Legion Show Pleases Beverly Hills Post Audiences
Beverly Hills Post 778 Am Legion stages two April shows directed by Art Wray. Joseph Warner drew big applause for his antics and jokes. Proceeds support the Post service fund for rehabilitation of ex-service men.
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Beverly Hills
The
American Legion
Art” Wray
Legion
Joseph
Tony) Warner
Major Gray
Legionaires
Art” Gray
France
W. H.’ Bowens
W. C. DeSouchet
Joseph ‘Warner
Wm. B. Jarvis
Thugs Beat Victim Over Lack of Money
Lewis Lovell of 6481 Lake Park Ave was found beaten and robbed near Fifth Street and Fairfield Avenue last Monday evening around 11 80. He had only two dollars, and the assailants described as Italians with guns fled the scene before motorists alerted Kensington police.
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Lewis Lovell
Lake Park Ave
Fifth St
Fairfield Ave
Lovell
Kensington
Hutchins Lumber Company Head E R Hutchins Dies
Eugene Ralph Hutchins president of the Hutchins Lumber and Storage Company dies suddenly at his Beverly Hills home April 27 at age 73. He founded the Chicago firm’s lumber operations after a career in car roofing and refrigerator car lines. Funeral at his Beverly Hills residence with interment at Mt Hope Cemetery.
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Eugene Ralph Hutchins
Hutchins Lumber and Storage Company
W. 103Rd Street
Beverly Hills
Lisbon
New Hampshire
University of Michigan
Chicago
Hutchins Car
Hutchins Refrigerator Car
Hutchins Lumber & Storage Company
Great Northern
West
Jackson Boulevard
Blue Island
Jennie Gould Hutchins
Frederick & Hutchins
Ralph Hutchins
Carleton B. Hutchins
Harry B. Hutchins
Rufus Fleming
Detroit
U. S
Edinburgh
Scotland
Carrie H. Worden
Union League Club
Ridge Country Club
The
Loyal Legion
West 102rd_ street
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Band Concert By Englewood Commandery Knights Templar
The Englewood Commandery Knights Templar band conducts its debut concert at Trinity M E Church on May 8 at 8 pm. The 50-piece group, praised as one of the country’s finest, is led by Dr Homer Drake. Tenor H A Culmer is soloist, with Tom Chittick and organist Robert Stronach also on the program.
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Englewood Commandery
Knights Templar
Trinity M. E. Church
Chicago
Homer Drake
H. A. Culmer
Tom Chittick
Robert Stronach
Marriage announcement for Mrs Henry Koehler and John C Jensen
Announcement of the marriage of Mrs Henry Koehler of 11th and Church streets and John C Jensen of 1206 West 96th Street. The couple will greet friends after the ceremony. Mrs A Haskins of 1537 West 104th Street is homebound after a fall.
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Henry Koehler
John C. Jensen
W. 96Th St
Belmont Station Name Change Sparks Local Petition
Booster Club reply shows Morgan Park lines may rename suburban stations to reflect nearby residents. Belmont station could become Beverly Hills 107th St and Raymond to Morgan Park 116th St after local petitions. Fare notes praise suburban rates as unusually low for Chicago routes.
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Booster Club
Morgan Park
J. E. Gorman
Rick Island Lines
Belmont Station
Beverly Hills
107Th St
Gorman
Raymond Station
116Th St
Wes
Pulitzer Prize Story Set on Local Farm Scene
The 1924 Pulitzer winner So Big by Edna Ferber is set on a two acre farm near Morgan Park and Roseland with Halsted Street as the main artery to Haymarket Square. Ralph Crosman moves from 1700 W. 100th St to 9816 Vanderpuel Ave on May 1.
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Edna Forber
Morgan Park
Roseland
Halsted St
Haymarket Square
South Water Street
Ralph Crosman
100Th St
Vanderpuel Ave
Police Arrest Young Men in Stolen Oakland Machine
An Oakland machine owned by W C Wilson was stolen Saturday evening from Ridge Park while the Wiltons attended a dance. A motorcycle officer questioned two young men on Vincennes Ave. unable to justify ownership, they were taken to Kensington Station. The car and machine were returned. Marty Abbott was held for Grand Jury and his partner was jailed as a disorderly. Both suspects hailed from Kenwood.
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Oakland
W. C. Wilson
Hermosa Ave
Ridge Park
Marty Abbott
Grand Jury
Kenwood
Dayton Transfer to 51st Station
Fred W. Dayton, Morgan Park Station post master, will be transferred to List Street Station, one of Chicago Post Office’s largest. R. P. Wendt of 51st Street Station will take over Morgan Park. Move expected May 1 pending Washington, D. C. confirmation. both men gain advancement. Dayton arrived eleven years ago when Morgan Park became a regular station.
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Fred W. Dayton
Morgan Park
List St
Chicago
R. P. Wendt
51St St
Morgan Park Station
Washington, D. C
Dayton
Chicago Post Office
Dimes Figure In Experience Party at Morgan Park Church
The Experience Party by the Win-Some Class of Morgan Park M. E. Church will open Monday May 4 in church parlors with members presenting reports on dimes given earlier to invest and trade for profit. Husbands and friends join the audience as officers host. A luncheon follows Friday May 8 at the Food Craft Shop 615 Michigan Ave with a program arranged by Mrs. H. W. Tully.
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Morgan Park
M. E
Michigan Ave
H. W. Tully
Silver Tea Hosted by Morgan Park Presbyterian Society
The Woman's Society of Morgan Park Presbyterian Church announces a Silver Tea at Mrs. J. Bingham's home 2256 W 12th St on Monday May 4 from 3 to 5 PM. Hostesses are Mrs. J. Bingham Mrs. R. Brown Mrs. F. Wilde and Mrs. A. Thomas. All church and congregation women invited. Mr and Mrs J Kroeplin of 9551 Serley Ave report a new Studebaker.
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Woman’s Society of
Morgan Park -Presbyterian Church
J. Bingham
12Th St
R. Brown
F. Wilde
A. Thomas
Signal Corps contest declared void and reheld
Protests from Lane and Lake View against Morgan Park over the Reserve Officers' Training Corps signal contest led Maj. F. L. Beals to void the April 18 results at Lane auditorium. McKinley won, Crane second, Lindblom third. medals withheld until the May 9 recontest at 107 South Morgan St.
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Lane
Lake View
Morgan Park
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Lane Auditorium
Maj
F. L. Beals
McKinley High School
Crane
Lindblom
South
Morgan St
Swift & Co Chorus to Sing at Morgan Park Church
Swift & Company's Male Chorus, forty seven? seventy five voices under D A Clippinger, will perform at Morgan Park M E church on May 14. Gilpert Ford, the group's tenor soloist, will sing with accompanist Adalbert Huguelet, and a featured piece is The Singers by Louis Victor Saar, the fourth annual contest winner.
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Tito Schipa
Chicago
Morgan Park Methodist Episcopal Church
110Th Street
Longwood Drive
Swift & Company
Morgan Park
Beverly Hills
Washington Heights
D. A. Clippinger
Adalbert Huguelet
Gilpert Ford
Louis Victor Saar
Boosters Club Keeps Busy With Community Improvements
The Morgan Park South End Boosters Club works weekends to improve and unite neighbors, earning praise from a visitor who plans cooperation on weed control along Church Street. R O Gilbert offers two hall game tickets for the top membership recruiter as the house-to-house drive runs to May 1. Raymond Street Station may host meetings on first and third Fridays, with Rock Island Lines providing space, and Dr Bundesen notes mosquito control spraying on 115th Street will be arranged.
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R. O. Gilbert
Raymond St
H. R. Saunders
Rock Island Lines
Saunders
Pesegelan
Bundesen
115Th St
Radio Day Banquet Delights Westminster Guild at St Pauls Union Church
Westminster Guild held its annual banquet on Thursday evening April 23 at St Pauls Union Church. Forty six members and friends attended and enjoyed a radio day program with morning exercises songs market report summaries of guild activities musical numbers jokes from WO ILLZ and make believe telegrams between numbers.
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Westminster Guild
St. Paul's Union
WO Illz
Grocer M Knoll Shot by Police After High-Speed Chase
M Knoll, a grocer in Evergreen Park, was wounded Sunday night when police from Mt Greenwood fired after his delivery truck fled pursuit along Kedzie and Western Avenues. Officers report Knoll fired twice at them before the exchange ended with a bullet entering his back. He lies in St Francis Hospital in serious condition.
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M. Knoll
Grocer
Evergreen Park
Knoll
Kedzie Avenue
107Th Street
Mt. ‘Gree
Mt. Greenwood
Proerty
Wolvers
Rev Beland Porter Resigns Pastorate
The resignation of Rev Beland Porter, handed in about three months ago, has been accepted by the board of trustees of the Morgan Pek Church of Christ. Porter is considering key churches and expects to leave about the middle of May.
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Porter
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E. R. Hutchins
Eng. Commandery
United States
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Sd, Fess
Morgan Park Congregational Church
Fess
Better Government Association of
Cook County
Fred B. Smith
New York
Committee of One Thousand
Senator Fess
Borah
Carter
Carter Glas
Congress
Pomerene
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
College of Law
Ohio University
Moran Park
Morgan’ Park
E. J. Davis
Better Government Association
Congregational Church
Morgan Park District
Belmont
Rev. Hls
Beauty Service
W. Gard St
Wentworth
S. Halsted St. Wentworth
Dimes
3. Kroeplin
Serley Ave
Studebaker
Dan
Dan At
Dan’s Tire & Battery Station
Beverly
R.O
Signal Corp
Lane and
Daily News
Maj. Beals
Marcel
Frida Bever
Claire Windsor
Monterey Ave
Morgan Park South End Boosters Club
Church St
Boosters
Owne
Rev. L. Porter
W. H. Heim
Ridge Tire & Battery Shop
S. Western Avenue
Velome
Calumet Trust & Savings Bank
111Th Street
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