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Highland Park Press, 15 Nov 1945, p. 3

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An odd, tense figure falls beneath A lonely gypsy, playing low a tune On his ancient, dismal viclin ... . Sagitta Aurea Mortis (The Golden Arrow of Death) Late, one night, Diana stalks the He lifts his eyes to see She picks a golden arrowâ€"â€"draws To free this mortal spelibound In shining silver; saffron is her Impaled upon her golden spear of A young lady in a Chicago ofâ€" fice so impressed a customer by her efficiency that he asked her name. "My name," she told him, "is Miss Guernsey." He looked at her skeptically. "Very funny," he replied, and handed her his own card., His name was "Holstein." _â€"HIGHLAND LASSIE. Thursday, Nov. 15th, 1945 Methinks that she speaks better of herself than she deserves. â€" Professor Martin Williams was out of his front door and half way down the steps before he rememâ€" bered the letters he wanted to mail. Came the voice of his everâ€"loving wife: . "Martin, dear, have you the h= brary book? It‘s overdue, you know." "Thanks, Myra, I‘ll get it." "And Martin, don‘t forget the bottle of ink â€" large size. And be sure to get some airmail stamps. Just a minute â€" I‘ll make a list." _"Nonsense, Myra, what do I want with a list? Inever forget anyâ€" thing, do 1?" s CMME, SU *+ "Yes, dear, sometimes you do. And Martin, when you go by Shelâ€" don‘s take a look at their aquarium â€"and tell Nellie I‘ll bring a lemon cream pie when 1 come Tuesday. She‘ll understand. Sure you don‘t want a list?"~ “nnll;, Myra. I assure you it‘s quite unnecessary." He started down the hill toward the village, congratulating himself on deciding to walk. His legs needâ€" ed stretching, for he had been conâ€" stantly at his desk for over a week. But he had finished that article to his satisfaction, and, much encourâ€" aged, he was secretly of the mind to write another book. True. his first one hadn‘t been exactly a best seller, but the editor had asked for another article, and that was satâ€" He saw a lady coming toward him â€" a stranger, for he was perâ€" sonally acquainted with everyone living on the hill. Always the genâ€" tleman, he lifted his hat, remarkâ€" ing: "It‘s more strenuous getting up the hill than coming down." 'rfiné lady seemed glad of an exâ€" cuse to stop. "Can you tell me where to find the nearest ‘book _ The professor gasped, doubting his ears. "A book store, did you "Bundles for America" offers a list of gifts and suggests that all M?fimfif?‘ifl‘m‘ make their selections from this list. These articles have proven to be most desired by the veterans both from a utility standpoint and as a means of making the hours pass more quickly. Suggestions â€"candy, cigarettes, soap, toothpaste, talcum powder, tooth brush, styptic pencil, razor blades, razor hone, shaving cream. eadie cloth ((shoe cloth), comb, playing cards, games, stationery, wallet, puzile book, pencil, match folder with photo, card with donâ€" or‘s name. Bundles for America Lois Bolle Pledged to Lois Bolie. 626 S. St. Johns aveâ€" nue, Highland Park, Gamma Phi Beta, has been pledged to Shiâ€"Ai, University of lIllinois honorary soâ€" rority for the promotion of friend. pledges total 36 women from 18 Deeps and Shallows 90 ‘And Thil Is No Bull 9# List Superfluous â€"STRING O‘PEARLS. â€"VIVIAN MERTZ for store told me to go right up this road till I came to number 5938, where he was sure I‘d find plenty "Yes, I‘m looking for a certain book and the clerk in the drug familiar ring to the number. Alâ€" though mystified, he brushed aside the problem, deciding that the lady was, no doubt, mentally unbalâ€" anced. ‘When slie got to the top of the hill the road would end, and all she could do was to turn fo them." 59381 still carried the threeâ€"pound book, overdue at the library, and also a quart jar half full of water in which swam three tiny gold fish. He didn‘t want those gold fish more than he wanted a pet pig, but he couldn‘t vemy well refuse a pregent to Myra. However, if he hadn‘t .been a real gentleman he would have thrown the jar; fish and all, into the brush along the When a woman gets a notion in her head, he told himself, it‘s alâ€" ways best to let her have her way. "Madame, I‘m sorry I can‘t give the information you ask. _ Perâ€" haps the clerk gave you the wrong But the lady went on up the hill and the professor continued his way down. Several hours later, the weather had become very hot. By the time he reached home the professor was not only wilted but exhausted. He Some lucky instinet told him to enter his home by the back way. He had no more than closed the screen door when he heard: "Martin, dear, do come in and meet Mrs. West. She walked all the way up the hill because she wants to buy one of your books. Her husband is interested in the subject and.she wants it for his birthday." : ~~Gee golly gosh! The professor was stunned. But he made an alâ€" most instant recovery. "Myra, please give the lady my compliments and present her with two copies. ~I‘m too messy to be presentable just new." Quite pleased with himself he muttered, "I can manage Myra alone very: nicely . . ; but two of them! . . . I think I‘d better take a bath." : Myra‘s voice again came floatâ€" ing up from the floor below: "Martin dear, don‘t you rememâ€" ber. that our > house number is 59387" * 24 3 To you who took the rainbow in the sky, s The glow of ardor inâ€"a lover‘s eye, The shellâ€"pink satin of a youthful cheek, A shy smile‘s rosy curve â€" a dimple sleek, > And wove the whole into a shawl of A garment laced with moonlightâ€" one that seems _ 4 A shelter from the chastening clouds of care _ ‘That sadder, wiser oldsters know You are not really dead â€" you‘ll live as long As young love seeks to voice itself in song. . Brer Mrs. George Hough Jr., the forâ€" mer Gwen Laser of Highland Park, with her small son, has taken up residence at 1836 Greenwood aveâ€" nue. Prior to October 1, she lived in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman H. Beliows, 1338 Marion, moved here from Cleveland, Ohio, recently. Mr. Bellows is connected with the Shelâ€" don Machinery Co., of Chicago. ‘Their daughter, Barbara, is now serving with the American Red Cross in Vienna. Ens. James, their son, is a member of the U. S. Swing Club to Hold The next Swing club informal dance will be held in the Highland Park Woman‘s club on the evening of Nov. 24. 5 _ Dave Davis and his orchestra wily _’M-":im' club will folâ€" low very closely those in effect at the high school dances. Mrs. Harold A. Bridges, chairâ€" fan of the Swing club committee, wishes the young people to know that the rules governing their deâ€" Jerome Kern s To â€"K.CO. â€"R.B.0 ‘The engagement of Nancy Marâ€" garet Armstrong, former Highland Parker, to Cpl. Curtis Elgin Laughâ€" Tin Gould, USMC, son of Capt. and Mrs. Ear) C. B. Gould of Pittsâ€" burgh, Pa., has been announced by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mason Armstrong from their home in Washington, D. C. For the past two years Miss Armâ€" strong has served in the navy deâ€" partment at Washington. She has now enrolled in George Washingâ€" ton university. Anriounce Engagement of Nancy Margaret Armstrong To Pittsburgh Man Early Wedding Is Being Planned for + Virginia Ann Pool Mr. and Mrs. James T. Pool, 1100 S. Ridge, have announced thvci:- gagement of their ighter, = ginia Anne, to Bunmm Deâ€" morest of New Haven, Conn., vetâ€" eran of 39 months‘ service in the Mediterannean _ and . European areas. Miss Pool is a graduate of the National College of Education An . e planned. Presbyterian Woman‘s Marion L. Moyes in The speaker at the luncheon meeting of the Woman‘s associaâ€" tion of Highland Park Presbyteâ€" rian church on Monday, Nov. 19 will be Marion L. Moyes. He will speak on "America‘s Back Yard." The talk will be principally conâ€" cerned with the work of the Board of National Missions in the coal mining districts of southern Ohio and W. Virginia. Mr. Moyes will tell of his personal experience durâ€" ingâ€" his brief period of work there. The speakers â€" early life was spent in a rural section of Missouâ€" ri. He graduated from Park colâ€" _l?e near Kansas City, Mo., in 1943 and is now a senior at McCor: mick Theological seminary. _ For the last four years he has been student pastor at various rural churches in the midwest, under the Board‘of National Missions. _ 10 a.m. Sewing and hospital & "l'he Association program for the day is as follows: es ~â€"12 m. Chaneel service conducted by Mrs. H. C.â€" Hawes. neceiges â€" 12:30: Luncheon served by Mrs. C. S. Stunkel‘s group. 2 prm. W on mâ€"Mr. Moyes as Mrs. Bartel‘s group is in charge of the bake sale. The Tuesday evening group will meet Nov. 27 at 6:30 for a dinner and work meeting at the church. Put Over "Incognito" With a Bang The play, "Incognito," written by Richard Nusbaum, and presentâ€" ed last Saturday evening by a talâ€" ented group of high school stuâ€" dents, combined mystery with comâ€" edy and romance, and provided a good audience with entertainment for a couple of hours. The characters, a spinster school teather, a seaâ€"sick girl, a society snob, an inebriate and a refugee, among other characters, thrown toâ€" gether on a pleasure boat off the coast of Brazil, provided a situaâ€" tion in which almost â€"anything can happen â€" and did! 2 The cast included Louis Porterâ€" field, Diane Stathas, Jean Robb, Harriet McNeal, Gladys Pick, Nanâ€" cy Newman, Eleanor Josefson, Diâ€" ane MacFarland, Carol Rubens, Renee Ramond, Nancy Appel, Eiâ€" leen Risjord, Virginia Knox, Don Cole, Steve Pinkerton, Bob Redâ€" fearn and Dick Thompson, who, backed by a capable. production staff, gave an excellent account of themselves. (‘They are all members of the drama class. _ Bill Casey, manager, and Lois Ross, student director, headed the Five New Members ~ Are Installed by Ladies of the Moose m,mm.lln Ladies of the Moose initiated five new members into their lodge last week Wednesday, at Witten hall, the ceremony being compliâ€" mentary to the guest of honor, Frieda Clinger, grand secretary of the college of regents, Lewiston, Also honored guests were Mary Hooper and Mrs. M. Biddle, of the college of regents of Baltimore, Ann Jackson of Philadelphia, and Price of the greater Chicago chap. ter 129. ‘The ceremony was followed by a pot luck supper. ‘The new members are: Wanda THE PRESS is being Local Woman‘s Club Hostess to Clubs Of Lake County Woman‘s club will entertain the Lake County Federation of Womâ€" en‘s clubs at their club house, Sheridan road and Elm Place. The board meeting at 10 :30 a.m. will be conducted by Mrs. Frank Justâ€"of â€" Libertyville,_president of the Federation. At 11 a.m., Miss Caroline Barr will present a "Sara Teasdale" program at which Highland Park club members will be most welâ€" come. Miss Barr, graduate of the University of Chicago and Northâ€" western university, and a graduate student of the Universidad Nacionâ€" al de Mexico, is a well known draâ€" matic reader, having had wide exâ€" perience in acting. lecturing and by Mrs. Paul M. LaRose, Federaâ€" tion program Highland Park club members can be accommodated. â€"Telephone resâ€" ervations to Mrs. James M. Cuthâ€": bertson, H. P. 1334, before Nov. 13th. _ At 2 o‘clock, Mrs. Leonard Keasâ€" ter, president of â€" the Highland Park club, will welcome the Federâ€" ation guests to the regular meeting of the club. s Perhaps not many of us realize that this is our own locale: Z . Mrs. Benedict K. Goodman, proâ€" gram chairman, will present Mrs. Margaret Sellack, artistâ€"lecturer, of DesPlaines, who will speak on "The Old Northwest Territory." Mrs. Selleck, dressed as a maâ€" tron of the 1880‘s, will be assisted by six club members in appropriate costume. Mrs. Ray Meddaugh will provide the background piano musâ€" ic, and Mrs. Selleck‘s period cosâ€" tumes will be worn by Mrs. Claâ€" burn Jones, Mrs. David Ch!-am Mrs. ney Friggh, Mrs. Buslf:'?‘and Mrs, Atonzo Tenney. Mrs. Goodman will represent the modern American service woman! by wearing her own uniform of the Americain * Women‘s ~ Voluntary‘ service. | â€" ~Mrs: Selleck will further illusâ€" trate her lecture with a showing of her own vivid paintings of hisâ€" toricâ€" landmarks in the Northwest Territory. Mrs. Selleck has been éalled "Crusader for Beauty and Romance," and under her ‘spell "forgotten splendors of that overâ€" looked land gleam brillantly again and a world of romance comes back to life." . Hostesses at~ ‘the â€" afternoon meeting will be â€" Mrs. : Herman Black,, Mrs. William Gartside, Mrs. Lyle W. Maley and Mrs. Ray Medâ€" Presiding ‘at the tea tables, folâ€" lowing the afternoon program will After Mrs. W. H. Bangs, presiâ€" dent of the Highlan® Park branch, announced that Harriet Vittum as resident head of the Settlement House, saw a bleak Christmas for many children this first postwar George O. Strecker, Mrs. Ray Medâ€" daugh, and Mrs. Richard Allenby. Northwestern Settlement House on Christmas eve, his pack will conâ€" tain toyâ€"stuffed stockings and gift in the Settlement . neighborhood. Christmas plans were discussed and committees appointed â€"~at last week‘s meeting held in the Evansâ€" ton home of .Mrs. George E. Bliss with Mrs. Frank ‘McDonald as coâ€" hostess. yuletide, the local group was pleasâ€" ed to resume its custom of filling stockings. Last. year, instead of the traditional donation of stockâ€" ings. a cash contribution was givâ€" en to the Settlement House to purâ€" chase a portable bowling alley for entertaining teenâ€"agers in the Setâ€" tlement gymnasium. Mrs. Kenneth Anderson and Mrs. Howell Murray are chairmen in charge of gift purchasing for twenty men and wormen in the Setâ€" tlement‘s "Over Seventy Club," and Mrs. Herman Zischke and Mrs. Earl Wallis will shop for toys for the . children‘s stockings. Gift boxes and stockings will be packed Tal ramch 240 Oelivered in aintle cal branch and in ample time to swell Santa‘s pack. , boxes filled by the local branch for needyâ€"children and old people main for the winter months. The F. A. Watkins family, 29 Dale, have left for their winter home at Del Ray Beach, Fis. land drive, bave left for St. Petersâ€" On Nov. 20, the Highland Park Luncheon will be served at 12:30 *"The Ryan Girl" Now At Blackstone Theatre; Havoc, Lowe, Stars rising young actress should be brought to the dramatic stage. It was Edmund Goulding, creator and developer of women stars in Holâ€" lywood, who selected June Havoc Girl," which he directed as society doctor in "Dinner at Eight" to the lawbreaker in "Dillinger" on the screen, has returned to the stage after an‘absence of ‘twenty years, to portray a gentleman of dubious morals and manners. Mr. Goulding has not been repâ€" resented on the stage for my‘ years. After penning the Helen Hayes â€" play,â€"‘"Dancing Mothers," he went to Hollywood where he diâ€" rected a continuous succession of 30ubhndin¢pktnm Among the latest of the director‘s achieveâ€" ments are "Claudia" starring Dorâ€" othy McGuire, "The Constant Nymph" staring Joan Fontaine and Charles Boyer, "The Great Lie" ttarring Bette Davis and Mary Asâ€" tor and "The Old Maid" starring Eette Davis and Miriam Hopkins. Art Committee of the H.:P. Woman‘s Club To Exhibit Prize Paintings The Highlandâ€" Park Woman‘s club is fortunate in having for its art chairman Mrs. James P. Moore, member of the North Shore Art league.. ‘Through her efforts, the club is displayingâ€"most of the 35 paintings recently shown at the New Trier high school. 1 /A jury composed of Aaron Bohâ€" rod, Edgar Miller and Park Phipps Only one of the prize winning pictures is being shown in Highâ€" land Park â€" a water color sketch of Mont St. Michel by Carol Lou Burnham. Other interesting landâ€" scapes in water color are done by Alberta Friedlander, Menrietta Pallat, Esther Gerrard, Helen Hare and Jean McConnell. Noyes Husâ€" ton has a good landscape in cils, and Tom Wilder‘s brilliant "Auâ€" tumn on the North Shore" is outâ€" sional artists, and patrons of the {arfl:nuhfinnbhm ‘The studios Of the Leagu@ ‘mre cludes amateur as well as profésâ€" Edmund Lowe, who has played At the Winnetka exhibit, the This is the day he‘s looked forward to, all through those weary months overseas. . . . Now, he‘s back at Fort Sheridan and eager to reach a telephone to tell the folks all about it. lfp-howbow.-‘chhhallhckh-c-a- to himâ€"and to Mom Dadâ€"you‘ll be to NOT -Aqhthwafibm7d??.~.~" In recent months, telephone trafic hereâ€" in this mâ€"h“dfi.fim'fluâ€"::‘m ing service men are comihg through, for discharge or reâ€" deployment. And sometimes their calls can‘t through for several hours. a e We‘re everything we can to them. v.wj-fip-mp..g--fi..u;!â€"â€" calls during these busy hours? Thank you! . for ILLINOIS BELL TELEPNHONE COMPANY well TO TALK _ TO MOM AND DAD To Direct State March of Dimes generous contributions of the American people to the March of Dimes, it is possible for the fight against this disease to beâ€"continuâ€" ally strengthened and intensified.‘ GLENCOE THEATRE *630 Vernon Ave. Highland Park 605 HE‘S WAITING Wm. Bendix in w "A BELL FOR ADANO" THU., FRL, SAT., Nov. 15â€"17 Gene Tierney, John Hodiak and Sat. Matinee only at 2 & 4:25 "A DISNEY FESTIVAL" ~; (Matinee Thanksgiving) (Doors open at 1:30) . Preston Foster, Gail Patrick & FRL & SAT., Nov. 23â€"24 Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews "TWICE BLESSED" dette,"‘ "Anchors Aweigh." and Charles Coburn in Nov.â€" 18â€"19â€"20â€"21 Twins in Page 3

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