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Thanksgiving social notes and community updates in Chicago
A collection of social happenings from Chicago includes the Parkway Ballroom Phi Beta Sigma event with guests such as EPHRAM PERSON and CLIFFORD WATKINS, a J.Bernard Bradshaw Thanksgiving party at Woodlawn, and a Magic Pan holiday invite. The report notes Mrs J B and Mr J B’s attire, plus various local figures and organizations. Also celebrated are a new baby at Raspberrys, Mrs. Lucile Matthews’ election to a state trusteeship, and LAPLOSS ASHFORD joining Union National Bank’s board.
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Parkway
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
S, Inc
Garden of Eden
Ephram
Clifford Watkins
Odie Williams
John Hughes
Theodore Charles Stone
Artie Miller
Mona Jeff
Fredic Moore
George W. Lawrence
Joseph Knowles
The
Sigmas
J. Bernard Bradshaws
Woodlawn
Jack Childs
Hamon Passmore
Louis Goens
Melvin Maclin
Louis Robinson
Charles Chew
J.B
Blum
Vogue
Blums Vogue
SCLS
Operation
Breadfast
Martin Luther King Jr
South Shore
Lucile Ish Matthews
Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society
Matthews
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
University of Chicago
SSA
Loyola University School of Social Work
Hyde Park Kenwood
Woman's Board
March of Dimes National Foundation
Chicago Urban League
Laploss Ashford
Union National Bank of Chicago