Thornridge High School Candlelight Christmas Concert
Thornridge High School music department presents a Candlelight Concert at 4 p.m. Sunday in the new auditorium at Sibley and Cottage Grove in Dalton. The mixed chorus freshman and girls choruses wear iridescent gray-blue robes. curtains and backdrops are installed. An organ recital precedes the program at 3:30, featuring improvisations on Christmas carols recorded by John Belland. Soloists include Barbara Scholl Charles Kerber and Jerry Miller with instrumentalists James Needham Ronald Deroing Charles Johnson and Kenneth Wallin.
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Thornridge High School
Sibley and
Cottage Grove
Dalton
Tinois
Gus
Canala
Bayard John Peirce
John Belland
Mathematics Depargnent
Thornridge
Mdmler
Messiah Lutheran Church
Chicago
Barbara Scholl
Charles Kerber
South Holland
Jerry Miller
James Needham
Ronald Deroing
Charles Johnson
Kenneth Wallin
St Pauls to Stage Special Christmas Services and Choir
St Paul Lutheran Church announces a series of Christmas observances with a children's service on December 18 at 4 and 6 pm and a December 24 service at 7 30 pm by the Christian Day School children. December 25 follows the regular Sunday schedule with two English services at 8 and 10 45 am and a German service at 9 18 am. No Sunday School on Christmas Day.
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St. Paul Lutheran Church
Christ
Christian Day School
Tri City Leaders Profile Jack Troster Funeral Director
Jack Troster directs the Community Mortuary at 14338 Incigha Ave Tuverdale with seventeen years in funeral service. Born in Indianapolis moved to Peru Indiana in grade school and has lived in the community nineteen years. He graduated from Thornton Township High School and Worsham College of Mortuary Science and held positions including embalm and director.
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Jack Troster
Incigha Ave
Tuverdale
Tle
Indianapolis
Tidiana
Peru
Indiana
Thornton Township
Uish
Lincoln Manor PTA Meeting Announces December Session
The Lincole Manor PTA will meet for the last time this year on Tuesday December 20 at 745 pm in the Lincsin School auditorium. A fifth grade musical program directed by Mrs Lois Trestor will be presented. Girl Scouts of Troop 177 participate in flag ceremonies with refreshments after in the lunchroom.
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Lincole Manor Pta
Lincsin
Lois Trestor
Sith
District 148 Choral Program to Spotlight Young Singers
The District 148 Christmas choral program, directed by Americo J. Meneghini, will be held at Lincoln School auditorium 14151 Lincoln Ave on Sunday December 18 at 1 30 p m. The event features traditional Christmas music with Spanish selections and foreign language elements as part of the district wide language program. Vocal instruction runs from 4th to 8th grade with two supervised periods weekly and includes soloists and small groups. Mrs Lois Trester will accompany. parents and friends are invited.
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Wille
Lincoln Schools
Lincoln Ave
Jon
Americo J. Meneghini
jAll
Lois Trester
Wil
Thornridge Puts Landscaping Plan Forward With Ike League Aid
Thornridge High School officials and the Izaak Walton League outline a school landscaping program and spring work plan. Funds will be raised to start projects with four student representatives and faculty support. The group also approves sponsoring an American Field Service exchange for 1961 1962 with four representatives named.
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Izaak Walston League
McCoy
Schrange
Dolton
iLeague
Vanrahan
DOT
Stevens
Nancy
PYA
Tharnndee
Robert Short
R. Behanna
Jacob Aggen
Tilton
Thornridge
Re elected Miss Wills Named Secretary of German Teachers Group
Miss Jeannette Wills a Thornton German teacher was recently re elected secretary of the Chicago Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German She also serves on the National Nominating Committee of the AAG
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Jeannette Wills
Chicago
American Association of Teachers of German
Robbery Report From South Holland Station Heist
Two men robbed Doster's Service Station on Rowe 6 and Emerald around 1 a.m. Saturday. They took a money changer containing about 150 dollars, ripped the phone from the wall, and fled on foot. The wife of the attendant overheard the robbery on the station radio and alerted police. A getaway car was suspected though not found. The money changer was later found at 162nd and Cottage Grove. The robbers were described as a very dark skinned pair, one 18 or 19, six feet tall, the other 23 or 24, five feet nine, both weighing about 160 to 175 pounds.
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Doster
Rowe 6
Emerald Ave
South Holland
Paul Croker
Mr. Crocker
DeGraff
Letters Editor Responds To Local Waste Concerns In Riverdale
A Riverdale business owner writes to explain 30 years at 138th and Racine in Cook County not within city limits. He notes cooperation with Riverdale regulations, describes land cleanup efforts, smoke reduction steps, and plans for an incinerator to resolve complaints.
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Riverdale
Ilinois
138Th
Racine
Cook County
Thornridge Singers Gain Wind Broadcast on Madrigal Night
The Madri gal Singers of Thornridge high school appeared on a 5 minute WIND radio show from Chicago this Wednesday at 8 15 pm. They sang madrigals and Christmas numbers led by John Pearce with expanded roster including Joanne Cantrell Shirley Greear Valerie Hench Marilyn Fentem and rehearsal accompanist Faith Flanders.
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Madrigal Singers
Thornridge High
John Pearce
Pamela Misner
Carol Bartley
Gale Moore
Patsy Waring
Bruce Gepham
al Gouwens
Jack Holjata
Jerry Miller
Joanne Cantrell
Shirley Greear
Valerie Hench
Marilyn Fentem
Faith Flanders
Altar and Rosary Women Plan Christmas Play
The Altar and Rosary Society of St. Marys hosts a Christmas party and program on Monday evening December 19 after the rosary at 7 45 pm. Eighth grade students perform Dickens Christmas Carol with the Girls Choir singing carols.
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Altar
Rosary Society of
St. Mary's
Dicken
Alice Biovohk
St Vincent's Orphanage
Jane Fitzgerald
Betty Prond
Norine Seehriefels
Dolores Cleary
Kay Bernier
Joann Malloy
Gerry Herner
League Takes Stand To Support Illinois Election Law Reform
The League of Women Voters of Illinois backs centralized supervision of elections and mandatory training for election judges in the forthcoming legislature. Local league presidents, meeting at 67 East Madison Street, Chicago, discussed the four year study and approved supporting bills for reform.
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League
Illinois
League of Women Voters of Illinois
Ilinois
East
Madison St
Chicago
Charles Sherman
Riverdale
Riverdale-Dalton League
Robert Pebworth
Ate
Pebworth
State League
Riverdale Board Hears on City Dump Case and Jurisdiction
At the Riverdale Village Board meeting on December 13 two Riversdale Area Property Owners Association members sought details on the 138th and Ashland dump. Village attorney Herbert F. Zornow said the owner faces a first court hearing December 14 in Chicago Municipal Court and a temporary injunction suit would follow. John Roberts of Pace setter Gardens Association offered cooperation to alleviate the condition, and B&G railroad workers who suffered smoke and odor would testify for Chicago.
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Riverdale Village Board of Trustees
Riversdale Area Property Owners Association
138Th
Ashland
Herbert F. Zornow
Riverdale
Municipaliy Court of
Chicago
City of
Zornow
John Roberts
Pacesetter Gardens Cie Assocation
B&g
Walms Poventry
Dolton Board Denies Riverdale Parking Plea and Enforces Magazine Rules
Dolton trustees refuse Riverdale’s plea to rescind the east side Indiana avenue parking ban. Norman Mackay reports 32 objectionable magazines found in two Dalton stores. owners told to stop sale or face arrest. Board plans to annul Christmas greeting with free parking in uptown center until December 27.
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Dolton
Norman Mackay
Police and Fire Committee
Village of
Riverdale
Indiana Avenue
MacKay
Dalton
Vidage
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