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Lake County Register (1922), 28 Nov 1928, p. 3

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sinking of the British steamer Ves-- tris, bound from New York to South America. Expérts, members of the L--aw comgressmen. editorial writers, crew, Ccongressimen, CuilorImi WiLMsIT officials of all sorts. Except the Vestris' crew, the sailor of the waterfront, the man who has sailed all seas, has been grimly silent. But there is one fellow,.. a Britisher himself, who voices Wis opinion, d"m"---'--' v.'li' his "h's" and with @a cockney accent as thick as a bow! of again with the Lamport owner of the fatal craft. her, I didn't lll.n:el' u:? Man. * when came, Lhew.ln didn't n-'eflflm sail the sea all their lives--and then meet a crisis only not to know. But he's dead. . .. "No order. Everybody for himself, my friends say. A lifeboat for women and children let down from the da-- vits one end first, spilling them all into the sea--for the sharks. Sharp knives, that's what were needed, sharp khives to cut davit ropes at both ends of lifeboats at once, 80 ene end wouldn't go down first. No-- times ene end wouldn't go down first. No-- body had one. Nobody giving the right kind of orders, my friends say. No officers giving orders with guns. Men need guns pointed at them such speaking where nobody will hear. \ "But it's not that way On all Brit-- ish boats. Maybe one. . . or two. . . "I'm 48. I was 15 when I went into the royal navy at 24-- cents a month. "Un at five in the morning. VESTRIS TELLS ABOUT TRAGEDY "Up at five in MN€ IHO! Climbed the masts The last down delayed with a rope's : end "Then a small square of pork cocoa for breakfast sits down to dinner WilN . W" . °"" Man. Then'nvhuvtbouuorhun besto(;n-a:thootutum... "This disaster stop me? Lad, when 008 C U boa haard the call of the OW . 06 e NCY 009C to be drowned he won't get hung STOCK SHOW T0 OPEN ON DEC. 1 A challenge to the interest and the imagination of the American farmer and his family, the International Live Stock Exposition will open, its gates out at the Chicago Stock Yards onnextm.neeenberl. It will offer its thousands of visi-- tors from America and abroad & cross--section view of the farming of the world, such as only an exposition of -- international character could. Such is what the men tell ion of the visiting thousands. Record Prices Paid Entries in the carload lot classes, all of which go' before the auction-- eer's gavel at record breaking prices, after being judged, will number over 2500 head. Add to them the indi-- vidual classes, plus the stylish har-- ness horses; ponies, and park horses, the flashy saddle hnorses, the sleek hunters and steeple chasers, and the dashing polo entrants that entertain each night throughout the week in one of the principal horse shows of the world, and according to the esti-- mate of the management, the roll call will be well over the 11,000 mark. Of unusual interest is an offer of is to be awarded to the successful teamm in the intercollegiate live stock was informed of the splendid work. being carried on by the young boys and girls of the farms of the land, to the mumber of some 800,000, he ex-- presmsed a wish to do something to evidence his recognition and ap-- proval of their efforts. We used to the Libertyville a!;hhau':zhbgddohc. but now we pity the mother who has a deughter to boss her. YORK, Nov. 26.--Many is name, 'but no He may desire to & Holt line 8. O""Pibe the Scoutm: needed,| committee plans ;"x;';' :0' cond 'l'uesjay ( , * the troo We ts nelons re uin we have ends $2Y--l nave 8 or more for and which was furine? organisod _ Ja0% Friday .mmon&mmm- ard Wertzler as the Editor in Chiet. Robert Hawk, Associate Editor. The Press Club has about 12 mem-- bers now writing articlee every week. One of the jobs of the offi-- cers is correcting and typing the ar-- ticles with the help of some of the they are turned in to the Zrom the . looks of things, . the momone P hininhs Bo organization for Geo. Jordan, Troop 71. &ple thro\fldh vaults of the bank-- then to Director's Room, from The grand opln:' of the Public Service Building ered an excel-- lent opportunity for, Seout Com-- munity Service. Some of the scouts were detailed in the different stores in the building to offer their ser-- vices. Others were ushering peo-- ple through the vaults of the bank-- Scouts on duty at Public Service there to a Balcony for a look at the Court Yard, and finally to the of-- fices and kitchenette apartments. B Scouts were 'Lmt in the morning and 9 in afternoon and evening. All the Scouts that did not report for duty were unable to do so. All scouts who were work-- t Press Club is growing "Clocltyville Boy Scout Press Club Scouts try for First--Aid Certificates ing claimed that it was a pleasure Herbert Doerschuk, Eagle Patrol. Beginning _ December 4, the Scouts will start a course of udvan-' ced First--Aid, under the guidance and teachin&orf Mr. Wertzrler, a local man m the North Shore Railway. He has kindly consented 'tocometomt.hmmomhour every vo':: for 8 m;ib---" those com-- ; course ' receive . a 3% First--Aid -- Certificate. The Scouts are unanimously decid-- ed to attend the course. One rea-- son for this is to prepare for inter-- troop first--aid contest to be put on la the Northshore Area Council in arch, -- and which _ Libertyville Troop 71 hopes to win. _ Scout Richard Wertzler, Fying Eagle New Troop Organized in Mundelein __On last Tuesday, November 20, the leading men of Mundelein got together and organizde a Troop Committee, to sponsor : the new troop 77 of that town. The men on this committee are Mr. Willis Ov-- 'erholzer, Chairman, Edwin Roder, EOutdoor Member, Milan M. Mott, Thrift Member, C. _ Arthur Jevne, iAd'visor and Walter Scruggs, Edu-- cational member. Mr. White is to Tenderfoot pins at the Court of Honor, December 14th which is to be held in their town be the Scoutmaster. The troop committee plans to meet every se-- cond 'ij.y to plan things for the tn:lfi. We all know that this troop give a good showing--al-- ready we have heard that they will have 8 or more boys getting their Mr. Bird will be Assistant Scout-- master of Troop 71 1 _ Mr. Bird will be the new assis-- tant scoutmastree of troop 71--he will be a good fellow to have a-- round the camp--fire because he was in a submarine in the late war, and he will be able to tell facinating, interesting experiences, also he will be able to give scout tests and help Hobart Swan, our scoutmaster, in a Boy Scout Press Club ORDER YOUR POULTRY NOW Thanksgiving Let's "Talk Turkey" 'There is no more appropriate time to "talk turkey" than right now. Aswehce'l'hnkuivingbsytho&opleofthhconntry are blessed with the greatest prosperity they have ever enjoyed. In Savings accounts alone 47,000,000 Americans have over TWENTY--FIVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS on deposit. Materially, we of America are the richest and most pros-- perous people the world has ever known. How are YOU situ-- ated individually ? 1f you haven't a Savings Account, line up with prosperity by opening one in this bank today. Mixed Nuts: Turkeys ..... Chickens and be sure of having the best Wheeling State Bank EARL H. CORLETT Cellery ------ Tiiiaac ies Thinal _ --~-- Stag Patrol. troop mnlnm ComuniCUq® -- US Libert le is looking for a man to be the scoutmaster of the other troop. --Scout Robert James. ~ "I Want to Join the Scouts" Wouldrmlihetojointhenoy Scouts * would! Why* Because lliketogoonhikulnd!om ing so I can cook my own and get up e.r&in the morning and go down to lake or river and take a good swim. If I am a scou: 1 will get lots of help in my work from my two uncles who are scout-- masters. Robert Donald Andrews, Candidate, Troop 71 Holmes. They both seem to have been studying on their Tenderfoot tests as they both passed their knots that night. Four "Bobs" in our Troo' passed second class tests, Bob Nelson Bob Bernard, Bob Hawk and Bob James. The other scouts worked on their first--class First-- Aid. --Robert Hawk, Eagle Patrol. Two Local Scouts take Patrol Lead-- ers Training Scouts Olaf Edman and Melvin Kohner are going to the Northshor: Area -- Junior icaden Training Camp as the Cabin in theWoods for the two days following Thanksgiv-- ing. They expect to get some ru} ideas to '"'V back to their patrol and troop. e hope they will have some peppy outdoor games to show us and some new patrol stunts and projects to tell us about. Scout 9- laf Edman was chosen and sent by the Troop 71 as a special represen-- tative. Passing my Tracking Test On Saturday a group of scouts set out for an afternoon jaunt and to take their tracking tests. The object of the tracking test is to track one--half mile in 25 minutes following signs, made by sticks and stones, branches, or foot prints. We tried several times and finally suc-- ceeded, we ate our lunch and arriv-- bunch. --Scout Clarence Wilson, had a hard time and lost our trail Moose Patrol. Troop 71 is Progressing Rapidly : uber?vmc Troop 71 is progress-- ing so fast that the Scoutmaster cant pass all the tests of the over-- anxious boys to gi e their patrol the lead over the others in advance-- ment. There are four patrols work-- ing to complete their test passing for the honored place of the troop. A while ago we voted our patroi Al W alnuts We Deliver en dr _|esd Robert!| _ The ] of Two boys were ©talking on the corner street of a small town that boasts a scout troop. Jim, a rather rough boy, said he wouldn't join 'the-- scouts, that they were a lotAo! name of ; Eagle was the best z %d' ;tm at Allen Hudson, Fiying Eagle Patrol. Im'm'nd Park ll(um. was awarded his Bronze ' c |Eagle Palm. 6 Wilmette Scoquts Honored | w Harrison Storms, Jr., of Troop 8| Kemtworth Does its Stuff of the Wilmette Methodist Chnrch| Ever since scouts and leaders of was awarded his Star Award. John . Kenilworth have roved that 13 is a Gilroy of Troop 4 of the St. Augus-- lucky number, ;Yl superstitions to tines Epinoopar Church was award--\the contrary, Kenilworth . boys ed his Bronze Enge Palms, an!t have earned and carried away more |Junior Assistant Scoutmaster. than their share of scouting hon-- George Bersch of the same troon'lona. Joe Harrison received his Star, his Journalism Quill, entitling him | George Manlove his Life and Roger to membershin in the Boy Scout Barrett his Eagle Scout Award. 25 NORTH SHORE SCOUTS QUALIFY POR HIGH _ 13 Differerit troops from six dif-- ferent Villages of the North Shore were Fdahrly proud _ Friday night, Nov. 28, for Scouts from their membership were singled out for high rank scouting awards in the public court of award _whlch was held at the Elm Place School Highland Park. George Bersch of the same troon his Journalism Quill, entitling him to membership in the Boy Scout Press Club. Two scouts of Troop 8 of the Wilmette Baptist Church were also awarded: Roger Delander became a Star Scout, and Edwar) The Way it Turned Out COAL AVAILABLE TO METROPOLITAN CHICAGO EQUALS FIVE TIMES THE COAL RESERVES OF ALL EUROPE MMM&MdMfl&WMMSOh"-MdWMQ,M BADGES e 9n o "eet CE), CC [¥ 4 ra@ N As s *A PR® SMALL trading post less than cne hundred years ago --a f{ \AL center of 4,500,000 people today. That is the romantic story PFaXlR@ of 'Metropolitan Chicago. No other modern metropolitan center has ever grown so large in so short a civic lifetime. And this remarkable growth is due in no small measure to our advantageous sources of coal supply. Imagine,-- if you can, America stripped of her fue? supply. W hat would happen? Fac-- tories would close their doors. Machines would lie idle. Indus-- tries would cease. And our big citiee would crumble. fourths of all the coal More than three-- Bro:i:lxééd in gxle ~--de ni tesis readily * The shaded areas available to Metropol-- in fncfogen itan Chicago. 'F?xe * o hanagg coalavailableto Metro-- golitanChicagoequals ve times the coal resetves of all Europe! The State of Illinois itself is more than sixty per cent underlaid with coal! It is logical that industry should settle where toal is plentiful and low in cost; where transportation facilities of unequal-- warious states paid <the remainder. Illinois received $9,280,164, which was the largest disbursement. Iowa, 'mounts, each having been paid .ore than $3,000,000. 'These statements were taken . by he Chicago Motor club from the fis-- cal report of Thomas H. McDonald, chief of the federal bureau of public Tansis. New Winnetka Scouts Honored Bob Baschki of Troop 16 received his Eagle Award, and the following CHICAGO, 1I1., Nov. 26. ---- During No. -m-bwuauup has every possibility of becoming the world' foremost center--in population as well as in MC,W--;%:'&?AEE ',,ff' 7~ 'i::'ly_ m;r'.' ROADS TOLD W--w,-'-w.---------..----...'.._'; M...._ Een CC IT P 7 a Copics of the four advertisements which have already be obtained without chargs by addressing Public Servics Cllmdemw. Adams S, Chicage. M &n PUBLC SERVICE COMPANY Supplytng Electricity and Gas to 6,000 square miles, including the aake . Metropolitan Area into which Chicago is growing. »Ig OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Series Glencoe Awards David Hicks of Troop 21 of the Glencoe Union Church was awarded his five year Veteran Badge, in ad-- imonfomedfinghhtuleSeout Honors for Troop 28, St. Eliza-- beth's Episcopal Church were earn-- ed by Star Scout Motley Bryant, Star Scout Ben Brion, Nad Life Scout Robert Rosenberg. Edward Cazel of Troop 52 of Presbyterian Church, Deerfield, re-- ceived the Star Scout Award. A judge is to manage the Boston ball club--until the fans vote him off the bench. © fan fimeforts o Da onl Pojetd in the U States is readily available to Tel. 57 & 93 _ Tel 45 & 157 BUY AND BUILD Manor LIBERTYVILLE'S Scenic Subdivision Copeland Highland Park ' with its obvious ad-- ] vantages for distribu-- tion; a location close to dl:f natiox:a'sf geo-- derlaid with coal. c centers 0 d prauccl on firl:?ion and mdu;':rl; g:z" available to __________ All these advantages are afforded in Met-- ropolitan Chicago. That is one rea son for the phenomenal growth of Metropolitan Chicago--one reason why this area has every possibility of becoming the world's greatest metropolitan center, in population as well as in trade importance. Assistant ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY and give notice of any changes or . At corrections that should be made in their listings Local Telephone Directory led convenience are af-- forded; where, in ad-- dition to coal, there exist rich resources of nature, both mineral and agricultural It is logical, too, that industry should pre fer a central location Telephone Company man another woman make him still | she can add to his happiness. Goes to Press Soon In the interest of good service subscribers are requested to call

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