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Highland Park Press, 19 Oct 1939, p. 11

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Oct. 16, 1919 City attorney O. S. Gooch of Highâ€" wood has recovered from effects of a severe blow on the head when he was assailed by thieves in front of his home, Sunday evening. . . . A Ford car belonging to James O‘Conâ€" mor of Deerfield was stolen Sunday evening, while the owner was atâ€" tending a show at Pearl theater. It was later found on Sheridan road where it had been abandoned when William Bowden appeared on the street Friday wearing a full grown purple lilae,. which although out of season had come into bloom on & lilac bush in his home yard. . . . Anâ€" nouncement is made of the marriage of Miss Madeline Boyd of this city and Russell Lesher of West Virginia on October 8th. . . . The marriage of Mrs. Lucille Bliss of this city and Mr. Roy Page of Peoria took place Saturday. . . . Charles Moran, formâ€" er manager of the local telephone office, and Miss Elizabeth Carolan of Deerfleld were married Wednesday in the Everet Catholie church. Claude Knigge of Deerfield returnâ€" ed Wednesday from France. TEN YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1929 Mrs. Erastus R. Phelps, president of the Highland Park Woman‘s club, received the members at a musical and reception opening the 1929â€"30 season of the club, Tuesday. ... A $12,000 jewelry robbery was reportâ€" ed by the police at the Martin J. Insull home on October 8th, . . . . William E. Dunn, a resident of Highland Park for the past eight years, died Wednesday morning in the Highland Park hospital. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Murison anâ€" nounce the engagement of their daughter Dorothy to Edward Otis Brown . . . The J. R, Notz family of Deerfield have moved into their new home in Briarwood subdivision. . .. Mrs. Caroline Meintzer, died Octoâ€" ber 9th at the home of her mother, Mrs. Trute of Deerfield. . . . Mrs. A. Lance, 822 Deerfield avenue, sufferâ€" ed fractures of one arm and one leg when she was struck by an automoâ€" bile driven by Bert Piacenza, Saturâ€" day. . . . Alex R. Carqueville has just returned from a two months air plane trip to Europe. WARNING TO SHIPPERS During the period October 17â€"20, 1939, inclusive, and the period Octoâ€" ber 23â€"27, 1939, inclusive, the water area to the east of Fort Sheridan, to a distance of 8% miles off shore, will be subject to missiles of 3 inch antiâ€"aircraft gun and machine gun firing between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All vessels are requested to avoid the danger zone or expedite passage through it. at progressive Highland Park through the files of The Press 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 Bob Burns in "Our Leading Citizen" at Deerpath Theatre Lovely Joan Bennett and handâ€" some Louis Hayward are romanticalâ€" ly teamed for the first time in the tense and thrilling story of "The of France, which will be presented .'l':‘u:y and Friday, October 19 who have so often delighted movieâ€" goers with their realistie portray» als of manâ€"andâ€"wife on the screen, are coming back to the sereen on Saturday, October 21, in "Night Work," new Paramount comedy about the hilarious doings of the "Fitch" family, who were introduced to moviegoers in "Boy Trouble." Cast again as "Sybil Fitch" and "Homer C. Fitch," Miss Boland and Ruggles are involved this time in a story telling how they try to conâ€" vince a testy old grandfather that they are dfit parents to adopt his grandson permanently, Bob Burns, who ranks as Amerâ€" ica‘s favorite native humorist, turns to drama in his new film, "Our Leading Citizen," Paramount‘s vivid picturization of a problem of conâ€" temporary America which will be presented Sunday and Monday, Ocâ€" tober 22 and 23. But Bob has not shed the homespun ways which enâ€" deared him to the hearts of movieâ€" goers when he appeared as the "traveler" in "The Arkansas Travâ€" eler," and as the shrewd Missouri "muleâ€"trader" in "I‘m From Misâ€" souri." In this picture Bob is cast as a lawyer who has practiced law in a thriving American city for many years. Archery Contest Sunday, October at Sunset Park Indoâ€"China, with its mystery, inâ€" trigue and mingled races, becomes the setting for the first coâ€"starring picture for Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr, "Lady of the Tropics," playing Wednesday and Thursday, October 24, 25 and 26. Highland Park‘s archery enthusâ€" iasts are again getting together for an archery tournament. On Sunâ€" day afternoon, October 29, starting at 2 in the afternoon, competitions will be held for the following four classes: American round for men; Columbian round for women; Amerâ€" ican round for boys; Columbian round for girls. Boy and Girl Scouts archers are urged to enter this meet. The event will take place in Sunset Park and is sponâ€" sored by ‘Community Service of Highland Park. If you are interested in joining this shoot call Mr. X., phone H.P. 2692, for an entry blank. Became a real Cinderella after 22 years as a peasant, Ingrid Svendson thought she was a poor commoner until she fell in love with a count and her "father" revealed her noble birth. Read this strangerâ€"thanâ€"ficâ€" tion article in The American Weekâ€" ly, the magazine distributed with next Sunday‘s Chicago Heraldâ€" American. of First Dinner Dance at Ravinia Woman‘s Club to Be Nov. 4 The first of the Ravinia Womâ€" an‘s Club‘s dinner dances this seaâ€" son will be held at the Ravinia Vilâ€" lage House on November 4. Music will be provided by Herbic Mints‘ orchestra. It seems superfiuous to mention that November 1st will be the closing date for reservations, a8 the popularity of these dances has a way of repeating itself and the total number of reservations which ean be accepted for this office will very likely be received before that date. Human nature, however, beâ€" ing human nature, Mrs: Fred E. Law, chairman of the club‘s social committee, gives 5 o‘clock on Noâ€" vermber 3rd as the deadline for posâ€" sible cancellations for the first dance. Reservations should be made with February 10 and April 20 are the dates that have been selected for the winter and spring dances. W. Carson Ryan to Be Heard Nov. 1 by Child Study Group The Association for Family Livâ€" ing, formerly the Chicago Associaâ€" tion for Child Study and Parent Edâ€" veation, presents W. Carson Ryan on the subject "Education for Famâ€" ily Livingâ€"Its Significance for the Times" at the annual dinner meetâ€" ing of the association on Wednesday evening, November 1, 6:45 o‘clock, at the Chicago Woman‘s club, 72 East 11th street. Dr. Ryan, who is the new presiâ€" dent of the Child Study Association of America, past president of the Progressive Education association, and now editor of the latter organâ€" ization‘s official publication, will ofâ€" fer a challenging message. The program for the evening, beginâ€" ning at 8 o‘clock, will open with greetings by Mrs. Hamilton M. Loeb, president of the Association for Family Living. TBE HBIGHLAND PARK PRES38 Dependable, Continuous 24â€"Hour Hot Water Service COSTS ONLY A FEW CENTS A DAÂ¥AY NO TAMK LIGHTING ®© NO STAIRCLIMBING @0 NO WAITING ® CONSTANT TEMPERATURE NQORTH SHORE nightâ€"constant temperature hot water is on tap all the time. Month after month it will go on keeping hot water ready and waiting for you, without a second‘s attention to the heater. Investigate now! Automatic gas water heater as low as $55 for a 20â€"gallon @ There‘s one way you can be sure of hot water whenever you want it. Install really Automatic hot water service . . . with one of the new storageâ€" type automatic gas water heaters. It doesn‘t matter whether your furnace fire is "low"" or roaring . . . whether it‘s seven in the morning or twelve at heater, Only $1 down and 5 years to pay. are still in the East . . . The Y. W. which has been installed in the baseâ€" C. A. has acquired a nickledeon . , . classes at the Highland Park high school at night are going full blast and full up . . . ghosts of yesterâ€" year seen back in their high school haunts . . . are Bill Larson, Florâ€" ence Peterson, the former Jane Hopâ€" kins, Tulla and Alberta ,Fiocchi Harry Skidmore . . . all taking night school work . . . Kathleen Smith Mrs. Fontaine is a great admirer of Rowena Bennett . . . and we don‘t blame her . . . Mrs. Bennett‘s creaâ€" tive writing classes are hits with the public . . . a night class might possibly be started if enough interâ€" est is vouched for . . . Brad Johnâ€" son is working in Michigan . . . reâ€" ported in a steel mil} ... Ernest Sundell is a photographer de luxe . . . Harry Pertz is a philaâ€" telist . . . Alma Galassini, Ravinia resident, dotes on good art reproâ€" ductions . . . has an oil done by Marâ€" garet Jacks . . . who, by the way, has ~done things for St. James church . .. Estelle Wilson is in office work downtown . . . Frieda Glass liked New York so well . . . she reports she came back to work a week late . . . Mr. and Mrs. John Rodighiero edit La Rassegna, Italian newspaâ€" per . . . Mr. Rodighiero works as translator at the Art Institute in Chicago . . . both are graduates of the University of Padua . . . On the day after the night before . . . an ad appeared in the paper . . . shortly after Friday the 13th . .. reading . . . Lost: one black cat, six months old . . . Did you know that Stanley McKee is an alumnus of Northern Illinois State Teachers eollege at,DeKalb, IIl. . . . that the Wisdoms live in Lake Forest now . . . that stains on your fingers T. P. CLARK, Superintendent after smoking are caused not by niâ€" cotine but by the scid in your skin bridegroom so fustered st the reâ€" gent ceremony . . . that he forgot to pey the minister . . . living in Zion now, Olive is notably missing from the high school cafeteria cash regâ€" ister . . . that Clinton T. Evans has patented an ornamental design for a Christmas tree stand . . . which Adult Education Offers Free Classes in Frenchâ€"Spanish Free adult education classes in French and in Spanish are starting this week in Highland Park, accordâ€" ing to the following schedule: Monday at the Public library: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., French, beginâ€" mers, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; French, intermediate, 2 to 3 p.m.; Spanish, . This offer for a limited time only. All Lectures at 8:15 P. M. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26â€""The British Isles Today" WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8â€" _ TUESDAY, DEC. 5â€" "The New Italy â€"â€" from "Norway, Sweden, Finâ€" Rome to the Alps" land and Denmark" SATURDAY, JANUARY 6â€""Mexico" TUESDAY, JANUARY 16 "The United States from Sea to Shining Sea" All lectures illustrated by directâ€"color stills and motion &iefiuu. and coâ€"related with music. This Musicâ€"Picture program is a new experience in educational entertainment, Mail orders and checks payable to George Lake, Jr., Lake Bluff. Single tickets on sale every lecture night at the Auditorinm Box Office. Pricesâ€"1.00 or 75¢ or 45¢. Deerfieldâ€"Shields High School, Highland Park Dr. Dudley Crafts Watson SERIES TICKET PRICES (5 LECTURES) Main Floor $5.00 or $3.75, including tax Balcony $2.25, including tax A Series of Popular Lectures by CO. ners; 3:15 to 4:45 p m., Spanish, inâ€" Thursday at the Public Library: 1:45 to 8:15 p.m., Spanish, beginâ€" RELIABLE LAUNDRY Gaston DRY CLEANING CO. Phone H. P. 178

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