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Highland Park Press, 25 Jun 1942, p. 5

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pon e Ronr&neku- ponding secretary; * color bearer, and Cynthia Stokes and Margaret Eimore, director. Nancy Newman will be in charge of historiâ€" cal research and Mary Buchanan will represent the younger groups. Those appointed to act as advisers to Mrs. Day are Mrs. E. Burdette Elmore and hawk society are Mrs. Garfield W. Day, senior president; Helen Sarett, junior president; Jacqueline Day, vice president; Edward Peterson, treasâ€" urer; James Van Ornum, Jr., recordâ€" been promoted to the rang of Techâ€" nician 5th Grade in the Recruit Reâ€" ceptlugmhce.'l\c,m Unable to send a large unmber of delegates to the fourth state conferâ€" ence held in Peoria last week because of lack of transportation facilities, the members received a report on the conference from Janet Ingram, junâ€" for state president, who attended and gave the opening address. Among resolutions adopted during the business session were cooperation with the North Shore chapter, D.A.R., in its flag dedication program and support of the Highland Park USO and national C. A. R. project to raise $2000 for a Red Cross ambulance. D. A. R. members will erect a flag staff in Memorial Park on the Fourth of July. Activities of Blackhawk society, CA.R., were ended until October with a business meeting and buffet supâ€" per Sunday in the home of the presâ€" ident, David Maley, 281 Prospect Ave. Miss Einbecker received the Bachâ€" €lor‘s degree in history at the Uniâ€" versity‘s. 209th Convocation Friday (June 19) in Rockefellet Memorial Chapel. â€"President Robert Maynard Hutchins conferred degrees on more than 700 candidates. Blackhawk Society Meets For Final Meeting of Season In addition to her high academic honors, Miss Einbecker was also acâ€" tive in student affairs. She was a board member of the Women‘s Athâ€" letic Association, a member of Chapel Union, and served as Senior Aile, one of the highest honors attainable by a student at the University. Dorothy Einbecker Is Elected To Phi Beta Kappa Dorothy Rinbecker, 325 E. Park Avenue, Highland Park, is one of 28 University of Chicago students who have been elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national + scholastic homor society, George A. Works, professor of eduâ€" cation and secretary of the Midway chapter, announced today. Dr. and Mrs. Karl A. Meyer anâ€" nounce the marriage of their daughâ€" ter, Mary Ann, to Alban R. Major, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rolin C. Major of Hubbard Woods. The wedding took place in St Louis, Mo., where the groom was temporarily stationed. n.;.Thcmwillbewiotnd at St. Patrick‘s church West Lake Forest. Miss McMahon has asked her sister, Miss Laura McMahon, to be the maid of honor, and Miss Pat O‘Conâ€" mol, Miss Mary O‘Malley and Miss Virginia Sather, to be bridesmaids. Betty Mcmahon Lieut. BleimehI To Wed June 28 Mr. and Mrs. John McMahon, 130 South Second Street, announce the approaching marriage on June 28, of Mary Ann Meyer, Hubbard Woods Man Are Married Roland C. Bleimehi, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Bleimehl, 521 Glencoe aveâ€" Ravinia Park To Open ‘ Concert Season June 30 Private First Class Louis Zanin, 543 The 1942â€"43 officers of the Blackâ€" An Abbot laboratory representative spoke on the processing of blood plasâ€" mu'.“::dnflwmw tlub held noon at the Moraine hotel. Harry Kelley was in charge of the Mr. Harper is stationed at Chanute Field, Rantoul, IHlinois, where he is taking an aviation maintenance enâ€" gineering course and will receive his commission as second lieutenant in August. ROTARY CLUB The couple plan to be married late summer. Robert Baldwin, has been commisâ€" sioned a second Hieutenant, and is now stationed at Camp Davis, S. C. The engagement of Molly Kern and Aviation Cadet Jack R. Harper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Harâ€" per of Beverly Hills, Chicago, was announced yesterday by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kerr of 53 N. Second St., Highland Park. ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF MOLLY KERR (Transcribed by Dimitri Mitropoulos) 2 Tone Poem, "Death and Transâ€" figuration" â€"............â€" Strouss 3 Symphony No 5... ..Shostakovicn THURSDAY, JULY 2, at 8:30 1 Prelude and Dido‘s Death from "Dido and Aeneas" .... Purcell (Trancsribed by Dimitri Mitropoulos) 2 Symphony No 4, Flat Major 3 Symphony No. 2, C Major . he has appeared here with his own Minneapolis Symphony. He will conâ€" duct the first four concerts of the 1942 Ravinia Festival. Alithough the Greek conductor® will make his Ravinia debut on June 30, he is no stranger to Chicagoans, for Complete program for the first week with Dimitri Mitropoulos conâ€" ducting follows : TUESDAY, JUNE 30, at 8:30 1. Fantasia and Fugue, G Minor * Society â€"â€" Womens News â€"»â€" Locals Meanwhile the coupon book sale is m-rninx under the direction of Mrs. Erns€ C,. yon Ammon of Winnetka. The moneyâ€"saving coupon books, Ravâ€" inia‘s chief means of support, will be on sale until Sunday, July 5. The musical program proper for the opening night will begin with the Fantasia and Fugue in G minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, in Mr. Mitâ€" ropoulos‘s awn orchestra transciption. It will be followed by Richard Strauss tore poem "Death and Transfiguraâ€" tion", and the postâ€"intermission time will be devoted to the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. be admitted to the park at all times for 30 cents, A fund is also being raised to buy tickets for dutnbgu- to service men through posts and USO groups. The first notes that will echo throâ€" ugh the North Shore park on Tuesday evening, June 30 will be "The Star Spangled Banner", played by the Chiâ€" cago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Dimitri Mitropoulos, and sung by fifty sailors from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station Glee Club. After the national anthem, the sailâ€" ors will sing their famous Navy song "Anchors . Aweigh" with orchestral accompaniment. The Great Lakes Glee Club is said to be the finest navy singing group in the country. It is dirceted by Lt. Commander Hjalmer Hanson. _~ Many service men are expetted to be in the audience as well as on the pavilion stage on opening night, for soldiers and sailors in uniform will Opening night at Ravinia Park will be a gala affair this year, with patâ€" riotic observances prefacing an excitâ€" ing musicial program. Sshumann Voters League Drive For New Members To Last Until Fall The League of Women Voters membership campaign, which opened June 2, probaby will continue throughout the summer, it was anâ€" flounced Monday by Mrs. Gilbert K. Hardacre, publicity chairman. Mrs. Robert F. Walker is chairman of the campaign committee, which consists of 22 members. They are Mrs. George Childs, Mrs. James Clarke, Mrs. John Crompton, Mrs. John Driscoll, Mrs. W. P. Goodreds, Mrs. George Hart, Mrs. Leon Harâ€" pole, Mrs, Earl Jerome, Mrs. Charles Jones, Mrs, W. L. Karpf, Mrs. Wilâ€" liam McNair, Hoyt Hetzgar, Mrs. James Murphy, Mrs. C. H. Pease, Mrs. Albert Peterson, Mrs. Robert Preis, Mrs. Harry Sellery, Mrs. Carol Baker Sutnmers, Mrs. J. S. Taussig, Mrs. Earl Varner, Mrs. Frank Venâ€" ning and Mrs. Herman Zischke. "Better American citizenship is perhaps more of an acute problem in wartime than at any offer time," Mrs. Hardacre stated, "and for that reason the activitics of the league are attracting interest and enthusiasm more now than ever before." _ MARRIS TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK x * Executors of the estate Eine Antique and Modern Furhiture, Oriental Rugs, Linens, China, Crystal, Drapes, Portiers, Reference Books, Antique se and Coope Late Massatinie taliiee ord nc aqm Garden Equipment, etc. on the premises 34 Lakewood Dr. Glencoe, III. COMPLETE FURNISHINGS f Comprising the estate of the late ESTHER B. ROoY sold by order of the young animaisâ€"and fowlâ€"has ar rived, it won‘t be long before you start shooting themâ€"with a camâ€" will make things easier for you if you place the animal in such a postâ€" tion that he can‘t move about too much. For instance, if pupples and kittens are placed on top of a box or stool which is high enough so they are reluctant to jump down, you‘ll find it‘s not so hard to catch them in a cute or interesting pose. Point three, in the technique of anima! photography, is to do your Mon. and Tues., June 29th & 30th, 2 â€" 8 p. * that 1 think every photographer enjoys. And now that the season‘s erop of pupples, kittens, and other Here‘s what 1 suggest. First, work alone with the animal; or, if not alone, with just one assistant at the most. ‘When you attempt people around it may prove disâ€" tracting to your subject. For better animal pictures, photograph your pets at their own eyeâ€"level. Sunday, June 28thâ€"2 to 6 p. m. GRANT‘S ART CGALLERIES AUCTION Free Public Exhibition Auctioncers Sta. 6939 The PRESS ...... Arrangedâ€"by Deems Taylor The girls who took part are: Cathâ€" erine Carroll, Jean Easton, Geege Frisbie, Frances Grimes, Joan Holt, Nancy Holt, Marjorie Johnson, Betty Kerber, Betty Locb, Mary McClure, Ann _ Mendelson, "Jane Meyerhoff, Barbara Mills, Genevieve Mittelâ€" staedt, Katherine Mortimer, Barâ€" bara Pierce, Helen Sarett, Dolores Scheemeacker, Sue Sheridan Cynthia Stokes, Charlotte Stone, Jane Straub, Bertha Thompson, Ruth mlon. Joyce Valiquet, Mary Wall, nie Waillis, and Jean Watt. ‘ Under the direction of Katherine Scherstrom, _ the â€" Raviniaâ€"Bracside singers presented their first radio program over Station WBBM at 2:45 p. m., Saturday." Raviniaâ€"Braeside Singers Give Radio Broadcast The program consisted of the folâ€" lowing songs : O Bone Jesu ............ Palestrina Follow Me Down to Carlow <+>++>++«.+.+... Old Irish Folksong Come Away Sweet Love Were You There «..... Negro Spiritual by Burleigh May Day Carol +.:..;2...2.....s. simple. Our illustration probably would have been improved someâ€" what if the area behind the subject wasn‘t eluttered up with branches, Outdoors there‘s no better backdrop than the sky. Use it often. Â¥Finally, I‘d suggest that you use a fairly high shutter speedâ€"1/100 second or higher is advisableâ€"to picture making at the subject‘s eye levelâ€"as in our illustration. Antâ€" mals viewed from above, even from our own eyelevel, do not often make pleasing pictures. Usually they appear too foreshortened. They normally look much more natural, when photographed from" a low point of view. stop any unexpected movement on your snapshooting during your pet‘s camera hasn‘t that fast a shutter, John van Guilder C. E. Miller Recently elected to office for the coming year are the following : Chairâ€" man, Mrs. J. C. Calvin Smith; Viceâ€" Chairman, Mrs. Philip F. Johnson; Sec.â€"Treas. Mrs. Guy Finlay, while these women were appointed to help carry out the philanthropic work of the organization; Chairman of Sewâ€" ing, Mrs. Robert R. Greig, Chairman of Knitting, Mrs. Dudley Hall, Hosâ€" pitality Chairman, Mrs. John > G. Cherry; Chairman in charge of rental books, Mrs. Armand McPhee, and (R)l.::rmn of Publicity, Mrs. Arthur A short but very important busiâ€" ness meeting of the Helen ‘Taylor Carr Auxiliary of the Chicago Comâ€" mons will be held Tuesday, June 30th, promptly at 1:30 at the home of the newly elected Chairman, Mrs. J. C. Calvin Smith, 1748 Broadview Ave. Discussion will center around the anâ€" nual "Commons Picnic," and every member of the Auxiliary is urged to be present. Ensign O‘Connor Takes Irving Park Girl for Brid e Oak Park Girl To Wed Saturday Lorna Jean MacCallun, 1014 N. Humphrey Ave., Oak Park ,and Carl F. Dill, 21 N. Second St., â€"Highland Park, will be wedded Saturday at 4:30 p. m., in Howe Memorial chapel on Northwestern university campus. The brideâ€"toâ€"be is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Macâ€" Callun ‘ and Mr. Dill‘s parents are Mr. and Mrs. Troy Dill. Mr. Dill graduated from Northwestâ€" ern university school of commerce in 1939 and Miss MacCallun graduatâ€" ed this month from the liberal arts school at Northwestern. She was one of 22 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa, national honorary scholastic fraternity. Chicago Commons Will Meet Tuesday, June 30 Carl Dill And Miss: Mervyne Madeline Hinske, Irving Park,was honored at a misâ€" cellaneous shower last Monday night at the home of Mrs. John W. O‘Conâ€" nor, 590 Glenview avenue. Miss Hinâ€" ske, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theoâ€" dore V. Hinske, became the bride of Esnsign John Charles O‘Connor of Pensacola, Fia., Saturday morning in St. Viator‘s church, Chicago. A recepâ€" tion followed at the Georgian hotel, Evanston. A reception for members of the families will be held in the bride‘s home at 6 p. m. + Arlington Whirl June 27 To Be Given For Navy The Glencoe Theatre and the Highâ€" land Park Press invites you to be their guest at the Glencos Theatre. If you will call at the office of the Press, 516 Laurel Avenue, you will be given a pair of passes, which may be used any time this week. We have sold to date War Savings Bonds The First National Bank of Highland Park "BELIEVE IT OR NOT" ALLEN T. MURPHY Member of the Fedora) Deporit Insurance Corporation $759,000.00 Have you bought? in the sum of Among the many features of the evening‘s activities will be a large auction which will be conducted about midâ€"way during the affair, Members of the stage and screen world and otbcrwefl-hownpeophmdou‘h‘ personal possessions which will be placed on auction and sold to the highest bidders. Among those who have promised to send contributions are Joe E. Brown, Joan Bennett, Marâ€" tha Scott, Claudette Colbert, Bert Lahr, Bert Wheeler, Al Sabath, Veâ€" loz and Yolanda and Larry Adler. The committee hopes to obtain the auctioneer services of Ben Bernie. One of the largest benefit dance in Chicagoland during the summer seaâ€" son will be held at the Arlington Park Jockey Club Saturday evening, June 28, under the sponsorship of Bundles for America. ‘The dance, known as the "Arlington Whirl," will be held in the Venetian Room in the main grandstand and acâ€" tivities will get underway at 6:30 p.m., shortly after the" conclusion of the day‘s racing schedule. The room will be set in cabaret style and red, white and blue balloons will hang from the ceilings to add a patriotic touch to the decoration scheme, according to Mrs. Edwin C. Lennox, chairman of the dance committee. Mrs. Thomas Creigh, 200 Prospect Avenue, Highland Park unit chairman, is assisting the affairs committee. Proceeds from the dance will be used to carry on the various enterâ€" prises now sponsored by Bundles for America. & Sharlee Mayer To Wed Naval Officer Candidate Mr. and Mrs. W. Frank Mayer yesâ€" terday announced the engagement of their daughter, Sharlee Grace to Mr. Robert John Frey, son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Frey of Austin, III. Both Miss Mayer.and Mr. Frey are recent graduates of De Pauw uniâ€" versity where she was a member of Alpha Phi and he Delta Kappa Epâ€" silon. Since Mr. Frey is awaiting â€" call to officer‘s training in the naval reâ€" serve, no wedding date has been set. Tickets for the dance may be purâ€" chased at the Bundles for America headquarters, 337 North Michigan avenue, or in Room 520, 140 South Michigan avenue. The affair will last until 12 o‘clock and music for the evening will be furnished by Bob Chester‘s orchestra. The Glencoe Theatre and the Highâ€" land Park Press invites you to be their guest at the Glencoe Theatre. If you will call at the office of the Press, 516 Laure! Avenae, you will be given a pair of passes, which may be used any time this week. As soon as Lawrence John Wygal, son of Mrs. Helen Wygal, 340 Bloom, street, completes his five weeks of training at Santa Anna, he will get his ‘commission as a lieutenant in the aviation corps. L. H. NICKELS $#

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