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Highland Park Press, 29 Nov 1945, p. 4

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Among other committee reports were those of Mrs. Royal Place, who told the results of the "Tea for Toys" last month and Mrs. â€" Paul V. Jester, station chairman, who announced that Highland Park‘s record for volunteerâ€" work at the stations leads all other Inâ€" fant Welfare groups, having been‘ approached only.by the réecords of ___those groups which hire paid workâ€" ‘The luncheon price is $1 and the reservations, _ accompanied . by check, must be sent to Mra. Emmest Kersten, West Shore Park, Munâ€" delein, by Dec. 7. 2 Page 4 The Mundelein club will serve luncheon to the county guests at 12:30 and is extending an invitaâ€" tion to all to remain for the afterâ€" noon program at 2 p.m. Dorothy Algae Black of Libertyville will appear in a program, ofâ€"Christmas readings and songs. °~ _ YR Following the short business sesâ€" sion, Mrs. Paul M. La Rose, viceâ€" president and program chairman, will present Lola Carter Robuck, well known musician, composer and author, of Chicago, in the pro‘ gram, "Christmas Mosiaes." ... Accepts Presidency of Infant Welfare Group Members of the local group are reminded to bring used Christmas papers, bits of ribbon and readyâ€" toâ€"beâ€"discarded costume . jewelry to next week‘s meeting as they will be needed to make the stockings and. Christmas boxes more attracâ€" tive and exciting. Lake County Federation Of Women‘s Clubs Meets December 12 get. The "Over Seventy club" â€"= a unique organization of borrowed timers who dance each month at the Settlement House â€"â€" will be remembered byâ€"the local branch for the first time this year. _Mrs. Kenneth Anderson and Mrs. Howâ€" ell Murray are selecting gifts for twenty members and gift boxes will be packed for them next Wedâ€" nesday too. _ The Lake County Federation of Womens clubs will gather at the village hall, route 176, Mundelein, for the December meeting on Wedâ€" nesday, Dec. 12. Mrs. Frank Just, the president of the Federation, will meet with the board, made up of county club presidents, at 10:30 a.m., and will open the regular meeting for all delegates and members of clubs at 11:00 o‘clock. : "When you make your Christ mas wishes, hang an extra big wish on the Christmas tree for the prosâ€" perity of the Infant Welfare soci¢â€" ty during the coming year," said Mrs. Ralph Archer Monday afterâ€" nodn, as she gccepted the presiâ€" dency of the Highland Park junior group of the Infant Welfare soâ€" ciety auxiliary. * Shining new pennies, bubble blowers, nuts, candy and tiny toys will be tucked into Christmas stockings which the â€" Highland Parkâ€"branch of Northwestern Setâ€" tlement will fill for needy ‘chilâ€" dren on next Wednesday, Dec. 5. Members will meet at the home of Mrs. â€"Herman Zischke. Mrs. Earl Wallis will be coâ€"hostess. + Following dessert at 1 o‘clock, everyone will put yarn decorations on red and white tariton stockings which Mrs, William Bangs, presiâ€" dent, has cut and stitched. Then the fun of filling the stockings will begin. Near Christmas time they will be delivered to Northwestern Settlement in Chicago, where Miss Harriet Vittum, resident head, will see that they say "Merry Christâ€" mas" to thirty neighborhood chilâ€" dren whom Santa Claus might forâ€" Christmas Stockings for Northwestern Settlement ‘The meeting, which was the final one of the year, was held at the home of Mrs. Robert Morris, 745 8. Sheridan." New officers for 1946 were chosen by a white ballot followâ€" ing the report of the nominating committee by Mrs. Robert M. Busâ€" sard, chairman. & In addition to Mrs. Archer, who will be serving her second year as president, the new officers will be the following: Mrs. Philip A. Watâ€" son, first viceâ€"president; Mrs.â€"Arâ€" thur Schramim, 8écond viceâ€"presiâ€" dent; Mrs.â€"Gordon R. Parks, coâ€" chairman of sewing; Mrs. C. W. Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. Robert Heck, corresponding secreâ€" tary; Mrs. Clarence Goelzer, treasâ€" urer; Mrs. Robert Block, publiciâ€" ty.... Mrs. Halbert O. Crews, coâ€" chairman; Mrs. Earl Wallis, publiâ€" city advisor; Mrs. John Stevens, stations; Mrs. Lee H. Ostrander, coâ€"chairman; Mrs. Charles E. Close,. Mrs. William â€" Wenninger, Mrs." Burton Smalley, Mrs. J. F. Bickmore and Mrs. John B. Wilbor, subâ€"chairmen; Mrs. Royal Place, Thrift shop; Mrs. Henry Hixson, coâ€"chairman; Mrs. Clifford Makeâ€" lim, luncheons;} Mrs. Jack Rheinâ€" strom, meetings; Mrs. David T. Welch, coâ€"chairman; Mrs. John F. Morrisy, membership. Sceduled for Friday, Nov. 30 * Mrs. Gilbert Hardacre, who is in charge of ticket sales, is being asâ€" sisted by the following committee of room mothers: Mesdames Sidâ€" ney Frisch, William Alderman, Alâ€" bert Kurtzon, N. S. Zeitlin, Cyrus Holland,â€" E. N. Johnson, William Forrest Jr., Roland Friedlander, John Bailey, John Stump, Lewis Rosa, C: S. Wright and George Spiel. f "Brazilian Adventure" Talk by Dr. Watson â€" A social evening is "anticipated by residents of Braeside this week, when they attend the annual card party, Friday evening, in the school auditorium, sponsored by the Parâ€" entâ€"Teachers Civic association. Playing will commenice at 8 p.m. Mrs. Charles Sproul is chairman of the affair. Tickets will sell for $1.25 per person, and guests are asked to bring cards and arrange their tables. ‘The "Brazilian Adventure" "reâ€" counts, with color movies, slides, and recorded Brazilian music, one of Dr, Watson‘s most adventurous experiences. _ It includes glimpses of Sao Paulo, the Chicago of So. America, . where is situated the snake farm ‘and laboratory which provide the curative serums that save thousands of lives a year in the jungles of the Amazon. The climax of the program is the trek into the wilderness of Brazil to visit the Iguassu Falls, described by Dr. Watson as.‘"a dozen Niagaâ€" ras in one." s " Braeside Card Party Attractive raffle and door prizes are being donated by the Highland Park merchants. ° EAISE ~Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Bavid Joseph, social chairâ€" man, and her committee. o Before Woman‘s Club Highland Park USO Sponsors Weekâ€"end Party, Cabaret .Style On Deceimber 8 and 9, groups 2 and 7 of the Highland Park USO will sponsor a weekâ€"end house parâ€" ty, cabaret style, at the USO. At noon on Saturday, there will be a box lunch. (In the evening there will be dancing artd cards, with reâ€" freshments served later. Sunday morning the girls will prepare breakfast for the boys who sleep at the club Saturday night. Sunâ€" day afternoon bowling and badâ€" minton will be available. In the evening there will be supper, dancâ€" ing to the music of an orchestra, and a show later. . Plans and arâ€" rangements for the party were made by June Souther and Ariene Mett. . The girls in group 2 and 7 are June Souther, Arlene Mett, Helen DeSanto, Agnes . Ganske, Marion Gail, Verona Klemp, Marâ€" jorie Hansen, Norma â€"Ranghill, Martha Olson, Muriel . Hanson, Evaughn Humer, Rose Ann Gerâ€" hardt, Edwina Benson, : Patricia Burns, Josephine ‘Minarini, Helen Picchietti, Mary Picchietti, Laâ€" verne Meinhard, Louise Santi, Miâ€" riam Wickman and Betty Jane Lesâ€" Mrs. Leonard Keaster, president, will open the regular meeting of the club at 2 p.m. and Mrs. Beneâ€" dict K. Goodman, program chairâ€" man, will present Dr. Dudley Crafts Watson of Highland Park, writer, artist, radio commentator, world traveler and official lecturer for the Art Institute of Chicago, who will speak on his latest journey, "Brazilian Adventure." The Jegâ€" ture will be enhanced by an exâ€" hibit of 10 water color paintings done by Dr. Watson in Latin Amâ€" erica. _ Most ofâ€"theseâ€"paintings uro‘ the result of his recent trip, and are being shown for the first time. In many cases they depict Dr. Watâ€" son‘s favorite subject â€" mounâ€" tains. J December 4 will begin for the members of the Highland Park Woman‘s club members at 10:30 a. m., when Miss Mildred Bruder, public relations director for the Chicago Public * Library system, will address the Collectors‘ Stuâ€" dy group on "Christmas Comes but Once a Year." Mrs. Theodore L« Osborn, â€"chairman â€" of â€"the Study group, will introduce the speaker, Miss Bruder‘s subject matter will cover the history, customs and celâ€" ebrations of the festival, and will include â€" much ~ information on Christmas tree ornaments and a display of relevant material. Luncheon will be served at 12 noon. Reservations to Mrs. James M. Cuthbertson, chairman, please, not later than Saturday, Dec. 1. At 12:45 Mrs. â€" Myrle Scarle Holton will review Alice Tisdale Hobart‘s "The Peacock Sheds Its Tail." Mrs. Holton has been givâ€" ing book reviews and dramatic readings before women‘s clubs for several years. _ As Myrle Scarle, she was a member ofâ€"the Little Theater of Baton Rouge, while a student of public speech at Louisâ€" izna State university. She later attended the Edna Chaffee Noble School of Expression in Detroit, and the Chicago Schoo} of Oratory and Dramatics. « Mothers‘ Guild Will Give Program, Tea Miss Maria Santi, dramatic soâ€" prano, will sing several selections, including The Rosary, Oh, My Beâ€" loved Daddy and My Hero. She will be accompanied at the piano by Miss Helen Taylor, _An invitation to attend is exâ€" tended to all women of the parish. ‘The Mothers‘ guild of the Imâ€" maculate Conception school invites all women of the parish to a proâ€" gram and tea to be given on Sunâ€" day, Dec. 2, at 3 p.m., at the Highâ€" land Park Woman‘s club, N. Sheriâ€" dan Rd., at Elm Place. * * Guests for the afternoon will be Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Morriâ€" son, pastor, and the officers and chairmen of the Chicago Archdioâ€" cesan Council of Catholie Womâ€" ep: Miss Helen M. Ganey, presiâ€" dent; Miss Nora Le Touneau, exâ€" ecutive ~secretary; Mrs. Peter Doyle, ~Catholic© promotion secreâ€" tary for Girl Scouts, and Mrs. Edâ€" mund J. Sullivan, ACCW, Study club chairman. Also guésts will be the officers ‘und chairmen of the Lake County District Council of Catholie Womâ€" en: Mrs. Dominic Bertogliat of Waukegan, president; Miss Gerâ€" trude Murphy, No. Chicago, secreâ€" tary; Mrs. William Vogel, Waukeâ€" gan, district mass chairman, and Miss NeJ! O‘Brien, Grayslake, disâ€" trict retreat chairman. Local women in charge ‘of tea tables are Mesdames Edward Menâ€" ke, A. J. Goeckner, W. P. Curotâ€" to, Sam Bernardi, R. J. O‘Brien, Frank McLaughlin, Joseph Peddle and William Lure. Pouring will be Mesdames O. R. Huncke, Jacob L. Crane, George Donnersberger and L. J. Sheridan. Mrs.. Thomas P. Clark is guild chairman. <g ALL 8,700 members of the Illinois Telephone Traffic Union have reâ€" turned to theixj switchboards, again to give you the pleasant telephone setâ€" vice to which you are entitled. Also batk are the individuals of other teleâ€" phone unions who felt they should not cross picket lines. $ * Long Distance service is normal; local service in 105 Illinois cities on more features the Folice with the smile. R ==~ : We thank you for patience and cooperation during service difficulties. We also thank the thousands of telephone workers who put public service above the disputed issues. Many of these were supervisory people who put in long and arduous hours. Some were formâ€" er operators who volunteered; others were retired employees now on telephone pensions who came back to help out. We are especially grateful to all of them for the omoncy services given. 2 To the returning workers we sayâ€"Welcome back. We are glad to have you again at your posts. There will be no prejudice, no ill feeling on our part. We hope that the Union members will adopt this same broad view so that there will be no unpleasantness directed at those telephone workers who stayed at their posts to provide emergency service to the public. Es c TMER:_ _:.~~ s â€" TELEPHONE STRIKE ~___ ISs OVER This is good news to youâ€"and to us. And nowâ€"*"Number, please?" THE PRESS RETURNING WORKERS ‘WELCOMED Blackhawk Society, CAR, To Hold Holiday Dance He is giving up his offices at 231 S. LaSalle St. where he has been a familiar figure for 15 years representing some of the largest inâ€" stitutions in the county in tax matters. He has a wide acquaintâ€" ance on the North Shore and will engage in both the residential and income property fields. The new Motorists‘ Safetyâ€"Reâ€" sponsibility law becomes éffective January 1, 1946. its annual holiday dance at the Highland Park Woman‘s club, Satâ€" urday ‘evening, Dec. 22, at 9:00. The dancg will be formal. ‘:::-&ht in charge has anâ€" no that the proceeds will go to the Highland Park chapter of the United Service organizations. In charge of arrangements are; Roger Strecker, Anita Melohn, Molly Buchanan, Bunny Van Orâ€" num, : Virginia Knox, Martha Haupt, Thomas Melohn, Richard Patton, Robert Weddel] and Naney s Senfor advisers are Mrs. George Strecker, Mrs. Harvy Van Ornum, Mrs. Robert Weddell. Tickets may be secured from any of the committee members. Takes Position With Wellâ€"Known Realtors Sadler and Hultman, realtors, announce the addition to their sales staff of Charles F. Butler, former captain in the coast artilâ€" lÂ¥ry, and widely known as a tax appraiser. During the war, Butler, who served also in World War I, was in charge of construction at Fort Monroe and Fort Storey in Virginia. t Blackhawk society, Children of the American Revolution, will hold Former C. Of Women‘s A Of Presbyterian Church Mrs. W. L. Buchanan‘s group with Mrs. Wyattâ€"Jacobs, 2281 Lakeside PL ‘Mrs. C. E. Thorney‘s group will have no December meeting. The Group meetings of the Womans‘ association of the Highâ€" land Park Presbyterian church will be held on Dec. 3, at 1:15 p.m., in the following homes: Mrs. Wm. Bartell‘s group at the ‘o-oot Mrs. Antone Johnson, 92 Clifton avenue. Mrs. R. C. Johnson‘s group with Mrs. Eben Erikson, 515 N. Sheriâ€" dan Rd. . Mrs. C. S. Stunkel‘s group with Mrs. Vance Nelson, 683 Pleasant Ct. Mrs. Earl Varner‘s group with Mrs. Kenneth Kraft, 225 Lakeâ€" wood PIL § Recent Births at the Highland Park Hospital Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Buerger, 636 Onwentsia, Nov. 17, girl. Mr. and Mrs. R. Duane Cope 645 Vine, Nov. 18, girl. 4 Mr. and Mrs. Collie Justice, 321 Oak terrace, Highwood, Nov. 19, boy. â€"; Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Meierâ€" hoff, 123 S. Green Bay, Nov. 24, U.S. VICTORY BONDS Mrs. Lioyd 'l‘lllw.l"l‘aoul with Mrs. R. H. Brownlee, Kimball Mr. and Mrs. Richard Grimsley, 34 N. Sheridan, Nov. 16, boy. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Anthony, Deérfield, Nov. 18, boy: Mr. and Mrs. Remo Morelli, 365 Bloom, Nov. 27, girl. 118 S. Second, Nov. 18, boy. Lt. and Mrs. Wyatt Peschman Thursday, Nov. 29th, 1945 Sam Campbell, the a d&obtfl."vllm 1945â€"46 program called "Getting Close to Heaven" in cool Colorado, at the Elm Place auditorium on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 9, at 3 o‘clock. His talk will be illustratâ€" ed by Kodachrome films showing the incomparable grandeur of Amâ€" erica‘s highest state, Colorado. He will include in his lecture selected scenes of the north woods of Wisconsin and the much loved animal characters he has made so famous. _A real treat awaits all who come. This program is being sponsored by the Highland Park Playground and Recreation board. ‘There is no admission charge, although a collection will be taken to cover the expense of the auditorizm. All money collected over that amount will be used for boy and girl activiâ€" Sam Campbell, Forest Philosopher," Speaks At Elm Place School ties at the Community center; 123 disabled women veterans from 34 states and the District of Columbia are now working or studying under the provisions of Public Law No. 16, fitting themâ€" selves for positions ranging from clerical worker to fishery and forâ€" Two of the veterans are 100% incapacitated; 24, 30%, and the remainder 10 to 70% disabled. There is one amputee. _ Of the whole number, ranging in years from 20 to 24, 64 had at least 3 years of high school before entering service, 7 had two years of college, and four held college degrees. Only 7 were classed as unskilled workers prior to the war. Disabled Women Veterans Under Public Law 16

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