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Highland Park Press, 9 Aug 1934, p. 1

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for ust in The James Anderson Co., Inc., engineers, of Lake Forest, last week won a victory in the appellate court when the higher court in Ottawa reâ€" â€"wersed â€" and remanded â€" the â€" suit brought â€" by the â€"Anderson â€" firm against the City of Highland Park, in which Cireuit Judge Ralph J. Dady, in Waukegan, decided in faâ€" vor of the city. vOLUME Beginning in September, 1926, the Anderson company made surâ€" veys and prepared plans and speciâ€" fications for a sanitary sewerage improvement to serve the northwest part of the City of Highland Park. This work was done under the diâ€" reetion of the Board of Local Imâ€" provements of the City of Highland Park. ' The area to be improved included Greenwood Gardens, First Addition to Greenwood Gardens, North Shore Aéres Subdivision, Highmoor, and other properties in the vicinity, both subdivided and unsubdivided. The principal sewer was to have been laid in Prairie Avenue (Half Day Read) from the Highwood city limâ€" its west to Ridge Road, according to lans prepared in this connection. The plans also éontemplated the canstruction of a‘ sewage pumping plant. The total cost of the work| was estimated at $211,056.10, which amount was provided for in the recâ€"‘ ommendation of the Board of Local Improvements to the Highland Park city council on June 18, 1928. Actâ€" img on this recommendation, the council passed an ordinance providâ€" ing for the making of the improveâ€" ment and the spreading of a special agsessment to meet the cost thereof. Special assessment proceedings were begun in the County Court. Legal objections were made by several property owners. On March 4; 1929, the County Court dismissed the proceedings because of these obâ€" jeetions. Shortly after, the Anderâ€" son firm rendered a statement to the city of Highland Park for its services. The statement was not paid, although several other stateâ€" ments for services in connection with the proposed project were paid. Efforts were made repeatesly t obtain payment of the account. » The corporation counsel of Highâ€" l@nd Park advised against payment Of the Anderson account on the grounds that the city records did mot properly provide for the emâ€" ployment of the ongii\fering firm and that the commissioners who auâ€" thorized payment of that account might be held personally lifable to the city for any ‘payment made to the Anderson company. The engineers brought suit in the Lake County Circuit Court in Sepâ€" tember, 1932. About one year later the case came to trial before Judge Dadv. Testimony was introduced by the Anderson firm to prove that it renâ€"| dered the City of Highland Park| Â¥ervices valued at $5000 to $8000.| The city offered no witnesses to deny that such servees were rendered; it,| instead, relied on a strictly techniâ€"| cal defense. | Judge Dady denmied the Anderson claim in a decision handed down early in October, 1933. The Lake Forest firm immediately appealed the decision to the appellate court. m:l'h'e“r;cent decision by that court concludes with a statement to th; effect that public bodies are boun by the same rules of honesty as inâ€" dividuals. â€" Three courses are now open to the City of Highland Park. It may ask for a reâ€"hearing in the appellate court, it may appeal to the. state supreme court, or it may reâ€"try the case in the Lake County Circuit Court. On Sunday evening, August 19th, the "Chicago Intercity Gospel Singâ€" ers"‘of Chicago under the direction of John L. Baker a converted actor, will have charge of the service at the First United Evangelical Church. The pastor Rev. F. Bunt}- fellner will be on his vacation. 4 SUIT AGAINST CITY The Hinhlanh Park Press, \Eileen Sullivan Wins |\ _ _ Second Prize With a Model Spanish Home Th recent strike of the l50-odd1 caddies at the Exmoor Country Club‘ of Highland Park, "made" the front| pages of the daily newspapers on} several occasions during the past| week, and was followed with interâ€"| est by golfers and caddies along the North Shore. â€" ’ The Ekmoor caddies struck for higher pay Thursday of last week, and for four days Exmoor golfers were forced to carry their own clubs or, as some were reported as doing, smuggle "strike breakers" through the picket lines of the rebelling cadâ€" dies, _ Victorious in their demands for| more pay and the abolition of the' merit system, 100 of the caddies| returned to work Monday, and othâ€"| ers were expected to sign an agreeâ€"| ment and return to work this week.| Under terms of the agreement, thei caddies will receive $1 for caddying| 18 holes, and 60 cents for 9 holes. Previously the boys wetre paid a| base rate of 25 cents an hour with fixed bonuses and deductions for| varying grades of service. "Golf without benefit of caddies began to produce heroes‘ yesterday (Sunday) as members of Exmoor: Country Club, compelled to stagger around the course bearing their own weapons because bag carriers were on strike, proved that they are made of stern stuff," stated a Hearst Chiâ€" cago paper on Monday. "The Oldest Member, for instance, came into the nineteenth hole and recited that, although he had not shot under 90 in the last ten years, ‘he was able to report a score of 80 carrying his own clubs A skeptic‘s answer to this was: "‘Yeah; the caddy wasn‘t there to watch you." In typical Hearstian style, the «ame newspaper last Friday told of real unblushing urchins who said they were ‘distant cousins of Sally Rand led the 160 caddies‘of Highâ€" land Park‘s exclusive Exmoor Club out on strike yesterday by splashâ€" ing about in a water hole, exclusive of clothes, just as 200 members and their guests were starting a mixed foursome tournament,. "It caused a number of Oh‘s and Ah‘s and dubbed shots, and several of the more modest golferettes just gave up and went back to the clubâ€" house to consider the caddies‘ deâ€" mands for higher pay. "But those who were made of sturdier stuff played right on, quite as if they didn‘t see the strikers. That worked for the 100 young nudists whose leaders had sent them to the pool, on the way to the secâ€" ond hole. It didn‘t though, for the other sixty, who had been stationed at strategic points along the course to hiss as the golfers tried a diffiâ€" cult shot Garden Party Will Be Given Here On Friday R very year the society furnishes | 1 | P 4Bil sc)filarihips in the mountain schools | Tee Club HOldS‘ i 1J ‘ and very fitly the program for this | Meeting Tuesfluy benefit is to be given by a delight~1 evmmenimant [ E+ ful group of young people. There| _ At the Tee Club at Sunsef.inlley are to be readings by Miss Katherâ€" on Tuesday sixteen players were out ine Geary, a twelve piece orchestra, t to qualify for August tournan fent. «the Subâ€"Deb Symphony," Miss]| Prizes were awarded to Mrs.| Moran Frieda Simon will give some 1m-‘ for low gross in Class A, Mrs UArâ€" personations, and there will be 4| thur Meyerhoff in Class B, and‘fl'fl. group of dancers. ‘iReeves low net., | E:fi'g? ‘ All women and young women are| nrmmemieetrunt is ratorrinncamemcass * (1 EEW urged to come and bring their | _ Mr. and Mrs.‘ Oscar Fr@nzen friends. Refreshments will be servâ€" have â€" veturned ; from _ Vestaberg, ed and an enjoyable afternoon is anâ€" | Mich., where they spent a few ; days ticipated. h visiting friends. 1 pHd HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1984 ‘RESIDENTS WANT TO | |THURSDAY, FRDAY _ JOIN LOCAL DISTRICT| DOLLAR DAYS HERE Ask for Transfer to School|| , _ Districts 107, 108 in _ ; | Highland Park 1 B 14 26 2.11.00.0 ic ddss 9P sns t ie h io aie i aainn FK 1tees of Deerf?‘eld Township and West |\ Deerfield Township requesting that, | their area be "disannexed" from the | Deerfleld school district and anneked; | to Districts 107 and 108 in High fand Park, | [ i Before the area can be taken intg |\ the Highland Park districts, :t t | Deerfield board and school trustees | will have to sanction the move, Oneéd | that action is taken, it will be ? | to the Highland Park school authofis | ties to accept the new territory n | the local districts. } faf Residents of a 900â€"acre tract i Deerfield Township lying betwo(i‘e' the railroad tracks in the Skoki valley and the west city limits of Highland Park, and south of Park Avenue, haveg petitioned school tl;hs: The petitioners represent a mis jority of the residents in the m;?; where 60 children of grade sch ‘\ age are attending public schools §M Decrfield. J ;i‘ The section in question was formâ€" erly part of the village of Deerfleld. When the area was later taken into the City of Highland: Park, the school district boundaries were not changed, and now parents complain that children living in the hrea htflv‘r to travel some distance to the Degi+ field scheool. . s :| The school officials met Tuesâ€" day and made the following deâ€" cision regarding the petition exâ€" plained in the story below: School children living north of Deerfield Road within the High: land Park limits would be perâ€" mitted to attend the Green Bay Road School. The south portion of the area, however, was rejf In the event that the change allowed, the children would cither to ‘the Ridge or Green‘!P Road schools in Highland Park Three trustees who are consid# > ing. the matter are Herbert Lagf mann and Walter Cope, of High1and Park, and Peter Duffy, of Decrfidlél. tained in the Deerfield school district, on grounds that District 108 could not accommodate the additional pupils and that an+ nexation of that portion of the district would take away too much revenue from the Deer field district. £ Lyman Barr Exhibits _ | ; ' Prize Lake Trgut Lymann Barr, 130 Ravine Drive, has just j returned from a wegks$s fishing aé St. Ignace Island, rigar Nipigon on Lake Superior, brinzfl 1g with him one lake trout skin, length 36 inches, girth 19 inches, Wei%ht 18% pounds, his prize exhibit. Also a . beautiful coaster, length| 21% inches, girth 11 inches, weight, 8%4 pounds, both mounted by his Indian guide, John Hardy. 5i‘j:1; Mr. Bart rose the big laker in only twofifeet of water with a‘F?I;h,- master Red Tail Spinner fly j@nd after a lusty battle that lasted twetiâ€" ty minutes, the guide netted lflm Mr. Barr immediately made imo‘iwr cast with the same lure and had f‘}:e coaster gafely in the cance within the next few minutes. '[; 1 Parishioners To Hold | |}._ Carnival August 15 The‘ parishioners of St. Patrick‘s parish will hold a one day c#rni}ral parish will hold a OnQ GAY C@LIIA| V ORMEN Eabife AAS o0 DUSD O (oa n o 0C on the church grounds Wedhepday;a speaker and humorist. afternoon and evening, Aug. t’i,‘;i A| Plans are being made by the enâ€" chicken supper will be served by the | tertainment committeé for another ladies in the parochial hall Qt .6\ night meeting of the club‘ to be held o‘clock. Dancing from 9 p.m. tm>121Thursday, Aug. 30. A cordial invitation is by the Pastor, Rev. J. K. to all former parishioners numerous friends. . Mr. Joseph J. Yoré, Sr., is presiâ€" dent of the festival; Miss ?bry Keough,| secretary; â€"and Mrs, Anna Niles, treasurer. Mr. and Mrs.] Oscar Fr have â€" returned , from _ Vest: Mich., where they spent a few visiting friends. . “’_“;“ii".d \Royal Arcanum Has Fielding, | Picnic Last Sunday ‘! Highland Park‘s August Dollar‘ ’ ys are Thursday and Friday of this week, Aug, 9 and 10. > | ‘fii; Dollar Days in this city are held| | wice a year, in February and Auâ€"! gust, and are sponsored by a special Dollar Day committee of the High-‘ L}And Park Chamber of Commerce. ;l On these Dollar Days, most High.‘; ijpnd Park merchaxlts offer hundreds Of special bargains to their cusâ€" tomers, who are urged to take adâ€" IÂ¥antage of the only two speciallyâ€" mphasized periods of â€" bargain prices in this city during the year. | Our readers are urged to examine ‘this copy of The Highland Park gress carefully, to distover these || ollar Day bargains, and to shop ‘Rccordingly in these times of steadâ€" rlcy mounting prices for all kinds ‘of merchandise. Kighhnd Park Merchants Are Offering Bargains â€"__ in This Issue D. A. R. Better Films _ _Committee Review Thursday, Aug. 9 "Murder at the | Vanities" cast, Carl Brisson, Vict)orl McLaglen, Jack Oakie, Kitty Carlâ€"| isle. . Original story by Earl Car-i roll and Rufus King. A spectacular ‘extravaganza â€" with an unusually ‘good: plot, backâ€"stage murder and its isolution while the show goes on | ‘smoothly. â€" Tense moments relieved ‘by comedy. Mature minds." . | Aug. 10, 11 Friday, Saturday. "No| ‘Greater Glory" (Social drama with| ‘a war aspect). "The fight for posâ€" session of a lot between two rivali gangs of young boys comes to an inglorious end when the steam“ shovel appears to make way for an: apartment house. With every elemâ€" ent of real war, this picture should prove a strong and real plea against war and can be sincerely recomâ€" mended ~for the lesson it implies. Geonge Breakston gives an outâ€" standing performance and in spite of some weak melodrama, the direcâ€" tor has handled this large group | of boys with rare technique. A fine l cast throughout and a story which is timely and interesting. All ages. | "Marine Marvels." A grantland | Rice Sporttlight that offers a fasâ€" | cinating display of swimming perâ€" | fection.â€" Family. _‘ Sunday, Monday, August 12, 13, "The Party‘s Over." . Cést "Stuart Erwin, Ann Sothern, Arline Judge. An amusingly human «trueâ€"toâ€"life comedy in which a young accountâ€" ant, sole supgport of his. parasitical family, becomes tired of being imâ€" | posed upon, .so decides to let them | fend for: themselves while ‘he folâ€" ‘lows his chogen career as an artist. iAn amuging comedy of family, esâ€" | pecially well cast and most ably | directed. â€" Family. _ August 14, 15, 16, Tuesday, Wedâ€" nesday, Thursday "The Thin Man" featuring William Powell and Myâ€" rna Loy., A well directed, sophistiâ€" cated, fast moving mystery drama |\ which is not recommended for adolâ€" | escents, and children because of risâ€" ;:que. dialogue and over consumption | of liquor. A clever retired detecâ€" | ttive resumes his former role and | solves the mysterious murder of an | old friend. ~Adults. Saturday Mat Only Jungle." â€" Humorist To Speak . At Local Lions Club Dr. Frank Kirby, director of eduâ€" cational work at the Abbott Laboraâ€" tories, will be the speaker Thursday noon at the Highland Park Lions Club at the Moraine Hotel. Dr. Kirby was secretary of the committee that installed the interâ€" esting pharmaceutical exhibit at the World‘s Fair. He is well known as a speaker and humorist. The annual joint picnic of the Highland Park and Waukegan Royal Arcanum lodges was held on Sunâ€" day at Yukus Farm on Hastings Lake. Each family brought their own lunch ind ‘supper and pop and ice cream were furnished to everyone. Races were run during the afterâ€" noon and a twilight baseball game between the two lodges was played. : Women of Moose To Meet The Women of the Moose, Highâ€" land Park Chapter 806 will hold their next regular meeting on Auâ€" gust 15. l o 54 ~Autiddiiicarkd All members are urged to attend as there will be important: business to be zttended to and must be deâ€" cided on at this meeting. "The Lost Proposed Tax Cut In _ |PRESIDENT THROUGH **"Rstate 1s Opposed _ HERE ON THURSDAY The first major opposition to the proposed 10 or 15 per cent reducâ€" tion .in the assessed valuation of Lake County real estate to effect a similar cut in all taxes on real propâ€" erty was brought before the Lake County Board of Review at the courthouse in Waukegan last Friâ€" day. School boards of Waukegan and Highland Park presented a joint protest over the contemplated tax cut, arguing that to reduce the inâ€" come of the schools at this time would further cripple the retrenched edugational program. According to Ralph Arnold, presâ€" ident of the Waukegan grade school board, a 10 per cent slash in the land . valuations would cut $40,000 from the income of his schools next year. | Alcyon Is Presenting \ _ Mysteryâ€"Musical Show Howell Murray, president of one of the local grade school boards, said the proposed tax would lop about $12,500 from the income of his school. : According to Harold D. Kelsey, chairman of the board of review, that body, having heard from most of the 225 taxing bodies in the courty, has almost, made up its mind to ~rder the 10 per cent reducâ€" tion in real estate assessments, Unâ€" til Aug. 10, however, protests will be heard, and all tax spending groups will be given an opportunâ€" ity to explain their attitude on the tax reduction. , The two leading political groups in the county, the Democratic: Cenâ€" tral Committee and the Republican Central: Committee, by petition urged the tax‘ slash, the G. O. P. leaders favoring a 10 per cent cut and the Democrats fighting for a 15 per cent slash. Welcome to a musical production with an idea. It‘s such a good idea that "Murder at the Vanties" really is two shows in one; a gay, beautiâ€" ful, tuneful spectacle ,and a tense mystery story that is strong enough to. stand on its own. This attracâ€" tion is showing at the Alcyon on Wednesday and Thursday of this week George,. Bréakston, Lois Wilson and .Frankie Darro are starred in "No Greater Glory," a picture which Kas been well produced with excelâ€" lent direction and acting and is on the. program for Friday and Saturâ€" davy. There is included interesting gay. INnere is INCJUCEL IHVEIAALIIIE short subjects, Sunday and Monday, August 12 and 13 the Alcyon will present Ann Scthern and Stuart Erwin in "The Party‘s Over" an upâ€"roarious farce from the Stage Hit of the same name by Daniel Kusell. One of America‘s foremost literâ€" ary critics, Alexander Woolleott, has declared, "The Thin Man" is the best detective story yet written in America. â€" The cast which portrays this story by Dashiell Hammett inâ€" cludes William Powell, Myrna Loy, Maureen O‘Sullivan and Nat Pendleâ€" ton. _ The playing days are next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, August 14, 15 and 16. Clavey Motors, Inc., To Have Its Opening Soon ‘Clavey Motors, Inc., located at the southwest corner of Skokie highâ€" way and Clavey Road, has been apâ€" pointed distributor for Dodge cars and trucks. Plans are under way to have a formal opening of the new sales room and garage. A large adverâ€" tisement‘ will carry this announceâ€" ment in next week‘s issug of The Highland Park Press. Watch for it. The Community Garden Class of the Highland Park Woman‘s Club will its annual allâ€"day meeting on Tuesday, August 14. Leaving the club house at 8:30 a.m. the class will : drive in a body to Lake Geneva where it will visit the Witchwood Reservation and other interesting garden spots. _ Luncheon has been arranged for at Ferndale: Those wishing to arrange transâ€" portation please call Mrs. Calkins at Highland Park 1520. , A luncheon will be given by the Garden Club of Illinois, in Hortiâ€" cultural Hall, at a Century of Proâ€" gress on Monday, Aug. 13. All garâ€" den club members are invited to atâ€" tend. Mr. V#ughn of the Vaughn Seed Co. will talk on "Gladiola." ‘\The hour is 12:30 p.m., luncheon | fee 50 cents. For reservations call | Mrs. Lacy, Highland Park 3129 beâ€" |\ fore Aug. 10. | Mrs. Lacy, HIGMANG EAIR Slef IC) s fore Aug. 10. _ ‘Mrg. _ Charles H Nixon of the mm smm mommmmmmmmmmms UdelJ Building is cruising on the \ _ Mrs: Cora St John is spending | Great Lakes a bo;r;“ S. S. Octorâ€" | this week with friends in Oshkosh,| anra‘ of the Great ‘Lakes Transit t Wis. + | corpération. i? zarden Class To Go « To Lake Geneva Inc., located at the of Skokie highâ€" Road, has been apâ€" Chief Executive Will Travel On North NWestern Train ~In Afternoon â€" _ Railrogd officials state that when a presidgnt is traveling by rail unâ€" | usual nid extreme precautions are | taken fqi- his safety, even to the | maintaining of the trair schedule. \"Track Walkers," the raflroad emâ€" | ployees Ewhu inspect th§ roadbed, \are put qut the day beforpg the presâ€" |idential &rain @rrives to inspect the |tracks for flaws, foreignjobjects or |\ defects ipf any kind in| the ties, | tracks of roadbed in ge'vi+ral. The \track walkers, also cover ‘the tracks ‘\the same day the train, goes over the route and inspect it yp to a few \ momentg before the trnit# passes. Presideént Roosevelt will pass thru this cit)'g:n a North Western train sometime| between 4:30 and 5 p.m., Chicago idnylight saving. time, on Thursday afternoon of this week. The president, returning from his vacation in Hawaii by way of the west cogst, Rochester, Minn., and Green Bay, Wis., is expected to leave Waukegan at 4:25 p. /\ Thursday. His privite car will befjattached to a regulag North Westerp train. The chief exgécutive is not Â¥xpected to make amy "personal‘ appearances" at any aof the towns bethn_ Wauâ€" kegan and Chicago. Then,;:ft.uo, the railroa@% companies keep spécial engines along the rightâ€" ofâ€"way l@ll steamed ang ready to go into_i action if the presidential train breaks down. Thesg relief enâ€" gines ape kept at l&miPute interâ€" cals. Freight trains are held in the terminals until â€" the ;Sresidential train p&sses. [ A pilét train leads !;Lh(- one on which t’w president rideg, This carâ€" ries thesecret service m‘!\ and high railroad, officials. . If an)ibombs are on the #racks, mny objects to derail the tra&n, or another t#ain in the rightâ€"offway, then the ofcupants of the pilgt train "enjoy" what injurâ€" ies would result from a&’reck. with the pregidential train rethaining unâ€" scathed, x The Jast president to ftravel along the Nol\h Shore was Ppesident Wilâ€" son infaQH. He was jjin this area in the @arly spring, an ‘jfipoké briefâ€" ly~ in Waukegan. Prgsident Taft was 1}! the Great Iakes Naval Traininjig Station in 19%1. Mandolinistic Club * Elects N’ew Officers (n Wednesday evenjing the Euâ€" terpe Mandolinistic Clyb held their mgu]a:f‘ business meet'hz and the following officers were glected: Darig C. Bonetti, mapaging direcâ€" tor; Rq‘bert Olson, treaturer; Lucile A. Matinelle, recording secretary. It is‘‘the desire of every member of the @lub to make a perfect manâ€" dolin prchestra presePution with the support of the new?sary guitars, banjos, etc. i With twentyâ€"one p‘nying memâ€" bers the club is gaining much favor. â€" Plang and rehearsal$ are session for an instrumental tour béginning earlyâ€"in the Village Board Meets No Quorum Present; Adjourn Meeting The Deerfield Village Board was adjourmed Monday evening without passing on any buslpess, because (‘orpn;atjon (‘ounse‘l"(}vorze Mcâ€" Gaughey was not ‘gure that â€" a quorum was present. "Those who atâ€" tended were Trustees €. S. Scribner, George Page, Marshall Pottenger, and Christian Willr*n, and the lawyer George McGagghley. Those absent. were Mayor [Harry Clavey and Trustees Ralph ;;Pewrson and Harry Wing. i A special meeting will have to be called‘ before September 1 because the tax levy must be ypted upon this month. _ 7 (‘o?’;oration (‘oumfn] McGaughey receives twentyâ€"five l&olllrs for the adjourned meeting and an additional five dgllars for each q‘pecill meeting to be‘ralled later. _ || Mr, Scribner acte4, as chairman in adSpuming the mfleting and exâ€" presséd his regret at{not being able to hold the meeting, @specially since there was such a lnr'ke audience. ----1;’;.‘_:.‘7(1;“ of the nekt meeting will be published later. i \__ Miss NelsodiWiM Migs Rena Nelson, of Highland Park, yesterday (Tugsday) won her first round in the wufi\en's state golf tourni@gment at Evangton, defeating Missi{Janet Willard, 8 and 2. Both MissENelson and M&» Willard are mer;;E';‘svnf Exmoor‘,'(.‘oumry Club, Highland Park. [ " NUMBER 24 now in concert fall. Wt th t 40 i6 4 k , ;Ll i Â¥ it s 35 3¢ i

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