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Mrs. William K. Cowan who is shbwing many novelties in her shop at the residence of Mrs. Herman H. Hettler for the summer, announces a display at the Moraine hotel, Friâ€" day, July 25 and Saturday, July 26. The "Cotton Blossom Colored Singâ€" ers," a small group of students from aâ€" nonâ€"sectarian school for underâ€" privileged colored boys and girls in Mississippi, will give an entertainâ€" ing program | of "spirituals," folk songs and plantation melodies at the Highland Park M. E. church, North avenue at Lauretta place, this week, Saturday evening at 8. o‘clock. ‘Adâ€" mission will be free to all comers but an offering will be received for the benefit of the school. These singers come very highly endorsed for the excellence: of their singing and warâ€" rant .aâ€" crowded . auditorium : even though the ~weather should prove warm. Children should be accomâ€" panied by parents. .The program for the carnival inâ€" cludes a number of new and novel events. The festivities will begin with a watermelon seramble in which a greased watermelon is thrown in the water to be obtained by whoever has the obstinacy to hold on to it. \nother feature is the duck race, to be introduced to Highland ‘Park for the first time. In this event a live duck is released, and all attempt to (Continued on page 34) Colored Singers Will f Give Program Here Miss Wainwright is said to be the best all around swimmer.and diver of her time. Two times Olympic champion for fancy diving, Judges say she has a most perfect diving form. _ This appearance â€" of Miss Wainwright is sponsored by the 3, V, D. Swim elub which is sponsorâ€" ing the National A. A. F. meet to be held in Lincoln Park Lagoon, Auâ€" guest 28 and 29. Those entering this meet will be particularly interâ€" ested in this diving contest Sunday. The public is cordially invited. â€" The lccal carnival is held under the ausâ€" pices of the East Park District, Announce Display at Moraine Hotel July 25â€"26 ther carnival events will begin at 8:30 p.m. and will continue until Miss Wainwright concludes her program. A special diving platform is being erected off the Central avenue beach for the occasion. of fun and entertainment. Arraignâ€" ments have been made to have a divâ€" ing exhibition by He‘en Wainwright, the foremost woman fancy diving exâ€" pert in the country and twice a memâ€" ber of the United States Olympic team. Miss Wainwright will give her. exhibition at 5:15 p.m. _ The Next Sunday Highland Park swimâ€" ming fans will find thé Central avâ€" enue beach prepared for the biggest water carnival the city has ever seen. Preparations are in progress to make the afternoon oneof gaiety and one that will insure everyone a surplus WATER CARNIVAL AT BEACH NEXT SUNDAY Famous Woman Diver to Be Chief Attraction; Other Events on Program Thursday, July 24, 1930 The bowling green at Sunset park will be the scene next Tuesday afterâ€" noon of a girls‘ bowling tournament, to begin at 1:00 p. m. The girls from all playgrounds are asked to bring. their lunches to Sunset park and stay for the tourney, Those parâ€" ticipating in the tournament will please wear. tennis shoes, or some sort of shoe without a heel, as the bowling green is liable to suffer inâ€" jury from hard soles. The refreshment stand at Central avenue beach was literally mobbed by crowds that seeked added enjoyâ€" ment in cooling drinks and ice cream. There were between 400 and 500 perâ€" sons on the beach at the height of the day, and Park avenue sands were just as crowded. At Roger Williams avenue: in Ravinia where the width of the beach does not permit so many there were about 250 people, Many at Central avenue brought their lunches and ate them in the shaded spots under the trees on the west side of the beach. The number of nonâ€"resident bathers far exceeded any number so.far this year, and swarms of Highland Parkers could be seen from the northern to the southâ€" ern limits of the city lakeâ€"front. Girls Bowling Contest Next Tuesday at Park above Hundreds of people from Highland Park and nearby towns gathered at the three public beaches during the broiling days of the last weekâ€"end to @gcape the torrid tflmerntures away from the lake. The waters of Lake Michigan offered stimulating relief, and most of the swimming fans came early in the morning and stayâ€" ed till late at night. While the thermometers registered from 100 to 105 in the shade, the water in the lake remained at apâ€" proximately 68 degrees, and even those who did not go in the water enjoyed cooler breezes on the lake "Never since the establishment of the government bureau here has such intense heat been recorded. Never before has any heat spell been so conâ€" stnt as it has during the past four days," Observer Laux said this mornâ€" ing. f Beach Popular Place During Heated Period (2 p.m. sun time) when the therâ€" mometer of John Laux, local governâ€" ment observer, reached â€"a height of 102 degrees. This topped the climax of Saturday when at the same time of the day a 101 and oneâ€"half temperâ€" ature was recorded. Until the weekâ€"end, a mark of 100 and oneâ€"quarter, set Friday afterâ€" noon, stood as a record in Waukegan. July 12 saw a 99 degree heat while a June record of 96 degrees was set on June 25. Lake. county‘s heat record was broken for the third consecutive day Sunday at 3 o‘clock in the afternoon Heat Records in Lake County Broken Sunday re than those who sweltered T HE P RESS is the second time this club has won the trophy. . The <tournament was well attended and greatly enjoyed by all. In the Lions club annual golf tourâ€" nament for North Shore clubs held last Thursday, the cup was again won by the Winnetka players, This course of a single lweek. This is "Anima Allegra" the Vittadini work which has been added \ to the repertoire this year and which iwu given its initial performance on Monday night, July 21, with Mme. ‘Bori and Mario Chamlee in the two leading roles. Selâ€" dom does a new opera excite greatâ€" \er interest than this {has done and so inâ€" ho q isiswnt was the deâ€" \) mand for an immeâ€" ’dilte re pe‘at that é Mr. Eck‘atem demfi- o anmp Pm ed to give it again on Saturday night, July 26. It will be sung at that time by exâ€" actly the same cast which gave it on Nonday night, and which includes in addition to Mme. Bori and Mr. Chamâ€" lee, such favorite Ravinia artists as Florence Macbeth, Ina Bourskaya, Vittorio Trevisan, â€" Giuseppe Cavaâ€" dore, Marek Windheim, Lola Montiâ€" (Continued on page 31) Last Thursday afternoon the chilâ€" dren at Sunset park playground spent some of the time composing songs‘ for their park. There was much interest displayed in the comâ€" positicn, and two songs were comâ€" posed. The words to only one of them were obtainable. ‘The words. Winnetka Golfers Win Lions Club Tournament Children Compose Song for Sunset Playground posed. The words to only one of them were obtainable. ‘The words, written to the tune of "Memories" are as follows: RAVINIA SEASON IS NEARLY HALF OVER Halfâ€"Way Mark July 2 New Heights Attained; gram for 6th Week The halfâ€"way mark of the present Ravinia season will be reached on Sunday, July 27, and during the closâ€" ing week of the first part of this seaâ€" son Ravinia Opera has set a new mark for itself * en which . it is â€" likely fi*‘". has never been us e achieved. by any & f‘ P in this country. Virronmio Trpvisa n Sunset Park, Sunset Park The best one of them all. We work, we play Â¥ Throughout the day And we are always gay. We play to win But sometimes lose; It happens to us all. We don‘t complain, It‘s all in the game, So we just keep smiling away It has found it necessary . to preâ€" sent the same opera twice within the course of a single Anima Allegra" the !‘.‘ 7 and Proâ€" Service Auburn Company SALES Highland Park, Illinois Highland Park Phone H. P. 2830 505 Elm Place