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school board should not fail of recogâ€" nition. "The men who are lifting the ~<partd ‘onward and upward are those|§| \ who encourage more than criticize." .. Those who undertake work on the % school board as a gratuitous service to pae ro04Â¥k wat 0 To Yise SEP’O'M‘, e# Py e an ~®1) y * uuwmmonwf% s ; . ~ ‘T‘he Highland Park Press The following people contributed towards the starting of the library. some gave money, some gave books, some gave labor or services: From Deerfield:â€" Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Brackett; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Carman; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Truitt; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kapschull; Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Farmer; Mr.â€"and Mrs. Alex Taylor; Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Timm; Mr. and Mrs: Adoiph Goelitz; Mr. and Mrs. Rebert L. Johnson;â€" Mr. and Mrs: Jordan; Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Fred LeBahn; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Hansen; Mr. and Mrs. g;! Piper; Mr. and Mrs. F. Schwab; . und Mrs. Harry T. Wright; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. ‘Geary; Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Metcalf; Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Timson; Mr.: and Mrs. W. A. Woods; Mr. and Mrs. J._A. Reichelt, en by people in Highland Park, withâ€" Woods; Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Reichelt, Jr.; Mrs. Chester Wolf; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pettis; Mr. and Mrs. Richards; Mr. and Mrs. Califf; Mr= and Mrs. Johnâ€" Huhn; Mr. and Mrs. Archie Antes; Mr. and Mrs.Wm. Steinhaus; Mtr. and Mrs. Frank Russo; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McGarvie; and Miss Ethel Titus. * From Wilmette: â€" Mr. and Mrs. Deerfield Chamber of Commerce; the DeerVillage Council, Highland Park out giving us their names. These may have been from Mrs. Geo. W. Childs. . As 1 have no note of having written them,â€"thanking them for the donation. The same is true of Mrs. R. E. Pettis. Prompt response will be appreciated because Mrs. Reichelt is ankious to obtain this information. Yeurs very truly, Decrfield Public Library Assn. B. Haynes; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Conâ€" soer; Mr. and Mr3. Everett L. !ilâ€" From Highland Park: â€" Mr. and Mrs. Morris B. Woolf; Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Cheney; Mr. and Mrs. Al Simon; Mr. and Mrs. Freda R. Pick; If anybody has contributed to the library and his or her name is not on this list, will they please notify Mrs. Frank Russo, Mrs. Chester Woolf, or Mr. W. W. Geary. It may be that the name of someone who has contributed is not on this list and that this person might be out of the city now. So, if anyone knows of someone who has contributed and whose name does not appear, will he notify any of the above committee? for the books which you so kindly doâ€" nated to the Deerfleld Public Library. "Please accept the writer‘s personal thanks, as well as those of the Liâ€" brary Association, and the people of Deerficld. Your contribution is much appreciated and the way the young people of Deerfield are patronizing the library, shows that it is filling év;tflrfl-.ohthmdhhfl We tried to keep a complete record of all those who have contributed, in asmuch as this record is going into the history, it is very important that it be correct. For that reason, we are publishing this list, according to a longâ€"felt want. 4 "We would like to have you personâ€" ally get in the habit of dropping in the library for a half hour‘s reading." Mrs. J. A. Reichelt, Jr., is writing the history of Deerfield. Naturally she is quite anxious to incorpopate in this history full details of the organâ€" ization of our public library. Below is a list of the people who have conâ€" ganization. Some gave money generâ€" List of Donors Published; Hope to Complete List; Urge BY W. W. GEARY., PRES. AN OPEN LETTER TO PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS From Chicago:â€"Mr. and Mrm Geo. From Duluh;, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Following is the type of letter that ; Mr.â€" and Mrs. James J. Hood; peed all of the â€" Mr. and Mrs. Co.; Mr. and Mrs. a faâ€" I believe if the chamber of comâ€" merce will sponsor this movement, our tractor and men will furnish the and. materiat enough to equip These tennis courts I know will cost â€"a little money but the Deerfield school board will contribute part. of their }Inmh they receive Deerfield Day, if theâ€" chamber of commerce will conâ€" ‘tribuu an equal amount. The usual annual bazaar will_be omitted this year, and cash donaâ€" tions received instead, in order to respondence of the board is done acâ€" cording to the methods of a big corâ€" poration. The school plant is a credit junior high school located in our vilâ€" lage. Mr. C. W. Getty, the Deerfield member of the Deerfieldâ€"Shields high school board is to be commended for his efforts and work in securing this school which offers such wonderful opâ€" portunities to our younger generation. He has also secured permission for the people to use this site for a play ground until building operations are Please take this up with your asâ€" sociates and answer through the colâ€" umns of our newspaper. m Very truly yours, Wm. J. Galloway, Pres., Deerfield Grammar School Board, District No. 109. o occurred to me that we can build a football field and a baseball diamond on . this ground very cheaply. But we need tennis courts also. If we could build cement tennis courts right away we can flood them this winter As I look about our village and see so many young people bubbling over with activity, wishing for a place to vent their pent up energy, the thought and have that much desired skating rink that we all have wished for so ates on the broadâ€"minded way you are dividing the proceeds of the Deerâ€" congratulated on the fact that a longâ€"needed Village Plan can and will be worked out and adopted owing to your organization‘s financial assistâ€" Pres., Deerfield Chamber of Commerce Deerfleld, 111. Deerfield Grammar School Dist. 109 DIVIDE PROCEEDS â€" r OF DEERFIELD DAY Schpols to Benefit; Hope to Seâ€" cure Ground for Suitable I want to take this opportunity of The people of Deerfield are to be $# _ LAWN MOWER A Thing of Joy To Use A good cutting lawn mower minimizes the amount of work and cuts the time in half. Beâ€" fore you roll up your sleeves, check up and see if your lawn mower doesn‘t need sharpeningâ€" if it doesâ€"â€" Phone H. P. 3090 4 An octagonal oblong tray with a ‘ * rolled edge, $4. We vall for an deliver in Highland Park, Ravinia, . A Wellâ€"andâ€"Tree Platter, steak Highwood and Deerfleld. or fish size, $10; Lawn Mower. Shop the time and strength of .â€"__‘900 Central Avenue of A Well Sharpened tennis courts, etc., at in Winfield, Indiana. They had three sons and two daughters. Caroline Linves. in Northhend anth the time of her death 1o0r years agoâ€" Logiseâ€"beâ€" daughters. Charlotte became Mrs. Michael Hefert, f&nd lived in Downers Grove. They had four sons and three daughters. William married Margarâ€" et Hoelzel who came to America in four sons and eight daughters, all but two of whom settled in Deerficid or its vicinity. William Gastheld died home of the family. The children atâ€" tended a school located on Ster Sherâ€" Methodist church at North Northâ€" field. Lewis, Wilhemine, and one son, Only the two youngest sons, Wilâ€" liam and Charles, settled in Lake county. _ Charles married _ Jennie They made their home on & farm in Northfield until 1888, when they moved to the Gastfield farm on East Deerfield Road in Deerfield. They had Their next home was a log house sitâ€" Road, on the Cook County side of the road. Here their seven children, four sons and three daughters, were born. Later the father, with the help of the older boys, built a frame house on the property occupying the southwest corâ€" ner of County Line and Waukegan old Smith, and lived in Highland Park. They had three daughters and one som, all of whom are living today. Henry married Sarah Wild and lived in June, 1920. He was buried in the Mooney cemetery. Mrs. Michael Hoâ€" Continued on page 5 They came to America in 1836, comâ€" ing directly to Deerfield, where they lived for a short time. The exact loâ€" cation of their first home could not be ascertained at this time, other than that it was somewhere west of the property now included in the Gastâ€" field homestead on Deerfield road. corner of County Line and Waukegan Northfield cemetery. Lewis, Str., died in February, 1865. Wilhemine died in September 1864. \In the summer of 1863 the children were nursed through an epidemic of smallpox and typhoid fever. It was at this time t/at the eldest son, Lewâ€" 1859 from Draugren, Bavaria, Gerâ€" Hessan, Germany. He married Wilâ€" hemine Boeger Meyer of Rannenberg, is, died. He was twentyâ€"four years GASTFIELD FAMILY AMONG FIRST SETTLERS Came From Germany; Samuel HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, Events of Early Days ing. The principal told the girls to put the kitten outside the building and it would no doubt go home. Fifâ€" teen minutes later the second grade feacher was looking for three of her as follows: Eighth grade, teacher, Beth Anâ€" drew, 34; Seventh grade, teacher Ethel Titus, 44; Sixth grade, teacher Leona Evans, 30; Fifth grade, teacher Irene Evenson, 33; Fouth grade, teacher, Jennie Nygard, 43; Third grade, teacher Nellic Thormeyer, 35; Second grade, teacher Dorothy Lidâ€" gerwood, 38; First grade A, teacher Evelyn Scheel, 24; First grade B, teacher Christina Knnk.iu.- Kinderâ€" garten, teacher. Frances Hill, 31. Fiftyâ€"eight pupils reported for work in the first grade the second day of school. To accommodate this number, Mrs. Christina Knaak, who had been teaching one section of the fourth grade, was shifted to the B section of the first grade. Mrs. Thormeyer and her third grade puâ€" pils were moved into the fourth grade room. The two sections of grade four were combined in one room unâ€" der Miss Nygard, and the B section of the first grade was moved into the room vacated by Mrs. Thormeyer. Miss Andrew was called home Friâ€" day evening by the sudden sickness of her brother. He was taken to the hospital Friday morning for an operaâ€" tion for appendicitis. Thirtyâ€"two new seats have been orâ€" dered for Mrs. Knaak‘s room of beâ€" ginning first graders. The new seats are to be the adjustablé pedestal desk and chair type of seats now used in Mrs. Thormeyer‘s room. One of the worries of a grammar school .principal is conducting a lost and found department. Friday just before school called at one o‘elock, three little, girls from the second grade brought to the principal‘s ofâ€" fice a kitien they had found wanderâ€" ing around outside the school buildâ€" 9, of 346 pupils. A few late entries are expected within the next two 348 PUPILS REGISTER AT DEERFIELD SCHOOL Unusually Large Enrollment In First Grade; Teacher‘s : Meeting Tuesday ‘ Deerfield Grammar *+rAn oval celery tray, $2.75 Telephone Orders are given careful attention. The enrollment by grades is ‘Wellâ€"andâ€"Tree Platter, roast size, $17. s Church St. Walk east. Chastely Wrought Silver Lord‘s Gift Shopâ€"First Floorâ€"Just Inside the West Davie Street Door Silver plated serving ware is being used more and more for the rich simplicity of its decorative qualâ€" ity. ‘The sheen of the satin finish, the play of light and shadow upon it as angle meets curve, is as satisfying a bit of beauty as one can possibly find! â€" cA TCJ 3?7 y FOUVNIAIN SQVARE â€" EVANSTON As a result of the teacher‘s meetâ€" ing Friday, each teacher is compiling a list of the ideals that should be taught in each grade this year. These lists will be presented at the next meeting, Monday, Sept. 19, discussed, and those ideals that seem most worthy and> most needed in each grade will be emphasized throughout The Forest Service of the United States Department ~of Agriculture in coâ€"operation with the Department of Conservation of Illinvis has issued an attractive book called "Forest Trees of Illinois and â€"How to Know Them," written by Wilbur R. Matâ€" toon, Extension Forester of the Forâ€" est Service of the United States, and meeting Tuesday night, Sept. 6. The board were so well impressed with the meeting that they asked to have at least two more meetings with the teachers sometime during the school This manual describes the most imâ€" portant characteristics of the trees and how to know them. A foreward by Governor Len Small says "Denuded of its trees the great prairie state of Illinois would be a desolate country without beauty, without the supremely necessary bird life, and in many ways at the mercy of the elements. The trees about our homes and in our woodlands are a priceless heritage which it is our duty to conserve and hand down unâ€" impaired to those who come after us. R. B. Miller, Chief Forester of the Department _ of Conservation â€" in Springfield, IHlinois. The fertile soil of Illinois is adaptâ€" ed to growing many desirable varieâ€" ties of trees, the planting and care of which repay> a million fold in material wealth and personal comâ€" Rev. Piepenbrok, Johnson, and Andrews visited the school this week and welcomed the new and old teachâ€" ers into Deerfield community. The board of education met with the teachers at the first teachers‘ FOREST SERVICE ISSUE BOOK ON FOREST TREES the three girls sitting on the front steps of the building petting the kitâ€" ten and wondering to whom it beâ€" Gravy Boat and W,-flo. . Double Vegetable Dizshes, $9.50 to $16. Cushionâ€"shaped square tray for A wee oval olive tray, $3. :"’S' ""~| _ This lot is on the south side of the be "m}cemetery, third from the fence and has one little grave in it. The Reichâ€" nor Len|elt lot is to the south, the H. Koch trees fl_le_J to the north, the William Sheskie to Anuuncn a. Deerfield Section 1200 MPRCRC! | Loy. They each _ mon | other won dentsâ€"Mr; years and i The City of Highland Park owns lot number twenty in the Deerfield Cemetery for which five dollars was paid July 7, 1870. An auxiliary of the W. C. T. U. was organized in the early days of Deerfield, but it disbanded after some years of good work. Mrs. L. C. Hole is the only me.~ber of this auxiliary now living in Deerfield. On May 31, 1921, nine women of Deerfield met with the county presiâ€" dent, Mrs. C. P. Tibbetts, at the home of Mrs. Fred Meyer, a daughter of Mrs. Hole, to organize again for W. C. T. U. work. The officers elected at this time were: President, Mrs. Hiâ€" ram Robbins; Secretary, Mrs. Caroâ€" lyn Becker; Treasurer, Miss Frances Loy. They met the first Tuesday of each month. Since that time two other women have served as presiâ€" dentsâ€"Mrs. Sarah Savage for three years and Mrs. J. D. Carter for two years. The present officers are: Presâ€" ident, Mrs. J. D. Carter; Secretary, Mrs. R. A. Johnson; and Treasurer, Mrs. J. L. Vetter. the east and the Henry Edwards to the west of it. The late Dr. Milton Baker, whose daughter, ~Mrs. *Frank B. Green, passed away on February 12 at her home in Des Plaines, also owned lot number 20 in the north end of the Deerfield cemetery. On September 15 the Sewing Circle of St. Paul‘s church will meet with Mrs. Peter Juhrend at her home on Waukegan road. The Circle has been sewing for the Bensenville ‘Orphan The Soldiers and Sailors departâ€" ment of which Mrs. A. H. Muhlke is chairman, is the most active commitâ€" tee. It sends literature and supplies to the boys at the Great Lakes Naval H. P. OWNS LOT IN DEERFIELD CEMETERY The annual meeting and election of officers of the W. C. T. U. was held Tuesday, September 13, at two a‘clock. NEW OFFICERS OF wW. C. T. U. ARE CHOSEN Or _ the _ North Western to withâ€" in two"â€"blocks of the store. Wilmette 3700 TELEPHONE H. P. 557â€"558