Mokena Students Prepare The White Gypsy Operetta
Mokena grade schools will stage The White Gypsy an operetta in two acts Friday and Saturday March 23 and 24 at Carpenter Street School Curtain time 8 p m Tickets 75 cents for adults 35 cents for students Cast includes Toby Nichols Pamela Mueller Nancy Carlson Barbara Toppen Christine Petterson Candy Sherwood Vaughn Whitfield Jim Surovic Barbara Ebert Donna Guth Michael Bernard Lenny Lindstrom Robert Gamboa Lynn Gilmore Musical director Mrs James Clark Stage director Mrs Kenneth Sherwood Set director William E Donaldson Ticket chairman Coleman Rogers
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Mokena
Carpenter Street
Donna Guth
Toby Nichols
Bradley Gilbert
Mike Bernard
June Swanberg
Barbara Ebert
Semmler
Pamela Mueller
Nancy Carlson
Bar
Bie Toppen
Christine Petterson
Candy Sherwood
Vaughn Whitfield
Jim Surovic
Michael Bernard
Lenny Lindstrom
Robert Gamboa
Lynn Gilmore
James Clark
Kenneth Sherwood
William E. Donaldson
Coleman Rogers
D A R selects Sue Lotz for Good Citizen Award
Miss Sue Lotz daughter of Howard Lotz Mokena a Lincoln Way high school senior was chosen by the DesPlaines Valley chapter Daughters of the American Revolution for the Good Citizen award She attended a luncheon at the Congress hotel Chicago with committee members and met other Illinois Good Citizen winners Lotz who aims to be a home economics supervisor leads the Rhythm Knights and is active in Future Homemakers and Future Teachers at Lincoln Way
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Sue Lotz
Howard Lotz
Mokena
Lincoln Way High School
DesPlaines Valley
Daughters of the American Revolution
Herbert Folkers, Sr
Frankfort
Good Citizens Committee
Miss Lotz
Folkers
Edwin Yunker
Congress Hotel
Chicago
Illinois
Rhythm Knights
Lincoln Way
Giant Concert Friday Open to Public at Rich High Gym
A 150 piece band and 250 voice chorus from the Southwest Sub urban Conference will entertain the public Friday night March 23 at the Rich High School gym. The annual conference music festival will begin at 8 o clock after two days of intensive practice.
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Rich High School
Mokena Joins Suit Over Zoning Rights Across Municipal Lines
The Mokena village council joins Illinois municipalities in a fund drive for a suit to clarify whether cities with official plans must approve subdivisions within a mile and a half of their boundaries. Mokena contributes $25 to the Illinois Municipal League effort as courts decide who governs unincorporated land near towns.
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Mokena
Illinois Municipal League
State’s Attorney's Office
Cook County
Cook County Recorder
Clark
Mas
The News Bulletin Invites Leonard Gunty for Rialto Theatre
The News-Bulletin invites Leonard Gunty of 9431 W Elm Ave Mokena to be a guest at Joliet Rialto Theatre for the Pinocchio show. The pass is valid for the performance.
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Leonard Gunty
Elm Ave
Mokena
Rialto Theatre
Joliet
Burglary at Arbury Hills Home Netted 1296 in Goods
Investigators say two or more intruders familiar with the house broke in at 9 to 12 a.m. and stole jewelry valued at 650 and a collection of electronics totaling 1296. Items include a diamond ring and wedding band, TV, radios, a tape recorder, tapes, and kitchen appliances. Prints were lifted from a doorway. dog was locked in the garage.
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Barry Diercouff
Magnolia
Arbury Hills
Diercouff
Will County Sheriff's Office
RCA
Emmerson Tran
Sistor Radio
VM Stere
Kenmore
Althe
Plan Dedication of P O At N Lenox For April 28
New Lenox will dedicate its new post office with a ceremony on April 28 at 3 30 PM. Postmaster Lester Brown organizes events with postal officials and a congressman to open the building and host an open house for viewing operations and refreshments. The article traces the area's early mail history from Tracy to Gougar Crossing to Juliet and notes past postmasters and evolving site moves.
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New Lenox
Postal Department
Congress
Lester Brown
Will County
Tracy
Brown
John B. Salisbury
Gougar Crossing
Woodruff
Joliet
Juliet
Spencer
Rock Island
Hickory Creek
Salisbury
Ward Knickerbocker
Tunis Lynk
Mr. Knickerbocker
Frank W. Searles
John T. Campbell
Joseph E. Gougar
Herbert Batson
George S. Hilton
Horatio N. Dickenson
Bert Brown
Archibald Corp
Ellis J. O’daniel
Amos David Bruns
Lester E. Brown
Reim Hardware
Haven and
Cedar
Archie Corp
Ellis McDaniel
U.S. 30
Church Street
N. Cedar
Edward Day
Leslie Gullickson
Walter Steinbrenner
Mokena Church to Screen Decade of Decision Film
Park View Baptist church in Mokena will host a Sunday showing of Billy Graham’s Decade of Decision. The 75 minute film documents the Graham team's decade of ministry and is hosted by Rev. Charles B. Hewlett with narration by Dave Garroway. Free will offerings only. no admission charged. LaPorte road and Scott street location.
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Billy Graham
Park View Baptist Church
Mokena
Dave Garroway
Park View
Charles B. Hewlett
LaPorte Road
Scott Street
Vaudevil to Stage Annual Knight Life at Lincoln Way HS
The Girl's Glee and Sophomore Chorus present Knight Life a vaudevil show at Lincoln Way High School March 30. Tom Olson and Tom Thompson coach the production with the Lincoln Way dance band providing music. Tickets are $1 with proceeds funding an FM station to broadcast school activities including athletics.
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Vaudevil
Lincoln Way
Tom Olson
Tom Thompson
New York
Donkeyball Fundraiser Set by Lincoln Way Band Boosters
Lincoln Way Band Boosters sponsor a donkeyball night on April 3 at the Lincoln Way high school gym. Proceeds aid a Michigan music camp for about 90 band members and band uniforms. decals selling for funds have lagged. Mayors from Mokena Frankfort New Lenox and Manhattan join a multi team event with local trustees and businessmen ready to compete.
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Lincoln-Way
Lincoln- Way
Michigan
Lincoln Way High School
Mokena
Frankfort
New Lenox
Manhattan
L-W
Mokena PTA To Host Junior College District Panel
On Tuesday March 27 the Mokena P T A sponsors a public discussion on establishing a community college district. Panel includes Hunter Chapman Elias Brown Gerald Shreffler and William Penn with an unseen moderator. Audience Q A follows in Carpenter Street School gymnasium at 8 p m refreshments to be provided by third grade room mothers.
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Mokena
P.T.A
Carpenter Street
Victor Peterson
Timberview Drive
New Lenox School Board Race Sees Seven Nominating Petitions
Seven residents filed nominating petitions for three open seats on the New Lenox grade school board including three incumbents Harlo Jensen William Heidrich and Howard Handorf. Filing deadline is March 24 for two three year terms and one two year term. Election on April 14. voters need not be registered. Candidate motive appears rooted in school affairs not issues.
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Lenox
Harlow Jensen
William Heidrich
Howard Handorf
William de- Line
Homer Township
John Bell
N. Cedar Road
James Pollack
Phillip Stockley
W. Wood Street
Three Seek Frankfort Grade School Board Seats
Three men announce candidacies for two Frankfort grade school board seats in the April 14 election. Incumbent Edward C. Tewes seeks reelection. Kenneth Oetter active in American Legion circles. Donald Lorenz an electrician. Board president Glenn Nissen not running. Nominating petitions due by March 24 with 50 signatures required.
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Frankfort
Edward C. Tewes
Kenneth Oetter
American Legion
Donald Lorenz
Glenn Nissen
Lucille Hansen
The
Board of Education
Hansen
Parade Books for School Libraries Event
Book sale details reference Parade Books for school libraries with viewing slots from 1 to 1 and evening hours 8 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Names Ronald Fox Jimmy Kollman Sharon Estell and Jan Staehling listed as preview contacts.
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Ronald Fox
Jimmy Kollman
Sharon Estell
Jan Staehling
Semmler
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Mokena Music
D.A.R
Good Citizen
Nebraska Street
Karen Martin
David Doughty
Melvin Eastman
IML
William G. Clark
Frank H. Masters Jr
Mathematical Association of America
Jim Wiegel
Sandra Gregory
Paul Mlakar
P.O
N. Lenox
Jr. College
N. L. School Board
Parade“ Books
Garview Sc
Oakview School
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