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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
1
Four boys start with six marbles each. Bill buys three from John then sells three to Joe and three to Frank. John buys six from Frank and nine from Joe then sells six to Bill. Frank sells three to Bill. Track final marble counts for Bill, John, Joe, and Frank after all transfers.
A Southeast side veteran notes that among the 77 728 official AEF deaths in World War I there were 328 drownings. The remark appears amid broader reminiscences of wartime losses and submarine disasters.
A Southeast Side appliance shop shows items without price tags, using down payment labels as a flawed sign of cost. A little girl on 65th Street narrowly escaped being struck by a car when a driver panicked and swerved, remains unharmed but shaken. A reminder that parental safety vigilance is essential for children near traffic.
Marie Clarke of Dobson Avenue plans a Roche Dale summer vacation returning to Dobson. She was 1937 resort beauty queen and last year a runner up. Yvonne Isaacson of Paxton Avenue will attend both World Fairs this Summer wearing a self designed outfit from a class project. Cottage Grove Avenue bags incident shows shoppers scrambling for coins as bag handles broke.
A humorous riff on Emerson and the world beating a path to a inventor's door. The American Mercury passage notes that a superior mousetrap would attract sensational press attention, invade privacy, and turn the inventor's life into public spectacle.
Between the Stoops and Vliet households in Oglesby neighbors place stepping stones for a friendly gathering. A Southeast side woman bets her boyfriend can score 100 on a quiz. he does, prompting questions about their next steps. Cecelia Toohey of Ridgeland avenue is noted as a double for actress Jean Arthur.
A Southeast side homemaker suggests arranging nine bottle tops in a diamond, wrapping in crepe paper and raffia, painting and shellac, to create a hot-dish table mat. If too hard, a dime store version exists. A street sighting notes a young blonde mother and her three year old leaving a beauty shop with matching hair. The puzzler answer states Bill and John each had 12, others none.
A wry remark suggests the country needs paving material so tough that new pipes would require rerouting streets. The line captures frustration with ongoing roadwork and infrastructure delays.
Ground will be broken on the 53rd st promontory for a memorial fountain to David Wallach. Frederic C. Hibbard and Elizabeth Haseltine, Southeast Side residents, designed the eight foot high dark mahogany marble fountain with a bird trough and three fountains for all ages. The project costs about 4000 dollars and funding was released this year by Wallach's estate executors.
Southtown Beach at Fish Lake Ind hosts weekly barn dances moved to the hotel for larger crowds. Weekends see near full attendance of Southsiders and guests enjoying the colony atmosphere. Builders add summer homes, trellises, vines, and shrubs while new piers rise on the north lake shore as the Econ omist offers plots at 78 dollars total with 10 dollars down and 3 dollars monthly.
The Grand Crossing Improvement Association will close its Spring season with a meeting at 8 o'clock tonight at the Essex Community Church on 74th Street and Blackstone Avenue. President Al Doherty will preside and meetings will resume on the second Thursday in September with a planned Fall and Winter program.
South Shore post No. 388 American Legion will award medals and certificates to Southeast Side grade school students on Flag Day. Edward A. Hayes will keynote at an 8 15 pm ceremony expected to draw about 3500 people. Winners include Robert Crow of Our Lady of Peace and Richard Samuels of Crandon Avenue.
More than 100 civic business and church leaders from the South Shore area will meet at the South Side Swedish club to form a permanent council representing the community. Ald. Thomas J. Daley announced invitations and urged all groups to attend. officers will be selected, and transportation improvements on Jeffery and Yates avenues are among the topics for study.
Woodlawn Kiwanis Club will attend the Sea Scout cutter launch at 49th St Harbor in Jackson Park at 7:45 PM next Wednesday. Alexander S. Irvine will present, Commodore A. Sheridan will accept, and the cutter will be christened and launched followed by a short lake excursion aboard five Sea Scout cutters and the power boat.
Graduation exercises at Mt. Carmel high school and Aquinas Dominican high school will be held at 8 o'clock tonight. Mt. Carmel's 36th annual commencement includes awards, diplomas, salutatory by Wesley Miller and valedictory by Robert Amstutz with address by Rev. James Leddy. Aquinas Dominican will hold exercises at 8 o'clock with Rev. Joseph O'Donnell delivering the address and a post ceremony reception.
The Southeast Economist Travel department announces a 12 day Caribbean cruise aboard the liner Columbus leaving New York City every two weeks. Priced at 135 dollars, the voyage invites readers to explore West Indies islands and South American shores aboard a 32 000 ton, highly comfortable ship famed for hospitality.
Lieutenant Patrick Barlow of the Chicago Fire Department, 70, who served 30 years and earned four bravery citations, is buried after a high requiem mass at Holy Cross church. He retired in 1929, spent his last years aboard the fireboat Joseph Medill, and is survived by son Austin and daughter Ruth. His wife Katherine predeceased him.
South Area council of the Chicago Motor Club outlines final details for the June 28 opening of 100th street between Commercial and Torrence. A crowd of about 200000 is anticipated from the Southeast side and nearby Indiana cities. Alderman William A. Rowan to be guest of honor. one way street study and Sard street opening funds discussed.
At a 8 pm meeting at the South Shore Chamber offices the plan for a Greater South Side Music festival was unveiled. Emma Rund named festival chair with 8 W Banksley as president and Jackson Park to host the event in August, with local figures John Batham Erna Klaas Lews Kahn and Byron Wherry aiding preparations.
Ground broken on Bowen high school for a 380000 addition with athletic facilities and classrooms. Alderman William A. Rowan and officials from the Board of Education officiated as PWA funds 171000 with 209000 from the board.
Young men and women of Woodlawn who will cast their first vote in 1940 are guests of honor at a noon Woodlawn Business Men's Association Flag Day celebration in the Hayes Hotel. Homer L. Davenport will welcome. Mrs. Paul J. Pierson will explain the gathering. G. William Skeeles Jr. will present new citizens to the association.
Ten year old George Malito, son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Malito of 1508 East 75th Street, is described as fair while hospitalized at Jackson Park Hospital for a fractured skull sustained last Saturday when a bat slipped from another player, ten year old Fred Level of 7436 Kenwood Avenue.
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