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Vorum® XX Ravinia‘s much anticipated twenâ€" tieth season will open next Saturday night, and the telephone and ticket reservation service was inaugurated at the park this morning. Chicago patrons may take the first eight days‘ program in one hand and the telephone in the other, calling Hollyâ€" court 2000 without toll charge and making known their wants to any of the seven trained operators who inâ€" habit the ticket office alongside the famous pink petunia bed, while north shore residents, from Evanston to Waukegan, have thesame service available by calling Highland Park 2121. Tickets so ordered must be paid for in person, by mail or by Western Union telegraph by 11 o‘clock the following morning. Tickâ€" ets reserved upon the day of the perâ€" formance must be paid for by 3 o‘clock in the afternoon. Upon payâ€" ment of a service charge of $20 anâ€" nually tickets may be reserved and held until called for. OPENING WEEK AT . ~ RAVINIA; PROGRAM Ravinia has never followed the beaten path; and its choice of firstâ€" night fare has long been unique not only for its audacity, but for its singâ€" ular dbility to bestow new thrills (Continued on page 22) â€" . "William Tell" Premier Producâ€" tion June 20; Other Folâ€" lowing; Concerts > : Is Busy Place _ _ Meanwhile, to say that Ravinia is a busy place is to exert the utmost restraint in the matter of the desâ€" criptiveâ€" phrase. Eight operas are about to be produced in as many days, and that means some rather inâ€" tensive multiplication of rehearsals, scenic complications, elaborate cosâ€" tumeâ€"~preparation â€"and all the thousâ€" and and one details necessary to asâ€" sure operatic performances the serâ€" éne elegance which forms the perfect mounting for their jewelled song. Program for Fist Week Sa;:;'lday night, June 20â€""William Sunday afternoon, June 21â€"Conâ€" cert by Chicago Symphony orâ€" :chestra. i Sunday night, June 21â€""La Traâ€" viata," 4 Monday night, June 22â€"*"Madame Butterfly." _ Tuesday night, Siume 23â€""Manon" (Massenet). â€" . Wednesday â€"night, â€" June 24 â€" “Lo.i”n”, # f ; * Thursday afternoop, June 25 â€" ~Children‘s concert and entertainâ€" ment. â€" { $ Thursday night, June 25â€""Aida." m une " Opening Week At Ravinia The Higbland Park Press At present their is also a small Highland Park sale will h |collection of iris, labeled, on display.| Bard, Miss Edith Boyn If you are thinking of purchasing| S. Greenlee, Mrs. Martir | some new varities of iris for your Louis E. Leverone, Mrs garden, this year, you may like to| Mason, Mrs. Morton R. } ‘look them over. If you desire adâ€" Everett L. Millard, Mrs. vice as to kinds to ‘buy, price and bens, Mrs. Marshall Ya addresses of growers leave your name| Robert S. Walker, Mr: with any attendant at the library and *Charle: ask to be put in wi n} All are invited to attend . T. e verirnfonenriacicaniesrtesenainmecerv The Highland Park Garden Study club has volunteered to keep the liâ€" brary supplied with flowers during the summer forâ€"the enjoyment of its patrons. Mrs. Fred C. Funke supâ€" plied flowers for the first week, folâ€" lowed by Mrs. Dwight H. Davis and Mrs. Lee C. Gatewood. This week Mrs. Frederick Hodgdon is in charge. It is the intention that each memâ€" ber bring fresh flowers to the library two or three times during her week of service, but it is urgently hoped that those kindlyâ€"minded persons who have been bringing flowers to the liâ€" brary in the past will not discontinue their generous practice, and that everyone with a garden will share a bit of it with the library at least once during the summer. lElks Playâ€"Annual Golf Tourney at Columbia Rev. W. F. MacKenzie Is Rotary Speaker; Roland Pease of Tusacon Sings Highland Park Elks enjoyed their annual â€" golf tournament yesterday afternoon at Columbia Country club. A large number participated and a good time is reported. The play was 18 holes, blind bogey, and started at 1 o‘clock. Dinner was served at 7 o‘clock. "Art Olson is chairman of the committee in charge. . At the regular weekly dinner and meeting of the Highland Park Rotary club Monday noon, at the Moraine hotel, the principal speaker was the Rev. â€"W. F. MacKenzie ofâ€" Morgan Park, whose talk on fellowship and kindred topics was heard with much pleasure by the members. He was presented by H. F. Kelley, program chairman for the meeting. Roland Pease of Tuscon, Ariz., and formerly of Evanston, a brother of Robert Pease, Highland Park pharâ€" macist, sang several selections. Mr. Pease is a vocalist of wide reputation and his singing was a delightful adâ€" ditionâ€"to the program of the club of which he was a guest. He is a memâ€" ber of the Tuscon Rotary club. _ Garden Study Club to Supply Library With > _ Flowers All Summer I HicHrAND Paxx, I11iNnos, THursoay, Jux® 18, 1931 Ossoli Club Tea To _ _ Be Held in August * Or Early September There will be a sale given by the Eli Bates house at Ravine Oaks, the home of Mrs. C. T. Boynton, 1005 S. Sheridan road, Highland Park today (Thursday), June 18 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. ; At the last regular business meetâ€" ing of the Ossoli club, which was call= ed for the formal dissolution of the organization, it was announced by the president, â€"Mrs.â€" Easton, that ~the board at her suggestion, had set aside a sum sufficient to enable them, at a later date, to have a tea at the home of one of the members, thereby bringâ€" ing together, not only the present list of members, but those who were among the first to form the organizaâ€" tion nearly thirty years ago. The idea met with such enthusiasâ€" tic approval, that immediately half a dozen homes were offered for this "farewell tea"â€"and Mrs. Hopkins, one of the former president of Ossoli was asked to be chairman of the comâ€" mittee in charge. _ ~~â€"â€" _ As now planned, the tea will be given in August, or early September, at the home of Mrs. Norwood Bard, whose beautiful lawns and gardens, overlooking the lake, will make an 1(3::1‘ setting for this final Ossoli gathâ€" ering. iss + Charity Sale Today _ for El Bates House _ ~â€"â€"~ _ Funds; Committee Her residence, will be converted into an emporium, stocked with the Eli Bates shop‘s lovely waresâ€"dainty table linens, monogrammed ‘blanket covers, bathroom accessories, and toys and a committee of Higthnd Park ladies will be saleswomen. } . * ~Assisting Mrs. Boynton at the Highland Park sale will be Mrs. Ralph Bard, Miss Edith Boyntof, Mrs. R. 8. Greenlee, Mrs. Martin{Insull, Mrs. Louis E. Leverone, Mrsgl George A. Mason, Mrs. Morton R. Mavor, Mrs. Everett L. Millard, Mrs, Charles Ruâ€" bens, Mrs. Marshall Jampsell, Mrs. Robert 8. Walker rs. Robert E. Wood,â€"andâ€"»Mr6." Charles A. Wright. A midsummer fest is to be given by the Friendship circle, Saturday eveâ€" ning June 20, 1931 at 8 ‘o‘clock, at the â€" Highwood Swedish Methodistl church. . Midsummer Fest at Swedish Meth. Church Music will be furnished by the Enâ€" glewood Mission church string band. Everybody welcome. â€" Refreshments, Music Club to Hold â€" Last Meeting of Season Mr: Thomas R.Chalmers announces his new riding school. ‘ With 20 head of excellent riding horses and over 20 miles of ‘bridle paths away from all cement roads and automobiles this imakes an excellentâ€"place for. equesâ€" trians ride. Co., in reply to a letter from the city inquiring as what the banks could do in this matter. The letters from the banks indicated that one per cent was the best rate they would be willâ€" (Continued on page 87) â€" Lawn Fete and Bridge at Home of Mrs. Nereim The city counctil is puzzling over what to do about the rate of interâ€" est to be obtained on city funds deâ€" posited in banks. Under the state law a commission form of governâ€" ment, such as Highland Park‘s must receive three per cent on deposits, but local banks declare that they canâ€" not meet this requirement, and it is possible that before the matter is settled recourse must be had to a test case in the courts. The _ Sarah _ Hackett Stevenson Memorial is now starting activities for their annual bazaar to be held at the Palmer House on November 5 and 6. Mrs. Oliver Opheim Olson isâ€"chairâ€" man. & A lawn fete is to be held on June 30 in the spacious grounds of the president, Mrs. Roy O. Nereim, at 247 Central avenue, Highland Park. This is to be an allâ€"day affair with bridge in the afternoon and a prize for each table. s INFEREST RATE IS PUZZLING COUNCLL At Monday night‘s meeting letters were read from the Highland Park State bank and the North Shore Trust New Riding School on _ _ County Line Road Park Lodge Visitor President Arthur Bentley of the Fidelity Life association will visit the Park Lodge on Tuesday evening, June 23. All members and their friends are coridally â€"invited. Dancing and refreshments will follow the meeting. BW Experienced â€" men am} women with references can be furnished by the Highland Park Social Servâ€" ice for any type of work you may neéed done. The Social Service ofâ€" fice chargesâ€" no fee for providing workers. The rate paid those emâ€" ployed is fifty cents an hour with a mirimum wage of a dollar. ° ‘Highland . Park Social 389 E. Central avenue, H. m 'Ml“..". n i Summer Residents Attention! Â¥ Says Three Per Cent, But Banks Offer One; Referâ€" red to Counsel NumEeER® 16