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Highland Park Press, 18 Apr 1935, p. 14

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?E»‘a‘_;g Bingo Party April 30 . > in Holy Cross Parish "The hext parish adtivitty of the stt a s .30, at the sh hall.| Mrs. gwunhut'”l:(;uin il:‘ an‘ of arâ€" ‘rangements. Amfigofhcrm- mittee was held ’lo y evening at the Rectory. J oo $ * Other . states have . modernized their ‘school laws. Many other states have‘no similar problems. Numerâ€" bus states, using a pinch of 6 have ijroned out theit inequalities. It isn‘t difficult. ~California, No,r York, Delaware, New Jersey, Inâ€" diana and Kentucky are all bfifit examples. They have proved what un,bedomi!tholehool}qwlhqo brought upâ€"toâ€"date. ~| 14] â€" Vietims of â€" Ilinois‘ : antiquated school laws are saying to the legisâ€" lature, "Do something about it." || On the other hand, most residents of wealthy districts are undisturbed and ‘uninterested. "All‘s well with the world," they say, and let it go at _ that. Their houses are not on Too many residents of the impovâ€" erished â€" districts,© th mmd schools and unpaid ers, admit they are licked. Fight is gone out of them. In their dismay they silâ€" ently admit Relplessness. They‘re taking it lying down. | td Hundreds of school districts, in )erate condition, Jonl&' ‘face no trouble at al if the state would only pay,; them â€"money promised under the, law and in good faith.. This gitâ€" uation would be corrected quickly, no doubt, if all districts : were in trouble. What semes to be haiting the ‘dure is this: &2 § child per year. Or turn ‘to Bond Couhty where the Marti district, 4 chilgren, has an assessed valuation of 8,252. That‘s $570.63 . per chilfl per year. © 1. h4 der the law a district through which a railroad runs receives taxes for the railroad property in that distri Districts without raflroad proj get ~no railroad taxes. He the railroads pay as‘high as 50 and 60 per eent of school support in gome districts and none at all in ‘oth Yet the railroad may get ‘more revenue from ?.:e district to which it pays nothing ‘from the one it helps to support. . . . .‘ * The state gives special aid to the poorer districts. <‘This special aid ecomes out of. the state school fund of $10,500,000 which it is presumed the‘ state: contributes to school supâ€" port.‘ But the joker in mm is that the state is delinquent nearly $15,000,000 on its payments to that fund. It is short $7,000,000 in its payments for this biennium alone and: even more for ?'révions bienâ€" niums. j | | â€" chil Cou chil of J chi Here are 225 children, in four separate digtricts: in four counties, with only $195,123 in assessed valâ€" uation behind the lot of them. That‘s an average of $8.67 per child per year. : | f change the pictureâ€" . Addison district; DuiPage County, 23 ¢hildren, has property assessed at $1,221,045.. That‘s $530.88 per s n district, Saline .County, &2 children, has an assessed valuaâ€" tion of $25,050; Saratoga district, Union County, 48 children, $55,628; Runcombe district, Jackson County, 65 tfi{dm,’ $63,836; Hicks Branch distri Hardinâ€" County, (59 chilâ€" dren, $50,609. â€"â€" |â€"| _ ‘! .« Simfilar comparisons with similar i es, can be found in pracâ€" itally every county in the state. In the Hickory district in ‘Lake County there are 31 children and the valuation of all. propâ€" erty $149,645. That district unâ€" der same law can raise only $48.27 per child per year. ‘ In the York House district in Lake County there are 5 children and ‘the agsessed valuation of all property is $113,805.. That district, taxing itself to the limit, can raise $22’I‘1 per child per year. _ _ Dieckes . school Kane County, has one ehim valâ€" uation, all promfih:lmn. ‘That district, taxing i to the limit, can raise $1,774.19 to educate its child. ol n ‘ :« Spring Valley school district, Saâ€" :i‘n‘:‘gonnty, has 43 children. Asâ€" 1 valuation, all proporty in the district, is $12,180. That district, tuin:zituilf to the limit, can raise only $2.82 per child per year. _ Under the present law, a : school board may levy, without referenâ€" dum, a tax rate of one dollar to the $100 of assessed valuation on all pro in the district for educaâ€" fiomrpom Let‘s see what that \When one district rolls in wealth and a neighbor il¢4ind W something is wrong. One sign is that the public, finally becoming informed, is beginning to be aroused. More than 90 per cent of a school‘s support today must conme from local property taxes, | t f Springfield, Il1., April 8â€" School districts in Lake County, as in all other Illindis counties, suffer© reâ€" markable imqualita in ability nn‘; support schools,. | One school y have a surfeit pf‘iquome. ‘The: next starves. Antiquated school and revâ€" énue laws are to bla'tno.‘ They brfi \infairness to schools, to teach and to pupils. | . 2 | Antiquated School. Laws Blamed For _ E Unequal Revenue ninbnedilimeiisimiesy regime in 1932 the fyater situation setled.. Deéerflielf.agreed to pay its water bill when gble and signed a contract which ruls to April 3, 1938. During the Â¥p years of ofâ€" fice the present boar} has kept all cn%ent water billai’ paid\ and has paid off £,000 on thgold bill. Deerâ€" field sends out montBly water bills and charge 35 cent@ plus 5 cents penalty. When Destfeld‘s debt il'l : its water rate tesvillagers.â€"wi ?n‘ btedly be loweéled. Deerfleld has not had to use it$ pumping staâ€" | When Mayor H.@‘ Clavey. and his! board of t ¢: took over the _ Carleton Scribnery village trustee ‘and chairman of thg water, departâ€" ment, told the womeg the history of the water question; beginning in 1918 with a charge &F 8% °q£t‘ and increase to 9 cellts up to 1928. In 1925 the use of w rwli.}limiud the following ygar a bond issue $ voe;'d to run aginew line from Highland Park, ered a new Klump house and tank. In 1929 Highland Park voteéd a new gimping station and increased the Derfleld rate to 15|cents. Deerfleld iboard members to pay the fncrease and in 1932 were still payini the old rate. village was thregtened with in-l junctions, and Deerfleld‘s debt for. water was $21,970. |t !‘ arleton Scribner arid chairman of th ment, told the wome the water questio 1918 with a charge ¢ increase to 9 In| 1925 the use of _ Personal tax coll in the enâ€" tite township is o onmnth of the realâ€" estate value} ©‘ Deerfleld resâ€" idegnts are assessed $5.69 per $100 valuation. dE uesd |â€"| Assessor E. H. Sdiig in an interâ€" ‘esting talk: at . the| Deerf. Womâ€" jah‘s Club last. Tuekday,, told how pyoperty was valuef} and : in West Deerfleld Tdiévnship,. . There are over 5,000 listings. One hundred | cent . real estat) is the Briar Hill subdivision, acgording to Mr. SSplig. Second is B ; Wood§ across f#om the Deerfield G#ammar School, and the third most dfsirable location is Woodland Park sYbdivision. The ayerage lot is 150 felt in depth. For exery additional 2§//feet in depth, five per cent is ‘added to the assessed value and ten per céht is added for corner lots. o : > 0s \ Get plenty of rést.| ethtely, confining your dil fresh vegetables, m i vf a cold. \per cerl} of all dis: thing thene von wih wa, . | |At the first s o:f‘ dchill, buy a box of Hexix â€" the im dertn ‘coldâ€" ( tant in the modefn blue and white box. t 588 ||Take two Hexix | bfets preferâ€" ably with a glass of hot lemanade. If throat is irritated or| account of eold, ‘disso ‘tabâ€" 1 in & glass of warrd water and : Repeat this pipcedure in o hours. [( ts 8 TRY THIS SENSIBLE HOME TREATMENT \‘Try this simple, ¢effective. treatâ€" ivic Talks Hegrd COMING DOWN WI]IiA .ce}m CHECK IT BEFORE IT GETS STARTED TM SORRY DEAR, BUT YOULL FEEL BETTER IN A LITTLE WHILE. HEXIN SELDOM FAiILS! cesonctiene n in cevanemnnc e in at Déaerfield Club d d iBfieisoncafhonmtih t cedand omm Reonthasicin To oC Een oo Een mnipei vernein U| Cay. Eat modâ€" t“," sdups, ruits and L | FREEâ€" trial packa, FREE, Tor Hexix) Take advantage c 0}‘2‘;: QY ‘reduced price.: ;L 85¢câ€"now only a quadrter. Family size bottle af. 50 :tabikts, 75c. Bottle of 1 tablets, $1.95."The larger sizes are mie' N An inteérprétation of t! will be \by Rev. Ea intersper L‘with ‘script cial musi¢ and anthems b [ Hexix i¢ non â€" habit < forminp. It contains nd Uangetous opiates, h notics or nhrcoties, _ [ )/ | \You‘ll c d.qh)um of n have that | Hexrx greatly es your dist) | P ts ol Harold| R. ‘Vant has arra an interest program of s pticon pictures pf:" Ressur and Ascensio Christ in pture, Music and Art." se ( Reproductions of old ieces of art will be shown Sunday evening at 8 o‘cldck in the Bethl \Evanâ€" gelical Church, Deerfield.| . | coming on kill it. Artâ€"Mps geSbriricel [ 4t Bethlchem Church T \ "Visitors last week in Youngs land Alex Smith Roy T a} of Win W hit] Highland <â€" The IJlinois Wesleyan Apolio Club sang ak. the Deerfield G Bchool last Thursday. [They were the â€"guests of the Deerfleld Rotary 'Ctlb and after the weekly iRotary luncheon the men went to the school Aand shared the music with the four upper grades. Harold Vant was in charge of the program. | |â€" Deerqelfi Rotariar$ | Elect New Directors [ B ir : Jaimes O‘ nnPr and Mrs. Willigm ; Tennermann |of the Tllinois | Emer (Rel: dommio- gion told of the township‘s assistâ€" ance in thig depression. | â€"~| .‘ ol Does pighlend Park Muilt ts Remembér to ask your druggist t tis send you our lt B â€" Ansgf,“vmn ical. 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