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All AtbioftbPark9f Af lult;Housing ProjectmsototvfcetlMae Arthur Park” is the wname chosen for the U* S. ^housing project now under ^construction at the old Erie- 0]co fairgrounds, according , to gword received today hy John jiTradewell, project manager. yMrs. Bernice Jameson, 1201 ^ 0gontz-st, chose the winning name in a contes The Register*S;U^News^ receive a $25 U, S. war savings slt; bond from the newspaper and a b fancily written scroll from the ^Federal Government. a‘Six names selected from more ^ than 150 entries by a local com- ^mittee were sent to regional of-fice of the Federal Public Hous- ^ ing Authority in Chicago, III;, where the selection “MaeArthur Park” was made. ,In her contest entry Mrs. Jameson wrote the following as her ^ reason for picking the name, “MaeArthur Park”:“General Douglas MaeArthur ? is the hero of the hour, and it 11 seems appropriate to name a de-fense housing development in his ° honor as his name and accomplish- e ments will be. tomorrow’s his- s lory.”The other five names which -were sent to the regional office1 by the Sandusky committee for consideration were “Liberty Acres,” Mrs.. Edna L, Pfanner, 713 W. Jefferson-st; “Shangri-la”. Kathryn Nuber, Bay Bridge; /‘Lincoln Courts,” f Mrs. Glencora Bod-en, 1604 Seneea-st; “Fair Lawn”, M. E. Kimmel, 1432 C*mp~sfc and “Fireiands Manor,”, Mary C. Doyle, 1509 Sandusky-st.Two large projects signs, already erected at the housing site will be painted shortly with the new project name Members of the Sandusky com-(Turn to Page 8—No. 2,) - — Turn In Srran Rubber —« -]1IfI
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Sandusky Register Star News
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Mon, Jun 29, 1942
Page 7
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Sandusky P.
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