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Highland Park Press, 19 Mar 1931, p. 39

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_â€"___ Drama Department All whoa have seen theâ€" annualâ€"closâ€" g of the playgrounds will grant the nportance of â€"dramatics in the play rogram.~â€"Puppet â€"shows, pageants, nd oneâ€"act plays, together with the mger and more serious productions uring the winter by community draâ€" imtic_clubs,.give opportunity for exâ€" he most of its natural environment. egular hiking trips are now being lanned for the spring, and this will Tam on nature lore during the reguâ€" Shows and Exhibits Special shows are activities for the egular summer program and include et shows, hobby shows, miniature illage exhibits, playground rodeg ind parades. § § /: ; Sand modeling, soap miodeling, and hittling are taughtâ€"during the sumâ€" â€"â€"nlaveround . Season . _as -*' re :d is Teatured in many â€"ways both wing the winter indoor season and iring the regular playground season. histling, harmonica playing, and arber Shop" Quartette singing oftâ€" v lead to bands, orehestras, andâ€"chorâ€" singing. _ Many a musician credits s success to the early inspiration ceived on school â€"or park playâ€" roundsâ€"or in community centers or aildings.*~:~~â€"==~> es e mc ression to all interested. â€" _ Nature Study Nature study has been often ACTIVITY FEATURES Recreation Service . {. ~ _ The public is invited to takeâ€"advanâ€" age of the Recreation Bureau in the hamber of Commerce, maintained by "ommunity Service of Highland Park. ncorporated.. _ Here help on all hases of leisure time activities and rograms will be cheerfully: given. Felephone Highland Park 858. eld at 1015 Elm Ridge drive, Skokie tidge, Glencoe, between April 5 and May 31. : 3 a Approximately twentyâ€"five of Chiâ€" ago‘s most prominent houseâ€" archiâ€" ects have signified their intention to mnter plans and drawings of homes anging in price from $15,000.00 to 55,000 .00 & Baird & Warner, Inc., announce a omestic architectural exhibit to be During the first two weeks the xhibit will comprise English homes; ollowed by a two week‘s exhibition f American homes, then French and the last two weeks Contemporary. The public is invited to attend this xhibition, which will be open from Fleven to five daily.. Ou omestic Architectural _ Exhibit at Glencoe, Plan Remember the good old days when u believed there was an Easter bunâ€" ‘? ~But come to think of it that isn‘t as foolish as the innocent trust u put in the stock market after u had grown up. *4 + itContinued from : page iv, March 19, 1931 COnnee meneu en hi ip cacmgrorcia m nenminen ho hivep incogrocm m 6J menâ€" llndoorf.G'olf League ... â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"atâ€" Amusement Center (by Sam Bernardi) The Indoor league on the Decker golf _ course at â€"Purdy‘s Amusement center is well along on its seventh week and we find the H. P. News at the top of the list by a margin of Anspach outht by a score of 5 to 8. W. Geary and B. Saielle (Hunters) beat S. Martin and N. Craig (Anâ€" spach) 3 to 1. The other pair of the Hunterâ€"team, Snyderâ€"and A. Saielle, split four points with T. Kelly an& J. Martin (Anspach). The Press team holding second place againâ€" had tough going on Thursday night when they split eight points with Fell Bros. J. Kellyâ€"and Linzini (Fell) beat S. Bernardi and L. Geminer (Press) 8â€"to 1. â€"In the other match the Press handed Fell Bros. pair a 3 to 1 defeat. ~The H. P. Newsâ€"addedâ€"another vicâ€" tory on Friday night by .beating the H. P. Cleaners 6 to 2. The defeat for the Cleaners set them back to thirdâ€"â€"place,â€". tied._with _ Hunter‘s, Chambers and Arnswald (News) beat Glader and A. Wolack (Cleaners) 3 to 1. Stewart and Williams (News) Â¥eat Câ€"Etwelt and Abbott tCleaners) Decker‘s in a oneâ€"sided affair 6 to 2. Conorton and M. Wolock beat Norâ€" enberg and Krueger (Decker) 3 to 1, 3 to 1. to Holland and Conrad 3 to 1. ~~The H. P. Press played Killians on Tuesday and won 6â€"2. Wining 6 points the Press can‘t lose second poâ€" sition in the league but can be tied by Hunter‘s or H. P. Cleaners if they win 8 points in their final matches. BIG LEGION MEETING ON FRIDAY EVENING C. committee; Wm. Carroll, represenâ€" tative o fWoodstock. _ > by going over the top in membership. : ~â€" Boost Membership The state department has appro= priated $14,000 more than its 1930 receipts to carry on its plan of aiding exâ€"service men. In order that the plan may benefit veterans to the full, Lake county posts must go over the top in the present drive ending with this meeting. District Commander Kapschull plans to have Ed Hayes go home happy with the thought that Lake county has backed his program â€" Commander Art Montgomery of the Highland Park post and his loyal workers, headed by John O‘Brien and Winnie Zimmer, have arranged a splendid program for March 20. The Lake Forest degree team will appear in full regalia to put on â€"the impressive Legion initiation. ° A picâ€" ture of the Lake Forest degree team appears on the cover page of <this paper. s n District Commander Kapschull has been assured that McHenry, Kahe and Lake counties will have a large number of representatives present. The business session will be short and snappy. All in all, it promises to be the biggest night in Lake county Legion history. â€" ¢ flce + 94 u xt 2 Mondga y en I O EAat 0 __ USed â€"â€". .42 w n 000000 0 cce on mmcommnann on (Continued from page 4) T H F PR ES 8 George Washington Bicentennial "Plant trees for George Washingâ€" ton." That is the cry that is going up in all parts ~of the country.Plant now, or at any suitable time before the winter of 1932, so that strong, healthy trees will be firmly rooted in Our Country an February 22, 1932.~= Your Favorite Garden Book Now is the time to peruse carefully your favorite garden books. A few weeks henceâ€"the demand for books on the tubject will make it less easy to find the particular book needed. The Highland Park Public library is makâ€" ing a special effort toâ€"purchase the : ‘ Let us â€"know your needs! "Adventure is to the adventurous," and stout hearts, clear minds, and visionary spirits are as essential to pioneering in education as to blazing trails on new soil. â€"â€"Theâ€"stimulating experiences of a few such adventurers "re "Hstui:â€"*~â€"â€"~â€"â€"sâ€"=esetsssea se aapminr en ie ~â€"Awakening College, by â€"C. â€"€. Litâ€" tle. a â€"The "Now it can be told" of an exâ€" » QI 'l I $ . . p 0. Rugg and Ann Shumaker. Schools that are different in atmosphere, housing, and furniture; different in the holes they assign to pupnil and teacher initrative. Work done by one of those rare teachâ€" ers who stirs and â€" stimulates and blows into flame every spark of life in the nature of his students. A Liberal Education, by E. D. Marâ€" tin. Education that strives to create understanders rather than believers. Nursery School Procedure, by J. C. Foster, and M. L. Mattson. New schools for the youngest generation. Personality Adjustments for School Children, by C. B. Zachry. The workâ€" ing basis for a new and enlightened type of school discipline. rÂ¥z Youth in a World of Men, by M. L. Johnson. Listed especially for those who are least in sympathy with the aims of progressive education. â€"â€"Your Library. Wanted to Buy The Highland Park Public library should like to buy a set of Traill‘s Social England in good second hand condition. An old edition of the Statutes of Illinois would be a welcome gift, for use while we await the new edition at the close of the present session of the state legislature. Books and Country Schools A bill for state aid for county liâ€" braries (House Bill 263) was recently presented to the state legislature of I!linois asking for an. appropriation to help start a three year program to make possible library service to the rural districts. This will especially benefit the rural schools. j If you are interested in this vital need, write to your representative, Mr. R. J. Lyons, or the secretary of state, Mr. W. J.â€"Stratton, who helped to draft the bill, and tell them s#o. M c tm omm in ie ce Ns un ns on o ranioanstenli nc cbcrsaem MB e ounonoms mm en t u0e on annn amint mnar acrmeeiiecani i aaen Awinaet Public Library Adventures by Hughes Mearns. % lWESTRIDGECLUBTO i | _ GIVE PLAY MARCH 28 lightful _ manner and infensive" work is beingâ€"done to insure success. â€"â€"â€"â€" direction of Nancy Grace Wright of Ridge school, has entered into the spirit of the comedy in a most deâ€" in securing Frank Salerno, Chicago‘s most popular concertina artist, who will furnish entertainment as only he can, between the acts of the play. This will be delightful news to numâ€" erous people here as Mr. Salerno made many friends when he appeared on one of the club‘s programsâ€" last vear. . ___.â€"=__. mb td ie dn y â€" Tickets may beé purchased fronm Mrs. Will Krumbach, Mrs. H. Wilsor , or from Mrs. Fordyce at the Highland hotel, 548 *Central~ avenue. â€" Get your ticketsâ€"now for you. will not want to miss seeing "Dulcy" as she leads the group through one blunderâ€" ing experience after another in her eager zeal to bring wealth and sucâ€" cess.. toâ€"her_husbhand, Gordon.. _ Of course eve_rithing _goes . wrong, inâ€" cluding the bridge, the golf, and the billiards, but it is those incongruous situationsâ€"whichâ€"furnish â€"_real _fun fromâ€"start to finish. The place is L:incolnâ€"school auditorium, Green Bay road and Lincoin avenue, the time is Saturday evening, March 28, at 8:15. Come and bring your friends. Proâ€" ceeds go to the West Ridge Communâ€" ity club which plays â€"a â€"mos art in the progress and welfare df Ridge school. _â€"â€"â€"â€" â€"â€"_ â€"â€"â€"=> Deerfield Grammar School Menu kgk March 23 toâ€"27.â€"___â€"â€"_â€"â€"__ Monday â€" Mashed potatoes and brown gravy. * Tuesdayâ€"Chicken rice soup and crackers. > > e Wednesdayâ€"Chickenâ€"a la king on toast. > Thursdayâ€"Chili concarne. Friday â€" Spaghetti and tomato sauce. â€" More information may be had at the library. * * s ~Ellery Walter, the author of "The World on One Leg," will speak at the Highland Park Woman‘s club on Friâ€" day, March 20 at eight o‘clock. His original and sparkling book shows that the age of romance is not yet over, for there are as many advenâ€" tures to be found in modern travel, as in mediaeval days.â€" His subject is announced as "High Hats and Low Brows." The spring series of Illinois regâ€" ional library conferences held the first meeting on Friday last at the Glencoe Public library. The library board of Highland Park was repreâ€" sented by Mrs. F. D. Everett, presâ€" ident of the board, and Mrs. C. W. Balke. The members of the staff were present at either the morning or afternoon sections, and Miss Ida M. Agruss, children‘s librarian, preâ€" sented reviews of some recent chilâ€" dren‘ {(Continued froim â€"page 4) The Supreme Adventurer books Library Conference oramim aneinia in c se rarnt i ree innaini anoinmis io wnth ho enc enipmennimen rersesr mamer metreracer \ricmemrn:

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