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Highland Park Press, 9 Jun 1938, p. 1

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To Speak at H. S. Graduation June 16 Mr. Clarence Randall, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent of the Inland Steel company, ‘_rmun.pumm.‘m Thursday night, June 16, when 259 seniors will be graduated. Preceding the talk by Mr. Ranâ€" dall, who will be introduced by Suâ€" perintendent R. L. Sandwick, Richâ€" ard Higgins, a member of the genior class, will talk on the subject "We Practice Democracy" The orchestra, under the direction of Mrs. Helen Mannings, will play *"Minuetto Giojoso," "Pomp and Cirâ€" cumstance," "Spirit . of Indepenâ€" dence." ‘The last two numbers are marches for the processional and reâ€" cessional. Andrew Jacobs, a memâ€" ber of the orchestra, will play a piano solo, "Polonaise." ‘The presentation of the diplomas and honors will be made by Mr. George T. Rogers, president of the board of education. 62 ‘The chorus, conducted by Mr. Harâ€" old N. Finch, will sing two songs, "Oh, Blest Are They" and "My Love‘s Like a Red, Red Rose." America will be sung by the audiâ€" ence at the end of the program. . The imvocation and the benedicâ€" tion will be given by Rev. Harvey F. Siemsen. Caps and gowns will be worn by the 142 girls and 117 boys in the class, who will be led in the proâ€" cessional and récessional by class marshals, Mary Heed and Whitt Schultz. There will be no flowers worn or carried by the graduates. Deerfield School Board to Sponsor Recreation Project Theâ€" Board of Education, Deerâ€" field Grammar School, met at the home of. President Burton B.Meâ€" Roy on Tuesday evening, May 81. ‘Mrs, Alice© Bailey, president Parâ€" entâ€"Teacher association, Mrs, Ruth Reichelt Pettis, assistant to Superâ€" visor James O‘Comnor, and Miss Madeline H. Millikan, government representative, Féderal Recreation Project (W.P.A.) were present, to discuss plans for & recreation proâ€" gram for the school. cedure to be followed, and gave very interesting information regarding projects in other Lake county comâ€" munities, im craft work as well as pla; direction. With her assistance, and that of the Township Supervisor‘s office, planc are now under way to ‘keep the playground at the Grammar school open during the summer months, with instructing supervisors in atâ€" tendance. The project will be conâ€" tinued throughout the school year, with necussary changes in hours, and probably additional craft work. Miss Millikan called in Deerfield on Friday, June 3, when the necesâ€" sary thanges in hours, and probâ€" ably additional craft work. Miss Millikan called in Deerfield on Friâ€" day, June 3, when the necessary signed, and is now working toward the selection and certification of a competent staff to begin the projâ€" with which the work is going forâ€" ward indicates that the Apening date will be within two weeks. The Board of Education, with the coâ€" operatiion of the Parentâ€"Teacher Association, will arrange with Miss Millikan and her staff to sponâ€" sor & "Family Night Lawn Party" with baseball giames, races, stunts, refreshments, music, etc., to introâ€" duce this project to the community. The opening date, and the time schedule for supervised play, will be announced in this â€"paper at an early diate. Golden Meadow Dairy Celebrates Anniversary June 11 fatainng one 67 tht fhest refeig cFation plarts on the horth shore. drink, &t Dixics will be given cach where in this issue of the Press. An Miss Millikan explained the The enthusiasm and competence ~ The Hinhlarm® Park Preas Rose Festival in Ravinia to Be Held on Sunday, June 19 Plans for "The Rose Festival", to be held in the Ravinia Rose Garâ€" den this season, are well under way of the Rose Garden Committee of the Ravinia Garden Club, and genâ€" eral chairman of the Rose Festival, announces that the date for this delightful anmnual affair will be Sunday afternoon, June 19, from 8:30 to 7 p.m. At this time, if weaâ€" ther conditions are favorable, the roses will be at the height of their A number of new varieties have been added this year and at present there are more than a thousand rose bushes in the garden. Each variety will be qg@ainly marked, which will add greatly to the pleasure of visiting the garden. Amateur rose growers are again invited to exhibit their best speciâ€" mens this year, and the committee on exhibits announces three prizes for (1) the best single specimen bloom in Tea Varieties, (2) the best specimen in climbing and speâ€" mvnfiety, and (3) the best colâ€" on of specimenâ€" blooms. The classifications are as follows: 1. Hybrid Tea and Hybrid Perâ€" 2. Polyanthas. 3. Large Flowering Climbers. 4. Ramblers. 5. Shrubs _and . Species. _ Any exhibitor wishing to enter in any of the classes is asked: to call the chairman of Exhibits, Mrs. F. P. Biggs, Tel. H.P. 987. Besides the exhibits and exquisite blooms there will be music and reâ€" freshments and a pleasant social time. Although the Rose Garden is open to the public at all times without charge, tickets are being sold for this special outdoor festiâ€" val, the proceeds going entirely toâ€" wards the maintainance of the Rose Garden. The low price of the tickets includes a generous serving of ice cream and homemade cake. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Theo. Uehling, who is chairâ€" man of the ticket ~committee, or from any member of the Ravinia Garden Club until Friday, June 17, or at the gate June 19, while the festival is in progress. The Ravinia Rose Garden is one of the outstanding beauty spots of the North Shore and well worth a visit. It is situated just northâ€" west of the Ravinia railroad staâ€" tions on Roger Williams avenue, and two blocks east of Green Bay 212 To Be Graduated Next Week From Local Grammar Schools A class of ninetyâ€"seven graduâ€" ates will receive their diplomas from the Elm Place school Wedâ€" nesday evening, June 15, at eight o‘clock, in the Jesse Lowe Smith auditorium of the school. Rev. Harâ€" vey F. Siemsen, pastor of Bethâ€" any Evangelical church, will proâ€" mounce the invocation and benedicâ€" tion and Mr. Howell W. Murray, president of the Board of Educaâ€" tion, will present their diplomas. Mr. A. E. Woiters, dean of boys at Highland Park High schood, will "hccept the class. Musical numbers will be rendered by the chorus and instrumental ensemble. James Channon Bowes, William D. Carrier Patricia Cole, Gerald Chambers, James F. Crame, Edwin H. Daniecls, Diana Hope Deâ€" ==-:-a.""" t, Dorothy Margaret Dennett, Wilâ€" Dever, Margaret Louise Einbecker, J The following students will reâ€" ceive their diplomas: § ward NReeik.‘ whikem Coteen Henning. r;(.k.';;um\’â€" CRMCCE, PE3 Somiding Asdiy Pore: on B Kerngid, Bmith, Resaiyn fAmith, Lo Nelle Marie Spaldâ€" Francis Barnhardt, Joanne Bartling, Elizâ€" abeth Luelia Bench, Mary Alberts Bosero, Mnsdc ht " Iptene ut ue‘ farem Ricser will the toa, ies Bufeent Fron land Park Edward Artis, Charles OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK John Highland Park‘s Proposed New Community House Alcyon Theatre To Present "Judge Once in a great while comes & motion picture that is rich with things that make for grand enterâ€" tainment. The picture is ‘Thor« oughbreds Don‘t Cry" featuring Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Ronald Sinclair. On the Aleyon screen tonight \(Thursday). Hardy‘s Children" Spencer Tracy and Louise Rainer will appear together in an outstandâ€" ing film on Friday and Saturday In Big City" we have a picture which should appeal to everyone, for it has tender romance as well as thrillâ€" ing and melodramatic situations. ‘The audience becomes part of a delightful family in Judge Hardy‘s Children," which is to be presented at the Alcyon on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The audience will share the problems of the father and mother and the joy and tribulaâ€" %I : the children, and '“tlhw laugh e dn.uom i mt them in this ho M-w-«nh comedy drama. On Wednesday and Thursday of next week we may see "Conquest," an extremely lavish production, on the Alcyon screen. The artistic performances by Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer make this film exâ€" cellent entertainment. enbau, Mary Lou Dyer. ."A”u'u‘n;'u*"m' d, Johr ean Goldma: Hart, Haupt, ‘.;‘-lv_ Hayae, '._“‘q-r.im__. sser, also consist of music by the school chorus and district orchestra. The following are the members of the Ravinia graduating class: ullnl'a. E. Abernathy, Barbara Aranoff, largery ‘Benson. John L.‘ Bettani, Mollie Teils bores, Barbers Dole Chorne‘r. ‘oep For some time the proposition of installing a two way radio sysâ€" tem has been under consideration. At a meeting of the City Council last week it was decided that an inâ€" creased police foree would be more Robert 8. Landauer Jr.. Doris Elizabeth Long, Donald Maechtle, Betty Martin. Steven Meyer, Willian: A. «Mitchell, Luâ€" to the class. This program will cille Nichols, Jeanne I. Prior, Paula Raff, Belection of the new policemen will be made by the Highland Park eivil service commission. The perâ€" sonmnel will be raised to 16 with the additional two more men. ::-u’.l.umm- way . communication mmwrflomm be modernized soon, to conform with government regulations. Selection of the new poli Two police officers are to be addâ€" ed to the Highland Park police foree, according to reports, altho Benjamin Ball, secretary of the board at the Highland Park Civil Service commission, has not as yet announced examination dates. hmflflu'fl:&hm ::hltnfiom'uhhfll the vacancy caused by the resignaâ€" tion of Gus Kreuger, who has served as a city enginceer for the past Two More Men To Be Added Soon To H. P. Police Force thirtyâ€"five years _ Lincoin and Ridge Schools The Lincoin and Ridge classes (Continued on page 5) HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1988 Playgrounds Are Ready For Season; Beaches June 18 _The Highland Park beaches and playgrounds will open for the sumâ€" mer on Saturday, June 18, accordâ€" ing to an announcement made earâ€" ly this week by Ed. Brown, superâ€" intendent of the Park system. The two story frame building on the Central avenue beach housing the North Shore Yacht club has been removed north to the Park avenue. beach, the work having been done by the P.W.A,. This is a double safety measure as bathers will not be imperiled by the steady traffic of boats and the lake is now visible to observers from the tower of the headquarters. Lifeguard protection at the beachâ€" es will become effective on June 18 while â€"the four recreaton centers 20. TA Riiimatst hes torn e 20. F has been reâ€" appointed life guard at Roger Wilâ€" liams beach and Carl Johnson will again patrol the main Central aveâ€" nue beach, & Ray Cox, who has served with the Park board for several years, will be in charge of recreation at Port Clinton, Sunset, Lincoln and Ravinia playgrounds. He will be assisted by Mary Jane Greenslade and Gwen Killilea. Included among the children‘s activities supervised by the Park board are: Baseball, soccer, softâ€" ball, track, tennis, volleyball, swimâ€" ming, badminton, drama, bandiâ€" craft, games and trips to the big league baseball games in Chicago at various times. . Adults may also participate in tennis, softball, badâ€" minton, volleyball, track and #withâ€" Robert F. Walker To Address C. of C. At Meeting June 14 ming. Plans Children‘s Day Children‘s Day will be observed at the First United lvgdl-l lee will begin at 10 o‘clock. The program will be given by the chilâ€" Chatber _ of Commerce llnnthz fi?flu«hymnhc.hml will speak on "advertising as mb business from the hk r. Walker‘s hfi should be parâ€" ticularly interesting to local busiâ€" ness men, as he is & man of wide experience havirg beeh asociated in the advertising field for the past thirty years. As a resident : Highland Park for many yeai is familiar with conditions and is well known among the local Robert F. Walker, accouht exâ€" seutive with the nationally known mflrm of Lord and Thomâ€" as, w ress the Highland Park business men. Dinner will be held as usual at the Green Tem Pot at 6:30 o‘clock. + dren of the Sunday school. The Chief of Police Edward Moroney and his wife and daughter Afthe First U. E. Church public is invited. where their son is a student at Texas Christian University. The family will be back in about. two weeks, as this is the chicf‘s annuml D.A.R. to Observe Flag Day, June 14 Mrs. Harbert Speaks The North Shore Chapter of the Daughters of the American ‘Revoâ€" lution will meet on Tuesday afterâ€" ucon, June 14, to observe Flag Day. The hostess will be Mrs. Robert L. Johnson (if Brierhill road, Deerâ€" field, who will be assisted by Mrs. Henry C. Hawes and Mrs. Walter Rice. The meeting will be held at 2:80 o‘clock when Mrs. G. E. Harâ€" bert of Park Ridge will speak on "The +Pilgrims of the American Revolution." On Flag Day, at 11 o‘clock Cenâ€" tral Standard ‘time, the Illinois Daughters of the American Revoâ€" lution will ‘dedicate the monument which has been erected at the place where Abraham Lincoln with his father, mother and other members of his family came into Illinois from Indiana. The monument is a 26â€" foot basâ€"relief in limestone of an oxen drawn covered wagon and the family. . Theâ€"young Abraham Linâ€" coln, just 21 years old, is repreâ€" sented in bronze walking beside his family. A special bus chartered by the Chicago Chapter will carry the D. A. R.‘s from this part of Illinois to Vincennes, Indiana, which is across the Wabash river from the new state park where the monuâ€" ment is located. Dr, Louis Warren of the Lincoln Foundation and one of the best informed students of Lincoln in the country, will be the principal speaker. A luncheon in Vincennes arranged by the Kiwanis club, the Chamber of Commerce and the Frances Vigo Chapter, D. A.R., will follow ‘the dedication ceremony.. North Shore Chapter members will please call Mrs. Warâ€" ren Danley for details for the trip to the monument. What finer way to observe Flag Day than to dediâ€" cate & monument of Abraham Linâ€" toln who preserved our United States and our Stars and Stripes. Highways Construction Gets Paving Contract. Nobteman‘s A contract for the reconstruction of 24 miles of pavement on route 20 east ofâ€" Grayslake was signed today by F. Lynden Smith, director of the state dep@rtment of public works and buildings, with the Highways Construction company of Highland Park. WThe | amount inâ€" Presbyterian Church Observes Children‘s Day Next Sunday Children‘s Day will be at eleven o‘clock Sunday, June 12. On that day the hour of the morning service is given to the prxnn of the church school. The m will be for the work of the of Naâ€" tional Missions. * BH. William Hutchison, Marjorie Johnson At a special meeting of the di> rectors of the Highland Park Comâ€" munity Chest held last Tuesday eveâ€" ning at the Public Library, the Comâ€" munity Service of Highland Park offered $65,000 toward a m:ond Community House. The cost of this project is to be between $80,000 and _ The directors of Community Ser vice also applied to the Commuâ€" nity Chest for membership in the An operating budget was submitâ€" ted showing an estimated deficit of $6,000 per year; but, a unique plan was suggested whereby the addition of only $1,200 to the Chest budget would be required. The Community Chest referred the request to the Admissions Comâ€" mittee with the request that it be given prompt eonlldmfioxlx and reâ€" port rendered at a special meeting of the Chest directors next Tuesday evening. > Community Service representaâ€" tives stated that the $18,000 to $20,â€" 000 ‘required to supplement the funds already in hand for the erecâ€" tion of the building, could probably be secured: either from outright gifts, or from the sale to individuals of a ten year note issue to be reâ€" tired from revenues from the bow!â€" ing alleys. Features of the proposed Comâ€" munity House: The proposed Community House is to face to the southwest in the southeast corner of Sunset Park. The site is located about 50 feet north of the present water tower. The entrance and main social room will lie on a slight hill overlookâ€" ing the beautiful wooded portion of Sunset Park. Features of Sunset Park such as the ball diamond and tennis courts lie immediately to the west of the Community House site and are easily reached from there. The entrance from the street will be from Green Bay road about half a block north of Central avenue. The Community Center will be modern in design, the exterior of brick, glass brick will be used for both besuty and utility. in certain parts of the building. A modern heating system assuring heated and filtered air toâ€"its various rooms. Amâ€" ple parking space is provided, and all parking will be off of our main Features of the Community Cenâ€" ter are: As you enter the modern front of the Center you will find on the first floor a large lobby, reception room, a large social room fitted up with an ample kitchen and fireplace; a bowling alley equipped with six alâ€" leys and ample spectator space; and a large gymnasium that is 68x98 feet in size. The second floor plan shows two elub or social rooms that can be used for parties, hobbies, craftwork, committee meetings, ete. A small kitchenette is in connection with these two rooms. ‘The plans for the basement show these features: Handball court, squash court, individual exercise room, locker rooms, and showers for men, women and children, and wash The architects for the planned center are R. W. Flinn, W. D. Mann and J. 8. Van Bergen. They have been working closely with a buildâ€" ing committee who have spent much time in getting the best in Comâ€" munity Centers for Highland Park. Moraine Hotel to Open for Summer, June 11 The Moraine hotel, a landmark in Highland Park and one of the most prominent and highest class sumâ€" mer resorts in the Chicago district, will open for the summer season, Saturday, June 11 remaining open until after Labor Day. Mr. Gerald Mooris, well known in hotel cireles in Chicago and other large cities will be in of management. He was asâ€" sociated with the Ambassador, Shore drive, Sherry, Shoreland and Pearson hotels in Chicago. cisco, will be in charge of the hotel fomk comring : maktge" it "mag manager many mmmm country and was at one titie in charge of the dining room and entering at the Oak Park Arms. Many former summer mumw-q- numerous ml'..: ris says, "the hotel Mm-â€"..-dnhm- ward to a very busy season at the Mormina" , Miss Phocbe Hunter, who comes from the Huntington in San Franâ€" The Moraine will open with a convention of over 200 psople, R.C.A. Victor dealers Many No (pferii nge NUMBER 15

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