Father Builds Christmas Model Merry-Go-Round for Kids
Thomas D. Neary of 8215 Paxton Avenue, an accountant by day, constructs a three-foot-diameter model merry-go-round in six weeks for his three children. The toy features 32 ceiling lights, a wall of mirrors, a Victrola playing Tales from the Vienna Woods, and twelve prancing horses on poles, with twenty four hand-made dolls as riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Economist
Tommy
Donna Marie
Thomas D. Neary
Paxton Ave
Billy
Science and Mechanics
Santa
Mr. Neary
Vienna
Round Town Towns Distances Puzzle and Seasonal Notes
An absent minded professor travels from Acre field to Butterford via Cheesebury and ends 35 miles from Butterford with 12 miles left of the direct road. Three straight roads between the villages form integer mile distances. A column of quirky local notes includes youths nicknamed Kabiblitz and girls in Chicago and Merrill ave. The piece also mentions two 14th century prophecies and two Christmas displays on Drexel and Coles avenues with a tree and a village scene attracting attention.
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Acrefield
Butterford
Cheesebury
Drexel Ave
Friel Everson
Drexelave
Harvey Brown
Coles Ave
Holiday Highlights And Yuletide Carols In Memory
A reflection on faded yuletide splendor with carols remembered as a memory and the holiday season described as long vanished yet not entirely gone.
Strong Man Dennis Flack Solves Piano Riddle
A New York boy, Dennis Flack, son of Mrs. Glen Flack, came home after men spent hours dismantling a piano. he confessed, I did. A New Year Eve remark on Leap Year proposals circulates among couples at State and Madison. The piece also notes the Daughters of American Revolution library houses 28,000 volumes and 6,200 manuscripts and pamphlets. A puzzle explains a triangle with roads A 8 C, a perpendicular of 12 miles, giving AC 15 miles, CB 20 miles, and AB 25 miles.
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Dennis Flack
Glen Flack
E. 67Th St
State and
Madison Sts
National Library
Idie Thought on Duty and Chance
A fragment reflects on human conduct as people admit what they should not do yet still act by impulse and rely on luck to resolve outcomes. The tone suggests moral ambiguity and belief in chance guiding life.
Tragedy on the rails and roads claims two lives
J J Pearce 81 of 7337 Coles Ave was struck by a Loop bound Illinois Central train at 73rd Street and Exchange Ave and died in hospital. Adele Johnson 40 of 6407 Ingleside Ave died hours after an auto collision at 53rd Street and Cottage Grove Ave.
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John Irving Pearce, Jr
Coles Ave
Chicago
Exchange Ave
Ilinois Central Hospital
Adele Johnson
Ingleside Ave
Meyer Markowitz
Hyde Park Blvd
Old Sherman House
Prairie Ave
Loop
Chicago Surface Lines
Carlson
James Fleming
Laflin Jr
Crossing-Chatham C of C to Honor Officer Durkin
The Grand Crossing-Chatham Chamber of Commerce will honor Officer Thomas Durkin at a luncheon next Monday in a Cottage Grove avenue restaurant. James Burke, president, will praise Durkin for two years of outstanding traffic control at 75th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, following the chamber's request to assign the officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Durkin
Grand Crossing
Chatham
Woodlawn Lions Hear Scout Executive Today
Woodlawn Lions club hosts South Shore Boy Scout executive George A. Ryan at a noon luncheon in the Hayes hotel. Ryan presents a film titled The Trial of Citizenship as the club plans its 20th anniversary on March 24. Eugene Herr chairs the event. Dr. Robert C. Caldwell is club president.
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George A. Ryan
South Shore Boy Scout
Woodlawn Lions Club
Hayes
64Th St
University Ave
Ryan
Eugeneb. Herr
Drexel Ave
Robert C. Caldwell
E. 63Rd St
Lions Club
International Association
South Shore District Names Scouting Officials in 1941
William H. Moeller was named commissioner of the South Shore district of the Chicago Boy Scout council. The district covers from the Chicago river to 188th street and includes Woodlawn Shoreland Triangle Stony Grove and South Chicago areas with about 4 600 scouts in 170 troops. An advisory committee was also created headed by Dr. R W Horlick with members from local communities.
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Phot
William H. Moeller
E. Vist
South Shore
Chicago River
138Th St
E. Tist St
Chicago Boy Scout Council
Mr. Moeller
Boy Scout
188Th St
Woodlawn
QO. D. Chittenden
Dorchester Ave
Shoreland
Harold Hill
Colfax Ave
Triangle
Richard Marsh
Prairie Ave
Stony Grove
Edwin Stoll
Woodlawn Ave
South Chicago
Charles L. Nelson
Burnham Ave
Moeller
Daniel P. Trude
R. W. Horlick
Vernon Ave
A. S. Irvine
South Park Ave
B. H. Livesey
E. 89Th St
H. L. Richards
Blue Island
Frank
Sisters Welcome Newborns on New Year’s Eve in Chicago
Two baby boys born to sisters at Chicago Lying-in Hospital just before midnight New Year’s Eve 1940. Alfred Charles Waterman and James Mason Haney weigh 7 pounds 13 ounces and 5 pounds 14 ounces. Parents are Charles Waterman and Florine Brownfield, and Morris Haney and Mary Ellen Brownfield, with the Brownfields' father Joseph Brownfield.
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Chicago
Charles Waterman
Greenwood Ave
Morris Haney
Dorchester Ave
Alfred Charles Waterman
James Mason Haney
Waterman
Florine Brownfield
Mary Ellen Brownfield
Joseph Brownfield
W. Gard St
Sutherland To Talk on 1941 Taxes
Douglas Sutherland, executive secretary of the Civic Association, speaks to the Associated Clubs of Woodlawn on preparing for the 1941 tax struggle at 8 p.m. in the Woodlawn Public Library. An open meeting next month will feature Robert Mitchell reporting on the Woodlawn Conservation project findings.
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Douglas Sutherland
The
Civic Association
Bureau of Public Efficiency
Associated Clubs of
Woodlawn
Woodlawn Public Library
Kimbark Ave
J. Scott Matthew
Ingleside Ave
Washington, D.C
Robert Mitchell
Woodlawn Conservation Project
East Spring
University of Chicago
South Shore National Bank marks first Checkmaster anniversary
Walter J. Riley, president of the South Shore National Bank, announces that next Saturday will mark the first anniversary of the Checkmaster plan. The program lets customers open a checking account with as little as $1, charging five cents per check and per deposit, without a minimum balance.
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Walter J. Riley
South Shore National Bank
Jeffery Ave
Riley
Kiwanis Club Installs New Woodlawn Leaders at Banquet
About 150 Kiwanis members and guests gathered at the Southmoor hotel for the Woodlawn South Shore club annual banquet and officer installation. Willard K. Lasher received a miniature loving cup for Billsboro philanthropy, and Carl J. Adams earned a plaque for 1 040 meetings over 20 years.
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Southmoor
Kiwanis Club
Woodlawn South Shore
Willard K. Lasher
Billsboro
Carl J. Adams
Mr. Adams
L. J. Hitz
M. QO. Mitchell
Edwin Poorman
Illinois
Iowa
Kiwanis
South Side Arts League Opens Search for Talent
The Greater South Side Four Arts league begins auditions for its annual talent search at 2200 E Tist St with a two week schedule for vocal and instrumental performers. Winners to perform at the league festival in Jackson Park next August.
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South Side
Greater South Side
Four Arts League
E. Tist St
Jackson Park
Emma Rand
Albion
Suburban cars test new colors to beat morning blues
The Chicago area railroad tested two suburban South Shore cars with distinct color schemes to raise visibility and cheerfulness. Spokesman E N Claypool said the experiment aims for a brighter, more attractive look to help riders overcome early morning fatigue.
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I.C
South Shore
E. N. Claypool
The
Lions of South Shore Set for 70th Birthday Cabaret
The South Shore Lions club plans a cabaret style birthday ball next Tuesday at the South Side Swedish club 7330 Ridge land Ave in honor of president J Leslie Rosenblum on his 70th birthday and Melvin Jones founder of Lionism born in 1879 being celebrated for his 70th birthday with 40000 clubs worldwide.
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South Shore Lions Club
P.m
South Side
Ridgeland Ave
J. Leslie Rosenblum
Merrill Ave
Melvin Jones
Lionism
Jones
Induction of 30 to Occur January 20
Woodlawn and nearby communities will supply 146 men for January training. On Tuesday 44 men from draft areas 11 and 18 were sent to the induction station. 36 were accepted and eight rejected. Fifteen more boards were instructed to provide 30 additional draftees for January 20, with schedules at specific boards and times.
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122Nd Field Artillery Armory
Chicago
Woodlawn
South Shore
Board No. 10
10Th Ward
E. 82Nd St
Stony Island Ave
6Th Ward
Max Kuzik
William H. Michau
Houston Ave
Lea Lesniewski
Baltimore Ave
Stanley L. Kuzminski
Canada Ave
Henry H. Stomper
Saginaw Ave
Thomas E. Me
Cann
Burley Ave
Joseph Bruzdzinski
Exchange Ave
Martin W. Nolan
Commercial Ave
Michael Jerbcie
Green Bay Ave
Chester Rogozinski
Arthur W. Zilz
Edwin T. Wywra
Eugene 4. Wujek
John Zivkovich
Raymond Zamaniego
Marino Columbus
Joseph Alvarez
Irving E. Goldberg
Escanaba Ave
Fred Hack
Harper Ave
Louis F. Scurr
Brandon Ave
Harry W. O'Hara
Charles W. Hynes
Lawrence R. Kleinhans
Indiana Ave
Nicholas A. Jiampa
Calumet Ave
N. A. Brown
Greenwood Ave
Joseph M. Monks
Wabash
Robert C. Sterzik
Champlain
John T. P. Mansfield
South
Chicago Ave
John P. Hopkins
William V. Schlee
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Round
Kabiblitz
Beverly Blanckston
Norma Ann Appel
Cornell Ave
Ruth Erickson
Merrillave
Jesse James
Mother Shipton
J.J. Pearce
S.C
73Rd St
Exchange
Chatham C. of C
Durkin
Woodlawn Lions
NEW Scout
William Moeller
South Shore Bank
Washington
Associated Woodlawn Clubs
J. Scott Matthews
Associated Clubs of Woodlawn
South Side Arts League
Miss Rand
Frederick Marx
Edward Kraus
Benny Fileccia
Lions of
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