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Highland Park Press, 17 May 1934, p. 1

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8c 5¢ 1¢ b¢ 5¢ 0c 5¢ :J $1 14 , Nma L.;l)!el’sud â€" Firm New F ,. J.B. Company, one of Highland Park‘s and best known business h‘i;“::iwht its new, f store. building m Avenue this week. : The offices, main floor salesrooms, salgn are housed in the new strucâ€" ture, which is air conditioned, and vOLUME XXIH ; men‘s store a / small of the old g and a new se to that| building. This ,; which is with the w building, is to the east of the structure. old main store new SLrucyure. AfMe MAE MAE TT EC of| the J. B. Company is south of it on First Street, will be occupied the Highland Park store of National Tea Cns m new store, including the men‘s store, women‘s and thidren‘s wear departments, : the es t :n(-th last two of the store) occu! quare feet of sel space. The :' store had a area of .g’:nqom t. I store is lair conditoned throughout. It ip heated with steam, and the is filtered and *flity-eontnlhd it cireulates throughout the + 8i U W. D. Mann w The architecture is The contractors built the structure are as follows: Vetter Serâ€" vice, electrical work;) Saul Heating Company, skylight metal work and heating and air ‘conditioning; Edward Strenger, plambing; Albert Olson, carpenter ; N. M. Steenâ€" m' masonry, te and stone work; Peter H. plastering; Highland Park ting Company, painting; Waukegah Roofing Comâ€" pany, roofing; Ch Harris, strucâ€" mnd ornamegtal iron work; Slater, ring; . Hooker Slater, ffooring; Hooker ~and Service, ! Ground was en for the Garâ€" nett building on Sept. 24, 1933. The m of thd store was conâ€" first, andjafter the January male, ground broken for the Feant part of the building. The | Ground was for the Garâ€" nett building on Sept. 24, 1933. The ear part of thq store was conâ€" first, andjafter the January sale, ground broken for the #ront part of building. The frian Tss mfug ihe timg the , even difring the time the stock was h._hz- oved from the old store to the part of the new ‘building to be edmpleted, and later when the remai of the stock ‘was moved to the completed buildâ€" ing, and arrangd@d. © â€"The offices of Ithe concern are on the mezzanine front of the new stare. The beanty salon and a few departments the wonien‘s store arelocated on,the rear mezzanine â€"of the new ML The J. B. | tt Compan been in businegs in Hi for 15 years. arnett purâ€" chased the s H. Warren store when ke ca to Highland Park at that time. | The Warren | store was about 10 s old. * During the past 15 years, the store has grown with the city, and now has branches in Lake Forest and Glencoe, â€" It always maintained the policy of ‘selling guaranteeed goods, and stinding back ‘of the D.A.R. Better Films onntamaies "Death Takes a Holiday" will be on the screen} May 17. Frederic a“ y ul::lido wm' on 'i;m”:ur im md,dincm perately to life. He appears as "Prince Sirki] a guest at a house party. . This is magnificantly staged and adgted â€" not ghostly or morbidâ€"but ngely comforting to those who Nave : lostâ€" dear ones. Adults and ; aduolts. |:" _ Friday and Baturday, May 18, 19, Walter H and Frances Dee in "Keep ‘Em Ming." From the Siturday Post story "Rodâ€" ney" by Mason. A humanâ€" appealing story of the loyalty and devotion of a, soldier to his horse through eig years of service, in peace and war.: A very dramaâ€" tie picture, ¢ y directed and realistically Walter Huston gives a most pathetic portrayal of the soldier, yith spectacular army manoeuvering to add to the interest. + ‘Saturday matinee only "Kit Carâ€" son." ‘ Sunday, Ménday and Tuesday, staged and ed morbidâ€"but 1 those who Have Adults and Friday and Ba Walter: 4 "Keep ‘Em 1 Saturday n :’;’u ij.' #1, i Colbert newspapet re} tecture is / throughâ€" presents "last thing" iselling Al e feet. s lair con« heated is filter ed it cir was the ar is / th $ "last s, Nes rs who bui The Highlgn® Park K:-fi:;l’Wnr [ORE NOW ‘ "It Happened Gable and Clav store, including ie women‘s and rtments, the EA the .beguty new features about 10,000 and the runâ€" Maj. John L. Griffith To Speak At Meeting Of Local Men‘s Club < The final meeting of the season of the Men‘s Fellowship Club of the Highland Park Presbyterian Church will be held Thursday evening, May 24, at 6:45 p.m. In addition to the usual features of the program and the election of officers, the guest speaker will be Major John L. Griffith, "Big Ten" commissioner of athletics. Probably ‘mno man in the country has a more varied experience in athletics, not only from the standâ€" point of coaching and directing athâ€" letic teams, but also as a student of the technique and the influence of. athleties. t t y He attended Beloit College, and immediately upon graduation was elected director of athletics at Yankâ€" ton College. Three years later he went to Morningside College in charge of athletics, and in his last year was also principal of the acadâ€" From 1908 to 1916 he was in charge of athletics at Drake Univerâ€" sity and in addition held the office of dean of men and regent, in which capacity he assumed the responsiâ€" bilities of president in the latter‘s absence. While at Drake he founded the Drake Relays, which are now rated as one of the most important track events in the country. â€" â€" _ ‘Major Griffith‘s services during the war are noteworthy, and he serâ€" ved as athletice director of Camp Dodge, Iowa, was commissioned capâ€" tain and had charge of the organâ€" ized recreation of $0,000 men at this camp. In 1918 he helped establish a school of physical training and | bayonets, which was operated under | the director of war plans division of the War College. t In September he was ordered to Camp Pike to take charge of the physical and bayonet school there. Trained some 400 officers at the physical and bayonet school at Camp Pike; managed the camp athletiecs and coached the camp football team which won from Camps Funston and Dodge. | He was ordered to Washington to ukenptbev‘orkofmflnm of the athletic divisgion of the War Department‘s commission. on : trainâ€" sisted of administering the physical training and athletic activities for the camps and fixed posts of Amer« ica. He was made major, US.A., in June 1919. & In December 1918 he was appointâ€" ed member of the propaganda comâ€" mittee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and in Dr. Raycrofts‘ absence served as memâ€" ber of the committee to secure °xâ€" emption of war taxes on college athletic events. In 1917 he was apâ€" pointed member of the track rules committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and for a numâ€" ber of years was chairman of that committee, and was also ‘a member of the N.C.A.A. committee on track and field meet. At present he is president of the National Collegiate "Athletic Association.. â€"He went to the University of Illiâ€" nois as director of coaching school in 1919 and remained there until August, 1922, when he was appointâ€" ed commissipner of athletics of the Western Conference, which position he now holds. In addition to his duties as Comâ€" missioner of Athletics of the Westâ€" ern Conference, Major Griffith was 'mlde viceâ€"president of the National Amateur Athletic Federation in Janâ€" uary 1925 and is now serving as the executive officer of this organiâ€" zation, which includes eighteen naâ€" tional organizations such . as the Navy, Army, Marines, ~YÂ¥.M.C.A., N.C.A.A., National Federation of State High School Athleties Associâ€" ations, American Legion, Lawn Tenâ€" nis Association, ete. Major Griffith,; is editor and pubâ€" lisher of the Athletic Journal, .a technical magazine for the coaches and athletic directors of schools and colleges. He is a member of the American Olympic Committee. |_ _ ~â€" He has just been elected president of the Rotary Club of Chicago for away daughter of wealthy New Yorker, who beat their way from Florida to New York. The film is swift moving â€" unusually well diâ€" rectedâ€"clean and wholesome. Famâ€" ily. 3e Wednesday and Thursday, May 1247 + » Wednesday and Thursday, May 28, 24, "The Cat and the Fiddle." Light musical comedy, pleasing enâ€" tertainment for the family. The story tells of the love of two young composers, & admirable acting by "Navano* Jeannette McDonald make this outstanding film. Family. son Lyman are the summer. Mr .and Mrs. George McBride and man are taking Mrs. Ira home on Park Avenue for girl. Catchy tunes "NMavano" and man and an HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MAY 17, Homecoming at Arden . Shore Camp, Will Be| |â€" Held on Nex fiuflndgy On next Sunday, MaÂ¥ 20, crow(fs of boys, former guests @t the rdnter camp, will go back to ‘Arden |Shore camp, north of Lake :fi- pr the annual homecoming celebration. h" is an affair long anticipated throu thâ€" gut the year, tr'ld it © ..*,!m know who enjoys it mogtâ€"the !.‘. to whom Arden Shore gymbolizes & wellâ€"loved Alma Mater, or on+â€" eral public that il{lhfl e:: ‘ome at the festivities, | °/ |â€"| [ | .. The exerc next Sunday i: t 3 pm. miny Wat |T. Cluver &ifomorly commandant. at Gre: Lakes Naval Training Station, will kpeak to the boys, and Mrs, Robert Gregory will welcome |them, | The . play, M“"n‘_bq_‘_ ‘i‘ L ." > Everyone who is intare way in Arden Sboz'rru attend the homecom hy The Community GaÂ¥den: mx! the Highland Park s Club wishes to remind its and friends of the annual | pl and garden necessi ito | he on the railroad rightâ€"0fâ€" | Satâ€" urday, May 19. â€" | t JP ) Plant and Gard ‘;"‘ Will Be‘H atu !& The array of annu@ls, pefennials and rock plants, as as , box requirements, is complets A fine line of - dar tools and picnic | es will also be available. SPRING ALl FRI[iAYkASATU I ‘ IMAY 18 (T| lusk | The Begond "Hiâ€"Si" informal dance of theipring season will be given at the H@hland Park Woman‘s Club, Friday @vening, May 25. Eddi@ Dierks and his Northwestâ€" ern UMiÂ¥ersi orchesiri will again furnigh the music. Another large floor $hgw will be featured with such talent | fff that famous song and dance team O# the 1930 "Stunts," Petersonâ€" Steffin; a tap dance by Mary B. Turâ€" riff; songs by Jim Brush, and others. The proceeds of this dance will go to chatity. : yone is invited to attend. > Thered ts £ 00 y w, MRA o s ce en Sn ucroads ‘Tickets have already gone on sale and will be sold up to the night of the The final regular meeting of the current year of the Braeside Parentâ€" Teacher Civic Association will be held :’7“.‘,3' uesday Mn" u‘, ”' at 8 Wlock in the Braeside School. h@ @hnual election will be held at this meeting, at which time all of the offigers for the coming year will be elegted, as well as three directors to serve two years each. A special item of interest will be ;.n ‘,','~ b, Hon. E. Bo u“, mayor of Highland Park, who will ‘be the guest of the evening. . â€" Bracside P. T. Civic | E ation To Meet Mr. and Mrs. Vallee U. Appe! OL Vine Avenue entertained the direcâ€" tors Of the Highland Park State Ho fi;hl:;i;‘wlyu at dinner ing at. the Moraine RDAY â€" SUNDAY /19 : 230 )5 .~ JTO SHOW by Pj.'eéf Praised for .. Its Article Abou _ |.." Jesse Lowe (Th Higmntg ‘ Park been ‘jpraised by the o Superintendent of Public â€" tion the state of Illino tticle telling of the life | the ‘Jate J Lowe S this city. The 1 ollowing régei recen from lodier, nt . to Air, state superintendent ® Highlan Press ighland Park, Illinois, "Gentliemen: |â€" * ("May 1 exp my pergonal apâ€" ir I}tiou forf:l:: beautiful tribute u, paid Jeuofi;mn Smith in your irticle of April 26. I co Supâ€" ‘tintéendent th as of my 4 friends and prize his memâ€" iry. His strength of , his evotion to the| cause public chool education, his interest in roys and girls, &ll combined to make ideal gchoolman. 1\ am glad s him and am glad I have . copy of the article you published about him. . "Very truly you ol CC Smith ess has of the Instrucâ€" for its id work nith, rof PaHAR |â€" y n ome t * B " * | _ The ten dealers takingâ€"part in the | Spring Auto Show, and their proâ€" ducts offered in the new modâ€" els, are as follows: â€" { 4 SPRING AUTO SHOW 3 DAYS THIS WEEK Highland Park will have iq own Spring Auto Show this. day, Saturday and Sunday, 18, 19 and 20. 15e 1. 0 hel?:lhsm Auto, M" ; park 'o:n&ntrll, Avenue, the North Shore Line and the Western Railroad tratks. It will be sponsored by the Plcl- land Park Automobile Asâ€" sociation; for the first time in the history of Highland Park, citiâ€" zens will be able to see a display of twenty leading of 1934 automobiles to He shown in 60 different models=â€"the. latest in stylâ€" ing and engineering. . <â€"| | _ ‘ "Every car the public née be bought right here in H Park," the local dealgrs say. .‘ Showings of the twenty muakes of cars will be featured every day of the show, and in addition, a concert by the Deerfieldâ€"Shields High Bandvmbemntgln‘ night. fReuinee (1 .: ty ty (an An automobile radjo will be given away free Saturday. st 10 o‘clock to the holder of the | ticket. ‘The winner must be at the show at the time of the award. The tickets will be given away free, and only one ticket will be given to each person. “'"m"" 11 and ‘Wilson, Inc., 101 North St. Johns Avenue, Ford dealâ€" The ten dealers taking part in instont stt fan mipur ‘ + They employ approximately 200 in their sales and service f and their payrolls are in of $5000 weekly. "They occupy 150,000 square feet of floor space, repâ€" resent a business that is one of the largest occupiers of floor in this city. They do an annual gross business of more: than $2,000,000 yearly. North Shore % 108 North : First: Street, . Le Salle, Hudsonâ€"Essex and Terraplane dealers. Â¥ E03 2l sho £ _ ‘Mather, Inc., 139 North Street, Studebaker dealers. ers " Geonge H. Koon Motor Sales, 106 South First Street} Packard, Dodge and Plymouth dealer®. > â€" __ _____ A. G. McPherson, Inc.. 387 East Park Avenue, Nash and LaFayette de;:‘:fx'e} M s-!e-. 29 8;;* Secâ€" otor 1 ond Street, DeSoto and ymouth dealers. _ e in [ Nelson‘s , Garage) | Salgs, 543 Eim Place, Oldsmobile dealers. â€" North Shore Buickâ€"Pontiac Comâ€" pany, 108 Southm Street, Buick and Pontiac dealets,. ©â€" 0| | _ _ _ William Rueh! and Com Park Avenue, d Alcyon To S:::w "It| | H | One Night" of ~this week C o i n t March: is HMW only in an artistic| triumph from mmifitofwmh“u "Death Takes lgflgl“l,_-" yX iu n "w CM MIUUEp hamsice s td of devotion that wWill b-p( :hrm in‘ |‘li 1 One of the outstanding pictures of the year is to be presented on Sunâ€" day, Monday and. Clas dcttecolb%-gdfiu‘k eoâ€" starred in "It ‘ inmumhm_"”?'!.’!fl _ For Friday and Saturday Walter o in en e ant Reed dveryome a colored silly symphony xAx:gy, ‘‘The _ Grasshopi Ramon Navarro and Jeas Donald in a picture of : romance, melody and mirth George Plant son of Mr. and Mrs. William Plant of East Avâ€" enue returned home "_f Batavia, Ohio where he} ated from high school. | JB | Presentation of 60 | New Models he Alcyon Theatre is again havâ€" . | a splendid program for the rest | silly symphony by Walt h First Street, Buick awless; )5 s 4 }f c« h1 and Con%‘” Z 1 iH SE «ul ! _ NUMBER 12 8. vfi-?ld- Asâ€" the irk, jits citiâ€" +c m i wwakes of 3§ B

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