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ontracts in ling of. the ding were ting of the ening, and n fully anâ€" city officials s are eloseâ€" bable <thait ‘the. seggidn ay evening. zhland Park low offers, ral contract, , Murphy & Peter Grimâ€" bids~ were _ inspection. reported as _ It was adâ€" ‘ly out of â€"reâ€" ; Bowden and n opportunity service which i at 2 o‘clock. s the day set arden club for which is to be y across from y special perâ€" ard. â€"In ease eld in vacant s avenue near uits t Funeral e kind permisâ€" ealty Co., for grateful. ener will be sturdy plants _ and the new the seasoned ing, and living eauties for a on Co. luncheon and Park Rotary noon at the vas no schedâ€" eting was deâ€" $102,000 ; Later; all the plants borders, come ill be sure to that vyou will y 23, 19 1 Work ny ou,wand hope Ravinia Garâ€" e 48) Saturday Co. one in every HALL $77,690.00 . 86,000.00 . 78,365.00 . 52,220.00 . €5,900.00 . $0,770.00 . §1,384.00 . 84,216.00 . 75,750.00 . 71,8325.00 . $1,.711.85 . 23,079.00 2,900.00 2,668.00 2,075.00 2.528.00 29 200.00 €05:00 Thursday, May 23, 1929 PLANS FOR CHURCH _ _ VACATION SCHOOL: Each year finds the Vacation Church school movement growing. Last year there were actually reported 7,467 schools, but â€"indications showedâ€" that there were possibly 10,000 schools with one million boys and girls trained in the schools. This bears out the tremendous Kimpgpt_a% movement for religious education a the recognition: of itâ€" by the churches. Annual Period ofâ€" Religious Inâ€" struction Begins Here June * 243 Faculty, Etc. The Presbyterian church, U.S.A., alone conducted 2,229 schools, the largest total reported by one denomâ€" ination, while the Baptist Northern Convention came second with 1,559 schools. Together these two bodies conducted one Jhalf of the total numâ€" ber of schools reported ~for1928. _ .. Better Than Ever â€" _ __â€"â€" The Vacation Church school conâ€" ducted by the Highland Park Presâ€" byterian church was one ‘of these schools and the plans made for the school this year indicate that the school will rank _higherâ€"thanâ€"it ~did last year.: The faculty is practically complete and the curriculum plans will soon be completed. Miss Annie L. Cobb, a graduate of the National| Kindergarten college of Chicago, who has also done graduate work zt Teachers‘ college,. New York City, and directed kindergartens here and in Bellrose, ~Long â€" Island,; will have charge of the kindergarten children. Miss Cobb is a favorite with the chitâ€" dren _ and they will welcomeâ€" her again this year. She will be assisted! with Miss Georginia Barnet who has been taking work under Miss Rush in the Training School for Vacation Schaol workers. Miss Barnet assisted â€"last year and with this addition# training she will be qualified to renâ€" der a greater service... Miss Enid Pearce will assist with the music in this and the primary department. *Miss Pearce assisted with the music last year and did a splendid piece of work. V 4 . Primary Depar}mggt § Mrs.. Williain Pearce, for several years superintendent of a school in London, England, and who has had special training for work with priâ€" mary children, will conduct the priâ€" mary department. Miss Pearce had charge of the work last year and when Miss Marie Leberman of the Chicago Council of Religious Education visited the school, she stated our. primary department was one of the finest in the Chicago district. When the meetings of Ossoli beâ€" gin this autumn, the members will mgain have the pleasure of hearing Mrs. Anthony French Merrill, whose services have been obtained to give six Thursday morning lectures on book reviews and current events. Mrs. Merrill to Again Lecture for Ossoli Mrs. Meérrill is a brilliant lecturer, widely known, and her coming is cagerly looked forward to by the new members of Ossoli as well as her old enthusiasts. id (Continued on Page 45) I' "Mike" Maloney, St. James fightâ€"l ing first baseman, lead the batting‘ while~0‘Conmpor ~ard> Z2srubé â€"were close seconds with ftwo hits each. . | | ~ Lineup: 't‘St‘ Jamesâ€" Maestri, 2b j O‘Connor, c St. James Team Opens | Two Girls Severely Season With Victory Injured on Monday &0 enverms l Night in Auto Crash St. James baseball team opened theirâ€" 1929 â€"season by â€" taking the strong Waukegan team into camp by the tune of 7â€"4, at Highwood Sunday, While Lefty Harder was hoidin® the north aggregation to five hits his mates were pounding the offerings of McBride at will. Petie who pitched his first game for Highwood sent twelve of the Waukeâ€" gan batters to the bench via the strikeout route. â€" â€" 2 Waukegan only threatened seriousâ€" ly once, and this was in the.sixth, when ‘the first two visiting batters got on base on errors committed by the Highwood infield, but Harder pulled out of this hole by striking| out the _ next three men. > | Lenzint, If ... Berube, 3b ... Stipe. rf ._..._ Rogan,â€"ssâ€"â€"â€" McLaughlin, cf Maloney, 1b ... Harder,. p :.: Waukegan Bourdezfl:, rf â€". Baker, 2b .....; Walker, 1b ... Smokey, If ... iW’aId, cf;;. : Romans, ss ... Barrett, 3b ... McBride, â€"p ... Carroll, ¢ ... Responds to School‘s : f ~ ___~ Request for Flowers .The Ravinia Garden club has. anâ€" swered the appeal of Mrs. Sarah Elâ€" liot written in thé voice of the Peoâ€" ple‘s column of the Chicago Tribune asking flowers for her pupils in Room 300 of the Rogers school, Throop street and 13th street. Mrs. Elliot states these, childrenâ€" seldom see «grass or trees and flowers are a rarity in their life... When she buys a few for drawâ€" ing lessons it is pitifulâ€"to see them in the desire to touch and be near them. The local florists have been more than kind to the club in making libâ€" eral donations which=will be distribâ€" uted to the Rogers school ~Thursday, May 23, by Mrs. Ross Marvin and Mrs. Eldon H. Gleason. â€" Mrs. Shor, mother of Mrs. S. M.] Carrell of Pleasant street, Highwood,| died last evening at the Highland} Park hospital. _ No further details‘ could be procured before going to, press. > : $ | Ft. Sheridan night will be observâ€" ed at A. 0. Fay lodge No. 676, A. F. & A. M. Two boys from Ft. Sheridan will receive the third degree. All members from Ft. Sheridan are urged to be. present. j ;4 h Mrs. M. A. Mihills returned Sunâ€" day from California where she spent the winter. She is staying at Mrs, McCrystle‘s. Bs " Masons Meet Tonight Mrs. Shor Dies 3® T H E P RES S "his companions and himself ‘had been riding before the accident also. was taken to the hospital, but later was discharged. + 4 use .\ Music Festival Week 51 at Elm Place School Two young Highwood sisters, Marâ€" garet and=â€" Pansy Axt, aged 15 and1 13 respectively, are in the Highland Park. hospital severely. injured and several other persons wereâ€"more or less hurt as a result of an automobile ecrash Monday night on Prairie avâ€" enue, in Highland Park, near the Highwood boundary. â€" Margaret Axt is suffering from skull fracture and her condition was still critical yesâ€" terday: Her sister is severely cut Ridingâ€" with Mazzetti was another man whose name was given as Dan, a woman and her daughter. All of them were more or less bruised and shaken and Mazzetti took them to the Lake ‘Forest bbspital. ~Later he ~was brought back to Highland Park kand held over night. Tuesday he furnished bond in the sum of $5,000. {on' charge of assault with a deadly | weapon and was released in the court iof Justice Herman Schwery, pending | the outcome of the injuries sustained }by“fhe Axt .sisters. None of the | others were seriously hurt, according E to the police. ' P Hickey and six ecompanions, iml cluding the Axt girls, had started out‘ forca ride and ran,out of gas. While some of them were pushing the car toward a filling statitn,~one of the girls, Ruth Wagner, saw a big car bearing down on them. She gave warning but not in time for all to escape and the Axt girls were the most seriously hurt. The car which struck them was a Studebaker driven by Louis Mazzetti of Highwood, aged 40; accordingâ€"to the Highland Park police.â€"â€"Both cars were badly damâ€" aged. s * is " > Park Board Plans Plans are under contemplation by the East Park district board for the purchase by special assessment of the tract of land at the corner of Laurel avenue and St. Johns avenue for park purposes, according to Corporation Counsel B. E. Schumacher. This tract belongs to the Thompson estate and adjoins the public library property on one side and the proposedâ€" eity building site on the other. It extends some 200 feet on Laurel and about 160 on St. Johns, it is understood. Engineers are at work preparing the estimates, it is reported. ‘Next week will be Music Festiva week at Eim Place school. Friday evening, May 31, at 8 o‘clock, the fourth, fifth and sixth grades will sing the cantata, "Mother Goose in Town," by Daniel Protheroe. Many beautiful solos and choruses are promised by the singers, who have been rehearsing for several weeks. Another feature of the program will be the, seventh and eighth grades Fesâ€" tival chorus, who will sing several charming songs. .4 The program is under the direction of Miss Mary Quick, Harriet Marks, and Eleanor Parson will play the acâ€" companiments. Purchase of Tract NORTH SHORE SCOUT _ CAMP RALLY IS HELD ‘ The largest north shore grea scout | gathering of the year was held Monâ€" | day evening: in the Deerfieldâ€"Shields {high school auditorium, when eight or nine hundred scouts, parents, and friends witnessed a varied and eventâ€" .ful camp rally programe. _.â€". ___ _ _ |‘was inâ€" charge of theâ€"program ‘wit many members of the council taking â€"part, including Mr. ‘Karl .D. King, Chas. A.~Steele, H. W. Stannard, M. J. Traub, H. Snell, F. A. Wilson, H. Fowler, R. Roth, E. G, Ginter, and W. | Batthoff. & § Biggest Gathering of Year in H. S$. Auditorium Monday Night; Program i First Aid Contest : ~ Before ‘the regular program an elimination firstâ€"aid contest was run for the North Shore troop. . Troop 71 of Libertyville proved themselves the champions, with troop 37 of Highâ€" wood and troop.33 of Highland Park, second and third. Troop 71 competed later. in the program in a triangular. meet with Des Plaines and Evanston. Desâ€"Plaines troop came first, troop 71 second and Evanston third. . _ â€"The program opened with a movie reel "Old Glory." A clever story deâ€" picting the history and respects due the American‘ Flag. The pledge to ‘(Continued on Page 43) _ Highwood City Shows _ Balance in Treasury That the new administration of Mayor Raymond Roth in Highwood begins the year with a balance in the treasury is indicated in the annual report of the Highwood city treasâ€" urer, Henry G. Liske, for dast year, a summary ‘of which appears in anâ€" other part of this paper. â€"â€" The Highland Park Fire department was called to Briergate Golf club unday morning to extinguish a fire which was burning in a partition in the club house where aâ€" stove pipe penetrates. the wall. The damage is reported At about $100. . The report shows that the balance on hand May 1, 1929, was $45,707. The total funds on hand May 1, 1928, according to this report, amountedâ€"to $33,822.29; receipts during the year totaled $77,005.89, making atotal of $110, 828.18 received.. Disbursements from May 1, 1928 to May 1, 1929 toâ€" taled $65,120.71, leaving the balance of $45,707.47, according to the treasâ€" urer‘s report. X C Firemen Called to _ Briergate Sunday; Two Other Alarms The same day a roof fire caused small damage at Park‘s Greenhouse, on Walker avenue. * Early Monday morning the fireâ€" men were called to the E. T. Moseley residenceâ€" on .St. Johns place, where an electric percolator left in operaâ€" tion all night in a pantry, hadâ€" set fire to the woodwork. Portions of a partition and some shelves were damâ€" aged, they report, with about $200 total damage. ssed a taried and eventâ€" *z § o y program«:..~, _ _ _ â€"acuoss se ot the â€"pFopfam Nithâ€"â€"_â€"â€"_â€"~â€".~â€"_â€"~~>