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ive (Phyilis ‘Week Paiee, stt Rosize and ym * JULY i Mrs. William S. y lived in Kenilâ€" IAL NUT ';m' ter b d tor Rer guest. of Searbor performed |), at A street carnival and dance will be held Saturday evening, July 17, unâ€" der the direction of the Highwood Fire Department at Santi‘s corner, Railroad and Highwood aves., Highâ€" wood. Games, ‘dancing and refreshâ€" ments will be features of the evening. In case of rain the carnival will be held the following Saturday evening. An important meeting of the Highâ€" land Park lodge of Elks} was held Tuesday evening for the purpose of planning participation in the grand lodge reunion and parade in Chicaâ€" go on Thursday. The plan is for the local~lodge representatives to appear in uniform attire of white trousers, white shirts, straw hats, purple ties and purple hat bands. They will asâ€" semble at 2 o‘clock Thursday at Cass and Ohio streets, Chicago, to take their place in the big parade. BIG CARNIVAL AT t3 HIGHWOOD SATURDAY This refers to the engagement of the Randolph Perkins Co. to do the engineering work on the installation of the proposed new ornamental lightâ€" ing system in the business district, etc., as recommended by the special committee appointed to investigate the proposition. The engineers submitted estimate No. 2 and final for the E. A. Meyer Construction Co. for material and labor utilized in construction of a conâ€" crete pavement in Lakeflood drive, known as Special Assessment No. 291. The amount due was sKhown to be $11,614.60, and on motion of Member Cheney it was ordered allowed, acâ€" cording to the engineers‘ recommenâ€" dations. Board Meets At the meeting of the board of local improvements Friday evening Memâ€" ber Cheney moved that the agreement dated July 9, 1926, by and between the City of Highland Park and the Ranâ€" dolph Perkins Co. be approved. The motion prevailed. Arrangements Made at Meeting Held Tuesday Evening; In Uniform | Commissioner Card moved that bids submitted for the resurfacing of the brick paventént on Green Bay road be rejected and that the street departâ€" ment be instructed to resurface two blocks of said pavement and on comâ€" pletion submit a report to the counâ€" cil showing the cost. ( * Provide for Bond Issue At this juncture the bond issue orâ€" dinances were moved to be placed on file by Commissioners Preston, Card, Cheney and Preston, respectively. LOCAL ELKS MARCH IN CHICAGO PARADE Commissioner Card moved that George F. Nixon & Company be granted permission to install ornaâ€" mental street lighting system in their Forest Ridge subdivision, the comâ€" pany to pay the entire cost, under the usual conditions and, provisions protecting the interests of the city in the premises. On motion of Commissioner Cheney James Viti & Son were allowed payâ€" ment of $1,589.50 on their contract for the installation of cast iron pipe at the pumping station, in accordâ€" ance with engineers‘ récommendaâ€" tions. I The report of the buildigg inspector for June was received and filed. 000 for waterworks improvement. The fourth is for $8,000 for improveâ€" ments to the incinerator plant. Final action on all four will be taken later. Appropriation Ordinance At this meeting the annual approâ€" priation ordinance was placed on file also for inspection according to law, and it will come up for final disposiâ€" tion later. I At the regular meeting of the city council last Friday evening ordiâ€" nances were ordered placed on file for public inspection providing for borâ€" rowing money and issuing bonds and collection of direct annual taxes to pay principal and interest on a total of $234,000 to be ufed in building two north Sheridan road bridges, waterâ€" w o rk s improvements, â€" incinerator plant enlargement and general corâ€" poration purposes. Four ordinances were started on their way through the council and are on file for inspection, according to law. The first provides for a bond issue of $165,000 for bridge buildâ€" ing. The secont is for $35,000 for general corporation purpeéses, public benefits, etc., and the third for $30,â€" YOLUME XVI FOUR TOTALING $234,000.00 FILE ORDINANCES _ . FOR BOND ISSUES For Bridges, W. W. Improveâ€" ment; Incinerator and Pubâ€" PART 1 2 PARTS lic Benefits; Board and Council Meet : Next week the following pictures will be shown at Highland Park 'Theatre: Tonight "The Blind Godâ€" dess" with Ernest Torrence, Esther | Ralston, and Jack Holt; Friday and , Saturday, "A Poor Girl‘s Romance" |\ with Creighton Hale and Gertrude | Short ; Sunday and Monday "The Volcano" featuring Bebe Daniels and | Ricardo Cortez; Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, "It‘s the Old Army | Game" with W. C. Fields and Louise | Brooks; Friday and Saturday, Richâ€" ard Talmadgre in "The Better Man". : Matinee Saturday. See program on back page of this paper. i The parade will begin at 9:30 or { 10 o‘clock a. m. Formation and march will be furnished by the committee or in the Highland Park Press and News. | For further information call any | member of the committee, who will be | pleased to go into detail. The quartet is planning a musical concert some time in the fall, reâ€" bearsals for which will begin in Augâ€" ust. The Highland Park Male Quartet will sing at the Grace M. E. church, Sunday morning at eleven o‘clock.: _ The North Shore Garden club will hold its next meeting at the home of Mrs. Milton S. Goodman, 1114 Sheriâ€" #an road, Glencoe on Tuesday, July 20 at 2:30 o‘clock. Professor H. Dorner will talk on "Planting Late 20 at 2:30 . o‘ Dorner will tall Blooming Plants MALE QUARTET AT GRACE M. E. CHURCH GARDEN CLUB MEETS NEXT TUESDAY, JULY 20 In an accident on the Skokie branch of the North Shore Line Sunday night a workman named Jack Davis sufâ€" fered such severe injuries to his foot and ankle that Dr. H. B. Roberts, who attended him at the hospital, found it necessary to amputate the leg between the knee and the ankle. The man is reported improving. Man Named Jack Davis Injured Sunday Night Undergoes _ Operation "Has anybody here lost a swarm of bees; they‘ve roosted temporarily in my trees?" was the inquiry phoned the Highland Park Press by a local woman yesterday, when somebody‘s hives overflowed and the surplus took refuge on her premises. The Press receives many amusing and interestâ€" ing inquiries and advertisements for its classified column, but this one cerâ€" tainly merits a high place among those catalogued "unique." Probably Merton Church is shgrt a few honey makers. As an added attraction "Feist Week" will be observed at this theatre. All of the latest organ specâ€" ialties will be played by Placide Heinz Gedge. LEG AMPUTATED AS ACCIDENT RESULT LOST SWARM OF BEES ALIGHT IN HER TREES BEBE DANIELS IN ; "THE VOLCANO" 2 DAYS "It‘s the Old Army Game" Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursâ€" day; Other Good Features Hoping to see you in the line of march and assuring you it will be appreciated. We wish you would be represented with an automobile, float, marching organization, or any other way of helping make the parade of interest and beauty. . This Is ‘Your Invitation . < Your organization is cordially inâ€" vited and earnestly requested to participate in the big parade on Highâ€" land Park day, Wednesday, July 28th. Letter Invites All City Organizations To Join Big Parade The following letter regarding parâ€" ticipation in the big parade on Highâ€" land Park day has been mailed to the various organizations in this city urging them to take part in the parade on the morning of July 28. The committee of the Chamber of Commerce in charge of parade arâ€" rangements desires it made clear that in case any organization has been omitted or overlooked in mailing out the letters, they are to please consider the publication of the letter as an inâ€" vitation directed to them. The desire is to have all local organizations repâ€" resented in the parade. The letter follows: ® . We are cordially yours, Albert Larson, Hugo Schnieder, John A. Peters, Roy M. Howe, . _ Henry G. Winter, Parade Committee Mrs. Frank Fitt of Highland Park has an article in the July Atlantic Monthly entitled "The Ancient Virâ€" tue," which is a reply to an article on "Thrift" which appeared in that magâ€" azine in the April number. The arâ€" ticle by Mrs. Fitt is of especial interâ€" est to her many friends here, not only because of the personal angle, but also by reason of the fine phrasing and unangwerable logic of her arguâ€" ment. f ; Arnold Shadewitz, 631 Vine avenue, died Monday at the Highland Park hospital, following a long period of ill health from stomach and heart trouâ€" ble. He was born in Saxony, Gerâ€" many, and had lived here for some years. He was a retired soldier. His widow and three daughters, Ruth, Elsie and Dorothy, survive. One daughter died several months ago. The funeral is being held this afterâ€" noon at 1:30 o‘clock at the residence, and burial is in the Fort Sheridan cemetery. | Appears In July Number and Is Entitled "The Ancient Virtue" MRS. FITTS ARTICLE _ IN ATLANTIC MONTHLY |\ Another ‘good baseball game: is promised Highland Park fans on next Sunday, when the local Elks team will face the Mason Park nine on the local field. The Mason Park aggreâ€" gation is said to be one of the fastest in the Chicago district and they showâ€" ed their prowess> last week by deâ€" feating the strong Chicago Blues 7 to 0. The Mason Parks have the strongâ€" est backing of any team in Evansâ€" ton, it is reported and they are exâ€" pecting to bring a big crowd of their supporters to Highland Park on Sunâ€" day. Chief Watkins and Stallman will be the battery for the Elks. _ _ Resident of Vine Avenue Taken By Death Monday; Retired ! Soldier ARNOLD SHADEWITZ DIES; FUNERAL TODAY MASON PARK TEAM HERE NEXT SUNDAY Strong Evanston Nine Will Meet Elks Team on Local Field; Crowd Coming > p'fxmphlet programs and all publicaâ€" tions of larger size. : | Another New Machine For the big Cleveland folder in the job department, which folds the (Continued on page 7) Within the last few weeks there has been installed a selfâ€"feeder for the Michle press purchased in 1924. This mechanical feeder takes . the place of hand feeding of the sheets of paper into the press, , the comâ€" plicated device slipping the paper inâ€" to the press faster and more accurateâ€" ly than can be done by hand. This echanical device can be speeded up ;1 the highest capacity of the press t?,which it is attached, and its use g'reatly facilitates the printing of the newspaper _ and book_s, O book_lets. Increase in the size and circulation of the Press and growth of the busiâ€" ness of the company generally has made necessary the purchase of another large press to take care of this phase of the business. The old Campbell press which has done duty in newspaper printing in Highland Park since before the Highland Park Press was started, is being dismantled to make way for the fast new Michle. Two Fast Presses + This new press is a duplicate of the oné purchased and installed in 1924 in this plant, and with the addifion of the new one the plant will have a battery of two fast newspaper and book presses which will take care of all demand in this line for a long time to come. Besides to this major addition to the plant, several other important imâ€" provements in equipment have been made recently, all of which give inâ€" creased efficiency and increased speed in turning out good printing. With the purchase of a second No.| At the regular monthly meeting of 1 Miehle high speed press and sevâ€"| the Highland Park Chamber of Comâ€" eral other modern devices to increase| merce Tuesday evening extensive reâ€" the efficiency of the plant, the printâ€"| ports were heard from| committees in ing plant of the Udell Printing Co.| charge of Highland Park day arâ€" and the Highland Park Press is now | rangements, showing that all preparâ€" one of the best equipped plants of| ations were well advanced for the anâ€" the kind in northern Illinois. The new | nual celebration on Wednesday, July press is now being installed. 28, a feature of which will be the big Increase in the size and circulation| parade in the forenoon. > Second Miehle Purchased in Two| Chamber of Commerce Meets Years Increases Capacity; and Makes Further Arrangeâ€" Selfâ€"Feeding Machines, .__ments For Observance of Other Devices > the Big Holiday â€" BUY ANOTHER FAST PRESSl SEVERAL DIVISIONS, NEW EQUIPMENT FOR ' HIGHLAND PARK DAY UDELL PRINTNG CO.| _ PARADE S FEATURE HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOI8, THURSDAY; JULY is City Marshal Frame of Highwood found an abandoned Ford touring car on a street in that city Sunday night and through the license plates he loâ€" cated the owner, Oscar Faint of Roseâ€" mount avenue, Chicago. Chie? Frame notified Faint that the car had been found in Highwood, and the owner came and recovered his property. â€" . Mrs. Albertine D. Eggenah, mother of Mrs. Frank A. Laing of this city, passed away, July 6th at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edmund A. Palmer, in Pelham, New York, after an illness of several months. The funeral services were held Friday at the home in Lake Forest with Dr. Roberts and Dr. McClure officiating. Burial was in Lake Forest cemetery. FINDS ABANDONED CAR IN HIGHWOOD Mrs. Christina Peterson died Tuesâ€" day morning at her home, 582 Glenâ€" view avenue. She was born July 16, 1887, and was aged 38 years, 11 months and 27 days. Her husband and one son survive. The funeral is held at 3 o‘clock this afternoon, at the residence, and burial is in the North Shore cemetery. > s PASSES AWAY JULY 6 IN PELHAM, NEW YORK Five were injured, one seriously, when two automobiles moving at a rapid rate of speed crashed on Milâ€" waukee avenue, about one mile north of Half Day, at 4 o‘clock Sunday morning. Arthur J. Hansen, aged 18 years, 2043 North Albany avenue, Chicago, the most seriously injured is believed to have suffered a fracture of the skull. The injured were taken to physicians‘ offices in Libertyville, and Hansen later was removed to a Chicaâ€" go hospital. | Chris Hansen, father of Arthuri Hansen and a brotherâ€"inâ€"law Joseph | De Cicco, 618 Independence boulevard, | Chicago, occupants of one machine | and Joseph Tansel, Ingleside, II1., taxi ‘ driver and James Barket of 4156 West | Twentyâ€"first street Chicago, oceuâ€" / pants of the other car were severely ; cut and bruised in the crash which ; virtually wrecked the two cars. I MRS. PETERSON DIES AT HOME ON TUESDAY Would Have Been 39 Years Old on July 16; Burial Today, ' In N. 8. Cemetery Bad Crash Near Halfâ€"Day Sunâ€" day Night; One Man Seriâ€" ously Hurt Both the Elks .band and the high school band will provide music durâ€" ing the parade, which promises to be an elaborate affair. All organizations are invited to participate, as noted in a special letter in another column of this paper. Floats divisionâ€"Business floats, orâ€" ganization floats, horse drawn floats, wagons in groups. High school band. Prizes Awarded Prizes of $5, $3 and $2 will be awarded for the best decorated girl‘s (Continued on page 7) FIVE ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Several Divisions First division â€" Grand marshal, Mayor Hastings, former Mayor Hawâ€" kins, president C. H. Witt of the Chamber of Commerce, police, fire deâ€" partment, Elks band, etc. Automobile division â€" Automobiles personally decorated, business autoâ€" mobiles decorated, organization autoâ€" mobiles decorated. + Children‘s division â€" Children with doll buggies, scooters, bigycles, pushâ€" mobiles, pony carts, clowns, etc. The parade which will be in sevâ€" eral divisions will proceed ‘over the same route as last year, including the principal streets of the business disâ€" trict. The formation will be anâ€" nounced in next week‘s Press. The several divisions will include the folâ€" lowing: ‘flg.fi:* | _ Demnsey Brown, well known local ‘ colored boy, has opened a shoe shinâ€" ing parlor at 396 Central avenue and ; his many friends predict that he will . make a success of the venture. His | motto is "Aim to please, with a smiled thrown in." ~The formal opening of | the new shine parlor is set for Friâ€" | day, July 16. f ! A. G., McPherson has incorporated | his business, the new arrangement , taking effect July 1 under the firm name of A. G. McPherson, Inc. The i business consists in Dodge Bros. car sales and general garage repair work. | The officers of the company are A. G. | McPherson, president; A. L. McPherâ€" | son, treasurer; E. E. Prve, secretary. l'l‘he firm has two locations on East Park avenue,.one for the sale of new Dodge cars and storage and the older location for general repair work. Link road, last Sunday, where a small: CHANGE IN IN SERVICE blaze had started in an outbuilding.| The fire was extinguished with small Chicago & Western Ry. damage resulting. It was reported change in , will become efâ€" to the firemen that the blaze was fective Sunday, 18th, 1926, with caused by a small boy playing with earlier deps of certain trains. The fire department was called to the home of Robert Bock on Bobâ€"oâ€" SMALL BLAZE CALLS FIRE DEPARTMENT DEMPSEY BROWN IS SHOE SHINE ARTIST The Alcyon Theatre will present the following program next week: Tonight "The Love Thief" featuring Norman Kerry and Greta ©Nissen; Friday ‘"‘The Sign of the Claw" and a novelty of. dance; Saturday, vaudeâ€" ville and "Honesty is the Best Poliâ€" cy"; Sunday, "Brown of Harvard" with William Haines and Mary Brian, and 3 acts of vaudeville; Monday and Tuesday, "The Brown Derby‘ with Johnny Hinés and Mildred Bragdon; Wednesday and _ Thursday, "Old Loves for New" with Lewis Stone; Friday, "The Garden of Alibi" a revue of dance and song; Saturday, "‘The Winning of Futurity‘" and 3 acts of vaudeville. Matinee Saturday. See program on back page of this paper. Chartered By State Secretary July 1; Officers and Busiâ€" _ ness Location A. G. MePHERSON CO. IS INCORPORATED Last Sunday © Nick‘s Colts, . the, the monumental strong Highwood team played fl'e“'! fall to her lot a most exciting baseball game by deâ€" } is unusual in t} feating Jefferson Park‘s strong team lyric quality, ye 11 to 10. > ‘ permits this sil The score was tied in the seventh preatest climax NEXT WEEK‘S PROGRAM AT ALCYON THEATRE "Old Loves for New" Wednesâ€" Defeats Jefferson Park‘s Strong The score was tied in the seventh inning and in the eighth Jefferson Park scored two more runs, making the score 10â€"8. In the ninth Highwood started the old merryâ€"goâ€"round and with three men on bases George Rudolph hit one over the fence, winning the game for Highwood. Next Sunday Highwood will play Glenview at Glenview. Besides the widow the near relaâ€"| music lovers. f tives of the deceased are a brother,| These ri®, which were inaugâ€" Scott Brown of Evanston, and a sisâ€" urated last Mon@ay night, are given ter, Mrs. Ralph Seymour of Ravinia.| jointly by the i Symphony orâ€" Mr. Brown was a member of the| chestra, under direction of Erie Delta Upsilon fraternity and !or‘ DeLamarter, one of the leadâ€" many years a prominent member of ing artists of opera forces apâ€" the Highland Park Christian Science| pearing as soloift in an extensive reâ€" church, in which he was a reader for| cital program. (Next Monday night, three years.â€" His business was that| July 19, Mme. . |Flisabeth Rethberg, of counsellor in investments. He was | dramatic sopran® will be heard in a a lawyer admitted to the Illinois bar.‘ generous p and the Chicago The funeral was held at the residence| Symphony o will as usual at 10:30 o‘clock Monday morning. _ | present a brillisft program. All seats HIGHWOOD TEAM PLAYS CLOSE GAME SUNDAY Mr. Brown was a graduate of Wilâ€" liams college in the class of 1889. He and Mrs. Brown were united in marâ€" riage 25 years ago in Chicago, Mrs. Brown‘s maiden name being Marie Menefee. For the last 20 years they have made their home in Ravinia, and throughout this community their friends are many. children. Mr. Olivter S. Brown, Resident of Ravinia Mr, Oliver Stowe Brown, a highly esteemed resident for the last twenty years, passed away quite suddenly last Friday, July 9, at his home in Ravinia. He was born in Washingâ€" ton, D. C. and was 59 years of age. Mrs. Brown is living. There are no Team 11â€"10; To Meet Glenâ€" view, Sunday day and Thursday; "The Winning of Futurity" For 20 Years, Passes The Lake Colnty Heating and | Plumbing E association will ; hold a picnic at Lake, Saturâ€" i’dty.‘ July 17. plumbing shops ’ from, Highland rk (to Waukegan | will be closed day Saturday so that their may attend this | pienic. About tyâ€"five shops are represented in this organization and | about four h are expected to attend the p!:n For particulars afiply to ticket agent. vacations, and u and girls are gi Space will not pe good features : Only a visit will a thorough know accomplished . to! and girls better c bring your lunch PLUMBERS&PICN!C AT GAG AKE JULY 17 This picnic wifl be an opportunity for the new ebs of Highland Park and surrounding‘suburbs to become acquainted with splendid work beâ€" ing done at thig camp where 2,000 Arden Shore‘ picnic will take place July 16. ~ This is a box luneh aff to which all new friends of this 14 fresh air camp are invited, as as those, who in the past. have to make Arden Shore what it is y., relatives in CMWillicothe, Ohio and Wapakoneta, . _ Mrs. Roth was pastor at the Johns Evangelical church at Chill , O., for a period of six years. Rev. and Mrs, Roth are former ts of Oberlin colâ€" lege, Oberlin, . ANNUAL PICNIC AT cently from a vWit with friends and Rev. Roth the M.A. degree in religious edu@étion at Northwestâ€" ern university June 14 and will continue his es there working toward his * ~ Rev. Karl A. h who has been in charge® of Johns Evangelical church for over & year while he has been attending rthwestern univerâ€" sity at has moved to the parsonage at N. Green Bay road and will continug serving the congreâ€" gation. L ease. Mme. RetiRMerg is fully equipped Continue@ on page 10 Mme. Reth! , who holds a firm position as one the world‘s greatâ€" est dramatic , has won the whole hearted val of every Raâ€" vinia patron wB has heard her in the monumentalibperatic roles which fall to her lot af Ravinia. Her voice is unusual in it is of beautiful lyric quality, yeQ it has a power that permits this sifiger to achieve the greatest climaxés: with consummate present a brill program. All seats are free for t concerts, the genâ€" eral ‘admission the gate covering everything. . s â€" REV. KARL ‘ ROTH RES T HERE NOW Pastor of St. Johns Evangelical So great has the interest. manâ€" ifested by the in the series of Monday night recitals which Mr, Eckstein Arranged as a speâ€" cial weekly 1 of Ravinia Opera and Concerts, tHat there is every reaâ€" son to believe it the plan nieets with the approval of all music lovers. * Symphony Oréhestra and Soloist In Each ma; Program MONDAY NGHT FEATURE Church Moves to Highâ€" For Next Week Given and cHildren spend their out Arden Shore. istify and give you rdge of all that in ard making boys izens. Come early, nd spend the day. n renewed health. 1it to tell the many ted to Attend; and Children SHORE CAMP AT RAVINIA NUMBER 20 No: