Ground dedication set for Lutheran high school site
Lutherans across the Chicago area will attend a ground dedication at a 14 acre parcel at 87th street and Kedzie. The $45 000 land purchase marks the future site of a Lutheran high school with up to 10 000 expected attendees. Committees led by W F Zimmermann Robert G Sipple George Schwartz Theodore W Barry and Herman Lenz organize parking decoration ushers and stands. Public address and first aid chiefs are named with additional marshals coordinating the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Area
87Th St
Kedzie
Luther Schuessler
Our Redeemer Lutheran Church
Schuessler
W. F. Zimmermann
Claremont
Southside
Lutheran High School Association of
E. 74Th St
Herman Lenz
Trumbull Ave
One in Four Cars Fails Safety Tests in April
Chicago city tests show 24 percent of inspected cars failed to pass safety lane tests in April. Of 125,027 autos, 31,000 were refused safety stickers and 22,842 needed a second inspection. Most failures involved older vehicles and faulty brakes or lights.
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City Vehicle Bureau
Chicago Safety Information Committee
Commissioner of Vehicles
Phillip S. English
The
Safety Information Committee
Charles O'Regan
Mayor's Safety Information Committee
Chicago
N. Wacker Jr
English
Randolph
Paul Jones
National Safety Council
Puzzler Solves Duck Line Mystery With Clever Count
A boy guiding ducks home explains that in a line there are two ducks ahead of a duck, two behind a duck and one in the middle. The puzzle asks how many ducks he has, with the solution promised elsewhere in the column.
Memory Lane Keepsakes and Ike's Soup Secrets
Memory Lane recalls long ago days with almanac of small-town recollections from lace and dentures to local shops and milk deliveries. The piece shifts to Mamie Eisenhower praising her husband as Columbia University president designate and describing his three day vegetable soup method and love for sauerkraut.
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Alice Henn
Traveler Kennedy
Snyder’s Drug Store
63Rd St
Western Ave
Leo Lorenz
Kurtz’s Dairy
Crown Dairy
Henry H. Vocke
Sarah Liebich
McDermott
General Eisenhower
Columbia University
Mamie Ike
Eisenhower
Ike
Mrs Bessie Levin 57 Dies After Weeklong Illness Southeast
Mrs Bessie Levin 57 of 7749 Muskegon Ave died Tuesday at Little Company of Mary hospital after a nine week illness. Born in London she came to the U S at six weeks old and lived in Maywood before marrying Ed Levin in 1915. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs Fred Mocking and Mrs Barney Yudow two sons Sidney and Robert and a granddaughter Diane Yudow. Funeral 10 this morning at 3654 Roosevelt Rd burial Waldheim Cemetery.
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Bessie Levin
Muskegon Ave
Southeast Side
Little Company of Mary Hospital
London
England
Zion Day and Night Nursery
Mizrachi
Rest Haven Convalescent Home Society
Fred Mocking
Fenwood Ave
Barney Yudow
Crandon Ave
Sidney
Robert
Diane Yudow
Roosevelt Rd
Waldheim
Investigation of Navy Vet’s Slaying Baffles Chicago Police
Police continue to probe the May 26 slaying of 23 year old naval veteran Thomas Bundy found dying near a tavern at 2153 East 75th Street. Capt William Stapleton said all leads were checked with no developments and a hair sample near the body was identified as not Bundy’s.
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Grand Crossing
Thomas Bundy
Phillips Ave
Bundy
75Th St
Jackson Park Hospital
William Stapleton
Police Crime Laboratory
Saint Fatima Statue Arrives at St Clara’s Church
A hand carved cedarwood statue of Our Lady of Fatima, transported from Fatima Portugal, will be received at St Clara’s Church at 8 pm with Rev. Matthew T. O’Neill OCarm delivering the sermon. After ceremonies, the statue will be carried in procession to the Our Lady of Fatima shrine for permanent installation.
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Chicago
Fatima
Portugal
St Clara’s Church
64Th St
Woodlawn Ave
Matthew T. O'Neill
Ocarm
Our Lady of Fatima Shrine
South Shore Y Dinner Scheduled for June Fifteenth
The South Shore YMCA announces its annual dinner set for 6 30 p m on Tuesday June 15 at Bryn Mawr Community Church located at 7000 Jeffery Avenue. The event will feature community leaders and supporters of the YMCA programs in the South Shore area. Proceeds will fund youth activities and facility upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Shore
South Shore Ymca
Bryn Mawr
Jeffery Ave
Penny for Your Thoughts at Museum Interview
Interviews at the Museum of Science and Industry ask visitors if they come for entertainment or education. Mrs Julian Rassmussen of Phillips Avenue says education motivates her visits, though she enjoys exhibits of particular interest such as the Swedish exhibit.
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Museum of Science and Industry
Museum
Julian Rassmussen
Phillips Ave
Weis
Aren
Alarm Office Responds Quickly To Woman In Fire
A Southeast resident calls at 3 am reporting a fire at 361 Wentworth Ave. Englewood operators dispatch engine, truck, rescue squad, and battalion chief within seconds. Fire caused by rubbish in basement is extinguished in six minutes as responders return to stations.
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Bob Green
Englewood
Wentworth Ave
Green
39Th St
Martin Coyne
Arthur Drescell
19Th Battalion
Signal Corps
Driscoll
Retired Police Sergeant Arthur Mathern Dies at 70
Funeral services for Arthur H Mathern age 70, a retired police sergeant who died Monday at St Bernard hospital, will be held at 9 AM at Holy Cross church. Burial in Calvary cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Ted Ellis, son Edward E, four grandchildren. formerly served at Burnside town hall Sheffield and Stock Yards stations. member of Rhodes Community Club and Holy Cross church societies.
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Arthur H Mathern
St Bernard Hospital
Holy Cross Church
Calvary Cemetery
Mathern
Burnside
Town Hall
Sheffield
Stock Yards
Rhodes Community Club
Little Flower Society
St. Cyril Church
Alderman Urges Civic Support to Regulate Comics
Alderman Nicholas J. Bohling calls on Parent-Teacher associations civic groups and churches to back a city council measure to study regulating comic books. He cites juvenile crimes linked to comic content and seeks a hearing to consider banning offensive magazines, while noting Hammond’s earlier action banning 35 of 100 scrutinized titles.
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Ald
Nicholas J. Bohling
City Council
Bohling
Corporation Council
Chicago
Detroit
Philadelphia
Hammond
Alderman Hohling
Nancy Shuler
Donald Adams
Vernon Anderson
Girl Scouts Fund Rally Set For Sunday In Park Fieldhouse
Girl Scouts of Southeast side District 20 will hold a district rally at 4 a.m. Sunday in the Tully Park fieldhouse at 91st Street and St. Lawrence. Twenty five senior intermediate and brownie troops will place donations toward the Tulette Low World Friendship fund in colored baskets forming a paper rainbow pot of gold. The program includes songs and a candlelighting ceremony led by district director Mrs. Donald H. Jackson of 8140 Eberhart Ave.
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Girl Scouts of
Southeast Side
Tulette Low World Friendship Fund
Tully Park
91St St
St. Lawrence
Donald H. Jackson
Eberhart Ave
Teachers Sorority to Stage Spring Dance at Merchants Club
Chi Theta Chi sorority of Chicago Teachers' College will hold its annual Spring dance at the Merchants and Manufacturers' Club on Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chi Theta Chi Sorority
Chicago Teachers’ College
Merchants and Manufacturers’ Club
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Clarence W. Pape
Komensky Ave. Worth
A. E. Stephan
W. 57Th
Southeast
Eee
Scereers
Coyne
Harper
Jerry Merrick
Arthur Driscoll
Thomas J. Cannaven
Fifth Division
Economist
Navy
St. Clara’s Church
Girl Scouts
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