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Highland Park Press, 7 Apr 1938, p. 14

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Highwood Auxiliary Announces Activities Stupeyâ€"Smith unit No. 501 of Highwood held its monthly meeting, :Ml!." y, April 6th, at the City Committee reports were made, and several members visited the Army Day exercises at Fort Sheriâ€" dan, ‘The exhibits and demonstraâ€" tions show that the U. 8. is preâ€" paring herself for National Defense, which is one of the outstanding proâ€" grams of the American Legion and Auxiliary. PAGE FOURTEEN That in the spring of 1919, amidst complete devastation, the poppies bloomed in abundance on the battleâ€" fields of France, where so many of our men had fallen in battle, and that a replica of this poppy has beâ€" come the Memorial Flower: of the American Legion and the Auxiliary? Plans are being made for Poppy Day. The unit is sponsoring a Poppy Poster contest in both the schools. The president read some condensed poppy facts, asking "Do you know â€" And that the American Legion| was the first national organization | to adopt the poppy as its Memorial Flower, having taken this action at the National convention in Cleveâ€" land, September 27â€"â€"29, 19207 That the American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy as its Memorial Flower at its organizing convention held in Kansas City, in. October, 1921. And at the time the American Legion Auxiliary adopted the poppy E‘plodge the profits from the poppy and sales 100 per cent to welfare relief for service men and women and their families and needy chilâ€" FEaster Make this Easter your especial success. Vogue Dry Cleaning makes your clothes, drapes, rugs, furniture and other household article look bright and new. Absolutely odorless. EXPERT HAND PRESSING! momano sark 3 9( JOHN B. NASH, Prop $27â€"29 North Green Bay Road IN SMART CLOTHES Thoroughly Cleaned Faultlessly Pressed PAR ADE Lead your Telephone tomorrow morning dren of the community, thus fufillâ€" ing the true meaning of the poppy â€"an emblem of faith, faith which is being kept with all who died, through service to the living? . More of these facts will be pubâ€" lished in later issues of this paper. The National Defense chairman, Doris Lyle reported that St. James school entered in the essay contest. The two winning prize awards were Virginia Wagner from the 8th grade first prize and Edward Sheahen from the 7th grade 2nd prize. ‘The essays have been sent in to the department to compete with the State. Mrs. Lyle also reâ€" ported that most of the members have sold their required number of chances on the Naval plate. Those who have not sold theirs must sell them bgon April 20 at which time the plate shall be raffied. The finals of the first annual Highland Park Badminton tournaâ€" ment were held in the Ravinia gymâ€" nasium, Saturday. Fortyâ€"two perâ€" sons took part in the tournament which was in five divisions. The ladies singles was won by Joy Wood, with Mrs, Merriam Olmâ€" stead as runnerâ€"up. The men‘s sinâ€" gles was won by Howard Copp as runner up. The ladies doubles were won by Mrs. Olmstead and Mrs. Vyse with Mrs. Martha Byrant and Mrs. Steever as runnersâ€"up. The men‘s doubles were won by Gene Kern and Byron Perreault with Carl Strickler and Chester Becker as runners up. In the mixed doubles Chester Becker and Mrs, Dorothy Mann were winners with Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead as runnersâ€"up. Results of First Badminton Tourney 3200 Highland Park, NL In compliance with numerous reâ€" quests for an exhibition of the Forty Niner, famous allâ€"Pullman train operating between Chicago and San Francisco via Chicago and North Western, Union Pacific.and Southern Pacific, this beautiful streamlined train headed by one of the new powerful North Western streamlined locomotives, will be on display and open for inspection in the North Western station on ‘Friâ€" day, April 8. The exhibition will be from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and will be particularly convenient for the thousands of suburban patrons coming into the North Western staâ€" tion during those hours, Speaks at Midâ€"day ‘Service in Chicago ‘Ravinia Garden Club Has Annual Crab Tree Sale Northwestern Will Place Fortyâ€"Niner On Display Friday Mr. William Duncan Kilpatrick C8.B., a member of The Christ ian Science Board of Lectureship will be the speaker at the Midday service, broadcast over Station WGN (720 Ke.) Chicago, on Thursâ€" day, April 7, from 12:85 to 1:00 o‘clock, Central Standard time. The address, which is one in a series presented by representatives of difâ€" ferent religious denominations, is on the subject, "The Conqueror." Th Forty Niner is an 8â€"car train with several outstanding features. Among them is the bedroom car, containing 16 rooms, two of which are double rooms with upper and lower berths and 14 single rooms with one bed. Seven of these are on the floor level and 7 are "upâ€" stairs" type, reached by there steps. Beds are of the "transverse" typeâ€" crosswise to the aisleâ€"and during the daytime are converted into comâ€" fortable sofas. Six of the "downâ€" stairs" type, reached by three steps. ing back a partition two rooms can be made into one large room. The diner‘is unusually attractive, featured by round tables, permitting more room in which to move about. One end of the diner has a pleasâ€" ant lounge for relaxation. The giant new Class Eâ€"4 locomoâ€" tive, which now hauls this train, is the latest word in locomotive buildâ€" ing and adds the final streamlined touch to the Forty Niner. The following letter has been perâ€" sonaly mailed to many new comers and friends in Ravinia, but as it is impossible to reach all, we hope that any who are interested in some of these crab trees will call H.P. 2885. The observationâ€"lounge car at the rear of the train is featured by a "sun room" in the rounded end of the car. Smart furnishings, warm colors and alumnium trim set the whole interior of the train off adâ€" mirably. Due to the interest in this projâ€" ect our sale. is being held open unâ€" til April 14. As the cherry blossoms are to Washingtonâ€"as the tulips are to Hallandâ€"so we would like our wild crab tree blossoms to be Ravinia. We want to join in this pageantry of flowers and we want you to help Dear Neighbor: We are the Ravinia Garden club and we are putting all our Spring efforts into a sale of wild crab trees. We, as a Garden Club, would like Y «* innopym es uy A 64e pelpmnalil io 0 Pocavnnacdaanlinnk oo d Offices and Warchouses at *wiee ts WINNETKA â€" HIGHLAND PARK â€" EVANSTON _ $ iz STORACE â€" PACKING â€" SHIPPING Serving The . Great ‘ North Shore> / | March 28, 1938 ABSOLUTE GUARANTEE AGAINST MOTH D AM AGE THE PRESS to do our share in preserving Raâ€" vinia‘s natural beauty and the wild erab which is native in Ravinia, and which has necessarily been uprootâ€" ed to build homes, can be preserved to the landscape if . many . home owners will but include two or more wild crab trees in their planting. We are making a concentrated drive on this sale this following week and one of our Garden Club members will contact you during that time. We recommend the trees we are selling on the authority of reputable landscape architects. We would like through a comâ€" bined effort of the old and new resâ€" idents, to make Ravinia not only faâ€" mous for its music festival but also for its horticultural beauty â€"to make Springtime in Ravinia someâ€" thing of beauty one would not soor forgetâ€"with more crab tree blosâ€" Col. W. W. Edwards To Address D.A.R. on National Defense Welcoming you to beautiful Ravi nia, we are, Cordially yours, ‘The Ravinia Garden Club. The North Shore Chapter of the D.A.R. will meet with Mrs. Mare A. Law, 27 North Linden avenue Thursday, April 14, at 2:30 p.m. As assisting hostesses Mrs. Law will have Mrs. L. B. Sinclair, and Mrs. W. F. Einbecker. The speaker of the afternoon will be Colonel W. W. Edwards of the United States Cavalry, and he will speak on National Defense. Each year the chapter devotes one proâ€" gram to this subject, and hears monthly from delegates to the meetâ€" ings of the great general committee held the second Friday of each month in Chicago. f At this meeting the names of the new officers for the coming year will be presented, and there will be reâ€" ports from the State Convention of the D.A.R. which was held in Chiâ€" cago March 14â€"17, by delegates from this chapterâ€"Mrs. Warren Danley and Mrs. W. F. Einbecker. All memâ€" bers are urged to be present and hear Col. Edwards on this timely subject. â€" Chest Clinics Held Weekly in Waukegan The weekly chest cliniecs conductâ€" ed by thesLake County Tuberculosis Association and which is maintained with fundsâ€"derived from the sale of Christmas Seals will be held as usual Wednesday morning at St. Therese ~hospital from 8 to 11 o‘clock. Dr. Petter of the Lake County ‘Tuberculosis Sanitorium is the examining physician. New paâ€" tients desiring a chest examination will please call the office in the Court House or telephone Majestic 1805. Mrs. Albert Ahrens Passes Away Tuesday Mrs. Albert Ahrens, 59, 629 Lauâ€" rel avenue, passed away Tuesday morning at the Highland Park hosâ€" pital following a lingering illness of cancer. She had been a resident of Highland Park for many years. Funeral services will be held Friâ€" day afternoon at 2 o‘clock from Kelley‘s mortuary to the Redeemer Lutheran church, where a service will be held at 2:15 o‘clock. Burial will be in Mooney‘s cemetery. Besides her husband, she is surâ€" vived by a sister, Mrs. E. Garling of this city, and a brother, Gustave Arnswald of Chicago. FIREPROOF WAREHKHOUSES S T O R A G F E M «she Canada. of Household Goods Nominate These Able Men! ___L â€" FOR U. S. SENATOR FORWARD with ROOSEVELT and HMORNER GOVERNOR HENRY HORNER saysâ€""We fight, not for sectionalism, but for political {:stice! Good %overnmentâ€"people free of ss ruleâ€"THAT‘S the issue we must decide !" Free the people of Tlinois once and for all of the vicious Kellyâ€"Nash machine that would sacrifice honest Judge Jarecki, who with Govâ€" ernor Horner, sponsored the honest election lawsâ€"and who fearlessly sent crooked elecâ€" tion officials to jail !â€"tfie machine seeking to turn out the great Tom Courtney, fighting Cook county state‘s attorney, who can‘t be controlled or intimidated by greedy Bosses! Kellyâ€"Nash again seek statewide power with their candidate for the United States Senate. Stop this new grab! It‘s squarely up to you! SCOTT W. LUCAS FRANK A. JENSEN LOUIE E. LEWIS ADAM F. BLOCH THOMAS L. O‘HERN T.V.SMITH _ FOR STATE TREASURER FOR SUPERINTENDENT OE PUBLIC INSTRUCTION FOR CLERK SUPREME COURT FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONâ€" GRESS, STATEâ€"ATâ€"LARGE Downâ€"State has had ONE U. S. SENATOR! Chicago Bosses now would deprive YOU of RIGHTS enjoyed Primaries April 12, 1938 Qualified by training and Ray J. Reardon Your vote and support is solicited. PROBATE CLERK Republican Candidate PHONES University 9300 Wilmette _ 1332 Winnotka _ 1332 Glencoe 1332 Wilmette _ 1332 Winnotka _ 1332 Glencoe 1332 Highland Park 181 experience to serve the public as THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1988

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