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Highland Park Press, 2 Oct 1930, p. 3

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FOOTBALL TICKET WINNERS ANNOUNCED Three Get Admissions to Game and Five Tickets to the Alcyon Theatre f VouUME XIX sehool. Alfred Gourley â€" enue, Highland Park. E. A. Belmont â€" road, Highland Park. 8 (Continued on Alden G. Greene to Give Talk on Cairo On Wednesday evening, October 8, at 8:00 Mr. Alden G. Greene will give an illustrated lecture on Egypt at Highland Park Presbyterian church. Mr. Greene is a Highland Park boy and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George G. Greene have lived in Highland Park many years. â€" For the past three years Mr. Greene has been assisting in the chemistry, physics, and mathâ€" matics department of the American university of Cairo, Egypt. During that time he made many interesting trips in Africa, the Holy Land, and surrounding countries. The pictures which he will use are those which he has taken and will hold added interâ€" éest to those who see them because of Mr. Greene‘s personal contact with them, . All those interested in hearing Mr. Greene are cordially inâ€" vited to attend this service. Rotary Club Hears Talk by Member from Aurora The feature of the weekly luncheon session of the Highland Park Rotary club, held Monday noon in the Morâ€" aine hotel, was an interesting illuâ€" strated talk by Ralph Walker, a memâ€" ber of the Aurora club. Mr. Walker described interestingly and vividly a trip which he made last summer into the northern section‘of Canada and showed motion pictures of wild aniâ€" mals in their native habitate. The talk was greatly enjoyed by the large number of members ‘present. Annual Luncheon The women golfers of the Exmoor club will enjoy their annual luncheon on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the club. _ _ Win Football Tickets H. G. Pertzâ€"Deerficldâ€"Shields high B The Higbland Park Press 712 Lincoln avâ€" page 46) 16 N. Sheridan The Men‘s Fellowship club will open its third series of dinners and adâ€" dresses in the parish house of the Presbyterian church on Tuesday, Ocâ€" tober 7. A reception will be held at 6:45 and dinner will be served promptâ€" ly at 7. ‘The speaker of the evening will be Mr. Harry Wheeler, chairman of the board of the First National Bank of Chicago, who will talk on tanking and finance in general. All of the men of Highland Park and vicinity are not only welcome but are urged to attend this meeting. Whether you are or are not a member of the club you are invited to be pregent. Membership is not limited to any church. â€" All the men are wanted. Men‘s Fellowship Club Opens Third Season on Oct. 7; Reception, Dinner This club was organized two years ago and in a short time has taken its rightful place in Highland Park. It is a place where men can gather and become acquainted and listen to the leaders in all lines. During the past the speakers have been such men as Mr. Martin J. Insull, Gen. Robert Wood, Dr. John Timothy Stone, Gen. Casper Conrad, Admiral W, S. Crossâ€" ley, and Dr. Herbert L. Willett. This year men of equal prominence will appear. The meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month from October to March inclusive. Dinner is served at a nominal charge per plate. Grass Fires Call Out Firemen; No Damage The city fire department made sevâ€" eral runs during the past week, but in each instance the cause was a grass fire, and no damage was reâ€" morted. Next week is Fire Prevenâ€" tion Week, and Chief Hoskin and his mssistants are preparing to observe it appropriately, and are asking the enâ€"operation of all citizens in helping to reduce the city‘s fire losses by takâ€" ing every possible precaution against fire. ; No Meeting of City Council Held Monday No session of the city council was held on Monday evening of this week, and the expectation is that the next mecting will be on Monday evening of next week, when matters demandâ€" ing the attention of the mayor and commissioners will be considered Our classified Wantâ€"Ads perform Our classined Wantâ€"Ads perIOFIIM UMC MRA 207 T bringing buyer and seller together with a minimum of expense and effort. No matter what you want to sellâ€" no matter what you want to buyâ€"USE THE PRESS WANTâ€"ADS, they bring RESULTS. £ HIGHLAND PARK, Phone Highland Park 557 ILL inots, THurspay, Ocroser 2, 1930 1Frst Ossoli Lecture At Highland Park Club \. Oct. 16; Five in Series Mrs. Anthony French Merrill will give the first of her delightful series of book talks at the Highland Park club on Thursday, October 16, at 10:30 This charming lecturer, with her fluent and witty interpretations of all that is worth knowing in the conâ€" temporary field of fiction and polite letters, &s a particular favorite of those cultivated but busy club woâ€" men of Highland Park whose limited leisure necessitates a rigorous exâ€" clusion of everything except the few choicest books that one simply must read in order to keep up with the litâ€" erate. Her program this season, for the five Thursdays beginning Octoâ€" ber 16, evidently covers a wide and lenticing range: October 16, Truth Stranger Than Fiction. October 23, Omnibus Books. October 30, Books of Escape and Diversion. Zona Gale, Noted Writer to Speak at Opening of Ravinia Woman‘s Club November 6, A Significant Play,â€" And Three Playrights. Zona Gale, distinguished authoress and playwright, one of the most charming and successful women in guest speaker at the opening meeting. the ‘literary field of today, will be of the Ravina Woman‘s club to be held at the Ravinia Village house, next Wednesday, October 8. Miss Gale‘s subject will be "Tendâ€" ency in Modern Literature" with readings from her own books. This first meeting will be a lunchâ€" eon meeting, luncheon being served at 1 o‘clock, after which Miss Gale }will speak. The luncheon will be a friendly inâ€" formal affair with two hostesses at each table of eight. It is hoped many old, new, and prospective members will meet at this time to renew old acquaintances and make new ones. Members and guests who are unâ€" able to attend the luncheon will be welcome to come to the Village house at 2:30 p.m. the time of the regular meeting, to hear Miss Gale. Reservations for the luncheon may be made to the house chairman, Mrs. Claburn Jones, H. P. 2228 not later than Monday, October 6. Returning for her fourth season, November 13, Five Hopeful Books the difficult job of DEERFIELDâ€"SHIELDS FIGHTING L. F. HIGH Board Starts Suit Questioning Legality of Creation of School District Deerfieldâ€" Shields high school board, through its attorney, on Tuesday started quo warranto â€" proceedings against the new Lake Forest commuâ€" nity high school board to discover by what right the territory transferred to the Lake Forest school was taken from the Deerfieldâ€"Shields district, created last spring under an amendâ€" ment to the township high school act. It is understood that both sides plan to carry the litigation to the state supreme court to obtain a final decision in the matter before the conâ€" tention is settled. Fred J. Held, presâ€" ident of the Lake Forest high school board declared that this was their intention and stated that Lake Forest is determined to have a high school cf its own and that Deerfieldâ€"Shields is objecting because the creation of the Lake Forest district will reduce Deerfield‘s tax resources. Lake Forest Unanimous He said that Lake Forest wants m high school because the Deerfieldâ€" Shields high school is crowded and because attendance there is a hardâ€" ship to Lake Forest students. The territory included in the Lake Forest district as created comprises only the property within the corporate limits (Continued on page 41) Announce Lecture on Christian Science First Church of Christ, Scientist of Highland Park announces a lecâ€" ture on Christian Science to be given by Arthur P. De Camp, C.8.B. of St. Louis, Mo., member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass., tonight, Thursday, at 8 o‘clock in the church edifice. The public is cordially invited Plan to Organize Women‘s Gym Class Those women in this vicinity who are interested in organizing a gymâ€" nasium and swimming class at the high school are asked to register at the Deerfieldâ€"Shields high school next Monday evening. These classes have been held in years past and much inâ€" terest was manifest. There will no doubt be many who are interested in forming a class this year. Albert Axt Elected Mr. Albert Axt was elected to fill the unexpired term of Mr. Herman Juhrend, a member of the Oak Terâ€" race school board, at a spécial elecâ€" tion held last Saturday afternoon. to School Board NumMBER 31

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