Suburbanite Economist (Newspaper) - March 27, 1955, Chicago, Illinois V A Penny for Your Thoughts SOUTH SUBURBAN EDITION Each person given new penny for her questions were asked at various loca- tions The question asked WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE TO BE Dave Redden 820 W st ruck driver for No 1 think that 100 is just too old If I lived to be t h a t age I'm i afraid that would have to depend on some one else to take care of me and that is a strain to put on other people Maybe my social securi would run out if I'd keep the government paying for that long too Don Gregory 8742 S Peoria st No because when a person gets to be about 69 years old it seems like they have already reached a ripe old age When someone is 100 then it seems that he is too old to do anything or go anywhere One hundred is lUSt tOO Old I GREGORY don't believe that I would want live to be that old Mrs George 10325 S Spaulding ave like to live that long I think w o u 1 d because i it's such a busy rushing life now iand we have so I many activities to 1 fulfill in a I lifetime I believe that it would be enjoyable just to SKIMMER be able to have time to relax and look back on life and the things that we have done William Sagert 7622 S bell ave Yes it would be nice to live that long I'd really bke to keep on going for quite a while longer When I finally reached 100 I think that I'd be willing to die as long as I could go while I was trying out the latest steps at a dance hall There's no use going while you're stiH young Ann 9256 S Francisco Evergreen Park seventh grade pupil at St Bernadette's Yes I I'd love to live to be 100 I don't I know except that I wouldn't 1 want to die early in life It would nice to see the I changes that in my life- time I'm 13 now -nd a lot has already happened n my lifetime and probably things will change a lot more before I'm 16 It's all very ex- i it i tig Today's Puzzler It will take a bit of figuring to answer this perhaps Why is twice ten like twice An- swer is elsewhere in this column Big Time Drama J M R Theatrical tions are at it This is a group of younger ing in the W 70th st and S cott ave neighborhood who write their own plays make their own settings do their own acting un- der direction of Ronald Catinella 7016 S Wolcott ave and put on plays in the basement of his home Janet Lee Catinella and Douglas HofTmeister also are tured Downtown drama critics haven't reviewed any of the J M R plays yet but they should see the publicity For are planning to stage a three-act science fiction play en- titled Planet X Action takes place aboard a rocket ship which attacked by a Then an asteroid hits the ship and there's an explosion There's real Loop buildup for And if there are any doubts ing about the ranking due these young press agents read Be sure to stop at our place and get your tickets They are free Friendly A woman tele- phoned Mr Friendly to inform the jolly man she has a yardful of old lumber from her attic which would make fine kindling wood Persons in in obtaining the bor may contact Mr Friendly Economist S Western to the twice ten ii twenty eleven if twenty-two twenty 195 fcr VOLUME 18 tt 721 W Si CHICAGO SUNDAY MARCH 27 14 Tatty News OF YOUR NEIGHBORS Oak Park Mt Morgan Park Worth Pales Columbus Manor Hometown Chicago Ridge o o o Midlothian PLAN MILLION HOMES Hint More Streets And Alleys Sold Trust 8285 Now Owns Thoroughfares Between Sacramento And ern Along Columbus By James Clarkson Economist Staff Writer See Map on Next Page Disclosure that another batch of streets and alleys was sold to a unidentified group of purchasers caused spread speculation in the 18th Arard and elsewhere as to who s grabbing these public lands and for what reason It now is known that the ret group obtained all the streets and alleys between Sacramento and Western aves and from lumbus ave st to the Belt me railroad in what amounts to an undercover deal Even those who favored the sale of ave on the ground truck and other traffic would be barred from using the opened sections of that ion line thoroughfare were startled to learn the streets and alleys between Sacramento and California aves and from_ st Columbus to railroad had been sold earlier to the secret purchasers They also learned why fornia e was sold It was needed by the syndicate to con- solidate its two holdings of ally three-quarters of a mile of and properly The purchaser of the streets and alleys is known only as Trust 8285 The Chicago Western Indiana railroad also known as the Belt Line railroad s a But who is or aie Trust 8285 s not revealed by records of the city council or of the county re- corder Rumors that a politician or politicians own part of the trust and that they lave or will benefit from the sale of the streets and alleys Efforts to prove or disprove hese rumors were fruitless be- cause there is no means at law o obtain the name or names of he owners of the trust The city building department recently discovered that fact when it sought to learn the of the owners of a er of slum apartment buildings t was condemning as being un- safe and unfit for human ion The buildings were listed n official records as being owned by a trust held by a bank or banks Frank J McGrath realtor 1310 W st candidate for alderman of the 18th ward said ast The public was not consulted about the sale of these streets alleys And the public even now is not being told who got he streets and alleys In my opinion this is con- rary to the way the public's Business should be handled After the sale of the streets and alleys between California and Western ave became ic we were told Swift Co were contemplating erecting an office building on that half mile stretch of property In itself that would be a tremendous building f all the land were used for the purpose what about the latest dis- closure that the streets and cys between Sacramento and California aves also had been sold secretly Whose name or what means were used put that deal I can understand the interest of the Belt Line railroad It uses its right-of-way as a age yard for frieght trains If the streets were cut through it no longer could park trains Mr McGrath recalled that property owners are being told a very costly viaduct would have to be built across the tracks to make possible opening of California ave He Sheer nonsense and sheer misrepresentation Under the law the Belt Line can be com- to elevate It would have to io do Now that the are closed forever if will not to Continued en Page 2 Faithful To Observe Holy Day Today Catholics and Episcopalians in will join with bers of their denominations throughout the world in com- Passion Sunday day The day is an introduction to the solemn days in Holy Week which mark the sufferings and death on the cross of Jesus Christ The rest of the week called Passion Week by those churches leads up to the observance of Palm Sunday which will be ob- served on April 3 this year and to the activities of Holy Week and the celebration of Christ's Resurrection on Easter Sunday Passiontide which begins with the fifth Sunday in Lent is the time which church liturgy sets aside to deal with the decision of Christ to travel to Jerusalem although He knew that such a trip would mean his death Regular Mass and ion services are held at the churches on Passion Sunday but an even more serious tone pre- vails than in the previous days of Lent A Gospel and Epistle in ing with the theme of the day will be read at the morning services Statues and art work in churches is traditionally draped with purple cloth on sion Sunday re-emphasize the need for prayer penance and sacrifice in the time especially dedicated to the memory of Christ's death on Calvary for the salvation of mankind In churches of other denominations while they do not observe Passion Sunday as do Catholics and lians are continuing with their special Lenten devotions in aration tor the major services which they hold on Palm day Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday and Easter days of great importance to Christians Industry And Food Exhibit To Be Held first Industry and Food Exhibition will open on Thursday April 21 It will be held at the Planet Roller Rink 7536 S Racine ave Many exhibitors already are making final plans for their in this big others are moving swiftly toward this end The Industry and Food Ex- is sponsored by the Economist as one of the highlights of its an- program Purpose of the exhibition is to acquaint Economist readers with the tremendous development of industry in the Southside area during the past 50 years These manufacturers have been vitally important to our progress Many of them are local industrialists some pioneer Many exciting events are planned for visitors to the show In addition to the wide variety of interesting exhibits by there be prizes and all the holiday excitement that makes such an event fun as well as educational Miss Golden Jubilee winner of the Economist's hunt for the most popular girl or woman in town now in full swing will be presented with her prize tials for an trip to Florida for two The eight ners up also will receive their savings bond prizes at this time Scheduled to open Thursday April 21 the show will close Sunday night April 24 The ex- will be open daily through these four days from 2 in the afternoon until 10 in the evening SCIENCE FAIR Parker Elementary school 6800 S Stewart ave will the scene of an Science Fair from 9 to 3 p.m Wednesday in the school gymnasium John F Etten science teacher said more than 200 of from flw eighth bt featured Step Up Hunt For More and more candidates are being nominated and the voting grows greater as the Economist's hunt for Miss Golden Jubilee steps up its pace Ballots are being cast in boxes placed in stores throughout the area Above Ronald Mankey 6922 S Green st St Rita High school student casts his vote as Sharon Quinlan 8812 S Troy st and Mary Owens 9443 S Justine st look on Sharon and Mary both attend met High They at Stores Inc store on W ist near Among the many pretty and talented young women who have been nominated for the Miss Golden Jubilee title is Miss Helen Varsky 8109 S Morgan st She works in the record department at S S Kresge Co W st and S Halsted st Another candidate is smiling and pert De- lores Rogers a suburban contender Miss Rogers who lives at 7721 Massasoit Oak Lawn is an elevator operator at Englewood store Many of the shopping area's attractive are candidates By Jo Huddleston Economist Staff Writer Miss Golden Who is she? Where does she What does she do Is she blonde brunette or red Home girl or career girl? Only Miss Golden Jubilee of the Economist's popularity contest can answer these questions come April when all the votes have been cast and counted Some one girl or woman ing this newspaper right now may even be the No one knows can give a good guess who the winner will be Thousands of votes are pouring into ballot boxes located in local stores throughout the South Side No one can be said to be ing so there's still time to vote for your choice Besides the honor of being selected Miss Golden Jubilee one of the highlights of anniversary events the winner will receive an expense trip to Florida for two Runners-up will receive prizes a savings bond for second a savings bond for third and five bonds for the next five highest Rules are easy Official entry of your choice must be by vote The vote must be cast in one the official ballot boxes These are stationed throughout the whole area in stores everywhere Blue and white streamers are posted in the stores where the boxes are located These posters read like Vote for Miss Golden Jubilee Get your ballots These are the rules that should govern your T The gin or woman mimt be 17 yearn of age or She must unmarried She mutt er in I TIM will mined by vote only No other way counts Votes must be cast on the blue and white ballot cards too All over Englewood local merchants participating in the contest have huge official ballot boxes and official ballot cards You don't have to buy thing to vote It says this on your ballot card Just go into any shop or store displaying the blue and white Miss Golden Jubilee streamer and ask them where the ballot box is Most of the stores have a generous supply of the cards on top of the ballot box If you do not see them or want more ask the nearest salesperson for more of the Miss Golden Jubilee cards to vote on These cards are blue and white and on the front there are two spaces for you write the name and address of your choice There also is s list of the prizes On the back of the card contest rules are printed The contest is open to all for any girl or woman 17 or over who is unmarried and lives or works in may be voted for Employes of the Economist or their families are not eligible to enter the contest although they vote The contest which opened on Monday March 14 closes day April 2 The will be announced officially in the Wednesday issue of the town Economist April 10 Only more voting days left Remember that the girl or woman you select will represent you and miit Miss Golden Jubilee Think of all lovely people you know a credit to then get out and vote for her Get your friends to vote too others to dis- cuss your for her vote for Make your choice Miss Golden Jubilee Two Get 199 Years To Life Ernest Davenport and Wesley Fields were sentenced to 199 years to life in prison in nal court Friday for the robbery of the Pascoe grocery 215 W st on January 28 The dict of guilty was returned by the Jury on the first vote and the sentence was passed by Judge Thaddeus Adesko The two gunmen will be in- eligible for parole until one third of their term has been served by which time they will be old Monday they will go on trial for assault in the same robbery Davenport and Fields robbed mistreated and shot Mrs Mary Pascoe 26 of 6952 S Princeton ave three times in her store and also beat and mistreated Denise Paradis 14 of 209 W St a clerk in the store Mrs Pascoe lost the child she was bearing as a result GI On Way Home Injured In Crash Donald F Nelson 19 of 8627 S Wallace St was injured cally Friday night when the car in which he was riding with five other soldiers enroute home from Fort Ga skidded into a trailer truck in a storm on U.S near Fort Ind Three of killed The two If I hospital in Fort Wayne Business Is Increasing Says Bank Sheila Economist Staff Writer Business activity in town and other parts of Chicago las made impressive gains over last year the Federal Reserve Sank of Chicago has reported In its monthly review ness the federal bank said a new high in con- sumer demand may be reached The optimistic forecast was based on increased department store sales passenger car out- put steel production electric power sales and construction which is particularly heavy and adjacent sub- urbs At the same time most prices of finished goods are remaining stable The reserve bank calculated hat retail sales in January were 10 per cent above the low level of last year This followed upon the heels of impressive gains chalked up in December and may signal a movement of consumer demand to new high the report said evidence business strength cited was a upward movement in the lime of checKs written on de- mand deposits in Midwest cities The most spectacular tion development of recent months the passenger cars assembled in January was more than a year earlier In February a record units were turned out per week Reported production schedules for the period call for more than 2.1 million cars so that by early May the industry will have passed the halfway point toward reaching a goal of six million for the year the bank review said Stimulated by car production and other buying steel output s expected to reach 100 million tons this year up 13 per cent from 1954 Gains in electric power sales in the Chicago area have been about 7 per cent over 1954 Sale's nationally exceed 12 per cent The construction industry is on what shows every of being another ord the federal bank said activity wa s 13 per cent greater in January than in the previous year and contract awards gained 30 per cent Although prices of certain raw materials have been boosted competition continues to make most producers cautious of in- creasing finished goods prices even in cases where costs have risen it was reported In spite of increased output unemployment reached an estimated in uary compared with last year The bank said continued good business would melt the jobless total noticeably in Spring To Be Included In Program Most Of Residences Will Be Built In Suburbs And west Side By Dolores Smith Economist Staff Writer Approximately worth of private construction is underway or planned for town and nearby suburbs this Spring Included is the building of approximately homes Nearly the in- vestment is represented by large scale home projects which are sweeping the Southwest fringe of the city and the adjacent sub- urbs with projects involving small numbers of units ing for the remainder First of new homes on a tract East of the dale housing development will get under way next month ing to MEP Building corporation The site is bounded by st Kenneth ave st and ki rd Purchase of it by Standard State bank as trustee for 000 ing contractor was disclosed last J 1 i State St To Be Paved From 95th to Widening and resurfacing of S State st from W 95th St to st is scheduled for this Summer at an estimated cost of The street will be widened to a width of 42 feet The State street project is one of several street improvements scheduled for this Summer by the city at an estimated cost of The section of State street between W st and st was resurfaced with asphalt last year Motor fuel tax funds will be used to finance the paving of South Side streets Longer Daylight Plan In Council Committee His proposal that daylight saving time in Chicago be ex- tended one month longer each year been referred to the committee on judiciary and state legislation Alderman David T ward reported The proposal probably will toe over to the first meeting the new ctty council April It kt MM Talman Federal Savings and Loan association announced that it will finance construction of the homes through of in- dividual loans The homes which will cost from to will be one story and one and one-half stories They will be constructed of brick with two or three rooms full basement tile bath metal kitchen cabinets and fide driveway Curved paved streets curbs sidewalks and storm ers are also planned by the builder The development is expected to be completed in 18 months Heading the MEP Building cor- is Michael chairman and er and Edward Feeley president Ralph J Finitzo president of Finitzo Brothers Realtors and Builders 5444 S Archer ave announced that his firm plans to build 200 homes during 1955 Sixty are already under con- struction on the site bounded by W and W sts cero and Laramie aves Finitzo said he expects the last of the 200 to be underway by ber The project which represents an investment of more than is adjacent to an area where Finitzo Brothers built 800 homes most of them since 1950 The new homes will range in price from to Ninety-five per cent of them will have three bedrooms All will be of brick one story high have full basements large ens three coats of plaster on ceilings and walls and perimeter heating Forty-eight new one story brick ranch type homes are planned in Oak Lawn by Leahy and Nagle Home Building com- pany 8359 S Paulina st Announcement was made by John T Nagle and Thomas A Leahy Jr who recently joined together in a partnership was president of the John T Nagle Home Building company and Leahy headed the Leahy Construction Co The firm now has 12 of the homes under construction at pi and ave in the village The entire project is expected to be completed by the Fall Financing is being arranged through Drexel Savings and Loan association 1937 E st The homes will range in price from to All of the homes will have three bedrooms kitchen living room dining room tile bath with a vanity and a utility room Lot sizes are 50 feet by U2 and are to be fully improved with streets curbs sewer and water and public sidewalks and walks In Oak Lawn John J wf in the locale and S Cicero are The will be Continued OB
