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Highland Park Press, 11 Sep 1947, p. 2

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Page 2 ‘They‘re situated side by side at the southeast Greenbay road corâ€" ner of Central Ave. .. (Bpecial to The Highland Park Press) ~ You‘ll Like These Shops, Highland Parkers! _ Yes, Highland Parkers, you‘ll like these shopsâ€"Pegâ€" gy Gordon‘s swishy new dress shop and Mrs. Walter Rubin‘@Chestnut Court Book nook. "All women can be beautiful if they wear the right clothes. We hope to have those right clothes. A wellâ€"dressed customer is our best advertisement." WAS A MODEL.... Talking was pretty Peggy Gorâ€" don, blonde owner of the beautiâ€" fuquGoti‘.Du-flnp.m Central. + 4 And Mrs. Gordon knows clothes because she used to be a model at Chicago‘s best stores, j Our shoes sinking deeply into &-menhatm-.: twist rug covering the floor, asked Mrs. Gordon what clothes she will féature. "Hattie Carnegie, Ann Savow~ sky, Carnegie Spectator by Bruno, Brentner, Movall, Anthony Blotto, and, of course, John Frederics‘ hats," she replied. SIZES?... Sizgi‘ and kinds of clothes? we queried as we gazed at the stunâ€" ning white and gold wall paper. _ _ "Up to 20. And suits, coats and some accessories," Mrs. Gordon said. to appeal to their selective tastes. We‘re going to try our best to do just that," Mrs. Gordon to ~the PRESS. COMFORTABLE DRESSING "North Shore women are atâ€" tradtive,"" she tontinued. ‘"They know goodâ€"clothes.. . .: and ‘they know how to wear them. We want Knowing (my brideâ€"toâ€"be told me!)swomen always like nice dresâ€" sing rooms, we asked to see‘the cozy spots where Miss and Mrs. Highland Parker will don and doff these smooth outfits. C We were shown four large rooms, each with a beautiful anâ€" tique chandelier, each roomy and comfortable. j Peggy Gordon‘s shop will appeal to the casual and the sophisticated. The conservative and the glamorâ€" ous.... with more emphasis on the glamorous, it appears. . s "I like unusual clothes, Clothes with dash, originalty. Clothes that make women look prettier and more feminine. Those ate the kinds of clothes we‘re going to sell here" Mrs. Gordon revealed. MEN INVITED.... Believing we like to know what our womenfolk will wear, Peggy And here‘s something that‘ll inâ€" terest you men. ... ". PURNELL & WILSON W HITT N. SCHULTZ Let‘s Take a Look .101 N. St. Johns Ave. Phone Highland Park 710 By Gordon has decided to have a kind of an open house for Mr. Highland So, gentlemen, put on your best flannels and prepare to look over the new"fall and winter fashions. You‘ll be Peggy Gordon‘s guests from 8 to 10 p.m. starting the first You‘ll hear a lot more about this open house and about Peg‘s shop ‘cause an extensive local adâ€" vertising campaign is coming up featuring striking ads, ads that‘ll make you want to visit this pleasâ€" ant shop whose manager, Victoria Enright, and assistant, Rose Rosenâ€" thal, will help make your call deâ€" lightful. NEW STYLES.... And how about new styles, Mrs. Gordon? "I like, them. I say let‘s accept the longer skirts, the softer lines. They‘re more feminine. And woâ€" men should dress like women!" Now there‘s .a women . who knows what man _ wishes in his women‘s clothesâ€"femininity ! CHESTNUT COURT Like books? Tii~â€"â€"+, We d6. And we know _ you Highland Parkers do, too. And we know you‘re going to have great fun browsing in the new and bright Chestnut Court Book Shop run by Mrs. Rubins, Mrs. Jack Schram and Mrs. Berâ€" nard Nath, all of our town. "We love books. We want to make Highland Park a better town. We decided one of the best ways to do this would be to openâ€"a comâ€" pletély new book shop. And here it is". Mrs. Rubins told the PRESS. Looking for a book on flowers, fishing, hunting? Want some first rate children books? Want to read some of Twain, Dickens, Scott, Sandburg? . Want a Modern Library of clas sics? Want to add Viking‘s portables to your library? What about gifts that go with books and are appreciated by book lovers? How about a Bible or a prayer book! _ â€" . o How about greeting cards, handâ€" some stationery? & RENTAL LIBRARY.... And there‘s a fine rental libâ€" You‘ll find them all at this friendly book shop. by the Highland Park Press, 518 Laurel avenve, Highland Park, NL side of the paper only, and be signed with the name and address of the writer. 1 Lester 8. Olson, Publisher. R. B. Olson, Rditor. yablication must be written on one Good luck, Peggy Gordon! Women Of The Moose Plan Series Of Club Events > â€" The September 3 meeting of Chapter 806, Women of the Moose was brought to order by the senior regent, Lillian Roberts. ~"How To Write A Story" was ;,ubj«coluinwutium by Mr. Frank Peers, who was in troduced by the publicity chairâ€" man, Clara Harms. * The first initiation of the year brought a new member Janette Donovan, to the chapter. During the business meeting announceâ€" ment was made of several events to take place in the future as folâ€" lows : Chapter Night For War Relicf ‘The chairman of this committee, Florence Gordon, assisted by pubâ€" licity chairman, Clara Harms, is in charge of this event. There will be entertainment, a penny carnival and refreshments, as well as a door prizeâ€"a lady‘s gold evening bag donated by Ruttkay Jewelets, 2 Nurth Sheridan Road. This event will take place September 17 at 8 pm. in Witten Hail. A meeting of the homeâ€"making comimittee with chairman, Anna Sheldon, will be held at the home of Marie Sacco, 409 Randolph, Glencoe, on September 11, (toâ€" night) Barn Dance November 11 A barn dance will be given by the hospitality chairman, Alpha Winters on November â€"5 at the Masonic hall. ‘The meeting was brought to a close with refreshments by chairâ€" man of the membership commitâ€" tee, Mary Dal Ponte. Furâ€"ral rites were Weld on Satâ€" urd2y at the Kelly chapel for Miss Helen Palmer, aged 75, a resident of Highland Park for the past fifty yecrs, who was found last Thursday noon in her bed by tenâ€" ants in the apartment house on 730 No. St. Johns, which she owned and maintained. She was apparently the victim of a sudden heart attack. She is survived by a niece, Mrs. Dorothy Palmer . Hollenbeck of Fontana, Wis. Her parents the late Mr. and Mrs. Clinton K. Palmer, were pioneer residents of Highland Passes Away In Sleep â€" Interment was made at Mount Hope cemetery, Chicago. 3 "Among the ideas for launching and landing boats which we will consider," Sinclair said, " a level, doubleâ€"rail overhead tran is among the most promising. The use of Air Forceâ€"type steel mats to provide a surface for parking boats on the beach is also under study. Perâ€" haps we will decide to build a small protective basin at the launching ‘-iu. In any case, we will make space to locate at least 5 boats on ‘tln beach." _ Committee To Study (Continued from page 1) members of this committee. Members of the committee, in addition to Sinclair, are Wellingâ€" ton Quirk of Deerfield, Viceâ€"Comâ€" modore of the club; Ed Weeks, construction engineer; Lyle Gourâ€" ley, a founder of the yacht club and Commissioner of the Highland Park City Council and of the Park \Dilgrict; Jim Griswold, and Jack Andrews. . ¢ Although a beach picnic two weeks ago had been announced as the season‘s last, so large and enâ€" thusiastic a group turned out. on that occasion that an additional picnic supper has been scheduled for this Friday, September 5, at the club‘s boathouse. A special committee in charge of this enâ€" tertainment consists of Marjorie Sinclair, Chairman;â€" Louise An: drews, Peg Jones, Joan Peters, and Ann Morrissy. WEDDING ~~INCLUDING e Obés ow ty ShiGiATEE Arow o prices you van‘s and latest styles of engraving. Let us show you our s THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS 516 Laurel Avenue WEDDING INVITATIONS or ANNOUNCEMENTS 50 yor +1293 + T H E PR ESS »pments to dnd relatives in the We offer the finest wedding papers RAVINIA PTA MAKES PLANS FOR COZINC SCHOOL YEAR The oo-: meeiing of the Raâ€" vinia PTA be held at Ravinia school, Monday evening, Septemâ€" ber 22. Miss Ethch Kawin will spesk on "Todzy‘s Chalienge To a Preceding the talk parents will have an opportunity to meet old and new friends on the staff at a social dessert"‘. â€"â€".......â€"....â€"â€"~._.. The PTA board met during the summer to formulste plans, for 1947â€"1948 school year. Program chairman, Mrs. Melvin Wolens, inâ€" terviewed a representative teach> er, the principal, the superintenâ€" dent, a school board member and parents. The concensus of opinion was that the program should be directed toward knowing our own school: namely, its aims and objecâ€" tives, functions of the PTA, probâ€" lems confronting our school board and its efforts toward meeting them, and toward understanding the children‘s personalities. In connection with the latter it was felt that we most needed a c0â€" operative working together of parâ€" ents and teachers in understandâ€" ing the nature and meeds of the child‘s personality; that the PTA could be most effective in this area. + night, September 15, at 8 p.m. at Ravinia school to plan final details for the first meeting. Members of the board are: President, Mrs. Hugh Riddle; Vice president, Dr. Gustave Weinfeld; Corresponding secretary, Mrs. Carl E. Herbst; Recordingâ€"secreâ€" tary, Miss Olive Lindstrom ; Treasâ€" urer, Mrs. T. L. Osborn, Jr.; Comâ€" mittee chairmen : House, Mrs. Wm. Strubank; program; Mrs. Melvin Wolens; social, Mrs. Albert Louer; publicity, Mrs. Kenneth Hornung; book fair, Mrs. Edwin P. Keim; library, Mrs. J. Calyin Smith; skating, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Branâ€" driff; recreation, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Helding; coordinator, Mrs. Douglass Boyd; revisions Mrs. Elâ€" wood Hasmann; costumes, Mrs. Albert Simon; health, Mrs. Albert Elliott: advisor, Mr. Ray Naegle, principal. member only a Buick dealer can really serve a Buick car authorized Buick . Parts and re Grant D. Benson, Branch Mgt. 110 S. First St. Tol. 498 337 Euclid Ave. ~Highwood 5269 The board will meet Monday ~ _ All ruffles ironed Slip covers, draperies, spreads, 322 N. First Highland Park 77 Authorized Sales and Service If North Shore Buick Co. PARKWAY CURTAIN LAUNDRY FREE PICKâ€"UP AND â€" DELIVERY 300 North Green Bay Road Buick Owners, All types done the pinless ATTENTION! Dynamic Wheel Balancing Body & Fender Repairing FRANK E. JENKS you need repairs, deman« Phone H P. 557 D A HL‘ S H. 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