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Highland Park Press, 18 Apr 1929, p. 3

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84 TS * Mrs. Stevens Honored «â€"~@â€"_.â€"__â€" at â€"Annualâ€"Luncheon _â€"_. .. _ REâ€"ELECT MILLARD \ + HEAD OF PARK BOARD The Hospitality committee of the â€"*_â€" Highlandâ€" Park. Woman‘s club with ~â€"*â€"â€"Mrs. Tom Mot rman serve = a delightfulâ€"Juncheon to the members in the club house on Tuesday. The © prettily decorated tables in yellow and gold gave a delicate spring efâ€". fect and the delicious luncheon was ‘ beautifully served by the members.‘ "~of the committee. 6 4 The East Park district is greatly improving and_r.-beantityink the strip along theâ€"right of way of _ the Shore Line from Beach street to County Line road.. The strip. is being gradedâ€"and seeded and trees and shrubs are being planted, so that when the work is completed that imâ€" ~provement will be a marked one. The work is under the direct supervision of superintendent Edward éting. Vouume XVIII _ Secretary, Edw. M. Laing. _ Treasurer, Chas. F. Grant. _ President Millard has been a memâ€" ber of <the Park ‘Board for 13 years and its president for the past 10 years,. having succeeded Mr. Cushâ€" ing. He is a well known, and highly respected citizen; also he is president of the North Shore Gas company. It was largely through his efforts that the Park District was organized in July â€"1909,â€" although he did not beâ€" éome a membet until 1916. Mr. S. M. ?Iilla_rd, his father, was instruâ€" mental in the first attempt to organâ€" ize a parl:fjstrict’i:i Highland Park which© w however .. unsuccessful. (Continued on Page 49) â€"â€"Mr. â€"Jesse Smith gave"a brief outâ€" line of the proposed Ridgeway Memâ€" orial at Olney, Illinois, which is to honor a man who spent aâ€"long life in studying the birds, flowers and trees arnd has written valuable books on these subjects. & ‘â€"Mrs. ~Raymond. Stevens president of the club pfesided at the business meeting which followed the luncheon in her usual gracious and efficient manner. The members regret keenâ€" ly that her term of office has expired for she has been such a splendid Has Served as President for ~Ten Years; Other Officers; â€" ~Brief History ~~ At the meeting of the Park Board held on Wednesday, ‘April 10th, the following officers for the ensuing year were elected by Commissioners Evâ€" erett L. Millard, Fred D. .Silber, Milâ€" ton J. Hardacre, L. R. Rigdon and C. H. Witt: § ‘ # Improve Strip Between Beach and County Line President, Everett L. Millard. of H. P. Woman‘s Club (Continued on Page 48) * The Higbland Park Press â€"The Sunset Valley Golf club will hold the secondâ€"annual North Shore Open on June 17, 1929, offering $600 in cash prizes to professionats and many prizes to amateurs. Mr. George Lytton of the Hub Clothing stores of Chicagoâ€" and Evanston presented the club with a fine leather golf bag to be offered as a prize to amateurs. Mr. Lytton ‘has always been generâ€" ous, having given prizes on other oc casions. â€" â€"â€"â€" â€"â€" > e x Sunset Valley Golf j Club Prepares For <â€"â€" _ North Shore Open ~â€"The course is in good condition and is being enjoyed by many. 216 regâ€" istered for play on Sunday in spite of the cold wind ‘blowing. hy . Rena Nelson who won the Woâ€" men‘s Junior Western last year was on the course during the past week preparing herself for further "‘conâ€" quests. . % s ; HIGHWOOD ELECTS _ * ROTH TO BE MAYOR Other Results Mixed; Simpson; €Clerk; Ehrens, Treasurer; . â€"â€"â€" Rettig, Magistrate â€" Independent Progressive. ticket â€"and IJohn M. Simpson, clerk, defeating John 0. Meyers and Roland Stanley, for mayorand clerk respe,ctivelgy, canâ€" * _ Continued on Page 48 ~ _Highwood had an exciting election on Tuesday with the result that Rayâ€" mond Roth was elected mayor on the g Raymond Roth Highwood‘s New Mayor HIrcHLAXND PARK, IuuLrNOoIS, THURSDAY, The North Shore Theatre. guild is announcing, through its production department, that its fourth and last production of the season will be of "Lilies of the Field," to be presented in early â€"May.â€"The play will be. proâ€" duced by the guild‘s ‘regular staff, David O di ; â€"Richard ‘Woellâ€" haf, technical director; andâ€"John Alâ€" len Stewart, business manager. OFFER NEXT GUILD PLAY EARLY NN MAY "Liliecs of the Field" was written by John Hastings Turner, an Engâ€" lishman of whom little information is at hand. The play, which is Engâ€" lish comedy in threeâ€"acts, light and nearâ€"farcical in treatment, had its premiere . in London, with success, ‘and has had American production by Pasadena‘s energetic Community Playhouse. . There ‘is. no .record of its having â€"played ;elsewhere in the United States. f s "Lilies of the Field" to Be Given â€"‘_ in Highland Park and The . proceeds go to the charitable work of the three organizations and +« Continued on Page 48 â€" ‘ â€"â€"The play opens in â€"the Vicar‘s home in an English village, not too far frgm London.. ~Immeédiately a situaâ€" tion arises; a birthday is at hand in the household and the selection of gifts is in every mind. More than the usual complications are encounâ€" tered; however, forâ€"there is not â€"one celebrant but twoâ€"twin daughters, __(Continued on Page 48) The shop is tun by three Highland Park organizationsâ€"namely the Hosâ€" pital Auxiliary, Infant Welfare and Northwestern Settlement. Women from these organizations take turns in acting as salespersons. .. Lake Forest 18, Results Of School ~ Elections In Local _« Districts April 13 In the several school elections here on Saturday the candidates regularâ€" ly nominated by petition were elected without opposition, according to the unofficial reports. Peter J. Duffy was electedâ€"school trustee; > l ,_Mrs. Henryâ€"Jacobson of St. Louis will give a dramatic interpretation of "Wings Over Europe," a New York Theatre guild production, in the auditorium of the Ravinia school, on Thursday afternoon, April 25th at 3:30 o‘clock. ; In the Deerfleldâ€"Shields township high school district, No. 113, George T. ‘Rogers of Lake Forest was reâ€" elected member of the board for the full term of three years, without opâ€" position. _A total of 204 votes were cast; 23 in Highland Park,"14 in Deerâ€" field and 167 in Lake Forest. s In District No: 107, George E. Bliss was reâ€"elected . president of the board of education and: Mrs. Frances C. Creigh and R. ‘Arthur Wood memâ€" bers of the board for the full term of ‘three years, and Howell Murray member to fill vacancy. Each of the candidates named received 28 votes. _A large meeting is anticipated so reservations must be in (H. P. 165) not later than Saturday, April 20. The Ossoli club will meet for lunchâ€" eon at 12:30 on Tuesday, Aprilâ€"23. Luncheonâ€"will be followed by the anâ€" nual meetirig and the election pf ofâ€" In District No. 108, Carleton M. Vail was reâ€"elected president of the beardâ€"and Delmer M. Blasier and George W. Carr. were reâ€"elected members to succeed themselves. _ The vote was as follows: Vail, 437 Blaiser, 44; Carr, 44; there was no opposition. : The Nominating committee has preâ€" sented the following ticket:~ #i4 Mrs. Everett L. Easton, president; Mrs. H. L. Kennicott, vieeâ€"president; Mrs. John S.â€" Van Bergen, correA ponding secretary; Mrs. Jo%Cleary, Mrs. Norman Lenington,â€" â€"Mrs. William MacDonald, members of the board. o 4n o ie s is Ossoli Club to Hold Annual Meeting April 23 â€"Mrs.â€"Edmund Brigham, recording secretary; Mrs. John Dingle, treasâ€" urer; and Mrs. Robert Herbst, Mrs. Karl Meyer, and Mrs. Robert Walâ€" ker, board members, continue in ofâ€" fice. & n Mrs. Jacobson has a tremendous following in St. Louis and hopes to duplicate her success in Chicago and vicinity. . . She will be introduced by Mrs. Rusâ€" sell Dean Comfort, chairman of. the Art and Literature department of the Chicago Woman‘s club. Mrs. Jacobson will be the guest: of Mrs. Howard G. Kornblith. a in Program April 25 NumMBER 7

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