Suburban Star (Newspaper) - July 31, 1924, Morgan Park, Illinois The Favorite Newspaper in 4000 Homes of Morgan Park Beverly Hills and Washington Heights OUR FIELD The Finest Residential Section In Cook County SUBURBAN STAR A Community Newspaper This Section For Business and Homes MORGAN PARK THURSDAY JULY 31 1924 No 31 Famous Athlete Weds Miss Liechtenstein After Pleasing Courtship MARRIAGE BY GREGORY Charles William Palmer better known as Church 11225 S Oakley Ave made a very pretty young lady change her name to Mrs Palmer last Saturday when he was united in marriage to Miss Florence stein 8232 Green St at o'clock at the Morgan Park Congregational Church Rev Philip Gregory ing Church and Florence were school mates at Englewood High school and have been keeping company ever sirice those wonderful days Miss Herriott Scholz and Edgar Palmer acted as bridesmaid and groomsman for the young couple who have gone to Danville for their They will reside with the Palmers for the present Church is an all-around arid has made a wonderful reputation in football baseball and basketball while attending Northwestern Uni- versity At present he is again attending his old Mater Englewood High school as coach for baseball and football and the teams are showing the results of his coaching ability LOCAL LEGION TO PARTICIPATE IN ARMY DAY MOVE Members of the Beverly Hills Post of the American Legion are to in the Fourth District picnic to be held at Calumet Grove next Sunday August 3rd An elaborate program of has been planned Members of the Post have been invited to be guests of Grover C Elmore at a golf party and dinner at the Ridge Country club for early in August The local post is also planning to take part in Mobilization Day ber 12 It is the plan to organize a citizens committee in every community of the United States who are to make plans for a public demonstration It is to be a test to see what would happen in case of a general mobilization and an indication of man-power in case of war All members of the R 0 T C are to report voluntarily to their respective headquarters September 12 was chosen on count of the birth date of Pershing d the anniversary of the capture of St Mihiel This will also be eral last official act before retiring The Beverly Hills Post will try to lave a citizens committee appointed for the Beverly Hills district so that a public community demonstration can be held for this community itself L What Was That? Newspaper Man Suicide In West Word was received in this city re- cently of the suicide of Pursley B Ogden 34 years old former Chicago newspaper man by his wife who is visiting her father H W Ewing 10616 Prospect Ave Oden took a dose of cyanide while motoring with his brother near mona Cal At the time of his death he was a copy reader for the Los An- geles Examiner While in Chicago Ogden was ant city editor on the Post and copy reader on the American He left here seven years ago Besides his wife he leaves three children Mrs Ogden has received no wore from the west as to the cause of cide of her husband Funeral services will be held in California Reserve Corps Men Return From Camp Robin H Bradley 11260 Hermosa Avenue and Ralph Crosman 9763 S Wood St returned this week after teen days encampment at Camp ter Nearly nine hundred reserve officers of the 6th Corps Area which includes Illinois Michigan and Wisconsin were present at the camp and besides plenty of paper work they were led in terrain maneuvers as in actual warfare they were also treated to a demonstration of chemical an all arms demonstration Saturday July 10 a review was held in honor of the Reserve Officers at- tending camp Mr Bradley states that he was very well pleased with the tion and shown between the regular army officers and the re- serve officers as it created a fine spirit of friendliness Mrs Bradley and Mrs Crosman visited at Gull Lake close to Camp Custer and had a very enjoyable time while their husbands attended the camp MR RUSSELL ASKS PLEDGES BE PAID ON SPORTS FUND Mr W D Russell chairman of the Morgan Park Business Men's would like to have all of the subscribers to the fund for the ball team pay up on their pledges by Saturday August 2nd in order to complete report of the same The names of all the paid up sub- scribers and loyal backers of the team will be published in next week's issue of the Suburban Star Hawaiian Visitor Returns Homeward STOP AT OLD HOME ON WESTERN LAP OF AUTO JOURNEY Murray Clarke and Wm Capune of New York former of Morgan Park stopped off at the Turner resident 11405 Lothair avenue last week on their way to California The boys are working their way at odd jobs enroute and will make the coast in their own good time Legion Post To Congregate Soon VIOLINISTS ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mrs Henrietta S Neill announces the engagement of her daughter Amy Everson to Avern B Scolnik The wedding will take place at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening Sept 24 at Christ church Woodlawn Mrs Neill and her daughter for- merly lived on the Ridge and Miss Neill is a favorite with the music lovers of this community She recently returned from a concert tour abroad This Sunday August 3rd a giant picnic and celebration will be held at Calumet Grove Blue Island under the auspices of the American Legion Posts from seventeen respective sections I Blue Island Plays Morgan Park Tonite Blue Island crosses bats with the Morgan Park nine tonight Thursday on the Fans diamond Elm and Cochran streets The Morgan Parkers have a peppy team and a good scrap is expected Sunday a return game with the will be played cents cents AllDay MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Claire Windsor Shop 1924 Monterey Mrs Josephine Lehmann Mrs Josephine Lehmann beloved wife of Henry J Lehmann 9626 derpoel Ave died Sunday July 20 1924 at the age of 18 Mrs Lehmann was an old resident of the Ridge and a member of the Ridge Woman's Club and the Women Voters League Funeral services were held Tuesday the residence with burial at Mt Hope Besides her husband Mrs Lehmann is survived by five children Lorraine Dixon Alice Katherine and Carroll within a radius of 25 miles they com- prising the Fourth District American Legion Department of Illinois A small charge for admission for adults children free Dancing band concerts athletics and carnival tures will entertain Luncheon served on the grounds or better still bring vour own lunch and stay all day Something doing all the time say the and they generally live up to what they claim The Posts participating are Crawford No 98 Stanley F Sullivan No 740 A lough No Englewood No Gl Historical Post Beverly Hills Post No 407 Flanders Post No 407 Lemont Post No 734 Calumet City Memorial Post Blue Island Post No Chicago Heights Post No 131 Harvey Post No 155 Paul Call Post 303 Town of Lake Post No 22 shall Post No 340 Homewood Post No 483 and Post No 521 Somebody attending will get 810.00 gold piece as a gift Among the sporting events are the following with the accompanying prizes for winners YOU SHOULD RECEIVE THE STAR REGULARLY The publishers of the Suburban Star desire that a copy of the per be received in every home -in the territory it serves This tory extends from 95th St south to St and from Western Ave to the Rock Island main line tracks and on St in ington Heights In excess of 4000 copies of the Star are printed each week to care for this distribution It is the desire of the publishers that thin distribution be thorough and satisfactory Complaints have been received that certain buildings or parts of streets have been neglected at times or that carriers have been careless in other in the matter of distribution The publishers will esteem it a favor if anyone is not getting the Star regularly will notify the office 11102 Longwood Drive If you live within the territory you are entitled to a copy of flic paper each week and the publishers want you to get it RESIDENTS WANT STREET PAVED TO AID NEW TRAFFIC Mrs John Midkiff of Honolulu Hawaiian Islands recently visited with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Austin W Wilson 10817 Church St and is now on her way home to Just prior to her Morgan Park visit Mrs Midkiff visited with her parents in Decatur 111 J S Johnston and Miss Mae ston of Pasadena Cal spent a few days last week with Mr and Mrs Fred Wilcox Longwood Drive Auto Party Accosted By Raiders On Western Ave Severely Man Handled BOWMAN TELLS STORY One of the boldest acts of banditry in recent years was enacted early Wednesday morning at street and Western avenue when Michael Malone and his brother Joseph both of Justine street and Bernard Malone with Robert Irvine 8240 Elizabeth taken forcibly from the car they were driving and beaten by armed thugs who followed them from an address near street and Western avenue The men were taken to a hospital in a serious condition George Bowman 6247 Hamilton avenue another member of the party who escaped the attack told the Englewood police the party had Continued on page 6 Locals Score Twenty-six Markers In Runaway Game at New Diamond Saturday STANDARD OIL DROPS PRICE OF GASOLINE 1 CENT The Standard Oil Company day announced a reduction of 1 cent a gallon in the price of gasoline bringing the price at Chicago and suburban stations down to 18 cents The new wagon price is 16 cents gallon The reductions effective at once wore announced as due to a reduction in the price of crude oil STEWART STYLE The Illinois Merchants Bank team proved to be the main act in a seven inning circus last Saturday afternoon when they played the Morgan Park team Morgan Park scored 26 runs against that stands high in the Bankers League Every player on the team registered two hits Hopple swatted four singles Billy Edwards knocked The price of kerosene was re- j out two triples and a single The big e of the day came when Great consideration is being shown at this time in connection with a proposal to widen West street between Western avenue and S Leavitt street and the residents around erly Hills section have petitioned or are ready to petition the city council for the action The following prayer for the im- provement is offered to the council with many names appended and others to come later We the citizens and tax payers do hereby respectfully petition the city council for the proper and necessary legislation for the ing of West street from S ern avenue to S Leavitt street We contend this street should be paved four blocks in order that access shall be had to and from Western avenue from the Beverly Hills district as no access is available between 95th and street The petition was signed by S M McDill 1742 W street J H Tohnson 9911 Prospect avc R J 9713 Wood street II C 10055 S Wood st J H 9855 avc II P jr W st C W Clements 9811 Prospect uvc H L Blackburn 10511 Hoyne ave N L Ritchie 9908 Walden Parkway A B Stewart 9730 Walden Parkway M R Erickson 1718 W st E C Ballard 1050 W 100th st G D Becker 1701 W si Edna C Brodine 9816 Prospect ave L dine 9816 Prospect ave II II art 10123 Prospect ave W S Keife 9354 Longwood Drive Frank E Dingle 1728 W 100th place Mrs J II 9922 Charles st A C Hermes W 100th place II 0 Day 1727 W st M E Fry 9800 Drive C L Sanford 1734 W 100th st K W Walsh 9929 Prospect ave E A 9931 Longwood Drive L Brodine 9816 ave II W Miller 9740 LYRIC THEATRE BLUE ISLAND Next August 4th 5th and 6th Stevens the Nick of the Continued on page 5 Longwood Drive II F 9820 Charles st V S Wetmore 1722 W 100th place M H Core chester ave G E Jones 1715 W 100th st G H Blodgett 1704 W 100th st G A Peschel 1710 W 100th PL and many others will sign in a few days as the list is not complete however there seems to be no trouble in securing sufficient petitioners to the article forward for the posed action The Prince of at His in His Seven Reels of Happiness ADULTS KIDDIES lOc
