Dist. 148 Music Festival at Thornridge High
The annual Dist. 148 Band Parents Association festival will be at Thornridge high school auditorium on Sunday February 2 at 3 p.m. Americo Menighini directs Dist. 148 Concert and Stage bands while Mrs Elinor Rowe leads the Junior High Chorus. Lamar Runestad directs the Sophomore Chorus, and Dist. 205 Orchestra is led by Lyle Hopkins. Thornton Klefs directed by Mrs. Phyllis Scott and Thornridge Concert Band under Art Wasik also perform culminating in a combined finale of This is My Country directed by Wasik.
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Thornridge High School
Americo Menighini
Elinor Rowe
Allen Andersen
Rhornridge
Lamar — Runestad
Lyle Hopkins
Thornton Klefs
Phyllis Scott
Thornridge
Art Wasik
DePaul Receives NSF Grant for Summer Institute
The Very Rev. John R. Cortelyou announced that DePaul University has been awarded 11410 by the National Science Foundation to support a 1969 Summer Institute in Physics for Secondary School Teachers. Dr. Thomas G. Stinchcomb chairs the physics department directing the project.
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DePaul University
National Science Foundation
John R. Cortelyou
DePaul
Thomas G. Stinchcomb
Frank Diekman Dies At Age 93
Dalton residents mourn the death of Frank B. Diekman who passed away January 19 at 93. A longtime community leader, he served on the Dolton Village Board for 30 years and helped rebuild the Sandridge Methodist Church. Funeral services were held at Sandridge Church with burial at Oakland Memory Lanes.
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Dalton
Frank B. Diekman
Mr. Diekman
Frank Diekman
Diekman
East Sibley Boulevard
Frank
Dickman
Dolton
Sandridge Methodist Church
Oakland Memory Lanes
Police Nab Four In Car Theft
Dolton officers arrested four juvenile suspects after pursuing two stolen cars, a 1962 Oldsmobile from Dolton and a 1965 Plymouth reported stolen in Harvey. The group fled on foot to a wooded area near Sibley and Indiana while officers Riner and Hall secured the scene and took the youths to juvenile authorities.
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Dolton
Douglas Riner
Tops
Riner
Sibley
Indiana
Hall
Dalton
Plymouth
Harvey
Red Cross reports record disaster aid and rising aid totals
The American Red Cross Mid-America chapter covering Cook, Kane, DuPage, Lake and Will counties logged about 19,100 disasters in the year ending June 30. It spent $144,050 on 1967-68 disaster relief, with mass care reaching 378,840 people and 33,556 families aided in long term recovery.
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American Red Cross
Mid-America
Cook
Kane
DuPage
Lake
Will
James Pittsford
Pittsford
Red Cross
Fairbanks
Alaska
Beulah
Texas
Bill Koenig Recovers From Major Surgery At St Francis
William Koenig of Dalton is home recovering after major surgery at St Francis Hospital in Blue Island. He thanks friends for get well cards and wishes to return to work at the South End Reporter after 38 years of service in a few weeks.
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William Koenig
Dalton
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Bill
South End
Dalton Fire Department responses 1968 report
In 1968 the Dalton Fire Department answered 278 fire calls and logged 1463 miles of travel. The inhalator answered 132 total calls and used 53225 pounds of oxygen.
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Dalton
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Ohio River
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