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'N THE H‘RUC- a; mg au- Stt'. gh act ot ders hé nt v, LUM-E XVIII. COUNCIL ANI) BOARD IN REGULAR SESSION Routine Business Chiefly Given Attention; Bids‘OApened; Read Ordinances _ The regular meeting Monday eve- ning of the city couneiband board of local improvements _were devoted chiidty ‘to businitss orroutine ehimur. tor, including the receipt of bids on several projects,. and first reading of the' animal appropriation ordinance. Commissioner Reay mpytd that the council take a recess amreottiNine as the Board of Local Imprtiements' After the meeting of the Board of Lccal Improvements; the council re- convened, theHo1lowing being pret- ent: .Mayof . Lewis, . Corpmiesjoa)sts BroWn, Refiyahdemmertrgi‘m Commissioner .‘Reayi moved .the passage'otah ordinance piovidiiftt Nt the eprtstruetion of a reinforced iton- mete pavement in Ridge road, Clavey x‘oa‘d, Eastviewkrdad, Sumac road, Ridgelee road, Old Briar rqad, Poplar road, Balsam road and Bloséom court. The.anction prevailed. _ A Bids tor the furnishing of oil 'burn- ing ~equiplvngpt for. the city halt1tiild.- ink, in dreeordaree with the advet: tigements in the' Highland Park Prey, :Respond to Call at . _ Highmoor. Tuesday cf June 6, 1929 and June 13, 1sq) were/opened and ranged from' $1,050 to $1,539. Commissioner Brown moved that this bids be received and placed on file. in. the mayor's. oftlee t6 Be open to public inspection for at least forty-eightVurs. ". . Commissioner Zimmer moved that the city cleik' be, authorized' to teadverJ tise forbids for'terrazzo far theater cit’y‘hall building, said.Aid.s to, be ie- Bids fpr the furnishing of terrazzo for the.tity hall building were. next in order. No bids being presented, coived by the council in open session at their regular meeting Monday, Julyrrr, 1929 at 7:3(L o'elo.ek. p. m.. The motion prevailed.. tt ' ('tltie, local fire department responded to a call at Highmoor Tuesday, eve- nine, when a-kerosene Move in the Hart residence oh East street,_caught fire,-thretstening the residence. The flame wasi quickly extinguished.and small damage was done. Holiday Next Week; _ ' _ ' . Get Copy in Early Next Thursday' is July 4, Indts. pendence day, attd a national holiday. For that wagon all news and adver- tisingpopy tor The Press must. be in this oMee a day 'ittrlier than usual in order. to insure its appearing in next week? issue. Advertisers and those who have news Which they wish in next week's Press are urged to get all copy fi'i'iiifTarrTv- gs ititiiitiris next week, the garlic: tbd better. (Continued on page 45) Bids are. threried T be filligiMttti Park Pttsisit Last Saturday Oftleir Driscoll of the Iocai police "foree-arresited James- Marsh of Highwood, constable of Deerfield township, on a charge, of ,extbrtion at the home of Marco,Sal- bago. The police charge that marked money was found in the defendattt's possession. A warrant was issued and Marsh was takeg before Justice A, Jil. Smith, who continued the case to July 2, putting the 'detend.ane, un- der; bonds of $1,000. " _ -. Arrest Constable a, ' . Chargearf Extortion; , _ Narked Mine, Used :teerritr4rhr4jorrte' and demanded $200 or, he would-turn him oveiHo, _Statir't Attbrney A. V: Smith, according to the pelicé report. " 7 . .A $5 ‘bill and 20 one-dollar bills Wept, marked to be handed the would-" rbe eitortionist._' _." l Marsh walked into a carefully planned trap "sr.urwas paid marked money'rwhile 0ffieee Dri __ pn from ah adiointiitr ream. Then the constable was seized as he poc- keted the marked money which is to- be' used asevidence against him, ae-', cording to Chief of Police Moroney. Demanded $200 . .The trap to catch Marsh in his ex- tortion charges was . arranged by Chief Mabottey after Marco Salbégol ‘injornied him that}; the constablehad'! . When marsh returned, Salbago gave him the 20 one-dollar bills and told himfo come back in an hour and he would have theCbalanee, Salbago told Moroney. ' _ Marsh returned'as instructed and was handed the $5 by Salbago who pleaded it was all the money he had. Then thfieer Driscoll stepped into the room and arrested the surprised Marsh. _ . _ W' Salbagd had been afresteda .few day's before by Chief Maroney; 'tor. lowing a raid on 'his home ‘in which liquor was' found. Subsequently he was fined in police court., T . Rehuest Jelly with » _ _ Flower Distribution At this season when we are start- ing to replenish. the prese'nfeuc-nggt why not "send agiass of so of jelly, (the left' over from last year) along' with ybur flowers for distribution to the worthy in Chicago. ' . . Representatives of the Plant-Flow- er and Fruit guild are at the High- land Park Northwestern station every Friday morning from 7:30-19 9:30 to receive your contributions. -. The Hitthrmoc.Benedlt club report the dttnce"Rivert by them for the bene- fit of, Mr. Alfonso Burgoni a most successful affair. The amonht taken in was $372.88. The expenses amounted to $112.35. The proceeds were $260.M. . Proceeds of Benefit Dance Amount to $260 The committee thank all'thos'e 1 t,ecttnt,tet,rc,',,ttrT'"tee to make it so successful. HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE M, 1929 The playgrounds opened Monday,!, June 24.; with many familiar faces to! greet , the new playgro'una directors.'; Mr. Frederickson who has ehanre' of} the Sunset Wood playground id ably} assisted by Miss Cancie. They have; prepared an extensive program for} the entire season and the parents are urged to familiarize themselves witht thi work that is, being done ab the phiyirrmind.' The children are '.it,.e',ie'i'i- proper" supervision Unhiese trained directors whose instructions will prove beneficial-to. all of them. _ At Ruvinia _ -r-MisscBroekway has charge of the) Ravinia playground, which is located! at the Ravinia sthtror under the Sup-i ervisiott of Mr. vFrede'rickson.‘ She; hes also preparéd a very complete‘ program tor the season and the chil-‘ dren of this section of the Park ft) trier tire most fortunate in.having tsol, efficient" 'and experiénced playground l director to instruct them: Miss Carr.. eie will hsavereha_rge- of this o1py-' gnpmd. updts, noon _ until: July, but Playgrounds Opened 1 For Season: Bathing ') t Beaches Are in Use) "iriiiaTji,riirr.irissii Ki. i.-iisirieirf will then disydte the "entire _day' at tld play- grounds“ m"Wt ,' A , '. _ Each child is registered and given a playground membership card. This enables the directors to, organize _ (Continued on page 45)' Plan for Itiiiinia's July 4th Celebration _ and Community Day i D. B. E. Will Hold The social committee: of ‘the Ra- Vania W6than's club is busy making' plans for the annual July 4 celebra- tion- and Ravinia community day; whiph has bec'ome one of. the "rut- standing eommtinity .events" of the year. - _ _ V 5' _ The celebration ‘will be held at the I Ravinia school grounds and every-1 body is welcome. The children's costume parade, led by. James' Cady. Ewell, will begin prbmply at four o'clock. There will be pri.zes for inost attractive cos- tumes and decorated vehicles. "Mr'. F. . V. Degenhardt will have charge of the children's games, after which there will be'a pieriid supper, a-ball game, a bonfire, a "sing" ..and fireworks. . ' Everybody is askéd to bring his own basket supper. Hot eoffee, dcughnuts, pop arid ice cream will be sold at a low price. ' . 'Plymouth Chapter of the Daugh- ters of the British Empire will hold a card party this nftemoon (Thurs- day) at the home of MA. John Tet- her, S. Greenbay road,'in aid pf the British.old People's Home. A bridge lamp, donated by MrcMartin Instill, is to be given away. The proceeds British Old People's Home. . Card Party Today l SKY HARBOR AIRPORT 'i, OPEN THIS WEEK-END ' Wm. Shore Aviation Field, 4 "i: . Miles West of Glencoe. '; _ . T on Dundee Road " . Sky. Harbor, the' new north shore, impart on the- Dundee road, four miles West of Gleneoe,js being form- ally opened to the public Saturday and Sunday, Jismr29 and 30. Since last-fall hundreds of workmenhave _ been. trusu.v-emratred in the camps-" rated operations of grading, draining, the construction of runways for.the field, and the building of the hangar and club house, The Gray, goose). Air lines, "Chi, cago’s own, aviation company, of which 1crwrenee-W,. Seudder of, Take Forest is-president, will opertate,Sky Harbor in connection witlrits already well-knrwn service at The municipal airport. The o.ffieials 9f tli/Gray Gonse.Air lines invite the public to attend the opening ceremonies at Sky" Harbor.. Ari interesting program of aviaticn activities has been arranged. Lop... ,.,.‘.ls'Puh‘li‘c Airport a . _ _ _ _i't1fiiWtiir- or“ the _c,.pettt1arV _ state that at impressibdexists-in the minds oft some .peaple' that AKy Harbor is A' "private club- tttttcis not "open to the' public. This is not thecase; because the project has all Irlonirbirtrrt plan- ned. as a public airport to supply the needs' of th'e North Shorefor an ade- quate, safe, commercial landing field." Of principal interest to the visitors, _ (Continued on Page 44) _ _ Large Enrollment The. éacafion chdrth schbol opened on Monday in the parish house of thq Presbyterian church' with a splendid enrollment. Each day, has. brought new pupils and the junior depait- ment isrlargdr than it was last year. Transportation was provided .for children of the fort. Parents and children are very enthusiastic pver the school and all want to share it with their friends. _I_t is not too late to enroll your' child 'so that he, too, might enjoy this Christian character Giuiriir)umoo1. Any child of the community "may, attend. The .enroll- 'ment' fee is very small. paitrneiit will dramatize a Bible stow for the primary and kindergarten children. . N 7 t " Parents, and friends are invited to visit the school. Sessions begin promptly at 9 o'eloek each morning andrlose at 11:30 o'clock. A special program ’will be conducted each Fri- day. Much of the work is conducted opt of doors and fine progress was made inthe various projects of each de- partmchf. «On Friday the junior de- Card Party Friday _.' Tdmorrow evehime (Friday). June 29. R card and baneo party is .boinz' given hy the Odd Fellows in their hall on Laurel avenue. Prizes _will be as.ardesr-iC-mararahatents-osirxesL The public is invited to attend. at Vacation-School NUMBER IT