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Highland Park Press, 27 Oct 1927, p. 9

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tion, he was also tender and kind in his personal contacts apd never reâ€" sistance and service to others. He was genial and courteous and possessâ€" ed a gift of wit and humor which his friends will never forget. "His views and acts in matters of public concern were < always sound and based upon knowledge and conâ€" viction. He had a rare faculty for appraisingâ€"men and analyzing measâ€" tience with others who practiced guile or deception. In all, he was a delightful companion, a safe and wise counsellor, an able public servant, and a true friend. "I got acquainted with Mr. Weiss CHINDBLOM EXPECTS YERY BUSY SESSION quaintances in that tity, advanced an opinion that the scasion of congress which convenes October 31 will be the busiest in many years. ‘ Chief among the. issues that will sceupy the attention of congress ‘at the coming session will be those perâ€" thining to flood relief for the Missisâ€" sippi valley and the Boulder dam proâ€" ject in Colorado. s Mr. Chindblom traveled down the Mississippi river to New Orieans this summer to study the flood conditions at first hand and then he made a trip to the Bonlder dam site, the building of which it isâ€"contended will reclaim ‘many thousands of acres of arid land in the west, Congressman _ Carl _ Chindblom, Speaker Robert Scholes of the house of representatives, Congressmanâ€"atâ€" Large.Henry Rathbone were among those present. â€" _ Chindblom‘s Tribute Congressman Chindblom paid this high tribute to Mr. Weiss: *William F. Weias was one of God‘s noblemen. His steadfastness of purâ€" pose and loyalty to friends were outâ€" standing charscteristics. While firm when I made my first campaign for congress. We became fast friends and he deserved and received my comâ€" plete confidence. In our numerous conferences, his only concern was the welfare of the people of Lake counâ€" ty.. I am greatly grieved by his death and with thousands of his friends deeply mourn his passing. Lake coun~ ty and the state of Tilinois have lost a faithful and capable public servâ€" :"Hhmflfll'::lhm my ympath § uuthu-n-’nt.?- & * and fearless in opinion as well as acâ€" scription filled the home. As a husâ€" band, a father, s public official and a man he was highly extolled. His passâ€" ing had left a vacancy which will be difficult to fill. â€" tative who passed away at his home Monday, were there in large numbers. Those unable to get into the church stood outside as the services got unâ€" der way. Few, if any funerals, quite compared with that of the popular legisiator. _ Fioral beyond deâ€" scription filled the m As a husâ€" life, gathered from all: over the state. .__ Hundreds st Church « ‘The church was filled to overflowâ€" ing as the various organizations of the city and state and county repâ€" resentations took their seats. Wauâ€" gress of which he is a member. 120C eR ons had known in his priv He will leave this week for Washâ€" ington to attend the meeting of the Rep. William F.‘Weiss, who during his 30 years of residence in Waukeâ€" gan endeared himself to all who came in contact with him, ‘was laid to rest Thursday afternoon, Oct. 20. The burial at Pineview cemetery was private but at Christ church Rev. Howard E. Ganster Mr. Weiss‘ 18 INJURED ON WAY thy, of Elgin} was farced to drive his machine into a large five ton truck North Shore News [reasx~ | _ «TK$ Higbland Park Pregs [( =~=sâ€"~â€"| é t North N"' UNKYVkusit. â€".. > STATE LEADERS PRESENT PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Final Rites for Dead Repres tative Held at Waukeâ€" wWEISS FUNERAL S _ LARGELY ATTENDED ] u_-r?_*é_ ” | hosy* s un reah o Pickacke t +. Himsel{ entirely devoid of of the ‘represenâ€" those whom he ivate #hd public ‘ _ According to the architects speciâ€" fieations the cost of the building was estimated at $62,000, the contractors figures are $57,000.00 exclusive of the plumbing, lighting and heating and these â€"items are expected to amount to $6,500.00, bringing the total someâ€" what higher than the estimate. â€" The contract was awarded to Robâ€" ert Sitz, Libertyville contractor folâ€" lowing the meeting held two weeks ago at which several bids for the work were submitted. The church, which is to be located at the corner of Maple and Douglas avenues, is to be approximately sev~ entyâ€"four by seventyâ€"eight feet. It is to be of brick construction and will follow the colonial style of architecâ€" ture. The first move in the actual conâ€" struction of the new Presbyterian church at Libertyville last week when the ground was staked out for the beginning of the excavating preparaâ€" tory to laying the foundation and the basement walls for the new edifice. SsCHOOL ENROLLMENT SHOWS BIG INCREASE An increase of nearly 100 per cent in the enrollment in the public schools of Lake county during the twenty year period between the school year of 1906â€"07 and that of 1925â€"26, acâ€" cording to ‘figures comipiled by the state department of public instrucâ€" tion. To be exact the increase was 99.8 per cent. fap a* In 1906â€"07 there were 4,092 boys in the public schools of Lake county. In 1925â€"26 the number had increased to 8,078.). . ‘ In 1906â€"07 the total registration of boys and girls in the public schools of. Lake county was 8,078. In 1925â€"26 the showing this really is can be seen mmuhmmm‘ vmhtfmmmh;:i state, including Cook , ® Wa-mmm“ for the same period. START NEW CHURCH AT LIBERTYVILLE Presbyterian Edifice to Cost About $65,000 Is Begun; Contract Let Lake County Records for 20 PLAN CHRISTMAS SEAL _ © DRIVE IN LAKE COUNTY Committee Is Named and Camâ€" paign for Funds to Be _ able and willing to pay, he ruled, cbuld not be taken there except in time of emergency. He ruled that ‘:::'l could be accepted by the hosâ€" pital. Aithough the committee : to have charge of the Christmas seal drive for the Lake County Tubsrculosis society was named last week, there will be n»‘hu-.wu-wmuu:j through the county to those who so While the prayer for injunction was not allowed Judge Edwards decreed that patients without visible means of support, emergency vases and conâ€" tagious cases could be taken to the be m m&nn ber 24 or later, to Miss Theda Waterman, county fhurse, who is one of the members of the comâ€" asreaâ€"105 Yal@nttion :.restraining the county . from ,mwnxm'pny patients in hisâ€" original bill. â€" wards that did not please counsel for Jentink or the county. Attorney George W. Field had represented Jenâ€" tink and Attorneys S. H. Block and Maxâ€"Przyborski the county. Ruling by the state supreme court es ulnfi:u‘rincth ‘z% purpose , case e bert Jentink against the Lake County General hospital, is expected to put to an end a long court proceeding that was fought through the circuit court, into the appellate court and then to the supreme. Jentink had beld that the hospital was ‘being operated for profit and held the decree of Judge C. C. Edâ€" COURT RULING FAVORS LAKE COUNTY HOSPTITAL Decree of Local Judge Upheld In Case Carried Up; Matter By their action the high court upâ€" Years Are Compared; Gain Is 98 Per Cent nim.d'bdut:fl-d::;‘ irman of the "committee, ®x« i the hope that the public UNIV ERSI T y of Revenue Ths collected is reâ€" List of Cemeteries General Garrity has furnished a list of all cemeteries in Lake county. These Commander McGeogh in turn has assigned to the various posts in the county. It will be the duty of these posts ’&o assist in keeping this very valuâ€" able and historical record up to date, terâ€"of the American Legion but supâ€" erintendent of the bureau of records of burial places of soldiers and sailâ€" ors for the state of Illinois as well, with offices at 1551 Insurance Exâ€" change building, Chicago, IIl. The records of this bureau are available without cost to the American Legion. To Make Record The purpose of this bureau is to make a complete record of the burial places of all soldiers, sailors, marines and army nurses buried within the state, which record will be published in book form and supplied to every post of the American Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, etc., as well as to Historical and Paâ€" triotic societies in the belief that this record will be of great benefit to all organizations whose purpose it is to decorate the graves of soldiers on Méemorial Day. For this purpose there is appropriated by the last legislature $7,500, and General Garrity hopes to have the book ready for distribution by next Memorial Day. that is the matter of Graves Regisâ€" tration. _‘ * ~The commander of the Eighth disâ€" trict,Edw.â€"J. McGeogh, through, conâ€" tact with General J. J. Garrity has mfit not only is he chairman Af the Graves Registration commitâ€" jous times in the past in the Legion affairs of this county now appears to be in a fair way to be straightenâ€" ldollt':ithoutfllrtlnrdiflcultylnd Maiter ‘Taken Up by Distri Commander and Situation Made Clear; All Posts OoF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1927 LEGION WILL KEEP RECORD OF GRAVES A subject that has come up at varâ€" SOLDIERS OF COUNTY If you recall the hardships of winâ€" ter driving those mornings when evâ€" ery bit of your skill failed to start a frigid mofif â€" you won‘t let similar experiences repeat themselves this A warm garage â€" a motor that responds instantly â€" and you are off in a moment. â€" A GAS FIRED GARAGE HEATER â€"approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters â€" holds the secret hm'inymotorhl‘. * Automatic éontrol assures econoâ€" mical operation of this appliance. To Coâ€"operate HOW LONG IS YOUR MEMORY? orth Shore Gas Company LCs oR Te ~.. Felephone Highland Park 194 The Logical Place to Buy Gas Burning Appliances The Sun Is Cooling Word that the jurist and Mrs. Edâ€" wards are snowbound in the eastern mfountain range came to Waukegan friends in the form of a telegram which expressed their regrets at beâ€" ing unable to escape their plight in JUDGE EDWARDS IN EAST IS SNOWBOUND While their host of friends in this| section of the state were enjoying pleasant weather condition Judge and Mrs. C. C. Edwards were last week | getting a taste of real winter weathâ€" er in the Alleghany mountains near | Uniontown, Pa., where behind great { masses of snow which were chokingl mountain passes they were virtually imprisoned for a short time. l One son, Claude Pratt, his partner in business and three daughters, Mrs. Ed Einhorn, Chicago; Mrs. Joseph Gillespie of Crystal Lake and Mrs. John Murphy of Chicago survive. Funeral» services were held from Funeral» services were held from the home at 1:30 and from the Comâ€" munity House in Wauconda at two o‘clock, Sunday afternoon. ~ He was interested in politics more or less for the w part of his life at all times being a staunch member of the Democratic party. C. L. Pratt, resident of Wauconda and Lake county for his entire life of 74 years, veteran business man and former candidate for sheriff, died at his home in Wanconda last week, folâ€" lowing a prolonged _ illness due to heart disease. en «m n e s death was the ownef o! a cigar store and confectionery in Wauconda. K.; former years he operated a general store having been engaged in that line of business for many years. WAUCONDA RESIDENT DIES AT AGE OF 74 C. L. Pratt, Well Known Merâ€" chant Passes Away; Lifelong Resident of (,’omty furnishing General Garrity, on forms especially prepared for that purpose, reports from time to time of addiâ€" tional burials made in the cemeteries of their post district. All posts without exception will take advantage of this opportunity to perform this great patriotic work for their communities. you can have heat these frosty fall days with a comfort the modern way â€" without the nuisance of ashes and dirt from your old fashioned fireplace. Touch a match to RADIANTFIRE and have instant heat. The glowing, cheery warmth of a BUT of | Capt. John F. Hines, commandant , at the Great Lakes Naval station | since Thanksgiving Day, 1925, gave ‘his farewell talk before the Waukeâ€" gan Kiwanis club last week Monday, ,prior to his leaving for the east folâ€" | lowing his resignation from the servâ€" EEPROOT AACOZ OPCTR 2. 05. MEOPRE: E.ll th ; ; who has been duly appointed coupty’ bondedt] N lrl ml mtm;;r 'uh:a:hh?f treuurct::o lmegdkoy w. B;:ch;;: more than a million dollars, follow: is was learned at toe reoom, monooy | Dupage. $1,008,500; Kane, $1. 108 o87; wak * visors TECHUE| Macon, $1,284,300; Madison, $1,796,â€" of the.hoard of supervisors when a 800; St. Clair, $1,372,575; Vemillim;, resolution providing for the depo«xt-i $1,234,840; Will, $2,000,000; and Winâ€" ing of the money was passed. ‘ net $1,740,000 The audit was completed by Audiâ€"| Bz * tor Samue! Sims, of Pontiac, just two+ _ The total indebtedness of all the days ago. That did not give the surej schools in lllinois during the past ty company ii:;e to prepare the bond | Y°a" Was 351'3“_'?5&‘ for Morse. y uked“nnzn additional o B'llldl"lhl:' activities 1:‘ Lake county twe weeks which WrougBt the delay.| during t year have surpass rd is to adjourn to October 28| those of p:huny‘?fi‘rfi‘m to approve the audit and accept the} the state: Many new buildingwchave the board. CAPT. HINES LEAVES THE NAVAL STATION an entire session. The finance committeeâ€"composed of Supervisor Arthur W. Vercoe, Highâ€" land Park, as chairman, Supervisor C. E. Austin, Zion, and Supervisor Henry C. W. Meyer, Mundelein, and surety company representatives have been in constant session since the completion of the audit working out a way to safeguard the money in the future. Their resolution was considâ€" ered a masterpiece by members of Rear Admiral Henry J. Ziegemeier of the Naval Operation post of the Navy department at Washington, D. C., an officer in the Navy for the past 42 years, succeeds him as.commandâ€" The September warm wave did more to help the farmer in two weeks than congress will be able to do in Deputy County Clerk J. B. Morse who has been duly appointed county treasurer to succeed Roy W. Bracher, cannot take office before October 28, it was learned at the recent meeting of the board of supervisors when a resolution providing for the depositâ€" ing of the money was passed. mmwm‘nmm jurist the snow had fallen to such a depth that the trails are impassible and the state police have ordered that all traffie be stopped until the roads are clear. NEW TREASURER TAKES OFFICE ABOUT OCT. 28 order to attend the funeral of the late William F. Weiss, long a close Why not let the gas that does your cooking also provide warmth on cold mornings. The“llllne Star Seal is a symbol of approval placed on gas appliances that conform to the rigid tests of the Labâ€" oratory of the American Gas Associâ€" Breakfast in a room from which the chill has been banished is a joy to every member of your family. QUICK, CLEAN HEAT Don‘t Trast to Luck! Building activities in Lake county during the, past year have s assed . those of prfiufly“e’v’l‘r?% the state: Many new buildingurhave~ been constructed to meet the demands and school instruction in Lake counâ€" ty, according to statistics ranks with The indebtedness for Lake county was placed at $2,160,100 while Cook county‘s debt was $11,245,575. $ INDEBTEDNESS HIGH O\nsidz\!Cookeonty.Lnbeu-. ty is ranked highest in bonded inâ€" debtedness of the public schools, acâ€" cording to statistics submitted last week by the state superintendent of COUNTY SCHOOL BOND McHenry county, the figures showâ€" GENUINE NEST&E CIRCULINE * Including Shampoo and * Setting The above offer good for 30 Days Barber and Beauty Shop Laegeler Building ~â€" Phone H. P. 2521 Permanent Waving TELEPRHONE H. P. 557â€"558 RADIGAN‘S $8.00

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