Rally Set on Chicago School Crisis At Temple Isaiah Israel
A public rally addresses Chicago’s serious school crisis with 29 schools on double shifts and 1100 new classrooms needed by 1955. Speakers include Clarence Beutel and Dr. Philip Hauser. sponsors are Hyde Park organizations and business groups.
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Chicago
Temple Isaiah Israel
Hyde Park
Clarence Beutel
South East National Bank
Philip Hauser
Chicago Community Inventory
Guinessy Steps Down From Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
John J. Guinessy, director of the Hyde Park Neighborhood Club for 20 years, resigns to become executive director of Friendship House in Washington DC. Philip Meighan Jr. will serve as acting director as the board seeks a successor. The club began in 1919 and now operates at 5480 Kenwood with about 1000 yearly visitors.
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U. S. Census Bureau
Fifty-fifth Street Business Men’s Association
Fifty-third Street Business Men’s Association
Hyde Park
John J. Guinessy
Friendship House
Washington, D.c
Guinessy
Hyde Park-Kenwood
Meighan, Jr
Kenwood
OHara Fights to Save Wooded Island Recreation Site
Rep. O Hara voiced his support to keep Wooded Island in Jackson Park as a recreation ground. He met with Defense Department officials who said site location is not final and will be studied further. Hyde Park residents oppose a missile base, noting loss of historic public space.
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Barratt O’hara
Jackson Park
O’hara
The
Herald
Washington
Department of Defense
O'Hara
Hyde Park
Rep. O'Hara
Rep. O’hara
House
SECC Panel to Tell Area Renewal Plans
A panel of planning experts will address rehabilitation measures in the area from 39th to 67th streets Cottage Grove to Lake Michigan. Questions on law enforcement will be answered by Capt. Albert Anderson. Nominees for the board of directors from Oakland Kenwood Hyde Park include Abraham Brussell and others.
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SECC
39Th
67Th Streets
Cottage Grove
Lake Michigan
Albert Anderson
Chicago
Commission
Oakland-Kenwood- Hyde Park
Abraham Brussell
Kimbark
George Fred Keck
Woodlawn
Walter L. Lowe
Greenwood
Irvin E. Langer
University
R. N. MacBain
Madison Park
D. Gilbert McIntire
East
Helen Ross
East 56Th
William Royal
Cornell
David Sutton
Dorchester
Clifford Swan
Realtors Adopt Rider Aimed at Crowding Realtors
A new occupancy rider to curb overcrowding and maintain housing standards was adopted by the SECC. The contract allows lease termination on ten days notice and applies to existing and future renewals with exceptions for children born after signing. SECC chair Newton Farr praised unanimous support and urged cooperative enforcement by property owners and managers.
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Newton Farr
SECC
M. Binckley
Boenicke-Cady, Inc
W. Frank Cady
Newton C. Farr
Harry Gottlieb
Draper & Kramer
Theo
Randall House Fashion Benefit Plans for Young Set
Plans proceed for a Junior Spring Fashion Fantasy to aid Randall House. The event will be at St. Paul’s church auditorium 4945 South Dorchester on Saturday May 8 at 2 p.m. Proceeds benefit Randall House.
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Randall House
St. Paul’s Church
South Dorchester
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Defense Dept
Ira Bach
Chicago Land Clearance Commission
Frederick Aschman
Chicago Plan Commission
D. E. Mackelman
C. A. McElwain
Peter Bukowski
Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission
South East Chicago Commission
Julian H. Levi
Jack Meltzer
Julian Levi
Farr
Dore M. Holland
Parker-Holsman Co
Duerson Knight
Baird & Warner, Inc
Clearance Poffenberger
Drexel State Bank
William Epple
Leslie M. Price Realty
Arthur Schoenstadt
Arthur Schoenstadt Realty
Louis L. Lindenthal
James J. Shortall
James J. Shortall & Co
Clifford S. Swan
Swan-Lorish, Inc
Leon Wolin
Wolin-Levin
Randall House Fashion
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