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Highland Park Press, 25 Sep 1924, p. 1

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INTEREST bOx 140, tw ty LE k, IN. #. 3 p. m. ce nda : € , wooded lot, ravine, price [ODA Y d‘s Znd Addiâ€" mear Central race. xths t / meat, lot 100x BEF Ay rk Â¥ at 2:30 Y @HLAND 5 p. m. daily T YOU! TNING Co ues Club k, Inc. / REET 247 d Auto ($1 comes trt prm o and 1100 vapor 0 .00 tf &TX JA * PAVING AND BRIDGE NUMBER 30 TIwo extensive improvement con tracts were awarded at a specia meeting: of the board of local im provements Tuesday afternoon, pt viding for the paving of Sheridan rom fmmCodaramuotofilsloilfi porate limits of the city and for t construction of a bridge over a raving in Sheridan ‘road, the combined cofn tract price for the two being ove $177,000. Bids for these were openet at the regular session of the last Friday évening, when other bus ¢il also met Friday evening and trar sacted considerable business. $st Award of Contracts a The contract for the Sheridan road pavement was let to the E. A. Mey. Construction company for $124,379.95, and the Sheridan road bridge:â€"contr went to the Fitzgerald Construction company at $43,000. °> *Â¥A SHERIDAN â€" IMPROVEMENT Extensive Contracts Tohnn* Over $177,000; Council . And Board Importâ€". . | Bids for the paving contract re ceived were as follows: H. G. (‘m\"}?} company, $171,940.75;, E. A. ' Construction company, $134,379.95; Western , Improvement any, $137,530.175. Bids for the bridge were more numerous, as follgws; n Reschke, ($48,580; Joliet Bridge : Construction company, $52,141; Fitzâ€" gerald Construction company, g:i’: 000; Geo. P. Cullen, Inc., $48,999; (Continued on page 16) . â€" LOCAL .GOLFERS HAVE . || SPORT AT NIPPERSINK Dozen Business Men Enjoy Fine Outing at Wisconsin Resort | Last Saturday RA Three autos loaded with s Park golfers drove ‘to N 6 Lodge, Wis., Saturday morning, a spent the day golfing. There wt twelve in all: . Before \going t made up a "kitty" and bought and "shot" for a blind bogey, ¢ player making his own handicap. |â€" Those who went were: Edward Laing, Charles 1. Harbaugh, J. B.Garâ€" nett; Rarl W. Gsell, Dr. James W.L son, PDr. Grover Q. Grady, m Cheney, Paul L. Udell, Lyle Go y William Stockwell, George H. Koon and Everett L. Easton. It was quite a representative crowd of grownâ€"up boysâ€"two lumbermen, a builder, : a dry goods merchant, a druggist, a dentist, a doctor, a hmr,.;" y:?:#. an auto saleeman, . an ing man, and Easton, well, we don‘t kn his business but he‘s a good We could say a lot of funny thi ‘about these "big boys" but may! their wives wouldn‘t like it, so w be content with saying that 0";3 one expressed himself as having a wonderful time and allâ€"are in favor of making it an annual event.. .. || A tie for the bogey prize between mw.hmmdwmm Gourley consolation (it would be a shame to tell how many he took). # :4 On . Tuesday, Wednesday . and Thursday, September $0, October 1 and 2, the North Shore Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revâ€" olution will hold a rummage sale at 346 East Central avenue in the Grifâ€" fith block. ‘ If you have anything in the way of clothing or household arâ€" ticles, no matter what they may be, which you do not need, please bring them to the store on Monday, B¢) 29, and help with the patriotic and Americanization work of this organiâ€" tation. If it is not convenient fo you to bring your donations, kind phone one of the members of thi: committee, and a call will be made for all articles. 3 $ | Mrs. Harry Sellery, chairman, phone 1146. B1 Mrs. Gordon Buchanan, phone 297. Mrs. Robert Seyfarth, phone 621. Mrs. Leslie Rigdon, phone 1322.| _ Mrs. William Bell, phone 1338 | Mrs. Erastus Phelps, phone 202. | RUMMAGE SALE OF <: _ _ D.AR. NEXT WEEK Mrs phone :« Mrs Mrs OAK TERRACE P. T. A. | _ CARD PARTY TOâ€"M W The Oak Terrace Parentâ€"Tegcher association‘ will give a_ card bunco â€"party at the school J Friday evening, â€"Sept. â€" 26, at: / 8: o‘clock. â€" Prizes will be and refreshments served. The is cordially invited to attend and is asâ€" sured an enjoyable evening ant Meetings ith ~occurred. ‘recently. m?: the the parish hasg been in charge f Rev. Father Gorey of Lake Forest. i ‘_‘er Magner is a native of the Hdiocese of Chicago. He made his tollege course at St. Ignatin?‘ wollege, E:"‘: o, â€"and St. Mary‘s, college, Kajifas. The late Archbishop Quigley jent| him to Rome, Italy, in 1907, where he entered the North American ‘&w to begin his seminary work. Theie he spent six years in study of #l!ll ophy and theology and was orâ€" 'i“( ‘to the priesthood, upon the romple ion of Â¥| course, in the téran Basilica by Cardinal Pompilj. Upop his retmn to America he laborâ€" éd ” assistant ‘priest at St, Mary‘s, Slig®, St. Pius and St. Mel‘s churches, ( ",m ro, In July, 1921, Father Magâ€" e 1," s appointed to assist ignor Kellkby with the parish work in Wilâ€" on NE met n in The new ment adopted by the 'rs of the E orth Shore. .‘2 this séting which was attended by all I rhe ‘in Highland Park is that beâ€" ,3'“.‘ Monday, September 29th the eldging time will be 7 p. m. each day, J’i‘i‘n-" Saturday and days mdinz holidays when t*e cloging 1 will ro Miyery body is warned to. turn the clofks backward next Saturday night, Seqft. 27, as at midnight o and: n':io D revert} to â€" sta m '.:;. is one hour i:llmver. d:}s:-i light saving time, in use during the 8 .‘f"g Turn your cloc and whlithes back an hour Saturday night ‘ :fll‘ those 60 minutes lost when su advanced them last April. You T; JAMES PARISH â€" â€" : P HAS NEW â€"PASTOR ‘The â€" Deerfleldâ€"Shields _ Parentâ€" 'l' Leher association will hold the first maéting of the| year on , Ortob second | at two _ â€"five oHlyck in the English club room of i{ Deerfeldâ€"Shields high school... > mnflw plans for the new addition &’tflkodno.:er. .lno;:;r:m items of inte :‘to the ts. / . A social hoqul‘aur wflmhb an opportunity to give tm ents and teachers to meet and to talk,. â€" â€" . ‘Francis (J. : Magner, Ph.lz‘., 8 t to Monseignor ey iliMette, has b:r; appointed to the | of St. James at Highwood, tgeding Rev. Father Gates, whose North Shore towns represented Highwood, Glencoé, Hubbard , and Winnetka. %:’ pther on the Nortk Shore not menâ€" have previously : adopted the closing hours. . *2 * barbers of the North Shore Highland Park Sept. 23rd and sed the conditions w which \have been working. The closing t:r &ll, shops on the North Shore \been 8 p. mi. and Saturdays 10 which keeps the barber at work | one half to one hour later than ogsing time g flr&s‘h up the work ‘leame in beft he closing time. LSection Resumes Standard ime Sunday Morning; Gain \_â€"_â€"_An Hour of Sleep . ther Magner is a brilliant linâ€" ) which will ‘stand him in good in his new |field of labor. ‘ *IN CLOCKS BACK |_|_._ : _ ON sSsATURDAY NIGHT Francis J. Magner ':‘Ami:ts To Suceeed Rev. Fat! _ Gates, Deceased" _ gleep an H SCHOOL P. T. A. "FIRST MEETING OCT. Rev. Francis J. Magnet Higbland Park Pres ghland Park Press hour longet Sunday "For the 1 Girls of Highland Park We Will!" might well be the slogan for next week‘s campaign to raize the $9,000/needed to support the rapidly developing work of the Young Â¥Y. W. CAMPAIGN TO START NEXT WEEK Women‘s Ch'rlftim association Highland Park. n K With cover 5?0 girls employed in Highland Park| and many more of school age for whom the association supplies qfhedf&ul vigorous type of FOR HIGHLAND PARK GIRLS activity that p« by years the inevitable "Grown ng" time which mothers are so anxious to retard as Iong as possible, it is small wonder that: the Y. W. C. A; finds needs that more than occhpy the two trained secretaries.. . ]} . y L + Start Club Room Fund â€" ~â€"Of the $9,000 budget presented this year by the finance committee, of which Mrs. Frink Fitt is chairman, $1,000 is for blishing a fund for building pu .to enlarge the alâ€" ready cramped fluh room of the presâ€" ent building, | â€" j ' Help of Public Urged For This ‘Splendid Cause; Report Of Expendi Receipts : During Year | At the presgnt time most of the important activities of the association have to be carried on in rented quarâ€" ters outside building to the great detriment . of the work itself. No money asked for is used,.to supply parties or other social affairs, all this being taken care of by the girls themâ€" selves throuzhmir club dues. ¢ (Continued on page 9) ¢ The High Construction comâ€" pany, E. E. Farmer, president has added to its equipment a new Parson trench machine of large capacity, capable of digging a ditch 86 inches wide, and 20 feet deep. The company also has purchased a new back filler to operate inâ€"connection with the fast ditching machihe, and these with its already extensive equipment of steam shovels and other machinery makes it one of the ; equipped road firms on ‘the North Shore engaged in road building, water mains, sewer and sideâ€" walk contractifg and other similiar work. The company is‘ at present working on an jextensive sewer, street and sidewalk cbntract in the fine new Carleton Moseley subdivision| on both sides of Green Bay road, just north of Northmoor ‘toad. \ ADDS NEW DITCHING > : _ MACHINE AND FILLER Highways â€" Construction Comâ€" pany Increases Capacity In Finge Equipment : CARD PARg PLANS : NEAREING COMPLETION Plans for the : American Legion Auxiliary card| party at the Moraine hotel, Wednesday afternoon, October 1st, are rapi nearing completion. Many tables have already been reâ€" served. Every enn'lepgertondd;; in making party of subs i benefit to. the patients in one unit Great Lakes ital, e l In addition] to the games w will be an exhibit and sale of pottcry% bags, baskets, lamp shades, scarfs, rugs, etc., e by the boys in the Occupation rapy .department at Great Lakes,. Mrs. Abbey, chief qidfi_’ will have â€"charge of the sale. l Mrs. Henry E. Mason, president of the auxiliary, Mrs. Earl W. Spenc:i and Mrs. Mary H. Hofman will pour Mrs. Henry the auxiliary, and. Mrs. Marj at the tea hou Many usefu} and attractive articles will be displayed at the bazaar to beâ€"gixen. by »a Shore Temple, No, 242, Pythian | Sisters, Monday Anx Tuesday, September 29 and 30, in u;; K. of P. hall, Highwood. Not only will there be a sale of articles suitable for gifts, and boqsehold necessities but on the firkt day of the bazaar ‘a delicious chic supper: will â€" be served from 3:30 to 7:30 p. m. ; Or Tuesday evening a will be givs en, a splendid having been procured. 3 # 35 ,'§ PYTHIAN iks'nms % BAZAAR NEXT WEEK _ It is hoped) that many will avail themselves of (the opportunity of 'tfi tending this ®4 $ x LADY Fo%smns TO s HOLD CARD PARTY @Q . Woman gâ€"Aatholieâ€"uraer _ ol oresters will ‘s card party at Witten hall bdginning at eight o‘clock on Thursday, October 2nd,. five hundreéd &nd bunco will be £. 'l'lw:i public ig¢cordially invited to ‘at tend. ; whas e HIGHLAND |PARK, ILLINOIS, ‘THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 of 1 The body of Marcel H. Gameley of §320 Cuyler a . Chicago, a repâ€" resentative of the Equitable Life asâ€" surance association, was found in the lake near the foot of Roger Williams avenue about 2:30 Wednesday. afterâ€" noon. Papers andâ€"other articles bearâ€" ing the name o;dGnmelcy were found in the pockets... o < Papers and Jewelry Bear Name ~ of Marcel H. Gameley of : Equflab}llt“Co., Inquest j Is Today . Discovery of the body was made by Mrs. Olson of that neighborhood. : She gaw an object about: in the water and called the attention of anâ€" other woman to it, declaring she beâ€" leved it ht’).be'j man. They investiâ€" gated a little more and ‘being conâ€" vineed that .it ;“ a body, called Chief,. of Police Maroney, who hastenâ€" ed to the scene and obtained aksistâ€" ance in securing the body which was removed to the rl M. Prior company‘s morgue. : * FIND CHICAGO MAN MAY HAVE BEEN SULCIDE V. Orvis of Waukegan: representing Llearly a dozen property owners in Highwood, :objécting to the annexaâ€" tion of about acres of land near Highwood by [Highland Park. The petition asks tfint County Clerk Lew Hendee, gount‘, :Treasurer Ira Pearâ€" solt and Samue! M. Hastings, mayor ‘of Highland Park be restrained from ‘the spreading and collection of.â€"taxes and from levying assessments for ‘Highland Park in the annexed tract. 3 Marks of Identification «The body was that of a man of perâ€" haps 35}% 40.|about five feet eight inches in hei well nourished and inclined to be stout, with dark hair and eyes and ring a dark suit of _ (Continued on page 9) _ An‘injunction against several Lake county and Highland Park officials is asked in a tion filed by Atty. E. INJUNCTION AGAINST ) LEVYING. OF TAXES \ The complaining property owners include F. Stupey, M. J. Nugent, N. J. Hook, F. J. Mahben, Stella Mahen, Frank May, Olaf Johnson, Wm. M. Sweeney, Bridget and Frank Curley, it is !prOflQd.i 3 & k ‘Local city officials are not exerc over the reported move, as they conâ€" tend the annexation «election was wholly legal. : xt PEARL THEATRE TO sHOW "THE SEA HAWK Will Be Shown 4 Days. Sunda ~and Mondgy; "The Girl In _ _The Limousine." Others The foflowifg program will be shown at Pearl theatre next week: â€" â€" Tonight and tomorrow night, Do thy Devore. <(the female Haro Lloyd) in "Hold Your Breach";, Sa urday, Viola Dana in "Along Cam Ruth"; S&nndn, and Ho_l?:dy, Cn Semon, ire 'Agm arl Murray in “’dla ‘Girl in the Lim sine";. Tuesday," Wednesday, Th day and , Milton Sills and supporting \â€" including Wall: Beery, Enid Bennett, Llioyd Hug in ~‘"The Sea â€"Mawk"; Saturday Adolphe Menjou, Elinor Boardman Conrad Nagel tand Hedda Hopper. in "Sinners in Silk." Matinee Saturday ‘See program fm local page of th paper, © | Township A;:ociatiom’l‘o Mee | . At Grace M. E. Church. All *‘ PDenominations Invited ‘‘The annual ¢onvention of the Deer \Geld Township Sunday school tion will be held at 2:15 p. m., Sunda ober 5th at the Grace M iscopal church on North avenue ANNUAL ceNVEN'rmN oF ‘*. sSUNDAY SCHOOL, OCT. : Highland Pnrli Sunday school teach ers and officers of all denominntio:l\j and all others who are interested it the religious training and instructior and character building of the citizen of our dommunity are invited to at tend. The prc includes confer ‘ences for thoge in the work of th children‘s, yo people‘s or adult de partments of @he Sunday school. | CARD PARTY OCT. 10 â€"â€"~ 1N ODD FELLOWS HALJ A card party will be given Frida evening, October 10, at eight o‘c W’ Hall under the direc tion of t ughters of the B Empire. Euchre, bunco and five dred" will. be |played. the public i invited. The pwl will be used 1. charity. t DROWNED IN LAKE Oscar Bartz, erly "" [ in the regular army, with honordble disâ€" charge after 12 years of service, died Friday, : following an operation for stomach ntcer. an acute attack having * . aMig AiMY FONEKAL Full w ,F«n ~Monday For air Bartz, Who died ~On: Friday, Sept. 19 occurred ‘the previous iy. A militar{ ffinenmm was held at the chapel at Fort Sheridan at 2:30 Monday afternoon, Mr. Bartz had bs:n employed the past two years ag Rouseman at the Moraingé hotel ‘and was 'imll':nflhd by his employer and all who % him. Efince of the esteem hm he was held was seen in the fact that Mr. Cushing and the entire staff of the hotel, as well as<a number of hotel guests, attended the funeral serâ€" vices: . _‘ Sergt. Bartz‘s 12 years in the army included service with the 76th., 10th., 40th. infantry and the quartermaster‘s corps: ‘.His honorable discharge as sergeant will be sent to his mother ‘Thessen, Germany.â€" From & time Bartz was taken ill until thé ‘final rites Mr. ?ushing‘_took full charge of all arrangements to see that his faithâ€" ful employe received the best posâ€" sible attention in life and due respect in the funeral ceremonies. Through his ‘efforts a military funeral: with full honors was secured for the deâ€" cedent. â€" | NEW YORK EDITOR Y+ IS TO SPEAK HERE Head of Nation. Journal Will Be In Highland Park SIIAY‘, Mr. 1d Garrison Villard, editor« inâ€"chief »ofâ€"~â€"the New York weekly, "The Nation," one of the most widelyâ€" known journalists of the United States, address a public m next S ‘@fternoon in the a torium "Off ‘the > Eim â€"Place school, Sheridan road: and Eim place at 3:30 p.â€" m., on the . rct of "The Issues of the pregidential campaign." _ The meeting, which will be held unâ€" der the auspices :of ‘A‘ committee of itizens and ‘residents o6f Highland t:rk and Bmzm Which Mrs. rence | ® i8‘ chairman, is the first of & series of public discussions and entertainments which will be held in the North Shore towns during the presidential campaign with a view to promoting a wider understanding : of the fundamental economic andâ€" moral issues at stake in the threeâ€"cornered and nnisg»e contest for the presidency. For Progressive Party ‘Mr. Villard, who comes to Chicago in the interest of the progressive cause, is the author of a recent volâ€" ume of penetrating criticism of American journalism and journalists which appeared under : the title of "Some Newspapers and Newspaperâ€" men," ‘and prompted lively discussion, particularly in its chapters of revelaâ€" tions _ con ing the propaganda (mfinued on page 16) RUDOLPH VALENTINO INâ€" "MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE" Highland ‘ Parkâ€" the Awill â€" preâ€" sent the following next week : Tonight, Carme!l Myers and a suâ€" perb cast in "Babbitt"; Friday and Saturday, Estelle Taylor and Mae Busch in "Only a Shop Gir!"; Sunâ€" day and Monday, Raymond McKee in "Forgive and Forget"; Monday, Tuesâ€" day, Wednesday and Thursday, Ruâ€" doiph Valentino ‘in Booth Tarkingâ€" ton‘s love story "Monsieur Beaucaire" with Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon and Lowell m“; Friday and Saturâ€" day, "Second Youth:" Matinee Thursâ€" day and Saturday, See program on back ynbh of this paper. At Highland h*in-m Days. Friday ~Baturâ€" day, ~Second Youth." Sergeant Oscar Bartz _ ~Afternoon g )96 Theatre â€" 4 Rejection by lhe board of superâ€" visors of the repprt of a special comâ€" mittee recommeb®ding erection of a new home buildifi¢ on the Lake Counâ€" ty farm at Lib ille has aroused a.storm of critidiem in this section of the county. Thelcommittee appointed to investigate h ged. of ‘a new building repo ‘the p nt ome ob solete and ddljapidated, with no modern convenidhces, and i ed a new struclure and the ® ting of the proj§rt of a $250,000 bond issue to financelthe plan to a -t the November fection. On the vote last week committee‘s. report was unanimous ( "hu- day the matter@w ai lby a. resolution o m " im form, and in the meantin opponents of th@ propasition been busy, for the olution The propositilin of i tee of Libertyville citikens to the county farm at 800 an acre was proâ€" MR&F.P.%WKINS PASSEE INTO REST Beautiful Life d on Sunday In Old Home Here In ~â€"~~1868; Fu Service: Held , t wWIFE â€"OF MRST MAYOR "he af Had LaÂ¥ing Care t * During her lasf illness Mrs. Hawâ€" kins was lovingl§ cared for by her daughters. <Twolbf them, Mrs. Elizâ€" abeth Ball of N Yo‘:‘. and Miss Frances Hawkinsff were with her conâ€" tinuously duringiher z.nou in the early summer. en the was better they went east onfla trip and returned just two days b e their mother suf fered a relapse tWo weeks ago. Anâ€" other daughter, Wirs. Celia Hawkins Schultz of Los Arikeles, remained with her mother durin# the absence of the two others this simmen, Mrs. Hawâ€" kins‘ last days were filled with hapâ€" piness. Her :mindi was bright and she displayed througfout her illness her accustomed markd devotion and af> fection for her h§p 4 and children. Daughterl of t Maria Everts s born Sept. 12, 1842, in New Yirk , a daughter of the Rev. Willlkm W. Everts, who in ‘later years of the most prominent . Baptig mi in Chiâ€" cago, where the Shmily. | from the .ut. Sh' 8 “g .lor 1864, to Frank P Mr. Hawâ€" o n mife madfo Sif name Miots: and his wife joinlbd 1868, From then until ih Mmo was in the same lhouse hn& aveâ€" nue until her dedth.. _ t Recalls Anni Â¥) f On ~May 10,}1924, Mr. . Mrs. wedding anniverfiary, $ their family and lntimate friends, and {Continued on 9) @ + a. m. in the reh pariors. A thir tyâ€"hive cent l will be gerved at t Every who i1 interested in thk church is most corâ€" dially invited t come to these mee will be held & the : pefs alysis NEW CO FARM â€" â€" â€"â€"_â€" BUILIDNNG pzrnmn Resolution t for Modern St Is SE3 < .: 1 gose : gated the offei and a majority of citizens , on the ‘pubject having agreed t is worth at least zm in« dications are fo at L citizens will neither the nor a new building dn it for years to come, mieutlnm‘ “\"“‘" #”:; the county f is : wanted by real estate & in a ~plan to lay out a vikion for sale of lots Beginning the Dorcas Bo meetings every DORCAS ETY PLAN FOR ASW All Day To Bé Held Each y. Chairmen For ‘s AM nday,. Septemiber 20 ety will hold ‘aliâ€"day Monday atm"b'clnd: irch parlors. A thir cheon will 4 ' ‘Every woman who is NA Uabsticn ary, h CP b’_ Yti. and Miss were with her conâ€" %‘n Te wes avier m:;doflmr suf. VOLUME 14 {» t# s

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