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Highland Park Press, 7 Oct 1937, p. 14

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"The Shades" Beauty Spot _ . October in Indiana is one of the best months of the year to tour and autumn visitors throng to colorful forests to view the beauty of golden Indian summer. At "The Shades" scenic park in Montgomery county near Waveland, Indiana there are more than two thousand acres of natural beauty. j Over 100 varieties of trees have been classified in "The Shades" park. _ Different kinds of oaks, miaples, beech, hickory, black and white walnut (Butternut) tulip popâ€" lar (the Indiana state tree) gum, ash, locust, sassafras, linden, sycaâ€" more, ironwood, buckeye, aspen, élm, hackberry wild cherry, mulberry, pawpaw, serviceâ€"berry, redâ€"bud, cofâ€" feeâ€"nut, dogwood, witchâ€"hazel and many others cover the hills and valâ€" leys with a riot of color in October. Autumn Beauty Is At Height Now In Indiana Scenic Park ‘Rock. formations, too, are of a wide variety in the park and bear such interesting names as Lookâ€"Out Point, 210 feet above Sugar Creek: Blackfood Gap, Red Fox Ravine, Buzzards Root«, Little Devils Bath: tub, Maidenâ€"hair Falls, Hemlock Falls and Bridal Veil Falls. Old Indian trails wind among cliffs of sandstone, through© deep mossâ€"covâ€" ered canyons, past waterfalls and mineral springs. s PAGE FOURTEEN A modern hotel operates on the American plan and provides excelâ€" lent accomodations to visitors. All are outside rooms and are equipped with hot and cold running water, some with private bath. Wellâ€"seaâ€" soned food from the Shades farms and gardens are served in the hotel diningâ€"room where the cuisine caters to tired and hungry hikers. The Chicago Motor club suggests the following route from Chicago, 160 miles of excellent roads by way of U.S. No. 41 and Indiana No. 234. The latter road win«s. through hills and over an old wood covered bridge crossing Sugar Creek which flows through the Shades park. Interest Manifest In Badminton Classes Starting Next Week Badminton enthusiasts in Highâ€" land Park have been waiting for the following announcement conâ€" cerning the starting of Badminton classes. The Highland Park Comâ€" munity Service cooperating with the Adult Education Council and the School Boards ,is very pleased to announce that starting next week the classes mentioned below will meet regularly. Badminton is a social game as well as an athletic one; men and women can and do play mixed douâ€" bles with great enjoyment. Skill and dexterity count for more in Badminton than does ‘strength. â€" The classes mentioned below start next week, The classes start at 7:30 p.m. and the enrolliment fee is very reasonable. Here they are: ° Ravinia Village House: This is the oldest class in town and is unâ€" der the able leadership of Mr. Howâ€" ard Copp. Its meeting night is on Wednesdays. Lincoln School Class: This interâ€" esting class is handled by Mr. and | Repestrian Pomnters NR R Y \\ N\\ S Antiâ€"Back Ache @ sSELF SKIRT MARKER C &1 Makes an accurate Hom in 3C seconds. No more aprawiâ€" ing on the floor. No more runs in silk stockings. Ne more tired customers waiting while you the hem. Yu-fl.ud-::lnhi-d.ndfi&{n“- m-fi,: hem. Order today, sp~ TELEPHONE HIGHLAND PARK 405 Mrs. Charles Lauer. It meets regâ€" ularly on Tuesday nights. Braeside School Class: Is a class having both Badminton and Table Tennis. Its leader is Mr. M. Whitâ€" taker, and it meets on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Instruction can be had at any of the classes and if you are interested in Badminton and want to play you should go to one of the places listed above. It‘s a great game and we want you to enjoy it too. If you have any questions to ask, Mr. X. of Community Service will be glad to help. ~Call 858, or 2692. Tryouts For Scout Show To Be Oct. 21â€"22 Tryouts for the Big Prairie Farâ€" merâ€"WLS Community Talent Show will be held in the Council Room of the Highwood. City Hall on Thursday and Friday, O¢tober 21st and 2nd at 7:00 p.m. Community Talent A cordial invitation is extended to all community talent artists in this vicinity and all surrounding cities and towns to be present at theseâ€"auditions. .. Tryouts will be conducted by Miss Nell Adams, a skilled and talented director from Prairie Farmerâ€"WLS Community Service ‘Department. This show is being given for the benefit of the Highwood Boy Scouts, and will be presented on day, Friday and Saturday, October 28th, 20th, and 30th at the Oak Terrace School Auditorium. Guitar players, banjo players, accordion players, old time fiddlers, harmonica players, and specialists on any other musical instruments are wanted. Square dancers, singâ€" ers, yodelers, and orchestras; inâ€" strumental or singing quartettes, duets, trios, or soloists, and any other artists who can entertain are also desired. Several good imperâ€" sonators will be given an opportunâ€" ity to impersonate their favorite raâ€" dio stars of WLS. Anyone desiring to register or secure further information is asked to call Highland Park 3710. A meeting of the Highwood ‘Unit of the American Red Cross, a branch of the Chicago Chapter, was held Wednesday evening, Sept. 29, at the City hall in Highwood, and plans were made for the organizaâ€" tion of the unit. Mr. Charles A. Waite, who has been interested in Red Cross work for many years, and who was instrumental in startâ€" Organize Red Cross Unit in Highwood Your Typewriter Man Highland Park 567 REPAIRS â€" RENTALS â€" SALES Larson‘s Stationery ~ Store E. K. CATTON CALL LA EHICAGO MOTOR €ELUB A general meeting is to be held in the near future at which time representatives from the Chicago Chapter will outline the duties of the various committees. Motion picâ€" SVUOGESTED BY THE ing the local unit was unanimously elected general chairman, and Messrs. Paul J. Muzik, John J. Jaâ€" coby, Clyde Cameron, Ray Roth and Paul Blum were appointed chairman of certain important committees. Appointment of several other comâ€" mittee chairmen was postponed unâ€" tilâ€"a future date. put Local organization represented were: The Italian Women‘s Prosperâ€" ity Club, Catholic Daughters, Highâ€" wood . Booster, American â€" Legion Auxiliary, Catholic Young People‘s Club, Cuore Art Club, Modenese Soâ€" cieta, Italian American Civic Assoâ€" ciation, Highwood ‘ Civie Improveâ€" ment Association and the Boy Seouts. GAS HEAT is BETTER! it COSTS ONLY $11.64 (AVERAGE) PER MONTH 1O HEAT THIS 8â€"RO0M HOME WITH Zaa undeor Vew TLow ARates ! GAS HEAT WILL BB ECONOMICAL FOR YOUR HOME, TOOF Let us estimate now just what gas heat will cost you . . . you‘ll be surprised at the economy of the most modern, most satisfactory heating method! NORTH SHORE GAS CO. / BEFORE y91 stock UP with THE PRESs M“.‘efiufioufl;mvbifi. to the work of the American Red Cross in times of disaster. Chairmen . Charles Waite and Paul Blum will attend a luncheon Friday noon at the Stevens hotel in Chicago when the work of the Red Cross will be discussed. terhood of North Shore Congregaâ€" tion Israel is to be one of unusual interest. The meeting, to be held at the temple in Glencoe on Monday afternoon, Oct. 18, at 2:15 o‘clock, will feature the rare combination of Sisterhood To Hear Program Of Unusual Interest October 18 Can place $6,000 at 5% on a fiveâ€"year straight loan on good _ Eastâ€"side property, conservativeâ€" ly appraised at $14,000. tss V. WM. BRIDDLE Loans & Insurance 217 North Shore Building e opening program od of North Shore Israel is to be one of the Sisâ€" Congregaâ€" of unusual 'Yulwnsfllolfiinqâ€" Pay It Just Like Rent Snd Inpremtiops anthored from thele recent foreign travels. Rabbi Shulman has chosen as his subject "Humanity in Chabs," and will present, from firstâ€"hand experâ€" iences during this summer‘s journey through Palestine, Rumania, Ausâ€" tria, Poland and Switzerland, his story of the unrest and turmoil left in the wake of the war, its effects on Jewish life and national life in gehâ€" eral. Well known as cholar and orator, Rabbi Shulman‘s insight inâ€" to the problems of the world should provide a rich backdrop for his subâ€" Mrs. Shulman will continue from the point where Rabbi Shuiman ends his talk, and will give us a word picture‘ of the settlement in Palesâ€" tin of those who have exiled themâ€" selves from their European homeâ€" "We have used gas for heating our home since the fall of 1926, and I want to take this opporâ€" tunity to tell you why we like it so much . . . It has cost us nothâ€" ing for maintenance during all these years. The Gas company cleans the boiler during the summer, and all we do is light it in the fall. Could anything be more convenient . . . there is no investment in fuel, as we pay monthly for the gas used. It is absolutely clean, as gas throws off neither dust, smoke or grease; and it is economical. Owing to rate reductions, our heating bills amount now to only half of what they did when we first used gas heat, and the new rate reduction makes them even .____.... the Home of Mrs. Wm. H. Hulswit, 235 Mary St., Hubbard Woods. Says Mrs. Hulswit:â€" EQUIPMENT CcOSTS AS LOW AS Highland Park, IIlinois THURSPAY, OCTOBER 7, 1937 lands. Mrs. Shulman, noted as a brilliant speaker and writer, has just returned from a six months soâ€" journ in Palestine, where she met many of the outstanding personaliâ€" ties of the country, and where she worked side by side in one of the new . colonies with expatriated Polish Jews. Her discourse, titled "Earth Deep.in Palestine," will be righly colored by her own personal experiences. Quality Cleaners Phone H. P. 178 RELIABLE LAUNDRY DRY CLEANING CO.

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