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turned into the latest group, • ° ti w q
and above all that, chatter and `4' ,, � f�$
laughter. s a °� Y :
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school •students rented the ¢ ` ? .
house from the village for $1 a x," ��"3 . ' s 1 3>
The youths want to make the year in November and called k ;' r ii 0. 3 X
themselves the student union "
house their own, and determine They hen began a fix�up ' Qom;
how redecorating shall be done. Y { x
campaign in the house that is .
They have set up their own #
rules for being in the house. still going on. s 11 x §
One youth said recently that GroupReceives Donations ��
the project was worthwhile
They have received donations 1, " �� • k ter!
because "it's something we've of such things as carpeting, k 4 a
done ourselves, and when you books, magazines, hi-fi coin �� zh `' :
put so much of yourself in a ponents, wood paneling, dis 1 ,A , z" , s `
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project,it means a lot to you." carded furniture, appliances, .1:.::::::]i::',.::: :.,.;` o- i.'' �F �� ti l
But the youths by no means and they put them all to goodxx �N
reject adult help and support.
use. � s' - 1 4 PWW
One adult is usually present in Rice tl the �.k :r�o i y Fk W`
the house when it is open, and brar� [operated by that _vilY �
manyof the youth's arents la.e s women s club] that indicated ,,.., itaia,,:in r ${
y P ,at it would donate discarded r* e ts a°t a`•t t '.- "
have given advice and helped � �;� ��F �...� ��>-y,� ��, :�;:- .�
do some of the heavier work books to the Glen Ell n youths. 5 y' 's, :.<.l iy .
such as steaming off wallpaper. 4.
The youths that they r 2F_V, ,x °e
May Hold Open House will need about estimate$7,000 this year a '� `
a Gu x ',.. •,SIM" "� --- �'. „
If anything, Fonder said, too o operate the facility, and have "�'
few adults are taking an thus far collected about $3,000 [TRIBUNE Staff Photo by William Loewe]
interest in what the youths are t h r u baby-sitting projects, WHO SAID KIDS ARE LAZY?—High school students
doing. "There are few adults dances, a pancake breakfast, in Glen Ellyn certainly cannot be called lazy—they have
that have been thru the house and a fund-driving campaign begun a campaign to refurbish an old house at 552 Duane at.
directed toward village busi- for use as a youth center. Painting the living room window
rieSSmen. frame is•Sharon Kemmer, 16, of 359 May ay.
Find Project`Worthwhile'
Upstairs, they have con- to
see what we're doing," he youths that as long as the house
rvoom,
three rooms to a study said, an it's unfortunate that conforms to village building
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room a lounge, and a meeting they haven't." codes and as long as the youths
roam. Downstairs, they have The youths hope to remedy cause no trouble, the house will
onverted the living room and
dining room into one large that soon,and will probably hold be theirs.
gathering place. They c o m e a community-wide open house The village acquired the
over to the house every day when the fix-up campaign is house and property because it
after school to work on the comp 1 e t ed—probably next planned to build a parking lot
house, and are guided by a month. there,but that will probably not
George Williams college senior, The youths "lease" will come happen for about five years,
Doug Fonder, whom they hired up annually far review by the and the youths hope to own a
to be their advisor, village board. Trustees told the place of their own by then.
-- ' CITIZEN SEPTEMBER 24, 1970
AGE 28
Oak44 fl &kfaUhorsè ,s ow
will benefit youth groups
Oak Brook Community Fail Horse show will again be
held in the National Show grounds on October 3 and 4 in
Oak Brook. The show will be sponsored by the Oak Brook
Athletic association, for the benefit of the Oak Brook
;. l_ib ra�ry, the Oak Brook Little league, and Boy Scout Troop
6 of Oak Brook.
4 The athletic association is an organ- include Mrs. 1 aul Weber, show secretary;
At ization composed of past and current Mrs. James Se;farth, advertising; Mrs.' 1
presidents of neighborhood associations H. H. Hall, boxes; Mrs. Hayden E. E.
1_ and the Civic association. Barnard, publicity; Paul Weber, trophies. 1
Little league has grown from '75 play- Wason said there will be more than
ers to 225 players and expects to have 250' horses entered. The show will be
4 nearly 400 players in 1971.Mone;;isneed- an "all around horse show"with three and
ed for erecting backstops, equipping urn- five gaited ponies, Morgan Tennessee
pires, providing uniformsfor the unspon- Walkers, harness ponies, and, of course,
sored teams, replacing broken bats, hunters and jumpers.
supplying baseballs required each season Children of the village have been in-
and for other expenses incurred to make vited to participate in the sale of tickets
this sport satisfactory and safe for its and a savings will be given to the boy or
participants. girl selling the most tickets. Joe Rush is THURSDAY, APRIL -23, 1970
The Oak Brook library is a village tickets chairman.
institution designed toprovide the resi-
dents with both pleasure and.information, '�3 - ;�� )i ' ' -: - IV.,,
New books and expanded reference ma- ��* , � `C ,
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terialsare' needed,to make phis villwge "46.« , „ ,'" p ",,
function more useful to all the residents, .. %,; „.,„00.11.7j 46
park arigthe young ones. 4r,".. 'ft.�t { 'l �, � y
boy Scout Troop '76, another youth ;+
participation activity, needs equipment for -
camp-outs, and for expanding its scope to M "`' 1,1 a'`-°. ;ez-----"�".--7
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meet the broader interests of the member- �-- - -'.
ship.
George Congreve and Thomas Wason, —
co-chairmen, officiated at the introductory . I
organization meeting. Chairmen appointed ! OK_ BOO
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The Oak Brook library will have alum-y y
mer program for young readers starting
July 7 for four weeks. Each session will
take place at the library for one hour, from
1 to 2 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays. More
information will be sent through the mail
within the next two weeks.
For the added enjoyment and con-
venience of Oak Brook•readers the library
will have a librarian on duty from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. six days a week throughoutere the
s a '
summer. Use your library
wealth of information and lots of pure en-
d Brook library is the philanthropic project Oak Brook Women's c u• lnem•e ,
joyment to be found n books.
Mrs. O. T. Collins, president, and Mrs. John Lehnhard, ticket chairman, plan their
(�,— ) _7 library luncheon benefit around. Robert Cromie, former book editor and now
columnist for the"Chicago Tribune"will speak at the benefit noon, Tuesday, Apr.
28 at Sharkos restaurant,Villa Park.
Oak Brook
library sponsors
story hour
A story hour will be sponsored by the Oak
Brook public library for children age 4
through 8 years on Tuesdays and Thurs
days from 1 p.m.to 2 p.m. beginning July 7
and ending July 30. The narrators will be
Misses Diane Nitzki, Cindy Kras, and Rob-
erta Saumer.
The Oak Brook library is open Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and
Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. During the
summer, library personnel will be on duty
Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m.
The new juvenile books acquired by the
library. include"The Pooh Cook Book" by
Virginia H. Ellison; "Who's that in the Mir-
ror?" by Polly Berrien Berends; "Have you
seen my Puppy?"by Adelaide Holl; "Fred-
erick" by Leo Lionni; "Hunting Big Game
in the City Parks" by Howard G. Smith,
and "The 13 clocks" by James Thurber.
New Books by A. A. Milne include "Now
We Are Six," "The House at Pooh Corner,"
"Winnie-the-Pooh," and "When We Were
Very Young." New Books by Roels and
Koenig include "The Beaver," "The Bee,"
"The Mouse," "The Penquin," "The
Stork," and "The Whale."
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The Oak Brook Horse Show is ready to go. It will be held today
/ c • and tomorrow in the National Show Grounds, Oak Brook. Ready
$ S ® � for the event are (from left) Jim Hunham, Mrs. John A. Lehnard,
Susan Lehnard and Mrs. John Dunham. u - j 7�?
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strict by referendum, the
,;A move to establish a public library in Oak county judge would appoint a seven member
:rook is underway.
At an annual meeting of Oak Brook board.
Dorisprofessional Dupont emphasized the need
ibrary assn. Monday, Nov. 16, Erwin
ahnsen, group president, read a letter for and free services of the
which has been prepared for submission to Dupage district and West
'village trustees. ban LibraryLibrary district which onlythe are availSubur-
able
Bahnsen stated that if the association is to to the association if it is a village library or a
provide adequate library service to match taxing district.
the growth of Oak Brook, additional funds The Oak Brook Library assn.has provided
and space will be needed. freesincorporar cin 1e to 60 the com the tpopulation since its,
; Presently the library association owns was 300.The village boardhas furnished the`:
3,500 volumes located in 600 square feet of
space. Bahnsen pointed out that the min- facilities in the village hall. Memberships,';;
imam standards of the American Library horse show,residential and industrial resell in
assn. specify 15,000 volumes in 3,500 square butions, cards and fines have purchased,`.'
feet of space for a population of 5,000, and books,shelves and files.Mrs.Agnes Forest,:
20,000 volumes in 7,000 square feet of space treasurer,reported a balance of$17,437.28.
for a population of 10,000. The present In further business,Erwin Bahnsen,presi F=
population of Oak Brook is estimated at a library with a dents, Mrs. Doris DuPont, secretary, an�F,
4,100. Agnes Forest,treasurer,were-elec •
The cost of operating fora one year term. Mrs. Kay
population of 5,000 was estimated at$25,000 a Edward O'Brien, and PiMillererce Richardso
year,and with a population of 10,000 the cost were re-elected to serve a three year term.
was estimated at approximately$30-40,000 a
year. Other members of the library board are:
Mrs. Bonnie Carl, Mrs. Barbara Lehnard,
Bahnsen explained that if the village board and Russell Fayles.
established a village library, the board
board The next meeting of the library board is
would appoint a nine member library scheduled for Jan.11.
and appropriate funds.If the library es
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The president of the Oak Brook library association Erwin Bahnsen ,
presented his case and the board of trustees unanimously agreed that the 'n:
village should take over operation of the library.
Up to this time the library has been they be allowed to reappear before the
given space in the old Butler school but zoning board. Troglia's request was
other expenses it has had to meet as accepted but Crotty's was denied.
best it can as a volunteer organization. —It was revealed in the treasurer's
Donations and yearly membership fees report that as of December 1970 Oak
have provided for growth thus far. Brook had $1,879,000 in funds available .-''
Bahnsen said that the honor system to it.
worked very well but that recently there —In the annual fire departmentrepo
have been troubles such as the theft of it was revealed that, whereas the cost
the cash box. ,
of running the department was $107,000,
'The facility now has 4,500 volumes but the value of the property that was in- '
the president said that for a town the volved in fire alarms was $53,000,000.
size of Oak Brook it should have 25,000. Village Administrator James l rhausen :..
It was agreed all around that further said this is one of the finest records in
growth of the library would have to be the country.
supported by the village. Donations and —Bids were accepted for four squad
fees are not enough. cars. The low bidder was City Auto
In other business:
—Two Oak Brook residents, L. D. Sales who bid $10,995 for the cars.
Troglia and J. C. Crotty, wanted per- —The people involved in the Bern-
mission to have fences on their property wood lane — Oak Brook Hills road dis-
that were in violation of the zoning pute were ready for battle Tuesday
ordinance. They both were turned down night but action on this matter of the
by the zoning board of appeals when two abutting roads and the barricade
they requested variations that would which once separated them was put off
have allowed them to build the fences. until Trustee Fred Hayes meets with
Tuesday night both requested that both groups in February.
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By JOHN B.BATTISTELLA der the administration of the Oak Pierce Richardson, a director, ex- committee which will meet with ated under present state statute,
Brook Library Association as a plained the financial straights in library association officials in an the minimum tax levy would be
Except for legalities and attempt to work out an agree- 12 cents per$100 of assessed valu-
'private and volunteer entity. which the operation finds itself, ment. ation while the maximum would
details, it appears that the The decision to take over the Bahnsen said that it would cost
Oak Brook village board will financial responsibility, subject to about $8,500 annually to operate ON THE committee will be be 40 cents also per $100 of as-
underwrite the operations of the working out the details,was taken with two full time employees. Trustees Edward K. O'Brien and sessed valuation.
library, which has been function- Tuesday night after Erwin Bahn- Village President Samuel E. G. R. Rossman, James N. Ur- O'BRIEN said that the pattern
ing since its inception in 1961 un- sen, association president, and Dean Jr. has appointed''a board hausen,village administrator, and for organizing libraries general-
John Teschner, village attorney. ly follows convention. First a pri-
The committee is expected to vate one is organized. This is
make recommendations to the followed by the village assuming
village board at the latter's Tues- the financial responsibility and
day, February 9 meeting. finally creation of a district by
Bahnsen posed the question: referendum. O'Brien said the lat-
"How long can a volunteer li- ter may not happen in. Oak Brook
brary last?" He said it is the aim for 10 to 15 years. He said that
of his association to provide li- is what happened in Hinsdale and
brary growth to match that of Clarendon Hills.
the village. He said that accord- Bahnsen indicated that the li-
t ib r ary wins fin an Cl a 1 aid ing to theaIllinois Library brary w r u 1 d ultimately need
ciation and the DuPage County 3,500 square feet of space. O'Brien
Systems, the Oak Brook facility agreed, but noted that for the im-
Oak Brook village board Tuesday agreed • - - --- should have 25,000 books, based mediate future 1,200 would suf-
on a 5,000 population. Bahnsen fice.
to assume responsibility for the Oak Brook noted that there are 4,500 books It is expected that if the village
library.The board approved expenditure of on the shelves and that shelving assumes the responsibility of fi-
$8,500 for a librarian and two attendants. and space is lacking. nancing its operations that a corn-
Erwin Bahnsen, president of Oak Brook With a projected maximum mission will be appointed by the
Library assn.,said that in order to match the population of 12,000 for the vil- village president, with board ap-
growth of the community the library will lage, Bahnsen pointed out that proval, to operate the library at
need a consistent income.Since its founding about 60,000 books will be needed. least until, and if, a library dis-
in May, 1961, the library has been financed He also noted that an annual in- trict is created. In that event a
through memberships,contributions and do- come of between$30,000 and$50,- library board of trustees would
nations.Bahnsen estimated the cost of oper- 000 will ultimately be required. be elected and would function as
ating a library for a population of 5,000 at Bahnsen stated that if ulti- a public entity, complete with tax-
$25,000 a year.Currently,the association has mately a library district is cre- in powers.
a balance of approximately$17,000. •
The library now will become eligible to join
DuPage Library district which provides
expanded services.
Trustees Edward O'Brien and G.R. Ros-
sman were appointed as a committee to work
out details with the library board. The
agreement will be considered at the Feb. 9
board meeting.
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Whether the Oak Brook levy taxes and authorize refer- '
volunteer Iibrary setup is enda in efforts to get approval
to issue bonds.
changed may well depend At the moment, Erwin J.
on the views of the Oak Brook Bahnsen, of the library associ-
Civic Association, possibly at ation, suggested that person-
the organization's meeting of nel be employed at $3.50 per
Thursday, May 6. Acting on hour for a six hour day. He
the recommendation of Trustee suggested that part time em-
ployees be paid $1.50. Earlier
Joseph H. Rush, a question- this year the board discussed
naire will be drafted by providing $8,000 to operate the
James N. Urhausen, village facility for one year.
—manager, in cooperation with
e Oak Brook Library Asso
tiationvffficials for submission
to the civic association.
At the moment there are
three alternatives;. it can re-
main a free library, it can be
operated by the.village board,
or a library district could be OAK BROOK ILL., THURSDAY,created by voter approval inURSDAYMAY 27, 1971
.which case it would become a
zing body just like the vii-
ge board and park commis- iIkes
on. titk �r®® - – ' '-' -' -:
`TRUSTEE Edward K. 0'-
`Brien, who has been associ •
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ated with the library organiza- f
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In for many years, does not ®� 11brary
operation — ,
vri creation ofd a library
q3 trice. At Tuesday's village
!and meeting`he pointed out ::
o n g other things,sore that A freepublic librarywas established by shelves, index cards and catalogues. The
inois has more assorted dis- agreement states that if the village ceases to
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stricts than any other state the Oak Brook village board Tuesday by a g g
in the country and creating an- vote of 6 to 1 with the approval of a transfer of operate the library, assets revert to the
sther would merely add still assets agreement and approval of an ordi- association.
}'other. There are reportedly nance subject to library board approval. Three commissioners were appointed: Er- ,.
ell over 5,000 in the state. win Bahnsen fora three year term, Mrs.
The village will assume library operation
f A bill pending in Springfieldand funding for three years. The sum of Bonnie Carle for a two year term, and
.uld give the village board $9,600 was appropriated for a librarian,two Russell.Fayles for a one year term. The
A thority to appoint a com- assistants and professional consultant. commissioners serve without salary and act
Mission to operate the library., Assets of the library association include in an advisory capacity.They recommend to
die commission would have the board on matters ofoperatingpolicy,jthority to have the board books,magazines, periodicals, furniture, P Y,
budget and other related matters. Bahnsen
presently is president of the library associ-
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ation. Mrs. Carle and Fayles serve on the
board.
DUPAGE COUNTY building code for mul-
ti-family buildings was adopted by the board
Tuesday.The code will govern the construc-
tion of multi-family residence within the
village.
The code was adopted except for the
definition of `condominium", which was
amended to read: "two or more individually
owned and occupied living units in one
building, including but not limited to those
buildings now known as the`villas'."
Presently zoning in Oak Brook does not
permit apartments.
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By JOHN B. BATTISTELLA when the Oak Brook village the association will reach a administrative staff and board asked its attorney,John po-
critical stage. H.e said if the lice department so that the
Creation of a free publicfunds are provided two part entire building would be used
Teschner, to prepare an ordi time employees and apro- library.
l i b r a r y and the namingfor a
nance for board action at a fesgional librarian would be
of t h r e e commissioners future meeting. If the;pro- employed. CONTINUING, 0'B R I E N
r moved a step closer last night posal is sanctioned, operation Trustee J o s e p h Rush felt also said that a reading room
of the facility in the village that the $8,500 figure is un- is mandatory according to
hall should ultimately become realistic in view of salaries state standards, but that space
the primary responsibility of and other operating costs. does not permit developing
the village board. Rush also noted that there is one.
Since its founding in 1961 a lack of activity in the li- Neither the village adminis-
the facility has been operated brary. O'Brien noted that trative staff nor the police de-
by the Oak Brook Library As-
there also is a shortage of partment are about to vacate
sociation, a private and vol- books and p e r s o nn e 1. He the village hall. But this could
ociati group. pointed that there are about occur probably by the middle
unteer3,500 books and that, accord- of decade. A move in this di-
At the January 12 village ing to experts, there should rection was made last night
board meeting, conditional ap- be 25,000 v o 1 u m e s on the when the board finalized pur-
proval was given by the board shelves. c h a s e of about five acres
to assume the operation costs O'Brien noted that the hope north and west of the village
of the library not to exceed of the association,has been hall, bringing its total area to
$8,500. This is subject to ap that eventually the village about 11 acres. The total cost
proval of an agreement be-
tween the village board and hall would be vacated by the is $111,405.
the library association.
WHEN THE matter of pro-
viding $8,500 for operating
came up for discussion last
night, Trustee George B.How- •
ell said that while he is in Library
favor of providing the fundslan
he said he wonders whether
the money will be enough. He � •
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said his opinion is that a corn- 11o v 1n g alon g
plete study should be made
to determine what the people
want insofar as a library is •
concerned. 1n Oak Brook
Trustee Edward K. O'Brien,
the chief spokesman for the Oak Brook village board Tuesday author-
library group, said among ized village attorney John Teschner to draft
other things that by May 1 an ordinance creating a free public library
effective May 1,1971.The ordinance will also
provide for the village board to appoint three
members to a library commission.
An agreement will also be prepared to
transfer assets from the library to the village
for operation of the new system.
The ordinance and agreement will be
reviewed by the library association prior to
its adoption.
On Jan. 12 the village board agreed to
assume responsibility for the Oak Brook
library and approved expenditure of $8,500
for a librarian and two attendants.
Trustees Edward O'Brien and G.R.Ross-
man were appointed to meet with the
library association and Teschner to discuss
the operational change.
The library presently owns 4,500 books in
600 square feet of space.According to Ameri-
can Library association standards it should
have 25,000 books in a 35,000 square foot area
to serve a village of this size.
In establishing a free public library the
district will be eligible to join the West
Suburban Library association.This provides
professional services, as well as specific
books within three days, and discount on
book purchases.
- uture course of Oak Brook
fibra uertioned b bZi
Last month Oak Brook trustees agreed in principle'to sponsor the
,previously private Oak Brook library. Tuesday night they agreed in fact
to sponsor the library contingent upon approval of a contract with the
library association.
<< If the contract is approved It some
future meeting and an ordinance is ap-
,;proved,the village will,in effect,agree to
finance most of the library operations.
For a village that has trouble finding
• places to put all its money the added ex-
pense of the library operations will
• probably not be much of a burden. The
library association has asked the village
to assume operational costs not to exceed
$8,500 per year.
This amount,the association members
• have said, will provide funds for hiring
two part-time, semi-professional at-
- tendants and a part-time, professional
librarian to supervise the operation.
The main bone of contention seems to be
where the library is going and how much it
_° 'will cost the village in the future.
Both trustees George Howell and Joseph
Rush expressed this sentiment—will such
meager support of the library make the
facility appealing enough to interest Oak
Brook residents? (It is commonly
acknowledged at this time that the library Traffic
gets very little business.) Trustee Rush Speed York gh t
said, "Do you think residents will come if
they have such good facilities such as
Hinsdale so close at hand?" Engineering plans for traffic lights at village manager,appointed Mrs. Robert N.
Trustee Edward O'Brien, who is a Windsor Drive and York Road, Oak Brook, Frittter,783 Chatham,Elmhurst, as the vil-
member of the library association, states are to be completed by mid-November so lage's first full-time librarian. The appoint-
that the library is merely in a state of that the village can apply for a permit ment was made upon recommendation of
natural growth. He said that most from Du Page County. the Oak Brook Library Commission.
libraries begin as small,private facilities. The village board-called for completion Mrs.Fritter will work 30 hours a week at
When they go as far as they can as private of the plans at a meeting last week. $4 an hour. She has a bachelor's degree
facilities they then must be sponsored by from George Williams College, Downers
The question of installing traffic signals Grove, and is working towards a master's
government. Further growth takes place
and eventually the library is too big for the grew out of an incident when 11-year-old degree in library science at Rosary Col
governmental body to handle and it John Vock of Oak Brook was killed when a lege,River Forest.
becomes a separate taxingdistrict. car struck his bicycle in the intersection.
p The village board voted in May to create
O'Brien said that this was the course of the In another matter, James N. Urhausen,
an Oak Brook Free Public Library.
Hinsdale library.
In further support of having the village 4
'sponsor the library,O'Brien said that such
,sponsorship would, in effect, make the
library public and thus qualify it for
membership in organizations such as the
`West Suburban Library association.
=Membership in these organizations makes
It possible to get books on request, audio-
isual aids, resource materials and other
benefits.
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►— gas pains were all matters of};
'"8 x p' e, S a (RI D r A. liscussion at the Oak Brook village board meeting Tuesday night.
oS ?Y E.
o co CD 5'g c In regard to growing pains, the board tersecting arms of the Tri-State and East
su Osil—-• O 0 ..-,,
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�; o m •_ ,, c g ° was presented with a status report on the West tollways. It would provide for five
�. 'd as . o o S o al proposed development of a $200 million office buildings,two hotels,a hospital and
8 ti �, o'city just outside the village's boundaries. six apartment buildings.The release said
In January of this year a release was sent the facility would accommodate 10,000
�„ ,, • o w AI A "4'out by the industrial and commercial cars and up to 10,000 employees.
g a; < o C G a 0.2 �.- g; 'realty firm of John L. Huntington and Many residents in the Woodside Estates
v go c y - company. area in the north end of the village have
., a o o .,o a M �, a o ►s The release described the proposed$200 expressed concern about the proposal.
" 0 m (2 coo c m C c million city.It would be located on what is Tuesday night Village Manager James
w ! E. E-•a a� a• now called the Clayton property,a 90-acre Urhausen said the village was keeping
D8-5,,,,,,..... .---.2 .2 ,,, W000` piece_.f land nestl,d amongst the in- close eye on the situation and he said that
D 0-'ti •8... . $ 5 d. * as of this time the developers•had not
5, �' F CCD m:; ;7'ICI Q4 27 o , made a rezoning request to the county.
o m a a m o which they must do before the develop-
,.
c c m a ►°s • ment could get underway.
y c ^a4 a r ack within the village boundaries the
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rowm pains and future of the Oak Brook
o�•�iDw � MoCD ••� ►�
growing
library were once against discussed.
Q �' o +> Presently the library is a small, private,
0 0 g 21.8 C .. a 0 0 CD a'S �� volunteer operation which takes up one
•,1 a 2,m '•2 g a �' �" room in the village hall. It was proposed
v4 `3 two months ago by members of the library
board that the village take over the
c ;,-,,,-6.m c operation of the 4,500 volume facility.
a a°, g y g m c°' C,, 5,..-.
�, Trustee Edward O'Brien, who is also a
a o v •( C g �C C Ce y library board member,is one of the main
, 0 a gat,'0 aact g a R cm wcr, ; proponents of the village taking over the
�, �, o 0 0 a CD operation. He has explained that the
1
r00 •-• 0 "." n� c CD CD library has gone as far as it can as a
-0,.R CD ^'CD c , a;co C. private facility and that the natural course
=c " R o " " cm o 0 CD �; of events would indicate that it is now time
c c ° ' o a for the village to take over. He said that
g' g `D o this is the natural evolution of a library.
o g 0 < c o oID a g Q. Y, g to They usually start, he said, as a private
a o >c� facility, then are taken over by a
"--- g o(1Q- °: g°.,° o YC:l municipality then eventually become
c x-w m �' r° d `�• district libraries with their own taxing
� um o �o •` Kd ��m•
oa:o a or' _ o C. power.
Y w,. �;R o o `, It looked as though the village would
a r �,x'•, • ID a g�g a a a C> In a continuin probably take over the library operation.
g cebo with �e ` The budget was estimated to be$9,000 per
y c o vironment, the village board discusses • year but there is another fly in the oint-
A, B ~,.0 o 0 v c g rs,•�, `. possible problems with home installed gas ment now.
a,�o ;D a =• ro o o p: •.incinerators. Building inspector Frank It was brought out Tuesday night that
2, < C ra o `n'�ea cD - n F C. - Pierson said that Northern Illinois Gas
there is a bill pending in the Illinois
a �• a o m 0' fi w fl, ,,_ may be starting a sales campaign to sell legislature which might change the whole
R n R 3%' T N gas incinerators for burning garbage, picture ifpassed.If the village did operate
a - o Y c � o E ` C.T x These types of incinerators normally emit g p
ti 0 0 a C 11) o C w o r• very little smoke or odor. It was decided the library they would have to appoint a
Q g a 0 -3 w u, A; as # that the village administration should library board. This board would normally
o a'� - o o `' studythehave only the taxing authority granted to
w ❑ CD CD a a �, matter to see what its effects on
- II.0 4-g 1=3'C C. .D in g the village might be before any action is it by the village board.But it appears that
w v 0 5 �- g z, C ti 0 A < taken. if this bill passes, library boards would
., v cD ti
CI)
Z �. M CD w c o have the power to force their related
4. village boards
sgo to referendum inr ocr
° ' aW n A'`� '< order to rasefund
-. gaoQ0 m At this point the bill is being studied byn ,o ° a o ap a'q 'C " R2 Qqoo
,24 the village attorney in order to determine
N--rt- o� �gg� ti in'A�
its full ramifications.it
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Eiet THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 1971
` Since 1895
Cnnvrirht Citizen Pnhliahins rnrnnratinn. 1971. &iI r1
141911
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ak Brook .- '
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brary opens
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The Oak Brook library, "now
i'nder the jurisdiction of the
illage, has its first .full-time
i rofessional librarian and will
i e open for business 10 a.m. to 4
'I.m. Monday through Saturday
:nd 7 to 9 p.m. on Monday and
hursday evenings.
Mrs.Robert(Joanne)Fritter,who will
1• getting her master of arts degree-kV
'braxy science next year, invites all
esidents to stop in far a chat, a cup of
offee or to just browse.She has retained
rs: William (Agnes) Forrest and Miss
Kim Murphy to help her in the library.
The library is located in the village
hail on the corner of 31st street and t
Spring road.
Oak Brook fall horse show this week end
The Oak Brook Community Fall Horse show will be presented trophies; Frank Parrin, promotion;
starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, October 2 and 3, at the Robert Listecki, stabling; with the Oak
Oak Brook show grounds,31st street just east of Salt creek. Brook Little league manning the food
concession and the Oak Brook Civic
The all-around horse show has The horse show is organized by the association in charge of admittance.
scheduled 78 classes over two days and Oak Brook Athletic association with the
virtually every type of horse has been proceeds from this year's show to be
entered. Classes include those for five
gaited saddle horses,three gaited saddle
given to the Oak Brook library to expand General admission tickets are
its reference materials and its selection available at the Oak Brook Sports core
horses, morgans, Tennessee walking of contemporary fiction and non-fiction office,the Oak Brook pharmacy,and the
horses,fine harness horses,three-gaited best sellers. Thomas H. Wason and Oak Brook bank in the shopping center;
ponies, hunters, jumpers, plus pair George Congreve areco-chairmen and at the Oak Brook,Glenview, Barrington,
classes, family classes, and equitation organizers of the horse show. Park Ridge and Merchandise Mart of-
from beginners to aspirants for national fices of Bon Voyage Travel agency and
recognition as horsemen. Other show officials and organizations will be available at the entrance of the
The event will be judged by Edward C. participating in the show are: Mrs. %how grounds on Saturday and Sunday.
Barham, Westfield, Indiana, and Otis Parul Weber, show secretary; Louis A. A-limited number of box seats will be
Brown, Sr., Saint Louis, Missouri. Gravelle, treasurer; Paul Weber, available at the show grounds.
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her `anew" books, is Mrs.
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Joanne I,. Fritter, of Elm- � ' w
hurst, who was employed z 4.
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as the first village librar- 41� s
tan by the Oak Brook vit. it 6.� F x i
lage board. Until she as. �a �n ig t ' ' .,7M F >u 6'
sumed her duties the 10 k. �m r � °
xis w . --fin 51 ___.
. year old facility had been �� s ' ��
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With the appointment of an advisor and "friend" to the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
Mrs. Joanne L. Fritter, of commissioners. through Saturday and from 7
Mrs. Fritter a t t e n d e d to'9 p.m. Mondays and Thurs-
Elmhurst, as Oak Brook's Bridgewater College in Vir• days.
first full time librarian,a new ginia, and graduated with a SHE. HAS employed Mrs.
.era starts. She was appointed bachelor of arts degree from Agnes Forrest and Kim Mur-
by village manager, James N. George Williams College in
Urhausen, on the recommenda 1970. She expects to complete phy as part time clerks so
requirements for a master of that the library can remain
tion of the infant Oak Brook arts degree in library science open as mentioned above.
library commission. from Rosary College in De- A book drop is being in-
The appointment culminated cember 1972. stalled on. the inside of the
nine months of negotiations be- One of the first things Mrs, library door in the village hall
Fritter did on assuming the for returning books during off
tween village officials and post, was to place the facility hours. The number of the new
' representatives of the Oak on a full time basis, meaning telephone at the library is
Brook Library Association. that the library is open from 323-9113.
The association is the 10 year
old not-for-profit organization
that founded the library and
staffed it with volunteers.
THE ASSOCIATION entered
into an agreement with the
village which resulted in trans-
ferring the library's assets to
the municipality. At the same
time the village board created
a public library and named
Erwin Bahnsen, Mrs. Bonnie
Carl and Russell Fayles the
village's first library commis-
sioners. The association will
continue to exist and act as