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N \ ~sppare of mge. ~ ~ ~~ . .« _m“-‘dw~h Parsons were born {with exeeption 6f Elien) and reared in the old home which still stands, much as it was *wnh&bmhâ€" in Des < Charles and Albert 1856. Mrs. Vedder was still a young woman, only 46, and had been an inâ€" with many town projects. He gave l-ll-rtbh.ll.‘dfln&wm gational church. ‘The second floor of his store building on the main street ahâ€"-y‘râ€"ncu-um About a year previous, Jan. 23, 1885, Philip Vedder had died, in his home which he had built. For many years Margaret, his daughter, hd‘ been the head of the housthold, for her mother had died November 29, He never was oppressive in his dealings with his creditors on account of deferred payments occasioned by crops, or low prices but on the fi:n.-y-:.umm-n-u made proper efforts to discharge their just obligations to him. h-!flhlmhuqdndu; large tract of state land, about 1500 acres, in and about Des Plaines. He and Mr. Simon Lee laid out the Parâ€" sons and Lee addition to Des Plaines and were loyal residents there. In and lived there until his death on the common acceptance of the term, be had faith in the Tuture developâ€" ment of these western prairies, and purchased large tracts of lands," here and there as far west as Freeport and "resold to settlers for farms, takâ€" ing a small cash payment and the balâ€" ance in yearly instaliments." 1886: "Although not a speculator in sheep and cattle but his chief interâ€" PP id vanatcas ao AR fitm friendship, for Philip and Alâ€" fred Parsons formed a friendly partâ€". nership and with some cousfis of the Vedders emigrated to Chicago. Alfred | Parsons was but six years younger than Philip, and seems to have been the leader and financier. 1t is posâ€" sible that the two men first came out | _ alone and looked over the land and~ began negotiations to purchase. The | homesites of the Vedders and Parsons | were purchased from the government| ty from noa~midcnp. who _ had probably got them from the governâ€" ment, as a matter of speculation, unâ€" til he and Mr. Vedder owned nearly a thousand acres in the vicinity. On September 30, 1844 Alfred Parâ€" sons married Mr. Vedder‘s eldest daughter, Susan. After their marâ€" riage they went back to New York, probably to visit his widowed mother. When they returned to Deerfield, posâ€" sibly in the fail of 1845, they built their home of a few rooms across the In one of these two cabins Ii'.'ed; Philip Vedder anc his family; in tht; other IPQ cousins and Alfred Parsons. | In the two years which -h:ll;;e-d Mr. Parsons purchased a joining forâ€" | â€" Deerfield Section in 1841 by a Conrad Hyre and Mary | Narner. Parsons and Vedder pur-] chased the land on October 18, 1843. They ‘built two log cabins on thei high land back from the Telegraph road, a spot which was just on theI edge of the woods facing the littlej natural prairie, which lay between | the Skokie woods and the Des Plaines Li io »rcaieditn fls hb sA 13 Arden Farm on Telegraph road and County Line. l’iflipVedderwubw‘invaiDc near Schenectady on March 21, 1804. In a nearby town, Glenville, lived Margaret Haverly, born April 29, 1810. They were married December al&d.a-doumudfim“h-‘ ters were born to them. | Stephen Parsons and Pena, his wife, who lived in Denmark, Lewis eo-ty.N'.Y..hdthrnmnldane; daughter. The eldest son was Alfred, born April 6, 1810. J “-Pkifi'\'ed“nnd'ih'ifll; ees and an osage orange hedge. Mr. Parsons owned huge flocks be DATES BACK TO YEAR 1843 Acquire Large Tract of Land; Phillip Vedder‘s Also Are PARSONS FAMILY REâ€" CORDED IN HISTORY PA Alfred Parsons and Phili a long time, and when she must Jordan of to this Showers of rice and congratuintions '-!c:;uhlbfi-:;-hvhdn were recipients many lovely Deerfleld many years, where have a host of friends who hold them in high estsem. «_ | The Hifthlandt Park Press Following the dinner, Rev. A. P. Johnson reread the marriage lines to Mr. and Mrs. Perry and Mrs. Philip Schnefer, sister of the groom acted as bridesmaid and Mr. William Kinâ€" and friends attended. On a table beautifully decorated in yellow and white with a wedding cake in the center. a sumptuou® dinner | Deerfield. Our understanding is that they send to their fubscribers one book a month, which books are supâ€" posed to be the newest and best books published. Mrs. Alvin Knaak is a member of | this guild, and has just presented to | the Deerfield Library associgtion, the books she has received in the past, of this guild, and is going to give us what books she receives this year. muco 0222 a i on Rosemary terrace, Mr. and Mrs. CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Peter Perry Marâ€" ried 50 Years; Hold Party New Year‘s Eve M dtnel Toiintbebicas t ca J . t | ied on the hill north of the Parsonsâ€" | Jordon home. The tombstones have ; been laid flat and are hidden in the | bushes there. | _ An _ unusually large number of | large glacial granite boulders have | been unearthed in plowing the Parâ€" | sons farm. Some of these have been wtilized in making a fire place in the | home, and others have recently been !.made into a rock garden for Mr. Jorâ€" | dan, who with a Mr. Gage have startâ€" . | ed a nursery and landscape business. \ as they come out. _ _ We have just finished ordering 50 more new books, which should be ready for circulation the latter part of this week. A list of their titles will be published in the next week‘s The Literary Guild of America has quite a number of subscribers in MRS. KNAAK GIVEsS BOOKS TO LIBRARY wo,0 9000 EC PW OITEY PRCTE | is an Emigrant‘s Directory published I in 1817, over which he pored, and it was probably his interest in this far | country of Illinois that incited his | son, Alfred, to come out here, for | Stephen died in 1832, when his son } was twelve, the adventurous age. In the course of thirtyâ€"two months | the forty acres, which Alfred Parsons | finally bought, had been transferred | three times before he bought it. One J piece was owned by Andre Myre, of | the Rockenbach pioneer party from | Alsace. 10. 20. 0CE05 TNC the bend in the tree points southward. Members of the Jordan family have picked up in the open many fine arrow heads, also parts of arrow heads, which indicate a camping ground. > Charles Parsons recalled the Inâ€" dians passing by, and camping for Weeks when they came to see John K. Clark ("Indian" Clark}, who lived south of the Parsons farm. Four babies of the Parsons family, one was a five year old son, are bur. Pb Sihniniih ols mb d | CCC On New Year‘s eve An Indian tree on the bamk o Middle Branch, the old stream flows through Arden Farm woo a huge maple, and the bend in Mrs. E. B. Jordan poster spool bed, sp« bles, a clock, and which were her gre some brown Wedgew was rented year after year to tenants until a granddaughter, bura Parsons Jordan, and her husband bought it from the other heirs in 1915. Sons of Charles Parsons: Harrie Alfred Parsons and Roy Milton Parâ€" sons were born in the old homestead. Robert Eastborn Jordan is the fourth generation to live in the Parâ€" sons house. Lura Parsons Jordan has the old sehool books that were used in New York . by _ her greatâ€"grandfather Stephen Parsons. One is signed and dated 1807, and seems to be a book of nligious essays and hymns. There children of Charles Parsons. _ | _ Th¢ January mesting of the Deerâ€" e'b-“o«.bu Charies| feld American Legion auxiliary was married “g... vi.:'n lB’l'IG ‘ dfell les held at the home of Mrs. Raymond Arlington .i.mb. e @| Clavey on Second street, Monday afâ€" a omepread‘a, pokeit| leemeon Mc E. Mieerymabe oogiih T hay miey t end st “i district committee woman of North They lived there a few years, then l'nJ Chi . and Mro Kym o disfviet dtlh-t-hl l leemed“ i 7| secretary of Waukegan, installed the nearer. hss rs ‘oc}..wfl, he" | following newly elected officers: urned ie sges hes) President, Mrs. Harry Mau; viceâ€" t to the Parsons home in Des ‘president, Mre. Reymond Clavey; see. Plaines. So the old Deerfield farm | ind Vic.-preside?t. Mrs. _ George neshied Pear after year to tenants Jacobs; historian, ‘Mrs. Jesse Stroneâ€" until a granddaughter Bura Pows... mflhthhy';‘htulnjb;; gies, were always closely associated in their lives, and in the lives of the were young men when they left for Kincaid attended the ceremony k, and other furniture her grandmother‘s, also Wedgewood, a few lustre some silver. . | north of the Parsonsâ€" law, as best man. . spool crib, some taâ€" at their home has the old four the bamk of the that the ; weren‘t in session. The New Y::‘h represented in pictures as a of infont Cupid, but anyway he is big enough to hand us a real wallop in the. form of the January,1, bills. 5im Congress hias returnedâ€"from its boliday vacation, but no one threatâ€" temple on Thursday evening, Jan. 12. Only members, their families and a few friends are invited to witness |__ A schedule, which tuns from Jnnv‘} ‘ uary 9 to April 5 was drawn up. The | | schedule is so arranged that each | | team plays twelve games. Games will | (be played at St. Peter‘s Community | | hall on Shermer avenue, one and oneâ€"| { half ‘miles southeast of Northbrook‘ | and at the new Niles Center public" | school on Lincoln and Harms avenues. | | _ Following is the St. Paul‘s schodule | | â€"Tuesday, Jan. 10, Morton Grove;| | "l‘\ksday. Jan. 17, St. Peter‘s; Monday, | 1 _ CE CR@RTIU O 1. MV CEVET 8. installation ceremonies at the Masonic DEERFIELD R. N. A. TO INSTALL OFFICERS JOSEPH TESAR DIES % HERE; FUNERAL HELD Joseph Tesar, gardener for George Tonnesberger, 902 South Green Bay road, died Jan. 5, aged 59 years: The hnuflmbdd!.tmhynndburhl‘ was in the Bohemian National ceiheâ€" Please cut out the above schedule for future reference. oc io on se esn oys Feb. 2, Niles Center; Monday, Feb. 6, Glenview; Tuesday, Feb. 14, Morâ€" ton Grove; Tucgday, Feb. 21, St. Peter‘s; Thursday, Feb. 23, Glenview; Thursday, March 8, Niles Center; Monday, March 12; Glenview; Tuesâ€" day, March 20, Morton Grove; Tuesâ€" day, March 27, Niles Center; Thursâ€" day, March 29, St. Peter‘s. All but the two games for February 2nd and March 8, will be played at the St. Peter‘s Community hall. There will be no admission charged at the: St. Peter‘s of Northbrook. St. Paul‘s of Deerfield, Morton Grove Cardinals, Niles Center and Glenview. | _ A. Joseph Arnold, son of Mr. and of Games { Nrs. Anthony James Arnold, 1625 | . Eroadview avenue, died Jan. 7, in | Representatives of five teams "‘f" Waukesha, where he was employed Thursday, Dec. 22, at St. Peter‘s as a beookkeeper. Heart trouble was Community â€" hall â€"and formed Abs | the cause of death. He was 24 years, | Northwest Suburhan Basketball 6 months and 17 days old. The fun. | league. The members of the )"m;eral was held at the H. M. Prior} ll‘;( i’oter'i of Northbrock. St {cnmp'any's chapel, here, and burial | St. s . 1k ; i Faufs of Deerhcld,. Morcor Grove | was in Rosehill cemetery. I St. Paul‘s Group Joins. Northâ€" west Division Schedule of Games BASKETBALL TEAM IN SUBURBAN LEAGUE The next regular meeting will be held &t the heme of Mrs: Alex Willâ€" man with Mrs. E. H. Willman as asâ€" sistant hostess on Monday evening, February 13. . Sandwiches and cake was served at the conclusion of the meeting by the hostess, Mmes. Theo. Taylor, Rayâ€" mond Clavey and Glenn Bowman. All the members of the local unit are expected to attend this meeting but voting power is given only to six delegates, including the president. Mrs. F. Jacobs, Sr., Mrs. Earl Frost, Miss Louise Huhn, Mrs. Philip Scully, Sr., and Mrs. Alex Willman were apâ€" pointed as the delegates. The unit voted to hold a district meefing on January 25 and Mrs. Ed. Jacobson and Mrs. C. Steiner were appointed to find a meeting place. need at Christmas time and the ten dollars appropriated by the. unit was spent for food and clothing and that the committee had been instrumental in obtaining help from other sources. ism, Mrs. John Farner; membership, Mrs. Ed Jacobson; publicity, Mrs. Alex Willman; finance, Mrs. Glenn Bowman; child welfare, Mrs. George Harder. Mrs. Harry Mar reported that the committee who were appointed at the previous meeting had investigated and found a Deerfield family in great The following committee chairmen were appointed by the president: Reâ€" habilitation, "Mrs. Harry Whitcomb; social, Mrs. Theo. Taylor; Americanâ€" Jacobs; historian, ‘Mrs. Jease Strong; sergeantâ€"atâ€"arms, Mrs. Chas Steiner; chaplain, Mrs. William Tennerman ; secretary, Mrs. Alex Willman. ad . _ OFFICERS INSTALLED Vote to Hold District Meeting Jan. 25; Meeting Monday at Mrs. Clavey‘s UMiÂ¥ERsiyy , . THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, LEGION AUXILLARY _ i civic nor | HIGHWOOD BOY DIES | OF HEART TROUBLE | _ _ George F. Reilly, son of Mr. and | Mrs. James Reilly, 108 Elm avenue, t}lighwood. died last Friday of aenta i n n se t heart trouble, aged 11 years days. The funeral was held James church, Highwood, on M and burial was im the North | DIES IN WAUKESHA | FUNERAL HELD HERE _ Florence Macbeth, eminent Ameriâ€" | can coloratura soprano, will rejoin[ the company for Wednesday‘s midâ€" | week matinee, when "Rigoletto" is | | given its last hearing of the season. ’ Charles Hackett‘s first appearance as | , the Duke this season will be an added | attraction. _ Richard Bonelli, Lorna | | Doone Jackson and Chase Baromeo }‘ will have other roles. Henry G. \\'cb-J er will conduct. The performance | will be sung at popular prices. | | _ "Sapho" will be given its secand § performance Wednesday evening with | | the same cast heard in its revival a | | week before. Saturday night Thursday‘s bill will be the delightâ€" ful operctta; "Die Fledermaus," heard for the second time since its introduction as a special New Year‘s Eve bill. "Resurrection" will be given its only performance of the season as Friday night‘s special bill. "La Traâ€" viata" will be repeated at the Saturâ€" day matinee, with Claudia Muzio in the title role. "Carmen" will constiâ€" fute the bill for the nnnulasnsinct Tuesday‘s bill is "La Gioconda," one of the season‘s most popular opâ€" cras, with Rosa Raisa, Lorna Doone Jackson, Augusta Lenska, Charles Marshall, Cesare Formichi and Chase Baromeo in principal roles. â€" The ballet will be seen in the famous "Dance of the Hours." 10 POOC PCO CoT OSm WTC ENT T Mess one! nhhnktdtkmm-fihnm-lhh WMMMMM‘M&M«-‘M& "Faust" will be repeated Monday night, Jan. 16, with the company‘s new Belgian tenor, Rene Maison, in the title role. Edith Mason, Vanniâ€" Marcoux, Desire Defrere and Maria Claessens will have familiar parts. Tuesday‘s bill is "La Gioconda," The twelfth and next to final week of Chicago‘s civie opera season begins Sunday afternoon, Jan. 15, with a gala matinee performance of "The Jewels of the Madonna," at which the many opera lovers, both from the city and the suburbs, who find this particular time of the week most conâ€" venient for attending performances, will bear a distinguished cast in one of the most popular of all modern operas. Rosa Raisa will once more have the role of Maliella. in leriatmerctaiihordccatit I borries ster‘s play clothes and Boy! you got no Shorty Says: 1 L ooo OS S snfi mt t nc i i w 3. d td c oc 1004 t this town? Why don‘t you sell ‘em some pen and inks, Doc, : see what they got on their chests ?" § However, that‘s got nothing to do with the idea I want 1 to get. COME IN ANYHOW, WE‘VE PROBABLY GOT IT! for the size of my adv folks for stuff EVEN CIVIC OPERA PROGRAM FOR WEEK IS GIVEN Feature of the Twelfth Week Outlined; is Next to Final I want it thoroughly understood that I CAN‘T AFFORD to tell you each and eveéry week ALL the bargains, ALL the new stuff, ALL the good things I‘ve got here in store for you to shop over. You‘ve got to form the habit of grabbing your purses by the nape of the necks and coming down here FIRST when you start out on a shopping toot! I told you quite a spell back that P advertising thing and Yethink it‘s abou ther. Gom ‘nother thought. Come in and see us sometime. What Am I Doing This For Seven Days ies with Claudia Muzio in | "Carmen" will constiâ€" for the popularâ€"priced | it performance. : ral was held at St. ighwood, on Monday, in the North Shore 08 Elm avenu;. Friday of acute 11 years and 16 !l back that I‘d got a new slant on this thznk it‘s about time to go a step furâ€" 24e ink. _ Always wanting to SELL somgthing. ‘I DID say what Doc says I did, but I see no good reaâ€" son why Ire should bust out in print about it. I like the simple things, simple life, simple people, so toâ€" day to be more than asual simvle. I see Doc‘s hinting that you write me a letter about something and didyyuh notice how he brings in something about selling pensand MELVIN D. SWEETLAND [ °000C make some recognition of the fine work that scouting is doing in the development of boys into men. Thé plan for commemorating the week is as follows: In a bulletin issued this week from local scout headquarters, the request was made that every church, school, civic . club, community â€" and home group will at sometime during that week, or during the early part of February make some recogmnition of the fine work that seantine e anil o The Boy Scouts of America were incorporated on February 8, 1910. During, Anniversary week, February 5 to 12, scouts in every state in the Union are uniting in a wide spread celebration. SCOUTS PREPARE FOR | FIRST AID CONTEST DONT MISS THIS SALEâ€"it‘s the only time you san get Florsheim Shoes at this low price. _ An. l seein | sGriéghG ‘i:,g I},‘IeG‘s 'a’oaj%] or epnesl. S oi Leed slies CENTRAL AVENUE aND e#coub stazer TELEPHONE HICHLAND PARK se "Mad Skin!" What u'r‘ouh! }'%% Eil:e for a series of snap shots o great grandâ€" htherg YOUR great ndmother AT 'I'Hg: AGtEaOFhf["!ENm you realize t the camera pi you take TODAY become priceless as the years roll on" Why not make it a RULE to take a certain number of "snans" each month? Thousands of thoughtful citizens are doint this We carry EASTMAN KODAKs films and do 24 hour developing. SEED to keep it hapby]ng ce;t:l.;r: ly SPRATTS DOG CAKES are. abâ€" solutely necessary! _ And there you ARE! Why Deny Your Grandchildren! Are Your Canary and Dog Going to Florida, Too? We have Kaemfer‘s bird seed to We have KAEMFERS â€" BIRD S}IE'[\)»tpiqu it happy and certainâ€" 12d and 990 Deerfield Section more than the amount of money Thursday, Feb. $â€"Scout Troop day. Friday, Feb. 10â€"Boy Scouts and civic clubs. Saturday, Feb. 11â€"Boy Scout Servâ€" ice day. "Good Turn" to community, Sunday, Feb. 12â€"Boy Scout day in church. Lincoln‘s birthday. Theme: "Adult Respon:sihility for Boyhood." Wednesday, Feb. 8â€"â€"Boy h::oul day in school. Every scout is asked to renew his pledge on this Anniversary aL_ Sunday, Feb. 5â€"Boy Seout day in Church school. Monday, Feb. 6â€"Parent day, Scout participation in the home. Tuesday, Feb. 7â€"Community day. Recognition of the Scout Master. experienced planning of each early spring plmting; TELEPHONE H. P. gole SOH you solve your landâ€" May