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Highland Park Press, 18 Apr 1940, p. 2

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As yet, not even mm “ol 2 Dumaresq Spencer American Legion have the slightest identity of the Mystery Man who will make his appearance Friday evening at 8 p.m. at the monthly corno party sponsored by the Leâ€" gion. Leslie McCaffrey, commander of the local post, and John Peters, chairman of the arrangements, have carefully planned for this surprise appearance, which will add to the evening‘s enjoyment. Much of the success accomplished in conducting these monthly parties during the winter months as part of the Legion civic program of afâ€" fording inexpensive community enâ€" tertainment has been due to the fact that each one has offered some new and entertaining feature in adâ€" dition to prizes, awards and reâ€" freshments. For that reason, a special effort has been made to conclude the season this year with a novelty that will have all the elements of surprise, mystery, importance and entertainâ€" Mystery Man Adds Novelty to American Legion Party Friday 827â€"29 North Green Bay Road Phone H. P. 3900 A(art OF YOUTHLASTIC GARNETT‘S "You see, Mother, we have that new longâ€"torso look with our Le Gant corselettes." "You‘re right, Betty, I was never so trim or comfortable. What a joy to be held so firmly with so little boning!" Cleaners & Furriers LE GANT of YOUTHLASTIC is "the corset that‘s difâ€" ferent" because it has comfort of elastic with the conâ€" trol of cloth and always stays in place. Write for iMustrated booklet â€" "mhv Figure Beanty" *Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off The Warner Co.. Bridgepert, Conn In Canada, Parisian Corset Mfg. Co.. Ltd.. Quebee Le Gant Corselettes and Girdles $5 to $15 (ATlure, the sâ€"tâ€"râ€"eâ€"tâ€"câ€"hâ€"aâ€"bâ€"lâ€"e bra, $1.50 to $5) ment and will combine the inm::dpd- in a conâ€" test by all who attend with a very unusual prize to be awarded to the winner. John Peters, general chairman, is being assisted by Wm, Logan, Geo. Abernathy, Robt. Fiala, Matt Maiâ€" man, Jack Gutherie and DeWitt Manassee, officers of the Post. Among others assisting on the comâ€" mittee are Steve Urban, Thom. Suthâ€" aimg.~~ atemoers or the troop execâ€" utive staffs, Troop Committee memâ€" bers, and secretaries of both the Boy Scout and Girl Scout units will assist in the activities. Troop 824 will resume its regâ€" ular Scouting schedule next week in a competitive rally with Highâ€" land Park Troop 30. The Highwood Lions Club will hold their regular weekly luncheonâ€" meeting on Thursday (today) at noon at the Pagoda. erland, Max Eckelman, H. Myrasick, Tommy, Jimmy and Bobby Kelly, popularly known as "The Kelly Kids," will entertain the club. The Kelly boys, though young in age, are established entertainers. They have appeared on the Chicago stage, and in a great number of local perâ€" formances. Assistant _ Scoutmaster _ Harry Skidmore and Assistant Scoutmasâ€" ter George McLellan will supervise Arthurâ€" Swanson, and John Olson. Troop 324 Hosts to Girl Scouts Tonight Boy Scout Troop 324 will be host to Girl Scout Troops 10 and 11 this (Thursday) evening at its regular session meeting in the Scout room of the Presbyterian church. A Court of Honor and a Scout investiture ceremony will be the highlights of the evening, after which social and competitive games will be played, songs sung, and refreshments enâ€" joyed. Augmenting the musical portion of the program will be sevâ€" eral selections by the Troop 324 Band, a saxophone solo by Explorâ€" er Scout Leslie Rankin, and a piano presentation by Assistant Scoutmasâ€" ter Harry Eaton. "Kelly Boys" Will Entertain Highwood Lions Club Today ~ rantino mantinuite af #5 ren Early last Thursday morning, Mr. Doans called at this office (The Highland Park Press) and dictated the following poem to one of the members of the Press staff, for pubâ€" lication in an early edition om paper. The poem, which is ‘"‘The Lilies," was read by Rev. Christoph Keller at Mr. Doane‘s funeral services Saturday afternoon. THE LILIES The deceased, a retired physician, was an ardent scholar, who derived many hours of pleasure from poetry and German literature. He comâ€" posed many poems, the most recent of which was a tribute to his elder brother, who passed away a short while ago. Noeturne Staceato Springtime Paptoral .._..........._Mary Howe Moon Marketiig ; l’o-ell"um Time Was When I in Anguish Lay ......._... You in a Gondola Madrigal Epanol O Boea Dolorosa Amour ... Besides his daughter, Mr, Doane is survived by a son, Foster B. Doane of Wilmette. "Consider the lilies how they grow" In wooded dell and meadows low. Their curv‘d petais of purest white Are f-‘-:bned in the deeps of summer‘s night. Violinist to Appear Before Music Club on Wednesday afternoon, April 24, Dr. Leon Doane Dies Suddenly Thursday; Buried in the East Dr.â€"Leon L. Doane, aged 82, who made his home with his daughter, Mrs. W. H. Blessing, 1008 Ridgeâ€" wood drive, died suddenly last Thursday afternoon. Funeral services were held Satâ€" urday afternoon at 2 o‘clock from Kelley‘s chapel on N. Sheridan road. Interment was in Meadsville, Pa. land Park Music Club will be held at the home of Mrs. L. Lewis Coâ€" hen, 266 Hazel avenue. Mrs. J. V. Spachner has planned an unusually interesting program. The Music Club Chorus, under the direction of Jessie Wood Sincere, will make its first appearance of the season, and Mrs. Robyn K. Macfadden, contralâ€" to, will sing a group of songs, playâ€" ing her own accompaniments on the harp. Aaron _ Rosen, sensational young violinist, will be a guest artâ€" ist. Mr. Rosen, whose home is in Chicago, is only 13 years old but he has been heard on coast to coast broadcasts and has appeared with the Chicago Symphony on its Young People‘s Series. The complete proâ€" gram follows: O Praise the Lord .....Bach At Times My Thoughts Come Drifting .. _____ Aaron: R A Little Winding Road Open Thy Blue Eyes . Black To Parents of Kindergarten Chilâ€" dren of District 108: Serenade Rondo Capriccioso Dance Espagnol . ing of plans for would like to have children registered sible. Parents who have children of kindergarten age please register during the week of April 22, as folâ€" lows: Children who are five before Janâ€" uary 1, 1940, will be admitted in September. Birth certificates will be requested. Lincoln Schoolâ€"Miss White, kinâ€" dergarten teacher, 11:00â€"12:00 a.m. or after 3:15 p.m. daily; Mrs, Freeâ€" man, principal, by appointment. Register Children For Kindergarten In Dist. 108 Now Ravinia _ Schoolâ€"Miss Hoaglin, kindergarten teacher, 11:00â€"12:00 a.m, or after 3:15 p.m. daily; Miss Pearsons, principal, by appointment. Braeside Schoolâ€"Miss Oaks, kinâ€" dergarten temcher, 11:00â€"12:00 a.m. or after 3:15 p.m. daily; Mrs. Elâ€" der, principal, by appontment. Kindergarten children from the Ridge school will attend the Linâ€" coln kindergarten and will thereâ€" fore register at the Lincoln school. The U. 8. Civil Service Commisâ€" sion announces that it has vacancies for exerienced laundry workers and cooks at Downey, IIl. Interested persons should call for applications before May 2 at the Highland Park fen on camneecrce l These gifts of God to the children of men Unfurl their pinions of siowy white, Wlnlr.':i enfold all colors of the rainbow white ; The red, the orange, and yellow, too, The meadow‘s green and heaven‘s blue, And the delicate shades of violet light, Enfolded all in these robes of white: Thus every flower on God‘s green earth Ha« a counterpart in each lily‘s birth, And this sweet flower so pure so white, Is the queenâ€"ofâ€"flowers in its vested right. ‘Consider the lilies how they grow," These words come down from the longâ€"ago. And methinks I hear m gentle voice: "The liles fair mre the Master‘s choice." Laundry Workers The U. 8. Civil Service And when morning breaks over mead and U. S. Seeks Cooks, In order to facilitate the makâ€" CLARK G. WRIGHT, Supt. District 108, Highland Park, Ilinois Mary Ann Macfadden TEB SIGELAXD PARKE PRES8 CHORUS CHORUS I. L. DOANE. M.D next year, we all kindergarten as soon as posâ€" Saintâ€"Saens De Fallaâ€"Kreisier of Griffiths Benent Chopinâ€"Milstein : Dinln,-'l-l_(fu _Drifting ... Bl’lhl:.-%.rrh Brabmsâ€"Harris indon Ronald ...... Massenet .. ... Sibelius Robert Clark ... Stbella Campagne the car driven by Willard Medway, 1870 Lyman court. Mrs. Phillips was riding with her sonâ€"inâ€"law and daughter at the time of the acciâ€" dent. was exonerated of all blame in the death of Marco Lotti, 52, who died of injuries suffered March 2 when he stepped into the path of Miss Croke‘s car. Charles Dean, a witness to the accident, said he saw Lotti cross the street in the middle of the block near 412 Waukegan avenue, Highwood, and saw him fall only to one knee when hit by the car. A pop bottle Lotti was carrying flew out of his hand and struck the car‘s windshield. Membership of the American Leâ€" gion Auxiliary was rapidly apâ€" proaching the 1940 goal of oneâ€"half million as the organization began its April activities, according to Mrs. Henry C. Eitner, the Aukiliary‘s local membership chairman. Nearly 460,000 members had enrolled up to April 1, approximately 25,000 more than on the same date last year. The 1938 membership of 482,348, the previous high record, is expected to be exceeded within a few weeks and the 500,000 mark reached early in the summer. The local unit‘s enrollâ€" ment today is 82, compared with 55 at this time last year. Mrs. M. Phillips, 72, of 1870 Lyâ€" man court, suffered a broken arm Sunday afternoon in a car collision at the corner of Sheridan road and Park avenue. _ S. C. Schultz, 347 N. Linden aveâ€" nue, accompanied by his family, driving south on Sheridan road atâ€" tempted to make a left turn into Park avenue when he crashed into A coroner‘s jury, called in the inquest at Seguin and Logan funeral home, found that Lotti died of head injuries resulting from the acciâ€" dent and that Miss Croke was in no way to blame. he did not see the car, which Miss Croke was driving, until it was upon him. Thieves broke into the DeLuxe Cleaners located at 399 North aveâ€" nue Sunday evening and removed a cash register, six suits of men‘s elothing, and a strong box containâ€" ing books and valuable papers. Entrance was gained through the back door which was jimmied. Just when the robbery occurred is unâ€" certain, but Aldo Biagi believes that Exonerate Girl of Blame in Death of Marco Lotti Two Highway policemen, Walter Henderson and John Crovetti, testiâ€" fied that Lotti was conscious when they arrived and that he told them Dr. William L. Winter, who atâ€" tended Lotti at the Highland Park hospital before his removal to the Lake county hospital, also testified. De Luxe Cleaners Is Robbed Sunday P.M. it must have happened during his absence between the hours of 7:30 and 10:30 p.m. He did not discover the robbery until Monday morning. Membership Is _ Rapidly Growing Aged Woman Hurt When Cars Collide DAHL‘S Auto Reconstruction Co. Catherine Croke, 26, last Friday SPRING SERVICE STATION WELDING AND SOLDERING 322 N. First St. _ Phone 77 n omtey. «3 s1«r19 9 agem Auto Repainting Cold Frame and Axle Straightening Body and Fender Repairing Sunday morning when a car driven by L. F. Chapman, 49, of 279 Cenâ€" tral avenue, crashed into the rear of another car on Central avenue at Hickory street. 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