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Highland Park Press, 18 Apr 1929, p. 6

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qnaieets m +544 ut Mrs. Rosie Corso died last Thursâ€" day at the home of her son, Samuel D. Corso, in Highwood, â€" aged . 62 years, 10 months and 22 days. The funeral was held atâ€" St. James church, Highwood ‘at 10:30 o‘clock, Monday morning, and â€"burial was in Mount Carmel cemetery. ° > + { The board of directors of the H. â€"P.~Chamber â€" of ~Commerce® heldâ€"a meeting ‘Tuesday evening and went over a dozenâ€" applications for the ofâ€" fice of secretary made vacant recentâ€" ly by theâ€"death ‘of Raymond. Gould. Page 4 Several Deaths During Week in This Vicinity Mrs. Linda Anna Ullian, wife of John . Ullian, died Saturday ‘night at the Highland Park hospital of pneuâ€" monia. She is survived by her husbâ€" and and five children, the youngest nine months old who died of pneuâ€" monia two weeks ago. Mrs. Ullian was aged 33 years, 11 months and five days. Five brothers are in the Uniâ€" ted States and aâ€"sister, Edith, is in Italy. The, funeral was held Tuesâ€" day morning at the Hubbard Woods church and burial was in the Sacred Heart cemetery. ¢ § Grover Cleveland Bennett, an emâ€" ploye of the Purity Ice Co., died of pneumonia April 13. He, resided .at 114 North First Btreet. Burial was in _the Mooney ~cemetery.â€"____ ______ James Hangren, 216 Jeffery ave., Highwood, died April 12, aged five years, four months and three: days. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hangren. Then funeral was held Monday at 9 o‘clock at St. James church, Highwood,â€"and burial. was in Memorial Park. « _ May Appoint Secretary â€"â€"â€"~of Chamber Next Week President ‘Paul L. Udell appointed â€"a committee to investigate these apâ€" plicants and report at the next meetâ€" ing, Tuesday evening of next week, at which time it is expected a choice of secretary will be made. _ The first talking picture at the Deerpath theatre, Lake Forest, will be shown on Wednesday eyering of next week. New York enginecers have been engaged for the past two weeks in installing. the Vitaphone and .. Movietone â€"equipment. forâ€" these soumd pictures, and Manager Emma plans to have a fine talking feature for the first night next Wednesday. â€""Kite Day" ~was held at. Ridge school, Tuesday, April 16. Fair skies and a steady breeze added much to the success of the occasion. Kites of every shape and hue wereâ€" entered by boys from the various grades and the judging of them brought â€"forth close competition. It was interestâ€" ing to note.that the most attractive "Kite Day" Is Held _ _ . § â€" _ at Ridge School in appearance were not in every case the most successful as "high flyers" but the combination of all â€" made a most. delightful picture as they floatâ€" ed gaily over the wide open playâ€" ground. C 22 Talking Pictures at Deerpath on April 24 â€"Morton J. Traub of 507 North Lin= den avenue, chairman of the Highâ€" land Park Boy Scout committée has been an ardent Boyâ€"Scout enthusiast for many years. His son, Morton, Jr., has been in the movement, atâ€" taining the highest rank, that . of Eagle Scout. Mr. Traub announces that $2,610.50 of the Highland Park quota of, $3,â€" 750.00 for.the 1929 budget of the North Shore Area council has been is pushing the campaign to compleâ€" tion and will appreciate a prompt reâ€" sponse 6n the part of those who have not *yet. pledged. 52 ; $ Members of this committee are Brooke Anderson, Jerome P. Bowes, R.: E.â€"Herman, Nathan Klee, Carl Odell, Harry Paul, John H. Rumâ€" baugh, ‘Albert ~P. Snite, Alfred â€"W. Stern, Allan I. Wolff, Gen. Robert E. Wood and R. Arthur Wood. a Mr. Traub further says "We are anxious not only for the financial support of* the citizens of Highltand Park, but we are even more desirous that they understand the full signiâ€" ficance of whatâ€"scouting can do in the lives of their boys. From my own observation of what it has meant to my own boy, F am sure that if more parents were to study the scout program and were to realize its beneâ€" fits that they would give the scoutâ€" masters and other scout leaders even greater coâ€"operation. â€" Scouting like schooling holds theâ€"most for those who advance the furthest. . «Are you following and encouragâ€" ing your boy in his progress in his troop?" s = f Masoni¢ Meet Tonight A. 0. Fay Lodge No. 676, A. F. and A.â€"M. are holding a special meeting atsixâ€"thirtyâ€"o‘clock. â€"At hi the stated meeting will be held at which the Fellow â€"Craft degree will be conferred on several candidates. .. ~â€"â€" Worton J. ‘Traub â€"*â€" . Chairman of the Highland Park ~Boy: Scout Committeeâ€" â€" _ Morton J. Traub T HE PR E S3 i Mr. John Larkins Bell, gave an inâ€" tensely. interesting talk on "gatherâ€" ing of wild flowers and shrubs" beâ€" fore the. Community Garden class at the Highland, Park Woman‘s club yesterday morning. Interesting Talk Is Given by Mr. He stressed the importance of preâ€" serving the wild_flowers before the subdividers have elimina®¥ed nature‘s beauty sports. â€"Several were present from neighâ€" boring garden clubs.= + The Highland _ Park building deâ€" partment have issued a permit to the Cadillac Agency for a $35,000 one story building to be built on the lot on N. First street, which they recentâ€" ly purchased from Herman Denzel of the Highland Park Fuel Co. It will be a one story brick building 100x140 feot and will be used as a salesroom. Ridge Boy Scout § Troop Is Organized A Boy Scout troop has been organâ€" ized at Ridge school and will meet for the first time, Wednesday eveâ€" ring April 24th. â€"Theirâ€"eaderâ€"will be Mr. Kenneth Bennett. â€"The older boys aré delighted with this new: acâ€" tivity and anticipate many interestâ€" ing and profitable times with Mr. Bonnett. o* f the new Ravinia fireâ€"department subâ€" station, which the city is building for the better protection from fire of the southern portion of the city. X. Viâ€" geant has the contract, and the buildâ€" ing. in size and architecture promises to be adequate and appropriate to the location. © ® a Break Ground for New Ravinia Fire Station Mrs. R. L. Fairbrother of Quincy, Ill., en route with her husbandâ€" in their car to Racine, Wis., Saturday afternoonâ€" received several cutsâ€" and bruises when their car and one driven by Mrs. Agnes MacKenzie of North Linden avenue, collided on Sheridan road at County Line road. Both cars were damaged.> The : woman was taken to the hospital and shortly after was able to leave. Woman Driving Through Town Injured in Crash New Decorating Firm Opens Business Here Henry Burkhardt has established the Henry Burkhardt Decorating Co., at 386 Central avenue, opening last week. He was for 25 years located at â€"the corner ‘of Bryn Mawr and Broadway, in Chicags, andhasâ€"wide expertence in the, decoratingâ€"business. He moved his ffinily here last week and they are l#Wing at 6238 Skokie avenue. + *+ % § adillac Agency to Build $35,000 Salesroom Ground was broken early this week ‘| Linden, garage, $300. Building improvements in Highland Park continue to show gains as the season advances and a good. year is expected in the building industry here. Following are building permits issued by City Building Inspector S. C. Morris‘ office since April 1, showâ€" Building Improvements Show Gains This Month Henry. Getz, 64 Clifton avenue, adâ€" dition, $5,700. ~ * ‘Edward Hines Lumber Co., Lincoln and Oakwood, shed, $300. * ing name of owner, character of imâ€" provement, location of improvement and estimated cost in each instance: David Levinson, 619. Bronson aveâ€" nue, addition, $7,500.. â€" : & Frank â€" Ev;ins, 616 â€"Skokie: avenue, garage, $198.: â€" .. .. _â€"__ ~ August Rudolph, 909 County Line road, garage, $300.A 5 s hy t 2 J. W. Rhinesmith, 1024 Roslyn lane, remodeling, $3800.. | â€" â€" â€"_._ _ dwelling, $15,000. Irving Randall, 285 Lindenâ€" Park place, garage addition, $2,800. + . ~â€"H. B. Roberts, 332 Elm place, A. J.; Simon, 423. Green Bay road, North, store and apartment building, $6,800. nR i: _T _ Reuben Lloyd, 515 South St. Johnsâ€" avenue, garage, $300. w H. G. Goldstein Realty Co., 340 S. Fire Chief Hoskin again warns reâ€" garding putting out grass fires on windy days. He urges that such fires be started only on calm days and that all fires be guarded carefully to preâ€" vent their spreading to adjacent buildings. The fire department has been kept busy in recent weeks runâ€" ning to grass fires, many of which could have been avoided if good judgâ€" ment had been used, he says.~ Fire, believed to have â€"been due to a smoldering cigarette stub, on Monâ€" day caused some damage in the resiâ€" dence of 0. W. Heath, 641 South St. Johns, where a bed and mattress and a rug were ruined and a small KHole burned in the wall. The firemen were called and soon had the blaze out. . Fire Causes Damage y to House Furnishings At the regular meeting and lunchâ€" eon of the Rotary club Monday noon, at the Moraine hotel, the principal talk was made by Earl Rice, a memâ€" berâ€" of the Beloit Rotary club, but who is at present taking a temporâ€" ary course at Fort Sheridan. :He spoke interestingly of his experiences and made suggestions for the good of the organization. § ;z Beloit Man Speaksâ€"at Rotary: Club â€"Session A permit was issued by the buildâ€" ing department recently to Mr. Peters of Winnetka for the erection of an apartment building in the section zoned for business at Braeside. The excavation was begun, but at presâ€" ent operationsâ€"are suspended, aceord=â€" ing to reports reaching the office .of of the city building inspector. The reason was not known there.s â€" Work on Apartment at Braeside Is Suspen Thurs{ay, April 18, 1929

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