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Prl §1+ a| Mario Chamlee, heard hereabouts ...In opera only at Ravinia Park, sings for the first time in the Civic Opera _ House on Wednesday night‘ in "Traviata," with Marion Claire and John Charles Thomas to complete a refulgent triumvirate. Chamlee, a native of Los Angeles and an outâ€" standing example of the ascendancy of the American artist, made his . debut at the Metropolitan Opera . House with Farrar and Scotti in 1 the same role he sings here, has many European appearances to hu; \ credit and sings perennially in Los _Angeles and San Francisco to paek-I ed houses. ! Repertoire and principals for the first week are: Tuesday, Dec. 26, "La Tosca" with Maria Jeritza, Dino Borgioli, Joseph Royer, Norâ€" man Cordon and Vittorio Trevisan. Wednesday, : Dec. 17, "Traviata" with Marion Claire, Hazel Sanborn, Mario â€" Chamlee, John Charles Thomas and Giuseppe Cavadore. Saturday, matinee, Dec. 20, "La Bohem&" with Grace Moore, Dino Borgioli, Claudio vFrigerio, Chase Boromeo, Desire Defrere, Vittorio Trevisan and Giuseppe Cavadore. Saturday night, Dec. 30, "Aida" with Norman Cordon, Coe Glade, John Paneâ€"Gasser, Rosa Raisa, Chase Boromeo, Claudio Frigerio, Hilda Ohlin and Giuseppe Cavadore. Sunday night, Dec. 31, "Rigoletto" with Dino Borgioli, Johnâ€" Charles Miss Claire, in reâ€"entering grand opera after her success in "Bitter Sweet," and operetta, improves on the feat of her operatic compatriot by switching not only from grand opera to light opera but back again. Miss Claire made her debut in Italy as Mimi in "La Boheme" after fourteen months of intensive study, and was a favorite here during the last season of the Insullâ€"fostered civic opera, following tours of Italy and an engagement at the Staatsâ€" oper of Berlin. THomas, too, is a favorite with the local public because of: appearâ€" ances here at the Civic Opera House and previously during repeated enâ€" gagements in light opera. He won a musical scholarship competition while studying medicine in his naâ€" tive Pennsylvania and made his grand opera debut at the famous Teatro de la Monnaie in Brussels. He will also be heard Saturday night, Dec. 31, as the jester in "Rigoletto." © of San Francisco opera goers. He has been a favorite with LaScala audiences and sang with Melba at her last operatic appearance in her native Melbourne. Tosca." Further brilliance will be added to the occasion by the introâ€" duction of Dino Borgioli, a Tuscan tenor, who, after extensive tours of continental Europe, South Amerâ€" ia and Australia, invaded. America at its western borders and for the past two seasons has been the idol Five widely acclaimed artists new tinction of reâ€"dedicating the magâ€" nificent Wacker Drive house, apâ€" pearing in the title role of "La ‘North â€" Shore â€"Interestet â€"Revival: of Favorite general of the new enterprise, What is more, at least one other artist of world renown is to be addâ€" ed to the roster, according to Mr. Longone, who has released for pubâ€" lication the repertoire for the first week. _ . Maria Jeritza is to have the disâ€" of the Chicago Grand Opera Comâ€" pany, thanks to the sponsorship of a representative ,group of citizens formed by the late George Lytton and George Woodruf and expertly pique the interest of newly recruitâ€" ed audiences at the Civic Opera House when<thatâ€"long dark temple of lyric ‘reopens the day after Christmas for a five week‘s season to Clnavom patrons are| to pique the interest of newly recruitâ€" ~ 550 CENTRAL AVENUE The candy that has delighted you for theé past 10 years. The most thrilling assortment we have ever offered. All boxes wrapped in attractive holly paper. 8Â¥ Other Boxes 25¢ â€" $5.00 â€" $12.00 pounds for ._. $1.00â€" | The Highland Park American Leâ€" | gion Auxiliary held a successful |card party on the evening of Dec. | 14. Thosé who attended paid their admission in the form of food, which }will be used to fill Christmas basâ€" kets. 14 When a firm, decigive spirit is recognized it is curfous to see how the space clears a d a man and leaves him room freedom. â€" John Foster. C . The Highland Park Auxiliary is helping the district to sponsor a dance Thursday evening, Dec. 28, at the Veterans‘ 'H%spiul, North Chicago, for the benefit of a district veterans hospital. . ; Mr. Mather, presidé Inc., new Studebgke Highland Park, repo{: Studebakers sales this ! Inc., new Studeb;:‘fi dealers in Highland Park, reports that total Studebakers sales this year are largâ€" er thanâ€"any year sigce 1924, and that the quota of cats for Decemâ€" ber has already been gold. $ The Mather agency; is located on Park Avenue. Mr. Mgther and Mr. Fulkerson, viceâ€"presid@nt, are from‘ Evanston, where they formerly opâ€" erated a garage. 'k Mr. Jenks, the head mechanic, is a former racing driveg and mechanâ€", ician. The Mather corcern operates a complete repair dep:;tment. The next meeting of the Auxilâ€" iary will be held Thursday, Dec. 28, at 2 p.m. This will be a social meetâ€" ing. At this meeting the Auxiliary will initiate the Junior Activity Group of Highland Park. This group, although not more thll}: two weeks old is growing rapidly, The memâ€" bers plan to give a.card. and bunco party on Thursday, gu: 28, at 3 p.m. at the Masonic "gmple. Mather, Inc., Is New Studebaker Dealer These players now turn their atâ€" tention to the coming North Shore championship tourney.â€"North Shore Sports Review. _‘ / skill and experience proved too much for the Japanese star. Legion Auxiliary Will Meet Thursday, Dec. 28 Coleman Clark, runnerâ€"up for the national ‘title last year, defeated Yochio Fushime,, former champion of Japan,â€" in an exhibition match that lasted only three games. Clark‘s Miss Virginia Booth of the same city. Mrs. Hammond stands out as being the outstanding player in the state. / i you Mr. Kittermaster ‘and Robert Clark, of the American Pingâ€"Pong Magazine, won the mens double title by defeating Oppenheimer and Fusick in a fast and dizzy game. * Thus am I thinking, @vhile wrapâ€" ping Jane‘s p Confused is the l@grning this world has to give, . Turn back O Magi and Shepherds and Peasants. ; ® Learn of the Chrigt.© He will teach us to live. ; NOEOY_ CARM, WPPCCNRUIIOL [@ITC! OE Highland Park, won the boys prize, defeating Fusick in: an afternoon round. ' Mrs. R. G. Hammond, of Highâ€" land Park, continued her march to pingâ€"pong sypremacy when she won the ladies singles prize, defeating Rough was the manger that craâ€" dled Jesus. . B Bright are the les we are burning today. | ; Magi and shepherds{are now at . _ the manger, Kneeling in worship,{there on the hay. ° wWHAT IN THE ,-wfinw ARE WE THINKING ABOUT? stepped into the mens division where he met and defeated Mr. D. A. Kitâ€" termaster, lndifu’ ~North : â€" Shore player, in a game that went five Approximately two ‘hundred and fifty pingâ€"pong:enthusiasts witnessed the annualâ€"Lake County championâ€" Thomas,: Marion: Talley, Hate! Sanâ€"| Basketball Plans of ° ‘â€" High t of Mather, In conclusion it is the desire of ‘the Young Men‘s Club to offer conâ€" gratulations to the promoters of the North Shore.Sports Review and to wish them a safe journey in this new adventure. We believe a publiâ€" cation of this kind containing full sports .news of past or coming events along the North Shore towns will inculcate a new spirit of friendâ€" liness andestablish better contacts with our neighboring cities.‘ We shall always welcome your columns to disseminate any information on Recently the club has moved into new quarters in the commodious basement of the Schneider & Huntâ€" ley building, Sheridan Road and East Park Avenue. New furnishings will be added in the very near fuâ€" ture to make this place a popular rendezvous during . the winter months. Until February 1st no iniâ€" tiation fees will be charged and the membership committée are endeayâ€" oring to build up the club roster with new members. Already the ping pong devotees are busily enâ€" gaged in developing a championship team. and several new members“ have joined the club for this feature alone. Plans are under way for smokers, stags and other stunts for the winter months. Baseball requires a certain amount of financial support and, unâ€" fortunately, the laws and regulaâ€" tions of the Park Board who operâ€" ate Sunset Park, prevent the club from even making a small charge for admission. A "passâ€"theâ€"hat" ofâ€" fering is all that is permitted but during these times it is far too inâ€" sufficient to offer any attraction to visiting teams. Until such time as arrangements can be made to put a baseball téam on a better financial basis, little can be promised for the future. Highland Park has always supported a good baseball team and the club would gladly welcome any suggestions for 1934. man to the north (Nick Keller of ‘Waukegan) has built up a splendid reputation and an excellent followâ€" ing in basketball â€"why? Because he has given Waukegan fans the class: and caliber of competition to make the game interesting and werth while. Why shouldn‘t Highâ€" land ‘Plrk enjoy the same ?: , a A few remarks about baseball! For the past two years the Young Men‘s Club have played baseball on the diamond at Sunset Park. Generâ€" ally speaking, this year‘s team unâ€" der the able coaching of George Hessler, was a good one playing all competition within the surrounding area and winning the major portion of games played, but strange to say the spirit of tombat has not been prevalent like in the old days beâ€" tween the Y. M. C. and the old Elks team. How many of you recall the tenâ€"inning battle on Highland. Park day about elevyen or twelve years ago between these two teams endâ€" ing in a 2 to l‘victory for the Y. M. C.?â€"that was a game of games and long to be remembered. Several prominent teams of the more professional variety have been mentioned as possible attractions on the local floor and it is hoped that within the next fortnight orâ€" ganization and plans will have been completed. It is of interest to note that our friend and neighbor sportsâ€" the club to enter; the buketbtg f::é? N}m To 'Of our 1one! ibie field on a higher plane, ‘ Highland}" A‘roly of the earliest families of Park has become football minded to | {}, ¢ommunity were represented and a greater degree than ever befor®| many valuable suggestions were ofâ€" and the question as:to whether this fere: concerning the location of such community can become basketball | jnfop mation. [ conscious in similar fashion depends M?, O. B. Brand, city photograâ€" largely upon public interest towards pher, has reproduced for the meetâ€" this indoor sport. Anyhow, it is the ing, | all the films picturing early intention of the elub to awaken a‘HigljlaI)d Park, pictures which he deeper interest in basketball by ofâ€"| had preservedâ€"for many years. fering the public a chance to witâ€"| The library board hopes to have ness a better grade of competition completed in the near future a room than heretofore. suitable for housing historical docuâ€" The tournament lasted all week And the Young Men‘s Club team, unheralded prior to â€" tournament time, ‘proceeded to upset all preâ€" tournament "dope" by disposing of five tough foes to win the coveted title. Every playet showed plenty of gameness and pluck but particuâ€" men, defending tgl:boldm. 81 to 29, in a spirited championship batâ€" tle that was not decided until after two overtime periods. > LAST year. Wme i HIgAIANI FLAIL|at fAawn, Rcross A shpphifre SKYÂ¥. . i Young ‘Men‘s Club carried off | hurry to spread a bird breakfast of the ahnual Lake County independent| most delicious seeds, crumbs, figs basketball ~championship at <the suyet. All arranged, visibly, on Waukegan Armofi court by upâ€"|the terrace outside of. the dining setting Jimmy Cosover‘s Insuranceâ€"| rooim wwindow, Hoppings and happy AST year the: Highland ‘Park | PRE! to | chi piT_n it ?o le| w1 ep | for C e »y | food! Hu litt tra > ute bit & nt ing\ 1 ©* | middle of \as well as ed | heen colde Thq following are some of the titles which have been added to the regular periodical list at the public library for the year beginning Janâ€" uary 1984;: Being the repository for all kinds of information on every subject, the library may be a first resource or a court of last resort for every perâ€" son having any vocational interest. It supplements all formal education and training; because its services are f&ee and available to every citiâ€" zen, it reaches those who could pay no fées; and because its offerings are informal and on the basis of inâ€" dividual interest, it appeals to many who Cannot or will not seek more formal guidance or irâ€"n;tzrt;c'i;i;n: . â€"|~_ After Christmas "Blessed is he who trained not only &or work but for play . . . not only for, labor but for leisure . . . who ‘has stored within himself a wealth of simple skills and interests in games, handicraft, music, drama, literature, nature : contemplation, comradeship . . . all these upon which to draw for leisureâ€"hour hapâ€" piness." York, on Oct. 28. ~Mr, Sothern was the a'ptl’)or ef several plays, "I Love, Thou Lovest, He Loves," "Never Trouble Trouble Till Trouble Trouâ€" bles You," "A Luncheon at Nick‘s" and "The Light That Lies in a Woâ€" i4 A .42 31, JOULRCTR Edward Hugh Sothern, one of the fgorgmost Shakespearean actors o! th§ Am_ericug stage, died in New [ â€"| November 7,696 books were borrowed from the k’bdary for home use in Highâ€" land| Park during November. â€" SMonthly report of Abrarign. _ _ pher, has reproduced for the meetâ€" ing, | all the films picturing early Highland Park, pictures which he had preserved â€"for many years. The library board hopes to have completed in the near future a room suitable for housing historical docuâ€" ments. | With this in mind, the hisâ€" torical | committee ~of the NHbrary board, of which Jesse L. Smith is chairman, invites every citizen of the gity to share in this important little stranger hesitates for a minâ€" ute bit seeing that things are beâ€" ing\ led so fast comes into the middle of the crowd and gobbles too, as well as any other. people who‘ve mA colder than others sit first on oneleg then on the other, warming the | notâ€"stoodâ€"onâ€"toes against their littlL ‘bodies under the < feathers. Down nd the flower garden is another breakfast for shyer people. â€"â€"from Gréen Life, by Christine little > bodic Do 1 um:zl:e bre 8 . $ d %l'un Cookery can Home An’ Is of American Academy h:l:itmu Day. Deéep snow, frozâ€" hard. Wings of red gold light, da{m, across a sApphire sky. I ry to spread a bird breakfast of pi from fluffed out, feathery le who‘ve been up and hungry wtrn, they say. "Here‘s no wind, n |stones ‘swept of snow, and L Hurrah!" they scream. One 22 North Second Street HICHLAND PARK PUBLIC LIBRAR Be sure that you have a picture of that Christmas and New Year party taken at your home | Periodigcals :Phone for appoifitment now HICHLAND PARK ILLINOIS HECKETSWEILER STUDIO Mr. McCutcheon tis offering a prize of $50 for the best water color in the exhibition. j John C. Shaffer, of Chicago, is president of the Association. Col. T. Buckingham, of Lake {Forest, is first viceâ€"president, and J T. Mcâ€" Cutcheon, of Lake Forest, is second viceâ€"president. _ . Fs *4 Ross J. Beatty, of Highland Park, is a viceâ€"president, and Mr. and Mrs. Beatty are giving a prize of $50 for the best still life in oil at the exhibit. * i in the Marshall Field Pigture Galâ€" lerigs in Chicago. | The tenth annual Hoogier Salon Patrons Association exhibit of the work of Indiana artists will be held from Jan. 27 through Feb, 10, 1984, Hoosier Salon Exhi â€" to Be Jan. 27 «Roger Redfield Balke â€" PIANIST Recently returned > fron} study abroad. Instruction in Piano and Musical Theory. Studio 40 Deere Park Drive South. Tel. H. P. 1044 509 Central Avenue flleue reserve / Your tables _‘ WHEELING, ILLINOIS Wheeling 10â€" Ch n‘Strhas Suggestions SHOES ~ f64L We wish our and a Happy â€" New Year‘s Eve s With Usâ€" GOQD FOOD â€" GOOD MUSIC Turkey,â€" Chicken, Steaks No gover charge; very reasonable. UNION HOTEL SLIPPERS Last Minute 1 8@os | bit Feb. 10 friends a Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year. Phone Highland Park 4385 Celebrate The man who foolishly â€" wrong, I will return to him tection of my most fl love; and the more evil con him, the. more good shall . LOIN CHOPS TPHURSDAY, VEAL CUTLETS VEAL 1b......... HOSIERY .K _ Boneless Rolled SsHOULDER OF VEAL BREAST OF VEAL LOIN OF VEAL LEG OF VEAL RIB CHOPS ROASTING CHICKENS GEESE DUCKS FANCY TURKEYS Milk Fed Veal Phone H. P. 456 eleojloeoe}gs x “:I 1@3 k §+ tÂ¥ 3 | FAMILIES OF THE PHURRDAY, DECEMBER is and Boys: & 5. s Pnng Wrive For C £] munity Relief â€" By furnishing.many needy in the district with baskets the Girls and Boys) clubs h make this Christmas a more ~High The Girls and Boys club sentatives: from each sess! contributing. Many of the sions, instead of giving a giving the in-il{ money & ing them to buy .own f baskets are to be distributed urday. by the sessions. Lyd ings, from Mrs. Kendig‘s will take chirge of those that cannot be delivered girls‘ sessions. | Give Cléthing and T Besides the baskets of 1 of the sessions are giving dren toys and books, They bringing many clothing> that their sisters and brothers grown. A few sessions are ing Christmas trees and p them to the families. _ On the average there or four children in each 1f: few families have as many or nine children, most of ing under fifteen years of a are without mothers or fat! _ The baskets should be for delivery, except the foods, by today. ‘The Girls club represent@ charge of the baskits are Higgins, Mary> Thompson, Kerr, Mary Bertachini, Degan, Genevieve Donner Mary Lou Sanborn, . Gtadys Evelyn Foulkner, (Kdith | p.S. K. S. From