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Highland Park Press, 1 May 1930, p. 46

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COUNTY APPROVES ROAD BOND ISSUE Annual Spring Concert at Iuertield-Stieldst High School May 9th Putin" "ttrt intt Mr. Sea ily WEST "#.r.twm," M Mr M M he vote. in the 0 mil»: to the u Maul M follows WAI'KIGAN g VIHIGINT their hm and Mrs ad nine! ANT"" AVAIJIN h HIAVT (‘IVIA Local and Personal M and Mrs. Carl Bunion of Dun- d In rereivintt congrnpulntions birth " . daughter born Sat- at the Hitthand Park hospital. Iuhwny nystrm. Sun Soul. New" _ will rosult' within Continued from pig: ban numbers In " otritmtion. Milan which MI! H t rt the rntrrtnined. China. can and bridge on will rt-sult' within a month "employed in Lake county. xk-II. manly rurperintendent ya, has 'tnnounced that con- ram stir! as soon " hide ed and the bonds sold. Mrs. A, A. Kury and tnm. t Antonio, Tenn 919 Visit. math-l- nnd toter-in-htw, Mrs. Crtttord Wiles ot NI hr Mrs. Newcomb are the Ms M I baby born April UN onthe a Ne' Purl"! tra 1tttt n med f mm pure ineorp um. by the “his Glee Wuys' "In club. num- " clubs mmbined, Ind will feature the Glee the "01mm. Nation '0‘"th t MIR Ii" Dr M eounty by precincts otMtieial fieurrm is ms played at MV- ar m'hmls. 'nd will luck-M. Stains pro- wn-ll at playing for Mu IJIICII'I'VVIIJJ wit-H when coun- .ntrd into the WAI CON' "A DICERFIVJ.” N KW 9'0ka Atik Vll.l WAIIIEN SHIRLDH "NTON VEINI'N Ruth Drake, snpr no, Ind Ruth: wan I High School hiragn dur. Ire 4) the on m. A friends Wednes- Buy l Milton Maechtle Succumbs to Pneumonia To Open Tiny Golf Course in Deerfield Yes, you guess"! it, the golf sn- wn has opened. In order to malie the popular links lame nvnilable to everyone the Tom Thumb Miniature Golf Course coin- pany has opened a camp-ign in Lakel r-ounty for the purpose of establish- ing a diminutive course in every town. it won't be long before the business man with a hankering for the swish of the driver and the up of the pdt. ter will he able to take an hourfor lunch and covor lit holes. Mr. Robert J. Johnson of Brierhill, Doc-mold who is Lake county repre- Mr. Milton C Maechtle, of 490 Jef. ferson avenue, Glencoe. son of Mrs. Henry Muchtle of 152 N. Second street, Highland Park, passed away very suddenly Monday morning It his hrme in Glencne. following I brief illness of pneumonia. He was born Nov Mi, 1895 in High- land Park and resided here until his marriage about IO years ago. Funeral services were held yester- day afternoon It 2 o’clock from the family residence in Glencoe. Those who survive are his wife, Hazel Maechtle, two children Mar. a‘t-ry. aged 7 end Dunnld land 6, his mother Mrs. Henry Maechtle. two sisters Mrs. John Wnudenberg of Ra. vim: and Miss Mildred of this city. and thrre brothers Henry F. Maeehtle of Highland Park, Edwin T of Chi- ram) and Omar J. of Waukegnn. ' Mr. Maeehtte was a world war vet- oran and n "Ember of A. O. Fay lulu. Royal Areanum, Mystic Work- ers. Carpenters locul 461, and the United Evangelical church of this sonhtivo for the Tom Thumb com- yrmy. doclnros that the Tom Thumb golf course idea has become extreme- ly popuiar in all parts of the country. There are already about 100 such mum:- in Cook rounty and more are Ming laid out. No tiny murmur-re in Lake county yet, hut before Mr Johnson gets through, he expects to have between nun and 10 of them. Mr. Johnson is planning ' course to he laid out on Waukettan rind in Deerhold in the wry near future. The Tnmh Thumb course requires I hurt of land' about 200 feet long ttnd mo feet wide. This lot in leveled, trapped and otherwise converted into a golf course. no that 18 holes of phy am Ivnilablo. It lakes from 45 to 60 minutes to play the courge. and the hmuty of it is that there no no lost balls, unless In irate player takes I wallnp at the pill and knocks it into tho factory district. All the carom this such as clubs and balls are fur. nishod by the club. A card and hunco party will be given by the North Amerlun union. on Friday, May 2, in Witten lull. Highland Park. Prize: will be guarded and refreshments will be served. North American Union Card Party Friday Eve THE PRESS ‘Hollowed-Out Log Is l l Traveling Home; to Be at Deerfield Shturday Patrick Powers, a farmer, owns the Douglas Fir one-log home end is making I tour to some of the com- munities in the Middle West in order to show the school children how a home can be built by hollowing out a big log. The school teachers in most are interested in having their pupils who are studying geography and about the West Gout (crest re- gion. inspect and walk through the hie Douglas Fir log which visualize: the size of the large trees. As most n! the building lumber need in Illinois is now coming from Washington, Ore, Ron, and British Columbia from the Douglas Fir and West Coast Hemlock fnrents the exhibit is of greet inter- est to adults as well as school stu- dents. For this reason .the Mercer Lumber companies have brought the exhibit to Deerfield and it will be openHor public inspection as a free exhibit on Saturday. A comfortable two-room home hol- lowed out of a big log taken from I Douglas Fir tree will be on exhibit free to the public from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3, It will be parked at the corner of Waukegan and Deerfield roads, Deerfield. The big Douglas Fir log home is eight feet in diameter' and 16 feet long. The tree from which it won tak, on won 311' feet high and nine feet across at the base. It started to grow the year Columbus discovered Amer- iea, 438 years ago. which age isrde- termined by counting the annual rings in the cross section of the log which accompanies the exhibit. The Douglas Fir one-log home has traveled over 32,000 miles since 1926 through M states, and more than a million school children and adults walked through the his 1oe. . Mrs. William Cakes. of " N. But. trick street, Waukegan, is the pos- sessor of an unusual collection of antiques', They are the works of R. J. " Oakes, her father-in-tew, who died in 1908 in North Chiesub, Waukegan Woman Has Rare Antique Cullection Richard Dukes lived in Lake county for some twenty-five years end was recognized as one of the greatest wood carvers in the United States. His most noteworthy legacy to pos- tority is an intricately carved set of cabinets with fittures of birds, ani- mals, dragons, Oh and eretttttre.q of fact and fancy brought in relief. There are Ilso trees delicately lenved and branches. scenes of savage life taken from Mr, Oakes extensive read. ime and little interesting features that only an expert would work out and any into execution. It took Mr. Cakes ntttity year: to finish his task, which inehsded.the making of over 200 futures and the work made him 3 great reputation. This entire collection which was in the possession of his son William Dukes, 'tto passed away in 1926 is now owned by Mrs. Oskes‘(Wllllnm‘s wife). These rare pieces mny be seen at any time by anyone who in inter- ested in antiques, by calling " her home. Mr. and Mrs. Emile Zoir of Gothen- berg, Sweden, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bourgeois in their studio home on Sheridan road in Wilmette. The visit here on the portals of the north shore is of special interest for Mr. Zoir has been asked to take a class of advanced srtists for instruc- tion in his methods of painting. Famous European Artist Visiting on North Shore Knight of the Legion of Honor, France's award to the onerwho m‘lkes a valuable contribution of something new in art, and Knight of Alphonso XII are among the distinctive titles he bears. He has realized the most. coveted goal of all artists, the Inter- rational Grand Prix of Europe, which he won in 1908. In' the Room of Cele. Chosen 3rd V. President Illinois Congress P. T. A. Mrs. Arthur R. Williams, of Nor- mal, ill._(formerly Gertrude Nevins), of Highland Park, where she and her husband were members of the faculty of the Deerfield-Shields high school about twenty years ago was made third vice-president of the Illinois Congreu of Parents and Teachers, and was also given life memership in the Congress by Ila-1e members of her district. number six, which she has served as director for several years. ' Tho third quartely meeting of the Eighth District American Leglon Aux. iliary will be held in Wlukegln at the Karcher hotel, Wednesday eve- nine, May 7, at sight o'eloek, day- light. saving time. 8th District Meeting bf Legion Auxiliary Mrs. Florence Kellogg, state presi- dent, ttttd Mrs. Mary Mat-fee, atlte secretary, will be guests of ho'nor. All arrangements for the meeting are Ire. ing made by Mrs. George L. Durkin. social chairmen of , the Waukegun unit. Let all members show interest and enthusiasm in Auxiliary nervic by mulling this the largest‘and hes? Eighth District meeting of the yen. Ethel E. HookLGnyslukeL 8th Dist. Thursday, May 1, 1980 V duirmiin.

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