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Highland Park Press, 1 Feb 1940, p. 9

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wu ol ht m a Pupsconth son on Hostesses for the shower were Miss Tiem Py serorhy Wihier ts "lthe of their daughter, Florence Ellen, to Melvin Potts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Potts of Prairie View. x young are employed at vey‘s m Nurseries. No date has beer set for the wedding. David Inman Sr,. spent the weekâ€" end at the Waukesha Moor Mud Baths in Wisconsin. Mrs. William F. Weir will be hostâ€" ess to members of the Just Sew club -mmauuâ€" on road. _ A miscellancous shower was given Au:‘mmoaeg;é’h"mof talks, unit, wi cooperation of village officials, will explain the village government, and the eighth trgdcnphnto"mthvflh.o"for a day. February 15â€"Circuit Clerk Lyâ€" man J, Wilmot, "The Government of Lake County." February 20â€"Lake County Supâ€" erintendent of Schools, W. C. Betty, "The Schools of Lake County." February 29â€"E. R. Seese of the Shields Township high schools, "Our o eagy 7 nty Judge Perry L. Persons, "Good Citizenship." AMERICANISM PROGRAM The Deerfield units of the Ameriâ€" can Legion and its Auxiliary are again sponsoring an Americanism program for the children in the upâ€" per grades of the four local schools, Bannockburn, Deerfield, Holy Cross and Wilmot. Seven speakers in a period of seven weeks will present the phases of the American form of government. The first of the series was given on January 25 in the Deerfield Grammer school and Atâ€" torney Erwin Seago spoke on "A Government That Is a Republic." On Friday (tomonrow) Miss Irene Rockenbach, town clerk, will taik on "History of West Deerfield Townâ€" ship." Other speakers are scheduled as follows: _ February 8â€"Assessor Edward H. Selig, "Taxes." (the Dorcas Home) have a new staâ€" tion wagon. We needed one as the old conveyance was slowly and sureâ€" ly, piece by piece, falling apart. The new one is a 1989 Ford with maroon fenders and hood. We also have a new garage which was built by labor furnished by East and West Deerfield townships and the old one was torm down. The garage is beâ€" hind the boys‘ dormitory. DEERFIELD P.â€"T.A. MEETS FEBRUARY 16 the Deerfield Grammar School Parâ€" entâ€"Teacher association has been postponed one week to February 16, because of the student aid benefit sponsored by the Highland Park High School P.â€"T.A. on Friday, Feb. 9. Dr. Morley D. McNeal of Highâ€" land Park will speak at the Febâ€" ruary meeting of the Deerfield Grammar School P.â€"T.A. DORCAS HOME HAS NEW STATION WAGON One of the girls at the Dorcas Home is interested in journalism and contributes a second article for the column: in Chicago. Mr. McClave is now sharing a house in Glencoe with sevâ€" eral other bachelors. HOLY NAME PARTY A preâ€"lenten card party is being planned for Sunday at the Holy Cross Catholic church sponsored by the Holy Name society. John Klemp is general chairman of the party. Proceeds will go for the completion of the interior decorating, the reâ€" finishing of the floors and rubber tile for the misles. There will be prizes and refreshments. uated from the Hill School and from Princeton university, class of 1934. He was a member of the Quadrangle club at Princeton. The wedding will take place in the early summer and LUCILLE WRIGHT ENGAGED _ At a family dinner at the home in Mich. Miss Wright was graduated from Miss Choate‘s school in Boston Nfi-gfieflmhflndm of 1937. . McClave was gradâ€" of 1987. Mr. McClave was grad Clave Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Norâ€" Mr. McClave and his bride will live YOLUME XXIX Mr. and Mrs. Harcy Terry Wright Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ott of Saundâ€" meeting of Vlave Jt. anfiouncement party, were guests at Exmoor Country club. eszcozkl Mrs. John Kress of Winnotka has last weekâ€"ond for the Wrightâ€"Meâ€" Mrs. Louis will entertain y.':h'-gnmmnm Des Pinines were guests at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Herâ€" man Cooksey of Osterman Ave. Mrs. Cookeey has been ill with an infecâ€" tion in her hand for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Clavey were ‘.""‘."!"'_fl..'m_vm-t Waukegan. day, Feb, 14, at her home on County Neighbors which was organized in 1911, will be observing its 29th birthday anniversary on Feb. 22. An initiation and Friends Night is being planned in observation of the event. Mrs. Otto Gieske is Oracle. T PBR VC PPPAICUCRCCS, €BH, €1, TB honer of the 7ist birthday anniversâ€" ary of her mother, Mrs. A. L. Renâ€" ning. Mrs. Leslie Scheskie (Charlotte Fredricks) and her little son, Kichâ€" ard Allen, will be returning to their home on Osterman Ave. the latter part of this week from the Highland !nk hospital. The baby was born Mrs. John Klemp will entertain her©500 club at luncheon on Wedâ€" nesday at her home on Ridge road. St. Paul‘s guild is meeting on Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Alfred Gastfeld. They will discuss the changing of the name of the group, as the entire Ladies‘ Aid society is adopting the name "The Woman‘s Guild of St. Paul‘s Church. Mr. and Mrs, Edward Reagan and son, Jimmy, are vacationing in Miami, Fla. Mr. Reagan is a memâ€" ber of the firm of Wilson and Reaâ€" gan of the Deerfleld Grocery & Market. Miss Irene Octzel is entertaining her bridge club next Thursday eveâ€" ning at her home in Highland Park. Mrs. Adoiph Goelitz and daughâ€" ter, Charlotte, have returned from California to their home in Banâ€" nockburn. Mrs. Fred Siljestrom will be hostâ€" ess to members of her contract bridge club at luncheon on next Thursday at her home on Windsor road, Highland Park. of spent Sundsy with Mrs. _lm mother, Mrs. Mildred Miss Betty Lou Sampson of Springfield Ave. spent several days of last week with Miss Delores Colâ€" lins in Chicago. Miss Sampson is a granddaughter of Mrs. John C. Huehl, > Roy Strom and Henty Clauss of Chicago, in a 1939 Pontiac, driving east on West Deerfleeld road, last Tuesday, attempted to turn into the Clavey Nurseries, hit a concrete culvert and damaged their car. Mr. Strom was taken to the Highland Park hospital where stitches were taken in his face. Mrs. Friedel S. Fuller will give her interesting illustrated talk on Switzerland at the meeting of the Wilmot Grade school. Richard Easton, who is ill st the home of his sister, Mrs. Walter Page, received a few friends on Sunday, who stopped in to wish him a happy birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Werhane celebrated their tenth wedding anâ€" niversary with an open house tea from 4:30 to 10 p.m. at their home in Northbrook, on Saturday. Pettis and Mrs. Christine Larsen. The affair was given at the apartâ€" Love Guncekel. Mrs. Hazel Vant Kreh of Wauâ€" kegan and two children, Miss Doris, and Billy Kreh of Highland Park, spent Sunday with Mrs, Kreh‘s daughter, Mrs. Clarence Roliman. Mr. and Mrs. Harry T. Clavey will observe their seventeenth wedâ€" ding anniversary with a midnight buffet supper on Saturday at their home on Forest avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Norman MeClave of Mr. and Mrs. William Scheskie of Mrs. Leslice Brand was hostess at The Deerfield camp of the Royal Mr. and Mrs. Howard McDowell The Deerfielh Page The Tale of King Arthur‘s Sword "Excalibur." First of seven intiâ€" mate stories about the Knights of :lo-l'l'-bhuhld-?kh eminent author scholâ€" ar, and iMustrated by Edmand Doâ€" Inc, distinguished painter. Don‘t :-fifim..ndlh“ and he had left a note instrocti .,~w Te i amew and thetr in !J'ae:-.‘ rs. son, age 10, moved from Highwood to Deerficld in September. Fox Joseph Mahen, 49, a former WPA worker, committed sulcide while under the influence of intoxiâ€" cants, early Friday morning by inâ€" haling gas in his apartment in the Stryker building at the corner of Deerfield and Waukegan romds, in Deerfield. This was the verdict of a coroner‘s jury at an inquest held Friday in H Park. _ Mahen, who had beenm his WPA job, was found dead in the kitchen about 4 a.m. by his wife, who sttelled gas. The jets in the gas range were open Deerfield Man Ends Life, Early Friday and approved and the club was offiâ€" cially designated. Copies of the conâ€" stitution were sent to the Lake County Federation of Young Reâ€" publicans for recognition. Erwin Seago, president, presented his list of committee chairman and commitâ€" tee members. Miss Shirley Clark resigned as treasurer and Dr. C. E. Pope was appointed as temporary treasurer until a young woman can be found who will accept the office. The next meeting of the club will be held sometime in February, and all Republicans, both young and old, are invited. At a meeting of the West Deerâ€" field Township Young Republicans club last Wednesday evening at the Town hall, the constitution and byâ€" laws of the organization were read Village Clerk Chester Wessling, who has been seriously ill with pneuâ€" monia, hWas passed the crisis and is on the road to recovery. The newly discovered serum for pneumonia, which was used for Mr. Wessling, is hastening his recovery. been seriously ill at the Highland Deerfield Presbyterian church on Sunday evening at the Dorcas Home. Dr. Pope, Treasurer Young Republicans West Deerfield Twp. Lindell Gibson, employed at the Ee en en in Wa w -mhndtmnwflufi Genesee streets. the Clavey‘s Ravinia Nurseries, have been awarded the contract for the landscaping of the grounds at the Lake County Tuberculosis sanâ€" itorium in Waukegan. They have begun the moving of trees. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pagel will be hosts to the Bethlehem Fireside Club on Thursday evening of next week at their home on Orchard lane, are attending a bridge luncheon toâ€" day at the home of Mrs. Ray Sievâ€" ers in Highland Park, Rev. and Mrs. Eugene Miller were meet on Tuesday evening at 8 o‘clock in the Town hall. There will be an out of town speaker from the Chicago headquarters. Officers of the Woman‘s Auxiliary of the Bethichem Evangelical church, who were elected on Friday at the January meeting of the group at the home of Mrs. Earl J. Bruso are: president, Mrs. Leslie Christensen; vice president, Mrs. Chester Wessling (who has been president for three years); secreâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Stowel (Jane Twist) have moved to Neâ€" braska City, Neb. Mrs. Stowell is Mrs. Lester Ball‘s sister and lived at her home until her marriage last fall. Miss Mary Louise Ball, who had been visiting at the home of her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Lesâ€" ter Ball of Central avenue, has gone to Hampshire, III. Frost and Mrs. Clarence Rollman William Croft of Chicago will be the speaker at the Townsend Club on Tuesday evening. tary, Mrs. James Gray; and treasâ€" urer, Mrs. Harold Peterson. Harry and Roy Clavey, owners of The Deerfield Townsend club will to the young people of the sic and present subjects of interest. mipde plans to observe the Lenten season in various ways. The pasâ€" tor‘s Sunday morning messages will deal â€"with this subject from week to week. . The Sunday evening services will be special services. The Wedâ€" -w-vh.m-u cive insis to the Lenten thought. F and P will sonsor the Wednesday evening Tilinois can take pride in claiming him as a native son. He was born at Fairfield, IMlinois and educated in the public schools of Tilinois. He is Borab was truly a statesman and not a politician. Had he been less a statesman and more the politician, had he been less independent and more interested in votes, he might have been President. But Borah was not the type of man to compromise not to equivocate. * a son of Iilincis who is no longer with us but who will live forever. Those two stories describe better than anything any one might say the character and ability of Borah. His voice is now silent but his words will live on forever, and I have no doubt when history is written the brilliant Senator will have a place among the nation‘s immortalsâ€"with such of the nation‘s great as Webâ€" ster and Calboun and Clay. The story is also told that after Borah finished his speech against the League of Nations, Vice Presiâ€" dent Marshall, an advocate of the League and presiding over the Senâ€" ate, sent the "Lion of Idaho" a note on which he had scribbeld: "Even an old mummy on a pedestal could not semain silent after such a The story is told that toward the end of his life, President Wilson, ill and broken as a result of the League of Nations battle and its bitterness, was driving along a street in Washâ€" ington when he saw Senator Borah â€"the man who had done more than any one else to defeat the Wilson ideal. The President turned to his companion and said: "There is one irreconcilable whom I can respect." His speeches were always on a high level and he was never known to engage in personalities. Through all the bitter fight over the League of Nations, Borah made no personal attack on President Wilson. His adâ€" dresses on this subject are considâ€" ered masterpieces, and that of Noâ€" vember 19, 1919, just prior to the Senate rejection of the treaty earnâ€" estly desired by Wilson, has often been said to be one of the greatest ever delivered in the United States Senate. Monday (the 22nd) ranking officials from the three branches of the govâ€" ernment, as well as representatives of foreign governments, assembled in the small Chamber of the United States Senate to pay respect to the distinguished late Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho. The ceremonies were impressive. They were imâ€" pressive in their simplicity. One could not but reflect on the fact that it was this lack of pretenâ€" tiousness, indeed his simplicity, that endeared Borah to the people he represented at Washington since 1907 and to his colleagues in the Senate. He disliked the superficial and never deliberately sought to imâ€" press any one with his ability or imâ€" portance. He was not a showman, & wisecracker nor a stuntist, so comâ€" mon in political life. Yet no man in our day has commanded for so many years the public attention that was Borah‘s. In the language of the press, he was always "news." The kindly Senator attracted peoâ€" ple and won the admiration of his bitterest enemies by his sincerity of purpose. He held public attention and obtained respect by the brilâ€" liance of his intellect and his power of oratory. He persuaded others to his side and an issue by his clear logic. I think it may be said that no other Senator had a wider audiâ€" ence than the late Senator from Idaho. Whenever Borah rose in his place to speak in the Senate, Senators inâ€" variably could be seen to come in from cloakrooms to take their seats. The press gallery, practically empty most of the day, would quickly be filled. Employees in the various ofâ€" fices in vicinity of the Capitol would seek seats in the public galleries. That of itself is an indication of Borah‘s quality of intellect and power of expression. It was these lasting qualities that gained for the Senator from a relatively small State an important place in Ameriâ€" can history, By Raiph E. Church Representative, 10th Congressional Bethany Lenten Services The pastor and officials of the thany Evangelical church have ~9u 'W‘uh..,b.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 194 Flora Country club in i-hz'"' gan. Tnohaloome 4t Ohiagy: Wilt be the of programs will be discussed at this The Sea Scouts will be changing their meeting place back to the Town Hall now that the school is closing each evening. Michael S. Palermo, chairman of the Sea Scout Ship urged members of the civie association to hire the boys so that they could get their new uniforms. The citizenship committee will beâ€" gin its activities with a meeting on Tuesday evening, Feb. 6, at the home of E. F. Nelson of Forest Ave. It is an open committee and all who are interested are invited to the meeting. Mr. Nelson has an interâ€" esting plan worked out for all young mmmwmmd; 21 and are ready to vote. His serios Victor Carlson and his committee on railway safety have done some extensive research work, in timing the speed and number of trains passing through the village; taking pictures of unguarded crossings; making diagrams and gathering data on rules and regulations for bells, lights and gates at crossings. They are asking members of the community to write this committee any suggestions that will be conâ€" structive in their investigations. Further reports if this group will be made at the next meeting. One objective has already been accomâ€" plished which is getting the railroad to ngree to put up a fence between the two tracks at the depot to preâ€" vent commuters from walking onto the tracks and into the path of anâ€" other train. This will be done in the early spring. Interesting reports on â€" many phases of civic projects were heard on Tuesday evening at the regular _monthly meeting of the Deerfield Civic association in the Town hall. President E. F. Nelson called on all committee chairman to report the progress of their work. Arthur Pearson, in the absence of J. A. Benz, gave the yuletide summary and because of its popularity, will become an annual event. Burton B. McRoy‘s report of the recreational committee was presented by Lester B. Ball outlining the financial probâ€" lems and teling of the playground ice rink. He also explained that the school was trying to educate both children and parents in safety measures to prevent them from crossing the tracks and insisting that they use the subway. Mr. Ball also stated that 94% of all children attending the Deerfield Grammar school cros either railroad tracks, or one of the two main arterial highways in order to get to school. In stating that they crossed the tracks he meant that they lived west of the tracks. ‘ The Deerfield Grammar school last Monday commenced its second semester of the school year. Changes are being made in the club program offered and in the work taken up in the upper grade rooms. New tests are being offered in the Social Studies and the English work. Durâ€" ing the second semester practical emphasis will be placed in all grades upon the individual progress of boys and girls in their subject matter Fees Now Payable The fees collected for books and supplies for the Grammar school are now payable for the second semâ€" ester. Monies collected from this source go toward the purchase of new test books and supplies. By this means a more upâ€"toâ€"date group of text books are kept on hand for use by the children. Report Cards Issued On Wednesday, Report cards for the end of the semester were sent out. The report used is the new one inaugurated this year which atâ€" tempts to give a clear diagnostic picture of the child‘s progress. The report used in all grades consists of two parts. A grade given in the subject and a letter written to the parent, explaining the progress of the child. It is felt by means of this dual report system a more clear picture of his school progress is presented. Alumni Play Basketball As part of the midâ€"semester the boys of last year‘s graduating class were invited for a basketball game against this year‘s 7th and 8th Grade boys. Children in all the grades were invited to attend the game. Is Begun Monday at Deerfield School Deerfield Civic Group Gives Report Of It‘s Activities 'l\-:::rbll Chamber ol'c:- dinner meeting at Shugrues restaurâ€" Deerfleld C. of C. Elects C. Wilson As New President © ant. Directors elected were John R. ’ General design and preparation of the set will be under the direction of Milton Merner and James Rusâ€" sell. Furniture and other properâ€" ties will be under the direction of Beatrice Cole and Barbara Potter. It should be remembered by the audience that all of these people have contributed as vitally as the actors that they see before them on the stage. It is these people who add the necessary touches that go to make up the wellâ€"rounded proâ€" duction typical of the Stagers. Tickâ€" ets for the coming play are now on sale by all members of the club. When "Kind Lady" is presented on February 16 by the Deerfield Stagers, those who have followed the development of this organizaâ€" tion‘s settings from play to play will note with approval the setting of this production. This play takes place in one room, the drawing room of a rather wellâ€"toâ€"do London woman, who is a serious collector of pictures and statuary. day evening ot was voted to deâ€" crease certain services of the school due to a falling off income for the balance of the school year. The supâ€" port of the school which comes from tax sources has been materially reâ€" duced and it was therefore found necessary by the Board to make cerâ€" tain retrenchments. The program of the Grammar school will not be seriously affected in its instructional program; howâ€" ever, other services will not be maintained at the present level, All Members of Stagers Share in Production Feb. 16 The color scheme of the set was designed by Robert Alexander, who appeared in "The Last Warning." The walls of the set will be dubonâ€" net, the woodwork oyster white, and draperies chartreuse. Adding to the rich appearance of the set will be several "Old Masters" painted by Mary Jane Galloway, who painted the portrait in the office scene of "The Last Warning." Makes Reductions And Retrenchments At a meeting of the Grammar School Board of Education held Monâ€" The finances of the Deerfield Grammar school have suffered, as have the finances of other schools in our area, due to a decrease in tax collections during the past months. Further, the school finances were curtailed by a 50% decrease for the present year in income for the supâ€" port of tuition pupils by the state. The effect of these decreases in inâ€" come for next year have not as yet been determined and the Board of Education at the present time is working upon a study to determine the situation for the 1940â€"41 school term. The upper school singing lessons will be discontinued for the balance of the school year. The school gym will be closed completely with the exception of special rentals for the balance of the cold weather. The Grammar school will be closed comâ€" pletely on evenings with the excepâ€" tion of services to the West Deerâ€" field Township library, which is| loâ€" cated in the school building. ‘The Dental Clinic services, operated in the school, under the sponsorship of community agencies, but supported financially by the school will be disâ€" continued for the balance of the school term. It is hoped that outâ€" side financial aid can be obtained for this program so as to guarantee its continuance for the balance of the term. It was felt that the reductions in the program made by the Board would be those that would least afâ€" fect the instructional program of the school. It was also announced by the Grammar School Board that further information on the financial situation would be made available as soon as this information was obâ€" taired from the Lake county tax auâ€" thorities. A series of meetings is planned for the consideration of the school finances, as soon as furâ€" ther information is available and the study is completed. NUMBER 49 S

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