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Highland Park Press, 27 Jun 1946, p. 2

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Page 2 Popcorn . . . Constellation flights to New York . . . Lawrence Olivâ€" ier in his splendid interpretations of Shakespeare . . . Ingrid Bergâ€" A Parkside fudge sundae . . . a coke at Gsell‘s . . . A cheeseburâ€" ger at Shelton‘s . . . A milkshake at Dick Tracy‘s . . . A dish of Witâ€" ty‘s creamy ice cream . . . A Highâ€" land House dinner. THE SMELL OF GARDENIAS ... Lew Sarett‘s poetry . . . Howâ€" ard Vincent O‘Brien‘s column; and 8. J. Harris‘ . . . Clean typewriter keys. Yes, and a new typewriter ribbon . . . * Reading a book in Highland Park‘s excellent library . . . Sports pages and their writers . . . Crew haireuts>. . . Ivory soap . . . And a good, cold shower . . . m>* BURNING LEAVES .. (Editor‘s Note: Regular readers will remember that back in Noâ€" vember, 1944, while in the Army, we wrote a piece about some of the "things". we liked. It seems it is the custom nowadays â€" in this Air Agoo,rAtonleAgeorPulthnAnorMApâ€"wloot with delight at the unhappy, seamier side of life, We guess we‘re not in tune with the times. We are a confirmed optimist, an inveterate idealist. We appreciate so many of the "things" which make life full and rich. We fee} you do too, Highland Parkers. So we thought we‘d list some. By the way, we‘d be right pleased to hear about some of your preferences, too.) ‘The song "Stardust" and "They Say It‘s Wonderful!". . . The smell of gardenias . . . Riding a bike . .. New York‘s Fifth Avenue . . . The Drake and Blackstone hotels . . . French fries .. . And shrimp cocktails . .« Harvard. Yale. Princeton. And Washington and Lee . . . Pâ€" 80‘s ... Supeqortre-el .. . Swimâ€" The sound of a baseball bat pounding on home plate . . . The lawnmower‘s song . . . The feel of a basaball when it hits your glove . _ | A sharp sense of humor . . . Tartar sauce . . . Did you ever sit down and list some of the things you Jike? â€"_ _ I did in a spare hour the other day. P Perhaps you, too, like: â€" ‘The Ravinia concerts . . . First row center seats . . . New tenpis balls . . . That clicking sound when you squarely smack a golf ball . . . LEW SARETTS POETRY ... i h Yon, P Stecond Lieutenant William R. Lt. Wright. a tormer (cht nt Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wmâ€"5t John‘s Military academy, Delaâ€" Wright, 1121 Lincoln, was amongfield, Wis., and a 1942 graduate the 41 fallen heroes of World Warof Kenyon, was an officer in the II, former students at Kenyon colâ€"infantry. Memory of Lt. Wright Honored at Kenyon W HITT N. SCHULTZ Take a Look (Bpécial to The Highland Park Press) e Like ‘Em, Do You? More than 98 per cent of our men discharged from the Armed Forces W e‘re glad to welcome them backâ€" uldo:tk’cood‘orm:u‘fl.c to work. J By CLEAN COMBS ... Lads between the ages of two and 12 . .. Cracked ice in tall glasses of lemonade., ... @iomph- ies . . . Whiteâ€"washed fences . . . Williamsburg. Cap Cod. Bosâ€" ton. Pasadena. Westchester h:l'h;ny the North Shore looks at all times . . .~ SECRET SERVICE MEN ... . . . Secret Service men . . . Old homes . . .. M o r a i n e â€" on â€" the â€" lake . . . Courteous policemen :. . . The way Highland Park merâ€" chants treat their appreciative cusâ€" tomers . .. __Large, | white, starched napkins . .. Salt and pepper shakers that work . . . Van Johnson .. . And Jennifer Jones . . . ; Pie a la mode with more ice cream than pie . . . Soft, sharp pencils . .. A clean desk . . . Neat dresser drawers . . . Telegrams â€" when they‘re happy ones . . . A church early in the morning . . . Bebie- . . . the smell of launâ€" dry just returned . . . Stories about great writers . . . Collie dogs . .. And large bath towels . . . County, N. Y. _ Clean combs and brushes . . . A hard toothbrush . . . Short fingerâ€" nails . . . o oA _ Nurses‘ uniforms . . . Dentists that don‘t hurt . . . 5 A football team‘s dressing room during the half â€" and after the game if your team won . . . The odor of burning leaves . ... _ Picnics . . . Boys‘ choirs . . . Big, red, juicy apples with cold water dripping off their shiny skins . . . Fudge . . . Flowers of all kinds Danny Kaye . , . The New York Times . . . And the brighter Chicaâ€" go Daily News . . . ~ Chocolate candy â€" with nuts jammed inside . .. ~ _ > lege, Ohio, to be honored last Sunâ€" day during the school‘s commenceâ€" ment exercises and victory reunâ€" ion. : West Point. Annapolis,. V. Yes, and Highland Parkers . . . Air Scout Encampments For Senior Scouts Senior Scouts of the North Shore Area council have been ofâ€" ‘e.oh-ilht'ithpneflulnb- tion operations by enrolling in one of the two Air Scout encampments scheduled for June 30 to July 13 at Selfridge Field, Mich., and Augâ€" ust 18 to 31 at Scott Field, HIâ€" The army air forces aré making available the use of base technical facilities and instructors and givâ€" ing access to classâ€"rooms as well as authorizing one familiarization ‘flkfit in army air craft to each Scout. The annual election of officers of the American Legion post No. 501, Highwood, will be held Tuesâ€" day, July 9, when veterans of World War II will conduct the ceremonies. #re All Senior Scouts of the North Shore Area council are invited to attend these Air Scout encampâ€" ments. _ However, the Air Scout uniform will be the official uniâ€" form of the day. The cost of the twoâ€"week encampment will be $15. Air Scouts from Deerfield and Highland Park have already indiâ€" cated their intentions of attending the Scott Field encampment. Othâ€" er Senior Scouts interested may secure Air Scout encampment bulâ€" letins from Scout headquarters at 21 N. Sheridan road, â€" Highland Other Senior Scouts will attend the Senior Scout camp at Maâ€"Kaâ€" Jaâ€"Wan this summer. This camp will operate from July 23 to Augâ€" ust 5, and is open to all Scouts 15 years of age and over. Sailing, boating, canoeing and other water activities will be featured at Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jeâ€"Wan for Senior Scouts. Highwood Legion to Hold Election July 9 PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS , THE â€"PRESS This is the first full length book Â¥o be published on one of the outâ€" &tanding modern Russian composâ€" has started, everyone‘s attention is more closely focused on music. In the Highland Park Public library are: many books on all aspects of music â€" books on the understand. books on the history and developâ€" ment of music, biographies of musâ€" jcians, and even music scores which may be borrowed. Sergei Prokofiev. Israel Viadimi. rovich Nestyev. Gustay Makler. _ Alma Mahler. Life of the famous symphonic conductor and director of opera written by his wife. ¢ Intended for the lay music lovâ€" er, this guide to the listener proâ€" vides an informal analysis of over 200 frequently heard compositions interspersed with anecdotes about composers‘ lives and the developâ€" ment of symphonic music. Music Lover‘s Handbook. Elie Siegmeister, Diaries of Tchaikovsky. Transâ€" lated from the Russian with notes by Wladimir Lakond. These diaries begin in 1873, but concern principally the period of the eighties, the years that were the composer‘s most important musically and biographically, Bach Reader. Edited by Hans T. David and Arthur Meéndel. _ _ A collection of the : most signifiâ€" cant early material on Bach from which our knowledge of the comâ€" poser‘s life and reputation has been drawn. A home guide to musical appreâ€" ciation written in nonâ€"technical language. Contains a list of speâ€" cial records for children. _ Adventures in Symphonic Music. Edward Downes. Spaeth. At Home With Music. Sigmund orities on musical instruments of imitive and ancient societies. ‘The book starts with the primitive and prehistoric ° epoch, > comes through antiquity and the Middle Ages down to the present and even gives surmises of the future. Compilation of over 150 contriâ€" butions on various phases of musâ€" ic written by several outstanding adult a sufficient initiation into the mysteries of musical composiâ€" tion to enable him to listen with pleasure and profit. ! History of Musical Instruments. is considered the greatest of Grace Overmeyer. Twelve biographical . ranged, beginning with Hopkinson, _ who wrote the first American song, and ending with the twentieth century Aaron Copâ€" The Conductor Raises His Baâ€" Wfittenlorthotpmd’ musiciâ€" an by the director of the Paulist choristers. Dictators of the Baton. David Ewen. Biographical, critical, and perâ€" sonal portraits of thirty conductors of contemporary American orchesâ€" tras. Supplements his earlier book, "Man with the Baton." Varsity Golf Evanston, IIL., June 26. â€" Manâ€" uel de la Torre of Highland Park was one: of eight members of Northwestern . university‘s golf teams to receive varsity letters at the close of the season. He was What to Listen for in Music. Written by the ethnologist, and torian of music and dance who Thursday, June 27th, 1946 Stationed in Korea T/5 Bernhardt Ols Cpl. Bernhardt Olson Entering the army in November, 1944, Bernhardt is now 19, and the son of the Cari Olsons, 719 with the 107th machine records unit of the U. S. army, is stationâ€" ed in Korea with the occupation troops, accordipg to a recent comâ€" Robert Cutts Williams return to this country in the fall, when he will enter college. Enlists in U. S. Navy shucked their civies this month to take advantage of the various opâ€" portunities offered by the U. S. Navy, was Robert Cutts Williams, 1946 graduate of Highland Park high. He has enlisted for a period of 2 years, and is receiving basic training at‘Great Lakes, His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yoe Williams 160 Hazel. and placed third in the Big Ten captain and No. 1 player on the Wildeat team that won eight out of 10 matches during the season championships, He placed second in the individual Big Ten standâ€" Olson, a 1944

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