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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1957
Page
1
Sinai Temple Forum begins its 44th season October 30 with Paul Gregory’s production of The Rivalry at 8:15 pm in Sinai Temple. Cast features Raymond Massey as Lincoln and Brian Donlevy as Douglas, with Agnes Moorehead as Mrs. Douglas.
Hyde Park history was made when a Negro began service as pastor at Woodlawn Mennonite Church 4600 Woodlawn. Vincent Harding, 26, will be the first Negro in a pastoral post in the century old General Conference Mennonite Church, serving with Delton Franz, 24, a student pastor and Bethany Biblical Seminary senior. The church, founded six years ago by white seminary students, now shows a growing interracial membership and a Sunday School of over 200, many Negro.
Hyde Park Kenwood conference reports 60 buildings inspected by Mayor Daley’s Task Force have been brought to Municipal Court since last March. Fines totaling 48000 levied on 49 buildings. 1956 saw 1525 in fines on 36 slum operators. Only one large fine paid so far. Task Force would expand to 20 permanent inspection teams with higher budget. Mrs Badal urged citizen and organization support for funding.
A Hyde Park Kenwood meeting of the Community Conference and South East Chicago Commission voted to urge Mayor Daley to add 3000 police to the Chicago force at a projected 1958 budget cost about 20 million dollars. Leaders vowed to push other groups to join in the request.
More than sixty Hyde Park residents helped A T Anderson Hardware relocate from 1444 E 55th to 1215 E 55th to clear space for the Hyde Park redevelopment project. The move used Co op loaned carts. Anderson pledged $1 per full cart moved plus a $15 bonus. Proceeds support the Neighborhood Club’s children’s program.
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