Suburban Star (Newspaper) - July 29, 1926, Morgan Park, Illinois Favorite in Home of Morgan Park Overly Hills Mt Greenwood Worth OUR FIELD The Finest Residential Section In Cook County SUBURBAN A Community Newspaper VOL 4 MORGAN PARK JULY 1926 This Section For Business anil Homes TAILOR FINDS HIS SUIT AIL CUB SITE A Million Dollar Equestrian Country Club Polo and Golf Fields Planned PRICE PAID AN ACRE COUNTRY IN PALOS HILLS The McCord farm owned by John and Margaret McCord street and Keene Avenue Palos Park has been sold to a syndicate of Chicago men and will become the site of a million dollar equestrian country club The new enterprise will bear the name of Fields Club patterned after the famous club in England on which the polo games are played The club's property from the McCords comprises 275 acres The price is said to have been per It adjoins just east across the paved highway one of the largest sections of Cook County For- est The latter has woodland and dells excellent for bridle paths for horseback riding It is the intention of the club to nave a polo field rings dles and bridle paths for riders ten- nis courts a swimming pool and Shooting traps And O yes there be two golf courses The two courses ought to keep quite a fair section of the city poking around white The club buildings are to the early type of architecture and of brick ed white red tile roofs and are is to be of two and it resemble one of the stately the eighteenth cen tury with tall pillars rising from the veranda Close by is to be a clubhouse for men only Then there Be a swimming pool and bath which will harmonize with general architectural scheme The stables will be beyond the fifeld and they will be in harmony with the English idea of barns They will take care of the polo ponies and ing horses by both the club and A capacity of 120 Is There is to be a promenade around the tack room and will allow an tion of the horses trophies and Among those who are interested in the development of Fields Country Club are Grover er president of the Equestrian Society of CooH County John A Carroll president of the Hyde Park State bank M J president of the Inland Rubber company Dr W F John Bain Walter Butler Leander J McCormick John worth D B Silbermann president of the Dexter park polo team Harold G Townsend of the Chicago Trust company Perry Bland business manager The membership is limited The Heights 1237 W St were mysteriously robbed sometime last Monday night the robbers taking practically every suit in the shop The Iocs is mated at providing the has to replace every suit The robbers will be lucky if they are able to sell the suits hand for When Mr Ulm opened his shop early Tuesday morning he noticed the clothing was missing but could find no clew as to how the burglars entered his The doors were all locked and had not been tampered with none of the windows had been forced and it is a mystery to him as to how they gained entrance There were two ways he figured that they gained entrance some one had unaccountably secured a key to the sHop or some one had come in Monday and was hiding inside when he locked up Monday evening The shop was burglarized 2 weeks ago but only a few were missed and Mr barred and bolted all doors securely from the in- side These had not been touched last Monday evening Above the new Country the ambers A poto fieW hurtles and do t there will Tx two golf and other a mariner Rebori are the which will be located near Polos its great forest Visiting Speakers To Fill Pulpit In the absence the pastor Chas Rufus Osborn spend his vacation Mich the Morgan Park Church will hear the ing clergymen August 1 Rev F F Bernauer of the First Baptist Church of Oakland Me August T F Harveyr pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas Texas August 15 Dr Warren H Beahan a former tor of Morgan Park Baptist Church and now Dean of Ottawa University Ottawa Kansas August 22 Dr Otto a former pastor and now president of the Chicago Baptist Ex- Council Only morning ship service will be held each Sunday The hour is 11 o'clock Local members of the church b e in charge of the prayer services each Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock in the church parlors evening July 29 Mr and Mrs Raymond Smith August 4 Mr and Mrs Johnson August 11 Mr and Mrs Reed August 18 Mrs J W Weddell and Mrs Clara Mingus August and Mrs C C W Innes Sept 1 V and Mr Frank Ford NeW Swimming Pool Opens on August 2 The new swimming pool at and Western Ave is rapidly nearing completion The work was to have been completed July 15 but the rainy weather slowed up the work ably Monday August 2 they expect the old pool to be ready for bathers and the new pool a week later This new pool and brick bathhouse is being constructed at a cost of This includes a high brick wall surrounding both a large bathhouse with facilities for both the boys and girls This new bathhouse separate compartments has been arranged so that the boys and girl can swim the same days instead of alternately days as in the past 80 ACRES IN WORTH ARE TRANSFERRED RECENTLY A tract of eighty acres fronting north on Ninety-fifth St and one- quarter of a mile west of Central Park Ave has been conveyed by the Union Bank of Chicago as trustee to John A O'Malley subject to an brance of The property is in Worth township Traffic Lights At and Western The of traffic stop anc go lights are now in operation a steet and on each of the four corners These lights will force a break in the traffic at this point and will en- able persons desiring to cross an op- Sunday and holiday traffic on Western Avenue has made it impossible to cross here The lights are of a different type than heretofore installed about Blue Island being composed of three lights behind each warning panel instead of one and will cost 75 per cent less per year to operate Return From J BLOOD UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO FORMER NURSE Friends of F S Blood 11165 mond St have been curious about his broad this past week Well it is a secret no longer he has taken unto himself a wife Yes he is a married man again Mr Blood known to the old timers dn having past years was to Mrs Olga Oman his former and also nurse to ther former Mrs Blood who passed away in April 1925 The Rev Dr Behan 10747 Wood St pastor of the Morgan Baptist Church united the two in marriage at Ms home Tuesday ning July 6 p m Mrs Blood a former resident of all in tan for the occasion and wore a corsage bouquet of yellow tea roses A short trip was planned but has been postponed due to illnes in family Their trip will be taken later Mr Blood is well known to bers of the Morgan Park ment Association having been urer for the past ten years Aid Would Stop Shyster Lawyers Shyster lawyers who have made it a business to secure objections to needed street improvements in this well as other parts of the hereby causing great delays and expense in carrying out the are violating the statutes of the State of Illinois and in the future are liable to arrest if the tice is not stopped An was introduced in the Kinlay July 22 putting a stop to this practice It IT IS ORDERED that the Superintendent of Police be he is hereby directed to cause arrest of one or more of persons actively such tions so that the statutes of State of Illinois can be enforced and the injurious practice stopped so far as possible STAGE FOR DAILY NEWS FRESH AIR FUND The girls in the neighborhood of and Church St are roi a Very charitable nature always willing to help those less fortunate than selves and last Friday afternoon a classic dancing that netted them which they con- to the Daily News Air Fund Ten girls May Burnham Evelyn and Jane Wilson Virginia Sharf Mildred Buenga Grace Delia and Mildred Koch with vacation tim on their hands and wishing to do something worth while conceived thi idea of contributing to Daily News Fresh Air Fund With the Kelp o their mothers they spent consider able time practicing classic dancing made their own costumes and sol over a hundred tickets for the play and are willing to contribute their spending money the next weeks to this cause A goood crowd of neighbors ed the affair applauding the in their dancing which on the lawn of the home of Mrs H Koch St Friday after- noon July 23 The girls sold worth of tickets the balance being by neighbors The girls are thankful to them for their Still bubbling over with enthusiasm and their success following their the girls put on little flay for the children at Morgan Park Home for Dependent Children at and where -I t was greatly appreciated Recovering From Illness Edwin Pratt of the Ridgeview Apartments who has been at Camp McDonald near Mich the summer camp of the Scouts and who has been ill with for the past week or 10 dayi at the Mercy Hospital in is now getting along nicely a fair way to recovery Leave for North Woods Rev and Mrs P E Gregory 2222 St leave this week to spend the month of August in the northern woods of Wisconsin The L M Foote family 11044 mond St returned Monday evening from a motor trip to Niagara Falls They visited Mr sister and husband Dr and Mrs ford at Meadville Pa on the way East and spent a day at Conneaut Lalte one of Pennsylvania's finest re- sorts The Ferguson family 10863 Irving Ave are motoring in the East Mrs Elizabeth Spiers of the city is visiting her son Mr A Bv Spiers of 2137 W Place CHRYSLER Automobiles Complete GARAGE Service Official Service Station Chicago Motor Club AUTO LAUNDRY BATTERY and TIRE SERVICE Western Ave Auto Sales Corp and Ave Phone Bev The Hagenbuck Seeley Ave are at Twin Lakes Wis New Drapery Store Open At Auburn Pk Two prominent business men in this neighborhood Mandelstein and L Schrain opened a new store at the corner of street 7757 S Halsted Street last week Their firm name is Chicago Home Service Com- pany A large crowd of prospective customers thronged their store ing the opening days and they have expressed their wish of being able to thank all the friends and customers who attended Both the men aer old timers in this neighborhood and are well known to the people of vicinity The Star wishes them the best of luck in their new enterprise B T Lay Line on No accountable reason was given for the necessary speed part of this B O C T railroad in laying a single spur track along St from their main line east of Western Ave to the Belt line west of Western Ave a distance of about Va mile This unexpected spur which will used for freight has been layed to within 100 feet each side o Western no pretense o grading or ballast It is just laid on top of the ground The track west of Western Ave i cut through corn field running ove sidewalks and curb stones off Cambpbell and Maplewood Aves for north and south bound traffic Erection of Sutherland Memorial Library at Would M P Building DELAY TAKING ACTION Action on the petition for the of a branch of the cago Public Library at and Longwood Drive to be known Sutherland Memorial was deferred a meeting held to discuss the Monday afternoon July 26 according to F IW Turner chairman of a cial committee of Morgan Improvement Association It is a general principle of library system that no two shall be supported within ar at each other The establishing of branch at and Longwood within a mile of the George C er branch at and would mean the closing of the branch At the last meeting of the Morgan Park Improvement Association members were informed of the posed movement appointed committee headed by Mr Turner to investigate and see done T The Walker branch was not as a part of the library Golf Club Purchased The Golf Course ing of 120 acres containing 18 holes was reported sold for to an undisclosed purchaser last week The course is on the northwest cor- ner of Western Avenue and fifth street There is a rumor that the club will be discontinued after this Mrs Ahern mother of the former tors plans to construct a course in Palos township where she 160 acres She would erect a Hotel as well She has been trying to the adjoining 160 acres The complete venture would represent a considerable investment Fires Shots But Robbers Escape Will Tour the East Mr Turley Stephenson and family 9616 Winchester Ave leave the 1st of August on an auto trip thru the East stopping at Washington D C to visit Mr Stephenson's brother There was great excitement Mon day night when someone tried to gain entrance to the H Normoyle home 11257 Hermosa Ave Nor moyle's absence When he returned armed with a revolver he searched through the shrubbery firing several shots but the intruder escaped The police were notified Morgan ago by George C Walker and fto years was supported by the ot the community Whin Morgan Part was annexed to ft became branch of the main system gan Park residents and have a great of J for it and will do their best to t Those backing the petition for library branch at and Longwood say that their site is mow centrally located Carl B the head of the Chicago Library stated that the site is a beautiful comer lot We Mf sorry it is so near the present We don't want to shut down library While there is no definite rule against two buildings within i mile of each other a principle to that effect of the Walker looks favorable according Morgan Park residents intimately the of transportation Military Academy and Morgan High School to the Walker will more than likely decide tion The Opening of my New and Modern Restaurant in the Blue Island Trust and Savings Bank Western Avenue and Vermont Street On or About August 1926 The Equipment Service Food Cooking and Every Detail of the has been worked out to the last minute DINING WILL BE A REAL JOY WAIT AND WATCH NOT VERY LONG NOW ON OR ABOUT AUGUST 15th 1926 CHAS HAAS Prop MOTORS and ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Will give Reliable ical and Safe Service if upon the first indication that all is not as it should be you call the Call the City and Suburban Electrical Service Repairs Changes Additions Motors illumination Fixture Work Base Plugs Electric Irons We Save You Money in Many Ways No Lost Time We Come Ready to Complete Your Work By taking care of the small repairs before they became large jobs 2351 W STREET Phone Beverly 2279 Phone Pullman 5248 DOYLE CASE CONTINUED UNTIL SEPTEMBER The case of people against Doyle came up at the criminal court f Chicago Thursday and con- Until the September of Doyle killed his father when hft drove his car into another at and Western Ave some time while both were of moonshine His father died m St Francis Hospital and the Blue police turned Doyle over to the Gresham He was later dieted by the Grand Jury John McRenzie 9845 is visiting in Canada SHAMPOO OPEN Friday and Claire 1924
