Newton Fund Receives Additional 1000 From Horse Show
The Hay Mac Farm event owned by Mr and Mrs Kenneth McCarthy added 1000 to the Roy Newton Appreciation Fund. Through the Mokena Chamber of Commerce and others more contributions brought the total to 3700 to date. Roy Newton longtime Mokena police chief suffered a brain artery enlargement on March 18 and was released from hospital after about three weeks.
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Hay Mac Farm
Kenneth McCarthy
Mokena
Mail Users Council To Meet Today
The South Suburban Mail Users Council holds its first general meeting at Surma's Restaurant in Homewood. George E. Laster leads as chairman with over 125 mail users and postmasters from 14 communities expected. E. V. Dorsey of Washington will be principal speaker and review plans for improved mail handling.
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Mail Users Council
South Suburban Mail Users Council
Surma’s
Homewood
George E. Laster
Ilinois Bell
Harvey
E. V. Dorsey
Washington
Donald L. Swanson
Chicago
Post Office Department
Dorsey
Orland Youth Killed in Orland Park Auto Crash
Pvt. Roy Edward Rhodes, 21, of Orland Park, died after the car he rode in lost control and hit a tree on 159th Street near 104th Avenue. He served six months, was on leave en route to Germany, and is survived by his mother and eight siblings. Funeral services were May 29 at Christ Lutheran Church.
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Roy Edward Rhodes
156Th
118Th Ct
Orland Park
159Th St
104Th Ave
Christ Community Hospital
Oak Lawn
Ill
Rhodes
Germany
Iola
Jacqueline
Rosalyn
Thomas
Richard
Randy
Kevin
Lawrence Gagan
Schmaedeke
Harlem
Worth
Christ Lutheran Church
143Rd St
West Ave
Walter Ledegar
Orland Memorial Park Cemetery
153Rd St
Turtle Derby Prizes Awarded In Frankfort Event
Vicki Knippel won the grand championship with a turtle entered by Oaces Restaurant and took first prize a bicycle. The event wrapped the Memorial Day program at Frankfort School gym nasium last Thursday night. Proceeds fund Lions charitable efforts. Lu cille the champion turtle led heats to ten finalists. Second prize phonograph went to Glen Olson, third prize croquet set to Bill McAndrew, fourth prize stuffed animal to Tom Mansfield, fifth prize a football to Donna Englebrecht.
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Vicki Knippel
Oaces
Frankfort Lions
Frankfort School
Lions
Glen Olson
Wagon Wheel
Bill McAndrew
Bob Nauman
Tom Mansfield
Don & Dot's Corner
Donna Englebrecht
Frankfort Automotve
Mary Mueller
Frank’s Insurance
Paula Gromnicki
Cooper Show Ford
Angela Wilson
Tri State Cut Stone
Debra Mueller
Sidney Miller
Fred Krusemark
Tom Fordonski
Homer School 29 Graduates Hold Commencement in New Gym
Promotion exercises for 29 Homer Community Consolidated School graduates were held at 8 p.m. May 29 in the new Homer School gymnasium. Rev. Raymond Scott offered invocation and benediction. Verda Jo Sass salutatorian gave the welcome. Melvin W. Findlay the valedictory.
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Homer Community Consolidated School
Homer School
Raymond Scott
Homer Congregational Church
Verda Jo Sass
Melvin W. Findlay
Phyllis Moreland
Saturday Haul-Away Day Set For New Lenox Cleanup
New Lenox residents may haul away junk and trash on Saturday June 8 as part of the spring cleanup. Stone, concrete, and brush are excluded. furniture bedsprings refrigerators hot water tanks and sofas will be collected.
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Lenox
Devine Named Sandburg Most Valuable Player At Spring Banquet
Devine received the Most Valuable Athlete honor at Sandburg High's spring sports banquet. Track standout Chuck Jaeger earned the Bob Jones Memorial Award for weight events. Other recipients included Miles Hutson scholar athlete and multiple varsity letters across baseball golf tennis and track for players such as Bill Bartolotta Buz Imhoff Craig Armonson Pepper Pettit Steve Kleinfeldt Wayne Coners Bob Smith Matt Pernal Tom Devine and Jim Donnelly plus coaches Eade Zboray Henson Gadt and others.
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Elie Oe Opvets Eeeeere Arte Ae Vine
Sandburg High
Chuck Jaeger
Bob Jones
Devine
Cliff Eade
Miles Hutson
Eade
Bill Bartolotta
Buz Imhoff
Craig Armonson
Pepper Pettit
Steve Kleinfeldt
Wayne Coners
Bob Smith
Matt Pernal
Bill Devine
Tom Devine
Skip Vasconcellos
Jim Donnelly
Joe Britton
Scott Wright
Dave Sullivan
Tom Miles
Jim Brandt
New Plans For Pick Up Of Garbage In Orland Park
The Orland Park Village Board health and sanitation committee and Village Attorney Raymond Pieper plan to draft an agreement with Sanitary Disposal Corp for curbside garbage collection. Extra cents per week per stop cover removal of discarded appliances up to three cubic yards. Items must be cut and bundled. residents supply regular cans with fitted covers and limits on quantity. commercial firms pay for refuse removal. a new ordinance will accompany the service.
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Orland Park Village
Diplomas Awarded at Orland Grade School Graduation
Orland Park School plans a June 10 ceremony at 8 p.m. on 9960 West 143rd Street with 14 graduates receiving awards including Ford Foundation Science and American Legion honors. Rev Marvin Chandler will give the invocation and C Russell Cox will deliver the address. Diplomas will be handed by Supt Norbert Jerling and Asst Supt Robert Cullen. future ceremonies move to Orland Junior High in fall 1968.
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Orland Park School
West 143Rd Street
Ford Foundation
American Legion
Marvin Chandler
First Baptist Church of
Orland Park
C. Russell Cox
Board of Education of School Dist
Orland Junior High School
South West Av
Supt
Norbert Jerling
Robert E. Cullen
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Donald Maue
Carl Sandburg High School
PTA Loan Committee
Robert Cadt
PTA
Sandburg
Newton
Tere
Roy
Jenson
Roy Newton
Phitheas
Mokena Oil CO
Orland
Frankfort
Cille
George E. Langmeister
Will County
Luther J. Schilling
Edwin Hamilton
Otto Moravec
Board of Education
Maureen Kennedy
Gayle Paben
Willard G. Blood
N.L
Chuck Zboray
Alan Danis
John McBride
Bob Hewson
John Meenahan
Bob Atkenson
Bruce Yelnick
Bert Coghill
Larry Henson
Rod Schroeder
Pat McClay
Chuck Newman
Tom Kozlik
Bob Zakaras
Jeff Justice
Robert Gadt
Ryan Armbruster
Gary Auker
Man
Harold Baker
Robert Clyne
Jim Elias
Tim Hoffman
Jim Jelenek
Dave McDonald
Mike Navarro
Gary Meagher
Mike Novak
Rich Parker
Ron Richards
Jim Rogers
George Sloan
Greg Stauder
Brian Taber
George Tatpole
Bob Thomas
Mike Torbik
Rich Vincent
Orland Grade
SOD Farm
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