Economist (Newspaper) - June 26, 1960, Chicago, Illinois Civic Pickets Loop Realtors A Penny for Your Thoughts Each person is given a penny for his or her thoughts Today's Interviews were conducted in locations The question asked KIND A TION WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THIS Charlotte my would be in Florida I have been i there j many I like it where it's warm in Florida I would like to there I would enjoy ing in any place where its warm That would be a BALDWIN fine place for a Mrs John G quette like to go to Cliff House in Lyndon Wis It's a private resort near the Dells I like it because it's quiet I like to I like the peacefulness of such a place where my band and I can MRS JOHN get away from G the Mrs F Evergreen husband I have already made plans just to go to a cottage this mer In a I like a cottage vacation better than but Us harder having to cook i and clean I like to i u s t relax which we will be able to do at a lake cottage We're going in Mrs Mary South Shore I haven't had a in 17 but if I did have one I would want to go to New York lor the night plays and I would DETAILS COLS 7 AND PAGE 1 Community ot Inc Inc AD EDITION VOLUME 46 at 723 W St Ttl 7.1400 JUNE 1960 24 MRS r HUIZINGA be particularly inter- ested in know it's far but I'd like to go to Israel I am Jewish and I would take pride in seeing i the land ot niy people and the progress made there I'd like to s e e collective farms I've heard that Tel Aviv is of the most modern cities m tile Walter R Healy Dies Retired police Capt Walter F Healy died in his home Friday I the age of 69 Capt who lived at S Morgan was on the force from 1915 to during which time he the Hyde Chicago and Englewood districts and received nine creditable tions Me was one of seven policemen dismissed from the force in 1944 charged with failure to suppress but was later by the Supreme Court During World War he served in the He is by and a Mrs June a Requiem Mass will be offered Monday at a in St Leo 7747 S Emerald ave will be in Holy Sepulchre cemetery Red Cross Names Barnett Chaiken The Red Cross recently pointed Barnett 1082 W as first tive of both the Auburn Park and Highland areas who is a certified first aid is to be contacted in this area by any group to secure this free instruction He can be reached by tele- phone at AB or through the Red Crow first aid 3 Youth Gangs Beat 3 Hospitalized Give Marian Medals To Girls Scouts are shown following a ceremony in St Barnabas church in which the girls each received Marian the highest honor a Catholic Girl Scout can achieve Twelve girls were presented the awards Twelve members of Girl Scout troops 1351 and 1610 were re- cently presented the Marian highest honor a Catholic Girl Scout can in a mony m St Barnabas 10134 S Longwood dr The Rev James L Pommier made the presentations The Rev Norbert E O'Connell is pastor of the church The girls who received the award are shown in the graph Left to they front Marianne Mary Isabel Michel e and Beth rear Anne Nancy Mary Carol Sue Peggy Marga Musich and Betty Foley Also receiving an award but not in the photograph was Mary Anne Pelton Mary Button and Betty Foley are members of troop 1351 The other girls are members of troop 1610 Mrs Paul 9920 S Hoyne assistant leader of troop conducted the course of study necessary for the awards Mrs Robert M 9637 Wood is leader of troop 1610 Fete Sergeant On Retirement Sgf Joseph O'Malley serves a of his party cake Io Mrs Adelaide during the event held in life honor in police by school crossing guards He is in charge of guards and has been in Gresham district 17 Police Sgl Joseph inih who will re- lire July was given a farewell parly June 16 m Gresham police 819 W by school crossing guards Sgt is head of tfic crossing guards and a veteran of 38 years service on police 17 in Wic Gresham district He was presented an razor by the women The above him presenting first piece cake to Mrs aide 8855 May guard at and Aberdeen and delegate of Mth of guards the and wish him luck W 95th St Businessmen Plan Betterment Program businessmen on W 95th st from S Ashland ave to S ern ave have been invited to a dinner meeting June 29 Io a program for a better unified program for the merchants of W 95th st of Furs meeting wiH be held at p.m sn the Woods 11532 S ern ave chairman of thf said a active program will be developed to consider and take action on such problems as the possible loss of cily ing lot at W st and S Pleasant ave and the depression ol W st Sherman Swanson of For Men Shop wiJl a new motional campaign under- taken by businessmen Among speakers will be Harry past president of the Business Men's sociation ill speak on A Juveniles Held For Assaults Eleven juveniles were by police Friday as three ate assaults were reported by teen-age gangs involving bound in the South side Police said the attacks ably were due to engendered by last day from school freedom from restraint Three victims were and three others were re- ported Acting Lt John Wright of the Gresham police district said he thought the beatings were lated and not part o a Aber deen and Gerald S Stewart bofe 10 and sophomores at Calumet Higl were victims of the firs assault They told police they wer attacked at st and S Parnell when a gang o about seven young men de manded their money When Duggan and Comstock told them they had none they were beaten unconscious and robbed of records they wen carrying The boys were taken St George hospital for of cuts and bruises Three all students o Westcott Vocational High school were pushed and mauled m the second attack at an eastbound bus stop at W st and Normal ave The girls were Elaine 5650 S- Aberdeen Lydia 5600 S Winchester and Joan Van 7022 S Morgan st All of the girls are 15 years old Police said a gang made up of girls led by a boy were in- in the attack They were seized by a police squad car and taken to the Gresham tion and later turned over to the police youth bureau tor Police said the gang took from Miss Stone and a portable radio from Miss The third assault occurred on a CTA bas on W sL near S Morgan st Police said five scat Kurt of 8617 S- University in the rear of the bus The five fled when the driver went to help a student at Calumet Sigh suffered a broken nose and bruises and was taken to St George Hospital for treat Groups Rally To Assist Ailing Mother Members of the Altar and Rosary and Name iety of St Thomas More 2606 W apt week to aid a nother of seriously ill in Je Company of Mary Evergreen presidents Mrs Louis J 8139 S Talman ave and Jack 2813 W 85 announced a blood donor for Mrs Laverne cin 8739 S Whipple zed for extreme bleeding and a blood condition since May Mrs Przybycin wail need al east 35 pints ol blood to replace for treatment of he similar and for iwo operations June 32 and 19 Overcomes Odds To Get Polio victim Sue Ann Strasser is shown in her wheel chair accepting her Morgan Park fligh School diploma from Laura assistant and Wallace second from left Her Mr and Mrs Thomas are shown watching the presentation Sue Ann of 1054 S Harding a polio who attended classes by tele received her diploma hi a wheel chair at the Morgan Park High school commencement Thursday evening of this week She was on the platform with her fellow wearing a cap and gown Present were her proud Mr and Mrs Thomas and her four sisters Mary Joan and 6 Sue Ann was stricken with polio in the second week of her freshman year m Mother of Sorrow High school A year later she began her studies at Morgan Park High school over a private telephone line from her bedroom to the school Her parents engaged a bedside teacher to amplify the classroom instruction by tele- phone As a result Sue Ann will graduate with grades in the upper half of her class Mrs Strasser said that Sue Ann will enter a hospital July 12 or surgery in the hope that she will be able to get rid of the back brace she has worn for a Sue Ann's father is a sheet metal worker Family Fun On The Lakes With summer now in full bloom people arc ning good wild their They know that skin diving other water sports hive been real family treat who don't already own are watching the Economic for who do own their own read to find good deals on boating So if you have or water you want to make to Mil ii through a family Jort tail one of our friendly nut thai She will help yon write an ad thai will equipment for and the of enjoy dealing with yon die wav to do H HUdson U P.M Tin 4 P.M Civic Unit Moves Pickets To Loop By Harold Cross Economist Staff Writer An hour-long demonstration was staged in the Loop by men and women members o the integrated Lake Area Improvement Association against real estate concern which they said own and man age residential build that are in need of repair Bearing banners with tions such as Real tate Board Wake and Is the Building Depart the Lake protest delegation formed a mov picket line and marched in a big circle on the broad walk in front of the building a 100 N La Salle st in which the real estate firms that provoked their ire have offices There were no incidents who moved in both directions through the picke ines were given handbills which explained what the ion was Police watched from a parked squad car There was no interruption of vehicle traffic in the street Heading ersby learned that pickets the practices of he Crane and the Tom Richard S mal president of the Lakes Area ment and leader of slated the protest was also directed against Gerald H Crane Crane is a real estate attorney whose suite on the 20th Door of building at 100 N is also occupied by tne Crane Realty Co Co He s and the Tom Realty he is nol the owner but Uie legal ol these firms Bukacek giving tfic owners two weeks in which to correct fire and housing lations al 7719 and 7729 S ing a committee of 15 neighbors went through the buildings and found the same shim conditions that existed for the last Bukacek absentee owners manage over 100 buildings on the west side We are not going to stand by and allow our fine community io be con- verted by absentee owners into slum properties These real tate firms do not seem to under- stand polite talk or the feelings cf hundreds of If our picketing today does not get results we will picket the owners at their addresses and we will help the residents of the run down buildings to de- safe and sanitary Among the pickets in Friday's demonstration were the ing neighbors of the tenants of the two run down S Fielding William 8040 S formal Mrs John Mrs J P McAuliffe 7711 S Eggleston Mrs Luella Jane 7626 S Normal ave Also Mrs William Mrs Evelyn 421 Randolph 7621 S mal Mrs Annie 7621 S Normal John 7659 S Normal Denson 7644 S mal Leo 7619 S William 7648 S Normal and James on Local Lawyer Wins State Post Peter 7321 S was a arge of the Board of Governors of the Illinois Bar Association at he annual convention ot the association in Waukegan last week Fitepatrick a practicing at- is a delegate of St Leo's church in the Organization for he Southwest Community CONDEMN The city council at a recent meeting passed sn ordinance the building at Yale to be unsafe and public nuisance The city department was in- to demolish the
