Woodlawn to Open Play Lots for Preschoolers Soon
A Woodlawn civic group plans to open two play lots within 30 days on University of Chicago and Ingleside properties with sand boxes and equipment donated by the university. Nine more lots await tentative permission from owners as Ain Merriam works to secure council backing for two additional sites in the ward.
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Woodlawn
Harry Chetham
63Rd St
University of Chicago
Greenwood Ave
Ingleside Ave
Chetham
University
Robert Merriam
5Th
Kimbark Ave
Dorchester Ave
E. 62Nd St
64Th St
Kenwood Ave
Woodlawn Ave
Marquette Rd
Stony Island Ave
E. 61St St
Harper Ave
Scott School
Hayes Hotel
University Ave
Puzzle Lines Echo Poem's Quiet End
The couplet asks for the two lines that follow the quoted line. The answer lies elsewhere in the same column, guiding readers to the continuation of the literary puzzle.
Memory Lane From Dibbie and Old Timers Memory Pieces
Reader reminiscences recall hair growth ads by the Southerland sisters and skirts above ankles as fashion shifts. Notes celebrate Becker Ryan’s store and local theaters, compare extinct autos, and reminisce White City amusement park. Chicago teens graduate with 64 sets of twins at Hirsch and South Shore high schools.
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Memory Lane
Dibbie
Southerland Sisters
Fred Reeves
Becker Ryan
Benton Grocery
Vaudette
National Theaters
Vernish
Pope Toledo
Pope Hartford
Stoddard Dayton
Stevens-Duryea
Rambler
Cole
Mitchell
Alec
Locomobile
King
Oakland
Royal Tourist
Thomas Flyer
Abbot
Garden Notes And School Dance Announced For June Daze
Garden tips advise 30 inch row spacing and 1 to 2 inch planting depth for tomatoes while warning late season plantings. Tilden High School announces informal June Daze dance on June 28 at the Continental Hotel with Bob Bishop orchestra and Queen trio. Student council members include Roger Weaver Lewis Bateman Hoy Eugene Blaho.
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Tilden High School
Continental Hotel
Bob Bishop
Queen Trio
Roger Weaver
Eberhart Me
Lewis Bateaun
Wiehes
University Ave
Eugene Blaho
Buffalo Ave
Longtime Chicago Vocational leader Warren Hill to retire
Warren E. Hill, director of Chicago Vocational High School since 1941, will retire at the end of the current semester. The 65 year old will preside over graduation day next Thursday as the school furthers its growth from 600 students to 3,000 under his 6 year leadership. A testimonial banquet in his honor is planned at the Shoreland hotel with educators from IIT, the University of Illinois and Purdue attending.
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Chicago
Hills
Shoreland Hotel
South Shore Dr
Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Illinois
Purdue University
Carl Channon
Great Lakes Supply Company
Hill
Chicago Vocational School Fathers Club
Parker High School
Armour Institute
Parker
Chicago Normal School
Lindblom
Washburne Trade School
Hirsch High School
Calumet High School
Marie A. McCahey
John R. Specht
Hyde Park High School
Stony Island Ave
Thomas Quigley
Georgia School of Technology
Chicago Vocational School
E. 87Th St
Francis J. Daly
Warren
Bowen
Bowen High School
South Shore High School
Alice Benson
East End Ave
Lawrence Berkove
Bennett Ave
Kay Bondus
Paxton Ave
Ralph Bransky
Constance Ave
Thomas Brown
Herbert, Cork Jr
Merrill
Norma Danielson
Saginaw Ave
Charles Davies
Paxton
David Diamond
Clyde Ave
Frank Drake
Crandon
Martha Dyer
Margaret Egalnick
Phillips Ave
Dorothy Ehrenstrom
Walter Ellinghausen
Escanaba Ave
Mrs Alvina Werner Dies at 75 in Chicago
Mrs Alvina Werner, 75, died Monday at her home in Chicago after a stroke. Survived by sons August Alfred Ernst and four daughters Thea Jenninga Hilda Krave Louise Mewett Elia Rumpf. Funeral today at 2 PM in Church of God 306 W 74th. burial Evergreen Cemetery.
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Alsina Werner
South Side
Amber Bakeries
Drexel Ave
Westrain
Germany
Werner
Chicago
August H
Rhodes Ave
Alfred
Ernst
Olds Ave
Thea Jenninga
Holland
Hilda Krave
Long Island
Accent on Youth Theme At Church of the Messiah
The rector Rev Richard Taylor and his wife expanded youth participation at Church of the Messiah to engage high schoolers who had drifted from services. They adopted a broader program modeled on a Northside church to renew interest and attendance among young people.
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Kara Kern
Church of the Messiah
Tom Sawyer
Huck Finn
Episcopal
Dante
Richard B. Taylor
Tom
Huck
Texylor
Dorothy
Norii Sine
Pilot Overturns Plane in Beach Landing
A small plane overturned on the beach at 64th Street as John Blossom, 22, of Oil City Pennsylvania, forced a landing during a flight from Wisconsin. Blossom escaped injury and told Woodlawn police he landed due to bad weather. The aircraft is owned by the Renard School of Aviation, Oil City.
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64Th St
John Blossom
Oil City
Blossom
Woodlawn
Wisconsin
The
Renard School of Aviation
Bernard Epton Joins Dwork and Epton Firm
Bernard Epton of 7236 Coles Ave joins the law firm of Dwork and Epton at 77 W Washington St. Epton, a former RAF captain, earned a personal citation from Gen James Doolittle for missions over Germany.
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Bernard Epton
Coles Ave
Dwork and
Penny for Your Thoughts on Sugar Rationing Ends
Interviews at 79th Street and South Park Avenue reveal housewives discuss the abolition of sugar rationing. Mrs. Maurice Young notes no major impact on daily meals but mentions baking adjustments and corn syrup use. Mrs. Harry Ruedi remarks further details cut off in the source text.
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79Th St
South Park Ave
Maurice Young
Vernon Ave
Southeast Side Veteran Killed In Virginia Plane Crash
Juhan Kaufmann 30 year old army veteran died in a Capital Airlines crash near Leesburg Virginia while en route to visit his mother in Durham North Carolina. Funeral services were held at 936 East 47th Street. He served in Europe as a captain with the 196th field artillery battalion and was discharged in 1946. He was survived by his parents a brother and several relatives.
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Juhan Kaufmann
iClyde Are
Capital Airlines
Leesburg
Kaufmann
Durham
N.C
Blue Ridge Mountains
University of Il Bnes
196Th Field Artillery
Ben
Linnie
Marvin
Directors Elected by Stony Island Merchants Association
Dave Muir of 1418 E 68th St was chosen chairman of the board of the Stony Island Area Merchants Association at a meeting in the Southmoor Bank on 8760 Stony Island Ave. Other directors include Harry Clark of 7345 Phillips Ave and Basil Boase.
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Dave Muir
68Th St
Stony Island Area Merchants Association
Southmoor Bank
Stony Island Ave
Harry Clark
Phillips Ave
Basil Boase
Warning on metals overcharge sales in Chicago area
The Woodlawn Businessmen's association issued a warning to merchants and housewives to beware salesmen who overcharge for metal recoating. John Thomas, managing director, cited several recent complaints in the Chicago area of overcharging and merchandise refusals until payment is made.
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Woodlawn Businessmen’s Association
John Thomas
Chicago
Hyde Park Hosts Largest Senior Class Graduation Week
About 1 636 seniors from five Southeast Side high schools will graduate next week with diplomas awarded at South Shore Hirsch Hyde Park Bowen and Chicago Vocational. Speakers include Dr George W Crane at South Shore and John R Specht Hyde Park.
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Southeast Side
South Shore
Hirsch
Hyde Park
Bowen
Chicago
George W. Crane
Lane
South Shore High School
Pam
Constance Ave
Marie Voy Brewster
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