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Newspaper
Southeast Economist
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
3
Hirsch High School at 7740 Ingleside Ave will start a short eight week summer term next Monday and run daily 8 am to 12 45 pm through August 22. The program serves four student groups including those seeking early graduation and those needing subject retakes.
Woodlawn Mothers round table began a summer activity series with a kickoff last Tuesday at Mrs. O F Glaubitz home. Club officers named include Mrs. Robert Hann chairwoman and Mrs. BR F Crego along with other officers at various addresses. Chatham Fields Woman's club hosted an Aeronautical university and naval armory event at the recreation center on Wabash. Federation day planning was set for October 10 at the Staehle home. Eaton Priddy unit of the American Legion auxiliary initiated new candidates at the post clubrooms.
The Pilgrimage society plans its 18th annual trip to famed shrines in the United States and Canada. Rev Vincent Cloos of St. Francis De Sales Church in Chicago announced the itinerary with a July 12 return, including a triduum at St Anne de Beaupre near Quebec from July 5 to 7.
More than 200 Boy Scouts and dads plan a two day camping and hiking trip through Forest Preserves. The 16th annual father and son overnight hike will start with a caravan of about 50 automobiles escorted by police from 73rd Street and St. Lawrence Avenue at 1 pm next Saturday to Camp Kiwanis near Willow Springs. Club president J Ellsworth Smith will be succeeded in September by William B Schuler of Merrill Avenue.
Mrs. Dora Seidner, age 55, received her first school diploma at the Field Museum during a ceremony for 1,000 Adult Education graduates. She moved to Chicago from Lithuania in 1900 and began schooling at Fiske grammar school in 1939, learning four grades in two years. She hopes to continue next September as Chicago public schools reopen.
Mrs. Mary Jane Willebrands of 6511 University Ave recalls the Great Chicago Fire as she celebrated her 83rd birthday at a Woodlawn Lutheran church luncheon in Hyde Park. She recalls her family on N Clark Street by the lake and is a great grandniece of Civil War generals Scott and Sumner.
Two Southeast side youths received scholarships at the Harvard School for Boys commencement in the new gymnasium. William Guernsey of 7600 Ridgeland Ave is bound for Purdue University and Richard Kelley of 8149 Jeffery Ave will attend Illinois Institute of Technology. Edith Nelson of 8136 Eberhart Ave hosts a spring tea for Jennie B. Howason Easter Star chapter past matrons to honor Kathryn Bottier.
Rhodes Community club members will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the Tuley Park fieldhouse at 90th Ist and Eberhart.
A 15 month old tan and white fox terrier seeks a new home. She is playful, housebroken, bright, and could be a good watchdog. Owners say she is cooped in a tiny apartment and would prefer a larger home with a yard. Write to Box 350 Animal Kingdom Southeast Economist 728 W 65th St. Letters go to owners who will choose a buyer.
Three South Side pupils of Rose Hanapel won national honor roll certificates with high honors at the national piano playing tournament held recently in Stevens. Patricia McNamara, 7935 Wood St, 14, Carol Clifford, 8048 Paulina St, 9, and Marion Melchior, 7252 Constance Ave, earned the awards.
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