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Highland Park Press, 14 Sep 1939, p. 1

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eollection of $381.50 in fines levied on 90 cases which he tried during the month, ‘The police department also reported forty automobile acâ€" cidents, of which 25 occurred during the daytime and 15 at night, resultâ€" ing in injuries to twelve persons. ‘There was one accidental death durâ€" ing Augustâ€"from drowning, Seven At last Monday‘s meeting of the city council, several August reports of various departments were read, ndnlud,h-l:“fl'l. The were firied a total of $183 for speedâ€" ing, seven were fined a total of $27 for not having vehicle licenses, three were fined in the sum . of $67.50 for driving while intoxicated and. with.the other violations there was a total of 79 persons fined durâ€" ing the month for traffic violations and misdemeanors.© Police Magisâ€" ten per cent increase in water conâ€" sumption for August of this year over August, 1988. The water pumped this August was over 115 million gallons. ‘The building department showed the issuance of building and alteraâ€" tion permits in the amount of slightly over $63,000 as‘¢ompared to mearly $93,000 in August 1988â€"a decrease of nearly oneâ€"third. Perâ€" mits were issued for three dwellâ€" ings for a total of $18,100; one busâ€" ines building $24,844; seven alterâ€" ations amounting to $20,475. Fees €ollected by the building departâ€" ment in August totaled $547. parking lot between the Northwestâ€" ern and North Shore tracks, just morth of the business district. Comâ€" missioner Bowes expressed the opinâ€" fon that it should be a function of the Chamber of Commerce to work on this parking problem,. butâ€" be« fore going further he would check with. the railroads ‘ and determine the feasibility of the proposed parkâ€" Lecture Series On Consumer Subject Opens Sept. 29th Consufner will give a complete reâ€" ground for these lectures. She has had experience in the business world An néjestment diviston of a.-‘-" ® """*"..,':.":.;":':.':" same rience in radio broadcasting, in the radio advertising department persons were bitten by ‘The clerk read a communication from the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce regarding that organâ€" ization‘s desires for information as The Mayor reported that the weed cutting hadâ€"been finished for this year and that the city spent around $180 for cutting weeds on private property. He stated that a lien would be placed against the properties involved for this expense. Commissioner Sharp reported for accounts and finances and asked that bills in the amount of $19,000 for general city expense be approved. ‘The council approved the same. Mr. Sharp stated that the city would soon have permanent tax rolls for Highland Park, which would be very helpful in numerous instances, such property for the placing of liens for the cntting of weeds, etc. He also stated that it is mecessary to take steps ‘to enforce the collection of delinquent general taxes in the city â€"the general dedinguent tax due in the city amounts to around $100,â€" The first lecture in the series on Inlate ns o ts Johnson . will s Mm..uum'%mh the series of six lectures on Food and Drugs are now on sale. â€" By ROBERT ing materials needed for the completion of the Waverly road bridge and that (Continued on page 8) and show how it is affecting every homemaker. ‘The Food, Drug and showing their effect on business and that he had obtained bids for the AT.L n The first lecture entitled Today‘s The Hinhlanh Park Pross _ Invite Presbyterian Women to Attend Tea, Next Monday invitations have been issued for the aud Tras it m Ainlh 1y the guests; and representatives of the committees in charge will assist, At a Board meeting of the Asâ€" sociation on Monday, the 11th, anâ€" land Park . Pre: <horch in tember 18, from 8 to 5 p.m. Mrs. Gartside, chairman of the Hospitality Committee, and Mrs. Lundia, chairman of the Member! ship Committee, are in charge of arrangements, and promise an afâ€" ternoon of delightful sociability, enâ€" hanced by music. ‘The officers of plans for the ensuing year. These include a perfect blend of instrucâ€" tion and entertainment, with a genâ€" erous leavening of fine music, The Activities chairman, Mrs. Charles Baker, will Iqunch her proâ€" gram with the first book review by Mrs. Lioyd Faxon of Winnetka, on October 9th at 2 p.m, The only othâ€" er remunerative project under conâ€" sideration at present is a Fall rumâ€" mage sale to be held on October 19. Further announcement will be made later. Tentative plans are made for an interesting evening party to be CardParty Sept. 26 To Aid Patriotic Work Of D. A.R. born, valuable educational work is doneâ€"through Junior American Citâ€" ha-h,@lrl&.-fl-:,.” .“Ood interest, Children of the American mmmm 'l‘m‘.fln:‘ullhnlh rel Islands, and distribution of leafâ€" ‘Ig'd correct use of flo':'h.c. codes, our people as adults are what is required d.&.‘h. Women‘s Association of the Highâ€" noted in the time of the regular Association luncheons, held every third Monday of the month. Lunchâ€" eon will be served promptly at 12:30 and the program will begin at 2 p. m. Reservations must be made for each luncheon not later than the preceding Friday evening. Park Woman‘s Club House to raise money to carry on patriotie work. Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. Earl Gsell or any of the members of her committee. Mrs. Carleton Harkness, Mrs. M. O. Hopkins, Mrs, W. F. Einbecker, Mrs. G, T. Rogers of Lake Forest and Mrs. E. A. Wood of Deerfleld. ‘The Daughters of the American Historic spots are . acquired, marked by monuments or suitable tablets and protected. Historical reâ€" search in relation to the American Revolution is encouraged and docâ€" uments and relies are preserved. flmhu«en-lmniumub ted. Through the Student Loan Fund, young people are enabled to comâ€" ‘ivtim-'.gu-ny' for any education, and maintaining two #chools which were established by the Daughters in 1919 and 1924, as well as working among the foreign On '-.‘IO- w‘*‘ en “' * North Shore Chapter is giving a card party and tea at the Highland Revolution is an organization of 144,000 members in chapters in evâ€" ery Stateâ€"in the Union as well as in many foreign countries. The obâ€" jects of the society are "To perpetâ€" uate the memory of the spirit of the American indtpendence"â€"to carry out Washington‘s injunction "To promote as an object of primary importance institutions for the genâ€" eral diffusion of knowleige" and "to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patrioctism and love of country and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty." leges for young e who definiteâ€" lym-l-'rmudm h only. > fimzmwh Varied Program At Woman‘s Club _ the very capable direction of MrS.] welcomed by the many children and David T. Sanders is announcing the|adults alike who were at Junior schedule ‘of lectures for the sea80M®| Program‘s presentation of the opera, of 1939â€"40, and ( iml@tÂ¥|"Hansel and Gretel" last February that ‘should “IEF tastes. J9. The disappointed hundreds who opening meeting the club will) e unable to secure tickets will take place on y, Octobe [be happy to note that an afternoon with the new president, Mrs. Poj ‘and evening performance will be held Murray, in the chair. ‘The speaÂ¥@Â¥|bf the three Junior Programs atâ€" of the afternoo® will be Dr. Al actions to play in Highland Park Rdward Wiggam, ,. ‘i; is season, dates for which are Ocâ€" psychologist; the subject of his {{tober 6 (Balletâ€"Pinocchio), Februâ€" is to be *Who Shall Inherit Mâ€"Tary 23 (Play: "Reward of the Sun caâ€"the Strong or the ‘Weak, @@]God,") and May 8 (Opera: "The Intelligent or the Stupid?" ‘{Bumble Prince.") On November 7 at 2 p.m. 1 Although regarded primarily as Frances Homer will present @ PYO*®| entertsinment for the voung. "Piâ€" George Craig Stewart, Bh" Chicago, will be the guest club on the first Tuesday of Decent« bu,udvmdn.hct-nnu Scotch poets. TA wmwdtkyi?‘fi Borglum, the sculptor, is d to address the members of the club on "Great Stone Faces." Pm will bring Wilfred Laurier Husband, Mrs. Sanders wias assisted in compiling this interesting program by Mrs. Elmer W. Freytag, Mrs. Benedict Goodman, Mrs. Robert M. Jeffries, Mrs, Leonard Keaster, Mrs. B. F. Reinking, and Mrs. Marvin Wallach. He has a lifetime of adventure beâ€" hind him and should bring a refreshâ€" him. Mareh 5th Byron D. Macdonald, a student of classic lands, will a colorful pictorial lecture . matia, Greece and the Greek lands‘;; following this the â€" ‘ members are looking forward to hearing on March 19th the ¢ folk singer, Saveli Waleviteh,~ _‘ The evening meeting of the '. ns talk on "Danger Is My Business." ing glimpse of thrill hunting to all who are fortunate enough to hear Irving Berlin‘s "Second Fiddle" at Alcyon Theatre Working on the principle that a healthy dose of laughter is the best prescription for a worried world, "The Kid From Kokomo," which will be featured at the Alcyon theâ€" atre on Saturday, is comedy from start to finish. love it all, as most folks do; Timely is the word for "Streets of New York," starring Jackis Coopâ€" er, on the Doubleâ€"Feature program fot next week Wedneedag Thury day and Friday. â€" Jatkie C is featuring Laurence Oliver and Vaâ€" Dr. Sherwin Talks on Present World Status, Monday P.M. Sorenson, a world traveler and news commentator whose topic will be student of classic lands, will ‘ a colorful pictorial lecture ; matia, Greece and the Greek I#â€" lands‘;; following this the â€" ‘ members are looking forward to hearing on March 19th the ‘ folk singer, Saveli Walevitech, _‘ _ ‘The evening meeting of the ; will be held on ‘April @nd;â€"at f That rosy glow that comes from having been richly and completely entertained will mark all the memâ€" bers of the audience filing out of the Alcyon next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday where they will have seen Irving Berlin‘s "Second Fiddle." You may pay your money and take your choice of Sonja Henie romancâ€" ing with Tyrone Power to the meloâ€" dies of Berlin‘s songs with singing Rudy Vallee cutting in and Edna lnyOflmufiun;daw-mr Mary Healy and Lyle Talbot in it too, and Sonja skating her sensaâ€" Rev. Louis W. Sherwin, pastor of HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1989 -oeduo? : nul\-fi?‘ new president, c a in the chair. ‘The l'hrm-.' h wil} be Dr. 1::-_.)!-:"- rist; the subject of his "Who Shall Inherit Btrouorm_'_nt. E of tJnnhern-l to Be Given Oct. 6 ‘ Junior Programs Inc. presents "Pi " at the Highland Park h school auditorium on October 6 at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. under . Although regarded primarily as ‘entertsinment for the young, "Piâ€" mocchio" has proven its appeal for ‘children from six to thirty. It will ‘be given in ballet form by a cast of fourteen, starring Edwin Strawâ€" bridge, the well known dancer, who delighted Ravinia audiences with his art several years ago. M. Woodâ€" Hill has written an original orchesâ€" tral score for this production; also ® narrator, assuming all voices, xke-thelcflonh\)nthudmof ntasy to that of reality. This is an interesting and far reaching inâ€" movation in ballet technique. "The Reward of the Sun God," a lay by John Louw Nelson, based an authentic Hopi legend, serves Junior Programs‘ second offering iwith the Hopi‘s for eight years beâ€" ore writing "Rhythm for Rain," m which this play was adapted. is is a colorful, exciting but true picture of the Southwest Indian. tt;er 6 (Balletâ€"Pinocchio), Februâ€" 23 (Play: "Reward of the Sun God,") and May 8 (Opera: "The Bumble Prince.") R n McÂ¥adden in her home m g,m N. J., the Junâ€" jor Programs movement bas gained such momentum that the produc tions of this nonâ€"profit organization are now playing to literally a million to Portland, Ore., and as far south as Huston, Texas. on February 23. Mr, Nelson lived children in cities from Portland, Me., Junior Programs supplies correlâ€" ated school study material in conâ€" nection with each of its productions, thus the lesson is learned that pleasure is increased when suppleâ€" mented by study and preparation, to quote last January‘s Reader‘s Diâ€" gest in which Wedd Waldron‘s arâ€" ticle, "Child‘s Delight," sets forth the aims and endeavors of this orâ€" ganization. On May 8, Rimsky Korsakoft‘s opera, "Bumble Bee Prince," brings the season to m close. Pushkin originally wrote the libretto for this to please the children of the late Czar Nicholas. _ â€"Originated five years ago by Mrs. Due to the nonâ€"profit character of the undertaking both on the part of the local committee and of Junior Programs, children‘s season tickets fumily. ‘The damage was estimated wumu&thflunfln amount to contents, accordâ€" inig to the local fire department. The :,m.mmmm the fire was discovered by -%dtblukdvm'rup- %»»“:...‘:‘..‘.’.‘.."2 mun#umm.m vuiae io the Shghnnes in bnd sisted by the Highwood fire and will be priced so low as to come within range of all. These and adult admissions are on sale at the following s chools: Bannockburn, Braeside, Deerficeld, Elm Place, Green Bay, Highland Park High, Lineoln,;~ Oak Terrace, Ravinia, Ridge and Wilmot. slon, west of Highland Park shortly Frame House Is Gutted by Fire after noon yesterday (Wednesday) int auspices of Deerfleld Township house was owned by Z. Gonâ€" f Highwood and was oecuâ€" Delinquent Tax Dumaresq Spencer Post Will Celebrate 20th Anniversary High School P.â€"T.A. Opens Activities “‘ope;;imm' ;.“" ' Invited To Attend with Freshmen TeAS | In the light of recent world events Claude J. Dyer, social chairman, and her committee will have charge of the teas. Members of the P.T.A. the parents have the oppo rtunity to met fréeshmen teachers and session advisors. The P.T.A board of twentyâ€"one active women is planning a year full of activities that should inâ€" terest every one. Interesting soâ€" cial and educational programs are ready to be presented by the proâ€" gram chairman, Mrs. Earl J. Hyett of Deerfleld. â€" "Activitiesâ€"Educaâ€" tional and Recreational," is the year‘s theme, including a demonâ€" stration by the girls‘ gym departâ€" ment, an evening for the fathers in the fine new hop building, and a lecture with pictures on the new Youth Hostel Movement. Three evenings of talks with disâ€" eussions on "Adelosence and Its Problems will be given by Miss Helen Ross, of the Institute of Psyâ€" choanalysis of Chicago. Miss Rose spoke to the P.T.A. last spring and proved to be so interesting that there were many requests to hear her again. A series of three talks are scheduled for the evenings of Wednesday, October 10, October 24 and November 14. There will be a nominal charge for this series of talks which will be of interest to both fathers and mothers. Miss betntrtmnt dfi fnsscbmmmmas on B idvanact ce i3 B 21 Rawmond L. Erskine; program chairman, Mrs, Earl J. Hyett; soâ€" cial chairman, Mrs, Claud J. Dyer; ho spitality chairman, Mrs. Paul Date; publicity chairman, Mrs, Roy O. Nereim thusic chairman, Mrs. Arthur Raff; Richard Sandwick Memorial Fund, Mrs. John Stodâ€" der. a two o‘clock deasert Ross will give her talks in the English dilub room. Officers of the High School P. T. A. for the coming year: _ Henry S. Foreman; Braeside, Mrs. Harold Pfister; West Ridge, Mrs. L. R. Haas; Deerfield, Mrs. Harry Olendorf; Bannockburn, Mrs. Har old Norman; Wheeling, Prairie View, Northbrook, Mrs. N. S. Bingâ€" ham; Oak Terrace, Mrs. David Olson; Elm Place, Mrs. Roderick McPherson and Mrs. Arthur Swanâ€" son; Lincoln, Mrs. Harry Earhart. Mr, and Mrs. George L, Vetter of inâ€"la -.i‘“‘“t-:‘filukâ€"-h w New York, The boat which was crowded to -pd:.,.flnlu schedule deâ€" spite harrowing voyage. Before returning to l;lhfl Park, the Johnaon‘s and the Vetters stopped off along the St. Lawrence river, where they have a cruiser, 1st had gone abroad, they were caught in the turmoil, and although war was not declared until they were at sea for two days, the fear and anxiety of reaching home, was upâ€" sight of the Statde of Return From Ten Months in Europe; Glad to Be Home all of the countries now engaged in warfare. The Johnsons who had planned to sail for home the first of Septemâ€" I;cro-th’l:uh-dldlflm ‘ortunate securing passage on g: Champlain which :n South mpton, on , Aug. 20th. They arrived hWflM. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson, 448 Lincoln avenue, have returned from Europe, where for the past ten months they have been combining business with pleasure and much sightseeing, for they have visited District chairmen: Ravinia, Mrs. Mrs. Johnson is the daughter of o uk. mt College in Wiiter Park, Fia., and Dessert Bridge Friday had had drama in Campbell Chapter Guild will ‘!"'9-' Tok uporings where the ‘hak afternoon in Masonic tenm 2o * Azm while it is perhaps particularly appropriâ€" ate the veterans of the last world war in Highland Park will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Dumaresq Spencer with what promises to be a program of elaborate and highly patriotic and more than 500 * mbcnolflnlldi-mz friends are expected to attend the elaborate ceremonies marking the country by establishing an Ameriâ€" can Legion Post in Highland Park. ‘There on the evening of August 5th, 1919, formal action was taken and on the following Sept. 15 an official charter was issued for a local post to be known as the "Dumaresq Spencer Post No. 145 of the Deâ€" anniversary. Miller Schreiner, prominent Highland Park Legion member will also be installed as partment of Illinois," named in honâ€" or and memory. of young Dumaresq pinees, who shostly arict predumt Commander of the 10th district. Just a little over twenty years ago a group of exâ€"service man reâ€" M%M "The Plet the Ari vy Genter in the Fletâ€" cher building on Central avenue and solemnly vowed to further dedicate their lives to the service of their Spencer after a brilliant war record was followed by signal honors by the French government with burial in the monumental ¢rypt in Saint Cloud park, just outside of Paris. According to the yellowing records of the first meeting of the founders of the Post it was the unanimous opinion that in tribute to him as the first from Highland Park to make the supreme sacrifice and in order that his memory might be perpetusted the post "For now and ever more shall bear his name." â€"It is also especially significant ing from the Highland Park high school enlisted with the LaFayette Esquadrill Flying Corps and was shot down in France shortly after the United States entered the war. lie McCaffrey was among the origâ€" inal founders which included Harry Eichler, Fred Fullner, J. P. Hickey, R. M. Cobb, Osborne Hjelte, Wm. wald, â€" Booth, W. Piigg. B. Nagehâ€" A. , W. tle, Matt Maiman, mh.. G. Baldwin, L. Larsen and Oscar Lundâ€" Leslic McCaffrey, commander, anâ€" nounces that the program will be conducted in thhrs.nlllhfln W rooms at 21 N. Mndtm members of the A-m.‘ and Ameriean Legion Auxâ€" flhrymou‘hllyhvhdh‘& ‘l\-i;l-hll-t!uudiv- mmum‘&-â€", vduhh_ab YW.OA. _ Miss Seott has had two years of N School at Y.E.C.A. Conducted by Ruth Scott Governor Henry Horner, Lee Bitâ€" Lesum B. McCarragy Commander of Local Legion 15,

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