Suburbanite Economist from Chicago, Illinois • Page 9

155 Enrolled Here in ECD Classes Three West Side Catholic schools are participating in the Early Child Development program for young people from disadvantaged communities. As of Jan. 15, according to the Chicago committee on urban opportunity, which oversees the program, total number of children enrolled in classes in West Side schools was 7-5-5. The program is for youngsters three to five years of age. St.

Mel, 4319 Washington, reported 55 as of mid-January; Presentation, 734 S. Springfield, had 55 and Our Lady of Sorrows, 3110 Van Buren, 50. City-wide enrollment in the program has passed the 60 per cent mark with more than 3,256 children attending classes in 61 locations, according to Dr. Deton J. Brooks executive director of the committee on urban opportunity.

"This program provides medical examinations and follow-up treatment, intensive family counseling and brings into use all other facilities of Chicago's urban opportunity program ranging from Neighborhood Youth corps and tutoring for school-age children to job training, home economics training and other neighborhood-based projects for adults," Dr. Brooks explained. February 9G COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS The ECD program is fi- nanced through a $3,160.150 grant from the U.S. office of economic opportunity. It is operated by the board of educa- I tion which will have 3.000 en- the Catholic school board, 1,000: Project LEARN, i 1,000 and private agencies.

600. Project LEARN is a coopera- tive effort'of the Federation of i i Settlements, the YMCA and 1 Chicago Youth centers. i A group of 15 new locations i is scheduled to be opened in i the very near future, according i to Dr. Brooks. Of the units opened thus far.

31 are on the South Side, 10 are on the North Side and 21 on the West Side. Of those opened 21 i are being run by the public schools. 16 by parochial schools and 12 by private agencies. In nsw ccmponsrit ECD program, the committee on urban opportunity will establish special staffs in each of its seven Urban Progress centers to help coordinate the activities of young people, ages three to five, who are enrolled, with those of other, family members who may need services or programs offered through other public and private agencies. Dr.

Brooks said. Tape Letter for Viet Nam Women with husbands and sons in Viet Nam were invited to film "Letters from Home" in a WBKB-TV feature that will involve delivery by two staff members. Mrs. Roberta Walker and her family of 4208 Wilcox participate in "letter from home" session. The letter will be deliv- ered to Hfc.

Albert E. Walker a Marine in the seventh engineering battalion. Glen Hanson, newsman and Harry Gianneschi, cameraman, will go to Viet Nam this month as mail, men and return with a letter from each man receiving one. Plan Start on New YMCA Ground breaking for the long- 3700 Grand, has bei planned Duncan-North YMCA come known as a "changing" neighborhood, noted Benjamin. LEGLER STORY HOUR Finger games, poetry, stories and fun make for a grand afternoon for pre-schoolers attending Legler Regional library's story hour sessions held 2:30 p.m.

every Monday at 115 S. Pulaski. School age children may join the story teller 10:30 a.m. Saturdays in the library's Story Hour room. building is expected to take place in mid-summer or early fall, announced Claude A.

Benjamin, following his re-election as president of the YMCA board of directors. Among important goals set for the YMCA this year, according to the board president, ground-breaking and start of construction hold top priority. "If'detailed plans for the building were ready we could break ground now," said Benjamin, "but it takes time to draw up the plans." Since original plans for the new building were drawn up some years ago the area by Duncan-North And with the change in neighborhood, he added, the needs of the community have also changed. It is to meet the changing needs of the community that new building plans must be drawn up. New facilities are expected to include a gym, clubrooms and offices with strong emphasis on club-type programs, a variation jof the standard type gym-pool I building construction.

ST. MARON DINNER A dinner will be given 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Our Lady of Lebanon church, 5701 Midway Park in honor of St. Maron, C. A.

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Christiana. More than 250 ninth-grade I students are expected to partie- ipate. If successful, the pilot program could lead to the es- I tablishment of a West Side career guidance center. The program is under the auspices of the West Side Career O'Rama, a voluntary group of participants from school and community organizations. The Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry's committee for full employment is co-sponsor.

Sessions will be held at 7 p.m. each Friday through March 18. They emphasize the importance of school in becoming properly prepared a career. is particularly urgent that a more effective bridge be developed between area students and existing job opportunities," according to Charles 0. Ross, district planning associate, Greater Lawndale Conservation commission.

"This need becomes apparent from surveys of the high school dropout rate which show that about 65 per cent of West Side high school students drop out before finishing. "Many youths do not know where to start looking for a job. They are not only ill-prepared for work, but they lack sufficient preparation in seeking a job," he said. "The West Side has a high jobless rate," Ross continued. "More than 12 per cent of its male labor force is jobless, compared with a Chicago area average of less than 2.5 per cent.

The community has demonstrated a burgeoning interest in expanded career guidance services by hosting employment fairs and career conferences. "This is a pilot project that will be expanded to other schools and age groups," said Ross. "We plan to recruit people from business to share with youth significant information regarding the world of work. Volunteers who want to share their experiences with youngsters are welcome. if "We also plan to organize a parents' advisory group, and to conduct visits for area youth to local industries," Ross said.

"If the pilot program proves effective, we hope to establish eventually a West Side career guidance center to bring to youth available career information." Former Students Held in Marshall Teacher Assault Two former Marshall High school students arrested in the school last Wednesday after a teacher was assaulted will appear in Narcotics court March 4. John Brownlow, 19, of 148 S. Francisco, is free on a $1,000 bond, charged with aggravated assault and possession of narcotics. Lee Latimore, 19, of 1311 S. St.

Louis, charged with possessing and dispensing narcotics, i free on $2,000 bond. Bonds were set at a hearing Thursday. Brownlow is a school dropout awaiting trial on a charge of strongarm robbery. Latimore was graduated from Marshall in January. They were arrested after Richard Maskoff, 27, a social science teacher on hall duty, questioned Brownlow about his presence in the school.

The youth claimed to be a student but he had neither a hall pass allowing him to be absent from class, nor a school identification card. Maskoff agreed to escort him to his class, and was knocked down on a flight of stairs. 1 A security officer passing by took Brownlow to the school office, where he was arrested fur assault and searched. Marijuana cigarcts were found in a coat which he was carrying along with a hat. Latimore's name was in ihe hat.

A few minutes later Latimore was brought to the office by i youth officer William Fox, assigned to the school. Latimore, 1 was found to be carrying addi- 1 tional marijuana cigarets. HEFFERAN PTA i National Congress of Parents i and Teachers will be discussed at the Founders day meeting to be held 1:15 p.m. next Wednesday (Feb. 16) by Hefferan PTA in the auditorium, 4409 Wilcox.

COIN MARKET Chicago's Coin Collectors market will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Austin Masonic temple, 241 N. Central. Model Volcano Sixth graders Arthur McThune and Marsha Hudson demonstrate their winning entry in the Webster Elementary school science fair.

"Smoke" rising from model volcano is created by adding dry ice to hot water inside cone. Exhibit earned first place among middle grade winners. Other winning exhibits were, upper grade, "Hydroponics--Growing Plants in a Chemical Solution," by Gwendolyn Fulton and Sheryl Campbell, eighth graders, and primary grade, "A Steam Turbine," by Renatha Nero and Lavera Purnell, first graders. organization, to ratify a constitution and to expand the association. TACO Plans Congress "Until recently, TACO was a loose association of interested persons--primarily clergymen and representatives of service organizations," a TACO spokesman explained.

"Interest in the organization has grown so that it is time to expand and develop a more formal structure." Planning is under way for a congress, or general meeting, of The Alamo Community organization in May. In preparation for the congress, six community workshops will be held in March in six different neighborhoods encompassed by the TACO area. At the workshops the aims of the organization and the purposes of the congress will be explained. TACO embraces the area from North to Kinzie and from Kedzie to Cicero. Purpose of the congress is to formalize the organization, which is now being incorporated as a non-profit community Name Marshall Teacher for Science Award John Bissett, chemistry teacher at John Marshall High School, has been nominated as a candidate for the 1966 Chi- cagoland i school chemistry teacher award.

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