AARP Chicago Lakeview East Chapter Happenings

The Lakeview East AARP Chapter will welcome Chicago Historian Victor Giustino to our monthly meeting on Monday, March 9 at 12:30pm. We meet each second Monday at the Merlo Library at 644 W. Belmont. Mr Giustino is a Chicago fixture and in his words:
" I have lived in Chicago my whole life. (I'm 71) I was born above my dad's tavern on Milwaukee Avenue near Chicago Avenue. I went to city schools and colleges. (B.S. Roosevelt University, M.A. Governor's State University) I have taught many classes on Chicago History at Loyola, DePaul, etc. I have led over 500 tours of Chicago with peoole from the United States and all over the world.

20 years ago I won Crain's Chicago Magazine Chicago Trivia Contest.
I have a collection of over 1200 books on Chicago. I was a panelist for 10 years on WGN Radio's Ed Schwartz' Chicago History Shows. I've been photographed with movie stars and politicians and even President Bush, Sr. I have done many lectures on Chicago - I've written articles on Chicago - and did neighborhood guides.
I do lots of research on Chicago. Ronald Reagan, as a boy, lived in Hyde Park, and Mrs. Lincoln, as a widow, had a home on Washington Blvd. near Oprah's studio.

I'm still out into the neighborhoods listening to stories and finding lost history."

Please join us for Chicago history with Victor Guistino who enjoys involving the audience with his presentation. Refreshments will be served and we look forward to having new members join us.

Go to our chapter site and leave a comment. We hope you will check out our site and come to our meetings.

The ARRP Lakeview East Chapter will still meet at the Merlo Library
on Belmont but now our start time is at 12:30 pm. We want to
make sure that everyone has an opportunity to attend.

We look forward to seeing you the second Monday of each
month at 12:30 pm. Plese stop by.

The Lakeview East chapter meets the second Monday
of every month at the John Merlo Public Library at
644 W. Belmont Ave. Our annual dues are $5 for
postage of our newsletter that is mailed each month.

Please visit our site at http://www.aarpchicago.org
and click on the Lakeview East Chapter link.
We'd love to hear from you and if you have
someone in our area please pass on the info
for them to join us.

On December 8, 2008 the chapter was presented
a plaque for the Lakeview East's 20 years as
one of the oldest chapters and for service in the
community.