Oak Park Merry Tree Lighting and Santa Parade Planned
The 7th annual Christmas tree lighting and Santa Claus parade in Oak Park will run Friday and Saturday November 24 and 25. Festivities start at 7 30 p m with lights on at 8 p m at Scoville Park. Santa will distribute treats and organ music provided by Wärmtler. The parade on Saturday begins 10 30 a m with a 14 stop route including Roosevelt Lynn Oak Park National Bank Madison and Austin Lombard and Harrison Suburban Trust Lake and Marion and more ending at Sears parking lot. Oak Park Park District donated the tree. Wesley Baughman chairs the event with support from local businesses.
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Oak Park River Forest
Scoville Park
Lake
Oak Park
Wurlitzer
Santa Claus
Roosevelt
Lynn
Roosevelt and
Austin
Oak Park National Bank
Chicago
North
Harlem
Marion Sears
Santa
Patricia Stevens
Wil
Optimist Club of
Wieboldt’s
Montgomery Ward
Gilmore and Sons
Mars Candy Co
Marshall Field and Co
Farrara Candy Co
Lee Stores
Reuffs
Ma & Pa
Oak Park Looks at Teen Crime in Second Forum
The second of four discussions on Youth Problems in Oak Park Today will be at 8 p.m. December 1 in Ascension school Pine Room. Rev Robert Reicher of Loyola University will discuss juvenile delinquency using data from Oak Park police chief Fremont P. Nester.
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Oak Park
Pine Room
Ascension School
Clarence and
van Buren
Ascension Home and School Association
Robert Reicher
Loyola University
Reicher
Fremont P. Nester
Irene Hughes Predicts Garner’s Death and Winter Prognostications
Irene Hughes cites a prediction that a U.S. official would die by November 7, noting John N. Garner’s death. She also forecasts a strong political entrant in 1968, heavy winter snow from November 3–14, and a stock-market decline before November 20. The column includes reader questions about ESP precognition, dreams, and a college-bound youth with engineering potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
John N. Garner
Iowa
Midwest
Austin Women's Club Sees Joseph W Smith In Recital
The Austin Women's club meets at 1 30 p m Monday with Joseph W Smith lyric tenor and Mrs Yvonne Lowry as accompanist. Mrs Thomas R Ernest chairs. Creative Writers Review presents After All by Mrs J Raymond Shideler with Mrs Bert Macy leading. Literary Round Table reports by Mrs Harold Piety.
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Edward A. Goetter
Pleasant
Oak Park
Fred F. Grabenstein
N. Central
Austin Women’s Club
Joseph
N. Pine
Creative Writers Review
Bert T. Macy
N. Laramie
Harold Piety
N. Harvey
Open New Pizza Parlor Promises 300 Seats and Entertainment
A new pizza parlor opens offering seating for about 300 and entertainment. The venue features a program titled Wizard of the Banjo starring Ralph Rex Williams, running Wednesday through Sunday. Shakey's hours are 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Harry Polites
Shakey’s
N. Harlem
Merry Old England
Emporium
Wizard of the Banjo
Ralph Rex Williams
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S. 25Th Avenue
J Ea
Broadview
S. 54Th Avenue
Cicero
Amphenol Connector Division
Miss Stern
Helene Curtis, Inc
W. North Ave
IBM
Howard Foundry CO
N. Kostner
Switchcraft Inc
N. Elston
Near Central
Lake OR
Lamar
Thomas McGrath
Des Plaines Ave
Forest Park
Illinois
W. Madison
Irving Motluck
F. W. Means & CO
Monitor & North Ave
Berwyn
Frank Donley
Ferro Corp
Helene Curtis
Mr. Caldwell
Capitol Bank
W. Fullerton
Stenos Typists
Bekpr‘s
Farn Extra
S. Wabash
North Ave
Melrose Park, Ill
Melrose Park
Bensits
Companies Inc
Beauty Center
W. North
Ave
General Office
Dean Walther
Union Station
Metro-Goldwyn
W. Jackson Blvd
Standard Rollsman Industries, Inc
N. Hawthorne Melrose Park
Ill
N. Kedzie Ave
MFG
W. Kinzie
Hede
Grand Ave
MR. Hayes
Yvonne
Wehrman Ave
Schiller Park
Emily
Chicago Ave
X-Mas Cafeteria
Larch Ave
Elmhurst, Ill
Progressive Hospital
St. Anne’s Hospital
W. Thomas
Cesar
W. Randolph
Forest PLC
M. Walter & Co
Pulaski RD
Madison and Austin
Lombard
Harrison
Suburban Trust and Savings Bank
Harrison and Oak Dawl- A
Avenue State Bank
Oak Park and Lake
Oak Park Trust and Savings Bank
Lake and Marion
Lake and Harlem
River Forest State Bank
Lake and
Franklin
Marion
Ridgeland
Austin and
Ronald G. Schamberger
USNR
Hermann M. Schamberger Sr
Normandy
Middle East
Weeks
Irene
Garner
Irene Hughes
West Side
K. G
North Side
Joseph Smith
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