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Highland Park Press, 11 Jul 1929, p. 18

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Mr. and Mrs. A. Montavon motored to Shsbsygan, Wisconsin on Monday. Mrs. Minnie Whitcomb is in St. Jcsephs hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Mr.: and Mrs. Robert Anderson, {:rmerly of West Lake Forest, are now living in Lake Forest. Mr. Anâ€" derson is manager of the mew Self Service A & P store in Lake Forest. NMtr. and Mrs. Edward, Pence and daughter Evelyn, enroute. to Minneaâ€" polis, visited at the home of Mr. and Mis. A. Montavon of West: Lake Forest. * Mr: and Mrs. Lawrence Bysick snd Bob Mann of Rock Island, Illiâ€" nois, were Sunday guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Myers on Grandâ€" avenue. Mrs.+ Walter Anderson â€" children of East Chicago,â€" home of Mr. and Mrs. A. J on Friday, July 15th. Hfl"he St. Patricks church at West Lake Forest are planning a dance on July 27th at St. Pat{'ic_ks _hall._ Members of the Deerfield Garden club will please call Mrs. Burroughs, Telephone Deerfield 76, to set conâ€" venient dates for garden inspection. : The .Independent â€"social â€" club . will meet at the home of Mrs. Ed. Hornâ€" berger on Deerfield avenue, Tuesday, Julvâ€"9th. the, Miss Beatrice Dow, Dorothy Dow John Dow are visiting for a few weeks in Zicn, Illinois.~ j Mrs. Ray Reeds entertained her Bridge club cn Tuesday. . __Miss Helen Reichelt: underwent a torsil operation at the Highland _ Nrs. Anna Kanshulte was the guest of Mrs. Henry Jurhend on Monday. ~ The Deerfiéld baseball team deâ€" feated Lake Forest on Sunday the score was 9â€"2. § Miss Martha Karsh returned to her home from the Auggustoria hospital in Chieag> en Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Berry Devine and son Norbitt, Mrs. Martha Love, and Mrs. Mildre1d Gunckel were guests of Mrs. Julia Carroll, of Lake Forest, Thursâ€" day, July 4th. + Nir. and Mrs. Walter Huffman and children Ruth andâ€"Glenâ€"ofâ€" County Line road, visited relatives in Peoria, the past week. f ' 16 _â€"James Hood, Jr., of Appleton, Wisâ€" corsin visited his parents over the ath. C s f . Mr. and Mrs. Herman Weigert of Roscland, Illinois, .spent the fourth with Mrs. Cooksey. ~~ _ + The: In{ependant Social. club will hold a picnic in the near future, the date "will be announced sdon. _Miss Louise Huhn entertained the Xutual club at her home on Deerfield averue Friday evening. : Mr. and Mrs. Carl Danhauser of Madison, Wisconsin, were weekâ€"end guests #t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Mvyers, on Grand avenue. P:rk hospital on Wednesday, July and John Dow are visiting for a few again. k # â€" Heredity is a great influence. The harder dad‘s nose is pressed onâ€" the grindstone, the more the, kids‘ noses turn up.«â€"â€"Waco Newsâ€"Tribune. Miss â€" Agnes Sullivan and. Miss Sterling: of Highland Park â€" were guests of Mrs. Berry Devine on Tuesâ€" day evening. _ f © Marguerite Maw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Maw, fell from a cherry tree and broke her arm. | Deerfield Locals ~and two visited at . Johnson ~Bcouts Leave for Camp 3 If you were in the vicinity of Highâ€" land Park last~Friday night, July 5, you would have noticed a large group of scouts, leaders, parents and friends, at the station. It was the first conâ€" tingent of scouts and leaders leaving for the new council camp of the North Shore Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, located near Elcho, Wisconâ€" sin. There were two extra coaches attached to the "Fisherman‘s Special," of the Northwestern â€"train leaving at 8:35. . The boys were all on hand »arly and were given a rousing sendâ€" off by their parents, little sisters and brothers, big sister and brother, the secutmasters and friends. The next group leaves on Friday night; July 19th, at the same time. â€"A â€" Scout Is Friendly § "He is a friend to all and a brothâ€" r to every cther scout."â€" from the "Handbook for Boys." °. iss He was a thirteen year old boy who boarded Marshal Foch‘s private car at Sedalia, Mo. He got past the serâ€" geant on guard and had reached the dsor of the rear observation parlor when an officer halted him. He told the officer that he wanted to see Marâ€" shal Foch. The officer protested that it was impossible. â€" Let an eyeâ€"witâ€" hess who was also @& newspaper reâ€" porter, tell the rest: Word has been received at. council headquarters that they arrived in good time onâ€" Saturday morning and every one was well pleased with the camp., ‘ ; f > "Then the grayâ€"clad figure in the chair a few feéet ahead turned and vneered ‘over his nose glasses. A comâ€" mand in French was given and the boy wzs ushered in. f "The marshal extended his hand, and spoke a greeting in French,. The boy extended his hand timidly, pickâ€" ing at his knickerbockers with the other. * â€" : | Here‘s Your Chance =â€" With the first contingent for Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan a small "movie" camâ€" era was taken on July 5. Pictures "There was a hasty translation by the interpreter. The gray eyes softâ€" ened, an arm went around the boy‘s shoulder, squeezing theâ€"little â€" form close to him, as a father would. The marshal of all the allied armies and the boy had one thing in common. Foch lost a son in the war. "‘I‘m awfully glad to meet you. I had a brother killed in France.‘ to Start Reading the New Story Starting Aug. 1st A regular feature prepared each week by m;'tbera of© the Boy Scout Pf.ou Club T HE cCP RE S 8 SOULS for SALE ‘In commenting on the work of the Scecouts, Scout Executive Knittle said, "I know that the work of the boys has been really appreciated, and that more than anything else it has helpâ€" ed toâ€" sell to many people just what Scouts can and wiill do in an emerâ€" gency of this kind. â€" There were a greit many other tasks,* like buryâ€" ing dead stock, rounding up and penâ€" ning up chickens, and the like, that the boys undertook, and I am rather glad to have had the opportunity to have been at the head of such a group of. boys and leaders in the emergency ~we have just gone through." â€" Scout Training â€" When a fisherman was overcome by the heat whilée: on the Conhocton River near Campbell, N. Y., and fell into the water recently, three Boy Scouts, Leo Loucks, Ernest Goodrich and Raiph Stevens, plunged into the These pictures will be shown next year to each troop in the council. § Real Mobilization When a tornado demolished the town cf Slocum, Texas, shortly after noon on April 24, killing seven peoâ€" ple and injuring more than 100 othâ€" ers, the boy scouts of troop 3 of that community under the leadership of their scoutmaster, Ralph Irvine, were immediately mobilized for service. They rendered first aid to the injurâ€" ed, fed the homeless,â€" and collected clothing for those left destitute. Acâ€" cording to the report of Seout Execuâ€" tive Edmonds Knittle, the scouts worked steadily for nearly a week afâ€" ter the tornado, salvaging from the completely. demolished town, all the things of value and returfiing them to their rightfulowners. ~ The tornado destroyed every building oyer a sixâ€" mile area and=destroyed everything in its path including evenâ€"the smallâ€" est pieces of furniture. â€" ; will be taken of the group during each pericd and also of the troops which attend_camp.> Record will also be made of interesting activities. Evâ€" ery sccut at camp thisâ€" summer will be in at least one. movie. For three days after the tornado, 250 peopleâ€"were fed by the Boy Secuts who had practically no equipâ€" ment with which to cook. _ They were later relieved when an army field stove was given them to work with. On the first day twelve boys gave their services and on the followâ€" ing cGay 50 Scouts were on the job. DONT FAIL water after the man and brought him to safety. Then applying artiâ€" ficial respiration, they brought him to eensciousness and turned him over to Constable Harryâ€" Hopkins of Campâ€" bell who took him to his home. The Scouts were complimented for their very efficient service by the constable. ‘ Scouts Aid Cleanâ€"Up Working with City Health authoriâ€" ties and cther municipal officials, Boy Scouts in every part of the country participated curing the early summer months in cleanâ€"up campaigns. In some places Scouts cleaned up the city streets, in others they centered their efforts upon municipal owned properties, still other Scouts drained marshes and cleaned out stagnant pools to aid in destroying mosquitoes and at present, Scouts wishing to do a gocd turn â€"for motorists of their community, are picking up nails and other articles ‘which might injure automobile tires from the streets of their. home communities. ; .. & tide. ? : The old man crossed in the *~ twilight dim, . The sullen stream had no fear for him; . § 34 But he turned when safe on the other side, _ .3 #% And built a bridge to span the tide. ‘Old man,‘ said a fellow pilgrim near, ‘You areâ€"wasting your strength when building here, | Your journey will end with the . â€"__.~. The Bridge Builder . "An old man, â€"going a lone highway, Came at the evening,.cold ard gray, To a chasm vast and deep and wide Through which was flowing a sullen wide, * Why build you this bridge at eventide ?"~ + Je The builder lifted his old, grey, head; ¢ 4y . ‘Good friend, in the path I have come‘, he said, > "There followeth after me today, A youth whose feet must pass this ending days; <4** You never again will pass this way. You‘ve crossed the chasm, deep and way. + This chasm, which has been as nought to me, â€" . To that fairâ€"haired youth may a pitfall be; ) 2. ¢* He, too, .must cross in the twilight dim. s Good friend,â€"I have built this bridge for him‘." â€" : Thursday, July 11, 1929 Thursday, July 1

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