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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1958
Page
1
A Penny for Your Thoughts asks Chicago residents if they do the work they dreamed of as children. E Goldblatt, Blanche Merwin, H Menard, Shirlee Chernoff, and Emroll share retirement plans, nursing ambitions, woodwork hobbies, housewife life, and shifts from accounting to sales.
Southeast Chicago teens are invited to join Sheriff Lohman’s fourth delinquency prevention camp. About 300 boys, nicknamed Devil Dog Teens, will visit Great Lakes Naval Training Center for citizenship training, drills, first aid, and sports with the Marines. Another 300, Marine Jet Juniors, will train at Glenview Naval Air Station focusing on air power. Ages 14 to 17 in Cook County may register at the sheriff’s juvenile bureau in the County Building downtown.
Southeast Junior College Little Theatre Players present Arsenic and Old Lace, a three act comedy, Wednesday evening June 4 at Chicago Vocational High School. Assistant dean Jerome M. Sachs leads in charge with director Humphrey Steven. cast includes Emily Masonovitch Judy Cumbee Emmett Egan Thomas Mallen Ronald Miller Walter Hilderbrandt. Public event, tickets at door.
Catholic tributes fill Chicago streets as all Masses mark the death of Samuel Cardinal Stritch. Requiem Pontifical Masses are scheduled, schools close Tuesday, and five South Side priests among pallbearers ordained April 12 by the Cardinal.
East Side civic leaders threaten to urge Police Commissioner OConnor to order curfew enforcement after continued vandalism and late night teen activity. They cite stoning, broken windows, and roaming youths, calling for action as East Side lacks lighting and fire protection.
The Woman's Auxiliary Service Guild of St. Margarets Episcopal Church will install new officers Wednesday after a 9:30 a.m. corporate communion. Officers listed include President Mrs. F. H. Beneker and First Vice President Mrs. S. C Boston. A bridge luncheon at South Side Swedish Club will honor incoming and retiring officers.
A fund drive with canisters in South Shore stores runs from Memorial Day to Fathers Day to aid the families of firemen George Babich Philip Sheehan and Maurice Crotty killed in the 71st Street automobile agency fire. Alderman Nicholas Bohling heads the drive with the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club. Funds and gifts are welcomed through Walter Meyer treasurer at South Shore National Bank.
St James Lutheran church at 8000 S Michigan Ave will be dedicated at 4 pm by Rev Robbin W Skyles. IL Synod president Rev A Howard Weeg will lead with assistance from several pastors including Rev Richard L Peterman and Rev Robert J Schenk. A capella choir directed by Jerome K Ramsfield will sing.
James Willford son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur Willford 1340 E 76th St finished training in Military Police school at Fort Gordon Ga After a two week leave he will be transferred to Korea A 1957 graduate of Chicago Vocational High school Willford was employed by the Illinois Central railroad in civilian life
A 3 or 4 year old girl, in a purple and white check dress with a pink ribbon, wandered alone on E 48th Street and was brought to Hyde Park station at 5233 S Lake Park Ave. Police sought her parents as officers from other South Side stations joined the search.
Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers will hold its annual high school council instruction class for District 1 Thursday in Jackson Park Fieldhouse. The session runs 9 30 a m to noon at 6401 S Stony Island Ave with retiring president Mrs H G Hieronimus presiding and officers presenting reports. Mrs Horn, 9147 S Kingston Ave, leads.
The advertiser reports strong results from yesterday’s property sale showing effective media reach and promising future business. The notice invites others to sell property using their services and lists Bayport 1 9701 for ad takers.
Harry Tarler of 2231 E 67th St is re elected for a third term as president of South Side Hebrew Congregation at 7401 S Chappel Ave. Rabbi Maurice I Kliers will oversee installation of officers and directors including Louis Rosenstein Jack Snider Joseph Wallack and Dr Haim Reingold. New board members include Irving L Block David Borowitz Joseph Borus Hermann Dym Philip Gintzler Milton Goldish Jerome Graff Norman Graff Merry Hirshman Samuel Lefkovitz Herman Levin Dr Jacob L Marks Aaron H Pinkert Robert Pinkert Louis Swidler.
Catholic Youth Organization vacation centers will operate this summer in Grand Crossing park at E 76th Street and S Ingleside Avenue and at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish center 3208 E 91st Street. From June 30 to August 1 they run 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday for youths ages 6 to 14 in the neighborhood.
Identical twins Arthur J. Ribot and Preston J. Ribot retire after more than 34 years with the Chicago Transit Authority and predecessor firms. Both 58, they ran the Jackson Park line and shared CTA badges 21341 and 21342, reflecting their lifelong partnership.
South Shore Gardens Betterment Association will end its membership drive Tuesday evening during a meeting at Merril Avenue Baptist Church, 91st Place and South Merrill Avenue. Nathan Zebelman, 8955 South Paxton Avenue, is listed as president.
Robert Kauf assistant professor of foreign languages at the University of Illinois Chicago division has a Summer fellowship to study the Gas trilogy and other plays by German expressionist George Kaiser as dramatizations of Walter Rathenau’s ideas. He will visit libraries in New York and Urbana and interview people who knew Kaiser. His findings will be published upon completion.
The South Chicago Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Wednesday at the South Chicago YMCA located at 3039 E List St. James W Crowe serves as president.
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