Resurfacing Of 71st Street Underway By WPA Crews
Work began Monday on resurfacing portions of 71st Street between Stony Island Ave and South Shore Dr with 200 WPA laborers removing asphalt for a new surface at an estimated cost of 31 124 dollars. The project includes 12 412 square yards of resurfacing and 650 feet of curb replacements, with traffic routed to the north side during south side work.
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Tist St
Stony Island Ave
South Shore Dr
WPA
71St St
Stony Island
Ridgeland Eves
City Street Department
City-Wide Parley To Study Chicago Recreation
Recreation leaders from the Southeast and other communities will gather at a city wide congress on November 21 at the Sherman hotel. The Chicago Recreation commission sponsors the all day event featuring group discussions demonstrations and a banquet with national speakers.
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Congress On Recreation
Chicago
Sherman Hotel
Chicago Recreation Commission
Congress
Wilfred S. Reynolds
Council of Social Agencies
Commissionehembers
Michael J. O'Connell
DePaul University
August H. Pritzlaff
Board of Education
Jackson Park Camera Club Holds Print Criticism Meeting
The Jackson Park Camera Club will stage its first monthly print criticism session tonight at 8 p.m. in the 65th Street promontory area of the park. R. M. Stevens chairs the print committee and invites members and amateur photographers to attend and submit prints for feedback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Park
Camera Club
65Th St. Promontory
R. M. Stevens
Clubwomen Present Hess Incubator To Evangelical Hospital
A new Hess incubator donated by the Park Shore Welfare league, a South Side club of 55 women formed in June, sits in the premature nursery on the fourth floor of Evangelical Hospital at 54th and Morgan Streets. The gift, described as a nickel plated oval shell, was presented on September 12 after a August 15 board meeting where the group decided to fund hospital equipment for child welfare.
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Southeast Club
Evangelical Hospital
54Th
Morgan Sts
Park Shore Welfare League
Lila Matero
Laura Kohnen
Frank McNamara
Hermitage -Ave
Welfare League
Jeoks Ar Ees Pa
Aoa
Enea
Hess
Mina Hausman
South Side
Rites Held for Victim of Fall From Home Porch
Mrs. Jennie Borenstin aged 65 of 7712 Phillips Ave died after a fall from a second story porch. An inquest returned an accidental death verdict. She was buried in Oak Wood Cemetery after funeral services at a local chapel.
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Jennie Borenstin
Phillips Ave
Oak Wood
Borenstin
Jackson Park Hospital
Stony Island Ave
Safety First at Little Flower Parish Plays
Reverend S E McMahon of Little Flower parish at 80th and Wood addresses youth safety and recreation as 1,100 students leave school. He cites street loitering near a large billboard and Foster Park at 83rd and Loomis as the closest green space, stressing the need to develop on-site facilities to keep youngsters from the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. McMahon
Little Flower
80Th and
Wood Sts
Valeah
McMahon
Wood St
Foster Park
83Rd St
Loomis Blvd
Windup Week Ends Eighth Ward Festivities With Sale
The Eighth Ward festival concludes Saturday with a community sale after a week of galas. Alderman Michael Mulcahy coordinators cited multiple events tonight including P T A program at Grand Crossing park and receptions for old settlers at Rhodes theater and the Chatham branch library. A street dance runs 8 to 11 p m at Avalon park and 90th street. boxing show and other entertainment slated for 8 p m at Stony Island avenue.
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Eighth Ward
Ald
Michael F. Mulcahy
Grand Crossing Park
76Th St
Ingleside Ave
Old Settlers
Rhodes Theater
79Th St
Rhodes Ave
Chatham Branch Library
7Th St
Maryland Ave
Avalon Park
83Rd St
Kimbark Ave
90Th St
Cottage Grove
Dauphin Aves
Stony Island Ave
Burglars Loot McNulty Home in South Chicago
Burglars sawing a hole through the front door entered the McNulty residence at 8015 Escanaba Ave while Mr and Mrs James McNulty were away Sunday afternoon and stole $350 cash a fur coat a suit and diamond stick pin among other items. Police reported the burglary to South Chicago precinct.
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James McNulty
Escanaba Ave
Chamber Meeting On South Shore National Bank Progress
The South Shore Chamber of Commerce will hear reports on the progress of the new South Shore National Bank to open within weeks. B J Ryan, promotional chairman and director, will outline work toward organization and invite residents and business men to attend and participate in the discussion at Miss Alberts Tea Room, 7020 Jeffery Ave at 12 15 p m.
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Woodlawn
Woodlawn Lions Club
Hayes
Grand Crossing
Chatham
Chatham Lions Club
Grove Restaurant
Cottage Grove Ave
South Shore
South Shore Chamber of Commerce
Miss Albert's
Jeffery Ave
South Shore Civitan Club
Southmoor
Stony Island Ave
South Shore Lions Club
South Side Swedish Club
Ridgeland Ave
New South Shore National Bank
Ryan
Woodlawn Seeks Million Dollar Civic Center Fund
Woodlawn begins a drive led by John Hayes and Alma Wilson McMahill aiming to raise 1,000,000 for a civic center with playgrounds halls gymnasiums and a theater. The effort includes vaudeville shows at the Hayes hotel and six lectures on the Power of Personality in Business by Dr Alexander Karr starting October 15. Founders honor offered to first 125 subscribers.
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Woodlawn
Civic Center
John Hayes
Woodlawn Business Men's Association
Alma Wilson McMahill
McMahill
Hayes Hotel
64Th St
University
W.B.M.A
Southeast
Civic Center Fund
Alexander Karr
Civic Center Committee
Pat I. Pierson
University Ave
Wood-lawn
Pierson
Legion Post to Install Officers in Joint Ceremony
Milton Silverman and Mrs. Harry H. O'Hern will be installed as commander and auxiliary president at Woodlawn post No. 175 in a joint ceremony at Legion hall on Saturday night. Alderman Lindell and Mrs. Melville Mucklestone will officiate, with Lydia Helwig as installing sergeant at arms and the Square post color guard assisting. Additional post and auxiliary officers are listed with names and addresses in this community notice.
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Milton Silverman
St. Lawrence Ave
Woodlawn
American Legion
Harry H. O’hern
Lydia Helwig
Square Post No
Silverman
Alfred V. Piquerney
Normal Bivd
James F. Dwyer
Benjamin FP. Bass
Woodlawn Ave
Alexander Barrowman
Drexel Ave
Clarence A. Olson
Mackinaw Ave
Harry F. Hunziker
Lafayette Ave
Harry E. O’hern
Clyde McCune
4Th St
Henrietta B. Fischer
Richard A. Grantopf
Anthony B. Rich
Edward Ernstein Home Is Burglarized At Grand Crossing
Burglars broke into Edward Ernstein home at 7242 Constance Ave last Thursday afternoon by jimmying the door. They escaped with a camera projector films a gold watch $35 in cash and clothing according to Grand Crossing police.
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Edward Ernstein
Constance Ave
Grand Crossing
South Area council to discuss $5 million elevated highway proposal
A South Area council special meeting in Roby Indiana will consider a four lane elevated highway from the Indiana state line at Indianapolis Boulevard to the Outer Drive at Jackson Park. Chicago Motor Club director J E Bulger says cost may be about 60000 per mile with a plan via South Chicago Ave to Stony Island Ave. Alderman Rowan may attend. A preliminary government survey is expected to be requested to assess feasibility and costs.
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State Line
South Area Council
Phil Smith
Indianapolis Blvd
Roby, Ind
South Side
Indiana State Line
Jackson Park
J. E. Bulger
Chicago Motor Club
Bulger
Economist
Ald
William A. Rowan
Milford Henkel Called for Active Army Duty
Maj. Milford F. Henkel of 7000 Glyde Avenue will enter two weeks of active duty at the Sixth Corps area headquarters. He will serve with Chief of Staff Col. W. A. Graham. Henkel, former Grand Crossing Chatham Chamber of Commerce president, has recently been an assistant War Department instructor.
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Milford F. Henkel
Glyde Ave
South Side Lawyer's Association
Sixth Corp
Col
W. A. Graham
Henkel
Grand Crossing-Chatham
Story of Sewers and What They Are
An explanatory piece compares home drainage to sap flowing from a tree, outlining how small sewer pipes carry water from taps toward the street. It introduces a series clarifying the Southeast community’s sewer problem and notes another article will follow next Thursday.
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The
Economist
Yom Kippur Observances Planned Across Local Synagogues
The Southeast community and world observe Yom Kippur next Wednesday following the ten penitence days. Sundown Tuesday begins a fast with prayer and meditation. Services: South Side Hebrew Congregation 74th st and Chappel Ave Tuesday 5 15 pm and Wednesday 7 30 am. Congregation Am Echod 6056 Maryland Ave Tuesday and Wednesday prayers read by Rabbi Benjamin Teller. South Shore Temple 7215 Jeffery Ave Tuesday evening and Wednesday with Dr. G George Fox rabbi and a choir.
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Am Echod
Maryland ‘Ave
Nathan Steinberg
South Shore
Jeffery Ave
G. George Fox
Massacre Toll Here Reaches 41
Local toll from the Massacre event rises to 41 with officials confirming the latest fatalities. Emergency crews continue response as investigators assess the scene and identify the victims and circumstances surrounding the incident.
Southeast street massacre claims 15 year old victim
A 15 year old, Richard Ryan of 8758 Indiana Ave, is named as the latest casualty in a surge of deaths on Southeast streets. The Keep Chicago Safe survey reports 41 fatalities in the first eight months, with Ward 10 recording 19 auto fatalities and Ward 8 the fewest at two and a half.
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Richard Ryan
Indiana Ave
Young Ryan
Keep
Chicago
Rites Held for Veteran Lawyer Charles H Callaghan
Charles H Callaghan a longtime Chicago lawyer and judge died last Saturday at home. He served four terms as police magistrate in South Chicago and Hyde Park and was among the last justices of peace in Chicago. He lived in the Southeast community since 1867 and worked in law, real estate, and publishing. Survived by widow Anna two daughters Sister St Charles and May and two sons Bernard and James EB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Callaghan
Yates Ave
Chicago
Calvary Cemetery
St. Philip Neri
Callaghan
Hyde Park
Kent College of Law
Callaghan and Company
Timineig
American Bar Associations
Anna
St. Charles
May
Song
Bernard
James EB
Chatham Home Owners Organize Association Meeting
Residents of Chatham Fields will meet Monday at 8 pm in the community room at 7936 Cottage Grove Ave to form a home owners association. The group includes owners on Rhodes St Lawrence and Champlain areas between first and 83rd sts. Officers will be elected and a constitution formed.
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Chatham Fields
Cottage Grove Ave
Rhodes, St. Lawrence and
Champlain Ares
First
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Jackson Park Camera Club
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South Side Babies
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Alfred Lord Tennyson
Cele
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McNulty
New South Shore
W.E.M.A
Legion Post
New Woodlawn
Area Council
Milford Henkel
Southeast Synagogues
Southeast Economist
W. 65Th ST
Englewood
the Circulation Department
Jeffery Avenue
Safety Com
Mittee
Hitch
Chatham Home Owners To Organize ‘Association
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