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Highland Park Press, 26 Apr 1934, p. 1

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27 ¢ 7¢ Oc 23¢ 9¢ 9¢/ 9¢ 7e 9¢ ly NOLWUME XXIII HigHland Park Mourns Loss of loved Educator and Naturalist J Lowe Smith, for nearly 32 y superintendent of schools in Distrjict 107, Highland Park, died Satutday ‘in the Presbyterian Hosâ€" pital} Chicago, following an operaâ€" tion. 1 i Ha was widely known in the state as af educator and naturalist. He| became superintendent of schools in the Eim Place district in ‘:y. 1902. Duripg his long tenure he enlarged the gchool system mx put it on its nresdént standards. Aside from his the gchool system Anx put it on its presgnt standards. Aside from his schogl work he devoted much time to sthdy of nntur&md in particular to the study of bird life. He fre quently lectured on these subjects. Mt. Smith was unmarried. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Bridâ€" get Anna Smith, 92 years old, and the following brothers and sisters: * F#neul services were held Tuesâ€" day afternoon at the First Presbyâ€" terian Church, Highland Park,; and burial was in Macon, I!l. x * (‘.I:'%nce B. Smith, Mrs. Edith Danâ€" fo and Mrs. Lennie Enders. © The following account and tribâ€" ute of Mr. Smith‘s life and work in Highland Park has been written by one who was a close friend throughâ€" out much of his period of residence in this community. C "Highland Park has guffered an irreparable loss in the passing of Jesse Lowe Smith. In its entire hisâ€" tory, there has never been a man, who has contributed so largely and so diversely to its wellâ€"being. "We are all familiar with his long and invaluable service as an eduâ€" cator; less well known, perhaps, is his splendid record as publicâ€" spirâ€" ited citizen. e "So.keen was his desire to help in whatever was constructive and for the welfare of the} town and townspeople, the he was identified with all such activities. ."His many years on the library board and as director of the North Shore Art League, his constant willâ€" ingness to assist in civic planning and beautification attest to his qualâ€" ity as citizen. fap Se tE {.l "During his 15 years as faithful member of the library‘ board, he served on all the committees and gave unstintingly of his time and (Continued on Page 4) Celebrate Golden Sunday afternoon Mrs. Leonore Temple Hoyne entertained a few Highland Park friends: at tea in celébration of the golden wedding of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank CGilbert Hoyne, who have been resiâ€" dents of Highland Park for the past twenty years, residing at 419 Lake Avenue, where they own their home. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyne were married April 24, 1884 in the home of the bride‘s stepfather and mother Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Eldred on South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. Mrs. Hoyne, was Miss Florence Ashton before her marriage to Mr. Hoyne. Mrs. Vincent Healy (Helen Ashâ€" ton ‘Hoyne) another daughter enâ€" fertained Tuesday at her apartment on, Walton Place, Chicago for her parents, and lat this occasion only relatives and a ‘few close friends were present. Both occasions were very quite affairs owing to the seriâ€" ous illness of Mr. Hoyne‘s sister Mrs. Gertrude Hoyne Wells. Among those attending the tea on Tuesday were Mrs. Cli;:rd Williams another sister of Mr. Hoyne and his brother Thomas Maclay Hoyne as well as other members of the famâ€" ily. .. Among the old friends were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Knott, Mrs. Henry Hackney and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Lobdell, who celebrated their golden wedding on Jan. 4 of last year. | Marley Music School â€"_ Will Present Recital â€" Students of the Marley School of Music will fi. presented in a piano recital on Friday evening, April 27, at 8 o‘clock in the Ravinia Grammar ool music room. In addition to he individual performances, there !1 be a short demonstration of thc* armony class work. The public is vited to attend. wit‘ be A l-‘ Those appearing as 10 ws: Gwenyth Bingham, Jeannette ryant, Jean Butz, Vinginia Cartier, tsy Cumming, Dorothy Dosch, irth Durbahn, Gretchen Fischer, etty Jeanne Fabian, Dorcas‘ Fitzâ€" erald, Joan Frank, Beatrice Gaidâ€" fik, Emmet, Helen and Mary Jean Catewood, Carol Jones, Mary Law, Josephine Lloyd, ~Harry Miller, Nancy Nereim, Shirley Pfister, Sally Rankin, Mary Lee Reay, Peter Reinâ€" hardt, Ralph Renwick, Jack Ronan, $ BCY CCCR CAE ECC NC sA ie F Rankin, Mary Lee Reay, Peter Reinâ€" hardt, Ralph Renwick, Jack Ronan, June Stockwell, Juel Stryker, Jean Supple, Ethel Swanson, Mary Verâ€" coe, Louise and Robert Willett, Jane Wilson and Shirley Wing. 3 E LOWE SMITH _ DIES ON SATURDAY Wedding Tuesday The Highl ment| jAdll C her | attend only | eager t ends nmer were | fyture. seriâ€" ister oly a on iams 1 his e as | {TThs fam. | JAmes were | eyening Mrs, | 188 to Mrs. | apd tb ated un\frx 4 of thr th n ac t, :A er ital A ve & bl of| G.Y.0. The "Radio Revue" of Rector‘s Guild Is â€" + Successfully Staged Eim Place School auditorium was the|scene of one of the most successâ€" ful performances put on by any local tion. in r-ceg;.“yuu. . when, the| Rector‘s, Guild of Trinity Chureh presented "Radio Revue" on Saturâ€" day evening, April 14. Practically all seats in the auditorium were sold out that evening. : e Revue was presented in two actis, the first being the studio of a la broadcasting station, the secâ€" ond "The Robbers Roost, a Night Cldb." â€"#{ 18 . One would hardly believe: that Highland Park was capable of proâ€" dofging so much excellent talent, but haying seen and heard this delightâ€" ful entertainment, one is convinced thht the home town should be proud of th BPE r-v Em O y 1 re was excellent music, colorful rus and ‘specialty dances with mlich humor in the broadcasting. uch credit is due the committee who were in charge for the success Qq the evening. in t ie 5 ce ces o iencvalnn t nunet ons All those who were privileged to attend this fine performance are eiger to have another similar enterâ€" nment presented in the near fuyture. l’l’he Holy Name Society of St. James Church will meet Tuesday evening. This willâ€"be an open meetâ€" ing to which all men of the parish ahd their friends are invited. All ung men interested in athletics urged to attend and to register fbr the Catholic Youth Organizaâ€" n activities, such as indoor baseâ€" I1, golf, swimming, track and er sports. Jack Elder, star of Armyâ€"Notre Dame game will dive a tall on the ‘activities of the Rummage Sale at _ | Trinity Parish *loufle A rummage sale will be h day, Apr“ [27th at the . Church Parish huse, by | Church Service League. . suitable for meh, women dren as well as a large. assortment of â€" household will be offered. [ ying seen and heard this delightâ€" entertainment, one is convinced ht the home town should be proud its local talent. those who participated did ir part in a very finished manner. Father Kroeck, field marshal of oly Name Society will explain the nnectton blt:aen the C.YÂ¥.0. and Holy Na:t Sogicty. s As a main attraction of the eveâ€" ing there will be several boxing uts." Refréshments will be served nd a very pleasant evening is asâ€" Pre-rdent., Gregory |Sheahen ys there will ‘be no mission harge and he hopes for a Jarge atâ€" endance. oly Name Society Plans Big Night FTease Lmue @mith Ald Friâ€" Trinity Trinity ‘lothing id chilâ€" | varied articles High School Band to: . ; Participate in State _ Contests at U. of I. paignâ€"Urbana. Every member of the onganization who is able to w winfi present to win honors for the local school, and a large group of ptrelir, friends and brothers and sisters of the high school; bandsmen| and bandswomen will accompany them to the contests. The high lchoofiband won a superâ€" i? rating at the district contest held at Maywood a few weeks ago, which entitled the organization and its soloists and ensembles to compete for higher honors at the State conâ€" tests. D.A.R. Better Films Committee Review "Dinner at Eight" 'w?l #o on the screen Thursday, ;April‘ifiz; An all star cast fails to make lth 5‘ successâ€" ful stage play an outstanding sereen triumph. The story of the trials of the hostess and of the invited guests combine tragedy, com'pdy'( and farce. Adults. ~ I 4 14 d "Touchdown Mickey," (Mickey Mouse cartoon. |Burlesque of footâ€" ball theme, some amusging scenes but not outstanding. | "Family. ' "Mickey Shanghaied" &ngdime Mickey Mouse cartoon, m 1 cruelty and little to recommend‘na:,f‘ April 27, 28, Friday and Saturday "The Line Up," featuring William G‘igan and Marion Nixon. A fur robbery mystery that threatens an innocent check rcom ‘girl, is solved by a "Romeo" detective who is hinâ€" dered in his work by a dumb "browâ€" beating" police officer., A medioc¢re and unimportant, dete(!tivoe}wry with some suspense but little "punch." Adults. (he s P [ W | $ :t c April 29â€"30, May 1, Eul)’dly, Monâ€"| day, Tuesday "Queen Christina" with Greta Garbo and John Gilb Splenâ€" didly produced, “gli ughout, with fine supporting . This nearly historical fiimg: of 17th Century Sweden gives rbo her finest role! to date as tbonlovew.;mfl-vmed â€"â€"| human queen, elaborate love episâ€" odes, sensational and strong. Adults, May 2â€" 3, Wednesday and Thursâ€" day, John Barrymore Helen Chandler in "Long Lost er." "A gentleman adventurer, charming but. of doubtful reputation, discovers in, "Flying Bodies." m:id Rice comments on the perfect balance and exact timing necessary for perfecâ€" tion in sports. His rqntar?s are illuâ€" strated by champions in the fields indicated. â€"Instructive. |_ a dancer his" young daughter whom he deserted, in babyhood, He wins her regard when he rescues her from threatened disgrace. | dialogue, wmbly directed. | Adults. _ | 1| . | Photo by Hecketsweilet e ons en hn o rioiine r ob Pae s i Iie" + 1 HIGHLAND, PARK, ILLINOIS | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1984 M%%m BEGINS ~ HIS SIXTH YEAR HE M | _ â€"â€"= 6 lilinois Conference of Church 10 Meet in This City _ f ,i;,f ext Spring | +8 ie \members and ~friends 0 Be -f y honored Rev. and w’.'mi at a reception Tuesday evi Jfi:} ich time a fine program wui ried through giving definite exptesgion of appreciation‘ on pa ‘ the congregation to it pastor. . | Â¥!: ‘ l Hiâ€"Si fibring Dance | \~â€"â€"‘Will Be Held Friday The feature event of the week and early spring dancing usfi(}n will g the Hiâ€"Si spring informal at the : Highland Park Woman‘s b tomorrow evening, Friday, Apri'l:%?. P4 U IEUESE 0 â€" |‘The orchestra will not be the only fitr’actio at this early spring ance, for a new and different por show will be shown three times durâ€" ;l[:g the evening. This program will feature (many talented people of. Highland Park‘s younger set, which Will include individual dances of, avery description, songs by several w of the orchestra, and a #kit, featuring the "hotâ€"cha gll&%of the Gay Nineties" (it may ‘be One &kq Mae West) with that gay song, & s Lady." ; : } c § @ This dance sponsored by the Hiâ€"Si Club of Highland Park, is given for charitable purposes and to add new spirit to the young and old who are seemingly lost for something to do. The da tickets, now on sale at Gsell‘s Drug Store, are reasonable and the| dance itself will more than give you the price of the ticket in entertainment. Tickets may also be secured at the door the evening of the dance. * Alcyon Presents Garbo _ in "Queen Christina" Not any: one should miss the f?p- portunity of seeing one of the y‘?’- outstanding pictures, "Dinner at Fight," showing at the Alcyon night (Thursday) only. The cast inâ€" cludes Marie Dressler, the Batryâ€" mores, Jean Harlow, Wallace B%ry and many others. nds 95 "The Lineâ€"Up," a movie offering countless thrills and dashing drama featuring William Gargan and Marâ€" ion Nixon is showing on Friday and Saturday of this week,. Those two screamingly funny girls Patsy ly and elma Todd in a comedy "Babes ;in the Goods," is inc ) in the p . : ss:‘ . ‘Greta, Garbo and John Gilbert in *Queen! Christina," are scheduled to ‘ppesr‘ on Sunday, Monday t “‘11 Tuesday, April 29, 80 and May in the gréatest screen achievem | of wr reers, A | ; J 8 |{On |Wednesday and Thursdays )fly 2 and 3 "Long Lost Father," wilt be presented at the Alcyon. John %::ymore heads the cast with Helen Chandler and Donald | H | * The regular meeting of the High= land Pirk Musie Clob will be held at home of Mrs. Byron C. Howes,! 221 Maple Avenue at ;*‘;‘ga o‘clock.,, on Wednesday afternoon, May 2 â€" °_ "W lai) q BJ ? i .A it ho ( . i . ) uit N | Wt | e e OJ k5 at.j 1 r ’j w < M Bd s ’ U rade k: n | as m Way. | , c i ‘ d ‘l Boy Scout Drive for | f ézsoo‘!:. Started in ‘~ This City Wednesday to send their contributions to Boy Béout Kudquartm at. 21 :North Sheridan Road. Making check out to Allan J. Wolff, treasurer. :u!ighund Park automobile owners 11 ‘be given until next Tuesday, May 1, to secure their city vehicle iieenses. It will be absolutely necâ€" essary for all local cars to carry the {1984 taigs after: that date. : | After next Tuesday, the Highland ‘Park police department will conduct ‘a drive and "round up" all who have neglected‘ to | obtain | the â€" license, 1 persons will be subject to a ‘fine, as provided in the city ordiâ€" ances. f City Auto Licenses j \ _ Must Be Secured Now The police department has coâ€" operated with all car owners this winter and spring,. in this matter, but a longer extension of time can not be ‘given now. Modern Filling Station | Being Constructed Here : The Liarson Brothers Garage, at the northwest corner of First Street and | Laurel Avenue, is undergqing extensive remodeling and rebuilding this week. | ‘A new and modern filling station will be c?mtalled ‘at the southwest corner of the building. A portion of the first floor of the building is being torn away, and the gasoline pumps will, be placed. inside the present building, ‘This is in line with the city ordinance passed a few years ago, reqhiring gasoline pumps to be taken off the parkways. " In o to support the second store of the bnixt- it will be neeâ€" essary to install a hage stee!l beam 58 feet) long and 36 inches high, \iei:‘hi 7% tons. t:lm. is thoflg:: to + . I.r‘e.r # m on ® Nortth { Progn Noted Highland Park Author Is Winner ? : ‘Annual Poetry Prize turér and a t of Highland #‘:2, ‘Monday 1 received the anâ€" nual award of ,'Fhiugo Foundaâ€" tion for Literat ror distinguishâ€" ed work in ry} " : The award, one of three given to midâ€"western writers this year, was présented at the gnnual banquet of the Foundation, in the Crystal Ballroom of the‘iBlackstone Hotel. event is held year on the anpiversary of 8 ‘s birth, the nnn‘l?' e made at that tine: a ." + 1 Sandburg, wellâ€"known author, and Howard Vinc O‘Brien, of the of The Chigago Daily News, were the recipignts of the other two awards, for 'lh:' aished work in Â¥_§u and joutnalism, respectively. s is the fi ! that an award in journalism ‘has beer made by the Foundationâ€"the two important recâ€" ognitions each year are those in pr&se and poet r. Sa ii‘ ofessor. Sarett, siicebeisa, or in the Deâ€" partment of Speeth at Northwestern University â€" was) honored, in the words of the ird, "For the high distinction in his work in poetry as exemplified in his four volumes." _ ‘These volumes, as readers and adâ€" mirers of his work know, are "The Box of God," "Muny, Many Moons," "Slow Smoke," afid "Wings Against the Moon." The|third volime menâ€" tioned, "Slow & f', e," was awarded the vrize as the best volume of These volumes, as readers and a« mirers of his work know, are Th Box of God," ‘Many, Many Moons "Slow Smoke," afid "Wings Again the Moon." The |third véolume me tioned, "Slow & f e," was award the prize u%‘ best volume i poetry published in America in 192 by the Poetry Sde¢: of America. \Carl t award this year was "For the high distinction of his poetry and of hig prosé in ‘Abraham Lincoln; The Prfiric Years‘." Howâ€" ard Vincent O‘ won his award "For the disti of his editorâ€" igls." $ 94 i . J Mr. and Mrs. Sarett are permanent residents of this community, Their h‘omehubeel 1732 South Green Bay Road, Rai w since 1980. ‘‘The author was bort in Chicago i0988 ie attknded the University of Michigan, received. his A.B. at Beloit Colle 3 attended Harâ€" ward University, received the degree of LLB. at the University of Ilinois, wd in 1926 Baylor University, at aco, Tex., Conferred the honorary Litt.D. de; ! pon him. He has been a membér ‘of the faculties of the University fi Tilinois and Northâ€" | For several months each year for sixteen years ‘he was a woodgman, guide and U. $. ranger in the northâ€" west. He ues on the Canadian North, India wild life, and litâ€" erature. He is a contributor of verse and a to magazines. | Dr. ley was master of cem the banquet Monâ€" day evening, 4t which Mr. Sarett reâ€" ceived ‘his : honor. â€" Among those at the r‘s table on that dccasion were Monroe, Vinâ€" cent afirett, -'. Louis Mann, M Ralph Dennis of Northwestern Uiâ€" esnE oo C m o versity, yn ; Jones, : Lloyd Lewis, Susan , Thornton !fldo er, Mrs. Carl Henrikson, president of the F on, and Lewis E. Bernays, consulâ€"general in Chicago, _ || 4 1 1/ § ard Party Friday (;: a:gdd Fellows Hall . The Plymouth Chapter, Daughâ€" ters of the h Empire will hold h card party on Friday evening, lApril 27 at 8 O!clock in Odd Fellows hall, Laure} Avente. Bridge and 500 will be played. There will be rizes and reffteshments. The handâ€" ade afghan tly displayed at c J. B. store will be among WARW P s £20% CCC i4 a B L. Psn do issc oamin‘s ithe prites to be awarded thatâ€"eveâ€" ning. | The of this party will benefit British Old People‘s Home| at Ri . ~The public is cordially â€" in . For further inâ€" {ormation Tel, H. P. 1398. me has been &t 1732 South Green y Road, vimia, since 1980. The author . born in Chicago (1888. He a 7 the University ‘Michigan, rgceived. his AB. at eloit Co attended Harâ€" ird Un received the degree For the first two copies of The Highland | Press of April 20, 1938, brought to our office, we will $1 each. _ We copies t0 comâ€" plete our So look th your piles of old papersâ€"maybe you can disâ€" cover one of he copies we need, and "earn" . a dollar. | Now, for your guidance, look t your old copies of The Press rg:ny,' For the front page bf the issue of April 20, 1983, is ated April 13, 1983, because of a printer‘s error. â€" The inside pages of the issue we want, howâ€" evetr, are dated correctliyâ€"April ‘g, wellâ€"known author, , O‘Brien, of the » ‘. Dl“’ Nm. ients of the other two l ished work in sm, respectively. Id in the Crystal backstone Hotel. E year on the ‘s birth, ke made at that NUMBER 9 AWARD 41 Â¥i

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