Hyde Park Parents Debate Willis Retention as Chicago Schools Chief
A four woman panel on Chicago television weighed Dr. Benjamin Willis's tenure as school superintendent. Hyde Park PTA leader Mrs. Bentley urged focusing on programs and funding rather than personalities. Mrs. Bird argued Willis’s controversial figure status hinders progress and urged replacing him to proceed with Hauser and Havighurst reports on general school problems and integration.
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Hyde Park
Benjamin Willis
Chicago
William Bentley
Hyde Park Blvd
Willis
Bentley
Hyde Park High School Pta
Sydney Bird
Kimbark
Kenwood-Shoesmith Pta
Dr. Willis
Bird
Hauser
Havighurst
North Side
Hyde Park High Today and Tomorrow Meeting Notices
John E. Smith of the Hyde Park Kenwood Community Conference helps Mrs. Sullers post notices for a meeting on Hyde Park High today and tomorrow. The event is Friday January 22 from 7 30 to 9 pm in the social room at Wilmington apartments 4901 Drexel. Ernest Clark chairs the local effort amid a rollout of 25 January meetings on overcrowding and school integration options.
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John E. Smith
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Donald O. Sullers
Ellis
Hyde Park High
Wilmington Rtments
Drexel
Ernest C., Clark
Child Care Society
University
Paul Johnson
Woodlawn
Homer Harlan
Sinai Temple
South Shore Dr
John Stout
Greenwood
Elmer Stewart
Wilmington Apts
Cochairman
Ernest Clark
Donald Sullers
Theodore Hurst
Kimbark
Robert Lifton
South Shore Drive
Areg
David Gross
Everett
Ira Marks
Co-op Super Mart
Robert Solomon
Joseph Silvern
Rodfei Zedek
Hyde Park Blvd
Ruth Bronitsky
Chicago Beach
Marion Rognas
Lee Sangster
Maryland
Victor Towns
R.A.M. Temple
Barefield Gordon
James Woods
Pioneer Co-op Apts
Dorchester
Ernest Silver
Milton Cohen
Sixteen Hyde Park meetings on high school issue
Park-Kenwood Community Conference plans sixteen area meetings this week to discuss Hyde Park High School. Open to the public, events run Jan 20 through Feb 1 at homes, churches, temples, and apartment buildings with named chairs and co chairmen guiding each session.
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Hyde Park High School
Park-Kenwood
Committee On Community Non
Residents Split Over Willis Support In New Building Opening
One woman urged strong backing for Willis while another from the near north side voiced opposition with reservations. The scene reflected mixed community sentiment as the new building opened.
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Willis
Near North Side
Neighborhood Club Elects New Officers and Directors
At the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club annual meeting on Monday January 11 officers were reelected and new board members named for one and two year terms. Named include Charles P. Richman Gordon H S Scott Warren Ingersoll and several others from Hyde Park addresses.
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Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Charles P. Richman
E. Park Place
Gordon H. S. Scott
E. 55Th
Warren (. Ingersoll
Kenwood
George N. Simpson
Dorchester
George V. Bobrinskoy, Sr
Hyde Park Blvd
Meyer W. Isenberg
Hyde Park Llvd
Robert H. McCormick
George V. Bob
Rinskoy, Sr
Devereux
Joseph Buloff Stars In Chekhov Sketchbook At Harper Theatre
Joseph Buloff stars in the Harper Theatre second production A Chekhov Sketchbook a four week engagement opening Tuesday Jan 19 with nightly shows Tue Fri 8 30 P M Sat 7 00 and 10 15 P M Sun 7 30 P M plus one Sunday matinee 2 30 P M The program features three one act Chekhov sketches adapted by Luba Kadison and Helen Warren from Anton Chekhov stories Off Broadway success with Buloff in the 1961 62 season cast also includes Herbert OBrien Durward McDonald Patricia Unger James Stephens Felix Shuman and others The production directed by Buloff with sets by Clive Rickenbaugh outlines Buloff Broadway and New York work history including roles in Oklahoma and Moonbirds credits Shadow The Wall and The Goldbergs TV appearance and appearances at Goodman Theatre.
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Joseph Buloff
New Harper Theatre
Luba Kadison
Helen Waren
Anton Chekhov
Buloff
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Hude Park
Alan Dobry
Helen Jones
Joseph Engel
Church of the Redeemer
E. Seth
Seymour Banks
Blackstone
Lloyd Fullers
Y.M.C.A
E. 53Rd Street
Adrian Alexander
Lorene Richardson
St. Paul’s Community Hall
Wm. Rogers
Oliver Goold
Madison Park
Gustavus F. Swift, Jr
Jesse R.gerstley
E. 56Th
Martin Laufe
E. 50Th
Francis W. Lloyd, Jr
Stony Islands
John Morris
Robert G. Morris, Jr
Slyde Park Blvd
Leo Sadow
Frederick D. Sulcer
Joseph H. Woolf
Michael Weinberg
School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Harper
Felix Shuman
Chekhov
Clive Rickenbaugh
Europe
America
States
The
J.P
Grace George
C. Aubrey Smith
Uta Hagen
Morning Star
Mike Todd
Call Me Ziggy
Ali Hakim
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma
Mr. Appopolous
Eileen
Alvin Epstein
Wally Cox
New York
Joseph Ruloff
the Erlanger
Goodman Theatre
Cyd Charisse
Fred Astaire
Paul Newman
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