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SOUTH END REPORTERPage 3, Sec 1, April 2, 1952TheSpectator(Continued from Page 1)#* the stage The dogs attention wu distracted by Floyd's teddy bear, however and for a time it seemed as if the dog would balk on his actFto^d writes that his father was one of the pioneer milkmen of the Kensington area and he says he still has the record book of the % **Milk Dealers Association of Pullman Kensington with the first entries from 1889 to 1895 Mr Jessen sms hp intends to turn the book o\er to the Calumet Pioneers Society at thejr next meetingAlso among his souvenirs of days long gone by are programs of the old Victoria theatre which he sajv was on the east side of Michigan a\cnue between 109th and 110th streets He also has programs of Ihe old Pullman theatre one of Chicago s showptaces /sears agoSyd Bernm of Bcumn s cloth-tag: store 10757 Michigan has astorehou.se of memories of early days in Roseland Syd who came to Boseland 48 J'ears ago with his parents says'ne was four years old at that time As a boy he recalls the building of the present police station at 115th and Indiana The Berman family then lived in one of several frame houses which occupied the present site of Eiche Turner Hall 1 There was no street on what is 1 now Indiana avenue between 115th street and Kensington avenue in those days Syd declares The old police station was located south of the property now occupied by Panse s tavern at the southwest comer of 116th and Front streets he points out Syd likewise gives us the information that the old Victoria theatre was located in the building at 10937 Michigan now occupied by Greater Pullman Post VFW Mr Berman asserts the theatre was in a double building built by a Mr Israel Rosenbloom Mr Ros-enbloom Syd recalls served as i ticket-taker at the theatre while | his wife was cashier and his daughter Rose was pianist After the theatre was closedone of the two store buildings was occupied by a tailor shop operated by D Alexander and the other was occupied by the Roselnd Malt and Hops company Several years ago the double building was pm chafed by the VFW and remodeled into fine club rooms forAccord ion School Annual Concert Enjoyable EventThe Bortoli Accordion School, under the direction of Frank Bar-toli held its annual concert at Scanlan school recentlySelections were rendered by each of the five accordion bands which were under the direction of Frank Bortoli and Florence Di VirgUio Student soloists included Teddy Sachaschik Fred Kolojay Phyllis Jarosky Harold Cheffer, Anthony Panozzo August MariM, and Joe Munarrn The teaching staff of the school —Gabnel Chiaro Florence DiVlr-giho Jewell Stoffle Eddy Brig-nardello Adelia Cadore and Frank Bortoli entertained with accordion selections, 'The Victory Variation Polkaand 'Variation Waltz”, which were written by Giovanni Bortoli, composer and father of Frank Bortolithe veterans organization.Mrs C Hoekstr* Bofgaard, of 9804 Praine, writes in to say she has a number of very interesting old photographs taken here as long as 48 years ago. She’s a Uffe-long resident of Boseland*ORCHID SPECIESThere are more than 5,000 species of the orchid.y
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Apr 02, 1952
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