Southeast Family Makes City Girl Scout History
A Southeast side mother and her two daughters set a Chicago Girl Scout record with 30 years of active service. Mrs. B. C. Guthat led Troop Inc. 460 and received a 10 year pin. her daughters Joyce and Jeanne, at Albion and Drake universities, also earned 10 year pins. A fashion show celebrating Barbara Benson tied to a wedding anniversary added pageantry as 76 badges funded the Juliette Low World Friendship fund.
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John Benson
Marquette Ave
B. C. Guthat
Joyce
Jeanne Guthat
Giuthats
Chicago
Girl Scout
Marquette Rd
Troop Inc
Marquette
Chelwin
Tabor Lutheran Church
Burnham Ave
Virginia Graf
Kingston Ave
Joyce Guthat
LaVerne Peppin
76Th St
Song Title Winner Awarded By WGN Broadcast
Mrs Elizabeth MacBean of 6226 Arper Avenue won the Song Title Me contest on WGN for her piece By the Way and receives 1000 copies of the song. Author C Smith of 6112 Ingleside, whose first novel No Better has just been published, will appear on two WGN programs this week with a 10 15 am interview and a 7 pm Saturday appearance on the Crazy Quiz program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth MacBean
WGN
Man C. Smith
Ingleside
Wgneek
Smith
Baker
Seven-Foot Tepee Stolen From Ingleside Backyard
Mrs H W Me reports a seven foot tepee missing from their backyard at 5620 Ingleside Avenue after a theft on a recent Saturday afternoon. Her son Johnathan four years old believes in the police and expects the big officer who visited to recover the birthday gift soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W
Ingleside Ave
Johnathan
Laundry operator in Chinatown overcharges for shirts
An operator of a Chinatown hand laundry defended his 25 cent shirt laundering charge before OPA experts, arguing a shirt equals dressed. He was found liable for 160.16 in damages after a charge dispute over whether 25 cents could apply to certain shirts, with the ceiling at 16 cents per shirt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chinatown
OPA
Crane couple wins dinner debate on air show prize
Mr and Mrs A R Crane of 2745 64th St debated whether heads should be forced to get home time for dinner on the Mr and Mrs program from WGN. Their smooth argument earned them an electric ironer as a prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Crane
Ufy
Mr. and
WGN
Southtown Fans Gather as Barry Fitzsteald Boards Transatlantic
A nameless pair from Southtown attend at the air port when Barry Fitzsteald, famed Irish character, boards a Trans World liner for Ireland. He signs autographs for fans before departure at the port. Hazel McCort, a 46 year old grandmother, plans to ride a Brahma in a rodeo and circus at Wrigley Field next Wednesday. The Puzzler answer lists several U S cities Lansing and Jackson, Jefferson City, Lincoln, Raleigh, Bismarck, Columbus and Madison.
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Southtown
Barry Fitzsteald
Ireland
Hazel McCort
Wrigley Field
Lansing
Mich
Jackson
Miss
Jefferson City
Lincoln
Neb
Raleigh
N. C
Bismarck
N. D
Columbus
Madison
Wis
Hold Last Rites for Victim of Heart Attack
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Harold W. Holman 34 of 8261 Langley Ave who died Monday of a heart attack on the Illinois Central Railroad platform at 82nd Street and Dobson Ave.
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Harold W. Holman
Langley Ave
Illinois Central
82Nd St
Dobson Ave
Heart Attack Fatal to Anna Maloney 42
Funeral services for Anna Maloney 42 were held at St Cyril church after she died of a heart attack Friday night at home 6522 Blackstone Ave. She had worked nine years as a typist for the Board of Education and lived on the Southeast side for over 35 years. Burial followed at St Mary's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Maloney
Blackstone Ave
St. Cyril Church
Dante Ave
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Miss Maloney
Board of Education
Southeast Side
Tetanus fatal to boy after fall into bonfire
Funeral services were held for Larry Beville, three, of 7912 Exchange Ave, who died of tetanus contracted after a leg burn May 28 when he fell into a rubbish fire. His father Seth rushed him to South Shore hospital then County hospital. He survived by his mother Esther and brother Raymond, seven. Burial at St Mary cemetery after services at 9500 Commercial Ave.
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Larry Beville
Exchange Ave
Larry
Seth
South Shore Hospital
Commercial Ave
St. Mary Cemetery
Esther
Raymond
Three Teens Held For Attacks On Two Girls In Park
Three teenage Black youths were held by South Chicago police for attacks and holdups of two girls and the beating of their escorts in Bessem er Park after a street carnival. Edgar Lang Jr Robert Parker and James Griffin all 19 17 and 14 respectively of Green Bay Avenue faced police claims of stepping from shadows at the park and threatening a guard with a knife before assaulting the woman and seizing her purse. Parker was later arrested at 68rd Street and South Shore Drive by detectives Brokop and Kelly.
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Chicago
Bessemer Park
Edgar Lang Jr
Green Bay Ave
Robert Parker
James Griffin
Ben Zaroga
Lang
Griffin
Park
Chicago Ave
Jackson Park Hospital
Parker
Woman Robbed at Sherman Park Fieldhouse
Mrs. Grace Keleher a 48 year old drama instructor at the park district was knocked down and robbed of 20 dollars by a man Monday evening in Sherman park fieldhouse at 52nd street and Racine avenue. She told Stock Yards police she was alone in the building at the time of the robbery.
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Grace Keleher
E. Marquette Rd
Sherman Park
52Nd St
Racine Ave
Margaret St. Pierre 73 Dies in Montreal Last Rites Held
Mrs. Margaret St. Pierre aged 73 died Thursday in Notre Dame hospital Montreal. Widow of Adolphe St. Pierre she was aunt of William H. McDonnell publisher of the Southeast Economist and Southtown Planning president. Funeral was Monday at St Sabina church and burial in Holy Sepulchre cemetery. She leaves sons Joseph Exilda Alfred Ervin and four daughters plus two sisters a brother and 17 grandchildren.
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Margaret St. Pierre
South Side
Notre Dame Hospital
Montreal
St. Sabina Church
W. 78Th Pl
Holy Sepulchre
Joseph
Exilda
St Pierre
Alfred
Indiana Ave
Ervin St Pierre
E. 87Th Pi
Corrine Walker
Langley Ave
Mabel Scholar
Bell Ave
Lynne Staral
Florence Thuesen
Oak Park
Anna McDonnell
Louise Dion
Rockford
A. J. Menard
78Th Pl
Body Found in Ruins of Iowa Hotel Disaster
A Des Moines area veteran died of suffocation amid a Dubuque hotel blaze that, with a 6212 Dorchester Ave apartment fire, drove 31 people to the street and caused substantial damage. Separate fires halted Illinois Central suburban service. families mourn La Salle hotel victims.
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Dubuque
Dorchester Ave
Grand Crossing
Illinois Central Railroad
Bernard Dollarhide
E. 63Rd St
Greyhound
la Salle
Ohio
Alliance, Q
Dorothy Swovoda
Conrad Swovoda
Nicholas J. Bohling
Swovoda
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Chicago
Business Machines
Alderman Bohling
Iowa
Dollarhide
Canfield
Europe
Atchinson
Neb
Helen
la Verne Pettiford
Pettiford
William Black
Fisherman rescue after fall into lake near Jackson Park harbor
Joseph Whiligen, 61, of A028 Woodlawn Ave, fell into the lake beneath the bridge at the Jackson Park motor boat harbor on 59th Street east of the Oulerds. He was saved by fishermen and revived after artificial respiration, admitted to Illinois Central hospital for shock, later moved to St George hospital and reported recovering. He said he fell from the bridge while looking down at the water.
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Joseph Whiligen
Woodlawn Ave
Jackson Park
59Th St
Oulerds
Wiligen
Illinois Central Hospital
St. George Hospital
Wittgen
Hyde Park
Council urged to approve plan for 65 G I homes in Fall
A special assessment committee heard attorney Robert Thorsen urge council approval of financing compromises on sewer water and sidewalk facilities for 63 GI veteran homes on land at 87th street and Jeffery Avenue. Bondholders would bid for building under GI rules if assessments settle at 74 percent without interest. Delinquent real estate taxes of about 11000 awaited county board action as a factor.
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87Th St
Jeffery Ave
Robert Thorsen
Cornelius J. Hagen
Thorsen
Penny for Your Thoughts at 63rd and Stony Island
Interviews ask residents what shortage frustrates them most. Charles Allen cites window blinds delays. James Jeske notes apparel costs and difficulty finding items. Both describe postwar scarcity shaping daily life and shopping challenges.
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63Rd St
Stony Island
Fish Lake Beach Opens for Summer Season at Southtown
Southtown Beach at Fish Lake Indiana prepares for the 1948 vacation season. Cottage owners reopen homesites along private beaches with parks piers and clubhouse. The lake spans eight miles of wooded shoreline stocked yearly by state hatcheries attracting anglers.
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Southtown
Fish Lake
Indiana
Chicago
Heavy Seas Endanger Lake Michigan Craft Rescues
Eleven people were rescued in two Lake Michigan incidents as rough seas and shifting winds capsized boats. A civilian saved Lucille Tuech and her son from a 19 foot cabin cruiser near the 78th Street breakwater, while Ralph Curtis and coast guard crews saved Henry Tuech Jr and his father. Meanwhile two sailors swam to shore after their 15 foot craft Margie K. capsized near 76th Street, and five men clung to a hull off 23rd Street until rescue crews arrived.
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Lake Michigan
Lucille Tuech
65Th St
Douglas
78Th St
Jackson Park Coast Guard
Coast
Curtis
Coast Guard Station
59Th St
Charles Quinn
Luella Ave
Clifford Hasen
East End Ave
76Th St
Margie K
Chicago
23Rd St
Jackson Park
Quinn
Flasen
Edward and
Carl Bert
Racine Ave
Jerry Bern
Sangamon St
Dave Ellington
W. 76Th St
Norman Gilberts
Peoria St
William Baker
Ada St
One Boy Wounded in Cartridge Explosion at Vacant Lot
Eugene Courtney, 14, of 7226 Greenwood, was wounded in both legs when a companion discharged a .22 cartridge by striking it with a brick during a game at a vacant lot near 73rd street and Dobson avenue. Robert Stumpe, 14, of 7245 Woodlawn found the shell on a rubbish heap. Grand Crossing police transported the injured boy to a physician for flesh wounds. He is the son of Mrs. Catherine M. Courtney.
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Eugene Courtney
Greenwood Ave
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Southeast Family
Anna Maloney
I. C
Winois Central Railroad
Council
G.I. Homes
Jeffrey
Charles Allen
Charles
James Jeske
Blacktone Ave
Germany
James
Coast Guard
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