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Highland Park Press, 22 Aug 1929, p. 3

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brs de of ae it City's New? er Towér'as it _ I .' _ Appears " ,Présent 7 I _ On the cover, of thitt.issus"ot the g, Press. is. a-picture taken from ’the archibtiet)r drawing,. showing "how" - _ -Hiirhimur-Pttrk's, new elevated Water tank will appear when its brick and stone enclosure is' eompleted. The next -meeting of the\ North shore Garden~club will ttheld Tues- "w. Am». 27, at the home of Mrs. "harks A Sttmehm of Glencoe. Mrs. mien Shipman will give an illustr'at- rd talk on "Planting ttntrDetritth." foot in diatheter, andriaispoAdd by eight steel legs of such length that the bottom of the tank is eighty feet from the1trriound. Located at the southeast corner of Sunset park, within a short distance of the inter- snction of Green Bay. road and Cen- tml avenue, it has‘attr ted mueh at- tention. ‘This 2l'd'i0ris"t'd'i struc- ture, towering 180 feet from the ground, is 'so well proportioned that it, does not look its height. . v '. _ Connected Last Week On Tueéilay of last week,' with so 'ittle formality, that few realized what was hitieenintr, the faithful old, "land pipe, 1oéattd-dust west of the] i'ity hall, which has served the townl On this page iswa, photograph of the taiik proper as --ie-':"-iurw looks? It is constructed entirely of steel, be- ing a'spheroid in shppe, fifty-one or a quarter of a century, was dia.. nnnected from the water mains. At he same'time the new tank was tied A (Continued on, page 40) . Connected With Mains Last _ Week; Present Steel" Struc- ture to, Be Enclosed . NEW WATER TOWER . HERE NOW IN USE Vuwuz XVIII . S.'Gcrden Club Meets PHOTO " N‘CKITIWIILIR ITUDIO W The Highlanh f Park Pram At the ‘regular weekly luncheon and session of the Highland Park Rotary. club, held Monday noon at the Moraine hotel. the principal feature was an interesting address on teach- ings by. Mr. Philip Giddens, the noted artist whose etchings were recently exhibited at the Alden studio and Kmadq‘wvmarked impression upon ' art Ioversr who imapeeteWthem there. His talk was heard with interest and ap- preciation, There was a good attend- ance 'Ut members, and the meeting was a' complete success. During the week we had the usual ateenianee.. -The editorial staff: of the Chicago Evening: Post ‘played their tturnament at Sunset Valley on Sunday and had a most enjoyable' timeHiaving dinner in the evening qfto? the'gamé at the clubhouse. In-i vitations are being sent out for the) "ccnj'rtyr1trrrournsameitt; which _wil1 be held on Wednesday, August 28the This is open to. all citizens of High}_ land Park, no .charge'being made. to th':m far the day and is for the pur: pose of trivingNur isitizens.ah op- portunity of seeing one of the major activities' of the HighliantCPa'rk East Park Board and any eitizerrwho can attend -this event without materially inconveniencing himself should dose. The play starts at 1:30,and‘is a Blind Bogey 'alfaiij, with. prizes for low gross and. low net and Bogey. Show your interest in' civic matters l, by attending this tournament. , " T Ed Sweitzer, loéal manager for Hill .ttrtd Stone left Monday with his mother and fgther, who live in Wil- mette for'a Mro,.week's vacation in New York StateNand the out. - ’Ol'd- Settler's, picnic and Caddy’s day, is being held-why at the Brier- gate Golf club. The moiearbilirab. ing day of _ all history is promised with golf, races, boxing, wrestling, sword swallowing. high wire walking, fire, exiting- snake charming And a long evening entertainment. Rota? Club Heafs' . _ Talk'by Mr. Giddens Old Settler's Day ,. _ at -Briergate Today Progress is being made irrthe con- structidn of the new green.on_ No. 8, thus attracting the attention of many of our patrons, _ . _ _ L Results so Far In F, tSunset Valley Golf l, . .. T Club Tournaments In the HighiamrPark:Preas, Handi- cap Tournament, E.. ‘B. Lowe was winner, shooting an tyi with a_handi- cap of 18, making a low net of 67. In the elimination for the High- land Park' Amateur Open, Olson, Laing and Martin won their matches. Krueger and Chambers will play.their match ofrdurintr the Week. The pext pug-qt! _ grill .be Ayson playing' the ivindei, of the .- 1)hHnberIrkryetrer., match and Laing playing Martin. Goes Edit on Vacation chaunn PARK, lumoxs, Truman“, Aucus-r 22, 1929 In blind bogey, Dr, Bonner won first; Earl Ga.e11 and Dick Purnell, second- and W. H. McKillin and Paul Udell liriid up. for third and Me- Killlp won." Hitthetrt.ue.irre on three unknown holes, Wm Pena. The pines were "ilirewo'ut 'at lunch time by the Golf committee chair- _ (Continued on page. 40) . V _ :mrtied for low net. Aht the "tooqaup" the following won: W. Til. Becker. hhrt; Wes Conrad, second; Paul Krueger third. . James 'iiiiiiriiiii flrst _in low grass and John Belmont second. .. T Pick Parnell, W. L. -Biro,wn, and fem. Pearl. ‘- . w .Cherles Harbauqh. A.' W. Arereoe, Art Person. J. B. Gatnett, Harry Paul. Earl" W. Gsell. Roger Paul, E. M. Knox. A. E. Smith, James Duffy, Emmett Duffy, S. A. Ms Pettr, Dr. C; V. Nichols, Dr. D. E. Rossiter, H. F. Kelht. JohriHuhnke, P. H. Ewens, W. H. McKillin. F. A. Laurence. A. E. Vetter, Paul L. Udell, A. G. Klemp, W. E. _Bec_ker, Tony Frauenhoffer, John Belmont, Paul Kruetrer,--.Wa Conrad, Fritz Gieser, .E."--Krueger, . TNrtssthte,e membertsurf the High, land Park Chamber of Commercé, the Highland Park Rotary club and this Highland Park Lions Club made up a party of local business nien who' snen't yesterdav afternoon " Nipper- stink. Golf club. A very delightful dhy pvii'reporteti. Those ‘who went Entry td the club grounds dating the two Weeks’of the tiourn..ament is open to 'all persons" participating-in the tournament. ‘. q _ T 'Phone your entry to Edger“: Kain, at Highland Park 4066, and you will be notified by 2phomror postal at to your opponent. T V 7 . Business, Men Spend Day {at Nippersink This» Ravinia Tennis club has in- creased interest jn _ tennis in, High.. land Park a great deal and are ami- ious toutave-.thotre that_.play tennis enter the; -toumament ind get ae- quainted with other. tennis fans. Over twgnty people have already signed up for the singles tournament and if. enough sign up, we will run a doubles tournameht. This tourna- ment is open to all Highland Park- 'trs whether members or not. _ be .played.‘ Entries' cloee Friday night, August' M.--- __ T. .'" _ ___ I A Top Flight racquet and other suitable prizes will be awarded the winner; . l A The Ravinia Tennis :club will have a new. club building on the club property in a month or so in which there wilrbe lockers and ”showers for the members of the club.. 'The five' eourts are in excellent playing con- ditioti. '. _ Ravinia Tennis Club . - Opens Men's Tourney * . ' I, Saturday. "August 24 The Ravinia Tennis club is ready to open its tpntiutrrnten's tournament on Saturday, Aug. 24, and amending to September 8 when the finals will Rachel Manning of Oak street left today to dpend two geeks with Betty Udell at Mirror lake. Wisconsin. Attendance in pnroehial schools both elementary and secbndury, will reach. 5,000 or more thlc yen. Last year there were £324 in the grade and 728-in the high schools. The trade: increased 251 over the an vious your and the high school at. tendanee slumped 91. _ . In the public schools of thecounty 17,982 pupils were enrolled 11 year ago. Of that number 14,021 were, jn elEmentary climates and 2,694 in hiith schools. In 1928 th'e'eretrltntettt for these two divisions reached It,- 507 or 475 less than “the closing of-. schools in June. ' . _ This would be .an inereast of less than 700 over 1929 and 'pproxirtitttis ly the same as the increase of 689. in 1929 over 1928. With the opening of school but two weektrtisinoved county educators to- day srere-oltutnirig for the reception of 24,000 students in all schools of the county. ' Sale of City Hall Property At the council meeting on Monday evertingmf this week routine business received attention, chief among which wairtheurresentuion of an ordinance for the sale orthe present citarsltall propht.y, lots 19, 20 an 21 in block 7, as the oritripalcsale to Mr. Perc ton, Chicago realtor, _ failed . to go thiough, according to" information given at the city hall. 'The 1rrdirtatlee provides for advertising -fof bids on the property. The measure will re? main on ttte for inspection until next Monday. _ 7 “ . e _ Expect 24,000 Pupils _ ' _-- in Schools of County The communication for' the North Shore- Trust company with reference to a sewer to serve: block 18 was placed on file and the city clerk itr., strueted-to write the North Shore Trust company and inform them that (Continued on tragtr40.) _ =" At the, next meeting of the city council, on, Monday evening, August M, bids will be ‘opened tor" the con- _ et of building, a city garage on t!!itetf, property of three acres on field avenue and McCraren road, af Blodgett. The garage is to _be 60 by 150 feet-in dimensions, built of tile with interior composition lining. Part of it will be heated and will contain omees for the sewer and water and street departments. The remainder will provide adequate' gar- age space and storage room for sup- plies. Local contractors uninvited to offer bids on this jobycity ofheitgls point cut. . _ Ttids" to Be Taken Aug. 26 on New Struetisre; City Hall - Be Sold Again T LARGE CITY GARAGE A BUILDING PLANNED NU!!!” 25 ttil it?! til,',

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