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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1948
Page
5
Mrs. Shirley P. Garel was elected president of the College of Jewish Studies. The nominating committee was led by Mrs. Libbie S. Garvow. The meeting kept Kingston Avenue as a focal point and listed 7310 The nominating committee also noted Clyde Avenue address 761d.
The closing of the school year signals start of trips for Southeast Side Boy Scouts to Chicago council camps. Eighteen men appointed to staffs across Camp James E West Camp Kiwanis Camp Wilderness and Camp Robert Stuart with roles from ranger craftsman to aquatics director. Staff include Richard Hruska Bernard Dougherty Donald Gouwens Kenneth Nelson Joseph Pieper David Russell Merrill Seggerman Jack Stewart Jim Stolte Don Thormahien Carl Wolff Edward Farmer Richard Frick Van Reid Gordon Westergreen Maurice Williams and Dr Jo Roscoe Perry and others serving at Owasippe near Whitehall Michigan Willow Springs and surrounding areas.
Jones Commercial High School will offer six week office courses for adults starting Monday at 607 S Plymouth Ct. Registrations are open this week from 9 AM to 5 PM. The program targets stenography, bookkeeping, and clerical skills with no tuition, says director Clarence B Carey. Courses include shorthand, typewriting, calculating machine work, bookkeeping, business English, filing, business arithmetic, personality development and business law.
Two Southeast side residents will be installed as officers of the Greater Chicago chapter Women of the Moose in ceremonies at 8 p.m. Monday at the Moose auditorium 1016 N Dearborn St. Mrs Mary Fonte and Mrs Florence Witkowski will assume roles as assistant guide and child care and training chair.
Thousands view the 1949 Ford at Ritz Central Motors 5518 Lake Park Ave with a grand showing last Friday and a prize giveaway Saturday. Alderman Robert E Merriam awarded 60 gifts to Southeast side residents and praised Hyde Park Ford agents Edward France and Morris Cohen. The car features larger front and rear seats and five inch forward body shift. Ritz Central plans first come, first served deliveries to community residents. The shop also touts a large service department for major repairs. New library arrivals at Woodlawn Regional Library include I Thee Wed, Melabar Farm, Far and Near, Waking of an Insurgent, Minstrel of the Yukon, With a Southern Accent, and Tales from Ireland.
Carl E Chevedden tenor at 8409 Vernon Ave will sing Jenik in The Bartered Bride in Grant Park Saturday July 3. The Park District Opera Guild presents the performance directed by George Lawner a South Side conductor and pianist who has led the Guild for two seasons.
Midshipman Arthur Tallet, son of Mr and Mrs A J Tallet of 2153 Rhodes, a freshman at the Illinois Institute of Technology and a naval reserve officer training corps member, will receive eight weeks of active duty instructions aboard the light cruiser USS Springfield this July and August featuring gunnery drills battle problems and lectures on naval equipment developments.
Evening programs at Chicago Vocational School 2160 87th St cater to men seeking fitness. The auxiliary gym offers weight lifting and gymnastics, including side-horse, parallel and horizontal bars and tumbling. Main gym hosts basketball and other games while the pool runs three hours nightly with a Red Cross life-saving course. Classes meet Mon Wed or Tue Thu from 6:45 to 9:15 pm with registration in the school office.
Mrs. Ben Dahl of The Dalles Oregon arrived in Chicago for granddaughter Ethel Louise Wickman’s graduation from Mercy High School. The 18 year old, residing at 8227 Eberhart Ave, celebrated with a reception two weeks ago. Dahl met her granddaughter and visited daughter-in-law Elsie Wickman and grandson George Ampur Wickman on Marine Corps leave.
Three South Side civil engineering students at the Navy Pier branch of the University of Illinois are among 71 registered for the university summer classes at Camp Rabideau Minnesota. The students are Thaddenus J. Cieslak of 5346 Sacramento Ave, Gerald McCollam of 363 E 70th St, and Lewis MacDonald of 6526 Bishop St.
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