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Highland Park Press, 19 Jan 1939, p. 10

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On behalf of the school board‘ of District 109, Deerfleld, I wish to thahk you for the aid given us in our Christmas repair project at the school during the Christmas vacaâ€" tion. During this time we had sixâ€" teen men in service at different times for a total of 400 working hours. With this aid we were able to complete practically all of the work which we had laid out for this We appreciate this help very much and wish to inform you that it has made possible a much higher type of educational service to the community. We also wish to extend our thanks to Mrs. R. E. Pettis for the fine cooperation she has given the churches and the community skating rink have all had assistance through this channel. West Deerâ€" field Township Supervisor â€" James O‘Connor is in receipt of a letter from the Deerfield school in appreâ€" ciation of the help given them by local relief workers. A copy of ‘the letter : f Mr. James O‘Connor Township Supervisor Deerfleld, II1. â€" Dear Mr. O‘Connor: Deerfield Fracas Ends in Vandalia to us in this and to other projects at the school. < ‘ If in any way or at any time our school can be of service to you please do not hesitate to call on us. U Sincerely, t A workâ€"relief project during the Christmas vacation at the Deerfleld Grammar school employed sixteen men with a total of 400 hours. The state law requires that all relief orders be worked out on public projects. The willage, the schools, Dan O‘Bannion, 61, who had been living in a shed of the brick yards in Deerfleld for about six months, was committed to the state farm at Vandalia for eight months today by Judge Perrfi L. Persons for asâ€" saulting Fred Nettelback, of 232 N. Clark street, Chicago, an unemployâ€" ed: acquaintance, on Christmas day. Deerfield School Gets Work Relief On questioning by Assistant State‘s Attorney George W. Field, Nettelback stated that on Christmas * day he obtained some groceries and went to the brick yards. He gave O‘Bannion some of it and after the meal asked O‘Bannion‘ to help him wash the dishes. > } "I didn‘t ask you for anything to eat," Nettelback quoted O'Bupiod as saying, "and Im not going to wash any dishes." #> Without any further comment, O‘Bannion struck Nettelback just below the right ear, knocking him unconscious. Nettelback was reâ€" moved to the hospital where he was a patient for three days. ‘ Nettelback was taken by the Deerfield police to the Highland Park hospital on Christmas day and on December 26 was removed to the Lake County General hospital in PAGE TEN Skokie Valley Laundry MODERN WOMEN KNOW THE SECRET! DON‘T let washday rob you of your vitalityâ€" leave you tired and out of sorts. You can avoid all this if you send your laundry to the SKOKIE VALLEY LAUNDRY. It will be done economicâ€" ally, thoroughlyâ€"just as carefully as you would do it in your own home! Free yourself from this unnecessary problem today. Send Your LAUNDRY to SKOKIE VALLEY January 13, 1939 Lester B. Ball. Phone Highland Park 3310 Supervisor Harold E. Pillifant said that he could not make Sulliâ€" van a Waukegan township poor reâ€" lief charge because . Sullivan, who had been known as Robert Lee on the Waukegan poor relief lists prior to 1935, refused to, make a formal application for poor relief before he was ‘discharged from the hospital. Sullivan left this area after he was released from the hospital and efâ€" forts ‘may now Ig‘mndo to collect the hospital bill from his relatives. Deerfield P.â€"T.A. Has "Dad‘s Night" Friday Evening Bill Arouses Board i Nettelback‘s hospitaliation â€" and that of Marvin Sullivan, who was in the county hospital from Dec. 16 to Dec. 26, created considerable argument before that board of supâ€" ervisors last week. ‘The hospital committee composed of Supervisors George D.. Meyer, Harrie Muir, Emmett McShane and Leo F. Fenlon refused to bring in a report making the hospitaliation of Nettelback and Sullivan as county charges. The board, however, first approved a motion to have these cases considered county emergency cases and then reconsidered the ;o‘ tion, leaving the action open for further investigation, 2 Sullivan was committed to the hospital from Avon township after a fight with some relatives in Grayslake. : Sullivan claimed â€" he previously lived in Waukegan, _ The first evening meeting of the Deerfield Grammar school P. T. A. was held Friday evening, Jan. 18, and was most successful, The program was varied and most entertaining. There was music by ‘the orchestra, a short talk by Mr. Lester Ball, the principal, and the address of the evening by Dr. William F. Weir on "Distinguishâ€" ing Things That Differ." Two travel movies concluded the proâ€" gram. | f s The room prize was awarded to Miss Miller‘s room, since there was a predominance of eighth grade fathers present., _ Anders Haugen of Minneapolis, who has been skiâ€"jumping since a lad when his father taught him the fine points of the sport in his native Norway, will give daily exhibitions on a slide that will tower 85 feet from the floor and extend 250 feet into the main arena of the huge amâ€" phitheater. _ 4 Sportsman‘s Show Opens in Chicago Saturday, Jan. 21 Skiâ€"jumping, tr‘;’p shooting and dog retriever trials will be introâ€" duced as indoor sports for the first time in Chicago as feature events at the International Qutdoor Sportsâ€" men‘s Show, which opens next Satâ€" urday (Jan. 21) for a nine day run at the International Amphitheater. Waukegan, where he remained for The parents of the 5th, 6th and 7th grades acted as hosts and hostâ€" esses during refreshments. nermatciiarm $ Seats will be provided without exâ€" tra cost for more than 10,000 in the main arena, where spectacular proâ€" grams will be conducted afternoons and evenings daily and Sunday,. Free parking spaces will be avail> ble for 8,000 cars ,Ihe show will continue through Sunday, Jan. 29. | Celebrities of many outdoor sports will assemble at the show to particâ€" ipate in a wide variety of events which will include bait and fly castâ€" ing, table tennis, archery, horseâ€" shoe pitching, wood chopping, log sawing, and a number of water lport1 including log rolling and caâ€" noeâ€"tilting. The water events will be ‘held in a tank 70 feet long, 30 feet wide and 4 feet deep. ‘The pool also will be used for the retriever trials, & Deerfield School Is Represented Jan. 12 at County Meeting feet. Lester® B.: Ball, supierinten,@ent of Deerfield Grammar school, ‘R. ‘ F. Grohe, Agnes M. Tennermann, members of the Board of Educaâ€" tion, and Larry Waterman, W.P.A. Recreation Project superintendent, attended a meeting at the Warren Township High school in ; Gurnee, Thursday evening, January 12, when representatives from the elevâ€" en gtoups in Lake county now sponâ€" soring recreation projects met to discuss plans for rative coun, Briefly, this new indoor version uses a clay target 2 5â€"8 inches in diameter, of the same general shape as the regulation target, which may be shattered by a small charge of shot. A .22 caliber shot shell is used containing 105 to 120 pellets of No. 12 shot. â€" The target is thrown 75 dogs of America. Fred Routledge, a Monroe, Mich., sportsman, inventâ€" ed the new sport of indoor trap shooting. Expert n who have tried the new sport s@gy it is most fascinating. i â€" ‘‘The retrieving trials have attractâ€" ed an entry of the leading hunting 3A Limited Number of Outstanding Bargains in Lamps and Electric Refrigerators ... Floor Samples and Demonstration Models... All Greatly Reduced in Price! _:_'__:_j 51 South St. Johns Avenue : â€" Tel. H. P. 2900 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINO!S Other Dealers are also offerâ€" Ing timely values in Lamps and Electric Refrigerators * HB P R B 8 8 . [Before the largest crowd ever turned out by the New Trier Sunâ€" day Evening clu%. Father .Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys‘ Town, Sunday night told the story of his home for homeless boys. The New Trier high school auditorium, seatâ€" ing 3,000 persons, was filled to caâ€" pacity long before the program s%tted and hundreds were turned away, "Boys‘ Town now accomodates 200 boys and last year it was necesâ€" sary to turn away 1,300 boys because of ‘inadequate facilities in the city of little men., Large Audience Hear Dr. Flanagan Sunday Evening â€" |According to Walter E. Botthof, who presided at the meeting, Father Flanagan‘s talk was one of the most a!}sorbing ever presented before the club. Revealing Boys‘ Town plans for the new year, facts which Father Flanagan did not mention publicly, Mr. Botthof said: \Mrs. Leary stressed the responâ€" sibility of communities in supplying reational activities for all chilâ€" dren, particularly those who are not réached in the programs of individâ€" ual organizations, She also exâ€" plained the work of the Play schools functioning in District 2, whose high standards and fine accomplishâ€" nts have merited the commenda» tion of outstanding educators. \Under the guidance of temporâ€" ary officers, Mrs. Enevold of Liberâ€" tyrville and Mr. Ellis of Round Lake, representatives of the eleven sponâ€" soring groups, ‘will arrange a counâ€" tyâ€"wide meeting in the near future. ~,| Miss Madeline H. Millikan, Lake C‘tuaty Superintendent of E-gu- tion, presided, and introduced ‘Mrs. Leary, director of District 2, who 3ve a concise and interesting hisâ€" iry of the Recreation Project, as well as an explanation of its founâ€" dation. ty activities. ©@You‘ve been waiting for itâ€"now it‘s here! Our January Clearance Sale feaâ€" turing Lamps and Electric Refrigerators. Yes, now‘s the time to buyâ€"and save! Choose those muchâ€"needed lamps for your home from a variety of sizes, models, styles. Suitable for every purâ€" PUBLIC SERVICE STORE . Operation costs of the little comâ€" munity, said Mr, Botthof, runs beâ€" tween $150,000 and $175,000 a year â€"â€"#Al1 through the voluntary contriâ€" butions of Boys‘ Town supporters from every state in the union. It was explained that following the rélease of the motion picture "Boys‘ Town," contributions dropped off, "Father Flanagan told me he plans a $1,000,000 building program which he hopes to get under way this spring with the help of the American people, The program conâ€" templates the erection of enough dormitories â€" to accommodate 520 more boys. When this has been accomplished, a,new chapel will be built which isâ€"to be large enough for all the members of all races and creeds." Nh e longâ€"wanted refrigerator now â€"while you can save so amazingly on the purâ€" chase price. You‘ll find just the right make in a size to suit, if you come early while selections are complete. That‘s important, for our stock of both lamps and refrigerators is limitedâ€"and early birds naturally get the best bargains! fied ?" Bright Student: "The wind makes them rock." K «l Teacher: "Can anyone tell what causes trees to become â€" Announcement was made that for the convenience of those who wish to help Father Flanagan with his great work, contributions, large and small, may be sent to Walter E. Botthof, 3383 N. Michigan avenue, Chicago. This was due to the impression made bythcmht!.flqnm simply had to nod his head and funds were immediately tor&e-.h“ ing. Tlxisuml-pmdc- proved a hardship for the project. THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 19839 Worst Joke 1 Ever Heard

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