Frank Quayle remembered for child playlot service
Frank Quayle 83 died last Wednesday in a nursing home. He and his wife Katherine created a playlot at 40th and Oakenwald during World War II, guiding hundreds of children of all colors. After city purchase, Mrs Quayle kept supervising until bedridden in 1954. Services were held at 7208 Stony Island with many former players and mourners attending. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a brother and a sister.
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Frank Quayle
Drexel
Brotherhood
40Th and
Oakenwald
Quayle
Katherine
Quayles
40Th
Oaken
resQuayles
Stony Island
Marion Claggett
Ernest
Edith Talbot
Lucille's Distinctive Frocks Hosts Fashion Review
Mrs. Lucille Nussbaum owner of Lucille's Distinctive Frocks showcased a fashion review at the Imperial Room of the Del Prado last Saturday. Commentator Jean McCarthy led the weekly show with models presenting fall styles including costume suits sleek sheaths casual coordinates and hooded basics in cranberry sapphire amethyst gray and avocado yellow. Mitzie's Flower Shop provided arrangements.
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Lucille Nussbaum
Lucille
E. 53Rd St
Imperial Room
the del Prado
Jean McCarthy
Mitzie
Memorials for Victor Weinshenker and Morris Kharasch
Victor Weinshenker 68 noted theatrical press and booking agent dies. Services at 10 a.m. at 1300 Devon. Lived at 5510 Cornell. Known as Rasputin in Chicago, he booked Billy Daniels and Louis Armstrong and once supposedly lived a Chicago hotel for three years without paying. Survived by sisters Charlotte and Iris Katz of Lake Shore Drive. Morris S. Kharasch 62 noted chemist and Institute of Organic Chemistry director at the University of Chicago dies in Copenhagen after cerebral hemorrhage. He developed disinfectants and polymerization processes and worked on war gases during World War II. Survived by widow Ethel May, son Robert, and daughter Elizabeth Pearson. David B. Semco 62 of Hyde Park dies en Breezewood, Pa., while driving from New York to Chicago. funeral held at 2100 E. 75th. He was president of United Furniture Stores.
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Victor Weinshenker
Devon
Weinshenker
Milwaukee
Cornell
Rasputin
Chicago
Billy Daniels
Louis Armstrong
Charlotte
Iris Katz
Lake Shore Drive
Morris S. Kharasch
Kenwood
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Chicago
Copenhagen
Denmark
Europe
Kharasch
Semco
United Furniture Stores
N. Lake Shore Dr
Breezewood
New York
Ask Inactive Nurses To Go Back To Work
South side women in active registered nursing are urged to return to professional careers to ease Chicago's nursing shortage. Miss Nancy Allen of the Illinois State Nurses Association explains the joint recruitment program by five Chicago groups and the committee based at 8 S. Michigan aims to draw former nurses back as families settle.
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South Side
Chicago
Nancy Allen
Dorchester
Miss Allen
Illinois State Nurses Association
Committee On Careers In Nursing
S. Michigan
Randall House Open House Showcases Student Arts
The 24 resident boys at Randall House 4745 S Ellis Ave will serve as junior hosts for an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday Oct 27. Exhibits include examples of students arts and crafts. Randall House is an interracial home sponsored by the Community Fund and the Episcopal Church.
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Randall House
S. Ellis Ave
The
Community Fund
Episcopal Church
Lyric Opera Opens Fourth Season With Andrew Folds
Andrew Folds, a basso and former Lyric Opera audit winner, returns for a fourth consecutive season in thirteen performances across six operas. After a summer debut with Santa Fe Opera he earned praise in Rosini's Barber of Seville. He is cantor and music director at Temple Isaiah Israel and a humanities lecturer at the University of Chicago downtown center.
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Andrew Folds
EL 57Th
Lyric Opera
Folds
Santa Fe Opera Company
Santa Fe
Doctor Bartolo
Rossini
Isaiah Israel
Hyde Park
University of Chicago
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Es Quayle
Frank Lyle
Daily
Ie Quayles
E Quayle
Peo
E. 55Th Street
E. 53Rd
Prescription Center
E Park
Orient
Indonesia
Phillipine
Sxotics Trading Post
Victor Wienshenker
U. of C
Gustavus F. and
Ann M. Swift
University
Ukraina
Crane High School
University of Maryland
Ethel May
Robert
Elizabeth Pearson
David B. Semco
E. 75Th
Gottlieb Beauty Salon
E. 55Th St
Hi-Fidelity Greeting Cards
Randall
Harper
Rennel Carbondale
Ill
Vesta Painter
Rt. 2
Ben Laevin
Hyde Park Bowl
S. Lake Park
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