Hyde Park Plans Six New Parks For Immediate Recreation
Hyde Park Kenwood residents back Parks and Recreation Committee plans to add six two acre parks in redevelopment. The proposal aims for one park per four blocks, near schools or public buildings, with decorative play areas and landscaped spaces to serve children and adults. Five residents were naturalized last week in Chicago before Judge Michael L Igoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
Parks and Recreation Committee
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Samuel Block
South East Chicago Commission
Bureau of Parks and Recreation
Leon M. Despres
Woodlawn
Block
United States
Michael L. Igoe
Erdmann Schmocker
Emil Losing
Gisela Retting
E. 48Th
Chaya Ferber
Cornell
Regina Ferber
Hyde Park Girl Wins Le Cercle Francais Scholarship
Joyce Everett daughter of Dr and Mrs Jack Everett has been awarded the Le Cercle Francais scholarship to study at a French university of her choice for the 1957 1958 academic year She plans to study at the Sorbonne in Paris and travel through Europe in summer 1958.
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Hyde Park
College of the University of Chicago
le Cercle Francais
Joyce Everett
Jack Everett
Everett
Sorbonne
Paris
Europe
Picnic at St Thomas Apostle Church Planned for Sunday
The annual St Thomas the Apostle Church picnic will be Sunday June 23 in Dan Ryan Woods. Buses depart 5468 Kimbark between 12 30 and 1 30 p m for the site at 88th and Western. Soft drinks and ice cream will be on the grounds and the rest of the meal is to be packed by picnickers.
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St. Thomas the Apostle Church
Dan Ryan Woods
Kimbark
88Th
Western
Father of the Year runner-up named in Illinois contest
Joseph J. Holman Sr of 5141 Ellis was runner-up in a Father of the Year event by the Illinois Men's Apparel Club. He is father to Claude W. B. Holman and Elise McGee and six other children, ages 86, receiving a gift certificate from George's Men's Store for community and family service.
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Joseph J. Holman
Ellis
Ilinois Men’s Apparel Club
Holman
4Th Ward
Claude W. B. Holman
Elise McGee
George's Men’s Store
E. 55Th
Bank Increases Dividend Rate on Capital Stock
University National Bank raises semi annual dividend on capital stock from 3 to 4 dollars. President R O Byerrum notes a 33 1 3 percent rise on 4000 outstanding shares. He cites substantial earnings and a sound capital structure.
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University National Bank
R.O. Byerrum
Byerrum
Highland Dancers Give Recital at Hamilton Park
Diana Adams of 5805 Dorchester joined the Margaret Bailkie MacDonald Highland Dancers for a recent Recital and Concert at the Hamilton Park Fieldhouse. The group, founded fifteen years ago by Miss MacDonald, features the new Cuthbertson Highland dancing method demonstrated by Miss Adams after studying in Scotland in summer 1956.
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Diana Adams
Dorchester
Margaret Bailkie MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Hamilton Park
Miss Adams
Scotland
Cuthbertson
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Stone
Conference Parks and Recreation Committee
John Hawkinson
Hawkinson
France
St. Thomas
Ordon’'S Restaurant
East 57Th St
Teenaira
Lake Lawn
Hyde Park Bowl
S. Lake Park
A Boat
Cus Company
East 75Th Street
Clyde Ave
Midway
H. Schoenstadt & Sons
Hyde Park Lake Park
Piccadilly E Park
Clifton Webb
Sophia Loren
Alan Ladd
Audie Murphy
Katharine Grant
Chicago
George Nader
Burgess Meredith
Joe Butterfly
van Johnson
Piper Laurie
Martha Hyer
Kelly & Me
Albert Schweitzer
Gina Lollobrigida
Raymond Pellegrin
Rome
John Mills
Richard Attenborough
Lisa Gastoni
Drexel National Bank
Cottage Grove At
Oakwood Blvd
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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