Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 8 Aug 1929, p. 39

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a is 7.20 ix type is he heavy cents per nder type nputed on per year, x-cylinder miles per- . average miles per x-cylinder ue tb automo- tty months, operation, gel-"car is for a six, cents per " mileage according er model, is shown the heavy n. the com- a, for both machines, i in both I gasoline s a com- sts of the six cylin- on" per mile Mar Cylinder 2.14 2.09 . 1.52 . .80 . _ " -.44 .71 ". .20 .26 .1“ n detailed raring 800 ed in Var- Rates. ; associa~ thg Auto- 'ORK 'eet .thered illb NE'NT at A 192 [er rat is based tished by cost for "We arenow going'to 'ascend the North Cape of Norway.' ‘We have had a fine trip so far with the excep- tion of a little "fog.. -We saw the ice, barrier and were tive hundred a/rd-forty miles from the North Pole. The ship: could not land ab either Cro_ss Bay or Kings Bay, Spitzber- gen, because of the packed ice. They have a 'swimming-pool aboard. tWe saw the midnight sun one night. We "were at Seyjavik,, Iceland and saw the volcanbe Mount Eelka from adia- unco. There were two other. big ships in the habor at the same time. They were the Calgaric of 12,000 Move For Adoption of Waukeiran Road, State _ Highway Orphan, Begun T " Raft . Troop 33, under the direction of Mr. H. R. Smith, met at the Beach ‘street beach to build a rift, on July' 31 at 4 p. m. The logs consisting of telephone poles and parts of wrecked piers, were floating around the long pier on the right and taken a few hundred yards down. the shore. First a number of large poles were fast- ened together by ”cross pieces. The wood was laid and nailed in both di- rections, making the raft ver.y.sub- stantial. After the raft was com- pleted jt-nyras taken out into deep water, ‘where the troop had a heap of fun diving off it and playing “King of the Mountain." The troop finished tip the day brhavintt supper, ind a campfire. . V - A' regnglution 'asfking Gov. Jihy.ner- Son to nd. wnys and means of pro- viding funds for the ‘widening of the mad through Lake county was pass- od and a committee to carry on the fisrht, that includes “Mayor Yager and Mayor. Atkintton/,of North Chicago, "Tis appointed. . While provisions' have been made to cart) for other arteries this im- portant North Shore thoroughfare has been made an orphan by Athe state. All' the boys will readily endorise the fact that any troop can do this and it wouWbe a help to all and. a lot of fun for both.the from) and others who use the beach. - Dick “Hellman. T _ . A. _" , g ' T Writes from Europe ". Scout Wallace J. Hilborn ofsTroop :11, Highland Phk, who is travelling in Europe with hisuparents tells of his experience in the. following letter to - the "council headquarters: Th Headed by Mayor L. J. Yager of Waukegan and other otfieittls as well as representatives from civic clubs, maidents of Cook and Lake counties last week launched their fittht to get the state to pay tor the widening of Waukegan, road through the county at a dinndr at the Karcher hotel. rsday, August 8, 1929 A regular feature prepared each week by members of the Boy Scout Prue Club tons and the Fsanconia of 14,000 tons.. They said it was the biggest in let. land's' history because never-before had they three big ships in the har- bor. I will have to close now.” - Yours, Scout WallaceJ. Hilborn. _ Another New Troop Added 4* Another new troop was added to the. North Shore Area council this week. It is Troop 48 of Lake Forest and the council headquarters is happy to welcormrthis new troop into its midst and to extend to them any help possible.- The scoutmaster is Mr. Robert J. Roeber, and the mem- bers of the troop fommittee are chairman, Mr. Montague R., Rasmus- sen/ Mr. H. R. Schegin, Mr. E. C.. Gilroy, Mr. H. Q. Griffis and Mr. F. L. McCracken. The scouts in this new troop are Walter Ahlschlager, Jr., Roland Grins, Carr Heine, Fred Tensen,_Donald Julian, Waind New- men, Bert Raymond, Fred Schroder and Clyde Va-nover; - _ cher 'new'ggogts who Juwertleep, added ttr-the touneil are as follows: George F. Green, Troop 3--Wilmette; Wm. Busch; Troop 4 - Wilmette; John C. Remus,- Troop 31, Highland Park/ _ - - _ T Great Time at Camp Two , The stouts of camp two,_an individ- ual camp of the North Shore Area Council scout camp known as Camp Makajdwan; have been progressing quite a bit in the line of scout ad- vancement. The entire cambwent on an overnight hike to Rolling Stone Lake.' The hike was enjoyed by all and everybody had a good time while there. There' is one scout who, will become art Eagle in the near future. 'One was awarded his Eagle badge this period. ' Two of the campers became members of the Order of the Barredrbrreehnienlity ar . A technicality of the' law bars the use of revenue from the fuel tax on route 42-A, according to the irener- ally accepted interpretation of the statutes, because it is not ‘a state bond,issue road, However, the 'state highway department has other funds; approximately $10,000,000 a year from registration fees, which are not bound by this technicality. T Gov. Emmerson, sponsor of the gasoline tax legislation, has declared in his public addresses ih Chieatto that he..favors the construction by the. at: te of a comprehensive irtebial t'l'l'd'lll7,,olsld', for the metropolitan district. The road scheme will be in- complete without the .widening of Waukegan road. Its voiume of traf- fie under present conditions is rivuled in the Chieago area by Ogden avenue and Roosevelt road only. _ Civic leaders believe that the omis- sion of route 42-A from theh'tthway program was an oversight that will 'uTHE PRES-S __Arrow this period." The ,camp has been of. great msuu'sthmre in the line of help And handicraft toWard the whole camp in cleaning up under- brush. On Friday; August 2nd, all the scouts worked on .the _camp grounds Hor the dedication on Au.. gust 3rd. As this period is about to end we hope that those of the third period will do as much in the line of advancement and camp as "those of previous periods have. -C" Scribe Henry Scheskie, Jr., Troop 38, -Highand Park. . At the last campfire of second per- iod the following scouts were an- nounced as honor campers: Ed. Dierks,- H. Wikins, Robert Burns, Wm. ‘Chichesterz Warner Turritr, H. Herman, J. Nevins, H. Keatoi,. P. Sterner,- P. White, G. Cutler, Jim Tibbetts.. _ . _ V ~’ The twenty scouts who received. sptisfactory rating were: Wm. IAn-. spach, Ed. Bar/let? Blaylock, Ed. Bleier, Rob. BuhrsrEdw. Cazel, Y'rri. Chiehegtiirrttrich = Dernehl, “Clifford Frankliri, Robt. Fulton, Peter Gil- bert, Martin Herberhol, Jas. Hirsch, Hiran Kennicott, Stanley Knight, ShOpe Kriete, Wilbert Kunz, Dave La Hue, Bates Little, Ian McPherson, Dick Pett, Frank Williams, James Getty, James Goetz, Ed. Andrews. Gordon' Cutler, Paul Sterner, Peter White. Initiation at Camp. Second period at Camp Makajawan found ten fellows entering the Order of the Arrow, secret camp honor so; ciety. " The successful candidates were: Bob Burns, Warner' Turiff, Harry Keator, Mr. John Huhn, Mr. John Blaylock, E. Dierks, Mr. Chas. Steele, Ken'Hess, Wilbur Kunz, Al- vin Bartholomew. be corfected when the situation is officially called to the attention of Gov. Emmerym. T Mtre. Governor Will Act T "I am certain,". said Tharles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Mo- tor club, that the governor will be disappointed unless Waukegan road receiVes the attention from the state that it deserves." Secretary Stimson declares that in limiting our waships it is going to be a flfty-fiftr proposition so far as we are concerned and in this statement tie will have the approval of about one hundred per cent of .the Ameri- can people. . Ramsay MacDonald may recognize the redts, now, if he pleases, but the chance! sire that it. won't be long until he wishes he hadn't been able to see them.' ' I V Final Campfire Sunday, August 1 1 EE'TEIii1iEE2Bl Wlwauleee 3I !,ili, "taN'ght,ttrAttyteseg. Ie" _ CN-l-r-o-N. w W 13min 1vtrtniarJttr, h.WPuk Outbaul. McNMAVI. 9:35am, " " Milwaukee. * 9640...!- (autumn-a JOSEPH DELHAYE 720 S. St. Johny Avenue Highland Park " Phone. Jeitrhurtd Park 2843 2;" iiao BY REBUILDING - YOUR I ' DRIVEWAY PM Highland Park All Work Guaranteed Wyn-mu“ e.-.--' Kidd-“Mil. We Can Save You Money 39

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