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Highland Park Press, 4 Apr 1929, p. 42

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In the West Deerfield township election Tuesday the following canâ€" didates were elected without opposiâ€" tion: Justice of the peace, Peter Duffy ~anrd Raymond Clavey; conâ€" stables, Henry Peterson and Peter Liest; library® trustees, Henry E. Wing and C. .M. Christenson. A proposition to levy a gravel tax for road improvement was defeated by a large majority. : Election Results Gold....;... :: on cnenaarto e . .Stern, G. B.: The Matriarch. Swinnerton, Frank: Nocturne. Walpole, Hugh: Fortitude. | ~Wells, H. G.: Mr. Britling Sees It Through. 7*. _ Wharton, ‘Edith: © The~House of Mirth. 5 * ‘ 3 Woolf, Virginia: Mrs. Dalloway. These titles were selected by the Pratt Institute free library of Brookâ€" lyn, N. Y., and may be borrowed from the Highland Park Public Library. _ _Public Library low ley. Merrick, Leonard:> Conrad in Quest of Her Youth. $ ~_Moore, George: The Lake. Nexo, M. A.: Pelle, the Conqueror. Quillerâ€"Couch, A. T.} Hetty Wesâ€" Soil. P teh i ooo 4 f3 ~ â€"Hemon, Louis: ~Marie Chapdélaine. Hergesheimer, Joseph: Java Head. Hewlett, Maurice: Halfway House. â€" Hudson, W. H.: â€"â€"Green Mansions; James, Hepry: â€" Sussex Gorse. Kipling, Ru§yatd: ~ Puck of Pook‘s Hill.. P 7 Lagerlof, Sélima: â€" Jerusalem.â€" Lewis, Sinclair: Babbitt..~ ~â€" McFee, William: â€"Casuals of the Ferber, Edna: So Big. _ & ~â€"Forster, E. M. A Passage to India. France, Anatole: ~The Godâ€" Are Athirst. _ £: ~â€"Gale, Zona: Birth. . + £] Galsworthy, ~"John: The Forsyte ‘Saga. â€" f 3 I Glasgow, Ellen: Barren Ground. Hamsun, Knut: The Growth of the Man. _ * Ferber, Edna: Bennett, Arnold: The Old Wives‘ Tale., L s f * ‘Beresford, J. D.: Jacob Stahl. Birmingham, G.A.: Spanish Gold. Blascoâ€"Ibanez, Vicente: The Shaâ€" dow of the Cathedral. ; Bojer, Johan: The Great Hunger. â€" Butler, Samuel: The Way of all Fiesh. m Liles. Byrne, Donn:> Messer Marco Polo. Conrad, Joseph: â€" Victory. Te Couperus, Louis: Small Souls, . De La Mare, Walter: The Memâ€" oirs ‘bf a Midget. â€" . j De Morgan, William:.Joseph Vance. Ervine, St. John: Mrs. Martin‘s Fifty conspicous novels of the first quarter of this century: Thursday, April 4, 1929 Sidgwick, Ethel: Promise. â€" â€"â€" Sinclair, May: â€" The Divine Fire. Snaith, J. C.:~ Broke of Covenden. Stephens, James: The Crock of Reymont, Wladislaw: The Peasants. Rolland, Romgin: Jeanâ€"Christophe. Sedgwick, A. D.: Franklin Winsâ€" Machen, Arthur: Hill of Dreams. Mackenzie, Compton: ©Carnival. Mason, A._E. W.; Four Feathers. Maugham, Somerset: â€" Ofâ€" Human in West Deerfield The house committee on municipalâ€" ities and Chicago traction last week approved of the Paddock â€"bill legalâ€" izing the«organization and corporate acts of the village of Gurnee in Lake county. The bill was sent out to the Gurnee Village Bill Is Approved in House Following a full season‘s run on Broadway, George White‘s newest edâ€" ition of "Scandals" will open an inâ€" definite engagement at the Grand Opera House on Sunday . evening, April 7. ~ Qne of the outstanding hits of the year, the new "Scandals" is conceded to be the greatest producâ€" tion from point of ‘novelty, color, beauty,. scenic splendor, costumes, comedy, and song, assembled by the talentedâ€"George White in his producâ€" ing career. . . The ninth annual "Scandals" boasts A cast of stellar excellence including such far famed stars as Frances Wil: liams, singing comedienne; the inimâ€" itable: Harry Richman, America‘s newest singing star; the comical Wilâ€" lie and Eugene Howard; Tom Patriâ€" cola, Rose Perfect, and Bernice and Emily.. Mable Hill, Dolly Gilbert, Florence Robinson, Arthur Page, in addition to a Russell Markert dance unit, Lois Eckhart, James Carty, Fred Lyons, Peggy Mosely, Georgia Lerch, Belle Osborn, Arthur Cardina, and 75 George White Beauties, also lend their charm and talent to "Seandals." The Chicago and North . Western Railway band and â€"choral‘ club will present a program of patriotic songs before and after the dedicatory seryâ€" ices. Just before the unveiling of the plaque, a firing squad of eight will give a salute and a lone bugler will sound taps. "% Ts > Opens for Indefinite ~ _ Engagement April 7 be joined by. his G. A. R. companion, Col. W. P. Turner of Evanston, 84 years old, in honoring those who gave their lives in America‘s last war. Fiftyâ€"three of the names are for men who died instantly in battle, and 55 are for men who went down "with boats, or died in battlefield hospitals. Their memory will be perpetuated on the bronze plaque atâ€"the Southâ€"west corner of the train floor of the Chicago Madisoh Street. terminal. 3 . President to Receive It Fred W. Sargent, president of the North Western, will accept the gift for the railway after dedicatory servâ€" ices in which David L. Shillinglaw, state commander of the Legion, and W. H. Roberts, commander of the railway post, will take part. The 268 members of the post will pay respect to their former comrades. * _ The United States‘ 12th anniversary _of her entrance into the World war will take on an added peaceâ€"time sigâ€" nificance at one o‘clock Saturday April 6, in Chicago when.the Chicago and North Western Post No. 430 of the. American Legion unveils and dediâ€" cates a memorial tablet for employees over the entire system who went "Over There" but failed to come back. The oldest living Illinois Civil War veteran, .Judge F. W. Seymour of N. W, Railway Unveils Memorial Tablet on April 6 in Station T H E â€"P R E 8 8 old, will The rummage sale committee urges everyone to make this sale the sucâ€" cess that it has been in the past. The club will be open on the 8th and 9th for articles to be delivered there. If you are unable to bring the rummage to the club please call Mrs, Frank D. Austin, H. P.â€" 1859 â€"and she will arâ€" range for your things to be called for. The Highland Park Woman‘s club spring Rummage Sale will be in the club rooms, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, April 10, 11 and 12. The doors will be open to buyers at 10 a. m. April 10th. Spring Rummage Sale â€"~ to Be Held April 10â€"12 The memibers are urged to come promptly at nine o‘clock for the sewâ€" ing so all work can be completed beâ€" fore the summer rest. 3 . There will be aâ€"special display of the Industrial Workshop. ' "The sisterhood will ‘hold_ it‘s annual business meeting at eleven o‘clock. There will. be written reports by the chairman of the regular standing comâ€" mittees. The most important ‘busiâ€" messwill â€"be election of .officers for the coming year.. The. nominating committee which is composed of â€"Mesâ€" dames: Jos. Spiegel, chairman; Harâ€" old Liebenstein, Isidore Portis, Milton Eisenstaedt, Celena Friend report the following candidates: 3 & j Mesdames Harry L. Canmain, presâ€" ident; Sam Goodman, 1st vice presâ€". ident; Harry J agkson, 2nd vice. xfi‘w- f dent; Irving Livingston, 3rd vice presâ€" ident; Leo. Steele, recording secreâ€" tary;â€" Herman Kitz, corresponding secretary; Simon Westerfeld, treasâ€" urer and C. R. Bernard, financial secâ€" retary. > o en n oo participate.. Reservations for lunchâ€" eon‘*up to the number of 400 will: be taken until April 12th. Mail or teleâ€" phone reservation : to the temple, Glencoe 725. . it mino The North Shore Congregation Isâ€" rael Sisterhood and the Woman‘s soâ€" ciety ~of~ ~Winnetka Congregatiofia\ church will hold a joint meeting on April 17 at.one o‘clock at the temple, Vernon and Lincoln avenue, Glencoe. Rabbi Solomon Freehoff will be the principle speaker introduced by Dr. Louis Kopald, Rabbi‘ of North Shore Congregation Israel. The subject of Dr. Freehoff‘s address will be "The Greatest Christian Liberal." y The women‘s" organization of the Glencoeâ€"churches have been asked to The vilage of Gurnee was organâ€" ized a year ago. Officials of the ‘vilâ€" lage neglected to comply with the law by entering the returns of the elecâ€" tion in the office of the recorder of deeds. Consequently, such acts as have been done by the officials are not legal... The purpose of the bill is to validate ‘these acts, and enable the officers of the village to proceed with the levying of taxes. Joint Meeting April 17 ~â€" _ Oof Women‘s Societies The measure, introduced January 23 in the senate by Senator Ray Padâ€" dock, was passed March 6 by the upâ€" house with the recommendation that is "do pass‘"â€"with no objections. On the musical program are schedâ€" uled the following: Miss Rubee Deâ€" Lamarter, soprano; Senior Fiero, noted baritone; Miss Florence X. Moore, coloratura soprano, the Marâ€" tin Twins, aged seven years, child wonders in song and ballet work; Al DeHerder andâ€"his merrymakers and other feature attractions. Representatives _of a nationally known firm of designers of women‘s wearing apparel â€"will drape living models with exquisite creations, and the list of models will include some of the best obtainable, as well as a number of local giris, it is announced. Winners of one or two notable beauty contests also are expected to be presâ€" ent. f One of the most elaborate style shows ‘seen on the north shore in years will be staged next Tuesday and Wednesday in the Deerpath theâ€" atre, Lake Forest, when a Spring ‘Fashian Revue, sponsored by the merchants . ofâ€" that city will be the feature. No expense is being spared by the theatre management to make this affair a success and some outâ€" gtanding entertainers are being seâ€" cured from Chicago for the program. She talked with the boy that night .and was greatly depressed over his action, she advised the commission. .â€"She remembered undressing theni for bed but did not recall writing three letters, two to relatives and one to Chief of Police Edward Moroney, of Highland Park, in which the disâ€" position of the bodies were dictated. â€" In those letters she stated that she was not insane. : Spring Fashion Show ‘ â€" 1 _ at Deerpath Theatre Her chief worry that evening had been over the discovery that her son, James, had taken a bicycle belongâ€" ing to someone else and had used it two days before returning it. . * "When I was in the hospital I tried to recall what I did but my mind was a blank. Neighbors tell me that I played the piano and the radio but Iâ€"have not memory of it," she déclared. > she appeared normal mentally. _ Mrs, Wylie declared that her memâ€" ory, prior to ripping a rubber hose fromâ€"an attachment,â€"was blank. Testimony from her husband, James, a motorman on the North Shore line, and other relatives reâ€" vealed theâ€"fact that she had been perfectly normal prior to the tragâ€" edy except. for excessive worrying over minor matters, according to the Waukegan Sun, which says : â€" Mrs. Cora Wylie, 34, of Highland Park, who a week ago took her two sons, Bobbie, 6, and James, 11, into the kitchen of her home where she turned on the gas stove that resultâ€" ed in the death of the youngest child, on Tuesday was adjudged insane by a commission of physicians in county court. ‘The mother, shortly after, was reâ€" moved to the state sanitarium at Elgin. f eÂ¥ Mrs. Cora Wylie Now > Is in State Hospital, Following Inquisition Appears Normal

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