Austin News of the Town Christmas Roundup
Local residents share holiday travels family visits and gatherings with many returning from trips to New York state Washington DC Montreal and Chicago. The section notes parties school events scholarships fundraising and a Christmas program by the First Methodist Sunday School with gifts for the needy and a communal cake and ice cream reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorndyke
Austin
Charles
Chicago
Trinity College
Washington, D. C
Local notes from Oak Park and vicinity holiday season
Oak Park community news lists visiting friends and relatives, school events, a theft at a home, and local improvements. It mentions Miss B M Andrews, Mr Geo Ingersoll, the free night school enrollment, teachers at the State Teachers Association, and four Plymouth rock hens stolen from Dr A E Morey. Also notes lodge officers for Harlem Lodge and new house developments near Scoville and Himwood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Blackstone
Washington
Sanduel
Arnts
Jardine
Mont
Newton ‘Whittlesey
Forest Avenue
W. H. Hatch
Rockford, Minn
Geo. Ingersoll
North Oak Oak Avenue
Racine Military College
Miss Spooner
North Grove Ave
Nes Yar
Home Avenue
Jease Smith
Fig It
A. E Morey
North Oak Park Avenue
W.A. Ferguson
Minnie ‘Whitman
Hansel
Western College
Oxford
Ohio
Florence McCormack
Texas
J. M. Martin
South School
Edward Hendricks
Highland Avenue School
State Teachers’ Association
Springfield
Scoville Avenue
Himwood
Geo. W. Woodbury
Euclid Avenue
LM. Stearns
East Avenue
Randolph Street
Gus Cutsubitees
Marion ‘Street
Harlem Lodge
A. F
A. M
Chris
Hafner
D. D. Brown
F. A. Sperry
Watt
Tyler
Joseph Scales
Austin Philharmonic Club Receives Baton Honor
Dr. CW Coltrin, director, was presented with a valuable baton by club members. The Austin Philharmonic Club, in its fifth year, has grown from a local group to a renowned amateur orchestra drawing players from Chicago and suburbs. The January 21 concert at Library Hall features popular music with works by Sousa Herbert and Luders, Mozart, and Beethoven. Violin soloist Theodore Beresina and monologist Ed S. McCuen are featured. The orchestra funds itself through season concerts. admission is 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CW. Coltrin
Austin Philharmonic Club
Harry JL. Culvér
Coltrin
Chicago
Mozart
Beethoven
Library Hall
Sousa
Herbert
Luders
Theodore Beresina
Beresina
8. McCuen
McCuen
Austin
Austin High School Notes And Alumni Football Team Formed
Robt Cutting trains for next year's regatta and acts as porter for the Michigan owned by a Chicago man. Roy the champion tiddie-de winky player issues a challenge. Austin High School Alumni football team formed with listed lineup including Jenkins Gardiner Biggs Jacobs Hawkins Turner Gardiner Jampolis nager Cutting Weber Adams Jampolis back from Ann Arbor for Christmas. Linton Hart to host Ten Friends for Thursday tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutting
Porter
Michigan
Chicago
Hey Roy
Austin High School
Hbow
Chewecka
Jenkins
Gardiner
Biggs
Jacobs
Hawkins
Mer Turner
Hoagland
Jampolis
Raynager
Robert Cutting
Arthur’ Weber
Chas. Adams
Mark Jampolis
Ann Arbor
Linton Hart
Friends
Indoor ball clash set as Austin High faces Alumni
The Austin High School indoor team meets the Austin Alumni Friday night December 28 at Library Hall. Admission 15 cents, dancing 10 cents. Game at 8 oclock. Alumni composed of former high school stars with a strong defense of Austin’s title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin High School
Austin
Library Hall
H. Gardiner
Jenkins
Cutting
Jacobs
Weber
Decker
Hoagland
R. S
Haythorn
R. F
Carruthers
L. F. Austin High School
Gardiner
Hawkins
Biggs
Cavey
Ray
Turner
de Meyer
Hart
Davidson
Books Suitable for Reading at Baptist Ministers Meeting
At a Chicago gathering of Baptist ministers, Rev. George A. Campbell of the Austin Christian Church criticized most modern Sunday School novels as cheap, poorly written, and morally demoralizing. He endorsed a reading list featuring Scott Ivanhoe Bronte Jane Eyre Dickens David Copperfield Elliott Daniel Deronda Hawthorne Scarlet Letter Thackeray Vanity Fair Hugo Les Miserables Balzac Cousin Pons Goethe Wilhelm Meister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Ministers
Chicago
George A. Campbell
Austin Christian Church
Campbell
Oak Park Welcomes New Episcopal Pastor
Rev. Ernest V. Shayler of Sandusky Ohio is chosen pastor of Grace Episcopal Church Oak Park and will start duties the coming Sunday December 20. He led Calgary Church in Sandusky for six years boosting membership from 360 to 4 communicants and is a Kenyon College divinity graduate. Bishop Anderson to conduct the installation service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Ohio
Grace Episcopal Church
Oak Park
Shayler
Calgary Church
Episcopal Diocese
New Devinity School
Kenyon. College
Grace Church
Sunday School and Church Reform Aim for Real Morality
The writer critiques early religious instruction, urging deeper study beyond rote verses. He warns against overemphasis on dogma and creeds, advocating an ideal community that uplifts the weak and corrupts no one, stressing living truths over letters of the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tch
Aehmed
Jon
Colonel Parker
Church
Jesus
Death of an Aged Woman in Berwyn
On Christmas day a funeral was held in Berwyn for Reynolds aged eighty two. A longtime church member, she lived with one of thirteen children at Thirty-fourth and Berkey Avenue. Her surviving family includes a son residing in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ber Wyn
Ita
Reynolds
Magsas
Seane
Lae
Angeles
Austin Chess and Checker Club hosts simultaneous exhibition
Mr C W Phillips substituted for L Uedemann at the Austin club Thursday evening December 20. He played fourteen games at once, winning all but one drawn by Mrs Middleton after a late start by an Oak Park player. The event showcased the ladies' potential in chess and listed the players and openings. The club meets every Thursday at 7 30 pm at 103 North Park avenue, N Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Phillips
L. Uedemann
Phillips
Middleton
Oak Park
Mr. Middleton
J. F. Paulsen
Mr. Sehaaf
Giuoco
J. W. Wilson
Ray Lopez
W. A. Showerman
L. H. O’conor
King Bishop
J. W. Rossiter
Evan
T. H. Wilson
Vienna
C. S. Page
Ruy Lopez
C. B. Schenck
Austin
Underwood
Rossiter
Tramps Given Tickets for Wood Yard Work in Oak Park
Oak Park associated charities devised a plan to curb begging by issuing tickets to households. Tramps presenting tickets receive one hour of work at Delos Hull & Co to split kindling in exchange for 16 cents or a warm meal. The scheme reduced applicants from over 3,000 to 150 in a year and two tramps fed so far this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities of
Oak Park
Delos Hull & Co
Associated Charities
Hull & Co
Phil Sheridan Post Memorial Service Tonight
Phil Sheridan Post will hold memorial services for four members who died this year at 8 o'clock. Services at Library Hall Scoville Institute will honor A. A. Adair L. H. Baker H. C. D. Gillespie and N. C. Betts. Department leaders Joel M. Longnecker C A Partridge and other staff are expected to attend. Open to all friends of the Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Sheridan
Library Hall
Scoville Institute
A. A. Adair
L. H. Baker
U. S. Volunteers
H. C. D. Gillespie
N. C. Betts
Brackett
Minnesota Cavalry
Skating on Merrick Park Faces Water Dispute
Skaters converge on the flooded Merrick Park rink as Alderman Race pushes for a second water freeze to improve skating while the water company resists, demanding city funding for additional water use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrick Park
Alderman Race
Fellowship Club meeting on The American Merchant Marine
The Fellowship Club of Unity Church Oak Park will hold a Friday evening meeting on January 4 to discuss The American Merchant Marine Speakers include Fred A Bangs president of the Hamilton Club and H K Smith of the Chicago Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fellowship Club of Unity Church
Oak Park
Fred A. Bangs
Hamilton Club
H. K. Smith
The
Chicago Chronicle
Farmer Nearly Bleeds to Death After Stubble Gash
L. T. Davis of near Weet Union West Virginia suffered a severe throat wound when his neck struck a sharp corn stubble while hauling fodder. He fell from a wagon and nearly bled out before help arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. T. Davis
Weet Union
W. Va
Union Carpenters in San Francisco Open 4th Plant
A union placing mill in San Francisco is in full operation employing 2,000 union men. The Mn Union carpenters showcase what organized labor can achieve when acting as a unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San’Francisco
Local Holiday Notes From East Oak Park
East Oak Park society items list residents visiting kin and hosting gatherings over the holidays Mrs. Dan visits Lake Bluff Mrs. Cormack hosts Mrs. John Furlong entertains Mrs. A Schwall Miss F L Fairbanks spends holidays in Fitchburg Maine Mrs. Pearce hosts Christmas dinner Mrs Timberlake ill with la grippe Mrs B K Poyer visits San Francisco Miss Mary Love contracts diphtheria Mr and Mrs W G Baxter plan move to Winnetka Henry Hogan erects new residences Mrs Hall and infant daughter visit Desplaines relatives Mrs C C Carr anniversary observed Mrs D E Brink recovering from illness McLain daughter leg paralysis after diphtheria Rev C W McCaskill to lead Third Methodist January 6. noted as PhD and expected strong speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Lake Bluff
Cormack
Harvey Avenue
John Furlong
A. Schwall
Evanston
F. L. Fairbanks
Central School
Fitchburg
Maine
Wm. Pearce
Timberlake
la Grippe
Dunmore
North Cuyler Avenue
San Francisco
Thielaye Ee
Friends
Hebron
Mary Love
Miss Taylor
Austin
West Side Hospital
Hall
Nee Butler
Desplaines
Thomas Butler
North Taylor Avenue
C. C. Carr
North Harvey Avenue
D. E. Brink
McLain
Lombard Avenue
C. W. ‘McCaskill
Beverly
Mass
Third Methodist Church
Ontario Street
McCaskill
Boston University
Harlem News Briefs Highlight Local Events and Visits
Harlem social notes list Mrs. Warwick hosting Cleveland friends, Miss Kimmer in Hinsdale for Christmas, and Mrs. Quandt visited by daughters. July Thirteen Pleasure Club plans a January 19 masquerade ball. Mabel Larson hosts Friday. Miss Bailey visits from Stevens Point. Mrs. Baker and Wertz visit. Wm. Stroschein recovering from illness. R D Larson hosts Mabel’s birthday party. Rufer returns from cancer surgery. Edwin Owen to spend three months in Wales. December 26 religious services held citywide. Harlem Young Men's Singing Club formed meeting at Roos Hall with officers Schultz, Gold, Barrett, Lorenz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
Cleveland
Ohio
Lillie Kimmer
Hinsdale
Robertson
Lathrop Avenue
Pleasure Club
Mabel Larson
Miss Bailey
Stevens Point
F. Hoffman
Wm. Stroschein
Mannerchor Society
Thode’s Hall
R. D. Larson
Mabel
Rufer
Washington
Edwin Owen
Oak Park
Harlem
Wales
Fatherland
Harlem Young Men's Singing Club
Roos’ Hall
Fred Schultz
Geo. Gold
John Barrett
Prof
T. Lorenz
River Forest Holiday Social and Illness Notes
Mrs. Harry Thompson is ill with la grippe and Mrs. F. D. Thompson has pleurisy. Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Moore visited Evanston friends for Christmas. Goodman couple shared Christmas dinner in Chicago with his mother. River Forest Dancing Club enjoyed a German dance. Dr. Fawcett of the Methodist Church spends holidays in Canada. Fred Rickets of Chicago and Cassel family hosted Christmas. Garqueville anniversary gathering of about twelve couples featured a mahogany table gift from the Card Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Thompson
F. D. Thompson
L. E. Moore
Evanston
Goodman
Chicago
Dr. Fawcett
Methodist Church
Canada
Fred
Cassel
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Catekin
South Cenitral Avenue
E.R. Dunlop
George, Correlli
Syria
Sarah Sprague
J. W. Clapp
North Central Avenue
5. L. Stafford
Davenport
Lilly
Montreal
Edward Francis
Center Avenue
A. M. Perkins
North Park Avenue
New
South Park Avenue
Phoebe Hammond
H. Heath
Emma Hammond
Ohio Street
Frank Emerson
Emerson
Fred L. Charles
de Kalb
Ill
B. M.andrews
Central al
Girard A
Rae He Oe
OAK Park Shoe Store
Austin High School Notes
Maywood
Mtn Christian
Berwyn
Iifbe
Austin Chess and Checker Club
Phil Sheridan Post
Fellowship Club
Putnam Clothing House
Clark Street
Madison Street
M. Babbitt
Prop
East Oak Park
Harold Sayles
Sixty-fourth Avenue
Ypsilanti, Mich
W. G. Batxer
South Euclid Avenue
Winnetkap
Baxter
Henry Hogan
Sixty Fourth Avenue
Pleasant Street
Lake Street
Ridgeland Avenue
River Forest
Renta
E. Samuelson
Ware
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