Highland Park Public Library Local Newspapers Site

Highland Park Press, 2 Feb 1950, p. 3

The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

4 *~~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"shown him. Each o‘clock in the aft day, February 9th. list of those competinig."""" ‘ $100.00, will be given to the girl Illinois by the seniors and faculâ€" ties of the sehools as outstanding in dependability, service, leaderâ€" shipâ€"and patrictism for the Good Citizenship Award. At the DAR Citizenship Award for Illinois, a pin and a certificate, Dorothy Dell Smart, 290 Woodland Road, Highâ€" land Park, and Virginia Johansen, 325 Scarton Avenue, Lake Bluff, will receive the Good Citizenship pin, theâ€"certificate and a dictionâ€" ary suitable for college use. The chairman of Americanism, will present two Highâ€"School girls who are to réceive Good Citizenship Awards. The third~@girl, Betty Lodigiani, of the Hopkins Townâ€" ship High School of Granville, I1lâ€" inois, who is unable to be present The pupils of the eighth grade will present a skit especially writâ€" ten f6r the occasion. The eighth grade boy or girl who has written the best essay on "The Privileges and Obligations of an American Citizen" will receive a prize of five, dollars given by the North Shore Chapteer DAR. Good Citizenship Awards Oak Terrace School Host To North Shore Chapter D.A.R. y After consulting the Poli¢e deâ€" partment, the principal sent a pote to the parents of each boy * Mr. Wayne A. Thomas, Princiâ€" pal of the Oak Terrace School, 204 Prairie Avenue, Highwood, the Parentâ€"Teachers Association and: the students of the school will be hosts to the North Shore Chapter, DAR, Mrs. William Einâ€" plainingâ€". that the knives were stolen goods; and that the police Giving her class busy work, she went ‘to the principal and told of the incident, Immediately he wrote on a slip of paper, "Take the names of all boys who answer the question â€"I am going to ask," and made the rounds of â€"the rooms, giving each teacher one of the slips as he entered the room. The question he asked the boysâ€"was: "How many of you bought a ‘pretty goodâ€"looking knife from a peddler this morning?" He asked one of the boys to show him his knife. It was a dupliâ€" thimg. they held in their hands. One youngster was standing near. To her astonishment she found he held a manâ€"sized pocket knife with four blades, corkscrew, nail file and.other gadgets, made of the finest material. tents,".and added, "All the other boys bought one, too." She asked him to loan her the knife until When ‘asked, he told her: "I bought it from a man for eleven The teacher noticed groups of boys on the playground~ Before school, much interested in someâ€" A way to fill my hollow maw . _Occurs to me. I‘ll risk it! When â€"midnightâ€"tolls,â€"I‘llâ€"b (To coin a phrase.) You guys who yap about your woes . Should wear my shoes. Just try it~â€" k ral Acquiring simple nourishment WhenMother‘s on a diet. Soub? Yes! I‘d gulp it like a horse, To swell our scanty menu. Could lettuce leaves© uphold di> Don‘t Tell Mother! Yamashiki of Japan hhm:&w& Pennst, He speaks apanese, And sounds like Charlie McCarthy. Thursday, Feb. 2, 1950 Mye‘rnfirihchounfio-' the law _ £ â€" And stuff on Fido‘s biscuit. Gerald The Gaunt Or ellq-a change of venue? Veteran‘s a knife, ‘exâ€" Royal Neighbo Meeting February 8 _ â€" The Royal Neighbors of the Highland Park camp will meet at Witten hall Wednesday, Februâ€" ary Sthâ€"at>8 p.m. Mrs. Matt Maiâ€" man, ofacle, urges all officers and -b.'bhmt.fornm very important business is to be club held~a past officers‘ night last evening (Wednesday)â€"in the Elks clubrooms. Past officers #illâ€" edâ€" all the stations. A~periny soâ€" cial followed the business meetâ€" -:.- ....l;. CR n.a:l’-(?"m Hostesses for the evening were Mrs.. Charles Russel, chairman, and her assistants, Mesdames Forâ€" Emblem Club Holds Past Officers Night dent, and Mrs.â€"Bruno Benvenuti Chairman of Hospitality of the Oak Terrace P.T.A. have most graciously invited all members and guests for tea. It sgems quite evident that every child should be thoroughly trained in this respect. R Division, Members wishing transportation may telephone Mrs. V. Edward Lawrence HI. 2â€"4632. Guests Of Honor Spécial outâ€"ofâ€"town guests for the afternoon will be Mrs. Charles O. Bly Pace of Farmer‘s City, State Chairman of Americanism, Mrs. William F. Schaller of La Grange, Fourth Division Chairman of ‘Americanism and Mrs. Theo. the _ current. _ numberâ€"â€"of â€"that widelyâ€"resd magazine appears an anecdote, in a group of dog stories, signed "Alma Olesen, Highland Park, Ill." ~Although Mrs. Olesen is now a loyal Caliâ€" fornian, she lived in Highland Park for many, many years. Nice going, A.C.O! _ Fanfare, Please! R. ~Curtiss of Joliet, ‘National The mother went on: "We all know children are stolen for difâ€" ferent reasons, but it isn‘t necesâ€" sary to tell the child that.â€" All he needs to be told is that a stranger must notâ€"be allowed to get too intimate. Everyone of those boys knew. that there must be someâ€" thingâ€"wrong with that knife or the stranger wouldn‘t sell it for eleven cents. If he had been told not to get intimate with strangers, qed o0 0e I0D MA SE CRIEATY ALAEVY has gained recognition from READER‘S DIGEST, no. less! In â€"went on to explain: "I lhoq have told him that if he were walking along the street and a stranger stopped him and asked aâ€"direction,â€"he=should â€" telt him, go on about his business. ‘But if the man said, ‘You are a bright lad‘, â€"and pulled out a bag, of candy or some trinket a boy would like, and suggested that they walk together, the man would be getâ€" ting too intimate. All my son would need to say is, ‘I must hurâ€" ry; my mother is waiting for me‘, and go on hisâ€"way." he would probably not have bought it." "I have ‘never taught him," she said, ‘"not to become intimate with strangers." The principal was dumfounded! How, he asked, could‘ it be her fault? She was the very first parâ€" ent he had ever met who wanted to take the blame for something the child did. Parents could find all sorts of fault . . . the teachers were no good, the principal not much better . . . even the janitor would be blanted. But there is another side to the story, Of all the parents who coâ€" operated, only one called the prinâ€" cipal up to say she felt it wis her fault. , didn‘t. Whether they didn‘t give the note to their parents, or the parents didn‘t: cooperate, is not were on the trail of the man who _ Most of the boys brought their PRESS WANT ADS *BRING RESULTS 'Qur lqitil{ul co;Eil;utor, A.C.0. Highland Park Emblem Jr., E. of the Fourth have charge of ?he â€"a)ilector;: Study Group in the morning and will introduce the speaker, . Mr. Sydney E. Lee whose subject will be "The Romance of Wallpaper®". Mr.‘ Leeâ€"received his training in England with the firm of Hampton and Sons Ltd. who held the Royal Appointment. In the deâ€" velopment of his subject he draws upon a rich personal experience in Collectors® S teristics is precise attention to detail in lighting, costuming, and music. As a consequence her enâ€" tire program is run off smoothly se t 1e e o e t e uce and refinement permeating her dances are most unusual, As desâ€" cribed in the words of one promâ€" lirs, George O. Strecker, viceâ€" president, will conduct the regular two o‘clock meeting after which the program chairman, Mrs. Garâ€" field Day will introduce the artist, Miss Marmein. . + Dance Numbers Miriam Marmein is a brilliant dancer and will perform a group of seven original.dances of deâ€" lightful variety. Possessing artistâ€" ry, grace and imagination one of Miss Marmein‘s strongest characâ€" _: Next Tuesday, February 7, the Highland Park Woman‘s Club will be the scene of interesting activâ€" ities, both morning and afternoon. The dramatic dancer of pantoâ€" mime, Miriam Marmein, will highâ€" light the day, presenting the proâ€" gram at the afternoon meeting of the club. The day will begin with the Collectors‘â€"Study> Group at 10:30 A.M. and continue at 12:45 & GE and other electric bedcovers for your comfort. & PUBLICâ€" SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN iLLINOIS â€" : Bovely is her art‘...._.. Now you can try the sleeping comfort of the famous GE Electric Blanket in your own homeâ€"absolutely free. For 10 days use the brand new General Electric Blanket (your choice of four colors!) on your own bed . . . relax and sleep under its mild, allâ€"over warmth. Then, if you‘re not conâ€" vinced that the GE Electric Blanket provides the most marvelous warmthâ€"withoutâ€"weight sleeping comfort you‘ve ever enjoyed, you can return it. There is no obligation whatever to you. Come in or call your nearest Public Service Company store for your 10â€"day free trial, brandâ€"new GE Electric Blanket, â€" â€" 2x . * * ; i€ > §‘a 10â€"Day Trial . . . E. Mason will THE PR ES S ~Your neighborhood deaier also has a wide choice of ELECTRIC BLANKET Dutton is trvly-n ;i;;uv;:o,-:;;- pletely master of his beautiful instrument, and the music comâ€" mittee takes great pride in preâ€" senting him.to the club. br At 12:45 P.M, Mrs. Lester H. Laubenstein, music chairman, will present James Dutton in a Marimâ€" ba recital. Like the noted Gusikov, who introduced the instrument to ® Lo o o0 e etiter ing in woodwinds. Later he inâ€" cluded the study of piano. By the time he was 12 years old he had found his réal metier in this anâ€" cient instrument and his performâ€" Marimba Recital the ~concert â€"halls of Europe in the 1830‘s; Mr. Dutton is thrilling audiences in America with his arâ€" tistic and brilliant concert appearâ€" a_n?.l?vhm‘fl:_e study .of. mus they ‘are solved, showing _ color scheme, fabrics, wall papers, etc. He will give particular emphasis to our own Colonial wall papers, stréss their value Pleagant Living". He envisions the home of today as evolving out of the culture of the past and points to Williamsburg and the Virginian atmosphere of gracious living and takes some current ptoblgm’, states the difficulties and how Build upon it, adapt, it, make the most of it, for it is American". As a climax to his lecture Mr. Lee Michigan Avenue. He now has a studio office adjoining his house in Glenview and finds it adequate for his work which is to help home lovers secure a "Background for country he spent three years with Marshall.Field & Co. and for some -M ‘”’ ,5 is your lhri]a.e! romance, and in our ‘homes i , S A LE 3: % * <m y : o > % y m + o \ s rvare 1 ] Start the New Year bright o * ‘ +. .add new lamps to your § is L home during the special a> P\ January sale at your Public | P3 Service Company store. Not * f only good looking, these $ lamps are scientifically designed for good lighting â€"> gesley Methodist en Will Meet To Elect Officers odist ‘church will meet Friday, February 3rd at 8 p.m. for the purpose of electing officers. At the. last meeting‘".a nominating committee was appointed, namely W. E. Coke as chairman, Edgar Seversqon and Ruben Olson. They will present a slate of officers at Friday‘s meeting. All the men of the church are urged to attend. ‘ > clude with a delightful tea served by the Hospitality Committee. shown at the Art Institute from February + through April 16. Gogh, consisting of 92 paintings and 67 drawings, arrived \in Chiâ€" cago‘s Union Station January 20 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it atâ€" tracted an audience of more than 250,000. The exhibition will be Exhibition Of Van Gogh‘s Works Arrives At **The most comprehensive exhibiâ€" . Llamp 304 Green Bay Road .. . all have the new doubles as a diffusing bowl. Don‘t tniss this special sale ... outstanding values at $8.95 and $13.95! lamps are scientifically designed fiouoodl};bnn‘ .. . all have the new White Indirect Lite bulb that men of the Wesley Methâ€" Individual, partnerships, corporations _ _ Bookkeeping and lnsqrancé BARACANE OFFICE SERVICE Day Hours â€" 9:00â€"12:00â€"1:00â€"5:00 & Open Evenings.â€" 7:00 to 9:00 directâ€"Lite buib are yours for @â€"just.70¢ at your Public Service store. Convert your favorite lamp to Better Light for iust TO¢1 To modernize your lamps the ‘narrow harp fike this (x) must be replaced by a wide horp like this (y}. The wide harp and one new White Inâ€" INCOME TAX SERVICE Omdld“'.w‘i-.vm speak at ‘ Presbyterian church g‘n o_humnce of the Boy Scout On Sunday, February 12, at 11 a.m, Dr. Wilbur LaRoe, Jr., of the Sunday. A Happy Future With U. 8. BONDS Auto Painting 1 6. 4ds Body & Fénder Repairing & Dry Cleaning Co. Highland Park 77 . Phone H. P. 178 D A HL S

Powered by / Alimenté par VITA Toolkit
Privacy Policy