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Christmas Service at _ _ Ft. Sheridan Wednesday Fort Sheri morning, . Frank ~Fitt Taylor and ing the Christmas spirit in munity, . The Eiks also are liberal "contribution to th Home from their welfara 4: Elks Christmas Baskets Bring Joy to Many Here 440 yards, 2 lapsâ€"Girls 12â€"16 years inclusive. _ . â€"_ se One and oneâ€"half milesâ€"18 years and over,. 3+ 1 l‘ § * Relay race, 4 in team p each . Best fancy skaters. _ â€" _ _ . _ For girls of Highland Park: 220 yards, 1 lapâ€"Girls under 12 years of age. e ons se ; clusive. For boys and menâ€"Open to resiâ€" dents of the North Shore; entry fee 50e: years of age. . "..‘~ > . _ _/ 440 yards, 2 lapsâ€"Boys 12â€"15 years inclusive. * Cups and Trophies Cups and trophies will be awarded to the winners. Here are the events that will take place. _ _ ; The rink is in excellent condition, never was better. The management hopes that the weather will make it possible to maintain it in that condiâ€" tion until the skating g:e- take place on Sunday, Dec. 29. Don‘t forget the time, 2 p. m. § The cold wind of last week, while causing suffering and discomfort to many, made it possible to again put the rink in condition for the big event of the skating season. . Let‘s keep our fingers crossed for fear that the weather man will decide to change the brand inâ€" &A burry. > â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"_ Vorum® XVIIH At Sunset Park Rink;.Cups and Trophies to Be Awarded; Other Activities HERE ON DEC. 29 Christmas po â€"â€"(Continued on Page 29) Oneâ€"half mileâ€"Boys 15â€"18 years inâ€" For boys of Highland Park: and their welfare fund.._._.__â€"â€" Eiks also are making a The Higblands Park Press | the comâ€" _Mr. John H. Rumbaugh, chairman of the Highland Park district Boy Scout committee of the North Shore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of American, has the followingâ€"stateâ€" engaged in business in Chicago have thought that when they contributed to the Chicago council of the Boy Scouts â€"thatâ€"â€"they ~were â€"aiso giving their support to the scout movement in Highland Park. â€"Such is not the case since money contributed to the Chicago council remains in Chicago. Only contributions made to the North Shore Area Council through the local Highland Park district Boy Scout committee goes to give Highland Park boys the benefits of scouting. We beâ€" lieve the boys of your home commuâ€" nity should have your first consideraâ€" tion with your personal contribuâ€" tions." No session of the city council was held Monday eveningof this week, and the next meeting will be held Monday evening, it is expected, unless some unforseen necessity caused the calling of a session in the interim. City Clerk V. C. Musser received bids A r C hk ds # # 4 »JICis8I0IHâ€"OL_DILYâ€" Christmas carols were sung by a quartet â€"made up of "Buck" Booth, Dick Purnell, Myron Rybolt and Dr. Nichols and how that quartet can sing! Then there was a story teller from Chicago ‘who kept the members in a continuous laugh with his anecâ€" dotes, in most of which he managed to implicate one or more of . those present. Thus, the program was plenty interesting and amusing and e u y tk.)"n, ~ T p Ewo commit= fi e are as fl lows : â€" Eom- munity Service and Boys Work, S. A. St. Peter, chairman; Myron C. Ryâ€" boit, A. . W.â€" Person, J. Howard Moâ€" ran; Public Relations, Paul L. Udell, chairman; Clarence J. Shetzley, C. H. Witt, Robert W. Larke. Only Local Donations Aid Local Boy Scouts The feature of the weekly luncheon session of the Highland Park Rotary elub Monday noon at the Moraine hotel was a Christmas program arâ€" ranged by the .Community Service and Boys Work and the Public Relaâ€" tions committees of the club. The main dining room of the hotel, in which the meeting was held, _ was beautifully decorated by the hotel management, and it was a delightful affair throughout. Rotary Club Enjoys â€" _ Delightful Christmas Party Monday at Noon Council Held Monday HicHraxp Park, IcLuiNors, THursoay, DecemBEnr 26, 1929 . orina reming yoir be very happy ~â€"JIn.this year just ending you have added to the city‘s progress with so berutiful : a building, which in my judgment is an outstanding honor to Therefore congratulations to you, to your staff and to our home paper, The Highland Park Press." â€"â€" # nation ‘and efficiency . expressed through the columns of the Press for the "past .nineteen years,> have been and still are very instrumental, and in my mind the mostâ€"leading factor in making this city what it is today. The number of comments that I reâ€" ceived from many of our leading friends, have made me very happy, and also proves the merits of" your valuable weekly as a medium of inâ€" formation. I firmly believe that the Press is worthy of the community‘s most loyal support and consideration. Editor Highland Park Press _ Highland Park, III. â€"© y %r:'sfirj*"""” eaFu uT s for" the timely and kind: greeting which . appeared in â€"the â€"Press of December â€"12th, congratulating me %L‘:M_Egfl_flm yae ~ Pactors"~ ~0f" Higmand _ Park s growth and progress in worthâ€"while things, and, which is more to the point, he takes his pen in hand and says so. "For these kind words and the good feeling which they evidence the Press wishes to thank Mr. Esmiz publicly and hopes that it may conâ€" tinue to be worthy of the good wishes and confidence of such good citizens as he is. His letter follows: It is always a pleasure to know that our efforts are appreciated, and while we believe that there are many in Highland Park who realize that the Highland Park Press has tried to do for the community, it is not often that we receive a letter such as one sent us in the last week by Mr. Alâ€" fred R. Esmiz ("Smitty" the Barber) well known Central avenue business city. Everybody in Highland Park knows "Smitty" and esteems him for the good citizen he is and for his sucâ€" cess in his own business here. He is a Cuban by birth and came here 20 years ago, as recently mentioned in the Press.. Since then he has married and has a fine family and his friends in this city are many, all of whom have followed his progress with pleasure.. He is a booster for the Press and believes in it as one of Says H. Â¥. Press Big â€" â€"_Factor in Progress _ Of This Community Sincerely yours Highlandâ€"Park, â€"Hilinois LSMIZ Plans areâ€"under way for. a formal opening of the new fire department subâ€"station at ~Burton. place and Highland avenue in Ravinia, which is to be held Saturday, Dec. 28, beginâ€" ning at 1 o‘clock in the afternoon. Theâ€" Ravinia commission, which. is and it 4s unkious that nt Many _â€"The annual banquet of the North Shore Real Estsg‘Bonrd will be held Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, at 6:30 o‘clock, at the Vista del Lago club. ment features will follow. Members are ~privileged to â€" invite friends. Harold R, Vant of Deerfleld is presiâ€" dent of the board and Isabella V. Harkness of Highland Park is viceâ€" president. Lake Forest realtors have recently been added to the memberâ€" ship of the board, which already inâ€" cluded those in Deerfield, Glencoe, »Glenview, Highland Park, Hubbard Woods, â€"Kenilworth, â€" Northbrook, Wheeling, Wilmette, Winnetka and contiguous territory.. _ _ ... _ j of New Fire . %E'Eon' on Saturday _ _ PexPR®® i n ooryy reception Annual Banquet of N. 8. Realtors Board â€">â€">~+â€"«~«~â€"â€"~l# Heghland â€"Park In Highland Park, according to the plans now being discussed, the idea is to retain the present grades north of Vine avenue and to work for deâ€" pression of the tracks below the street levels from that point southward, and it is expected that the depression plan will be followed in towns to the south of this wherever feasible. e It is expected that the improvement will beachieved only after long and involved proceedings and it will unâ€" doubtedly be several years before the goal aimed at is reached, according to officials of these cities who have studied the plan, but a beginning has been made, and it is expected that the hearing before the commercé comâ€" missionâ€"will â€"help to emphasize the along the north shore, they deciare. Highland Park is vitally interested in the outcome of the grade separaâ€" tion hearing to be held before the Tilinois â€" Commerce Commission on January 15, in which the project of eliminating grade crossings from Wilmette northward in all of. the north shore towns up to and includâ€" ing this city will have its first formal airing before this body. & HEARING ON JAN. 15 North Shore Communities Carry Project to Commerce Comâ€" 8 mission Then * (Continued on page 85) NumMBER 43