Penny for Your Thoughts on High School Cooking and Sewing
At a O’Keeffe PTA meeting the question Should girls be required to take cooking and sewing courses in high school sparked strong views. Mothers from South Shore urged mandatory or essential domestic classes to prepare girls for future adult roles and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’keeffe Pta
Fritz Loewenthal
South Shore
Stuart Glick
Stuart
Julian Kauter
Stanley Wexler
Stanley
Wexler
Three Trustees Named to Foreign Trade Unit
Among the nine trustees appointed by the Foreign Trade Training Center are Roswell O Byerrum of 5755 S Kenwood Ave president of the University National Bank treasurer La Rabida sanitarium and Chicago Osteopathic hospital board member Dr Harold M Mayer of 5660 S Blackstone Ave associate professor of geography University of Chicago Chicago port district expert and former Port District board member and port planning consultant J Theodore Wolfson of 7123 S Luella Ave president of Maremont International corporation and past president of the Automotive Exporters Club of Chicago
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Foreign Trade Training Center
South Side
Roswell O. Byerrum
S. Kenwood Ave
University National Bank
la Rabida Sanitarium
Chicago Osteopathic Hospital
Harold M. Mayer
S. Blackstone Ave
University of Chicago
Chicago
J. Theodore Wolfson
S. Luella Ave
Maremont International Corporation
Export Mannegers Club of Chicago
Automotive Exporters Club of Chicago
Beloit College names Sandy D Mack to Dean's honor list
Sandy D Mack a Beloit College junior, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Mack of 1655 E 84th Pl, is named to the Dean's honor list for Scholastic achievement in the last semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy D Mack
Donald Mack
E. 84Th Pl
Beloit College
Expansion Of Cal Port Starts Soon
Shippers at Lake Calumet Harbor outgrew initial facilities and expansion plans move forward. Chicago Regional Port District rerun by Max Cohen aims to start construction by year end with additional transit sheds, dredging, tank farm, and a new 3,000 by 400 foot slip to accommodate growing trade.
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Lake Calumet
Maxim M. Cohen
Chicago
Cohen
Port Board
de Leuw, Cather & Company
Chicago Plan Commission
Calumet
Charles E. de Leuw
Illinois Grain Corporation
Rice Powell
de Leuw
Chicago park district adopts $6 million boulevard plan
The Chicago park district board approves a $6 million boulevard modernization program widening three Southeast streets. S. Yates Ave will gain five feet, Marquette Rd will widen and get new aluminum mercury lights, and Southeast Dr will be channelized with new signals. Bids open Oct 8. bonds tied to a $15 million issue. completion by Dec 1, 1958. Jurisdiction over activities shifts to the city on Jan 11, 1958.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Park District
Board of Commissioners
S. Yates Ave
E. 1St
87Th Sts
Southeast Economist
South Shore Dr
70Th St
S. Coles Ave
Marquette Rd
Stony Island Ave
Central Park Ave
S. Stony Island Ave
S. California Ave
Robert A. Black
Park District
Homicide Verdict in 92 Year-Old Woman Death
A coroner's jury found reckless homicide in the death of Villa Catlin aged 92 struck by a fast taxi at 2692 East 79th Street on September 12. Witness John Lesniewski 35 testified he saw the cab, speeding, hit the woman and named cab driver Waukaye Peden 27 for grand jury referral.
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Villa Catlin
S. Colfax Ave
79Th St
John Lesniewski
S. Manistee Ave
Waukaye Peden
Drexel Ave
Santa Claus Saved From Potter's Field in Chicago
The body of William Moss, a 65 year old Comiskey Park vendor known as Santa Claus to South Side residents, was saved from burial in the potter's field after Captain William Hennessy intervened. Friends funded his burial with a Jewish funeral officiated by Rabbi Jacob Rich. Moss had lived quietly, claimed a New York family but gave no details, and for six years worked as a Santa helper for the merchant's association. His Beverly Cemetery burial featured a motorcycle escort, flowers, and a large gathering of friends.
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South Side
Chicago White Sox
Comiskey Park
Minoso
Aparicio
Santa Claus
William Hennessy
Gresham
William Moss
Potter’s Field
Jacob Rich
Southtown
Anshe Emet
Moss
New York
FBI Crime Report Shows Chicago Not Nation's Crime Spitzen
FBI figures for the first half of 1957 rank major U.S. cities by population. Chicago registers 131 murders and a total 23 512 offenses, placing ninth to tenth among large cities and showing gains in larcenies auto thefts and aggravated assaults per capita. New York leads with 156 murders and 70 107 total offenses.
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U.S
Chicago
New York City
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
St. Louis
Washington
Boston
New York
Atlanta
FBI
D.C
Little Rock
Ark
Eisenhower
Memphis
Tenn
Mobile
Ala
Houston
Texas
Washington, D.C
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Fritz Lowenthal
Mrs. J. Neiman
Oakwood Blvd
Everspan
South Shore Drive
Lake Shore
Burnham Park Shore Line
Oakwood Bivd
Cal
Jack E. Budd
Economist
al Nagelberg
National Magazine
Harold Cross
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