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1iewhat s ideal : week one of 1e hisâ€" fâ€"club. ded by Skokie staged followâ€" or low c while to L. sarson, affery, rtman. lowing i very ncludâ€" dence, etroit, .. conâ€" Evans turers hip a ts and chines amels‘ iterior a and ly inâ€" newly Mold their ibt be _ 2 up. unday, Presiâ€" he 4th, l. Benâ€" Chamâ€" Brand, Jewelâ€" Thursâ€" [eâ€"was nd 18 widow uneral James was in nventâ€" atrices s just East ly 4 1929 orld. 3 up been held 17th This up Thursday, July 11, 1929 Sunset Park was the scene of many enjoyable games among the members of the Playground. There are now 248 registrations at Sunset Park and more coming in each day. Mr. Fredâ€" erickson has organized. the . Sunset Star club, the officers and members of which are as follows: s Presidentâ€"Stuart. Croke. f Viceâ€"Presidentâ€"Vernon Rudolph. Secretaryâ€"Wm. Lourie: ~ Treas.â€"Andrew Petras. Members â€" Newman Fell, Tom Petras, Bruce Davis, Jack Witten, Jack Erickson, Robt. Peterson, Gerry MacCaffrey, Bobbie McClure, Edâ€" ward Hargrave, George Bowden and Robert® Lourie. â€" ‘ 3 * PLAYGROUND CLUB â€"~HAS BEEN FORMED Named Sunset Star Club; Offiâ€" cers and Members; Activiâ€" . ties at Play Parks © Sunset Park baseball team plays Ravinia baseball team on Wednesday a. m;, ~July 10, no. player over 11 years of age. 4 The: folloiving number‘s have .enâ€" tered the Horseshée Contest which is to begin \}"ednesday, July 10th. Boys, g;j:fxbghl*’A.gés 10â€"11 â€"yrs. 6. Boys, group 2â€"Ages 12%%=yrs. 10. Girls, group 1â€"Ages 10â€"11 yrs. 10. ; Girls,:grgup 2â€"Agos‘ 1246 yrs. 12 â€"â€"Prizes will be awarded to the first three places in each group and the winners. will play the winners of the Ravinia Plsyground for first place ealy. > 00 < & _ Miss Cancie who ably assists Mr. Frederickson is quite popular with the children and is very efficient. Vernon Rudolph, Newff@n Fell, Ed.« ward Fisher anil Edward Hargrave have éntered their names for the Athletic Badge Tests. â€" Thesetests are for both girls and boys and conâ€" sist of. three tests, each test consistâ€" ing of four parts. The boy or girl may take any of the three tests. ° The daily attendance runs from abcut 150 to 190. >. % § At Ravinia. ; § ~At the â€"Playground at Ravinia Miss Brockway has organized an Embroidâ€" ery club among the girls, a baseball team among the girls and one also among ‘the boys. The girls now have a Volleyball team which plays cn Monday, Wednesday and Fridays, age being ten years or ‘over. There are now enrolled at the Ravinia Playâ€" ground 138 and much interest â€"and enâ€" thusiasmum is shown among the chilâ€" dren who belong to this Ployground. Twentyâ€"cight children from this playâ€" ground went to the beach last Monâ€" dav in the care of Miss Smith. The Boys baseball team consists of the following boys: Bob Olson, John Epstein, Grant Benson, John Clinen, Adoliph Norwick, Happy Wompler, Calvin Defenbaugh, Tommy Simpson, Joe Eyler, and Robert Long, whose ages range from eight to eleven. The following stories were read by the children: "House at Pook Corâ€" ner" was read by the younger children and "Just S6 Stories" by the older children. This story reading occurs daily at 10:00 a‘. m. IF) mnmsizrds Horseshoe Pitching is now being taken up. and â€"much enthusiasm | is shown in this branch of sports, Hoseshoe Contest Mrs. Frances Jane Conrad, wife of Mathias® _ C. Conrad, a well known and highly esteemed resident of Highâ€" land Park for many~yedrs, died quite suddenly at 12:30 o‘clock Wednesday afternoon, at the family home,; 122 McGovern street. She had been in ill health for several years.. Last Friday her final illness began but there was not intimation that it was immediately critical, and on Wednesâ€" Jay morning she was able to sit out on the lawn for a short time. _ Mrs. Frances Conrad | Dies Quite Suddenly _ Wednesday at Home Frances Jane Hemmer was born March 8,° 1859, in Milwaukee, . a daughter of Jacob and Barbara Hemâ€" mer, early, residents in that city. When about ten years of age she removed to Niles, Ill., where she lived until her marriage to Mathias C. Conrad, 53. years ago. The family has lived in Highland Park continuâ€" ously since 1897 and previous to that their home had been here at interâ€" vals, since shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Conrad‘s marriage. â€" w Conrad of Wilmette. â€"Two sons, Robâ€" ert and John, are dead. Their deaths also were quite sudden, relatives reâ€" (Continued on page 47) _ County Hospital Is Mr. Conrad is living and there are four sons and one daughter, M. H. Conrad, George~â€"F. Conrad, Edward M. Conrad and Mrs. Helen (Golden, all of Highland Park, and Frank J. hospitalization of the poor, on Monâ€" day went into session at the county haspital. A report, if possible, is to be made at the September meeting of the board of supervisors. Members ‘of the special hospital committee, selected in an effort to eliminate some of the expense for Mr. Carl Linhoff of Deerfield visitâ€" ed friends in Hammond, Ind., on Monâ€"« day.s _ 2 f l Subject of Parley T HE P RE S S Bethany Evangelical Bible School Gives _ Fine Demonstration The Daily Vacation Bible school of the Bethany Evangelical church came to a very successful close on Sunday evening, when the boys and girls put on a demonstratipn: of their work beâ€" fore a large and appreciative audiâ€" ence. ‘The fore part of the program consisted largely of memory work, such as reciting of scriptures, giving the books of the Bible, songs and the like. ~ The latter part of the program consisted of two dramatizations. The first of theseâ€"was entitled "A Prison Scene." â€"The words of this pageant were written by Miss Mary Guyot, the teacher of the Junior group. The entire story ~centered about Paul‘s prison experience, and the conversion of the Philipian jailor. The second dramatization, was written by Miss Lydia Glover, entitled "The Seeing Heart," in which the life of Mary, Martha and Lazarus was set forth. Both . dramatizations were presented effectively and made a fine impression upcn the â€"audience. Colored lighting .effects were used in presenting the pageants, which added much to their beauty. The wiring and lighting was planned â€"and arranged by Francis Drake one of ‘the Bible school boys and was assisted. by a number of others. f t * â€" Following ~the presentation,â€" the audience inspected~ the hand work, which was done by the school. Many fine comments were made on the work. of bothâ€" the girls and boys, in fact a number of the people felt that the work was ‘so worth while that it ought to be placed on exhibition, so that others might see the same. Thus it has been decided to place the entire exhibit in the window of The Meierhoff Hardware Store on Monday and Tuesday, July 15 and 16. All interested in seeing the work done by the children, may see the same there. â€" . â€" The faculty of the school consisted of the following persons: Mrs. Orâ€" ville Wessling, chairman of the Bible school committee, she also taught in the Primary department. Mrs. Walâ€" ter Meierhoff, Beginners; Mrs.â€"E. D. Fritsch, Primaries, assisted by Helen Comer; Miss Mary Guyot, Juniors, assisted by Mrs.+ Wm. Guyot; Rev. Siemsen, Intermediates; while Mrs. Geo. Titman, Mrs. T. H. Decker, and Mrs. Roy Zimmer had charge of the work period of the girls, and Rev. Siemsen and «Rev. and Mrs. A. P. Johnson of Deerfield supervised the work period of the hpys.. Rev. and Mrs. Johnson, Havingâ€"bhad considerâ€" able experience in reed fiber work, added much to the interest and sucâ€" cess of the school. have any. â€" If you have no flowers, perhaps you can send to the H. P. Northwestern station for the plant, ffower and fruit guild a few glasses of jelly or rhubarb to share with little children and old folks to whom they are a ljuxury. â€" ‘*With the abundance of flowers in' bloom we should be generous and share a few with those who do notl Mrs. J. H. Stipe is in Joliet this week attending the convention of the W. C. 0. F. She is the local deleâ€" gate. * â€" +â€" RHUBARB WELCOME IMPROVEMENTS AT WATERWORKS PLANT Huge Filtration System Is Desâ€" cribed in Detail; Other Features; Cost â€" Here is an interesting and compreâ€" hensive description of: the extensive improvements being made in the city waterworksâ€" plant, including the large, new filtration system. This is probâ€" ably the most important improvement started during the ‘administration of Mayorâ€" Benjamin F. Lewis, and the entire city council merit much credit for their enterprise and ability in finding ways and means to carry forâ€" ward so important and needed public work. The project is completely fiâ€" manced by the issue of water revenue bonds. .Every Highland â€"Park resiâ€" dent is urged to readâ€"this story careâ€" fully. | $ â€" Cost Over $800,000 _ Because of the location of the work being done, few of our residents realâ€" ize that the City.of Highland. Park.is in the midst of a very important waâ€" terworks improvement, involvirx the expenditure of over $800,000.~" Not since the building of the original waâ€" ter system in 1892 has so radical an ‘improvement been undertaken by the water . department. <y of s Highland Park takes its water supâ€" ply from Lake Michigan at a point some three thousand feéet from shore. This results in a relatively clear waâ€" ter when the lake is calm, â€"but when the surface is disturbed by. winds supply becomes objectionably muddy, which is not in keeping with the modâ€" ern standards by water for domestic use is judged. The present improveâ€" ment will entirely do away with this unpleasant feature, besides insuring a water supply of a high degree of bacteriological purity. tm 48 f .__â€" +. Filfratfon Plant ~ . f The work which is under way inâ€" volves the building of a thoroughly modern water filtration plant having a capacity of seven million gaHons per day combined with a new elecâ€" trically driven pumping station, secâ€" ond, the laying of a new 16â€"inch water main from the plant*site to the corâ€" ‘ner of Central avenue and Green Bay road, and third the building of a new 500,000 gallon elevater storage tank (Continued on page 47) ~ ~The Chicago Wellesley club and the North Shore Wellesley circle will hold their annual picnic Tuesday, July 16, at 12:30 o‘clock, at "Birken Craig," the home of Mrs. Bruce Macâ€" Leish, 85 Wentworth avenue, Hubâ€" bard Woods. h Wellesley Club To 3 Have Annual Pienic Those attending are asked to bring their own box lunches and coffee will be served by the hostess, Those who so wish, may swim in the afternoon at the MacLeish beach. Mrs. Alfred H. Taylor of Evanston and Mrs., George E. Bliss of Highâ€" land Park are in charge of arrangeâ€" ments for transportation for the north shore circle. Those wishing to drive or those having extra places in their cars may communicate with. cither Mrs. Bliss or Mrs. Taylor. i8 F i# i %