THE HERALD
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Police Manners
Discourteous to Young Villagers
To the Editor: It seems that with all these holidays and national weeks we celebrate, we ought to have a Courtesy Day observed in the village. It would do some of our discouteous policemen good.
I am a parent of three children, all of school age. I love my children and want to see them protected, rather than abused and threatened by law enforcing agencies.
This is not a crank letter because, as yet no harm has been done to my children. But I have seen incidents in the last few weeks that have spurned me to write this letter. I have seen an officer of Melrose Park assault a boy by, in his words, "kicking him in the seat of his pants." This may be necessary if the victim was a thug, brandishing a gun or threatening to strike the officer. But that was not the case.
Another incident was at the recent Proviso-Wisconsin football game in which this same policeman threatened to punch a spectator in the nose. Such tactics are bad if the village wants to keep up its good name.
MOTHER OF THREE.
Street Cars
Take Them Off Lake Street
To the Editor: A few weeks ago your paper gave a resume of the Chicago transportation situation and then linked it with the Oak Park situation by saying that the Oak Park company hoped to sell its property to the Chicago system "if the latter had enough money left" to buy it, and finished by saying that all that the village citizens could do meanwhile is to "hopefully wait" until that happens and I just want to ask why?
True the matter is in the hands of the State Commerce Commission but I supposed that this body looked on matters put in to their hands both from the citizens' viewpoint and the railroads.
The officials of the village, or a committee from the Western suburbs had enough influence to get the street cars off of Chicago avenue and Roosevelt road, so why not enough to do the same on Lake street?
The situation is this,the ancient cars now being used on that street are so run down and noisy that they are proving a nuisance and a detriment to property values. It is becoming more difficult all the time to rent the apartments so that a sufficient return can be had to pay the heavy taxes assessed against the property as well as pay the upkeep of the buildings, because of the noise of the cars. No new cars hqve been bought for more years than anyone can remember and the best ones burned in the fire that destroyed the car bams some
years ago. These were replaced, by still more ancient ones that had been previously discarded.
While this removal is being urged the property owners would get a great deal of relief if the night service could be taken over by the busses that the company now uses in going back and forth on Lake to continue the service to Elmhurst from the end of the car line.
This would be an advantage ,to the Car company as well as a relief to harassed owners and managers, and would increase rather than lessen the value of the property of the company when, or if, the Chicago system decides to buy it.
JENNIE B. MAINLAND
Elephant Laughs
At F.D.R. Articles In Colliers
To the Editor: The alibi pages by F.D.R. in Collier's give the other comic sheets a back seat. It would make any elephant forget and laugh his troubles away, especially the G.O.P. elephant, with a big horse-laugh. If Mr. Roosevelt wants the 80 per cent of the people to join his 20 per cent and have "unity," why bring all this up now a lot of old sour blunders. It appears to show the workings of an arbitrary vindictive brain and promotes unity like a couple of prize fighters.
E. w. a
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Maywood Historical Society Meets at Home of Pioneer
The home of Mrs.' Elizabeth Covell Holland in Hillside was the scene of the meeting of the Maywood Historical Society; Sunday afternoon of last week, a visit to the home of the daughter of one of Proviso's iearly settlers, Thomas Reed Covell. Part of the present home was built of stone from his own quarry by Mr. Covell in the early 1800's.
Forty members and friends were welcomed by Mrs. Holland and two of her three daughters, Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fischer; illness preventing Mrs. McGillivray being present.
W. L. Castleman, president of the Maywood Historical Society, extended greetings to the members and visitors. "Driving up the road through the woods to the clearing where the house is located for the reading of a paper on the History of the Covell Family was not unlike John T. McCutcheon's famous cartoon of Injun Summer, for one had only to close his eyes to see the gentleman who once lived there telling his story of the Covells who preceded him and their experiences with the Indians and the hardships of the early settlers", said the president.
Mrs. Susan M. Hough, vice president, was introduced and read an excellent paper which had been in preparation for many months. Mrs. Eda Kendall Westcott and Mrs. Marguerite Nichols Edlund had visited Mrs. Holland on several occasions and made notes on the life of Mr. Covell and his forbears. Additional information was obtained from histories of early Cook county families, and when all the data was available Mrs. Grace Nichols collated the information and prepared, the paper.
J. C. Miller who was present
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and is an authority on early Illinois History, particularly. Of this area stated. "This is one of the finest meetings I ever attended, and the thoroughness with which this paper was prepared speaks highly of the type of membership in this society.
Mrs. Holland thanked every one for their visit and invited them to come again. The president urged the members to spend some time during the winter months obtaining facts on other families for presentation at future meetings. He also outlined a program which will be presented to the heads of Journalism and English Departments at the Proviso High School in which the students will be given an opportunity to participate. In addition, this program is open to any person who wishes to submit data. Subjects will be listed in this paper at a later date as a
guide to those wishing to participate.
Direct descendants of Thomas Reed Covell were; Mrs. Elizabeth Holland and her sister Mrs. Melissa Scoville; Mrs. Nellie Bohlander, daughter of Ella Covell Bohlander (deceased); Mrs. Kathryn Holland Herman and Mrs. Elizabeth, Holland Fischer, daughter's of Mrs. Elizabeth Holland; Mis. Barbara Scoville Muirhead, daughter of Mrs. Melissa Covell; and a small daughter and son of Elizabeth Holland Fischer.
Refreshments were served by Mrs. Herman, Mrs. Fischer, Mrs. John Holland Jr. and Mrs. Castleman.
Rebekah Lodge
Maywood Rebekah lodge will conduct a short business meeting in I.O.O.F. hall Saturday evening. This will be followed by a reception in honor of Mrs. Beryl Hesterman, a member of Maywood lodge, who has been elected secretary of District No. 1 of Chicago, an office which will eventually lead to the presidency of the district.
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