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Highland Park Press, 6 Feb 1947, p. 2

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No sehool. z 9:46 am â€"Girl Scout council. Office. 10:00 am H. P. Hospital auxiliary. Trinity charch. 1:80 pm Ravinia Woman‘s club card party. Village house 2:00 pm H. P. Service Mothers. Community center. 6:30 pm Pi Delta supper meeting. YWCA. 7:30 pm Royal Arch Masons. Masonic temple. 8:00 pm Royal Neighbors. Masonic temple. 8:00 am V.F.W. Witten hall. Thursday, February 13â€" c 10:00 am Sewing group. YWCA. 12:15 pm Lions club. Highland House. 1:30 pm Bethany Missionary society. Homes. 2:00 pm D.A.R. Mrs. John Wilbor. 2:00 pm St. John‘s Women‘s guild. Homes. 6:30 pm H.G.A. Fatherâ€"Dauchter banquet, High school. 4:30 pm Painting class. YWCA. 8:00 pm American Legion: Legion hall. 9:80 am H. P. Woman‘s club board. Club house. 10:00 am Woman‘s Assn. board. Presbyterian parish 10:00 am Trinity church. Parish house. 12:15 pm Rotary. Sunset Valley. ‘ °_ 1:30 pm Mussart club. Homes. 4;80 pm H, P. Social Service. Office. ©:80 pm Kiwanis. Sunset Valley. «_ 7:80 pmâ€" Rifle and Pistol (pistol). Deerfield range. ~.~7:30 pm St. Johns Youth Fellowship. Church. #:80 pm Kaper Kadettes. YWCA. * T80 pm Park board. City Hall â€" 8:00 pm ‘Braeside Back to School Night School. $:00 pm Royal Arcanum. Masonic temple. 8:00 pm Moose. Witten hall. 8:00 pm City Council. City Hall. Tuesday, February 11â€" 10:00 am YWCA board. YWCA. 6:30 pm Chamber of Commerce. Sunset Valley. 7:830 pm School board 108. Lincoln school. #:00 pm Mothers club. YWCA. â€" 8:00 pmâ€" West Ridge Community club. Ridge school. 8:00 pm Berean Women‘s class. Homes. Wednesday, February 12â€"(Lincolin‘s birthday.) & Friday, February 7â€" m 7:80 pm Rifle and Pisto! (rifle). Deerfield range. Saturday, February 8â€" : 8:80 pm Betany Charisma club. Homes. ~ 8:80 pm Swing club, H. P. Woman‘s club. 9:00 pm Saturday Evening club. YWCA. . Sunday, February 9â€" 11:00am Miss Lois Kramer, missionary from Tokyo § church. Monday, February 10â€" 980 am H. P. Wom 10:00 am Woman‘s A 10:00 am Trinity chu 12:15 pm Rotary. Sw ADD STUPID MOVIE TITLES ... It‘s refreshing indeed to see that the nation‘s movie goers preâ€" fer clean, positive movies and talâ€" ented actresses to suggestive movâ€" ies and second rate performers. Hollywood, please copy! We were right encouraged reâ€" cently when we read that the No. 1 movie of 1946 was "Bells of St. Mary" and the No.: t.actress was Ingrid Bergman. ENCOURAGING . .. Here, in our opinion, is the story that should have been run about Capone: Acheson and Chicago‘s fearless publisher, Col, R. R. McCornlick. ADDâ€"LOOK ALIKES ... "Al Capone, the man who helpâ€" ed ruin the reputation of Chicago, died today." That‘s all. Perhaps we‘re a bit late with this, and maybe it isn‘t worth the space, but it seeams Chicago‘s news editors tossed aside good taste reâ€" cently when they devoted so much spiite to Al Capone, the man who devoted his life to negative thinkâ€" ing and doing. TOO MUCH SPACE ... Puve 2 Friend Gilbert Gardner, able Chicago â€" newspaperman, .pn-d this thought our way the. other It‘s early Sunday morning. Church has been attended. A good night‘s rest is behind us. And now we‘re ready to talk to you for a few minutes. 4 â€" . "I wonder,"â€" Gil asked, "how nrany ‘Men of Distinction‘ you can find on West Madison Street, Chiâ€" «_ Some of you folks prefer that we fill the column with random jottings, we‘re told.= So, here goes ... _ *Nobody Lives Forever." Under Secretary of State Dean And that‘s enough! W HITT N. SCHULTZ 90 Let‘s Take a Look Bethany Missionary society,. Homes. D.A.R. Mrs. John Wilbor. St. John‘s Women‘s guild. Homes. H.G.A. Fatherâ€"Dauchter banquet, High school Painting class, YWCA. American Legion: Legion hall. CALENDAR OF EVENTS (RMpecial to The Highland Park Press) By Why can‘t Highland Parkers support their fine library with contributions? ‘(Ed. Note. They can if they join the ‘‘Friends of the Highland Park Library." > More about this at a later date.) How .much valuable radio time are we going to give the novelty tune, "Open the Door, Richard!" we wonder? Why do waiters disappear when you‘re in a hurry and want them to bring the check? ”‘:‘h:l:. say lllldag?rdc is incomâ€" What is the cireulation of Corâ€" onet magazine? * SOME QUESTIONS WE‘D LIKE ANSWERED ... > And we who were lucky to be born males assume h:&it'; not your intention to d us. Now if you can onlyâ€"remember that your charm is in just being a woman, and not a "career girl," and so on, the happier you‘ll make We were pleased to learn that in 1947 you women are going to dress "more femininely"; that you‘re going to "be yourself" in your â€"choice â€"of clothes; that your skirts, thank goodness, are going to be longer. You‘ve made a smart decision, Ladies! SMARTâ€" DECISION . . . Labor would be respected‘a lot more, we think, if it had able leadâ€" ers like Cordell Hull, Bernard Baâ€" ruch and young Henry Ford. SUDDEN THOUGHT ... Too much â€" of that we‘re cerâ€" Incomparable to whom, might Not all the time, anyway! It seems strange, but you‘d think that a nation that can afâ€" COMMENT ARY ford a five billion dollar bomb deâ€": â€" E)¢ted officers for the coming ford a thvs deâ€" ycu'ontbotdb-hc:l-a_uy S rogh miuey ts pabte Atutiit Iiresident, . en Robert E. Wood, oi ty put is Lake Forest; honorary viceâ€"presiâ€" in shape! dent, Albert P. Snite, Highland TING 'l'll(l. .n“. Park; honorary viceâ€"president, ‘A M T css ' William E. Webster, Libertyville; Remember, it doesn‘t cost w!mom reasurer, Otto F. ": more to be an optimist. | rary treasurer, Utto F. Figh "Well, we went to Toledo â€" but not by air. Remember the weather? Instead. we went by slow train. lt“.“u‘. â€" North Shore Area council, Boy too. Au&-lâ€"dndhnts'“?"'mw*-"‘ were boor meeting Tuesday night. in the rian church, in cooperation with the Deerfield Presbyterian church and Lake Forest _ Presbyterian chifrch, has planned a Lenten schbo} on the six Thursday eveâ€" nings from February 20 to March 27 inclusive. The Bible stody will be given by Dr. V. D. Melconian of the Presbyterian College of Christian Education in Chicago. Following this, there will be deâ€" planned air trip to Toledo, O. And you‘re so much happier you are! * "‘ Plan Lenten School partmental group meetings with © _ Excavating Specialists © _ Trench Work "BUILDING WITH A COMMUNITY" Preferred Contractors his birth, we have come to accept as commonâ€" place the incandescent and fluorescent lamp, taikâ€" ing pictures, movies, phonographs and scores of other direct results of his genius. Less well known, m‘sdevdop.emdhhnkpti.dph‘dfl- tronics and the invention of the long rotary kiln lured west by gold, jogged overland by stageâ€" coaches. In the cities of the east fiickering gas lamps lit the drawing rooms, but oil lamps flourâ€" ished throughout the parlors of the "back counâ€" try." This was the world of the youthful Edison. Today, through the development of his 1,110 ITH the birth of Thomas Alva® Edison the greatest period of progress in the history of the world began. Many men of vision have, of course, contributed to this scientific adâ€" vance, but Edison more than any other one man, personifies the progress of the era. In 1847, when Edison was born, America was 731 DEERFIELD ROAD Phone: DEERFIELD 881 s_.£VICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOS T HE PR ESS ; er, Highwood; president, Harold -*J. Peacock, Glenview; viceâ€"presiâ€" |dents, Roland D. Feltman, Kenilâ€" "orth, Raynmond. Ryan, Highland Park, and Fred MacKenzie, Wilâ€" mette; scout commissioner, Milton |H. Wright, Lake Bluff; commoâ€" | dore, Will C. Huggins, Wilmette; , Edison is a d Scoutmasters Dinner |of the plans and program ampres I-nu. hnu.-th.‘::.:: instructions and methods of teachâ€" ing. Everyone is invited to attend The council applied. for a new charter, approved the new constiâ€" tution and received annual reports trustee, John ‘W. Davis, Highland Park, and â€"secretary, ecutive. "Among national council repreâ€" sentatives chosen was Raymond L. Ryan, Highland Park. North Shore Area council, Boy were, for instance, Ediâ€" personal legacy which this great American left to each of us. Businessmen charting the advance of their firms, homemakers flicking the switch which takes the gloom out of washday . . . people everyâ€" where, at movies, listening to radios, phoneâ€" m«-_-dym&..inthirb.-.dq a better life because of him. Today, we join the world in celebrating the centennial anniversary of the birth of Edison. We are proud to be among the industries which toâ€" day carry forward the developments he started. jobs, not oaly in the electrical industry but also in many other industries. A recent estimate shows that about one working person in nine now owes his job to an idea which originated in the mind of Thomas Alva Edison. Only by imagining oneself living in this world without the wealth of advantages bestowed by Edison can we fully understand and evaluate the As Edison‘s Even during Edison‘s lifetime, standards of lin‘-!tnn'h-hwflmm. from the various committees at the tmeeting. Kenneth L. Fox of Glencoe told which made large scale cement production a For A 37 South St. Johns Hansen‘s Pastry Shop 316 RAILWAY AVENUE SPECIAL VALENTINE CAKES FOR PARTIES Larson‘s TELEPHONE H. P. 25856 WHEN YOU ASK FOR . . . 1¢c and up February 11 Thursday, Feb. 6th, 1947 North Shore Congregation Israel. the annual Scoutmasters appreciaâ€" tion dinner, which will be held on Thursday evening, Feb. 20. The H. 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