Apartments Must Have Rear Exits Says Board
New Lenox village board on March 7 approved requiring rear exits for multi family dwellings in addition to front doors. Village Attorney Penn to insert clause into building ordinance. fire marshal urged safety measure to prevent entrapment with a single exit.
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New Lenox
William R. Penn
Robert Randolph
Stanley Gilmore
Robert J. McCleary
Sunset Trail
Edmund Lord
Cooper Road
Charles Warrus
William Doland
U.S. 30
Warrus
Gilmore
Evan Drotts
Eugene McGogney
Glenn Ruthenbeck
Walona Meadows
Lincolnhighway
James E. Hearns
Girl Kicked By Horse Sues Owner for 15000 Dollars
Carl Luckhart of New Lenox sues for 15000 dollars in circuit court claiming his six year old daughter Bonnie was seriously and permanently injured when kicked by a horse owned by Joseph Wajchert and ridden by Miss Joan Stone on family property. Co defendants listed are Wajchert and Stone. The suit alleges negligence for allowing a minor to ride the horse.
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Bonnie
Carl Luckhart
Bay Street
New Lenox
Joseph Wajchert
Miss Joan Stone
Luckhart
Herschbach and
Tracy
Wajchert
Miss Stone
Gymnasts To Give Show At Lincoln Way High
Jonas Lashmet announces the second annual gymnastics and dance concert at Lincoln Way High School on Wednesday March 21 at 7 30 p.m. The program features tumbling trampolene parallel bars side horse rings and a dance segment focusing on folk square and modern styles.
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Jonas Lashmet
Lincoln Way High School
Opposition to Lincoln-Way junior college plan grows
The Lincoln-Way district faces rising opposition to linking with six southwest Cook County high schools in a proposed community junior college district. The formation of the Lincoln-Way Information committee aims to mobilize board members and administrators to debate the proposal, though observers doubt any action will occur. The L-W board has stated it would leave the program if legally possible.
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Lincoln-Way
Cook County
Lincoln-Way Information Committee
L-W Board of Education
Illinois
Information Committee
New Lenox
Manhattan
Lincoln Way Board
Sherrill Weichbrodt
J. C
The
PTA
Will County
Joliet
Lincoln Way
Lincoln-Way students in Americans Abroad program plan
Beverly Guildentoph Carol Sherwood and Jane Berlin Lincoln-Way participants substitute for an injured exchange student in the Americans Abroad program meeting with the Frankfort Lions club on March 20. They discuss junior college district issues and district stance amid local debates and meetings.
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Beverly Guildentoph
Lincoln Way
American Field Service International
Miss Guildentoph
Carol Sherwood
Lincoln-Way
Jane Berlin
Marijke van den Nouwland
Frankfort
Lions Club
Frankfort Public Library Opens Its Doors March 17
After months of planning and fundraising the Frankfort community opens the Zechlin building at 9 W Nebraska St for public use. Hours begin Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with ongoing Wednesday hours. the project was led by the Women's Club and PTA with donations from residents and Chicago backers.
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Frankfort
Zechlin
Nebraska Street
People’s Library
PTA
Women’s Club
Chicago
Frankfort Chamber of Commerce
State Library
Ting
Fred Ebert Dies at 84 in Blue Island
Fred Ebert 84 of Blue Island died in St Francis hospital on Monday March 12 after a brief illness. Born November 25 1877 in Bremen township he farmed in Green Garden township before moving to Frankfort then to Blue Island seventeen years ago. Survived by daughter Florence wife of William Heckler son Milbert both of Blue Island three sisters Minnie Wolf Alvina Mortensen Bertha Genens and a granddaughter with three great grandchildren. Funeral held March 14 at Hickey chapel Blue Island officiated by Rev Erich Bizer. Burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery.
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Fred Ebert
Blue Island
St. Francis Hospital
Bremen Township
Green Garden Township
Frankfort
Anna Heiland
Florence
William Heckler
Milbert
Minnie Wolf
Michigan
Alvina Mortensen
Bertha Genens
New Lenox
Hickey
Erich Bizer
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
New Lenox Tavern Owner Indicted by Grand Jury
James Sherwood, a New Lenox tavern owner and former justice of the peace, is free on $2,000 bond after being indicted by the Will county March grand jury on misconduct in office. He faces charges for failing to remit $1,396.30 in fines imposed on overweight truck operators.
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Nances
Hearns
Ronald Vondrasek
Vondrasek
New Lenox Lumber Company
James C. Barringer
Will County Health Department
Barringer
County Health Department
James Sherwood
New Lenox
Liberty
Will County
James V. Bartley
William Penn
Sherwood
State Treasurer's Office
Girl Scouts mark Golden Anniversary with 50th observance
On March 11 Girl Scout Sunday kicked off a week long Golden Anniversary observance in the United States. In Mokena Frankfort and New Lenox 385 Brownie and Girl Scout members staged a rally The Golden Promise. Frankfort Troop 379 led the flag ceremony while Rev Erich Bizer offered the invocation and Mrs Edmond Knobloch welcomed attendees. The Florists Telegraph Delivery Association HQ in Detroit announces Bernardins Florist joining as a member operat ing a shop and greenhouses at 189th St and Wolf Rd Mokena. This membership supports sending flowers to 11 000 associate members in the US and Canada and 18 000 members worldwide.
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United States
Trikena
Lincoln Way High School
Mokena
Frankfort
New Lenox
Erich Bizer
Edmond Knobloch
The
Florist Telegraph Delivery Association
Detroit
Michigan
Bernardins Florist
Joseph
Marjorie Bernardin
Bernardin
189Th St
Wolf Road
Canada
State Rep Harold Hoover Dies After Heart Attack
State Representative Harold A Hoover Sr of Palos Park died from a heart attack. Funeral services were held in Palos Park and Fennville Michigan with burial in Fennville. Hoover, born 1910 near Fennville, served as a lawyer and naval officer in World War II and led the Little Hoover commission on state government modernization. Surviving are wife L Louise, daughter Susan and son Gregory of 8516 W 122nd Place Palos Park. He was a Republican candidate in the April 10 primary. vacancy rules outline replacement for the November election.
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Harold A. Hoover
Palos Park
Presbyterian Church
Fennville
Mich
Hoover
Elkhart
Ind
New York City
Acme Steel
Essington, M.kibben, Beebe and Pratt
Hope College
Kent College of Law
Southwest Suburban Community Chest
Little Hoover
L. Louise McKee
Susan
Gregory
122Nd Place
Chicago
Republican Representative Committee
Don Moore
Bremen Township
Orland
Paris
Worth
Bremen
Lemont
Approve Tract East Of Mokena For Industry
Will county zoning board of appeals backed eight changes after Friday hearings in three townships. Futuristic Homes Inc. won approval for an 118 acre industrial tract on 191st Street near Rock Island tracks with two service stations and a 66 foot road. The plan calls for light industry as part of the Arbury Hills development along U.S. 45. Frankfort and Mokena plan commissions supported the zoning.
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Will County Zoning Board of Appeals
Frankfort Township
Futuristic Homes Inc
Rock Island Tracks
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Orland Park
Civil Defense
Semmler
Jo van Rheeden
Robert van Rheeden
Porter
Sues
L-W
Jack Marchbank
Lemont Twp
William Loucks
Marley
New Lenox Grain Co
Spencer Grain Co
Loucks
Clifford Christianson
Glen Sproat
New
Lenox Grain
Loucks and
Marchbank
Spencer Road
Oak Lawn
Jr. College Plan
Sue Ann Shoop
Purdue University
Sue Ann
T. A. Shoop
Parker, Mokena
Albert H. Krusemark
Krusemark
Will and DuPage
Jim Geuther
Adam Heisner
Satan
N. Lenox
Harold Hoover
Harold A, Hoover
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