift its base from Chicago municipal airport to the Ford Airport near Lansing this Sunday. Flights will loop over Chicago with 12 to 14 passengers in Ford tri motor planes and luxurious Pullmans. The move aims to ease congestion and position Lansing as the aviation hub of southern Cook County.
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Lansing
Stout Airlines
Chicago Municipal
Sixty-third Street
Chicago Heights
Loop
Chicago
Fourteenth Street
Torrence Avenue
Stout Company
Cook County
Lucius Loddell
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10Th and
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Archer Ave
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