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#99 ich helps folks 0 â€" is certain see where the bank is looking cashier." * thought : they hired one last onder which would ‘drop: fromi stion first if a real estate agent motor car salesman tried to x sale to each other? | eS ne 567 Â¥, DECEMBER 16, 1926 Lost or. Starved the one they‘re looking Park 2871, W | Wlishing Dou J Yerp Mertp Cbristmas vide for two commo equipped store rooms. The building formerly oeeupied by the Highland Park theatre on Cenâ€" tral avenue west is being remodeled for retail business purposes by â€"P. Goldberg, the owner. Two stores are to be â€"made out of the structure, beâ€" ing remodeled and the work is now in progress. The entire front is be« ing removed and a new and modern store frontâ€"will ln:tllld. with adâ€" equate changes in the interior to proâ€" REMODELING THEATER BUILDING FOR STORES Structure Formerly Occupied by . Highland Park Movie Is Being Altered i On Tuesday night both teams came out on top, the heavies swamping M¢â€" Kinley 30â€"15, and the lights winning 21â€"15. Baker was high point man for the heavies, sinking seven baskets:and Dickinson for the lights making: six Both teams should offer some stiff competition in the suburban lesgue this winter. _ Their next game with Blue Tsland Jan. 7 will be the leggue opener. f 1 The Deerfleldâ€"Shields _ basketball teams staged two successful contests dm'il'g the past week. On Friday lith: the heavyweights â€" defeated s m, 15â€"14, making two baskets in the last forty seconds. The lights were not quite so successful, losing by 21â€"16. q HIGH SCHOOL CAGERS WIN PRACTICE GAMES |___|_ Case in Detail The group of millionaires and others who have property in the 900 acres of land between the cities of Lake Forest and Highland Park which for the past several months has been known as "No Man‘s Land", due to annexation of both cities, learned by this ruling that they beâ€" longed to the City of Highland Park. Circuit Judge Claire C. Edwards ruled| against the Reople of the State of Illinois in the quo warranto proâ€" ceedings started last week by State‘s f | Continued from page 3 The first step in untangling the confugion in municipal connection of a tract of about 900 acres annéxed by both Lake Forest and Highland Park ‘last spring was taken in cirâ€" ecuit court, last Thursday, when Judge C. C. Edwards ruled that the tract belonged to Highland Park, which had taken the first steps to annex the tract. It is understood that further adjustmentâ€"will be made in r that a portion of the tract, in w residents desire to be includâ€" ed within the city of Lake Forest, may come within this city‘s boundarâ€" ies, and this, officials explain, may be accomplished by ordinances disconâ€" necting the portion from the city of Highland Park. The suit in the preâ€" mises is regarded as a friendly one instituted to clear up the matter amicably, © Court Holds Highland Park First Annexed Tract In Disâ€" pute; Further Adjustâ€" ments Expected vYOLUME XVI The Higbland Park Press A cordial invitation is extended to all, | | On next Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o‘clock there will be a candle light vesper service in the Bethany Evanâ€" To st s will be special music and ‘"The Story of the Other Wise Man" by Henry Van Dyke will be given. However, with about 25 people, inâ€" cluding extras, working day and night, eachgny’l batch of mail is being cleared out on the same day, leaving a‘clear deck for the next day‘s rush. Some idea of the mneed of a federal building here may be gained from the fact that during 1926 the number of first am letters sent out of this ofâ€" fice will total about two million,. to say nothing of the other mail disâ€" patched and the large total of second class and other types handled. Postâ€" master Schneider and his staff are efficiently handling a tremendous job these days. frer! CANDLE LIGHT VESPERS \_~TO BE HELD SUNDAY Patrons of the Highland Park post office who have not visited the office during the ‘Christmas rush can have no idea of the tremendous amount of mail; handled there every day this week. The average of outgoing letâ€" ters is about 40,000 a day these days, with about 60,000 incoming, and the whole place is crammed with parcel post, packages, large and small. LOCAL POST OFFICE DELUGED WITH MAIL Tremendous Rush of Christmas Business Being Handled L With Dispatch Gloria in â€" Excelsis .................................. | Dae&ioonl Hymn 73................ Mend © "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing‘ "Christmas :Joy" Offertory Anthem ......._.__._. Gloria and Gratias Tibi Sermon Introit Hymn 71 ‘10:80 a.m., special Christmas serâ€" vice@, holy communoin, sermon and Christmas music:> ' * Sslorri firnn y Y« Feitargte "***** Resissbentiniome T9 °C......___. Mendelasohn 1 The Herald Angels Sing" Christmas Day, 7:30 a.m., celebraâ€" tion of the holy communion, plain. THREE PARTSâ€"TWENTYâ€"EIGHT PACES Scripture Hymn 79 _| "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" Announcements Hymuin 78 ..........._.2l2.2llll22222222 R Offertory Anthem 551 ...... Trad Melody Christmas eve, Dec. 24, 1926, Twiâ€" light Candle service (an adaptation of the Ancient Feast of Light) four o‘clock: | "O Come, All Ye Faithful" Sentences, Creed and Prayers The schedule of Christmas services of Trinity Episcopal church is anâ€" nounced as follows: ‘‘While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks x By Night" "Silent Night, Holy Night" *The First Nowell" "Sing, O Heavens" hem 551 ....... Traditional Melody "The First No-dr"w Melody Traditional Melody Winchester Old â€"...... Stainer .. Gregorian Mendelssohn Stainer Tours Willis After members had thoroughly enjoyed studying and looking at the different paintings, Mrs. Beatty in: troduced |Mr.. Peyraud, who gave a delightful little talk on what we see in pi . He said that art was a language, and â€" was the medium through | which painters expressed themsel hat the message must be well and must produce an emo to be % appreciatâ€" ed. . He‘told ‘of one , whose Continued on page 5 The aftétnoon was in charge of the art committee, whose very capable and efficieft chairman, Mrs. Ross J. Beatty, hid given the club avuditorâ€" ium the atmosphere of homineéss and beauty it had never had beforeâ€"the walls were hung with beautiful paintâ€" ings by the well known artists, Frank Peyraud, ‘Rudoiph Ingerle, Claude Buck, E. K. Williams and others of the Chic;;aktz artists, and the stake covered oriental rugs and many ferns whfih made a charming setâ€" ting for Mrs. Claude Buck, the wife of the artist, who sang in a lovely rich â€"soprano, two groups of songs, panied by Miss Helen Watson, hter of Mrs. James Watson, who has many times given pleasure in accompaniment= < _ { Woman‘s Club Hears Artists on A regula Park Won day, Dec. #1 casion to t found time|t son. $ PROGRS)M TUESDAY IS DELIGHTFUL OCCASION Theifl-y'ork; Exhibit Being [eld Today Also HXGHLANIb PARK, ILLINOIS, TKURSDAY, DECEEBBR 28 Tiflze, alas, has passed those joyous moments on to other generations. Christmas to us now has a more significant meaning. It‘s that spreading of good cheer where‘er we can .).. . . extending the Yuletide Spirit to all mankind in fulfl)lment of the Christmas message of "Peace on Earth &â€".~.)). and wait . . . . until the Sand Man closed our drooping eyelids in dreamless sleep. Lagx', perhaps,â€" we‘d be aroused to greet his jovial majesty =. . .‘ Santa. Nervously, we‘d toddle into his presence . . . only to be caught up in his arms there to answer what we thought were a million questions before he‘d open that bag of Gifts we were so eager to look into. How iml thrilled us . . i . what neverâ€"toâ€"beâ€"forgotten Happiness it brought us! Eu2. F botndi n diP ut P uies 2i talhbd Minisiicet Antty ht Anisicintdeabcictcies * * * B ";rzur youthful curiosity got the best of us: We‘d close one eye but keep the other open for a possible glimpse of cheery old Santa, eriroute to the chimney. and we‘d lie there and wdit for sounds of his sleigh bells . . . . and wait for th¢ day to dawn. How we counted the hours ‘til the night before when we eagerly sought a place for our stockâ€" ings by the fireside . . . only to be rushed off to bed a few minutes later. How Mother, tucking us under the covâ€" ers, would admonish us to "keep quiet or Santy won‘t leave anything! Go to sleep now, maybe by morning . . . ." , HRISTMAS . . . ‘. Childhood‘s fondest dream! / What memories it brings to us whom the years have ‘, passed by . .~. whose hair, perhags, is sprinkled ,,| with a bit 0‘ gray . . . but whose hearts are ever w‘t»youthful through this glorious Yuletide season. Let‘s @ll be ‘"little tots" for just a happy moment. ‘Memâ€" lzer that Christmas "way back when‘"‘ we just couldn‘t wait meeting of the Highland an‘s club was ‘held Tuesâ€" , and was a delightful ocâ€" all too few members that to attend at this busy seaâ€" Good will toward men! Highland Park lodge No. 1362, B. P. 0. E. is planning a New Year‘s party to be held at the club rooms Friday evening, Dec. 31. This promises to be one of the big events of the year and many attractive features are beâ€" ing planned. ELKS PLAN PARTY _ $ FOR NEW YEAR‘S EVE The installation of offiters of Highâ€" land Park chapter No. 226, Royal Arch Masons, was held last evening in Masonic temple. The attendance was unusually large and the installaâ€" tion was impressive. _A short proâ€" gram of musical numbers preceded the ceremonies after which . dancing was enjoyed. C ROYAL ARCH MASONS . INSTALL OFFICERS Refreshments were served and Sanâ€" ta Claus distributed gifts ‘to each child present. A program ‘was given by children of the members and several vocal seâ€" lections were given by Mrs. Goosâ€" man and Mrs. Marshall and Mr.; D. Peterson. â€" { A "Oh, what a time we hadâ€"at the party," and "Gee that was the best party I ever attended," were some of the ‘expressions heard from the chilâ€" dren and grownâ€"ups who attended the Christmas party given by the Odd Fellows Tuesday evening at their hall on Laurel avenue. ODD FELLOWS PARTY TUESDAY IS SUCCESS Children of Members Take Part in Program; Santa Claus . Distributes Gifts® "’ Clyde Calkins, driver of a Bauer cab, was seriously injured Tuesday night, when his car crashed into the rear end of a Haines touring car drivâ€" en by Frank Kenny, and which was parked alongside the highway on Deerfield road west of the first bridge. Kenny and Reuben Olson, who were with him, had just got out of the car, and told the police that the tail light was burning and that their car was off of the concrete, except the two inside wheels,, The crash threw Calkins into the windshield of ‘his cab, badly lacerating his.nose and forchead. He was taken to the Highland Park hos« pital where about ° twenty stitches were required to patch up his wounds. Both cars were badly smashed up.~ â€" Clyde Calkins Hurled Into Windâ€" shield When Taxi Collides ‘or With Parked Car CAB DRIVER INJURED IN REARâ€"END CRASH â€"â€"Two additional fire calls were reâ€" ceived this week. On Monday a Nash roadster owned by Lieut.: Steele of Fort Sheridan was badly damaged by fire on County Line road. Cause is believed to have been shorted electric wires. ~On Wednesday shortly before noon an overheated furnace causedâ€"an alarm at the. residence of John Wilâ€" helm on Lincoln place. No damage was reported., ‘; * About 3:10 o‘clock Friday afterâ€" noon sparks from a chimney set fire to a twoâ€"story flat building at 318 North St. Johns avenue. Damage was estimated at about $200. â€" The blaze: was extinguished by the fireâ€" men. i f At 1 o‘clock Friday morning a grass fire on Michigan avenue called the firemen out again for the fourth time that night. No damage was reâ€" ported. * > At 9 o‘clock that evening fire supâ€" posed to have been caused by ‘a deâ€" fective chimney called the department to a frame‘house on Mooney lane, ocâ€" cupied by George Willis. The blaze was extinguished with a hand pump, and the ‘damage was estimated at about $200. About 7:50 p. m. overflowing oil from an oil burner on the basement of the house on Ridge road, owned and occupied by F. W. Parker, filled the house with smoke, when it beâ€" came ignited and set fire to the joists of the basement ceiling. The firemen were quickly on the scene and the damage was reported at about $200. During the excitement one of the children in the home was promptly rescued from a smokeâ€"filled upper room by Fireman William Hennig. The child was in danger from the efâ€" fects of the smoke. grass fire near the Vine street staâ€" tion of the North Shore Line. No damage was done. On December 16 and 17 the firemen received five calls, four of them withâ€" in eight hours. In no instance was any very serious damage done, thanks to the prompt arrival of the departâ€" ment. % + The first call came about 5: Thursday evening. It was due to All of the women of the Tenth Disâ€" trict .Federation of Wihen‘s Clubs men at Great Lakes ang at the hosâ€" pital at North Chicago, . hunâ€" dred and fifty boxes +350 stockâ€" ings were filled for the men at Great o ce enns tm o Beveral mm Highâ€" land Park Woman‘s the Osâ€" 10TH Dls'cmillnmn FILLE BJ On Jan. 19 Mr. will ‘iv.' "The Art of Renewing ‘s Youth.‘ On Feb. 2, "The of Life it Eugene O‘Neill‘s on Feb 16, "George Was the Mar versus the Myth." for this course may be from Mrs George W. Childs, Tel. H. P. 677. The first lecture on 5 is entiâ€" tled "The Centenary Pickwick Club and the Immortalify ef Dickens." One hundred years @b, in January, 1887, was the openi the Pickâ€" wick club in London, this event is to be made a great of in Engâ€" land this next month. A course ofbl:emn- ‘ Horace J. Bridges is to be given &t the Highâ€" land Park Woman‘s clubjon alternate Wednesday mornings at 10:30 o‘clock, beginning Jan. 6. is y LECTURE COURSE § OPEN AT WO 4 CLUB Horace J. Bridges Alterâ€" nate W. First Lecture Jan. 5 Wester Improvement » â€" $244,â€" sfloi::o; 1. : Th wl:.fiâ€"“; ':’C:)nflnned on page ?2) Bids for Big Bids ';:0 opened for the contract for pa Burton a Pleasant avenue, Broadview Alvin Tt vos, ies n P Blackstone place, Flora place, North moor road and Roger iams aveâ€" nue in the subdivision of Rogâ€" er Williams and west of the tracks. The prices quoted in the bids are as follows: sioner Reay moved of a resâ€" olution to advertise for for pavâ€" ing Highland Place, : drive, mdlomwmh-:.’ ue, as the special assessment No. 814 providing therefore had been con by the county eourt. Bids will received for this work at 5:15 0‘ on Friâ€" day, Jan. 14, at the city h ial were present. Council (hlvxc Election Vote !wu‘su 48 # Youth." f Life in 1 on Feb. the Man for this BOXES 2)