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I Deeps and Shallows What A Find! For their vacation, during the spring of 1949, Mrs. Wilkerson and her daughter Harriet decided to visit Death Valley, which neither had ever seen. Starting at crack of dawn, they reached their destination. to find the weather much warmer than they had exâ€" After seeing the many adverâ€" tised sights, Harriet wanted to do some exploring on horseback into places where an auto couldn‘t penetrate, Although just as good a horseâ€"woman, her motherâ€" deâ€" cided to stick to the car. Childhood memories flashed into Mrs. Wilkerson‘s mindâ€"memories of her school days when her father had gone into some sort of mining business. The name of the town was Carrara, and it was not far from Death Valley. The hotel clerk augmented his inforâ€" mation with, "But remember, madam, Carrara is a DEAD town." A _ seasoned traveler, mother wasn‘t bothered by that. She‘d seen what had been called dead towns before, j In her auto she started out to find Carrara and the American White Marble Company her father had been interested in. The roads were not of boulevard smgothness, but she arrived at Carrara withâ€" out mishap, There was no mistake about itâ€" Carrara was a dead town. Not a house nor a tree was standing, although there were places which showed where a house had once been. She got out of the car and began to stroll about. Under one of the few bushes she noticed a piece of paper, and picked it up. Unfolding it she saw, to her astonishment, that it was a check written and signed by her father, at one time treasâ€" urer of the American White Marble Company, dated 1917. It was hard to believe, but seeâ€" ing was believing. The name "E. B. Vittum" was signed in her father‘s hand. Being a level headed business woman, she decided to browse 16, around. In a corner of what must have been the office of the comâ€" pany she found a bunch of papers, bare of cover, which proved to be her father‘s ledger, with recâ€" ords of employees, wages earned, and such items as a treasurer would record. There were also notations of the cost of piping water to the quarry, and of bringing sand for polishing the marble. Both were very expenâ€" sive items. What became of the machinery and where the people went to, why the treasurer‘s books should have been left behind, will probably always remain a mystery. Carrara can still be found on the map. It never rains there, which would acâ€" count for the flow deterioration of the treasurer‘s books. The leaves are frayed around the edges, but even the lead pencil writing is readable, and the ink is very clear, What a find! 3 The highest wage paid to an employee was $2.75 a day. A truck driver earned $.56*4 an hour. The earliest date was 1915 and the latest, 1921. In the dis tance she could see places where there had been quarrying, and, reaching there, she found huge excavations. Since then she has found out why the quarry was abandoned. It was impossible to get out pieces of white marble large enough to be cut into slabs. There always appeared a crack that ruined the slab. In The Crowded Subway "Excuse me, ma‘am, you‘re in a groove, And I must ask you, please, to _ move." faceâ€" You know this is a public place! "I wonder, sir, you have the "Quite true, madame, and neatly putâ€" But you‘re standing on a private foot !" â€"R.B.0 . Telephone: Highland Park 4044 20 So. First Street Highland Park, HMincis Student Picked For Girl State Joan Avery daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus M. ‘Avery 1563 Eastview Rd. a pupil of Highland Park High School will leave on Sunday June 21st for MacMurray College _ Campus, Jacksonville, llinois, where she will attend the Ninth Annual Session of lilini Girls State, June 21st to June 30th sponsored by the American Legion Auxiliary. 432 of lllinois most outstanding Junior students have been chosen to attend this Session. Joan was selected because of her cutstanding qualifications such as being a very supprior young lady in all personality and charâ€" acter traits, and has been active in extraâ€"curricular activities and Carpl Coppens, 322 Bloom St. Highland Park was chosen as alâ€" ternate. She also was selected as a student of superior personality and character. llini Girl State is held annually primarily to provide citizenship training for Illinois girls who have just finished their Junior year. The girls will set up a miniature State Government patterned after the State of llincis where they will form political parties, hold conventions, campaign for office and carry out all of the executive and judicial functions of the State. They will attend classes in perâ€" sonal hygiene, vocational, public speaking, first aid, swimming, and publish their own daily newsâ€" paper. There will be social ftincâ€" tions, getâ€"togethers and planned trips, all carried out by the girls. was chosen for adaptability and leadership. She ranks in the upper 20th of her graduating class of Before Remodeling Your Kitchen 387 Park Avenue «BONNELL RITCHENS Authorized ST. CHARLES Kitchen Dealer Fender & Body Repairs â€" Automobile Repainting $65.00 and Up ; ARNOLD E. ASPLUND, Proprietor McPherson‘s Bump Shop THE PRESS formerly with Cadillac Certified Craftsman Highland Park At Public Library The first of the newâ€"recordings purchased for the Highland Park Public Library by the Friends of the Library are now in cireulation with many mcre. to be added shortly, according to Harry A. Sellery, Jr., president of the Friends. Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Barâ€" tok, Tschaikowsky and Beethoven are among the composers repreâ€" sented, indicating the wide range of the selections. These are purchased from a sum of $400 set up as a fund by the Friends to augment the Liâ€" brary‘s collection which can be enjoyed in the Library or borâ€" rowed to be heard at home. The Board of the Library, in accepting the records, praised the work of the Friends and in a letter to Sellery, stated: "Such a gift will add immeasâ€" urably to the record collection at the Public Library and the memâ€" bers of the Board feel confident that the community will derive great pleasure from them." The purchase of these records was made possible by Highland Parkers who supported the orâ€" ganization through metmbership in the Friends during the last year, Sellery pointed out. The opporâ€" tunity to participate as a member of the Friends is now open to everyone during the group‘s 1949 membership campaign. Applicaâ€" tions are available at the Livrary. Those who received them in the mail are urged to send the nomâ€" inal dues immediately to Harold L. Nelson, Treasurer, 164 Elmâ€" wood drive. 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