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Highland Park Press, 31 Dec 1925, p. 9

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es H. P. 723â€"J, 2131 ° STRETCHING â€" â€" â€" RELIABLE LAUNDRY PHONES 178â€"179 [ldan Road &‘ Central Tel H.. P. 69 . CP *REAL ESTATR _ . | AND FIRE INSURANCE W. BARTLETT feadquarters â€" LOTS. HOUSES ES and FARMS :ea] Bargains © Right Prices â€" _ one Highland Park 2486 MANX ADAMSON ray&Terry ng: and Remodeling arpenter and Contractor tion" FOR RENT 18 L NEWS tion its J." Press Office FOR SALE esents al Star NU AR Y g comedy A M A RY comed y a‘ Specialt y Call on when see this thkb,:tufulm 511 Address Govern Street 14 t wills of towering a big city newsâ€" *) orld" #@ DECEMBER 31, 1925 ( e, exceptionâ€" t., with eefixe'iv. | _ ex nt able location. yeen inds, low as $1,100; AND A 193; $3,000 cash; "$10000, eanh. Hot *‘ sa0de t 50 x 180; Highwood Ar star Figiwgod $1,500 to wat. (ht.; 1100 V‘tr. and Mrs. Kimball Montgomery of 833 Grove street, Glencoe, have as their guest, Mrs. Montgomery‘s mother, Mrs. Josephine Dolbear , of Naâ€"vsville, Ohio, who will remain with them. over the holidays. They will also have as their guest for New Yearts. V. K. Cameron |of Colhmbus, Ohio, Mrs. Montgomery‘s uncle. / ; The bride was beautiful in her wedâ€" ding gown of "heavy white satin and conventional coronet. ‘bridal veil of point lace. ‘White bride‘s roses and valley likes formed her bouquet. Mr. McCullough was attended by Richard De Merrel of Lansing, as best man, and the ushers were Spenâ€" cer Libby, Kenneth Wright, Psi U fraternity brothers, the brothâ€" er, Stephen Plowman, and an uncle, Harry Sweet, of Wi _ _ Frank Plowman, father of the bride, gave his daughter in marriage, _ . | â€" _ Mr,. and : Mrs. McCullough are spending their hone ‘in Lansing, Mich., where they are the & mfl Mr. McCullough‘s parents for the holâ€" Mr. and Mrs. James H. Prentigs, Jr., returned to Kenitworth Sunday from their honeymoon at Asheville, N. C. They will spend the ays with Mr. and Mrs. James. H. Prentiss of. 201 Mr. ind Mrs. Otto Barnett and Mr. and Mrâ€". Otto Barnett, Jr., of Glenâ€" cae, motored to Elmhurst in company with Mr. and Mrs. George M. Groves and| their family . of Evanston, to spend Christmas day with Mr. »and Mrs. Rapelye Howell, who made Christmas ‘the occagion of a house warming in their new home. | Mr. and Mrg. Groves â€".are Mrs. Howell‘s father and mother. ‘}}.: t c9‘ TRA NE tfl?fi:m??f.’i:&TJé»éEfii :'ng, after l:hc rst of the year they will move into &n Apartment in Evanston,: /. â€" Monday evening, Pierre Bouscaren, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. G. Bousâ€" taren of 646 Prospect ufi. was host to a group of his frie A dinner before the dance Mr. gid En. ‘Allen Withers gave at Indian Hill « evening the Harry Streets en at a dance at their home 592 road, for their daughter, Marjorie. A pretty bit of nptimppt was disâ€" played by‘the bride in the chosing of her mother, Mrs. Frank Plowman, to be her matron of honor.. She wore‘a gown. of orchid . georgette with a French felt picture hat to match, and carried a cluster bf pink Ward roses. The other attendants all mied small, old fashioned colonial bouquets with lacy, paper frills. _ | _ tor idrys .~.Dinners and dances still con As | a popular means of entertaining for the young people of the (alâ€" though other affairs are listed. | . â€" Saturday, December 26, Mr. and Mrs. Calyin Fentress gave a â€"at Indian Hill club for their dgughter,| Emily,~ Before. the dance, Mrs, James Fentress :ail:z.hmu & entertained a. numbe young . ple at ‘dinner, at Indian Hmf“&r., Â¥rs. John . Crawford McK C gave < 4 dinner for their ty Alice Jeanne, preceding the Fentrtess m- I i [ if Wednesday, December. "3?,‘ Mrs. George Stanley Parker was hogtess at her home, 200 Linden m:«.. at a luncheon and bridge given for a. group of school girls in honor of l;er danghâ€" ter, Elinabeth, =| ;â€"â€" : >_;| {.0.faed Mys. Bentley MeCloud of $16 Cumâ€" nor road, Keniltworth, left Wednes for Omaha, Neb, to attend the wedâ€" ding of her brotber, Robert Omstead, who is ‘to marry Miss mg ler Tuesday, December 29. ~Mrs, ) s will; be ‘matron : of â€" honor a:r her daughter, Nancy, will be flower girl Mr. Omstead and his bridé will make their future home in Mitwaukee. . Tuesday, Francis Luhet..'&m host ‘at a ‘dance at his \ 889 Linden avenue. feo tep w'dnerdxy' evening, John Nash Ott, g;: was) host z & diuncr‘j; ns .winter sports party at Inâ€" dfiqflrclub by Mrs. Horace l?m." strong and Mrs. Philip Wyatt Moore for their children, Frank and Jean i&‘rmttrong. and Philip and Harriet VYOLUME XV PART 2 % PARTS NORTH SHORE NEWS The Higbland Park Press f Mr. and Mrs. James Porter of Hubâ€" bard Woods have with them during 'the holiday season, their three sons, Eliot Porter, who has returned from the Harvard Medical school; Edward Porter, who is at home from ‘the Uniâ€" versity of Wisconsin, and" Fairfield Porter,. who is a student at Harvard university. . Their ‘sonâ€"inâ€"lawâ€" and aughter, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Straus of Chicago joined their family for Christmas. * xn‘ <holtor Fouse will to the equipment. . Mr. and Mrs. John T. Balkan and theirâ€"little daughter, Susanne, of Worthington, Ohio, are spending the holidays with Mrs. Balkan‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Leon E. Stanhope of Glencoe. | / ; : Mr.; and Mrs. Mare Newman, 519 Orchard lane, Winnetka, announce the engagement of their daughter, Kathâ€" eringy/to ~Edward Arthur Weil, son of Mrs. Lala H. Weil of the Chicago Beach hotel.‘ c ‘ Assisting the hostesses will be Miss Esther Everitt of Minneapolis, Miss Helen Willis of Glenridge, N. J., Miss Joy and Miss Mary Louise Scheidenâ€" helm of Wilmette, Miss Marion Montâ€" gomery and Miss Marion Honnold of Winnetka, schoolmates of Miss Lothâ€" rop‘s at Wellesley college, and Miss Eugene Moore and Miss Vera Mcâ€" Dermid ~of Glencoe, two intimate Mr. and Mrs. Laird Bell and their family of Hubbard Woods, left Wedâ€" nesday to spend the holidays with Mr. Bell‘s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Bell of Winona, Minn. s NEW PLAY FIELD AT ; y EVANSTON IS PLANNED friends. Mr. and Mrs. John P. Oleson of 240 Woodstock avenue, and Mr. and Mre. Roy C. Osgood, Esâ€" sex road, returned : homeâ€" Sa from their southern trip. They visited both coasts of Florida and took a short trip to Cuba with the Bankers‘ convention. : Mr, and Mrs. F. Eugene Ackerman of ‘New Cannen, Conn., are visiting the latter‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Buck of 1290 Scott avenue, Winnetka." Many of y’x‘eir friends will drop in Sunday for old fashioned "éup of cheer." a Expect to Start Work on Tract Between Cowper and Hastâ€" _ ; ings Avenue Miss : Alice Jeanne daughter of Mr. and: Mrs Keown of 935 ~South Pr Hubbard Woods, is home 1 days from the New Engla vatory of Music at Bostor Mre. Thomas M. Lothrop and Miss Mary . Lothrop . of â€" Glencoe are giving a tea Wednesday, December 30, from 3 until 6 o‘clock, at their home on Green Bay road. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Burchard of 810 ‘Oxford> road, Kenitworth, left V:fi‘:neday to apend. Christmas with % ~sonâ€"inâ€"law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Grant Keehn of New Rochelle, Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Portis of 822 Tower road, Winnetka, :are celebraâ€" ting their fifteenth wedding anniverâ€" sary with a dinner at the Northmoor Country club Saturday evening, Janâ€" uary 2. : 4 w Mr. and Mrs, I. A. Bennett and the Misses Dorothy and Ainsleeâ€"Bennett of ‘the Belmont hotel, formerly of Keniiworth, will move taePRfabur'x to live after the first of the year. 1 Mr., L. W. Foster of Wilmétte will leavesoon for Schoback Landing, N. Y., where he willâ€" reside with his sizâ€" ter permanently. i maee tw $ Ind LV trac t will sIs0o }* /ant~ned: n nd for the ycunger chilâ€" * m jangtbo ( in tap rimes â€" srason‘ around..igain .a ce will prohb@‘1> â€"be . added inne . MceKs d Mrs. John th Private â€" ome for the England Co Boston. a‘gned <to take rt: espécially, Bt5ld: su>:*inâ€" of recreation. niâ€" a b seball Keown n Mc road e holiâ€" onser e t own cars or using the traina, and so that all could go and st:n together. The dinner will probably begin Bt 7 p‘clock in the evening. fvery memâ€" ber of the Chamber is expected to atâ€" tend. | f s . Members of the Winnétka Rotary club were hosts to the Wilmette Roâ€" tarians Wednesday noon, December 39, at the club‘s regular luncheon at Community House. The program wus apnropriate to the New Year season. ~ Wednesday of last week the. Winâ€" ne‘ka Rotorians wore @gests of the Witmette élob at a Chris party in the OQuilmetts Country ¢lub. Santa Claus was in attendance and the exâ€" change of gifts was both interesting and highly entertaining, | _ i3 Members and guests will be transâ€" ported from Glencoe to the hotel in two North Shore Line busses, accordâ€" ing to present plans. â€" This arrangeâ€" ment was made so that no one would have to bother about driving their The local Chamber has been workâ€" ing on the arrangements for some time and had originally planned to hold the dinner at the Maâ€" sonic hall, but finally dec to hold it at the -mmne hotel. / The exact nature of entertainment for the evening has not been announced, but it is understood that music and singâ€" ing are to furnish part of it. Then there is to be a mystery féature, which those in charge are carefully concealing. o a}e it ¢ Mr. Hillman also announce» that the village president and board of trustees of Glencoe would attend the banquet as guests of the Chamber and that there would probably be officials of another north shore Chamber and the chief © official of north shore â€"community at the dinner. WINNETKA ROTARIANS ~_ _ ~RENTERTAIN NEIGHBORS Plans outlined for the Bbig dinner and‘entertainment to be givyen by the Glencoe ‘Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening, January 14, give promise that the event will be by far the most important affair ever staged by the organization. It will be held at the Moraine hotel in Highland Park, % was announced this week by Leo Hillman, newly e ‘president of the chamber, and there will be sevâ€" eral surprises in the way of entertainâ€" ment for those who attend. | . GLENCOE CHAMBER Is _ â€" TO HAVE BIG DINNER Affair to Be Held at Moraine HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31i, 1925 Hotel, Highland Park, and Will Be Elaborate ‘ME iNNOCENT BYSTANDEA @ETS tS AS USUAL HAD A Prexy Yean. THE PIRATES COPPET THe TRreasure : | ScoPEs TRIAL LOOKING BACK AT 1925 J3 x «e SHENANDOAK ‘DISAS T EM., BÂ¥ SenKktoR LA FOLLETTE \WilLiam iEwnings BDavan °C # mt . LADD :< ~ THOmAS R. MARSHALL # M CORMiCK : ~ WALTER â€"CAMpP . x0 SPENCER @ENn. Ne A. MLEO WARREN STonE HENRY WALLACE 4 Cueisty MmatruewSon â€" DowAGER QueBy ALExANDRA 1 ' '“‘ > E%?e vou / ’/:};{-j{"f'ui f Anag‘“ f ) B â€"__ wis, (â€" .‘ '\) + f % 9 t @ e _ _: ) a9, m 4/ C rIAT ALL e\ scanpamâ€"*I m / Following ‘a trip to Mississippi where they ‘hunted quail, Mr. G. W. Kibby and Mr. J. B. Olwin have Â¥eâ€" turned _to Wilmette. l » Village President Merle B. Waltz also spoke of the water problem from the viewpoint of the board of trustees. He said that the easiest thing for the board to do would be to sign the conâ€" tract, even tho it involved increased rates.. The feeling of the board is that it would rather settle the probâ€" lem now rather than let it go on for another fivé years :hen other and unâ€" fonebcjon:oon;if’, might make it even more difficult of solution, he told the audience. |"~>| â€" qi 3 Furthermore, it was stated, Winâ€" nedm does not make assurance of any certain amount of pressure, unâ€" léss Glencog desires to build at its own expense a large storage tower and lay larger mains, Such a move would be a costly undertaking and unwise, according to those interested in the situation. . §4 1. ) . Woaut to patrld: FIa2BL!~ . ~: Discussion by various persons Xm' ent showed that sentiment in favor of buildMing a water plant for ‘Glencoe was unanimous, There was not one dissenting woies heard. â€". *\ _ TVRNED OV AÂ¥ NEW LIGWT Information brought forward at the meeting disclosed the village could eréct a water plant of its own and y for it by. 1950. Such action would g niuch better, it was pointed out, than renewing the water contract yith Winnetka for a fiveâ€"year period. /.. Rates Will Increase cA Trustee Fred A. Sager said renew al ‘of the contract‘ with Winnetka would place the village in 1 gimilar gituation five years hence, with an inâ€" crease in rates." _ t ~Glenceo¢‘s board of trustees will soon take action on the water probâ€" lem in the village in the opinion of many residents of that village followâ€" ing the recent mass meeting sponsorâ€" ed by the village plan commission for the purpose of discussing :the feasiâ€" bility <of purchasing a . municipal owned plant. _ td Â¥isarl d GLENCOE COUNCIL TO <ACT ON WATER PLAN MAY ERECT WATER PLANT Proposal to Build Such a Strueâ€"| Eugene Field, the children‘s poet MISITATION ~OF A STARTLiINGâ€" ComE T ture Meets With Favor at Recent Mass Meeting; â€" /‘ Athe Details AMONG "THE MiSgiNG Want :1 Cor.. MrTcuau. éets 1t IN THE MBECK | FIELD‘S BODY MAY ‘ | BE MOVED TO CHURCH ’Children’é Poet to Have Final ||â€" Resting Place In Cloister | at Kenilworth Building permits totalling nearly $80,000 have been issued at the Vilâ€" lage hall recently. George Gonsalves and Leonard Roach have received a permit to build a brick printing plant at 721 Elm street, to cost $25,000. This shop will be used by the Hamâ€" mondâ€"Bowen Print shop. A. J,, Mitâ€" chell will build a tile and stucco resiâ€" dence at 220 Chestnut avenue to cost $23,000. W. J.. Woods received a perâ€" mit to build a frame and brick veneer dwelling at 1184 Tower road to cost $16,000 and W.. N.\ Plamondon will build & fnuu;!t‘om .at 262 Ridge avenie, which will:cost $13,000. & A plain stone siah will surmount the tomb. On the slab will be carved Field‘s name and portions of his bestâ€" known children‘s poems. Opposite the tomb in the cloister will be a ‘beautiful memorial altar, a recent gift to the parish. ~Above and close by will be a memorial window to Field‘s grandâ€" son, William C. Englar, Jr. ic MANY BUILDINGS ARE â€" > PLANNED AT WINNETKA ‘The Field tomb will be in the close of an elaborate cloister which is now being â€" completed, .connecting ‘ the thurch . with‘ the parish rectory, . It will be known as the Eugene Field Memorial Cloister close. . Mrs. Charles Rowe, formerly of Kenitworth, was a recent guest of Mrs. Bruce V. Crandall of that village. Mrs. Rowe‘is now living in New York. Steps have been taken for removal of tne body from Graceland. Qnly a #mall headstone has marked the grave there. _ Jt is expected‘ the body will be moved within a few days. Announcement was made at the midnight Christmas services of the FEpiscopal church of the Holty Comâ€" forter, Kenilworth, by â€" Rev. Leland Hobart Danforth, rector, that the Field family ‘has consented to the reâ€" moval of the noted poet‘s body to a specially built tomb at the Kenitworth church. ‘ R i A w0 en on | 00 o Tlatser aAPotw, â€" Sam ETs Ortay "ClniF s TD M Uminh . WEX‘T OUT FOR AbN ALTITUDE REcomp AMoThete By A. B. CHAPIN As To CAS TE ITALY FAVORED US. witH A Sow6â€" ‘.Virgil Jenes, 32 years <old, 1028 Densmore road, ‘Winnetka, was struck by a "vampire" automobile last week while crossing Sheridan â€" road near Winnetka avenue. / The car, he told Winnetka police, was speeding north and cartied no license plates. Two women, Mrs. William P. Crane, 45 years old, 2111 Harrison street, and Mre. L. Stone, 1718 Dempster street, were injured in Evanston last week due to the icy. condition of the mideâ€" walks. . Jenes was takens to the Evanston hospital, where it was found his right Mrs, Crane slipped and fell while walking along Central street, near Railroad avenue, and was taken to the Renanuston hospital suffcrin@ from a hlp:;u:;:lankk Mre, Stone also arrived at Mhfil a sprained ankle after she tm on theâ€"sidewalk on Dempster street pear her home. The Old Elm and Onwentsia Counâ€" try Clubs and Lake Forest Heights, a subdivision west of Fort â€" Sheridan, are also included in the proposed merâ€" ger. ‘The annexation suggestion came from the property owhers qutside the présent limits of the city. SEVERAL INJURED BY AUTOS DURING WEEK The estate of Loulis F. Swift, milâ€" lionaire . packer, which covers more than a thousand acres, will be the largest individual piece of property in the great tract which Lake Forest is thinking of annexing. The land which may become a part of this north shore city comprises that part of Shields township not already inâ€" cluded: within: the city limits south of the south line of ‘Lake Blllu: This parcel includes the estates of a score of millionaires, the property of two country clubs, and the village <f Em;:t,‘:llel has fAifty inhabiâ€" through Lake Forest.will be tripled in size. f Other Estate Affected . Under the plan the estate of A. Watson: Armour, part of the property of ‘J. Ogden Armour, and the estates of Arthur Meceker, R. H. McCormick, Cyrus H,. McCormick, John : Borden and the remainder of the W. 8. Brewâ€" ster property, and that of Benjamin Leslie Behr would be included withâ€" in the corporate limits of Lake Forâ€" est: Luke Forest also is considering the appointment of a city plan commisâ€" :iorwtukeadefiam'finhtwfieh the city can work in m:yud extension of its boundaries charâ€" acter and use of the property inâ€" cluded within its limits, so that the present â€"residential character of the city may be preserved. Guard for Proper Growth It was pointed out at a recent moetâ€" ing of the city council that only thru the Mopt:‘n of a ftar.reaching plan covering itory. which is to be included in z: future w opment of the city can the assurâ€" ance of the proper growth of the city be secured. It will be the duty of the plapning eomhnon. if appointed, to mfiu all possibilities to the end ( tbédtymgmdnahmon- ious whole as it ‘expands.. . , _: > No definite action has been taken as yet by the board but it is expected that in the near future a decizion will be made. The structure under consideration is to have a seating capacity of nearâ€" ly 1,000 and will have facilities for the presentation of plays and other entertainments. ‘ . Hearty support of the proposition rimBye ofcl'v:';m(m'wh:’h:lm number urged that the city obtain a large rall for public gatherings. t The board is considering a hew hall which would be used for community entertainments and public meetings. At the present time the city is not equipped with such a hall and for that reason ‘the board is anxious to see that the ‘room is built. M Indications that Lake Forest pubâ€" lic school will soon be supplemented by the addition of a large assembly hall for the use of all school of the city was seen.in the discussion held recently by the board of education. LAKE FOREST PLANS SCHOOGL AUDITORIUM INCLUDES LCARGE E8STATES New Hall to Seat Over Eight Hundred Proposed on Site of Gorton Building Proposalâ€"to Take In Large Tract South and East of . City;_ + Being Considered LAKE FOREST CITY ANNEXATION PLAN PART 2 2 PARTS NUMBER 44

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