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Newspaper

Suburban Star

Location

Morgan Park, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1924

Page

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Armistice Day Services Honor Fallen Heroes

Armistice Day programs at Morgan Park Military Academy and Morgan Park High School honor World War I fallen heroes. Cadets planted trees and observed a military salute with taps while Major General Milton J. Foreman addressed students. Edwin Libby and his wife traveled to Madison to see their son Ralph at the University.

Morgan Park Military Academy Cfets Morgan Park Philip E Ridge A. A. Gray Beverly Hills American Legion Philip E. Gregory Morgan Park High School Illinots National Guard 108Th Place Longwood Drive Foreman Buegler Edwin Libby Esmond St Madison, Wis Ralph

Ambrose Wyrick Tenor To Sing At M E Church

Ambrose Wyrick the famed silver toned tenor will sing at Morgan Park Methodist Church next Sunday night at 7 00 oclock. Audiences will note his clear diction and wide compass. Rev A D Klontz will speak on The Best Investment after the program.

Ambrosa Wyrick Morgan Park Methodist Church Herman Devries Studebaker Theatre Wyrick Secchi la Nuit Chicago Daily Journal A. D. Klontz

Vanderpoel P T Association Plans December 5 Meeting

The Vanderpoel Parent Teacher Association will hold its next meeting December 5 at 2 30 p m in the school assembly hall. Miss Emma Robinson will speak on Christmas Books and music will be provided by students from Mrs Emicks and Mrs Bakers rooms. Refreshments will be served and all are invited.

Vanderpoel Parent- Teacher Association Vanderpoel Emma Robinson Emick

Recital at Home of Mrs A H Swett in Bethany Church series

The Woman's Society of Bethany Union Church will host a recital at 10560 Longwood Drive on Tuesday at 2 30 PM featuring the Dangremond Trio with violin cello and piano. Other numbers include solos and duets by Mrs C B Pillsbury and Miss Loma Belle Bryant with Charlotte Beyer as accompanist. A chalk talk by Margaret Gardner will close the children’s program on December 1.

Woman's Society of Bethany Union Church A. H. Swett Longwood Drive Dangremond Pillsbury Loma Belle Bryant Charlotte Beyer Woman’s Society of Bethany Union Church Margaret Gardner

Blake Jr elected vice president of monument firm

Charles E. Blake Jr of 11107 Hoyne Ave was elected vice president of the Chas. G. Blake Monument Co at the board meeting. Mrs B J Ashley of 11103 Hoyne Ave is in Rochester Minnesota under Mayo Clinic observation.

Chas. Blake, Jr Charles E. Blake, Jr Hoyne Ave Chas. G. Blake Chas. G. Blake Monument Co B. J. Ashley Rochester, Minn Mayo Bros. Clinic

Beverly Legion Plans Auxiliary Formation Tonight

Beverly Hills Post of the American Legion schedules a meeting at Ridge Park Field House to form a Woman's Auxiliary. Mrs C E Heywood will lead as guest speaker alongside Miss Susan Hammond and Miss Gertrude Fitzpatrick. Invitations extend to ex-service men families and all eligible locals. Refreshments follow and attendance is urged.

Beverly Hills American Legion Ridge Park Field House Beverly Hills Post Ridge District Star C. E. Heywood Department of Illinois Woman’s Auxiliary The Susan Hammond Square Post Gertrude Fitzpatrick Blue Island Fourth District Morgan Park Church of Christ Leland W. Porter CG. W. Foster

Local Tots Join Radio Lullaby Club

Local child Little Sonny and Gladys Byers of Morgan Park Illinois become members of the WLS Lullaby Listeners Club and wear the badge of the Order. Meetings are held every evening at seven over the Sears Roe Buck Station in Chicago with Little Glenn Rowell and Big Word Rush in charge. Smoky the duck and Static the parrot initiate members as the Wood Shed Theatre is organized for member entertainment.

Little Sonny Gladys Byers Morgan Park Ill WLS Lullaby Sears-Roebuck Chicago Glenn Rowell Big Word Rush Smoky the Duck Static Parrot Woodshed

Farewell Luncheon for Mrs Kendrick Honors Mrs Hall

Mrs Geo M Kendrick will entertain at a farewell luncheon next Wednesday at 9610 Van derpoel Ave in honor of Mrs Charles H Hall of 9606 Vanderpoel Ave The Halls plan to depart for Europe at the end of November to train eighteen months Miss May Robinson at 10817 Wood St gave a piano recital Wednesday evening.

Geo. M. Kendrick Vanderpoel Ave Charles H. Hall Europe May Robinson Wood St

School Building Program Denied by Sup t Hedges

Superintendent Hedges confirms only two confirmed projects in the district the new elementary school at 101st and Hoyne Ave and the Morgan Park High School addition plans drawn and contracts let. He notes officials have not determined or discussed eighty two proposed sites and reports of a ten year program are unauthorized publicity. Portable classrooms average six to eight per year.

William Hedges Suburban Star Reporter McAndrew Hedges 101St and Hoyne Ave Morgan Park

Calumet Bank Plans Big Birthday Party

The Calumet Trust and Savings Bank will host a birthday celebration the week of December 1 to 6 to mark twenty years in operation since November 28, 1904. The bank will be decorated and souvenirs given to all depositors as part of the anniversary observance. Watch this paper for further details.

Calumet Trust and Savings Bank

South Side Game Ends With Lindblom Victory in Chapter

The Lindblom High School team defeated Englewood 14 to 12 to claim the south side championship on November 8. Coach E. L. Moore, a Morgan Park resident, coached Lindblom with assistant Ed Palmer, while Chuck Palmer led Englewood. Lindblom advances to face Lane Tech for the city title.

Lindblom Engglewood Morgan Park E. L. Moore Lindblom High School 107Th Place Ed. Palmer Oakley Ave Chuck” Palmer Engglewood High School Lane Tech

Armistice Day Address Delivered by Rev F R Myers

Rev Frank R Meyers pastor of the Church of the Mediator and chaplain of the 181st Infantry spoke at the combined Armistice Day and 80th anniversary celebration at St James Episcopal Church Cass and Huron Streets. Myers formerly served as pastor at St James prior to Morgan Park assignment.

Frank R. Meyers Church of the Mediator 181St Infantry St. James’ Episcopal Church Cass and Huron Sts Myers St. James’ Church Morgan Park

St Margaret's Golden Jubilee Celebrations Planned

St Margaret's Church marks fifty years with a three day Jubilee from November 23 to 28 at 99th and Throop plans set by Rev P J McGuire. Activities include social nights November 20 to 22 and Masses on November 23 24 and 25 with former pastors and curates attending. Parish history notes origins in 1874 and name change to St Margaret's of Scotland in 1892.

St. Margaret’s Throop P. J. McGuire St. Margarets St. Margaret’s Hall P. J. Tinan Longwood Academy Engglewood Longwood West Pullman Washington Heights Fernwood S. P. McDonnell T., J. Hurry St. Barnabas Anthony Wiemeler Winston Ave

Missionary John A Hallett Wed Zella York in Bolivia

John A Hallett, son of Mr and Mrs T E Hallett of 11200 Oakley Ave, who served a Bolivia mission for three years, married October 30 to Miss Zella Marion York of Corey PA, Allegheny College graduate, who joined the Bolivia mission four years ago.

John A. Hallett T. E. Hallett Oakley Ave Cocha Bamba Bolivia Zella Marion York York Corey, Pa Allegheny College Methodist Missionary Board

Mor gan Park Academy Set For Homecoming Day

Homecoming day at Morgan Park Academy is scheduled for Saturday November 15. The M P M A football team meets M I G I N academy and a dinner dance closes the day as organizers promise the greatest homecoming yet with a committee led program.

Academy Alanni Association Morgan Park Kenly Mlgin Academy

Morgan Park High School Play Aims For Own Ghost Story Night

The Dramatic Club presented The Ghost Story at Oak Forest Infirmary Sunday evening. The performance drew large attendance and was hailed as a huge success.

Dramatic Club Morgan Park High School Oak Forest Infirmary

Academy Alumni Hold Meet Name New Committees

Morgan Park Military Academy alumni organized under Captain Horace Mellum at the City Club on November 5. An executive committee and special membership publicity groups were named, with a Home-Coming Day Committee elected to rally grads for the November 15 game and plans for a November 22 game at Lake Geneva. The group will meet monthly, inviting all alumni to attend.

Morgan Park Military Academy City Club Horace Mellum Jas. A. Donovan J. Dwight Dickerson E. L. Dare James J. Galligan Theodore Arnold Martin Hansen Ernest Reniff Roy GC. Kindt Philip Stockhauseir J. Russell Brown Fred Herendeen A. G. Shaver Harry D. Abells Horace J. Mellum Paul Herriott Academy Northwestern Academy Lake Geneva Wisconsin Hooch Price

Armistice Service at Morgan Park Church

A large crowd attended a Sunday Armistice service at Morgan Park Methodist Church with cadets from Morgan Park Military Academy, whose band performed three numbers. The decor featured rifles stuck with spider webs and flowers in the barrels to symbolize disarmament. The service, themed The Price of Peace, urged universal peace beyond religious divides and ended with taps.

Morgan Park Methodist Church Morgan Park Military Academy

Mrs Matthews and Son Leave Hospital After Auto Crash

Mrs F H Matthews of 9329 Longwood Drive and her son Wilbur, badly hurt in an automobile accident weeks ago, have recovered enough to move from the hospital to her sister’s Joliet home under a trained nurse’s care.

F. H. Matthews Longwood Drive Wilbur Joliet

Community Music Night Features Noted Artist and Pianist

Morgan Park Woman's Club presents a cultural program Monday November 17 at 8 p m in Morgan Park M E Church. Dunley Crafts WatsonMilwaukee Art Institute director and noted lecturer curates Art and Community Life. Marie Kettering Gunn School pianist and Helen Hedges soprano headline with strong artistry and public audience appeal.

Morgan Park Dunley Crafts Watson Milwaukee Art Institute Earl Er Sorolla Madrid Valencia Sir Alfred Bast England Art Instit Chicago Rockford Art Guild Springfield Illinois Art Association Metropolitan Museum of Art New York Museum of Fine Arts Boston Detroit Institute of Art Chicago Marie Kettering Gunn School of Music and Dramatic Art Monmouth Conservatory of Music Helen Hedges Mary Peck Thomson

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