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2. ** e (Continued from page 1) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1008 _â€"â€"â€" {â€"â€" TAE HIGHLAND PARK PERESS, HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS which was but a wilderness gathered by Mr. Jesse Lowe Smith, grade of the Elm Place school. "The father and mother of John Mooney and their five children came to Highland Park about 1845. John was six years old that fall. They had been in the United States one year, which they had spent on the shores of Lake Champlain.. They came west by way of the Erie Canal on a canal boat, and at Buffai® took passage on a sailing vessel for Chicago. They located on a forty aere claim across He and his family are membere of the Catholic church, and in poliâ€" tics he is independent, Mr. Mooney is one of the oldest survivors of the came here, a child six years of age. His acquaintance is wide and he is highly respected by all. John Mooney lived to be a very old the timber, rolled it into huge piles and burned it. ‘They had to clear the The first two years they had nothâ€"| Prominent Club Women Chosen ing to sell, after that they had eggs as Judges; Mrs. C. C. Hopâ€" und butter, and a few little things ; kin= Represents District such as that to sell. » , â€"â€"â€" They had to go to Chicago to marâ€" At the luncheon given at the Stevâ€" ket. This required three days. Thj-by&eChiencoTribuubom first day they went eighteen miles, to| one hundred women, who will be the a house where Rose Hill is now, and judges in the $6000 prize contest, spent the night there. Then at four ) "Sally Joy Brown," who is Margaret o‘clock the next morning they would Stever, and Miss Kate Webber the start out with oxen for Chicago. Afâ€" Club Woman‘s page editor were the ter marketing in Chicago they would hostesses, Friday. return to Rose Hill for the night, and ‘ â€"The majority of the judges were Money was very scarceâ€" in those days. Mr. Mooney‘s father had work now and then for fifty cents a day, | 4 4 8 2 2.0.00.0 8 4..0 0 n dhis ooo n fltsnA ty c k lfi cont mc ic io ns sns ied enb t ices. Payment of debts was usually | state chairman of the American made in flour, pork and eggs. | Home Department of the lllinois It took his father and mother six | Federation of Women‘s clubs; Mrs. months to get together $2.50, with Grace Vial Gray, .nationally known which to pay tuition money to the speaker and writer on Home Ecoâ€" school teacher who came here t nomics; Mrs. Wilbur E. Fribley, start a private school. His "':;Mu&.nm-im-uu: earned his first yoke of oxen by Mrs. William M. Gourley, president labor. HO'IMmmh!.(chl‘hrme'-dub: Jolict one winter and spent three; Dr. Maude S. Powell, president of the months working on the Tilinoisâ€"Michiâ€"| For Lake Woman‘s club; Dr. Haines gan Canal. That is the way he earhâ€" of Berwyn; Mrs. S. D. Snow, presiâ€" ed the oxen. £ ; dent of the Second district I. F. W. Mr. Mooney said thit rofds wete‘(_ and women from Haward a disâ€" eut through the wood with axes, folâ€"| tance of sixty miles from Chicago lowing blazed trails. | were among those selected for the Thl-&-m-adwbnu_ to the settlers, since were BAY~ > Miss Margaret Stever, (Sally Joy row paths six or eight inches wideâ€"| prow) in outlining the plan of the There was one sideâ€"trail along th9 / wontest said that judging would be bluff in sight of the lake. ~AnotbeT | paseq upon the means at the disposal trail, more frequently used. €r08%®0 | of the contestant. The chief feature and reâ€"crossed the Skokie, folloWinZ | of the plan is to promote better home the high ride. life. Home interiors will be viewed. Grain was taken to be ground * o the family of modest means who Vincent‘s mill, on the Des Plaine® mave used patient care and judicious river, about 7 miles away. expenditure, and made a thoroughly ‘They used all of the grain and had _11___eve and comfortable home the the Skokie. The Northwestern railâ€" road runs through the farm today. Mbdd‘ all of the grain and had u'l'lfli“ “ comfortable :l:m7& nome prize will be awarded. Costly interâ€" Houses . were -l-fly"" ‘:: iors of unusual merit will share in apart when the Mooney family | the contest, but will not be allowed to settled here. John remembers CMTâ€"| cvershadow the modest home. rying a pail of milk, with the help 97| _ ue contest to be as effective A% his brother, through the woods, a dis=! ____a1_ ___l; nove all forces in club plad to get it at that, whether sweet Game was plentiful, Deer was berc | FRoys could catch rabbits easily. One winter when other food was scarce the Mooney family lived almost enâ€" tirely on quail. They boiled a large potful of them at a time. , Squirrels, partridges, and prairie chickens, were usually very plentiful. | ‘The chief living was corn meal, potaâ€" | toes and meat. For coffee, the setâ€"! telers parched corn, rye and barley | -u-uu-n:u-â€": which they at market cu-.-.n':'g-dunmh the oven and ground it up. They used a gréeat deal of hominy. They bleached wood ashes and used this lye water to soften the hulls of the fras root for tes. ‘The first church was a little log building on the road four miles north “h Chapel, built as ? was on Green Bay Road in 1845 or J847. some years later, when some missionâ€" aries came here and held a mission. m-uh.hhfl until a new church was built on ‘The cross on it was not erected until present site of St. Mary‘s charch. At first a priest came up here once a month from Grosse Point Later mw-m’ e u '-’ ." but for some time they caume back The story of Mr. John ‘The Indians had moved away two back Hood from Nashville." Mooney was but thirtyâ€"nite years of age. The nearest doctor was in Wheel~ ing, six miles away, and they had to go to Chicage to get a priest for the John Mooney, who was a young man were cut down to fiake ties for the rails. They burned wood in the enâ€" Alexander Mooney farm. This new subdivision has a number of handâ€" ~-'|dh~rk. There are a number of fine old elm.trees on the old farm, and in one of them the Indians in early days, built a platâ€" form from which vantage point they tribes, and also shot deer that came to the Skokie for water. St. Mary‘s, is on part of the Mooney property. This is a Catholic cemetery _â€"Juohn Mooney‘s father (James Mooney) died when the family had * Miss Margaret Stever, (Sally Joy Brow) in outlining the plan of the contest said that judging would be based upon the means at the disposal of the contestant. The chief feature of the plan is to promote better home life. Home interiors will be viewed. To the family of modest means who have used patient care and judicious possible must have all forces in club and home life working to the same many people away from home lile. ‘The Tribune hopes to start a moveâ€" ment to keep people more interested in their homes. Mrs. Leeds Mitchell woman with the small home to be afraid to enter. She spoke of the Toledo Art Institute‘s exhibit of ten cent articles of beauty for home decâ€" oratipn, and extended all hopes of winning the big prize to the small No home is competing with wealth. To make the home more attractive in simple ways is the desireâ€" of the women in the contest. The Tribuns will do all of the preliminary work. No limit of cost cither way will be made in the decisions. Color, arâ€" rangetment, balance, space and taste will be the points on the score card. No definite budget of expenditure in, home making is to be considered. In each division $2,000 will be paid in prives headed by the grand prize of $500 for the division. â€"~Each home will be visited and ample time of the visit will be given by telephone or letter, so that time will be mutually mel Do you think I‘ve bought groâ€" ceries here for fifteen years for nothâ€" 1 shouldn‘t be at al surâ€" life is C. &K. W. The last stretch of Chicago & North Western‘s mainâ€"line sutomatic train control installation, extending from Chicago to Omaha, is scheduled to be complete and in service by May 1st, President Fred W. Surgent today. This outstanding factor of safety and railroad efficiency hetween these two cities, such as has been in operaâ€" tion on the Clinton‘Omaha Division since July 1st, now marks, what is said to be, one of the longest stretâ€" control in the country. Master Control System With the completion of this vast Road from Chicago to Omaha to Be Equipped With Device by May 1; Explanation I North W his train must forthwith be reduced to below twenty miles an hour, to prove his complete mastery of condiâ€" tions, otherwise the brakes will be automatically applied, the control taken from his hands and the train stopped. As soon as the track ahead is clear again, the master control signal informs the engineer of the fact, whereupon he can again proâ€" ceed at full speed ahead, up to withâ€" The Chicago & North Western was the first railroad to install continuous automatic train control on so large a scale and at so great an outlay. Over 350 locomotives and. 1050 miles of track had to be equipped with the in the required safety margin of sevâ€" ently miles per hour as before. ruined castle. It might be at least eight hundred years old. Believe me, castles nowadays! knocked down with ber car. Pedesâ€" trians run dreadful risks if they don‘t ;A woman is marrying a man she f Sinkingx > build such ancient at and freight About one hundred couples attendâ€" ed the annual Senior hop, held Suturâ€" day evening, Feb. 18, at Deerfieldâ€" Shields. The walls were covered with canvas, and the gym was decorated in the form of a cireus. ~.Pink lemonade and guestsâ€"danced to the merry music of Sheridan‘s fiveâ€"piece orchestra, the last dance at 11:30 o‘clock ending the MANY ATTEND SENIOR > HOP AT HIGH SCHOOL were: Miss Griswold, Miss Lauderâ€" ning was passed, while the students Mrs. Mason, and Mr. and Mrs. Platt. Dorothy Davidson, chairman of the social committee. Over in Ching a wouldâ€"be suicide needs only to pin a communist badge on himself.â€"Des Moines Register. Senior Hop of ‘28. The boy stood on the burning deck With his arms aruond his sweetie‘s His father called; he did not go Because he loved to neck her so. 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