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Highland Park Press, 2 Dec 1948, p. 3

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For the chorus up in heaven Is a jubilee affair, As the music peals out blith On the snowy Christmas air. They have a childrens‘ party And a tree all lit with stars No doubt it‘s far more brillit Than any tree of ours. Gathered tree. No doubt it‘s f Than any tree We remember "Suffer little « So they‘re tru In the When If you You w by Rebecca Anthony â€" I think the children up in heaven Must have a Christmas, too, Or they would be yery lonesome For that holiday they knew.. So once a year to celebrate The Christâ€"Child‘s day of birth, They gather and they sing The Christmas songs they learned on earth. His descent lasted brief minâ€" utes. Soon he looked upon a winâ€" ter garden, pushing his way through the swirling flakes towâ€" ard a blue spruce that sent out a perfumed welcome to the snow. On a needled branch he found a retreat where he could watch for her and call out to guide her to his resting place. f He settled himself securely and waited. He hoped the wind would reâ€" main gentle, then perhaps she éould fall close to him. He wanted the pleasure of comforting her. The beauty of the dance deepened his desire to be near her again. He would not forget her, ever. There was less wind near the earth, and the atmosphere was marked by the mystic softness of falling erystals. The Law had continually separâ€" ated them, but still if one rememâ€" bered, as he did, the Law continuâ€" ally brought them together again. Open Mon.â€"Fri. 6:00â€"Se 1:30â€"35e to 6:30 50c after 6:30, incl. # But he was caught in the rythm of the snowflake dance.. Gaily he waltzed with other large flakes, trying to forget her weeping. Her cry followed him, "Oh, come back, come back. I am so afraid without you." LAST As he left the cloud he whispâ€" ered, "Merry Christmas. To me you will always be beautiful. Try to remember." "You will fall to the earth later." ‘"Why can‘t you stay with me?" "Because of the Law. I am larger and heawier and must go first, but I will know you again .. . . and again." GLENCOE "Don‘t go, I am so lonely. What will happen to me?" He was the largest snowflake to be crystallized as the cold wind passed over, chilling the vapor on the dust points of the already satâ€" urated cloud. She was the smallâ€" He smiled at the demure acceptâ€" ance of his praise. In it he seemed to recognize a vague memory on | Deeps and Shaltlows He found her the day before Christmas, late in the afternoon, as he stood poised to take off from the grayâ€"storm cloud.â€" "My Dear Secretary" The ground was fast becoming The Other Children‘s Christmas Thursday, Dec. A Date With Judy "I must leave you now," he Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Donald Crisp, Don DeFore, "You are e still of Christmas : n the bells begin to rin u will listen with me will hear the children DAY I?" The Red Bird Ramrod round all lit with stars ‘s far more brilliant ree of ours. er that the Christ s e ones to me," truly knowing Chr ‘Technicolor very beautiful," he 6:00â€"Satâ€"Sun by His out blithely to ring Christmas morning Christâ€" sing. said Miss Edna Bruder, 122 Prairie avenue, was honored Thanksgiving eve at the Highwood Legion dance, held in the Labor Temple, with the title of "Miss Highwood." Miss Bruder, 19, is an employee of the lllinois Bell Telephone company. The queen was crowned by Mayor Mussatto in the presence of 600 guests. ing were Bartiluzzi Miss Highwood Chosen At Thanksgiving Dance As it swayed and teetered on the snowâ€"scented bough calling melodiously to its mate, a shower of crystal stars was scattered through the needled branches. ‘"Merry Christmas!‘ she said, "Am I beautiful2" His mood seemed to intérrupt the song of the red bird. There was a flash of brilliant ‘wings as it flew from the ledge to the blue spruce tree. A small snowflake fell .. . and rested . . . close to him. ~ "Oh, why, just at Christmas, must I be parted from my snowâ€" flake star?" he sighed. . He rebelled at the Law that gave her to him for so short a time. If he could teach her to reâ€" member, too, their life together might seem longer. Suppose she had been carried miles away by the cadence of the dance to earth, or lay covered completely by millions of other flakes. Perhaps she had already melted into another form and had forgotten him. # ‘He watched birds feeding hapâ€" pily at a shelter. Chicadees and sparrows chirped contentedly. A crested cardinal perched upon the shelf and exulted in song. In vain he called to her. Sadly he looked about the garden, in search of her. The storm ceased. The cleared sky held only a hint of day, a ribbon of sunset color close to the horizon. The twilight lingered. "Tenth Avenue . _ How beautiful she was as a snowflake, he reflected, her patâ€" tern in intricate lace, designed by the Law that also fashions the stars of the night, her diminutive rainbow planes held to their axis by a crystal promise. Her changing moods were her greatest charm. He wanted her to be merry in the dance from cloud to earth, and wished he might see her descendâ€"a ballerina unmatchâ€" ed in irridescent grace. and then delighted with the enâ€" chantment of living it. i uthuh'g‘t‘:..bu. nd > was vens. mflaku were getting smaller and smaller. "When will you come?" h bredthed. "This way! This way !" He remembered she was always timid at venturing into a new life glimpsed the sky.. _ The cloud from which he had blanketed with crystal stars. The branches above him were heavy ALCYON Also [enth Avenue Angel and "Four Faces West" Highland Park Telephone H. P. 2 Saturday, ‘SUNSET honored as ladi e Marian Preti zi, of Highwood rday, Dec. 4 at 2:00 SET IN ELDORADO®" and 4 Cartoons of ladiesâ€"in esâ€"inâ€"waitâ€" and Arien o4 heradd (364% small touches ce . C3p ( : of sparkle _\ , to hang on her Christmas S\ tree > N Te A > l e ARANANREAN EY / . N l d CA s dA C T CET EWE \ip D& sc C CCt | A & *A _A * 1150E e \\, > @ C $ i * 7 Re P ‘ aP E «. { s \/\// Dcnm“l-‘l-d. lroe.“lc \\\v R ‘:l;“lc-'.?“-fiu with siteer, & 7 o Tenked fraazen io Oe t# $ T. vanity case with compart. T nale <_\ ‘and pruder $7.0GE a 8. cigarette case $6t 9. compact $4.50+ s Bronze beads and & F simmlated pearls o & 1. earrings $7.95* . «e L f x.-“;‘... ‘ Rhinestoneâ€"studded The Senior Group is also sendâ€" ing gifts to the same hospital and the proceeds from their "Snowâ€" B&ll," which will be held Decemâ€" ber. 23 at the Ravinia Village House, will be used for the Inâ€" dian Scholarship Fund. On Saturday, December 4 from 3 to 5 p.m., the Junior Group of the Blackhawk Society, Children of the American Revolution, will meet at the home of Mrs. Sidney Frisch, 144 Ravinia St. to wrap Christmas gifts for the Indian children at the hospital at Bethel, Alaska. C.A.R. To Wrap Gifts For Indian Children Dolan, H. P 1291 if you need transportation to the meeting. Hostesses assisting Mrs. Olson for the afternoon are Mrs. Sidney Frisch, Mrs. Hamilton Winton, Mrs. Richard Pritchard and Mrs. John R. Dolan. Please call Mrs. offering for Ellis Island. Members are reminded to bring Christmas gifts for the children of the DAR schools who are of grammar and high school age to this meeting or to the home of the Regent, Mrs. William F. Einbeckâ€" er, 325 East Park Avenue. Highâ€" land Park on or before December 9.. These are to be personal gifts, individually wrapped and marked for a boy or a girl ing of the North Shore Chapter of the DAR at two a‘clock at the home of Mrs. Roy H. Olson, 2731 South Deere Park Drivé, Highland Park. The DAR is the only organâ€" ization allowed to do rehabilitaâ€" tion work on Ellis Island; this work being done at the U, S. Marine Hospital there. Members For Christmas On Thursday, December 9, Mrs. F. J. Friedli, State Chairman of Ellis Island will speak at a meetâ€" DAR Makes Plans to bring a silver EDGAR A. STEVENS, Inc. KEVANSTON, HIGHLAND PARK Eoansion store hours 9:30 to 5â€"Mandays and Thurshiys 9:30 to 9 k ___ Highand Park store house 2230 to £eB0 Monday through Saturday THE PRESS sons enjoyed the Sports Night program at the Arthur H. Swanâ€" son gymnasium on Monday evenâ€" ing, November 22. This annual event is sponsored by the Elm Place P.T.A. Mr. and Mrs. Marshâ€" all A. Levy, Coâ€"Chairmen of the Activities Committee, made arâ€" rangements for the program. Fatherâ€"Son Sports Program At Eim It was evident that the recipiâ€" ents of the kits were very, very happy. They will not forget this day when they were showered with such richness, having been Cinderellas so long and being turned so suddenly into prinâ€" three, had a bad case of rickets. All had faces much older than their years, faces that knew no tenderness. ‘"By 8:30 the next morning a line of people was waiting, when the doors opened at nine the disâ€" tributing room was immediately filled. The children were all bareâ€" footed. The smallest, a girl of Following is, in part, a report of a worker for the American Friends Service Committee in Vienna, after the kits arrived: all over the U.S.A. have been colâ€" lecting, mending and washing good used clothing to be sent.overâ€" seas, The Kits have been assemâ€" bled for a particular age group, fi-hbh-&n“lbm-q& minimum wardrobe for the age pledged 100,000 based on one kit _ Highland Parkâ€"Deerfield Girl Scouts have already sent more more Girl Scout Friendship Kits Joyfully Received _For the past year Girl Scouts Appro;imut.ely 200 fathers and 2 kits per troop and will send The script for the gadio skit written by Mr. Al Danakas, Directâ€" or of Physical Education at Elm Place described in an interesting manner the afterâ€"school program. on by boys in the 6th, Tth and 8th grades were a radio skit acquaintâ€" ing fathers with the afterâ€"school program, a demonstration of a regular class period in badminton and table tennis, followed by a tumbling show and demonstration of rope climbing. glove and several baseballs autoâ€" prize for fathers was a live turkey won by Mr. Dichl. _ _ MWighlights of the sports activiâ€" ties in the gym which were put in the auditorium, followed by a short talk and question and ansâ€" wer period by Andy Pafko of the ties in the recently dedicated new Waukegan Rd. 1 mile north of Deerfield Chop Suey And Point Comfort Restaurant TO TAKE OUT Lunch And Dinner tivities also available. to the Scriptures" by Mary Baker Eddy â€"containing the complete explanation of Christian Scienceâ€"as well as other Christian Science liters you at the nearest Christian Science Reading Room. "Science and Health with Key rest and rich satisfaction for Writings that reveal the actual Science of Christisnity, and 43 NO. SHERIDAN RD. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE iInformation concerning free Here the Bible and the Health and Peace HIGHLAND PARK OPEN DAILY An Open Door 3. necklace @2B.95* 4. carrings $15* chomer fuaink« 5. carings $15* | 6 Pa $10*°

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