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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1949
Page
3
The College of Jewish Studies at 72 East 11th Street will stage its 21st annual commencement exercises at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
The South Shore YMCA Summer Town camp invites about 300 children ages nine to twelve plus their families to a registration day on Saturday June 11 at 2320 E. 75th St. The program runs three sessions from 9 15 to 11 00 am 11 15 am to 12 43 pm and 1 15 pm to 2 45 pm with camp director Richard Eddy and committee chair H L Summerfield available to answer questions about the day camp starting July 5.
The Rumba secret can be learned in five minutes at Arthur Murray's air conditioned studios located at 749 West 63rd Street. Contact Wentworth 6-2008 for details and enrollment.
Boy Scouts of the South Shore district plan a two day camporee at Camp Kiwanis co sponsored by the Moqua chapter Order of the Arrow and the district executive committee. About 30 troops will attend with events including a camp fire Saturday night and awards on Sunday afternoon. Directors are William Hechler and William Remo with W Carder Hall as registrar.
Church of the Messiah at 8255 Dante avenue will hold a benefit tea next Sunday to observe Social Service Sunday for the Episcopal churches in the Chicago diocese. The tea runs 3 to 6 p.m. at Mr and Mrs C R Beach 7951 Blackstone Avenue. Profits aid social agencies dependent on the church.
Hyde Park YMCA will host its annual recognition dinner at 6 30 p m Monday in the Y building at 1400 E 53rd St Willis Van Pelt chair of the board says more than 200 volunteers instructors and youth leaders will be honored Basil T Cook chair of the program committee says Rev George M Gibson former Pulgrim Press secretary and former Hyde Park pastor will speak on the importance of volunteers to the YMCA
The Johanna lodge United Order of True Sisters will close its activities for the club wear at an incoming outgoing board meeting and luncheon today in the Standard club. The board meeting begins at 10 30 am. The lodge runs a bureau for the blind and distributes braille books through the public library. The jubilee was celebrated last February.
Ahel De Haan was elected vice-president of the Dorchester Y Chib and a director of the Hide Park YMCA at the annual meeting. The event took place at 1400 Fo SSrd St, Lester Moite, with other officers named.
Goldblatt's Brothers earns commendation from Blue Cross for paying all hospital care costs for employees and their families since 1945. H. B. Swartz notes the program covers 22 500 days of care. the firm supports employee security through a foundation, a profit sharing pension plan, and substantial benefit programs. The foundation began in 1937 with a 1 million dollar pledge. it offers sick and accident benefits, loans, and a death payment to beneficiaries. The savings and profit sharing plan since 1942 has totaled over two million dollars allocated to members. Also noted is a literary event at Bryn Mawr Community Church featuring Joseph G Hitree's Son of the Moon.
A detailed life size scale model of the General Motors Train of Tomorrow is exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry. It features 175 clay figures and furnishings, built by GM styling artists as a demonstration of the full scale train, with plans to tour the Railroad Fair on the summer schedule.
The Sisterhood of Congregation Am Echod meets Monday at 8:30 PM in the synagogue at 814 E. Assist chairmen will report and a social hour follows. Biute Tennant of 8036 Paxton Ave is elected vice president of the sixth term junior class at the Tilingis Institute of Technology for the fall term.
Girl Scouts will stage a rally at Walter Eckersall stadium at 2 pm Sunday featuring replicas of French Merci train boxcars to symbolize international friendship and celebrate 60 troops contributing to the Juliette Low fund. More than 4 000 Scouts, parents and others are expected as plans are announced by Mrs James Dubet and district chairmen.
The McKinley Miriam and Woodlawn chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star will host a barn dance at 8 pm Friday June 10 in the Midway Masonic temple 6115 Cottage Grove Ave. Arrangements committee members include Eula Ray George Langstein Clarence Evans Marie Thompson Verna Noorlag and Gordon Nelson.
The South Chicago Community Center will present its annual Spring Splash fundraiser titled The Big Croak at 7 45 p m Sunday in the center auditorium. Donald B Rheiner center director says two operettas Peter Rabbit and The Frog Prince will be presented as part of the program.
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