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Highland Park Press, 1 Jan 1931, p. 7

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JAMES JENNINGS DIES SUDDENLY SUNDAY James W. Jennings, 338 Walker nvenue,~a well known and popular citizen of the north end of our com- munity, died very suddenly Stinday morning about 8:30 of heart disease. Mr. Jennings had arisen in his us- ual good health and, gone over to the Highland Park Methodist church, of which he was caretaker, to look after the furnace there, and then returned to his home for breakfast. His wife being ill, he had to make his own meal. After taking a cup of eoitee to his wife, and he had returned to the table. His wife heard a crash in the kitchen. She sprang from her bed and when she reached the kitchen found her husband lying on the fioor beside his chair from which he had fallen unconscious. Failing to arouse Prominent Young Man Victim of Heart Trouble. Funeral Held Tuesday him she called Dr. R. R. Jacks and the pastor of the church who lives within a few doors. The pastor, Rev. F. D. Hopkins, was first to arrive and he saw that Mr. Jennings was dead. The doctor arriving in a few moments later, confirmed the fact, and stated that the cause might be either heart trouble or cerebral hemmorhage. Mr. Jennings was an oxeeedingly popular young man and the shock of his passing spread rapidly through the city. He had come to this com- munity during the world war, being st :iiunud ut Fort Sheridan and it was during that period that he met his wife, then Miss Alma Kelley. After the war he entered the employment of the North Shore Line and was in their shops in Highwbod. He was of sterlink character, genial and friend. ly and universally liked. He was ac- tive in the work of his church, where he was not only caretaker, but sec- retary of the vlliuiul board and teach- er in the Sunday school. He was per- haps the most useful man in the church always ready to help in any undertaking and giving of himself unstintedly to each activity. His in- fluence among the young people was most pronounced and he served as one of the counselors of the Epworth League. He Was a member of the North Shore Railway (Evans-Watkins) post of the American Legion, which put- tieipated in the funeral services which wore held Tuesday afternoon from the Highland Park M. E. chu eh, the pastor, Rev. F. D. Hopkins, And his predecessor, Rev. Wm. Doble, offieiat- ing. The burial was in Memorial Park cemetery, Waukegan. Mr. Jennings was born in Wirt county, West Virginia, and would have been 38 years old March 30, 1931. His mother is still living in Parkersburg, W. Va., and four broth- ers and one sister are also living. He leaves in addition his wife and young son, Billy, and a host of friends-Con- tributed. Thursday, Jan. 1, 1931 Mr. and Mrs. J. Hal Reeder and mu Gordon " Evanston will be the dinner guvsts of Mr. 9nd Mrs. T. Zablm tamoryow evening( Friday). The Reader‘s are leaving Monday for Culver City, Calif., where they will join Mrs. Reeder's part-Ms. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Clow, and make their home there. Manager Joseph C. Emma of the Deerpath theatre, Lake Forest, an- nounces a notable addition to the modern facilities of this Polka Broth- ers theatre in the shape of a new im. pruvvd-vision screen which gives more intimate close-ups and greater depth of perspective and markedly inr. pr-ves the character of the pictures Adds New Equipment Joseph t '. Emma THE PRESS presented thereon through the use ot a new system of larger and Iherper lensel. 7 The new lenses make possible en- largement of the screen about one- sixteenth, giving wider scope to' the picture end making larger And more .ife-like fi res ponible. so that the naturllnens of the channel's upper- ing in emphasised. Notable incl-cue in the depth or per-pectin of the pictures ulna is I result of the adotw tion of the new Icreen and lenses, end this make: the licence depicted more realistic Ind naturnl. Through use of I new aperture slide the movietone truck is cancelled and greater breadth given the picture in consequence. and the result is that since this new equipment whielr in new on the North Shore, and which only stalled has been in use in the Deer- path the elem-heal, sharpness and depth of perspective and the nature!- ness of the life-sited futures in the closeups are more pronounced and these features have caused widespread favorable comment. This is only- un- other evidence of the proeremsivene" of Manager Emma and his desire to give the Dvorputh patrons the " vantage of the best and most modern of .movic improvements. . Miss N. M. Griffin of the Exmoor club spent Christmas in Bocn Raton, Flu. Miss Etta Grunewald and her mother Mrs. Grunewuld left Tue-tiny for Rockford, Mrs. Grunewnld's home. She has been visiting her daughur in the Udell building for several weeks. North Shore. and which Chieauro theatre: hive in- been in use in the Deer- clenrneu, sharpness and Whelmess Deerpath Theatre LAKE FOREST Tue-day and Wednesday. Jan. 6, 1 AMERICAN LEGION BENEFIT “wad-y and Friday; Jan ARLEN RICHARD (Imam-r JThe Santa [a Trail ILLINOIS u and

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