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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1981
Page
2
Richton Park residents are urged to contribute to the Alperstein fund to aid Todd Alperstein five year old son of Mr and Mrs Gary Alperstein who lies in Evanston hospital in a coma after a Memorial Day weekend swimming pool accident. He requires constant medical care as bills rise.
Matteson residents can buy Bears tickets for the October 25 game at Soldiers Field through the parks and recreation department. Tickets are $11.50 each, available first come, first served at the park office 4450 West Oakwood Lane, with checks payable to the village of Matteson. A Halloween pumpkin carve for ages five to ten heads Saturday at Memorial Park field house 212th and Tower Avenue, with a $5 fee covering pumpkins, refreshments and prizes. registration runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the park office all week.
The advisory group includes teachers Joyce Cogdell Marge Stewart Jean Steensma Mary Hisler Mary Williams Karen Ebben Chris Coffey Claudia Young Lauria Neal Jeanne Scanlan Pearl Markowitz Jim Aggen and school counselor Helen Wolkow Administrative members are building principals Ferdinand Bronzell Laverne Zeleznak Robert Madonna and Leo Jacko The next board meeting is December 3 at 3 15 p m at Marya Yates school A Todd Alperstein trust fund funds the expenses raised August 22 by Richton Park Jaycees brought in 1100 Sue Hartman raised 667 added to the fund Additional contributions welcome through the Park Forest bank The Jaycees also raised money for 19 month old Jimmy Benton who underwent his third diaphragm surgery and sleep apnea The M A Employees Credit union serving Mattoon Richton Park employees marked International Credit Union Day The credit union chartered November 1980 serves municipal employees from both villages and saw a rewarding first year under president Rita Smith with growth and educational focus on operations and member benefits.
The Social Fellowship club of Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity Matteson will host a witches and goblins Halloween party at Mike and Jan Grossman home Saturday at 8 p.m. Members must wear costumes and prizes will be awarded for outstanding outfits.
Branch 3013 of the AAL will hold a meeting in the Zion Lutheran church overflow room in Matteson after the 8 a.m. worship service today. Election of officers will take place. A special voters meeting on the proposed new building is set for 2 p.m. today. Members aged 18 and older may attend.
Sieden Prairie school PTO announces a pumpkin sale at lunch 11 30 to 12 30 and after school 3 00 to 3 30 with pumpkins priced 75 cents to 1 25 and Indian corn at 50 cents for three ears. The PTC Halloween party is set for October 30 in the gym from 7 to 9 with games refreshments and costume and pumpkin judging.
Children at Woodgate School in Matte son will hold Halloween activities on Friday October 30 including classroom parties a parade and a costume contest. The 12 35 p m parade starts in front of the school moves across Central to Woodgate Park circles the park and returns to school. Two best costumes in each room will win gift certificates from the Woodgate PTO with Tim McCarthy assistant principal serving as parade marshal.
A suspicious early morning blaze at 4420 Balmoral Drive Richton Park destroyed a vacant home owned by Hansel Brown of Homewood. Police and fire units investigated as three local youths were questioned and released. Neighbors saw a carful of eight youths nearby before the fire started in the kitchen near a gas jet.
Muffin the tomcat, aged 11 with arthritis and scar tissue, returns to the Bertrand home after years of mystery about his whereabouts. Neighbors recall he was found half frozen, cared for intermittently, and now rules the household and other pets with an iron paw.
Village Prosecutor Richard Hall announced a crackdown on nontraffic ordinance offenders who fail to appear. He plans to seek arrest warrants in about 70 cases from Markham branch Cook County Circuit Court, after exhausting notices and settlement offers for illegal parking, vehicle sticker failures, animal control, and similar violations.
The Neil Armstrong PTO will stage its annual pumpkin sale Thursday from 3 to 5 p.m. in the picnic area of the Lakewood pool across from the school. Pumpkins priced 50 cents to $2, Indian corn sold in bundles of three for 75 cents, and gourds at 10 cents each. Remaining items go on October 23 at the same time.
Brownie Troop 49 in Creekside Woodgate meets Thursdays at Marya Yates School at 3 15 p m. Last Thursday nurse Judy Philip from Olympia Fields Medical Center led a first aid program teaching burns and other minor emergencies. Park Forest enforces P tickets, with high court compliance and cross-town offenders. officials note 85 percent enforcement though many offenders come from nearby communities.
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