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Highland Park Press, 3 Dec 1931, p. 9

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nts yle NITURE al ced any dâ€"Park 638 â€"â€"<~ 100 ... 4050 ...$19up ..$12.50 'â€"WBET;‘. ._â€"-\. Christmas ~Op«. || * PROVIDING WORK Evenings Until opened af headquarters and women ‘are making clothing for children. At present this‘ project is being fiâ€" ~â€"â€"nanced â€"by <~a local woman who is turning into it the money she usuâ€" ally spends on Christmas gifts. This year she is giving gifts only to the <â€" children in the familyâ€"and theâ€"reâ€" ‘mainder goes to pay unemployed .women for their work in ‘making arments for Social Service distriâ€" bution. Already several other have ~_signified their intention to do likeâ€" _ wise. This department is also ready ... ~to serve.the public.by. doing plain sewing, mending, darning, etc., at â€"â€"~â€"~â€"forty cents per hour. _ _ _â€" _ of the street department and alâ€" ready their work of cleaning parkâ€" ways has greatly improved the city‘s anpearance. . About forty men are employed daily in this work. Every day another group of men work on the community wood pile, removâ€" ing dead trees to the rear of the old city hall where they are cut Concentrated efforts for providing work for Highland Park‘s unemâ€" ployed Social Service headquarters. Everyday men are sent out to work about the city under the supervision sewing. A sewing room opened at headquarters a Efforts of Social Service Group ProvgfsSneeessfnl; Plan € tmas Baskets at a in food orders, meal tickets, etc. The newest department is one just opened. employing women. for All~ work is being prorated ~to give work to the greatest possible number, each person working from two to five days, according to his need. During the past three weeks Christmas by the Social Service; the idea of creating work to be paid for, thus enabling the unemployed to buy their own Christmas, being (Continued on page 38) Tel. H. P. 2380 Opposite Post Office, Deerfield Highland Park Office State Bank Bldg. G & R STABLES â€" Deerfleld Rd., Highland Park At Deerfield Mon. and Fri. afternoons and Wednesday evening f very reasonable price, and the eds used to pay the workers Gerrit T. Thorne ATTORNEY AT LAW AN ROUR TO RENT SADDLE HORSES (except Sundays) FOR UNEMPLOYED WINTER RATES Deerfield 495 Attractive Setting for â€" Ravinia Book Fair Most attractive are the booths designed and constructed by Mr. John Van Bergen, which house the exâ€" hibit of books at the Ravinia book fair, being held this week in the auditorium of the Village House. It is a very colorful exhibit; and the gay jackets of the books on exhibit lure the spectator to become a purâ€" chaser. The book fair opened with a P. T. A. meeting, the program of which was a repetition of someâ€"of .the arâ€" tistic and charming grade presentaâ€" tions of book week, delightfully preâ€" sented by some of the school chilâ€" The auditorium looks attractive ‘N[OMEN who appreciate the true niceties - of dress can never have too many ¥¥ of dress can never have too many gloves. Here‘s a big selection of capeskin, pigskin, and soft imported kids, in all the newest styles priced within the range of every pocketbook! An Inexpensive, Quality Gift ARNETT‘S â€" THE .PRESS with its walls beautifully decorated with paintings by both Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peyraud, and the gay booths in which the books are exhibited. These books _ areâ€"graded according to age and taste, and include not only children‘s but adult‘s books of charm and interest. Mr. Lew Sarâ€" rett will autograph his books. Mrs. Herbert Beers, the local agent from whom the books have been‘ secured, will be at the fair a greater part of the time to supply any information the purchaser may desire. At all times, under Mrs. Kirkgasser‘s direction, an intelligent group of saleswomen will be glad to take orders for books, Mrs. Howard Kornblith is chairman of the fair, and Mrs. Walter Lilienfield, presiâ€" dent of the P.T.A., is an exâ€"officio O YVâ€"E°S$ Mrs. Grant Toll and her committee ~will return the books now on disâ€" | play. > c __ In spite._of _the depression, the sale of books thus far has been most satisfactory and everyone feels sure that the results .will more than jusâ€" tify theâ€"time and labor spent upon this â€"annual fair, which nets the school library a substantial increase of desired books. I wish to express my appreciation to all those who were so kind to me in my recent bereavement, especâ€" ially the W.M.S. of the Bethlehem Evangelical church. . _ _ _ $1.95 and $295 â€" CARD OF THANKS Fred Bleimehl. NNE

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