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Highland Park Press, 8 Jul 1926, p. 1

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55kt up. "with, a ilémd Hunk. Mud 7 2ttt,y l 3:131" h 11le. Street tr e - ' other We at“ 0 wk tty wha 9‘7 mm; "s " trgtsi (s nth!- Ita: ses . 1 " b l " The Highland Park Theatre will present the following pictures next week. , Tonight "The Rainmaker" with Ernest Torrence, Georgia Hale and Wm. Collier Jr.; Friday and Saturn day, "silken Shaeklea” featuring Irene Rich and Huntly Gordon: Sun- day and Monday "mll Bent for Heaven” with John Barron and Patsy Ruth Miller; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, "The Blind Goddess'.' with Ernest Terrence, Esther Ralston and Jack Holt; Friday and Saturday. "A Poor Girl’s Romance" with Creighton Hale and Gertrude Short. Matinee Saturday. Bee prone!!! on back page of this paper. C RESULTS or, GAMES OP HIGHWOOD TEAM Nicks Colts af Bighwood played A wonderful - of baseball " Glen- view Sunday by Mutinr Glenview Mrs. John F. Mackenzie and thel Highland Park Memorial committee; are much ttratified at the success of; the most recent effort to raise fundsi with which to complete the memorial; work. As a result of the campaign; nbout 85,600 was raised And the Ith proceeds, the committee reports, with) the pledges already received. it is be-i Jieved, will, be enough to fusish the memorial, but may not be enough to: provide for landscaping which was! planned. However, this will be taken: care of later, and it is hoped that pub-; lie spirited eitizeru,will help in anal regard. ' The handsome Nash sport model roadster given away? by the committee Monday evening , awarded to William Spengler 0 Highland Park, who was much ple sed at his good fortune. Much credit is d Mrs. Mackenzie! and all the membe of the commit- tee for their inte est And eMeient work in behalf of e memorial pro- ject, u a result o which Highland. Park will have a m morial worthy of the heroes living end dead who sol faithfully served in the .world war. The Highwood fire department will hold a street carnival and dance " Santi’s comer, WEN! Highwood 3mm. Saturday evening,” July 17. Games, and My will be features of the evening. ht an of rain the amivsl will be held the following _ .On Monday they played the Griz- urds of Chicago at Elk: Park, High- 1nndPt-dtrtsrtteofrxeeption: my good plumb! the Rich!“ ”thumb!“ bra more 018-1. l i Sunday and Monday "Hell Bent for Heaven"; Other Inter- esting Features Saturday evening. "THE BLIND G9DDESS" TO BE SHOWN , DAYS WAR MEMORIAL FUND WILL BE SUFFICIENT Campaign Successful and Com- mittee Deserves Great Credit for Work HIGHWOOD F1113 DEPT. PLAN BI CARNIVAL The plant wnslereeted 1nd install- ed under the supirvision of James E. Peterman, preaid nt of the Refrig- enting Entrimseri, of Chicago, and is operated and 2'1,,r,',ti', his super- vision. Mr. Pete T an is one of the (Continued on page T) The Highlnnd Perk lee Co., one of the oldest and most reliable companies in this city he" completed end Ira operating their new lee plant at Mil, N. St. John's evenue. In yen-s zone by, during the summer months, iiGl, hove been handicapped by a shortage! of ice sad we therefore forced to', buy in the o market and to up; cept any man; fee obtainable in order to word Irtrviet to this city. I Flue’New Plant I This they pr ed will never happen,' attain. The new llnt is one of the most i modern and itary manufacturingl center in this ity, constructed of ', brick and steel hroughout at an tr?-', proximate cost f $100,000. The ill-4 bring system wns installed after} much investin on and thebest end most modern s tem he: been installJ ed. angling t e public absolutely“ pure an . cleer f at all times. I Capacity " TonsPnre lee In Every 24 Hours; Facilities For Delivery Excellent; Best Service ll. P. "jiri' IS 'NOW IN OPERATION vown m PM“ I a mum: '. “£0. HAS mmmm The 1H[ittlilaitt, Park Press ital]! The annual Ravinia Community sign ( day, held on July 5. was a very suc- net ceasful community get-together. AGI About fifty children competed for the Mlprizes given to the best costumes in the the parade. Siegfried and Roland, the h to; Hohman children, won the boys prize wasi with their native Bavarian costumes. iken i Virginia Wilson, with a doll buggy of pub- t toy monkeys, won the girl's prize. In this‘ the races that followed each winner was given an ice cream cone. Fun odel was furnished the spectators as well ttee l as the participants by the men’s base- tol ball game which completed the ath- _ lletic events. l Two women were injured by fly- ‘ing glass in an accident that occur- i red late last week at Green Bat road [and Lincoln avenue. They were Mrs. D. A. Monroe. South Green Bay, road, Highland Park, and,Mrs. K. S. Lowe, Evanston. The crash occurred in the :evening when the ear in which the women were riding struck a machine ldriven by J. D. Cole, 1131 Lincoln av- 'enue. Highland Park. Cole was going south in Green Bay road and made a turn into Lincoln avenise.:The other car was going north in Green Bay 'road and hit the Cole machine.' The fenders and windshield of the women's automobile were smashed and flying glass cut the occupants. Mrs. Monroe and Mrs. Lowe were taken to the 'Highlsnd Park hospital where their Ihurts were dressed. Mr. Cole Wes not , injured. 2. The next meeting of the North Shore Garden club will be held " the residence of Mrs, Milton S. Goodman, 1114 Sheridan road. Glencoe on‘Tnese day, July 20 " 2:30 sharp. Profes- sor H. Domer will talk on “Punting Late Blooming Punta." During the supper hour sandwiches, cake. salad and coffee Wet-o sold from the food booth which had beep pre- pared by Mrs. S. L. McIntosh and her assistants. In the evening the school organ was brought out and Mrs. L. D. Milligan played for the community to sing. Shooting " a splendid display of fire.. works which had been arranged by Mr. Edward Brizzolara made it good ending for the day. N. s. GARDEN CLUB q MEETS IN GLENCOE TWO SLIGHTLY HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Crash at Corner of Lincoln and . Green Bay Road Late Last Week BASEBALL TEAM TO HOLD CARNIVAL JULY 10 . A street dance and carnival will be given by the Highwood bushel! team Saturday evening, July 10. Nick”: five piece orchestra will furnish theimusie for the Minx. y; , General chairman C. H.’Witt and his committees a're busily engaged in daily planning for the big holiday and meetings of all committees are held each Monday evening. With sev- eral years of successful affairs of this kind to their credit, the Highland Park business men can be depended upon to make this year's Highland Park day the biggest and best on record. C RAVINIA COMMUNITY DAY MUCH ENJOYED In the business district the Cham- ber of Commerce, under whose aus- pices this annual civic holiday is stag- ed for the entertainment of the pub- lic, is preparing to provide a uniform system of decorations with large per- manent ttabs and iutttrtafrts which can be installed and 'removed whenever necessary. This is a new feature this year and will be continued from year to year in order to make the decora- tions in the business district uniform, the business men plan. Plans are under way for a stupen- dous parade in which all business men and citizens are urged to participate, and also everybody is requested to decorate for the occasion their ttttto- mobiles ahd premises to help give the city a holiday appearance. Amontrthe new features " to be the giving away of a fine Hudson se- dan automobile of latest Ind moat popular style and model, and in addi- tion there will be..ot!éred all sorts of merchandise prizes in the various de.. partments of the day's events. With all committees exhibiting a strenuous activity and rapidly de- veloping in the direction oflmaking Wednesday, July 28, one of the great- est Highland Park day holidays in the history of the city, the outlook is now for a record attendance and a program of entertainment features never before equalled here. Highland Park Day Priatatxrtiorttr Are "progressing Well T. C. Williams of this city who with their daughter, Mrs. Nelson, went east to attend the funenl which as held Monday afternoon'in Benton. ', New: reached Highland Perk Sat- urday of the sudden death" of Mr. Howard Williams in Boston. 11135., which occurred that morning. Mr. Williams is the canal Mr. and Mrs. _ He was a former resident trf this city and was a graduate of the Deer, fuid-8tv'elds high school. The gym- pathy of their many friem in ex-' tended Mr. and Mn'Williams end tres. Nelson in the loan of their Ion and brother. Two Acts Each Evening; Fighting Peaeemaker" Saturday Tonight and tomorrow night, Pris- cilla Dean and John Bowers in ','The Dice Woman"; Saturday, Jack Hoxie in "The Fighting Peacemaker"; Sun- day, Richard Holt in “The Roaster"; Monday and Tuesday, Eileen Percy in "Raee Wild." Matinee Saturday. See program on back page of this paper. Ffiday, July 9, Saturday, July 10, and Sunday, July 11, there will be two acts of vaudeville shown. The acts will be changed each evening. Permission was granted Alex Moon- ey to construct a system of sewers on his new subdivision, Briereate Villa. Maybr Hastings appointed as mem- bers or the board of health Dru. D. W. Rogers, Grover Q. Grady and Mor- tey D.WeNeal, and the appointments were chnftrmed by the etuneil. _ Bills and payrolls for the period, (Continued on page B) Tonight and tomorrow night. Con- any Tearle in "The Sporting Lover"; Saturday, Hoot Gibson in "The Man in the Saddle"; Sunday, "Sweet Dad- dies" with Charles Murray and Vera Gordon; Monday, Tuesday,' and Wed.. nesday, "The Volga Boatman" with William Boyd, Julia Faye, Eletmore Faire and Victor Vareoni; Thursday, "The Love Thief" with Norman Ker- ry and Greta Nissan; Friday Charles- ton Night, a novelty of dance, also "The Sign of the Claw." Matinee aSturday. See program on back page of this paper. _ PEARL THEATRE ADDS VAUDEVILLE PROGRAM Next week the following pictures will be shown at Pearl theatre next FORMER RESIDENT Sudden Death of Howard Wil- Buns Occurred Satnrdny; Son of T. C. Williams Award Engineering Contact Contract for engineering services in the matter of installing the new or- namental street lighting systém was awarded to Randolph Perkins Co., ac- cording to the recommendation of the special committee on this suhject, of which" Paul L. Udell is chairman. 'THE VOLGA BOATMAN" AT ALCYON THEATRE A good program of pictures will be' shown at the Alcyon theatre next week. f . Permission was granted the city of Highwood to extend a sewer on a por- tion of Prairie avenue in Highland Park to relieve conditions in that sec- tibm Will Be Shown 3 Days; "The Love Thief" Thursday; Other Features At the council session the city en- gineers were directed to take grade for sidewalks on the north side of Lambert Tree avenue and norttrpide of Sheridan road from Lambert Tree to Deere Park and also to investigate making of a grade for sidewalk on Sheridan from Lambert Tree north. At the regular meeting of the city council last Friday evening seven] matters of importance had considera- tion, Chief among which were the em- ployment of an engineering 'ttrm to install the, new ornamental street lighting system. instruction to the corporation counsel to draft bond is- sue ordinances and the presentation of a draft of a proposed ordinsuseto regulate operation of motion picture theatres. The board of local improve.. ments also transacted considerable business. m NEW STREET LIGHTING Council Gives Contact to Per. kins Co., As Recommended; Several New Ordl-_~ _ names Planned EMPLOY ENGINEERS . FOR LIGHT SYS’IEM HIGHLAND PAruUtLUNopr, THURSDAY, JULY tl, 1926 DIES IN BOS'ION ‘2 All elle?,", in the community m Welcom Tpp-tttester. _ ANNUAL FLOWER SHOW AT L. S. C. C. AUG. " The annual Flower Show of the North Shore Guden club will be held on Tuesday, August 24 " the “he Shun Country club. All when are urged to exhibit "rem aid mere bid. , . f Forty-eight happy boys and, girls are singing, plnying, working through the vacation hours, Ittyintr, up for themselvel tram. The Dubs meet- ing " 9 6'eloek ll the ntisfying nn- ner of the idle children to "Oh, wut can I do todny t" Children may still be enrolled in the three deputmcnts: Kindergarten, Miss Annie L. Cobb; Manny. In. Shelby T. Dexter; Junior, Miss Glad“ Those under the car 'rtn11r man- aged to erawi, out from under the wreckage. The Leopold automobile was not so badly damnged. _ Speeding, By Car A machine driven by Mrs. A. o. Mason, of Ravine place, Highland Park, was struck Ury a car being driven at a high rate of speed. Inte Yesterday sfternoon. The driver of the second machine refubed to give his name. but his license number was taken and a report given to Chief of Police Edward Moroney. It was Inter traced to a Zion owner. Wreck Smashes Hydrant A machine owned by N. F. Leopold. of Chicago, and driven by his chauf- feur, Swan Eckling, crashed into a car owned by Theodore Kauffman, 292 Vine avenue, Highland Park, and driven by his daughter, Miss Florence Kauffman, at the corner of Vine and Linden avenues, Highland Park, Sun- day afternoon at 5:40 o'eloek. DAILY BIBLE SCHOOL I ENROLLS FORTY-EIG'HT Chidren May Still Be Enrqlled; Meets Each Day at Pres- byterian Church Funeral services were held at 2 o'elock Wednesdny from the Prior chapel at 27 North Sheridan road, with interment at Memorial park. Other Auto Accidents Ed Beneke. 19, and his sister were injured Tuesday night in a wreck near Glencoe when his Chrysler roadster struck a culvert. Both were taken to the Highlahd Park hospital. Beheke wes severely cut about the face and head, but his injuries were not dan.. serous. r] scratches According to a report submitted to Chief of Police Moroney, both of the machines were almost a total wreck. The Kauffman machine after the colli- sion, ran into a Me 1:113, and turned over with the plug an er the car, pin- ning the occupants of the car. The hydrant broke completely off, and the car took on the aspect of a fountain. None of the principals in the acci- dent were injured. Ag a result of the breaking of the the plug, that sec- tion of the city was without water fon some hours. C Inman said that after the accident he took Lonngren to the hospital and then left for Northbrook, where he was headed when he struck the man. Lonngren died before reaching the hospital, it was stated. Verdict of Inquest In the meantime the police had been looking for Inman and on his return he readily appeared at the inquest. The jury brought in a verdict of ac- cidental death without attaching blame to Inman. Magma: Lonngren, who was about M years old, was the father of three boys, Bert W, Ralph W., and Robert M., ttll of whom are living. According to the story brought out nt the inquest, the dend man, Maxims, and his brother, Benny, were about to cross Railroad nvenue. Benny look- ed to the north and told his brother that on unto wu upprooching while Magma: looked south. Inman was coming from the north and Menus stepped in front of the car. He was knocked to the pavement and dragged along until Inman could bring his car M. N. LONNGREN IS VICTIM Msznus N. Lonnrren of. Chicago. I brother of Bennie C. Lonnqren, tailor, we: accidentally killed Sammy while crossing mum avenue, Highwod. with his brother, when he was struck by en sutomobile driven by Charles Inman of Highwood. to a halt. Brother' of Bennie Lonngren In We: Crossing Street Rall- AUTO ACCIDENT AT - ' . IllllBW000 B Thr, road; No Blame Attach.. ed; Other Accidents His sister escaped with a few F Pt ' _ m 'itiitit kiiiiiAt I willboheld My, July 16th. This 'h1ltreotreettothetmtiAllwho" _uttd-tetedtottr11tethiam, sum Food Inspector Homer Ken- nedy of Belvidere, 111., In: in lith- land Patti-st week and mode a thorottehfn-thmtoffooduesdthte nndattandnrtteottdttMttniaittttotty, f1ndimreo.rtditio-mt1r- iafsetorra.hermroetm1. Hound“ nttr-ntaautdtuenfetiisd ,aseoethnmttarriethietar-t- tueuttnitt-nd-attrertit condition which he found nary- ,rhemtrtthi.erttr. George J. Wilma has opened en auto radiator shop st 513 Elm place, where it is equipped to repair or me- build any make of automobile rulin- tor, he reports. He also is IN. to take care of bumps in kinda-sand auto bodies. it is explained. his is believed to be the ttrtst shop devoted exclusively to radiator work all the like in Highlsnd Park. ARDEN SHORE ANNUAL PICNIC NEXT FRIDAY box luncheoi; A tour of impaction of the camp will tthe pine after lunch. BOY BUILDERS T0 INSTALL OFFICERS RADIATOR REPAIR SHOP OPENS HERE Mr. Wgnless was born Jnnuu'y 80, 1864, in St. Andrews, Camdn, Ind had lived in Highland Pare about dive years. He its survived by his wife Ind one daughter. Mrs. Clarence A. Par.. liament of Highland Park. The ftmeral eervice wu held " the residence last Saturday, and burial was in Memorial Perk cemetery. Following the intalhtion refresh- ments will be served Ind dancing will be enjoyed. _ F John Mgr-tin Wale“, a resident " 851 North Sheridan road for shoot tive yum, died, July l, at the High. land Pail: hospital, following a con- sidenble' period of m health. The INserhe1d-Shieldt, phnpter of the Builders for Boys will ‘hold an open installation Friday evening, July it, in the Masonic Temple. The insuli- ing omeernt will be Mr. Albert Larson, installing ofBeer; Mr. James Cain, installing marshall; Mr. Walter Cope, installing secretary; Mr. William Thomas, mulling chaplnin. The oftteem to be installed Ire: M. J. Stephens, muster builder; Herold Lowe, deputy_builder; William Bain, senior inspector; William Benny. secretary; Hun: Edit, tmsurer; Ai- mon Henkel, junior inspector; Fred Held, senior overseer; William Gum junior overseer; Junior Cope, chap. lain; Rodney Coulsen, marshal]: luck Zengeler, Oliver Lindenmeyer. George Lutz, Harold Menuer. stewards. f JOHN M. WANLESS The sympothy of oth.einhs had M of the hospital and of all who how Miss Thomas hero is conveyed to the sorrowintt relatives, who on muted that in everything which made for nobility of ehasneter,nsteriine friend- ship and faithful service Min Thom- as excelled and held dwnyu the high regard of all who were undated with her in her work here. . Resident of North Sheridan Road Answers Last Call; Funeral Held During her incumbency as super- intendent of the local hospital Kiss Thoma proved s most edBeient and faithful head of the institution, sud wss held in high esteem by all our nected with the hospital. The body wss taken to Alva, om, her birthplace, where her med moth- er still lives, sud burisl was there. Other living relatives sre one broth- er, William Thorhss, in Detroit, and four sisters, Mrs. Addington of Wit- chits, Ksns., Mrs. Meyers of Chimp. Mrs. Heller of Ohmulgee, Okin., Ind Miss Gail Thoma of Tulsa, Okll. For the m‘time in lees than two yen: death robbed @the Highland Park hospital of n almanac. when Mien Eliseheth Thoma, Who 1tatsttertt'meuretaineettteumttt of the former superintendent, [in Olive Williams, early in 1925, Inc- cumbedlto e lingering illness. , Mile Thom-s was born in South Wales, Feb. 22, 1882, end In: need 44 yam, 4 months and 10 den at the time of her death. She m (red- uated from the Illinois Nureee’ Tain- ine School in 1915 end in on the faculty of that school from that time until she came to Highland Park in March, 1925, folloWing the death of Miss Williams. um Thomas. Head" V Of H. P. Hospital. 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