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C. H. Baker as regent, with suitable associates. They set out to add to the membership largely and make . Mungeehng asumss. Mr. Baker ' «any informs us that Oratior 'Ldfithi‘eV Brown has done his full duty in this ' respect and no matter what the wea- ther every member has known in ' advance that he would have a profit- able evening at his Arcanum meet ing, hence the attendance has been large. A general interest in the or der has been awakened and the orig- inal 55 membership has gone up to 96, so that. this. council leads all others on this north shore. Early in the year a strife sprang up be t tween ours and the Winnetka coun- l cil as to the largest increase, to fur- nish a line supper for both councils and the losing one to pay the bills. The Highland ,. Hark Council has i been about , 73 per cent and the i Winnetka’about 16 per cent and our ‘1 i i boys have sent word to their Cook. County fellows that they are about ready for that dinner This Council has also won . the of $5.0” from the grand i years record. The t officers propose to make the-meet- "ings of ‘97 superior to those of the i past year' and may have some public 3 111eetings with talent ’ prize council for its from abroad. _ It has got so now that many of our best men wish to join chiefly for the social and fraternal aspects of thel order. All classes of our citizens are represented in it except the halt, ”in lamp and tin- diseased. for their ,fl'e ~01 the Northwestern. daughters. season thus far, was the Highland Park Club’s reception to the officers and their ladies of the Fourth 1n- fantry, at to club house fiew Year’ s The» fliers 3311‘??er all to themselves, through courtesy The reception began a little after eight 0 '.clOck the committee on receiving consisting of Messrs. James H. Shields George D. Boulton, Francis 0‘: Brown andi L. G. Yoe aided, of course. by Col. and Mrs. Robert H 'Hall. The re- ceptiou continued till about ten. 1 | l o’clock when the dancing began. ~ Refreshments were served in the; cozy dining room upstairs accom modating about twenty couples at a time, all under the charge of the Club steward. The hall. library. re- 1 l t 1 i l i ception and billiard rooms were‘ beautifully and profusély decorated with United States flags holly, and evergreen and the 1)tlicers..all being in uniform. the scene was a gay and brilliant one. All the resident mem- bers of the Club 11 ere preSent and most of those who are spending the winter in Chicago with their wiies. Of the military present there were lxésides Col. Hall in command at the Post. Lieuthol. Cook, Major Viele and nearly all the other commision‘ with their wives arid Most of our Park society young ladies Were present. ed otlicers Several former young men residents of the Park returned for this"*deligl1tful occasion. among ‘ Messrs. Boulton and (iault. whom we noticed There are few organizatiens of this city or elsewhere which can make a better showing than our 10- cal council No. 1066. It began the want with ‘55 members, but young ”blood at the helm in-,_§he person of This Council has also won . the prize of $5.0” from the grand council for its years record. The officers propose to make the-meet- ings of ‘97 superior to those of the past year' and may have some public meetings with talent from abroad. It has got so now that many of our best men wish to join chiefly for the social and fraternal aspects of the order. All classes of our citizens are represented in it except theihnlt, the lame and the diseased, for their medical examinations are very rigid and hence the order is everywhere composed of select men. The order is fully 20 years old and therefore tried and tested and found sefe and solid, constructed on business principles throughout. They have paid five losses here of $3000 each, of untold value to some of the families. Death losses are paid with- in 20 to 30 days if it is all right. The yonnger a man gets in the low- The R0911. ARCANUH'. at his rate of assessment. Thié counp cil .pxopogegs, J9 have a. mgmborshipj of 150 by January, :1898. No man whoeanfihould fail to join the order at once. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEWS. The great social function of the season thus far, was the Highland Park Club’s reception to the offiééi-é and their ladies of the Fourth 1n- {pntryghaktmtgx‘engipb hpuggfigxf Kent’s 8%. $239on mm" "immat- all to themselves, through courtesy of the Northwestém . The reception began a little after eight o'clOck. the committee on receiving consisting of Messrs. James H. Shields; George D. Boulton, Francis 0‘: Brown and L. G. Yoe aided, of course. by Col. and Mrs. Robert H.'Hall. The re- ceptiw continued till about ten o’clock when the dancing began. Refreshments wiere served in the cozy dining room upstairs accom modating about twenty couples at a time, all under the charge of the Club steward. The hall. library. re- caption and billiard rooms were. beautifully and profuseh" decorated with United States flags holly, and evergreen and the officersuall being in uniform. the scene was a gay and At midnight, as the 01d year passed and the'Anew one entered, the entire company formed a circle, exchanged the season’s greetings hand in hand and sang “Auld Lang Syne" and other appropriate tunes. Hancing was kept up till about "3 o’élock when the gathering broke up and by general consent it was one of the most successfui and thoroughly en joyable aflairs of the kind ew er held in the Park. Too much praise canâ€" The'lzluh's Military Ramada. not be given President Shields and his aommittoe (or the thorough and successful manner in whioh‘ every 7 thing, even the minute details, was managed. It was admirable from first to last. 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