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Suburbanite Economist from Chicago, Illinois • Page 40

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FACE It SCW 30. 195S SOUTHTOWN ECONOMIST Church Drive For $41,000 Ends Sunday This Sunday, April 3, has been designated as "Victory Sunday' at Garfleld Ridge Presbyterian church, 5550 S. Merrimac ave On that day the congregation will culminate a two month campaign to raise $41,000 for its new church building fund. Total cost of the new church, which will be of modern architectural design, will be $75,000, according to the pastor, the Rev. William R.

King. General chairman of Garfield Ridge fund raising committee is Wilbur R. Wood of 5126 S. Nagle ave. The new church will consist of a sanctuary with a seating capacity of 220 persons; a full basement containing facilities for church school classes and Youth Center activities: a church office and a pastoral study.

The Presbyterian congregation of Garfield Ridge is planning the new church to keep pace with the rapid growth of the community which it serves, which encompasses the area from Cicero ave. to Harlem ave. and from 51st st. to 59th west of Mid- way airport. Garfield Ridge's new house of worship will replace the present Presbyterian church which has been located at its present site at 5550 S.

Merrimac since 1929. The name of the parish was changed from St. James to Garfield Ridge in 1947. Link Post Will Hold Fund-Raising Bazaar Three Links Post of the American Legion will hold a fund raising bazaar, Friday. April 15- through Sunday, April 17.

at its hall, 7119 S. Racine according to Fred Elzinga, 1280 W. 72nd. commander. Receipts of the event will be used to remodel the post Marian Order To Build Two new buildings.

are planned by the Marian Fathers American Province of St. Casimir. Here's architect's sketch of a monastery to be built at W. 63rd pi. and S.

Kilbourn ave. Sketch shows a new publishing house which the Marian Fathers plan to build at W. 63rd st. and S. Kolmar ave.

Construction of a new monastery and a publishing house is planned by the Marian Fathers' American Province of St. Casimir. This Southtown building program, which may reach $500,000, was announced by the Rev. Valentine Atkocius, provincial of the order. The program includes construction of the new -monastery at W.

63rd pi. and S. Kilbourn and the new publishing house at W. 63rd st. and S.

Kolmar ave. The order's printing machinery will be installed on the first "floor of the building, while the second story will accommodate offices, book shops, and other needs of the publishing business. Plans for the two buildings were drawn by Kova and Associates of Chicago. Plans call for the construction to get underway by early Summer. Completion is expected next Spring.

Exact cost of the building program will not be known until bids have been let, a representative of the order disclosed, although the amount will be in ihe vicinity of $500,000. The order's American Prov- THIS WEEK'S SPECIE 39c CUANER Large ACt OPEN SUNDAY 9 to 12:30 Quality Values Personal Service Ace Paints Color Bar Advertised Housewares Electrical and Plumbing Supplies SCHAUER Ace HARDWARE 0324 S. Ashland PRospect 6-3848 El 1 LIQUORS A74A UArCTCn CT 6746 S. HALSTED ST. A A A SPECIALS WHISKEY BLENDS Guckenheimer 2.S9 Hannah Hogg 3.19 Old Thompson 3.39 PM 3.39 Cream of Kentucky 3.39 39 STRAIGHTS Black Gold 3.39 Tom Hannah 3.39 Crab Orchard 3.39 Old Log Cabin 3.39 Old Quaker 3.39 Heaven Hall 3.59 Belmont 3.69 Hannah Hogg 93 7 yrs.

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Fifth NOW 3 2 79 RUM Christopher Columbus Sevilla 2 89 VODKA Fifth PHONE ENGIEWOOD ince of St. Casimir, which largely is Lithuanian, publishes the Lithuanian Daily Draugus (Friend). Also.published by the order is a monthly Lithuanian magazine, Laivas, which means the ship, and an English language monthly called simply The Marian. In addition to its newspaper and. periodicals, the order prints books.

It even has its own Lithuanian language book of the month club. Working in the order's present publishing quarters at 2334. S. Oakley has been difficult because of limited space and inadequate arrangements for machinery, it was said. Solicit Donations For Benefit Rummage Sale Members of the Service committee of Bobs Roberts Memorial hospital of the University of Chicago are asking for donations for a rummage sale which they will hold late in April.

Proceeds of the sale will be used for books and furnishings for the recently remodeled children's library, according to Mrs. James Hamilton, 10925 S. Longwood publicity chairman. Local residents wfto are willing to donate knick-knacks, jewelry, clothing or any other usable discards can contact Mrs. Herbert Anderson, 5442 S.

Ellis HYde Park 3-3759 before 20 to have the items picked up or leave their contributions at the information desk of Billings hospital. Mrs. W. Lester Killen, 9333 S. Bell is president of the Service committee.

'Guides For Parents' Topic Of pisgussion "Guides Parfehts'-Com- munity Codes" were discussed by the South council, Illinois Congress of Parents' and Teachers, parent education chairman at the Myra Bradwell school, 7710 S. Burnham Thursday. Mrs. Lothar Grohs, 2902 E. 77th was the parent education chairman of South council in charge of the meeting on problems of parents and teachers with children.

Mrs. C. L. Lawson, 3339 S. Perry is council presi-i dent.

I The legislative and action i platform of the Illinois Congress I of Parents and Teachers convention April 14, 15 and in the Conrad Hilton hotel, will be explained Thursday, March 17 in the Dixon school, 8306 S. St. Lawrence beginning at 9:45 a.m. Taking part in the discussion will be Mrs. A.

H. Aagaard, .7315 S. Emerald District 1 legislation assistant and Mrs. C. L.

Lawson, South council president. List Cancer Chairmen In South Area Nicholas Cerulli, 440 W. Normal has been named chairman of section 15 of the communities division in the American Cancer Fund drive. The section is composed of the Southtown area, which is divided into five zones. The goal I lor the section will be the collection of $5,000 to aid in the fighting of cancer.

Cerulli, who has appointed Gerald Pierce, 225 W. Marquette as his co-chairman, announced the leaders of the five zones in his section. They are Donald Panarese, 2901 W. 56th Charles W. Sullivan, 246 50th Theodore Katzmann 7307 Racine Robert Sandeman, 1648 W.

63rd and Miss Kitty 255 W. Marquette rd. A building contractor for 25 years. Cerulli has a son, Edwin, who is enrolled at DePaul university, and a daughter, who is attending Knox college in Galesburg, 111.. Pierce, for 20 years a policeman, is attached to the stolen car detail.

He frequently is called on to lecture on juvenile delinquency. Pierce has two sons and a daughter. Three hunderd Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will aid these volunteers in their efforts to solicite funds for the cancer drive, erulli announced that volunteers are "urgently needed" to conduct door-to-door solicita- ions and to man booths in col- ection areas. John E. Murphy.

8612 S. Jus- has been named chairman of the motor trucking group of the travel and transport section of the Cancer Crusade's trades and industry division. As chairman. Murphy will direct the activities of other volunteers raising the division's goal of S297.000. Murphy is manager of freight traffic for the Pullman company.

He is a member of the Western Railway club and the Traffic club of Chicago. He and his wife, Agnes, have thi-ee children. ADproximately 200 volunteers the Cancer Crusade in the Severly Hills, North Beverly Hills. Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood area will attend a dck-off coffee hour at the Ridge 'ark fieldhouse, 96th st. and l-ongwood at 10 a.m.

Friday. The event will be sponsored by he American Cancer Society in Illinois. Kleisner, chairman of he communities 'division, and J. William Young, chairman of the South Side Communities division, will be the speaker. They will be introduced bv Mrs.

3eorge-E. Brissey, enaw who is chairman of Section 20 in the communities division of the drive. Mrs. Robert K. Baker, 10720 S.

Hoyne is chairman of the coffee hour. Begin New Pasteur Branch 0 Southtowner To Join Husband In Germany Mrs. Joan M. Schabes, 1110 W. 63rd sailed en the S.S.

America March 25 for Germany, vhere she will join her husband, -pi. Robert Schabes. Mrs. Schabes left Southtown several early to enjoy some Business Teachers To Attend 5lh Conference Miss Phyllis Conkey, president of the Chicago Business Teachers association and a faculty mern- oer at Wilson Junior college, 6800 S. Stewart has announced that the fifth annual conference of the association will be held Saturday, April 16, in the Furniture Club of America, 666 N.

Lake Shore dr. "Planning for Chicago's Future" will be the subject of Frederick T. Aschman, executive director of the Chicago Plan commission, when he addresses the group. Miss Conkey said registrations i for the conference will start at 9 a.m. Approximately 439 teachers who staff the business departments of Chicago schools will attend.

high CPL: AND MRS. ROBKRT SCHABES sight-seeing in New York City before leaving for Kurope. She is. a graduate of Visitation High school and her husband is from Three Rivers, Mich. Mrs.

Schabes has been living at the W. 63rd st. address with her'parents, Mr. and Mrs. John J.

Murray. CLASS ELECTION Kenneth L. Gillis, 8542 S. Wallace has been elected chairman of the January, 1958, class at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Elected to the same office for the class of 1956 was Donald H.

Busam, 1312 W. 77th st. New secretary of the class of 1956 is-Ruth J. Koukalik, 9340 S. Elizabeth st.

Vice-president of that, class is Jack F. Oliver, 3446 W. 59th pi. Ground-breaking ceremonies for the new $209,879 six-room branch of Louis Pasteur school, W. 64th st.

and S. Tripp took place recently. Attending was William G. Wilson, extreme right, superintendent of elementary schools in District eight. Doing the spade honors with be-ribboned shovel is Mrs.

Adam Piklor, 6039 S. Keating president of the Louis Pasteur P-TA. At left are members of the Pasteur, Hurley and Eberhart schools' P-TA units. Henry A. Swets, principal of Pasteur, is seen with a group of youngsters'who will be transferred from the present portable branch of Pasteur, shown background, to the new school.

Guests Of Potters 9 Guild Seen at a recent meeting of the Chicago Potters' guild were several Southtowners who were guests of the guild at its Palmer House session. Above, left to right, are Mrs. Myrtle Runyon, 2440 W. 183rd Homewood; Mrs. Dorothy Saunders, 6939 S.

Normal secretary; Mrs. Rosalie Friedlander, 2940 W. Sherwin Mrs. Willard Olson. 436 W.

Normal Leah Balsham, ceramics instructor at the Art Institute, and Leonard Rubinstein, of Homewood. South Siders who were guests of the Chicago Potters' guild a its, regular Palmer House meeting recently heard Kenneth Smith and Justin Brady, representatives of the American Art Clay company of. Indianapolis, talk on 'Throwing. On the Potters Wheel." The guild presents a regular series 6f demonstrations and lectures on all phases of the ceramic arts. Among-, those present were Mrs: Agnes Hartley and Mrs Maxine Boehrne, both of 6941 Eggleston Mrs.

Margaret Gigler, 6956 S. Eggleston ave. and Mrs. Phyllis Trestler, 6940 S. Eggleston ave.

Mrs. Trestler was presented with a finished tea pot as special award. Future meetings of the guild nclude a gallery tour at the' Art Institute on March 15, and a demonstration of Chinese brush painting at the Palmer House on April 19. Mrs. Dorothy Saunders, STew- ard 3-9294, is secretary of the guild.

St. Theodore Altar Group Meets Monday Women of the St. Theodore Altar and Rosary society will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the parish hall, W. 62nd-and S.

Paulna sts. A movie, "Missions in Africa," will be shown. Members will hear reports rom Mrs. Lydia Heischberg, nil W. 63rd on the April 13 Spring luncheon and from Mrs.

Frances Brown, G026 S. Marshfield on the May card party. The Rev. Charles Long will speak on Lent. Mrs.

Mary O'Connell, 6426 S. P.iulina president, will preside. Discontinue Air Force Bus Recruiting Unit Tech. Sgt. Andrew Clark announced today that recruiting for the United States Air force in the bus at W.

63rd and S. Halsted sts. has been discontinued. The sergeant said that he would be available to young men. who are interested in the air force either at his office, 5249 S.

Ashland or his liome, 6743 S. Sangamon St. His office telephone is WAlbrook 52330. The sergeant's home telo- phone is HUdson 3-8289. EXPERTLY TAILORED MADE-TO-MEASURE MEN'S CLOTHING EACH GARMENT Individually Tailored Tour SmaitSptinq MEN SUITS Or TOPCOATS The fine quality and expert tailoring we have been offering for JO yean a teiwationally reduced price.

Orheri SI rodvced OVERCOAT JOEKOMER 3S1 W. 71st St. SAVE QUALITY TAILORING SINCI TRitmjIt 4-7085 Woman's Group Slates Lincolmvood Luncheon Mrs. Joseph DeSalato, 7138 S. Honore president of the Women's division of the "Cooperative Traffic Program" of the Baltimore and Ohio Bail- road, will preside at the group's annual Spring luncheon, April 13.

in Liricolnwood, 111. The women will leave for the luncheon at noon that day from Grand Central station. After the luncheon, they will tour by chartered bus the North Side and suburbs. The luncheon will celebrate the close of the organization's 21st year. Other officers are Mrs.

Mary Taft, 9201 S. Merrill first vice president; Miss Helen Bender, 7458 S. Kingston secretary, and Miss Eileen McDonagh, 1411 W. 82nd st. The group's program year will end in May.

Mrs. R. W. Kinnally, formerly of 7115 S. Stewart and now a resident of Matteson, 111., Jieads a nominating committee that will present a slate of new officers.

For Children Presiding at the board of directors meeting of the Cook County Salon No. 1 of the eight and Forty at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 7, be Mrs. Michael Mealy, 8200 S. Wood st.

The meeting will be held at the Central YMCA, 19 S. LaSalle st. Mrs. Healy is the chapeau of the' Salon of La Boutique des Huit Chapeau and Quarante Femmes. At the meeting, arrangements will be made for an Easter party for the 40 children patients of the Municipal Tuberculosis hospital at W.

31st st. and S. California ave. One of the purposes of the Eight and Forty group is to combat and prevent tuberculosis iii children by educating the public. They advocate that parents have their children's chests X-rayed when the mobile unit visits the community.

BAR M1TZVAH Ronald Grossman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Grossman, 5915 S. Halsted will celebrate his Bar-Mitzvah at Congregation Oir Chodosh, 102 W. Englewood this Saturday, at 8:30 a.m.

He will speak on "My Responsibilities to Judaism." Rabbi Irwin CJroner will officiate at the cere- Young Model lounr Southtowner, Nancy Jane Halper, 6359 S. Hermitage took part In a children's fashion show given for the Mothers' club at Nativity church, 6800 S. Washtenaw ave. Nancy Jane, 21- month-old has been modeling since she was 11 weeks old. She is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Halper. NEWSPAPERS 50 40c PER 100 LiS. PICKED UP RUGS. Picked Up AT YARD Higher Prices at Yard For Prompt Reliable Pick-Up Service Call: BO.

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Southtown Economist is your eyes and ears, ever alert to protect your interests by bringing you the news you should know and understand whether it is happening across the street or across the city. For only pennies-per-week you're always "in the FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THE NEWS OF YOUR COMMUNITY READ THE DELIVERED TO YOUR DOOR EACH SUNDAY 4V WEDNESDAY W. 65th St. EN gie wood 9444 S. Western 2-1212 MVUU.Y SUIURIAN OPflCff.

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