Best hot weather diet proves simple, fresh and cool
Residents from multiple neighborhoods share hot weather diet ideas. Mrs Williams favors fruits and vegetables with little meat, especially salads on humid days. Chester Pygmon prefers cold cuts and potato salad with grapefruit juice to quench thirst. Stephen Saran backs salads and fruit and vegetable juices as the summer plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul B. Williams
S. Langley Ave
Paul
Williams
Stephen Saran
Home Ave
Worth
Real Estate Board Joins Hall Protest Over Burnham Park Site
The Chicago Real Estate Board votes to oppose a lakefront convention hall in Burnham Park, urging reconsideration and study of alternative sites. The action adds to protests by multiple business and civic groups, while Park Board President James H. Gately notes Park Board only approves park property, not site selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Gately
Chicago Park Board
Burnham Park
Chicago Real Estate Board
Real Estate Board
Chicago Plan Commission
Chicago Park Fair Corp
Park District
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
City Club of Chicago
Metropolitan Housing and Planning Council
State Street Council
South Side Planning Board
North Michigan Avenue Association
American Institute of Architects Planning Committee
Michigan Avenue Association
23Rd Sts
Lake Front
Daniel Burnham
Chicago
Association of Commerce
City Club
Park Board
Plan Commission
Wabash
Clark, Polk and Harrison Jrs
Gately
Largest U S Treasury printed bill denomination
The column hints that the largest denomination printed by the U S Treasury Department is discussed elsewhere in the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury Department
U.S. Treasury Department
Wheelchair Wanted by Southeast Side Resident
A Southeast Side minister told Mr. Friendly of a 45 year old woman who needs a wheelchair she cannot afford. Her husband is a partial invalid and cannot work steadily. Mr. Friendly asks readers to donate a wheelchair by mailing to him in care of the Southeast Economist, 728 W 65th St, Chicago 21, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Friendly
Southeast Economist
65Th St
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Government Workforce Grows Across All Levels
Government employees in Illinois total 346 770 in 1953, with 105 567 federal, 42 982 state, and 198 221 local workers. The figure rises 15 645 since 1950, matching the combined population of Poria Rockford East St. Louis Bloomington and Kankakee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Ilinois
Poria
Rockford
East St. Louis
Bloomington
Kankakee
Women Host 40th Cook County Amateur Golf Tournament
On Chicago’s Southeast Side the 40th Cook County Women Amateur Golf tournament runs Tuesday to Thursday at Jackson Park Golf Course near 63rd Street and Stony Island. Play begins daily at 8 30 am Ald Nicholas Bohling will present prizes Thursday July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
Jackson Park
63Rd St
S. Stony Island
Ald
Nicholas Bohling
Memory Lane recollections of streetcar transfers and daily life
Memory Lane recalls childhood scenes at transfer points where kids traded unused streetcar transfers for riders. It mentions a Swedish Temperance cafe near W 99th St and Halsted St offering home cooked meals for 20 cents. It also notes visiting barber shops to read Bentley & Murray baseball score sheets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Helwig
John P
Bud) Bowie
W. 99Th
S. Halsted St
Men From Mars At Adler Planetarium July Shows
Adler Planetarium hosts daily July shows debunking Martian invasion myths with science on The Planet Mars. Assistant director Albert Shatzel explains Mars features, canals, and color changes, noting extreme conditions and likely low plant life. Mars closest to Earth since 1940 with free Wednesday Saturday Sunday admission and 25 cent weekday rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adler Planetarium
Mars
Albert Shatzel
Planetarium
Mercury
Mount
Everest
Earth
Summer Term At Hirsch and Wadsworth
Summer school opens for an eight week term starting June 28 at Hirsch High School and Wadsworth Elementary. Hirsch charges 20 dollars for one major subject 35 for two majors and 10 per minor. Wadsworth offers a flat 20 dollar term. Hirsch adds shop classes mechanical drawing and co recreational physical education for the summer students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirsch High School
S. Ingleside Ave
Wadsworth
S. University Ave
Hirsch
Furnaces Must Be Serviced as Cold Weather Approaches
Heating firms urge homeowners to prepare furnaces now with overhauls and cleaning. Possible conversions to oil or gas are discussed. The Southeast Economist column on Furnace and Sheet Metal promotes timely maintenance as the key to a reliable cold weather friend.
Kennelly Leads South Side Tour for Cal-Sag Channel Push
Mayor Kennelly and 85 civic leaders toured the Calumet Sag waterway aboard the Mercury Streamliner to urge bi partisan support for a 90 million dollar Cal-Sag channel widening. They pressed for federal aid and wider lock facilities to spur South Side industry and Chicago growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet-Sag
Kennelly
South Side Waterway
St. Lawrence Seaway
Michigan
Chicago River
Lake Calumet
Frank C. Rathje
Chicago City Bank and Trust Co
W. 63Rd St
William H. McDonnell
Southtown Economist
Chicago
Congress
Fred E. Busher
Southtown
Calumet-Jeffery Improvers Seek Playground Equipment
The Calumet-Jeffery Improvement Association held its annual meeting at retiring president Herbert Lesser’s home and outlined goals for 1954 55. Incoming president William Colner reported on the property improvement committee and the group pressed for playground facilities and paving while planning sidewalk work and lighting on S Yates avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calumet-Jeffery Improvement Association
Herbert Lesser
S. van Viissingen
William Colner
S. Calhoun Ave
E. 99Th St
Board of Local Improvements
E. 95Th St
S. Yates Ave
David Rudolph
Paxton Ave
Thomas Halpin
E. 97Th Pl
Ben Silver
S. Merrill Ave
Leslie Putnam
Otto Kahn
S. Brennan
Merril Darrow
E. 97Th St
Derrich Reitzel
S. Chappel
Leo Saidel
E. 95Th
E. 103Rd Sts
South
Cook County
Mayor Orders Survey Of Dump Improvement Plans
Mayor Kennelly calls an immediate resurvey of the 280 acre city dump at E 103rd St and S Doty Ave. He instructs commissioner Lloyd Johnson to hire engineers Greeley and Hansen to study improvements within the budget. The South Side Forum, with 100,000 residents, urges faster trash disposal reforms and ending long uncovered periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennelly
E. 103Rd St
S. Doty Ave
Lloyd Johnson
Greeley and Hansen
State St
Johnson
Theodore Eppig
Marion E. Markey
South Side Forum
South Shore Valley Community Association
South Shore Gardens Betterment Association
Merrionette Manor Homes Improvement Association
Calumet- Jeffery Improvement Association
Cottage Grove Heights Improvement Association
Eat to Live Science Says Exhibit Opens at Museum of Science
The Food for Life exhibit opens at the Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park to show how nutrition affects every age. It features an animal nursery with pigs lambs and ducklings an alfalfa bed a nine foot nutrition chart and interactive displays on minerals proteins and carbohydrates. Visitors can learn proper cooking using a giant kitchen range and view meals on a chandelier art like upside down dining room. Dr Charles Glen King of the Nutrition Foundation urged lasting changes in eating habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Food For Life
Southeast Side
Museum of Science and Industry
Jackson Park
E. 57Th St
South Shore Dr
Swift and Company
Charles Glen King
The
Nutrition Foundation
Nine South Siders Plan Fourth of July Legion Event
Nine South Siders join the steering committee for the 20th annual Fourth of July celebration at Soldier Field sponsored by the Cook County American Legion council. Leaders include Jack Smith Russell W. Root and John Cusack with a roster of local officials. The program features stock car races high wire acts and about two tons of fireworks. Proceeds support civic and charitable activities of the Cook County council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldier Field
Cook County
Robert G. Clasen
S. Hoyne
Robert B Craig
South Shore
Ralph W. Gruenwald
S. Longwood
Clarence E. Harper
S. Bennett Ave
Alfonse F. Wells
S. Harvard Ave
American Legion
Crok County
U-505 to be displayed in Chicago museum dedication
The captured Nazi submarine U-505 will arrive in Chicago for mid August ceremonies at Jackson Park near the Museum of Science and History. Mayor Kennelly will greet dignitaries as the Navy formally transfers the sub to city control. Public display runs until Monday before tow to Calumet harbor for two weeks of renovations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Museum of Science and History
Jackson Park
Springfield
Milwaukee
U.S. Navy
Portsmouth
Chicago
Michigan Ave
Kennelly
Navy
Daniel W. Gallery
West Africa
Bermuda
John P. Mulhearn
S. Harvard Ave
Zenon B. Lukasius
S. Jeffery
Richard T. Breternitz
S. Ellis Ave
Michael Juhasz
S. Cottage Grove
Alfred Mets
S. Evans Ave
Daniel Muscari
Bernard Noha
S. Albany Ave
Robert W. Olsen
S. Thomas St
Owen B. Olson
S. Oakley Ave
Peter Z. Orvelski
S. Escanaba
Nathan W. Schuchman
Coffey Named Senior Member of Residential Appraisers
John P. Coffey of McKey & Poague Inc has been accepted as a senior member of the Society of Residential Appraisers. He has worked with the firm since 1935 in management sales financing and appraising and now heads mortgage loan and appraisal departments and serves as assistant sales manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Coffey
McKey & Poague, Inc
Society of Residential Appraisers
Coffey
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Stucphen Saran
Sheila Wolfe
Economist
Ray Crawford
Bentley & Murray
Ike
Jackson
Southeast Economist World's Beat Community Newspaper
James Madison
E. 74Th St
Dorchester
George Bertonz
Cal-Sag
Harold Cross
Ald. DuBois
U.S Army
Pacini
Europe
Mississippi
Calumet-Jeffery
Science
South Siders
Legion
Museum
Edward Gilbreth
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