Seniors Expand Facilities at Franklin-Drake Center
Expansion at the Franklin-Drake Senior Center 440 N. Drake adds services for all area seniors. An open house on December 28 introduces activities including ceramics, cards, coffee hours, knitting, a ceramics class, and a pool and bridge program. Fundraising through rummage bake and candy sales supported a kiln and a pool table, with more seniors joining after the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin-Drake
N. Drake
Board of Education
Center
Sullivan Senior Center
Franklin-Drake Senior Citizens Center
CHA Center
Chicago Public Library
Hermosa Women Plan Christmas Party Benefiting Indian Center
Hermosa Woman's club holds an 11 a.m. Friday meeting at Hermosa Park fieldhouse to fund a Kelvyn Park High School graduate scholarship for over 15 years and support the American Indian Center in Chicago. Dinners will be sold. Hostesses are Mrs. Raymond Foss and Mrs. Walter Holzwarth.
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Kelvin Park High School
American Indian Center
Chicago
Hermosa Woman’s Club
Hermosa Park
Kilbourn
Kelvyn Park
Raymond Foss
N. Keystone
Walter Holzwarth
N. Tripp
Area Men Active In USN Exercise
The Blue Lotus maneuvers off southern California involved 24 000 personnel 45 ships and six air units, with Seaman Apprentice Charles P Cesario aboard the USS Halsey and Radioman First Class Frederick I Kierl Jr aboard the USS Long Beach among several listed Navy personnel and their households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
California
Charles P. Cesario
USN
M. Cesario
Kamerling
Frederick I. Kierl, Jr
Geraldine I. Heflin
Huron
Uss
Long Beach
Pioneer YMCA Holds Four Day Christmas Basketball Clinic
A YMCA led four day clinic for boys ages 11 to 14 runs December 26 to 29 from 1 to 3 PM. Chicago Bulls players will assist at St Matthew's gym Albany Fulton and United Congregational church gym 1805 N Hamlin. Registration starts Monday at both gymnasiums MCA 3700 Grand and costs 3 dollars includes instruction and a Bulls game outing December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Ymca
Chicago Bulls
St. Matthew's School
Albany
Fulton
United Congregatonal Church
N. Hamlin
MCA
Bulls
Big Santa At Drews Store Draws Kids With Dog
The largest live Santa Claus will be at Drews Department Store on Armitage Avenue until 4 30 p m Sunday. A small terrier in holiday attire accompanies Santa inviting children to share wishes and receive an extra gift.
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Drews Store
Santa Claus
Drews Department Store
Armitage
Santa
Drews
Husband Finds Wife Hanged In Home Basement
Andrew Zygey awoke to find his wife Francis missing and then discovered her body hanging in the basement. Firemen cut her down. she died at Belmont hospital. Funeral set at Our Lady of Grace church with burial at St Adelbert's cemetery.
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Andrew Zygey
Drake
Francis
Zygey
Fire Department
Our Lady of Grace Church
N. Hamlin
St. Adelbert’s Cemetery
Budget hearing urges more school facilities and opposition to mobile units
West-Northwest Side groups pressed for washrooms repairs intercoms and new facilities at multiple schools during a long Chicago board of education budget hearing. Opponents from OBA May and others blasted mobile units plan arguing it risks resegregation and skews equity.
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Board of Education
Ptas
Northwest Community Organization
Organization For A Better
Austin
Austin Town Hall Assembly
Austin Women For Community Goodwill
Logan Square Neighborhood Association
Steinmetz
Tulley
May
Spencer
Hay
Young
Lowell
Howe
Nobel
Lewis
Byford
OBA
Gale Cincotta
OBA Education
Emmet
Stowe
Cincotta
Illinois
Chicago
Wilmette
James) Redmond
Evans
John Middleton
The
Howe Pta
N. Lorel
Middleton
Christmas Flower Show at Garfield and Lincoln Park Conservatories
The Chicago Park district hosts its 53rd annual Christmas Flower Show from December 23 to January 7. GarfField and Lincoln Park Conservatories feature poinsettias and a Santa sleigh with reindeer amid festive plant displays, with daily hours 9 am to 9 pm and 5 pm closes on December 24 and 31. Admission is free.
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Chicago
Prk
Garfield and
Lincoln Park
Erwin Weiner
Jerusalem
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Conder
Blitzen
Santa
Garfield Park
Horticultural Hall
Garfield Park Conservatory
Lincoln Park Conservatory
Christmas Around the World at the Club
Mrs Stephan Ola chowski presides as club president at the Italy event with Mrs John Giustino and Mrs Louis Kolssak representing Poland and Germany. The gathering lists addresses in Division and Lawndale as part of the Christmas around the world program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Women’s Club
Casey Grzeskiewicz
N. Avers
Poland
John Gibson
Men Lead Women in TB Deaths in Chicago 1966
A Tuberculosis Institute survey for the Chicago board of health shows men 45 and older died at nearly four times the rate of women in the same age group. In 1966 Chicago recorded 206 TB deaths and 1,977 new cases, with 164 deaths among males and 159 among those 45+. the Near West Side and Grand Blvd area showed the highest new cases and deaths. Seaman recruits Bruce A. Gergen and Wayne J. Wiewtora have completed nine weeks of Navy basic training at Great Lakes.
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Chicago
Tuberculosis Institute
Board of Health
Miles
Grand Blvd
City
Near West Side
Skid Row
Bruce A. Gergen
Usn
William A. Gergan
New Castle
Wayne J. Wiewtora
Joseph S. Wiewtora
Carroll
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Fence Jumper Grabs Purses in Night Robbery
A man vaulted a fence and snatched purses from Mrs Ella Smith and Mrs Olga Raesner near Keystone and North just before 10 pm Saturday. He warned the women to surrender belongings and escaped after threats to harm. Both victims reside at 1724 N Springfield.
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Ella Smith
Olga Raesner
Springfield
Keystone
North
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Hermosa Women
Kelvyn High
Theresa Nitti
Medill
Halsey
Anthony Amato
Guy Picardi
N. Keeler
Southerland
Richard L. Honig
John B. Honig
Humboldt
Theodore W. Hoppenrath
Mary Pompei
N. Austin
Oklahoma City
Dennis B. Sitkiewicz
Lorraine D. Sitkiewicz
N. Fairfield
Enterprise
Frederick W. Krogman
Leo Krogman
N. Menard
Jay A. Morser
Vance B. Morser
N. Long
Eldorado
Austin High School
Young School
N. Parkside
Mark Katzel
Pioneer Bank
Hermosa
Avondale
Logan Square
Humboldt Park
West Town
North Lawndale
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