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Highland Park Press, 21 Jul 1927, p. 9

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E. he‘n To Wiiem: sot mt mt at ‘I6; Carric, who â€" married â€" Mr. > «Aumase; and August, who married Gehrhardt died November 16, 1885 h. at the age of 68 years, and is buried â€"-.:u-uu.m;:. "l":-tivnnufin M*fllhl_-q'cn- T. Mrs. Honey Wesaling ".:“â€".l-\-n.-\bm\ with her mother; Blunche, who is Mrs. John A. Stryker; and Pearl, * "i‘::-m. lq-,‘ * .. : . â€" td uy . cone en Sarieter MT&MM.M a Miss lrench and Dr. Lewis were teachers in the former. ‘-'--rrldlmhz.ll'n, Q&Nmr'@h,h,:: Himme! to Henry essling, who was born December 18, 1848, the son of Gehrhardt Woessling, who was born July 6, 1817, in Gehrte, Hanâ€" . over, Germany, and came to America | _ im 1836, and helped build the Lockâ€" ones. She was sixteen when Abraâ€" rfifi ::Wh nu-.: * Ahe court house is Chicago. She and «John Stryker, who came to America :ml.-h':--npn: resided on the Glos farmt in North lr.ndhl.ry'culhgun‘ h*&mv&mfi-fl, @ongeniality with his father, on the latter‘s farm on Dundse road in Northfield. ‘This farm was bought “hâ€"wmn.n&;_j ld“.vhullgh'nld-t Of ‘It about three years ago to the For five years the Henty Wessâ€" lings lived on the farm of the firs port Canal. At twenty years of age ents came to Deerfield from Alsace about the same time. Gelhrhardt had cight. children: Louise, Henry, m Te t Sighied Tark: fmts, uit Highland Park. moved to Northfield to the farm of ber uncle, George Escher, brother of Bishop John J. Escher. hm& Philip~Brand family moved to farm that he bought of Mr. Luther (an earlier settler, one of whose m:-mu.lo..wn.ot)nl the corner of Deerfleld and Saunders the_Frank Sack family, near Banâ€" ‘El‘lh'l;‘i. Aiken subdiÂ¥ision:â€" â€" â€"â€" On this farm Mary lived until six Dought from Mr. Geary, which is north of Deerfield and now occupied "'My-‘-lhnn-nhmlb‘o, and reached Deerfield vicinity in May 1844. nnn-rrhdnlulyn,lm Miss Mary Salome Ott, who was born in Alsace, September 14, 1825, and came to Deerfield with her parents, Jacob, and Ursula Riek Ott, who emigrated from Alsace in 1832, were in Warren, Penn. two years, ;:: tunledtol‘kneoutybyu.m, the spring of 1837. Mr. Brand hewed timbers fo rthe first Evangelical Asâ€" mhfionehmhinthm,w on the south side of Dundee road in the South Northfield cemetery, : in which are buried the Luther family, the Wesslings, and Ursul» Rick Ott :h'-dsothem‘m s t s mesLs 2L T Mary S. Brand was born October 12, 1847, on the farm that her father £ 00 g an ce N PCPs ids Hve her father was J. Philip, Jr.. who was born August 23, 1813, and came Mary Brand attended the Kennicot fi'flhh“’-fltmdm may also live to â€" & century of usefulness to her A A cheirful disposition: happy smile and great religious mark eighty years that she\ his lived, is Mrs. Henry Wessline. A Deerfiecld pioncer worgan, whose few grey hairs do not liedicate the Story of Mra. Heriry Weseling‘s Mother Relates Many LIFE WISTORY OF _ : MARY SALOME BRAND PATRONIZR OUR ADVERTISERS He Jn state in o. She and in the Wilâ€" on July 1. Mnb in atey "odbe wcnnd oc No. 378, sponsored by Représentative Rene “M:h-uhh """"'&--zu“nm ors‘ Pension law twoâ€"thi.ds of ‘--um.u-h-y.‘ ~Whe bill has reteived the signature No. nt BnnditDins 4s l e e t Mc-.i-hAâ€"h-qm favorably with conditions here.‘ Dr. Metealf will continue hisâ€" clinical work and observations for the next flw-fihv-h-flc-\ ters of Europe, after which he will ter, and who has been combining pleature with clinical work in Pronce MT NCPE omm Thecadihsuintt cod [::..:..'-*:::.:. . m m es to calls have endeared him to a large "The ~diagnostic equipment and Eoed in Farie: in se af ue hang]. n‘-!-“n.?‘:-fi-?.‘g":& rwralr qnil ysd cg 7 on uic o â€"si l The following item from the Paris edition of the.New Â¥ork Heraid, of A most enjoyable afternoon â€" was spent in Mrs. Insull‘s and Mrs. Rafâ€" ferty‘s gardens after which each most delightfully by Mrs. Martin Inâ€" sull on Thursday, July 14. A buffet luncheon was served at Orchard House, Mrs. Insull‘s little house on Ridge road. In addition to the club members and their house guests, four Highiand 1 Es i CN t 1 1 Under the provisions of House BiJl Michael -lveclnn,"vâ€"-rthe first settler came in 1836. GARDEN CLUB I8_ _ _ . °C ENJOYED THURSDAY served communicants in 'EZ: ';o;:: ships. In 1853 this church was moved to Shields township. ( _ICC UJ SZichae‘ Yore and was in what was called Meehan‘s settiement, on the Corduroy road, and was called the Corduroy church. This church The first church in Deerfleld townâ€" liizd'u built in 1844 on land doâ€" nated by Michre!l Yore and was in was proposed and. unanimously acâ€" cepted that this meeting should beâ€" represent the ‘families of the sons and daughters of Michael Yore. It president, Hirs. George Yore: Sr.; secretary, Mrs. Lawrence Vaughn. A committee was also appointed to Mcintyre read the Shstitution anc the appointment of the following of. ficer_l._ president, John Yore: vice DCCCD, PPESTCeN!, John Yore; viceâ€" president, Mrs. George Yore: Sr.; this was six generations represented and the youngest present was little Mary Louise Fenlon (two months old) of then the crowd adjourned to the famâ€" Wlanmwnedby.lohn Yore, a grandson of the pioneer. By noon, all of the many families had arrived from the surrounding cities and the next thing on the proâ€" gram was a picnic luncheon. Most clthfincmnmtinl“hgnlr the familiar faces and renewing comâ€" panionships of younger days. M‘ On Sunday, 10, three hunâ€" Nd-a.dm’.d!cwvm, md&mfidm-t:: m,- u‘h‘%fl h-uhunua-dy.hm. dred years ago. The day began by two hundred attending Mass at St. REUNION OF YORE + . _ FAMILY HELD SUNDAY Attend Six Generations Attend Affair E. EUROPEANâ€" AMERICAN ‘CLINICS July 25; and became a law THELiBRARY oF us â€" _ _ _ was entertained families will enjoy n plenie. _ ”Mflx;‘fimt a. ‘m. ‘“ M tures planned are, pot luck lunch at on, games, Taces, and prizes.. meeting of the North Chicago R. ".A..-pu“’”-h"', 25. All members desiring to .m':fi on 2 Anind ts ie .‘!‘!_.._-'_--.fiam prvom h‘l‘vl-"â€"â€"-â€"â€"_'m l*& Jewitt E;r'}.!'m?':-&w camp have been invited to attend a in Ambama. (where she died) with her fhvorite niece, Mrs, Christensen. ROYAL NRIGHBORS To HOLD MANY EVENTS ter of interest to those who delighted in that particular speed of the day. Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Vedder Ppnd e ul F husbs NP CA Sn ind tuhsinfoancnefi ind husband was twentyâ€"one years of age. _ The Vedder and Parson families were identified in a marked way in Philip was a farmer and kept a hotel on the Mohawk turnpike for many years. December 23, 1824 he married Margaret Haverly. She was born in Glenville, N. Y., April 29, 181?. v_kn she was fourteen and her t NOe is vatin tsmm hn h Hoffman‘s Ferry) Schnectady cor New York. He was born March 1804, a member of one of the Knickerbocker families. Funeral services were held Wedâ€" nesday, July 20, at 2 p. m. at West Chicago _ Masonic temple, Qakley boulevard and Madison street, under the auspices of Siloam Chapter No. 119 O. E. S. of which she was a past matron. Interment at Park Ridge cemetery. â€" miece, Susan Easton, lived with her, and when Susie married Fred Protine she continued to reside in her home in Elmburst. She died, however, at the home of a friend in Hinsdale where she was visiting when she became suddenly ill. > 3 to Fred 0. Christensen who for many years had a drug store at the corner of Jackson boulevard and California avenue in Chicago. After his retirement from business Mr. and Mrs. Christensen spent their summers on the Vedder farm in _Deerfield and their winters ‘i-l;m‘Al:-. Hattie Parsons was born in Deerâ€" field in the house now occupied by the Jordan family on Waukegan road on December 21, 1859. On July 9, 1884 she was married to Fred 0. Christensen who for many inherited dan (Lura Parson) and of Bert and Edwin Easton. She was a niece of | Miss Margaret Vedder, whose properâ€"| ty on Waukegan road, now owned â€"by | Mr. George Truitt, Mrs. Christensen| sen was an aunt of Mrs. E. B. Jorâ€" wilo passed away Monday, July 18,| after a two day illness was a daughâ€" terâ€"of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Parson, one of the first settlers in Deerfield, | Mrs. Parson was Susan Vedder beâ€"| fore her who FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY A!!e{_ Mr. Christensen‘s death her HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, Mrs. Hattie Parson Christensen| Death July 18. Dies at Home of Friend OLD RESIDENT, DIES drug store at the corner eulevard and California qon stteet, under| _ The parade is not limited to passenâ€" iloam 'Chnpter No. ger cars. Prizes will be offered to nich she was a past trucks and floats as well as passenâ€" nt at Park Ridge Re cars. Residents of the North . Shore are invited to have their cars d Parson families in the parade. a marked way inJ 11:30: Horseshoe tournament, sinâ€" f â€"Philip . zles.andâ€"danbles, for Wlmgth‘_% m (now| ber of ~Commerce trophies â€" CÂ¥ Schnectady county, cups.< â€" 2oo use® ras born March 21, Afternoon Feature« old "'fl. hg towns enjoy with them amee s delightful programs of { the -&_’-n day and date, Satâ€" this band is maintained fous ‘to have their n-t”i:-n thy ce E\i‘“‘“w Intontonires Ahobicat heart of Athe. vilegs with ie Seaate ful trees, is a Jovely background for Uke q rcula s L109 PPreS week is the delightful band concert which will be given on Satutday eveâ€" 1 O0:__New Imperial Chevrolet sedan given away. There will be all kinds of refreshâ€" ments on the grounds. Numerous games of skill have been arranged ANOTHER CONCERT Is â€" SCHEDULED BY BAND will give an exhibition of jumping. The horses that will be used are trained to jump /énces, gates and other obstacles fre feet high. ‘"The riders will be d in sparleh sent 4:00: Climbing of greased pole. 4:30: John Hartnett, formerly of the Indian Hill Riding club, with t"n or three other experienced riders Sm Noi asien " THURSDAY, JULY 21, will be 2:00: Races and games at the EIE Street Park for which 195 + Afternoon Features 1:00: Children‘s parade will form on Center ‘street and march to the prck on West Elm street. Children »ire invited to decorate their bicycles, Wagons, small automobiles, baby carâ€" rirges and enter the parade. ml will be offered for the best decoraâ€" Se uo2 school A0 O OOOCE COHH, CHSL 0j tower to Center street, south on Cen ter to Elm street, west on Elm tc West. End Park annosits u.ls _ 10:15: Parade will start, covering dm:_m‘! 2 the following route: South on Linden Chester Ge to Hill road, east on Hill road to Final report Church street, south on Church to} John I. Ma Winnetka avenue, east on Winnetka Hearing on f avenue to Woodland, north on Wood-[ July 15. land to Willow road, west on Willow Anna Cook road to Walnut street, north on Walâ€" report appro nut to Eim street, west on Elm £9 | ed, Lincoln avenue, north on Lincoln to Robert A. Tower road, west on Tower road to Barringtonâ€"I Green Bay road, north on Green Bay | estate filed. to Fairview, east on Fairview to Conrad Hol Greenleaf (Glencoe) north on Greenâ€" | ;2,, of â€" adn leaf to Park avenue, west on PATK | Christian Holl avenue to Greenwood, south on Proof of heirs Greenwood to Scott avenue, I{llbbtnil __ Woods, east on Scott to .inden, south | on Linden to Tower road, east on| TO O-I:EE-I pult se n 1 11:30: New _ Winnetka Day, the sixth annual !tommunity day in that village, will be observed on August 4. The event is sponsored by the Winnetka Chamâ€" ber of Commerce and a large group of business men form the committees in charge. The plans for the day inâ€" clude many interesting features, and outline of which follows: 9:30: Parade will form on Elm street, west from Linden, headed by band, police and fire departments, village of Winnetka, Winmq.~ Chamâ€" ber of Commerce; and club or organâ€" ization cars. Floats, trucks, and pasâ€" senger cars will line up in the order that they arrive. * Sponsored by Chamber of Comâ€" merce and Many Interestâ€" ing Features Planned; BUSINESS MEN IN CHARGE CIVIC DAY AUG. 44 : Open air Â¥ance on on the grounds close to the and pony rides for the chil Park â€" opposite Skokie for which 125 prizes new platâ€" west that his firm sold onts. As to who will pay the expense of feeding deponeth sayeth not, H%:lhh revarrdeadt Norsss being used at Diamond Lake zniâ€"hfiddnnnhn‘dipin MWM,‘ Te m e hn .“h'â€":‘h-.“m‘ opinion as to correct procedure. 'l\ndt.-,f.g.mw“‘ the man had a right to put his horses on the road, but that the rider could hhflhnfi-tivh.. An..l long discussion, it was decided to inâ€" struct Marshal Tifany to arrest the rider are to be brought in, and the Complaint was made at the meeting 6i_the village board last week that h.fl:‘l_l.-_. _'.E,. ~ wl a._-..n_‘,'glu. up !l.ltll}a tryâ€" ‘he work on Deerfield road started last week. MUNDELEIN _ SOLONS HAVE HORSE PROBLEM mu y u20 D09 PHCyimer 1o beopemdtotxaflc.lnly'lsand F.C. Feutz i leti Feutz is now busy completing the The road is the one that has been ’med for years to Libertyville by Gurâ€" nee and Waukegan motorists. With good weather it should take about seven weeks to complete the strip. S.J. Groves and sons last week started pouring concrete on the last section _ of Millburn road, working north from Miliburn to Hickory cornâ€" ers. There are 2% miles to complete. About half of the slab has been A special purchase enubles us to kee avenue, the stretch between Libâ€" ertyville and Gurnee, it is reported. [ The route is 5.21 miles in length and extends from the paved route, jue â€"norkth of the county farm, nofi% to Thomas‘ cormers on Belâ€" videre road. From there the paving ‘willbeeontinnednmhtotbeGurnee bridge over the Des Plaines river,. Wl puiin tsnB 90 open TO OPEN BIDS FOR MORE HIGHWAY WORK State Department Preparing to Improve Lake Co. Roads; A Some Under Way Conrad Hollstein, Waukeganâ€"Letâ€" ters of administration issued â€" to Christian Hollstein. Bond of $2,000. Proof of heirship taken. SBheiniP uied td ie c lt . e .c Barringtonâ€"Petition for sale of estate filed. vC.CP" Gedman, Jr., North Chicaâ€" goâ€"Final report approved. . Estate closed. Chester Gedman, North Cbil:agoâ€"â€"_ Final report approved. Estate closed. John T. Marshall, Highland Parkâ€" Hearing on final report continued to July 15. Wadsworth road cree for sale of real Additional bond appre Joseph Gedman, Jr. goâ€"Final report anr John final r Ned ons e land Parkâ€"Will admitted to probate. Estate valued at $10,000 personal and $18,000 real estate given to sons, daughters and grandchildren. â€" Bond fixed at $20,000. John S. Heath, Waukeganâ€"Letters of administration issued to Flora A. Heathk Bond of sannan n * 4t heirship taken. ways Near land Parkâ€" LATE PROCEEDINGS | _ IN PROBATE COURT Action on Estates Under Settleâ€" ment; Docket Entries and Robert A. W_nsphek, et al state highway department will ids July 27 fog ]_.ying Milwauâ€" ° approved. Pstate closed.". n . Smith, Antiocbâ€"ijn‘ on report continued to July 25. :‘ Taziali, Highland Park__Deâ€" °_ 22000 High _ Cook, Highland Park approved. Distribution of real est.t;â€";-r-ntei:d‘ d approved. was scheduled to , minor, of real 5 â€"Final orderâ€" irnt ~oreliill.ormenardl..â€".... -kflhnldv.“. -u&.fl.:.d&..:é comes to a conclusion in 1928. _ ney Smith but we both decided that a guard would be ---..-fi_ ) on d mhnfigâ€"â€"z Ci-nmlhh&-m*g 10, hi. veing mssnd "as "os es not Memorial hospital Sheriff Lawrence miieg Hoent 5 uks ue td wWOUNDED CONSTABLE NOT BEING GUARDED Muifi_t?.!'sl Lake, 2 Jw t_Waukegan and Mr. Jackson of / zelviderevotedmu.‘m NMr. StunotWoodnoekvuhdfc& § bill, and State Senator Rodney B. . S'iftllsovotedfurth'-m_' He _ mtheluttncutavnhh:h ~a senate and it passed by a maiarite af â€"| Away weeping when they learned they had lost. Amongst our own repreâ€" sentatives at Springfield, Mr. Weiss of Waukegan and Mr. Jackson of the race tracks in Aurora when I visâ€" ited it. Many of them were rather poorly dressed and I am sure could not afford to loose. the money they handed in. It was certainly a most humiliating sight. Thirty able bodied gamblers, taking the money from those fooligh people, and then witâ€" nessing these poor creatures turning They arc to be reported, and the Attorney General "can take such acâ€" tion as to him seems fit and proper." The dog: tracks around Chicago are now taking in a million dollars a week and the majority of those who loose this money are women and girls. Very much is made of W. sion that the track managers to pay $2,500 per day for this privilege of gambling. But on "Derby Day" near East St. Louis last year, the tracks received from the gullible vieâ€" tims. $1,500,000, â€"and kept twoâ€"thirds of it, one million in all, in other words enough to pay the fee of $2500 for 400 days! There is no penalty atâ€" tached if they keep all. Constable the pay of the gamblers themselves. The language is explicit on this point, "but shall be paid weekly by the liâ€" censee." L NP ePA esull., Saices 3 Th a law which gives them the special privilege of gambling at race tracks, though illegal everywhere else iif Nlâ€" nois. A similar bill was passed in | Illinois in 1887 but it was declared | unconstitutional. In fact it was so Ideclared twice over. Once as a staâ€" tute of the state and once as an ordiâ€" nance of the city of Chicago. The present law is the worst that has passed the legislature in forty ' years. In this new law the race track ‘)people themselves conduct the betâ€" ting: and they are permitted to do it in either of two ways, the old cerâ€" tificate system or by the "pariâ€"muâ€" tual" or French system. The law provides that only one policeman can be appointed to watch the &hen or the machines, lest more than the six and oneâ€"half per cent be kept and this policeman is to be in In either case they themselves have so drafted the law, that they cannot be punished even if they should keep every penny that should be put, in their hands no matter what horses won or lost. It was the same one A combination of interstate gamb lers have at, last succeeded after an eight year fight, backed by unlimited money, in obtaining the passage of The following letter on "The New Race Track Bill," is received from T. R. Quayle, superintendent of the Lake County Law and Order League and speaks for itself: sAYS IT is QUAYLE DiscUssEs _ RACE TRACK BLL upt. Lake County Law and Orâ€" der League Writes Letter About Measure Passed Re. (Signed) Thomas R. Quayle. le Stanley Thomas h. L2f, es NJA TELEPHONE H. P. cently by l.egigi?.â€"nf st to cast a vote in the it passed by a majority of _ was passed in it was declared fact it was so Onceu.m. once as an ordiâ€" Chicago.

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