SHAVING ILLEGAL DURING JUBILEE
Barbers in Chicago Ridge
will be able to take it easy
this summer, if action by
the village board of trustees
means anything.
The officials, garbed in
false beards, last week pass-ed
an ordinance making it un-lawful
to shave during the
Village's 50th anniversary
celebration June 27th to
July 5th.
The ordinance also pro-hibits
the use of motor ve-hicles
between 1 and 7 p. m.
Sunday, June 28. Horse-drawn
taxis will be provid-ed
to transport villagers,
according to Jubilee Chair-man
robert Scanlan, 10930
S. Parkside.
" One of the nicest things
about the Jubilee," Scan-lan
said, " is that almost
everything will be free."
In order to provide most
of the Jubilee features at
no cost to the public, the
committee will launch a Boo-ster
Button Campaign to fin-ance
portions of the cele-bration.
Booster Chairman Rich-ard
Melanson, 10937 S. Park-
Side, left, sold the first but-
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Thursday, May 28, 1964
Sixth Year — No. 22
Chicago Ridge, Illimois
Anniversary
Preparations
Preparations for golden
anniversary celebration of
Chicago Ridge as an incor-porated
village moved ahead
on several fronts this week.
The contest seeking Miss
Chicago Ridgs will be high-lighted
Sunday, may 31, when
a parade will be held through
the village. Entries in the
Miss Chicago Ridge contest
will participate in the parade
as will last year's entries
in the beauty contest.
Rehearsals are underway
for a pageant to be staged
in conjunction with the cele-bration.
Anyone interested in
joining the productir n is
asked to report to Our Lady
of the Ridge school hall,
109th and Ridgeland, at 8: 30
p. m. Friday, May 29th.
The pageant will be staged
Sunday, June 28th, and is
under the direction of Mrs.
Charles Reardon.
Examinations
The Board of Fire ana
Police Commissioners of
Chicago Ridge, has announ-ced
the competitive exam-inations
to fillthe position
of Patrolman ( Part Time).
Tests for the six vacancies
authorized by the Village
Board in their meeting of
May 19th, will be held at
the American Legion Hall
on June 13th, 1964 at 9 a. m.
Applicants shall be one
yar residents of the village
according to Chas Lejeck,
Board Chairman, be between
the ages of 21 and 34 at time
of appointment. Minimum
height is 5* - 7 " and 6' -
5" is the maximum allow-able
under specifications set
by the Illinois Assn. of Fire
and Police Commissioners.
Standard forms for appli-cations,
medical form and
sample form for letters of
recommendation ae avail-able
from the Village Hall
10501 South Oxford avenue,
Chicago Ridge.
Applicants will be finger-printed,
examined and inter-viewed
on the morning of the
examination, according to
Gus Magnasales, Chief Ex-aminer.
Results will be post-ed
within ten days to enable
the successful appointees to
receive training prior to as-signment
for Chicago Ridge
Days.
Vacancies have occurred
resulting from the resigna-tion
of Don Hunt, Steve Hor-vath,
who is moving from
the village; Robert Lejeck,
transferred to California;
several men being moved
to full time work.
Applications and nec-essary
supporting evidence
is to be filed with the Se-cretary,
Robert G. Beeson,
6600 West 103rd street be-fore
8 pjn. on Thursday,
June 11th.
Like patriarch's of yesteryear, Chicago Ridge Village
fathers don beards and pass ordinance making it unlawful
to shave during the town's 50th birthday celebration.
Ridge
Police
Dinner
Pictured at the Chicago
Ridge Police Association
Dinner held last Thursday at
Tokars are the members and
their wives with guest, the
President and Trustees of
the Village. Plaques were
given to those police that
have recently left the force
or will be in the near future.
They are: Don Hunt, Steve
Horvath, Jack Lovejoy and
Mike Bilder. Pictured at top,
are, guest, seated L. to R.
Mrs. Ida Cooper, Trustee
Harmi HulbertandMrs. Hul-bert;
Mrs. Coglianese and
Trustee Joe Coglianese;
Mrs. Fell and Trustee Pete
Feil. Standing L. to R. are
President Arthur Cooper,
Police Chief Elmer Hane-gan,
Mrs. Bibeau and Trus-tee
Joe Bibeau, Mrs. Jones
and Trustee John Jones,
Mrs. Bilder and Trustee
Michael Bilder.
Pictured at right are, the
policemen and their wives,
clockwise around the table,
Frank Hoffman and Mrs.
Hoffman; Mrs. Coletta and
hidden by her Tony Coletta;
Bob Kinlock and Mrs. Kin-
Here, adorned in bewhiskered splendor, are, from 1. to r .
Trustee, Joseph Coglianese, Joseph Bibeau, Minchael
Bilder, Peter Feil, John Jones, and Village President
Arthur Cooper, top beaver of them all.
lock Mrs. Hunt and Don Hunt;
Mrs. Mager and Ray Mager;
partially hidden, Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Horvath; at end
of table the President Mr.
Jim Deneck and Mrs. Den-eck.
Mrs. VanDyke and Cha-rles
Lejeck; Jack Lovejoy
and Mrs. Lovejoy; Mrs. Jac-himiak
and Sgt. Chester Jac-himiak;
Ed Cheske and Mrs.
Cheske. The fellow with his
back to the camera is Patrol-man
Lyle Schaal and next to
him his wife. Seated at next
table looking at camera is
Sgt. Richard Edwards and
Mrs. Edwards and next to
them Jimmy Nelson and Mrs.
Nelson. Others at the table
not pictured were: Mrs. El-mer
Hanegan, Village Clerk
Mrs. Marie Diemer, Deputy
Clerk Anita Thornberg, Stan
Wank and Mrs. Wank, Mr.
and Mrs. William Landuyt
and Mr. and Mrs. William
Clinton.
ton to Joseph Ennis, of the
Ridge Electroncis Co., 111th
St. and Lombard. The butt-ons
will go on sale to the
public June 1, Melanson said.
In conjunction with the
Booster campaign, a 1964
Zenith color television set
will be awarded to a lucky
Jubilee supporter.
" This is one way vill-agers
can support this cele-bration
and guarantee its
success," Melanson said.
" We plan to ask local
businessmen to make the
buttons available in their
stores and we're hoping vil-lage
organizations will join
the village officials and
members of the Glenn Mak-er
Post 1160 of the Ameri-can
Legion, joint sponsors
of the Jubilee, in their sale"
Scanlan added.
Another fund reaiser will
benefit the new Chicago
Ridge Pubic Library. Shav-ing
permits for gentlemen
who do not plan to raise
beards will be sold for $ 1.
Men seen in public during
the celebration without a
beard will be required to
show their permit or face
incarceration in a public
enclosure.
The Jubilee will begin
with a street dance Satur-day,
June 27. The paved
road in front of the Chi-cago
Ridge firehouse, 107th
and Lombard, will be con-verted
into a dance hall and
music and entertainment will
be provided by a western
band. There will be no charge
for admission and refresh-ments
will be sold by local
organizations.
Sunday, June 28, is pag-eant
day. An historical play
directed by Mrs. Charles
Reardon will be presented
at 3 p. m. outdoors in front
of the firehouse.
Radio personality Wally
Phillips of WGN will narr-ate
the pageant, and no ad-mission
charge will be made.
Rehearsals for the prod-uction
began last week and
Mrs. Reardon is seeking tal-ented
villagers who sing,
dance, or act to participate.
Anyone interested in join-ing
the cast may attend the
next rehearsal at 8: 30 pjn.
Friday, May 29, at Our Lady
of the Ridge School Hall,
109th and Ridgeland.
During the week, miss
Chicago Ridge of 1964 will
be chosen from young con-testants
between 16 and 21
years old.
A preview of the contest
will be seen by villagers
Sunday, May 31, when last
year's contestants joinedthe
1964 beauties for a parade
through the village, the par-ade
will begin at 3 pjn. and
will tour the entire village,
according to Beauty Contest
Chairman Mrs. Lyle Schaal
10724 S. McVicker.
Entry blanks for the con-test
may be obtained from
Mrs. Schaal or from the con-testants
during the parade
Sunday.
Other features planned
during the celebration in-clude
a hootenany with tele-vision
and recording star
Conway Twitty as its main
attraction; a beer drinking
contest, judging of beards
grown by villagers, a dare
devil act, a nd a carnival
at 107th and Ridgeland.
The Jubilee will be clim-axed
Saturday, July 4, when
the Legion post presents its
annual fireworks display. and
Sunday, July 5, when Village
organizations, businesses,
and residents turn out for the
annual parade.
Organizations planning to
participate in the parade are
being asked to contact Scan-lan
at GA4- 4728. Those
wishing booths at the carni-val
may contact Edward
Cheske, 10813 S. Oxford. Ga
4- 5560.
Citizen
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