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Highland Park Press, 12 Jul 1934, p. 9

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14 _ ‘heir daughter, Grace: Evelyn, ‘::,. w. Ward, son of Mr. anc ‘ _ es George A. Ward of M‘{ ' F %Bmh ;’....n....i \_| ue a kitchen shower in %f}‘.'h Grace Sherman on Th 5’-'}‘:'€ ‘afternoon. Guests â€"were ?3 friends and dlassmates. ‘ The gif \ | many snd varied, were all in _f?_;; d ivory‘ b\ keoplll(‘ mth + ;«i:' brideâ€"toâ€"be‘s kitchen scheme.. . Fo _ | pwing Miss Sherman‘s marriage o# ‘ .. datarday the ‘young couple ‘will reâ€" e '. aood ECC -‘...:- Cee Em e d %..p the approaching marriage of ue daughter, Grace: Evelyn, to ;m- . Mrg. Lee will go as a del« tr from the Bethlehem WMS Jfi Myrtls for the Y.P.M.C. Mesdames Dxake and Nombag &npresent the Bethany‘ Chure y plan to remain until the folâ€" lowing Monday. i ie f Mr. and ‘Mrs. John Fedosky and two children Bobby and Jean, Mrs. Sophia Bruso andâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Hilding Oberg ode‘l;ic-co wer; the guests of Rev. and Mrs. E. J. ruso on Saturday. The Obergs remained until Sundgy. | Mr. and Mrs. Arno Frantz and daughter ,fttyi spent Monday in Milwaukee. | 4 Mr.‘and |Mrs. R. F. Grohd enterâ€" tained from Evanston Satâ€" urday eveging. | Theodoyg J. Knaak and his sister Miss Ida Knaak spent the week-gd â€"with Mr. and Mrs. Romayne Stryâ€" ker in wa, Ill.. and returned throwgh Starved Rock. Mr. Knaak his sigter are now residing on f::lvoodiAvenne in the house reâ€" wently© vacated <by the Melville Sav Savoy Golden Bantam . Whole Kernel Corn |â€" _ â€"â€" _ 20¢ Calo Coffee CHICKENS FRYING or BROILING AY; JULY 12, 1984 2{ og‘s Pep Groceries â€" eip vescnsavenmiie= #| . cweenpenietwert®snrneten MEATS noon at her home on Hazel A : inepinine neaam mn ren left Sunday evening * Angeles, Calif., to visit Mrs. Koch‘s li.w. r h (Mrs. E. J. Bingham and Mrs. Amelia Pyle of Chicago, Mrs. Euâ€" gene Ender, and Miss Clara Ender with Mrs, Jm:‘nta of Seattle, Wash., were j Saturday at the William Cnol"pn home in Highland Park, .Mrs. Antes returned to Chiâ€" cago: with â€"Mrs. Bingham and is spending this week with her two nigéces and a nephew at the Dollard Mrs, Julius Johnson :was hostess to members of the Independent Soâ€" cial Olub yesterday afternoon at her home on Central Avenue. i Mr. ‘and Mrs. Ralph Peterson were> guests at the Edward Klu home in Northbrook on Satnrda; evening. i % * o dn Mrs. Percy McLaughlin and son Gordon are spending two woeh'n the William Hellman home in Wauâ€" kegan. f f i atle Mr. and Mrs..C.~E. Rockenbach, Mr. and Mrs. Lester~J. Love ‘and Florence, Lillian and Jimmie Love of Joliet visited . at "the George Rockenbach home on Sunday. _ ; Mrs A. Jardine and granddaughâ€" ter Delores (Provost of : Chicago spent several days last week with Mrs. Jardine‘s daughter, Mrs. Harâ€" vid Plagge. ; }~ 0c . [01 0 slsn __‘The Sewing Circle of St. Paul‘s Church will hold a picnic Thursday, July 19 at Sunset Park at ll_l.l.l.l. The annual picnic of St. Paul‘s Church will be held Sunday, Aug. 5, at Sunset. Park,. A* committee will meet tomorrow evening at the Sunday® school rooms to plan for the open air worship service and the program 6f events to follow. "l'}_ne;bonve't"se family has moved from Fair Oaks and Park Avenues and have departed for the West. Mr. and Mrs. Fred La Bahn were Sunday dinner guests at the George La Bahn home in Evanston. f adandvasens nrad cuseg euenvenennnn 19¢ 19¢ 21¢ 28¢ 30 Fancy White Cobblers 15 lb. peck ... New Apples . Fine for pies; 4 Ibs. ... 2 large heads ...â€".â€"â€"â€" California Head Lettuce . T & T Root Beer Extract SWIFT‘3S FANCY SUMMER SAUSAGE â€"« Vegetables hesnas uns cacen+n M vaty Mr. and Mrs, Delbert Méyer enâ€" mtainro:’ A% a fmirl‘y dinner on Sunâ€" day. arry Nortons E!;uum Meyer) returned to Harvey that evening. â€".. ;. };â€" seb p t Mr. and Mrs. Ggorge Ha son â€" and Mr. . And Mrs. Whitcomb enjo: a fisht Wonder Lake over the Miss Ruth Ajfivm of spent the‘ week with h Mrs. Raymond Meyer, _ se veasinesienan ennnn m 22e sevendetwedinneneen en nnfennanes fhnnn n en nnnne _ _ EK cATTON f Your Typewriter Man asese4sanseespeaupewe n n en nen -"uob-’---...-;;..,..p seeeiecnnabe e gede ce 9k der and IEG,&’wud CZilc#zo rtsister 18c 15¢ trip at PRESS 1 nR Gu P | : $ | Ta s : pol o O f. C 6 1| ; LIES ABOVT PERPETUAL CARE FUNL : € «_/\ Our PERPETUAL CARE FUND was deposited for several ye with a wellâ€"kno | Chig#go Trust Company with the unders ‘3tlut we could" withdraw the earhin 4 l from at any time and use the san : for the upkeep of the cemetery. We did n | a dollar of those earnings and did not apply for any portion of the same for 15 t ; he business depression had been under way for more than twé;years:. We had â€" care of the unds with other funds, .It occurred to us that it would be well to rep : the fi,‘,» ids by drawing at least a portion of the $8,000.00 which had ,acmuLM' | earning s ac¢ording to reports of th ;Trnstec. [Jpon applying for @e»snn‘ne we vqeré / wi p SHNESSâ€"and EXCUSES.â€" About the same time! suits were stated by ‘ business men against the corporati f for. the purpose of securing money with which t] / ha H itrusted the company and in t‘:e's‘afety of which they felt doubtful. Leading lawy ~ of Chicago represented these different business men. In view of these facts we insis ‘ that the "securities" in which our roney had been invested should be surrendered to | and the trust agreement cancelled. minent Chicago lawyers afterwards volunteered | assertion that we had taken the rig it course. We secured the bonds and found that o ‘ one bond of a comparatively small denominatioh had any market yalue. We turned t g‘ into money and applied it on our indebtedness. All the rest of those "bonds" are now in ‘ fault, some on interest payments and some On both principle and interest p‘ylie1 ‘?n -Fflfikly, vhat they are worth is a conundrum. Some of the mortgages given by 3 prqfiperty-o wvners to secure the bond ’gsues are> now ‘being foruM However, we st |â€" ready to show any interested person bonds isstted by five different building concerns : /. one road bor d issued by a County fin Tennessée, all of which were purchased with | i m'%ey and all of which we receivwh from that trust company. _ | 5o j f ENTER ANOTHER "LAWYER" _ > f £ :3 K ME | N/ACPEEEEE \ thing was satis \ _ payment jof div 6 uring ich 1 Hng,;s the i . _|gingle year wit | (Bory notes $13 | \@nderstanding: / _/ this class in th g | business condit ‘” wo‘ be : | â€"| Btan ling $68,0 § ;:{'ooo N| W. 5 & â€" {:> o :- . 'T“ 'l\-l-.nn“ o8 ‘ : EN'n?p ANOTHER "I | ?.; Several years ago the wife of [ certain lawyer b to be paid for in installments. 'l‘heTtdy asked the sa otices or gther communications, as she did not want T‘ due timg she paid for the lot and acquired & deed ind when a frank statement of the withdrawal of sent to all the lotâ€"owners, the lady received that c and a bright idea struck him. Evidently he was hu Bill in Chancery charging that the Perpetual ( I for a receiver for such fund. A noticeable feature « business for himself in the following words; _ "Your oratrix brings this sflt‘g:?her own behal ers of said Cemetery Co y as desire to join. wit proportionate share of ‘the costs and expenses of t! â€" Our attorney noticed\that bid f« legalbut;s said that was the principal object in writing and f had his wife sign and MAKE OATH to that bi ; «evel was ‘a 100 percent LIE. He made a point to have the papers and evidently exp%ted that a number of sto« diately rush to his office with money in their hands sent to all and a brig Bill in Cha for a recei business f ind whe:"f. frank statement of thg withdrawal of those "bonds" from the Trustée was sent to all the lotâ€"owners, the ’y received that communication, Her husband read it, ind a bright idea struck him. Evidently he was hungryâ€"at least for dollars. He a Bill in Chancery charging that th \Perpetual C Fund was being dissipated and for a receiver for such fund. A noticeable feature of the document was his solicitation p business for himself in the following words; i; f L E ~ _ "Your oratrix brings this slfit‘g:?her own behalf and on behalf of such other lotâ€"ownâ€" érs of said Cemetery Company as desire to join with your oratrix herein and pay t} proportionate share of the costs and expenses of this suit." . | . 2o â€" Our df,torney noticed\that bid â€"f¢ lenl_bn?::immedhtely upon reading the i;m nc said that was the principal object in ‘writing and filing the bill. That "lawyer" actual had his wife sign and MAKE OATH to that bill,.even tho the principal statement th réir was ‘a 100 percent LIE. He made a point to have the gist of the bill published in the news papers and evidently exp%ted that a number of stockholders and lotâ€"owners would imp diately rugh to his office with money in their hands for him that he might be their . t protector. | Evidently not 4 person‘ did the rush act, as our attorney tried for more than a year and a half to get the case beforg the court. He was unsuccéessful and I supp made no efforts recently. Of e, everyone will see what the bill was written ; or and that the author of it knew that ‘t'zr; e was no legal nor honest grounds for writll‘:f such a document land having it spread brogdecast in the newspapers. And yet it is said that soligitâ€" ing business is sufficient cause %bbarmeni of a lawyer. We hear that this fellow _ s practieall;( disbarred himself, as he has quit, It is said he is "down and out.", 1 i‘ j | THE LATEST EXTORTION ATTEMPT _ _ |{ 0 7+ Ol+ltting some minor at,l‘enjtlpts to get money from this Corporation dishon within the pale of the lawi we come to the latest flagrant and scoundrelly attemp part of soâ€"called "lawyers" to hold up this Company for their private gain. To 1 situation flw, we must state that in the early history of our operations here, citizen of Freeport, Illinois, came to our temporary Chicago office, said that 1 about our idéas as to what a modern cemetery should be‘ and had called to lea about thoge ideas. The gentleman was an engineer, had been manager of the Ci Works :I:e more than a quarter of 'ga century, was manager of a modern place o!' {d Thigfi:ommy paid dividends for several years (more than $73,000) and thus eve ‘thing was satisfactory to he stoc#holders until we decided it was best to suspend 1 payment of dividends for a time wWhen we were in the midst of our building t \during which we erected permanent buildings in NORTHSHORE GARDEN OF M |ORIES in the total amoun of. $91,000. We sold as high as $144,000 worth of gt m& {gingle year with only 3 or 4 salesmen working. The bankers loaned us on stn;z p ‘Spry notes $43,000 and tractors and imaterial men solicited our business [with 1 \@nderstanding that they would accept part caSh and our notes for the balance. Notes | this class in the amount 0 $20,000.00 were given, as there was no doubt whatever that | business |conditions sh continue as they were during those years the entire indebt would be wiped out in a short time.. At the close of the building period had $tanding $63,000 in plain promissory notes and $16,000 in open accounts. . When the â€" p that indeb had been reduced to $14,000.00. IT IS LESS TH ;:"ooo N| W. 6 ( + | I t : $ &.~ .‘ |; > ONE SHOR -smnml:r:jum AMONG STOCKHOLDERS || , \|| . The result of all this| was that practically all of the stockholders were willing to w ‘for the resumption of dividends until our indebtedness should be paid. There was, j i" e family which Dr. Mease favored by inducing the members thereof to mak: a safe ,;E'egtmen here who e dissatisfied because they were not receiving div f ‘\have it upon the best ‘of authority thathflhafifl family had invested much nonei Ti Loo Alrmtre kmcsiu Mn sc c ciar _ L Llhe Uuffanr tha of t advice and lost every do eV e OW SRA Cm eE c C on P PNice C n Bd P‘ Wl $ t i her "securities" which were WQRTHLESS ‘in less than a ygar after the depres arted. | Nevertheless, they _eouldj?npt -uler:%:d‘why we shoug not pay divi y ling the statement of conditions which was sent fro:ii time to time to all | years ago the wife of a certain lawyer bought a ‘or in installments. 'l‘heb:dy asked the salesman ther communications, as she did not want her hus : she paid for the lot and acquired & deed. Of cor ; frank statement of ;l:; withdnwfiof those "I ‘the lotowners, the lady received that commun rer for such T râ€" himself i oratrix br Cemetery Cofj ite share of t RIES Hfi" asskd by Uniprinci “L WY RS” ? s} | uck him. Ev ing that the h fund. A n Evthe follo this suit (TO BE CONTINUED) ‘rtain lawyer bought aâ€"lot from oneâ€"of our salés: y asked the salesman and this office not to mail e did not want her husband to know of her purct acquired & deed. Of course her husband learned : d hlelfi&l cagh ; wel zi?:n. s they were our building| &-m E GARDEN OF ME 00 worth of i ned us on sinw le pron pur business [with | r the balance. Notes ) doubt whatever tha :ars the entire indebt Iding period we had ¢ ccounts. the: ). IT IS LESS TH HOLDERS |â€" ders were wflli: to 1 'r.fiuse‘ y of vari u&_ had ‘ of | j hPF .4 1~| honestly b en;)pt on | To make re, a lead at| he hegrd e City W : of b ) a > citizen. He o our * We told h vertising the . The gent the influer ind l"'m" : would draw $ A pled t «+ &

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