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Highland Park Press, 27 Feb 1936, p. 1

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wder ker‘s â€" Smail AY . HlGi_an. EPT: tent AY, FEBRUARY 209 h Way s Ib. 29c 3¢ â€" Butter Coffee 2 lbs Is rolls 290¢ ; h the generosity and foreâ€" sight of Mr. Robert Rogers, who, ‘since the passing of his father, Dtr. Weston Rogers, has made his in New Et;:hnd. the local becomes r of Pr. Rogers‘ entire mm&'flry, g some three hundred volâ€" es pertaining to the practice of mine and surgery. The nucleus of what is hoped will be a complete and upâ€"toâ€"date mediâ€" eal library has been started at the Highland Park hospital. _ > Is Planned for Local Hospital In addition to the present library, 16 journals and bulletins from mediâ€" cal organizations and research ¢enâ€" ters throughout the world have been made available to thosg local mediâ€" eal men using the medical library. These latter contain much important data on revent developments in practically every branch of medicine and will ultimately be bound in volâ€" ume form and indexed for future The library proper is located on the south side of the main corridor on the first floor of the hospital, imâ€" mediately to the east of the main entrance. It is modestly but comâ€" fortably furnished, ‘and adequate lighting and seating facilities invite perusal of the works lining its + (Continued on Page 2) "The Mikado" TohBe A _ Given Tonight at .I;Eerfl'eld-Shields Private Library of Dr. D. W. Rogers Forms Nucleus | of Project Having staged many light operas in the past four years, the semiâ€" professional . Lake . Shore Opera Players come highly recommended to the Highland Park school this evening to play Gilbert and Sulliâ€" van‘s famous "Mikado." The proâ€" fits are to be used to buy the school a needed marimba and additional new uniforms. . The play will begin at 8:15. : NOL XXV; (25th Year) The singing professor at Northâ€" western, also music critic for an Evanston paper, Mr. W. A. Stultz, assures Mr. Finch of the school‘s music department that the group is exceptionally well trained, the productions are cleverly staged, and the principals are very fine. Mr. I..Rudoiph, executive secretary of the Chicago Federated Boys clubs, who has had the group play for benefits for his organization, says "It is a capable company that puts on colorful performances which, in my estimation, are on a par with fine professional work." The players‘ costume designer previously worked as a designer for the Metropolitan and Chicago Civic operas. Badminton Tourney To Be Held in Ravinia On Wednesday evening, Feb. 19, Mr. Davis, scout master, and fifteen Boy Scouts of troop 33 were the guests of Sheridan Rifle and Pistol club. The scouts were given instrucâ€" tions on how to handle a rifie and on the four shooting positions, after which each â€"scout was permitted to shoot five shots under the direction of a club officer. The scouts of troop 33 wish to éxpress their thanks and &ppreciation to Sheridan Rifle and Pistol club for the valuable instruc: Tickets bought from band memâ€" bers or their parents may be exâ€" changed at the. box office for re served seats. ; ¢ Reserved seats may also be seâ€" eured at the door this evening. The Ravihia Badminton tournaâ€" ment, the first to be held in Highâ€" land Park, will be held in the Raâ€" vinia auditorium on Friday and Satâ€" urday evenings of this week. It will give the "bird swatting" enthusiasts a chance for some fine competition. _ _The junior players will have & tournament starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, while the finals for all games will be played Saturday at 8 p.m. There will be an exhibition volley ball game between Ravinia Volley Ball club and the Evanston Y.M.C.A. traem at 7 pim., Saturday. Rifle and Pistol Club _‘ Entertains Boy. Scouts The jdrawings for men‘s singles, men‘s doubles, ladies singles, ladies doubles and mixed doubles will be made at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 28. Mong they récaived and for the £0OL Te '?:y,hr::i"d .nd for the good T‘he Highlar® Park Press Business Meeting of H.P. Woman‘s Club To Be Held March 3 Lawrence ‘Joseph Rouse, four year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rouse of Deerfleld, a Leap Year baby, born Feb. 29, 1932, is celebrating his first real birthday anniversary â€" on Saturday. Other years his birthday has had to be celebrated on March 1. He lives with his parents at the Briergate Golf club, where his father is cadâ€" dy master. . The president of the Highland Park Woman‘s club, Mrs. E. T. R. Murfey, Jr., will call to order the regular business meeting of the club on Monday, March 3, at 2 o‘clock. This will be followed by a oneâ€"act play, "Gay Ninety," to be given by the members of the Drama class, of which Mrs. Frank Ronan is chairâ€" man. . Those taking part are Mrs. Frank Sturtevant, Mrs. Wade Mcâ€" Nutt, Miss Adele Whitfield, Miss Sarah Jane Murfey, Mrs. Milton Souther, Mrs. George Roscoe, Mrs. William Guyot, and Mrs. Joseph Tew. Four Year Old Boy *4 To Celebrate His First Birthday The last business meeting of the Highland Park Woman‘s club was held on November 5. The meeting on Tuesday will be the last schedâ€" uled business meeting at which club business may be conducted before the annual meeting and luncheon on April 21. ‘ Among the matters to be acted upon on Tuesday are certain reviâ€" sions of the byâ€"laws, which will be presented by the chairman of the Revisions committee, Mrs. George Allan Mason. > Council OK‘s Paving of Central Avenue No guests may be invited to the business meetings of the club. : The month of March brings to the club an art exhibit showing oils in the Negroid Tradition, by Charles Sebree, aâ€"young Negro artist whose work is receiving very favorable comment from the crities. ‘ The Highland Park city council at its regular meeting last Monday night in the city hall, passed a resoâ€" lution authorizing the paving of Central avenue, from Green Bay Road to Sunset Road. The work can be done at the cost of $55,800, it is estimated, and the city has approximately $32,000 acâ€" cumulated ‘in the motor. fuel tax fund which will be appropriated: to cover this improvement. It is planâ€" ned to pay the balance by kpecial assessment. + n t oo f" Ravinia Garden Club To Have Exhibits at Chicago Flower Show Instructions were issued by the council to the corporation counsel to draw up an ordinance providing for the changing the name of Deerâ€" field avenue west of Deerfleld Road to Berkeley Road. t P 2. Charles E. Mason, : pleting his first term 4 torney of Lake County, petition and is now CA county for reâ€"election 0 lican ticket. . The Ravinia Garden eclub is enâ€" tering one major and two minor exâ€" hibits in the tenth annual Chicago Flower Show to be held at Navy Pier from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily, March 21 to 29, inclusive. Advance sale tickets may be seâ€" eured from any member of the garâ€" den club. P ' Charles E. Mason first term as state‘s atâ€" ake County, has filed his d is now canvassing the reâ€"election on the Repubâ€" who is comâ€" OFFICIAL N"'P“IR OF T HE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK Members of. Dumaresq Spencer Post No. 145 of the American Leâ€" gion will be host to the 8th District at a meeting to be held in the dinâ€" ing room of the Masonic Temple, Thursday evening, | February 21, beginning at 8 p.m. The meeting will be opened by Commander Gilroy after which the district commander, Harry Brown, of Lake Forest, will take charge,. Members of Eighth District to Assemble at Masonic * Temple A program of entertainment has been arranged for, to take place after tte business: session, after which refreshments will be served. At this. meeting, an annual afâ€" fair, it is hoped by the officers of the local post that all members will avail themselves of the opportunâ€" ity to meet members of the other posts in the district, by attending this meeting. | No Action Taken on Time Change in H. P. How > jsthe‘ controversy started in the fi:x. place is an interesting story which suburbanites probably never will see in the Chicago dailâ€" ies. (Indian summer was a bit late last fall, and after the last Sunday in Oc r when the clocks were turned up again the days continued sunny and warm. Although an ordinance has been drawn rd is now on file, the Highâ€" land Park city council has (as we go to press) taken no definite action to fall in line with other suburbs forced into "The Joshua Club" by the ambitious» aldermen of Chicago. Lacking a topic for a good antiâ€" New DJ‘II editorial, a Tribune ediâ€" torialist translated his zeal for dayâ€" light savings into a pertinent brief writéâ€"up no longer than your finâ€" It strruck a popular chord of apâ€" proval. | Letters began to pour into the Tril‘une office from readers who favored| yearâ€"around daylight savâ€" ings. | . The %finali New â€"York markets would. arrive in Chicago one hour later than they do at present. Race track news would be an hour later. And with the morning papers getâ€" ting out an early night edition on newsstands at 7 p.m., lateâ€"working commuters might grab a morning paper instead of the afternoon daily‘s final marketâ€"sport edition. Soon |from the afternoon sheets came news articles and editorials, thundérous\in their condemnation of the whole Bj:heme. One paper ran a series of satires on members of the city councily climaxing it all with sarcastic editorials advocating the abolition of the council. Shore Line Trains To Be on New Time The afternoon papers kept quiet, but ;pu}rlishers were apprehensive as they studied the effect of a 12â€" month ‘daylight savings on news stand sales. be adjusted starting next Sunday (March 1) to conform with the time change | which goes into effect in Chicago on that date, it was anâ€" nounced today. 9e Starting at midnight Saturday, when clocks will be advanced one hour, operation of all traing will be in accordance with the new time â€"one hour faster than the present central standard time. Timeâ€"tables showing the adjusted schedules are now beotnz distributed through staâ€" tions the company. | Except for a few minor schedâ€" {fle thanges in the arrival and deâ€" parture time of trains at intermedâ€" i‘fi |north shore stations, operating : opulp are the same as heretoâ€" fore, | One _ additional â€" Saturday train from Chicago to Libertyville and| Mundelein is announced. This train will leave the Adamsâ€"Wabash station at 12:10 p.m., and will make all 1 stops to Mundelein, arrivâ€" ing ,ith:re at 1:22 p.m. This will serve 11 Skokie ‘Valley Route staâ€" tions and adjacent golf courses and ¢ountry clubs. | The Highland Park Horner for Governor club will meet in the audiâ€" torium |of the public library on Tuesâ€" day evening, March 3 at 8 o‘clock. The'p::;;e is invited to attend. | cers of the organization are William M. Dooley, chairman; Floyd P qn, secretary and J. L. Haas, | All schedules of the Chicago roadâ€"the North Shore Lineâ€"will .egion to Hold District Meeting Here Tonight HIGHLAND Horner for Governor Meeting urer. ILLINOIS â€" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1986 Recommended reâ€"award of the contracts for the North Shore Saniâ€" tary District sewage treatment plants to Darrow and Barron «of Waukegan, Illinois is satisfactory to PWA, Carl H. Bauer, state director of the Public Works Administration, notified the district trustees today. The low bidder who originally had been awarded the contract was unâ€" able to provide the required bonds.: Darrow and Barron of Waukeâ€" gan To Do Work on Ravine Drive Project Also The additions to the ‘Highwood plant were awarded Darrow and Barron on a bid of $75,728.75, and the Highland Park plant at Ravine drive was awarded the same firm on bid of $104,715. A deduction of $2,750 for. a combined contract award brought the net total to $177,â€" 693.75. 1 Impressively produced and superbâ€" ly enacted, "The Three Musketeers" comes to the Alcyon on Friday and Saturday with the full enchantment of Alexandre Dumas‘ ageless roâ€" mance which takes its place among the season‘s outstanding pictures, The celebrated Broadway actor, Walâ€" ter Abel, portrays d‘Artagnan, while Paul Lukas, who has earned such wide popularity in suave and urbane roles, plays the part of Athos. The talented English actress, Margot Grahame, plays the role of Milady de. Winter, spy of Cardinal Richeâ€" lieu. PWA Contracts for Sanitary Dist. Are Reallotted "Three Musketeers" at The Alcyon Theater "Mutiny on the Bounty" showing for the last time tonight at the Alcyon, stars Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and Franchot Z:ne. Ficâ€" tion never equalled this e story of mad mutiny, primitive romance and lustry adventure in tropical waters. Every word, each character, every incident is authentic!! "Bad Boy" featuring James Dunn, Dorothy Wilson and Louise Fazenda will be an Alcyon attraction on Wedâ€" nesday and Thursday of next week. Humorous as well as mildly semtiâ€" mental scenes and excellent acting make this a picture the whole famâ€" ily can enjoy. & PWA made a 45 per cent grant of $106,363|to the project, estimated to cost $236,200 to construct. With the reâ€"award of the contracts, work can start as soon as the contractors file with PWA proof of insurance, a performance bond, and the exâ€" ecuted contract. brings a robust tale of the Barbary Coast in which James Cagney packs fine fighting form as a sailor who rises to rule the gaudy underworld. Here is a forceful melodrama, conâ€" taining plenty of human interest, a charming romance, and situations that hold one in tense suspense. Margaret Lindsay, Ricardo Cortez, and George. E. Stone turn in excelâ€" lent portrayals. The Ladies‘ Aid of the Grace M.E. church will hold a bakery sale Saturday, Feb. 20, at Laegeler‘s Drug stor in Highwood. _ Many fine home made articles of pastry will be offered at reasonable prices. The Board of Health of Highâ€" land Park wishes to bring to the attention of the public the presâ€" ent status of the smallpox situaâ€" tion as it exists in the State of Illinois. > A state publication reports as follows: "The 14 new cases of smallpox last week, coupled with a large unvaccinated population, makes the smouldering prevalâ€" ence of this disease a disquieting threat to satisfactory health conâ€" ditions." 6 There have been 78 cases reâ€" ported since January 1, 1986 compared with 15 cases up to thig date last year. During the week ending February 17, 1936, 14 new cases were reported, all of them being in Chicago and suburbs. The local Board of Health recâ€" ommeg:s that each child and adult protected by vaccination against the possibility of smallâ€" pox invading this immediate viâ€" cinity. To this end the family physician should be consulted reâ€" garding vaccination or reâ€"vaccinâ€" ation against this easily preventâ€" able disease. Sunday, Monday and Tuesday Bakery Sale Saturday SMALLPOX The Program committee makes announcement that at the next Yacht club meeting, Arthur Gourâ€" ley, at the request of the Race comâ€" mittee, will give the first of a series of lectures dealing with rules of the road and racing tactics. These lecâ€" tures should prove very worthwhile, and will give the skippers a chance to brush up on their racing rules | before warm weather brings the fleet to the beach. tor; Baker Hamilton, associate ediâ€" tor; Ray Rogers, Edward Weeks, and Robert Carter. . ; The Publications committee for "North Shore Yacht Club News" was announced at the club meeting last Thursday, February 20. Those serving on it are, Edgar Boehm, ediâ€" The committee met at the clubâ€" house last Sunday afternoon to lay their pMans for the forthcoming pubâ€" lication. The paper is to be printed each month, and will tontain editorâ€" torials, â€" features, exchange news from other yacht clubs, and any anâ€" nouncements or information from the racing season, it will in addition contain race results and bulletins. Highland Park Boys Appear in Opera at University of Chicago Cody Pfanstiechl and Robert B. Anderson, both from Highland Park and students at the University of Chicago, took part in the production of Gluck‘s opera "Iphigenia in Taurâ€" is" which was presented recently by the University of Chicago Opera Asâ€" sociation at Mandel Hall on the Midway campus. Phanstiehl served on the production committee, while Anderson was a member of the busiâ€" ness committee. The heroic tragedy "Iphigenia in Tauris" was the third annual proâ€" duction of the University Opera Asâ€" sociation and this was the first time the opera has been produced in this country on a major scale. The proâ€" duction was conducted by Cecil Michener Smith, assistant professor of music at the university. The major roles were sung by profesâ€" sional artists, several having apâ€" peared with the Chicago City Opera company, while the choruses and orâ€" chestra were composed of students of the university. Gasoline Fouls Air at Elm Place School The Deerfieldâ€"Shields Parentâ€" Teacher association regrets that it will be impossible to present Profesâ€" sor Franklyn Bliss Snyder on the evening of March 5, as announced. Publications Staff for Yacht Club News" This year‘s production was adâ€" judged a great success by the Chiâ€" cago critics as were the first two productions ef the University Opera Association, Handel‘s "Xerxes" and "Dito and Aeneas." The University of Chicago Music society will, in the near future, sponsor the premiere performance in English of Weinberâ€" ger‘s "Schwanda, the Piper." Deerfieldâ€"Shields P.T.A. To Meet on <« Tuesday, March 5 The regular March meeting will be held in the English Club ropm of the high school on Thursday afterâ€" noon, March 5, at 3 o‘clock. There will be a social hour with the teachâ€" ers around the teaâ€"table, followed by the regular conference hour. For the past three weeks there has been a strong gasoline odor throughout the Eim Place School building which culminated Tuesday, Feb. 25, and spread to the Primary Building. < This is not considered to be danâ€" gerous from the standpoint of the children‘s health or from fire, alâ€" though it has been extremely unâ€" pleasant. The board of education has done all it can to eliminate the odor and the city hall is new working on the problem. These conferences have been so successful as an aid in the solution of student problems that both teachâ€" ers and parents will welcome an exâ€" tended conference period. The purâ€" pose of the Parentâ€"Teacher associaâ€" tion is to promote an understanding relationship between the home and the school. This purpose seems to be best served by the increasing use of the personal conference. Church Dinner The Luther League of the Zion Lutheran church will serve a mock chicken dinner at the church parâ€" lors Wednesday evening, March 4. The Luther Leaguers invite their friends to this affair. The church is located at Highwood on the corâ€" ner of High and Oakridge streets Announced Last Week | . The Ravinia Woman‘s club is givâ€" ing a bridge tea at 2 o‘clock Wedâ€" Inesdsy, March 4th in the Village house. Club members and their lfriendsnnm.dtoeomnndlpend an enjoyable afternoon.â€" Mrs. Lee Supple is the chairman and tickets lmybolndbthfi.t!l. P. 1941. + Lions to Hold Members of Clubs in Northern efiflhoh'l'o!loflflm Annual Getâ€"Together Franx V. Bmon > The first annual getâ€"together of the Lions of northern Illinois, with the Highland Park Lions club as host, will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesâ€" day, March 4, at the, Green Tea Pot. Catherine Preston, worthy ‘ matron of Lake Forest chapter and Mr. Wal. ter Huhn ,worthy patron of Waukeâ€" gan chapter serving in the east. It Members of the Lions‘ clubs of Highland Park, Waukegan, Winâ€" netka, and Libertyville, will â€" join to muke this one of the most importâ€" ant gatherings ever held in this terâ€" ritory. More than 125 are expected to be present at the banquet and meeting. $ Many Lion dignitaries from the various organizations in this disâ€" trict are scheduled to be present. The principal speaker for the occaâ€" sion will be Frank V. Birch, gecond viceâ€"president of Lions Internationâ€" al.â€" Mr. Birch, who comes from Milwaukee, Wis., is rated as one of the best speakers in the association and his ideas on Lionism, after high esteem. { Bishop Stewart To Mr. Birch was elevated to the post of second viceâ€"president at the (Continued on Page 2) This coming Sunday, March 1, being the first Sunday in Lent, the Rt. Rev. George Craig Stewart, D.D., makes his Episcopal visitaâ€" tion to Trinity Parish, Highland Park. ‘This is in accordante with the established tradition of having the Bishop confirm and preach every year on the first Sunday in Lent. To the extent of the rather limâ€" ited capacity of Trinity church, the members of the community are invited to this service. Pritchard To Address Philatelic Society A class of men and women and boys and girls will be presented at the eleven o‘clock hour and after G. W. Pritchard, president of the Lake County Philatelic society will speak on "Commemorative Issues" at the meeting of the North Subâ€" urban Philatelic society to be held at the Elm Place school, Sunday evening, March 2. * Pavinia Woman‘s Club Plans Bridgeâ€"Tea the ©Confirmation service, Bishop Stewart will preach. A ue Another feature of the meeting will be a stamp auction at which collectors will be afforded the : opâ€" portunity of bidding on aâ€" large variety of stamps. Rev. S. K. Wilson to _ . Lecture in Winnetka The fifth in a series of public lecâ€" tures on twentieth century probâ€" lems, sponsored by the North Shore Catholic Woman‘s League, will be given by the Rev. Samyel Knox Wilson, S.J., Ph.D., president of the Loyola University, at the Winnetka Woman‘s Club, Wednesday, March 4, at 10:30 a.m. His subject will be: "The Psyâ€" chology of the Constitution of the United States." i members will be on hand to renew old acquaintances and form new ones. z-nchmurlerfiuhtb-fi.‘lt hoped that a goodly number of The chapter is sponsoring a dinner on Wednesday evening, March 18 at 6 o‘clok with cards to follow. Mrs. Blanche Muller is chairman, Memâ€" bers and friends are welcome. Keep the date in mind. 0. E. S. To Observe Friend‘s Night March 4 On Wednesday evening, March 4, Campbell chapter No. 712 O,. E. S. will hold Friends night with Mrs. Convention in Highland Park Preach Sunday in . Highland Park

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