Hold Up Action On Salary Hike For Mokena Teachers
A teachers committee from Willow Crest and Carpenter Street schools urged the Mokena grade school board to adopt a proposed salary schedule. The board will review it after area valuation and a tentative budget are set, with a special budget meeting needed to act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Crest
Carpenter Street
Mokena
Willian E. Donaldson
Mildred Montgomery
A. Specail
Durwood Fant
Norval Robinson
James Stewart
Lyman Teague
Elizabeth K. Cappel
New Lenox youths repair depot damage by cleanup
Six New Lenox youths enrolled in Operation Cleanup repaired damage at the Rock Island rail road station after writing on walls and throwing ice cream. Police say the group of high schoolers scrubbed floors and walls under supervision. Gail Pelley, 24, fractured a foot stepping on home stairs and was treated at Silver Cross hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lenox
Rock Island
George Kennedy
Gail Pelley
Fourth St
Silver Cross Hospital
New Lenox to Get Modern Post Office Building
Arrangements are in place for a new post office in New Lenox. A contract has been signed for construction and a 10 year lease with four five year renewals. The facility on Cedar Street will cover about 10 000 square feet with a six thousand four hundred twelve square foot maneuvering area and a 180 square foot loading dock. Construction aims for completion by December 1 to handle the Christmas rush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Lenox
Postoffice Department
Lester E. Brown
U. S
Paul H. Douglas
George Olufsen
Washington Blvd
Chicago
Brown
Cedar Street
U. S. 30
Mokena
Frankfort
New Lenox
District bands prize winners named in Calumet City event
Frankfort and New Lenox grade school bands won first place at the District band cone test held Saturday at Hoover School in Calumet City. Mokena earned a second rating. Winners pursue state contests April 28 29 with Frankfort and Mokena headed to La Moille and New Lenox to Peoria. Perry Friedmann directs Frankfort and Mokena. Milton R Mojzis conducts New Lenox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort
New Lenox
Hoover School
Calumet City
Mokena
la Moille
Ill
Peoria
Perry Friedmann
Milton R. Mojzis
Lincoln Way seniors awarded Illinois State Scholar honors
Lincoln Way seniors Marilyn Am and others emerge among 1,352 state scholar finalists with 2,870 awards statewide. Winners must score high, rank in upper half and show financial need to receive stipends up to 600 dollars annually for college tuition and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Way
Illinois
Illinois Cial
Smith
Marilyn C. Am
Gmination
Kerner Kuehl
Mokena
Everett E. Ter
Waukegan Road
Cline
Manhattan
Gail R
Gory
New Lenox
Reece W
Lyman J. Smith
Jones
Karen J
Deerfield
Lloyd S. Michael
Michael
Sommier Press, Inc
Will County
Ilinois
K.S. Johnson
Glenn F. Logan
Special Services Mark Holy Week In Area Churches
Palm Sunday ushers Holy Week in the area with palms distribution and services across churches. Local parishes announce confirmations and special masses from Maundy Thursday to Easter vigil, with notable speakers and choirs referenced.
Geuther Named GOP JP Candidate For April Election
Jim Geuther 38 of Frankfort tapped as Republican justice of the peace candidate after Walter McKay’s death. He is a World War II veteran, real estate and insurance agent, active in Lions Club Chamber of Commerce and local civic groups, with two daughters.
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Grant B
Jim) Geuther
Frankfort
GOP
Walter McKay
Joliet
Genther
Albert H. Krusemark
Geuther
Henry A. Genther
Frankfort Township
Jim
Joliet High School
University of Chicago
Div
France
H. J. Lambrecht Real Estate and Insurance Agency
TWA
Chicago
Young Republicans
Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Church Council of St. Peter's Church of Christ
Bobzin-Swinford Post
American Legion
Lincoln Way Community Players
Citizens Committee of
Lincoln Way High School
Peggy Knapp
New Lenox
Karen
Kathy
Mokenan Man Joins Peace Walk Heading to Chicago
Jerry Lehmann 24 of Mokena joins eight walkers from San Francisco on a peace trek begun Dec. 1, 1960, passing Joliet March 30 and reaching Chicago that night. The group aims to spark thought on international peace and end at Moscow next November. Lehmann, a Joliet High and Oberlin alum, endured ankle trouble and did alternate service in Mexico as a conscientious objector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Lehmann
Mokena
Joliet
Chicago
U. S
San Francisco
Moscow
Committee For Non-Violent Action
Fred Lehmann
Lehmann
Young Lehmann
Joliet High School
Oberlin College
General Motors
Will County
Pastor's Wife Injured in Church Fall
Mrs. Ann Gander 64 wife of Rev Ernest Gander pastor of Christ at Green Garden fractured both wrists after losing balance arranging flowers in the sanctuary. She was taken to Silver Cross hospital in Joliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Gander
Ernest Gander
St. John's United Church of Christ At
Green Garden
Youth Chapel Services To Begin In Frankfort And Mokena
Holy Week youth chapel runs March 27 to 31 for grade school children in Frankfort and Mokena. In Mokena sessions run 8 15 to 8 45 a m except Good Friday at 9 a m. Services at St John s church and Trinity School funds go to Will County Ministerial Association Crippled Children Easter Seals and Trinity School for Retarded Children. Frankfort services 12 30 to 1 00 p m at J Peters church Monday through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Judes Catholic Church
Marley
John Spencer
Chicago University Divinity School
Holy City
Herb Crabb
Rialto Theatre
Joliet
Will County
Palos Park Presbyterian Church
Palos
Orland Park
Worth
Ministeral Association
St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Frankfort
Frankfort
Green Garden
Christ
Cross
Stanley Ballard
James Parker
Erich Bizer
Mokena
St. John’s Church
Methodist Church
Jesus
Theodore Wimmler
Jerusalem
Elias Brown
George Rumbley
John Petterson
al Kalmer
Gethsemane
Robert H. King
Will County Ministerial Association
Crippled Children’s Fund
Trinity School For
J. Peter’s Church
Wendell Morrison
John Johnson
Viola Lankenau
Lewis Ebert
WIL County Council of Churches
Zechlin Funeral Service to Continue Under Family Name
Mrs. Alfred R. Zechlin and her son David of Frankfort will continue to operate the Zechlin Funeral Service founded in 1907 by Bernard Zechlin. The business has been run by the Zechlin family for 25 years and will carry the family name forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred R. Zechlin
David
Frankfort
Mr. Zechelin
Bernard Zechlin
Zechelin
Lincoln Way High to showcase Phys Ed program
Lincoln Way High School physical education department will demonstrate activities tomorrow night in the school gym. The program starts at 8 o clock with no admission fee. Refreshments will be served at intermission and parents are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H
Jane ) Bills
E. Parker St
Mokena
Lincoln Way
A. Hunter Chapman
Bills
University of Pittsburg
Pi Lambda Theta
Barnesboro
Johnstown
Johnstown Central High School
Richard L. Hutter
Hutter
Lincoln-Way
Urbana
Aurora
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago
The
Unversity of Illinois
Air Force
Lincoln Way High School
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Marilyn Ambuehl
Sue Ann Shoop
Everett E. Cline
Sharon Valy
Karen Korista
Reece Jones
Gail Gregory
Perry Friedman
Cappel
Ite Ns
Robert Schweitzer
Jerussalem
Golgotha
Jeanne Borms
Aleta Ballard
David Weber
Rita Weber
Dennis Rath
St. John’s United Church of Christ of North Peotone
Suzanne Nagel
Ralph Wayne Buck
August Bueltmann
Immanuel Lutheran Church
St. John’s United Church of Christ
St. Mary's Church
St. Michael’s Catholic Church
Jim Geuther
J.P
Jim Guether
Mokenan
Terry Lehmann
Will
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