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William J. Stratton Former Secretary Of State Is Dead William J. Stratton, former seeâ€" retary of state of Illinois, and Reâ€" publican party leader, died Sunday at his home in Ingleside. He had suffered from a heart ailment for several months. Funeral services were held yesterday (Wednesday) at 2 oclock from the Ingleside Comâ€" munity church, of which he had been a member. Services were in charge of the Rev. Raymond Lauâ€" ry, pastor of the church and the YOLUME XXVIHI Rev. Merrill S. Tope, pastor of the Methodist church of Princeton. Maâ€" sonic services were held at the grave in North Shore Garden of Memâ€" ories. Mr. Stratton was born in Ingleâ€" side January 28, 1886, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Stratton, pioâ€" neer residents of the county. His political career began in 1910 when he became a member of the Board of Supervisors. In 1916 he was appointed deputy game warden by Gov. Frank J. Lowden, and in 1921 he became chief game warden of the state. In 1924 when the game warden‘s state office was conâ€" verted into the Illinois Department of Conservation, Mr. Stratton beâ€" came the first head of thetitate govâ€" ernment. In 1928 he was chosen secretary of state to serve under Gov, Louis L. Emmerson. For eight years Mr. Stratton was Republican County chairman. In the primary elections of last month, Stratton sought the Repubâ€" lican nomination for county clerk. His campaign, however, was handâ€" dicapped by his illness. The nomâ€" ination was won by Jay B. Morse. Besides becoming secretary of state in January 1929, Mr. Stratâ€" ton was made vice president of the First National Bank in Antioch. He was associated with that bank until the past year when his poor health forced him to retire. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Harriett Stratton, and two sons, William °J., 24, of Morris, and Charles Kerwin, 22, of Libertyâ€" ville. Honorary pallbearers at the fuâ€" neral were former U. S. Sen. Otis F. Glenn, State Sen. Ray Paddock, Frederick Lunden, O. W. Lehman, Judge Ralph Dady, Judge Perry L. Persons, Judge Martin Decker and Richard Lyons. (ge regular pallbearers were Palmer, Yorkville; {Chester Todd, Oak Park; Thomas McCaffâ€" erty, Spring Grove; Rupert Bipâ€" pus,. Chicago; Clayton Hamlin, Grayslake, and Edward Brown, Round Lake. Train Hits Car at Ravinia Crossing Jim Post, 45, employed in the Raâ€" vinia Super Service Market, was inâ€" jured, when his car was hit by a Northbound North Shore passenger train at Ravinia, Thursday evening. Post who was driving west, waited on the east side of the double crossâ€" ing while a Northwestern train went through. The gateman raised the gates and the motorist started forward, unaware of the approachâ€" ing North Shore train. Had the car been traveling rapâ€" idly, Post would no doubt have been killed. He suffered two broken ris, but his car was a total wreek. Mrs. Rosentbal Will Review Year‘s Work at P.â€"T.A. Meeting The Elm Place P.T.A. Board is very anxious that all members come to the last meeting of the year on May 18th. Mrs. A. M. Rosenthal, this year‘s president, will give a resume of the year‘s work, which will be of great interest to all mothers of Elm Place children. This business meetâ€" Invlll'hmhr"fldfloi tures Wednesday, 18th, at o‘ciock. Coffee will be served. The Hinhlarnh Park Preas Residents Urged To Join in Celebration Of Air Mail Week Every resident of Highland Park will receive this week a personal letter from their postman, asking them to join in celebrating Nationâ€" al Air Mail Week, May 15â€"21. It will express the hope that all will mail a record number of air mail letters that week; and, espeâ€" cially, at least one for mailing on the particular day, May 19th, by the first flight air mail from Highâ€" land Park. It will suggest that patrons contact their postman now as to how to prepare or place an order to insure the proper preparaâ€" tion of an envelope, or first flight cover, so that it will receive the official cachet denoting the first fiight air mail from Highland Park, which will, in years to come, make it of historic and philatelic value. Invitation is extended to all to witness the actual takeâ€"off of this first flight air mail from Highland Park. It is scheduled for 5 p.m. the afternoon of May 19th on the fairâ€" way in front of the Clubhouse of the Sunset Valley Golf Club. A parade from the post office down Central avenue will precede this event, which will be joined by pony express, covered wagon, bicyâ€" cle and other conveyances of the past, bringing air mail from adjoinâ€" ing post offices for dispatch on this first flight from Highland Park of en officially recognized air mail piâ€" lot. Window _ decorations â€"and â€" car stickers may be secured from your postman or at the post office. It is expected that the United States Army Band from Fort Sheridan may be on hand to lead the parade and furnish stirring music. "Goldwyn Follies" Outstanding Film at Alcyon Theatre "A Slight Cast of Munder," a farce film that frankly and unreâ€" servedly makes fun of the whole business of gangsterism and rackâ€" eteering, is sohoduled as the feaâ€" ture ~attraction ~at the, Alcyon on Friday and Saturday. / Edward G Robinson is the star, but he is an entirely different Robinson in this Damon Runyon story. The extra attraction on Saturday only is "The Lone Ranger." > Never before has filmdom proâ€" duced anâ€" entertainment feast to equal the eyeâ€"filling, ribâ€"tickling musical extravaganza "The Goldâ€" wyn Follies," which is in gorgeous technicolor and being presented at the Alcyon on Sunday, Monday and T”fiy. The picture boasts the last and perhaps the greatest score written by the late George Gershâ€" win. The cast is headed by Adolphe Menjou and Andrea Leeds and inâ€" clude Edgar Bergen and Charlie Mcâ€" Carthy,‘ Kenny Baker, irrespressâ€" ible Phil Baker and his accordion, Helen Jepson from grand opera, the Ritz Brothers, and the goggleâ€" eyed â€"Bobby Clark. On the Doubleâ€"Feature program for next week Wednesday and Thursday, the Aleyon will screen two interesting films. Claudette Colbert, Charles Boyer, Anita Louise and Basil Rathbone are the stars in "Tovarich," a comedy which was a great success as a stage play and ran for many months in New York, Paris and London. Exciting as Broadway itself and teeming with drama is the other attraction "Walking Down Broadway." Claire Trevor, Phillis Brooks, Leash Ray, Dixie Dumbar and Michael Whalen play in this brightly exciting picâ€" ture. Lions Club Will View Pictures of Boy Scout Camp The Lions Club of Highland Park will meet at the Green Tea Pot, at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, May 12th, for its regular weekly luncheon. Dr._B. E. Christensen will show Zxfl’*“"‘ colored movies and slides of "Camp Makajawan" (the Boy Scout camp.) (The movies were made April 30th). Mr. Jack Banks, assistant seout executive of the North Shore Area council (headquarters at 21 North Sheridan road, Highland Park), has been engaged in scouting as a volâ€" unteor leader for a number of years particularly along the lines of the he will ‘ tell the Lions members something about the Cub program throughout the country and also reâ€" lating to the North Shore Area council, (in particular, Highland Park,) with the view of encouraging the Highland Park Lions club to OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK ParadeMay 16 Will Mark Opening Of Safety Week Here The week beginning May 16 is| Safety Week in Highland Park. This "week" is being sponsored by the Highland Park Citizens Safety Committee. In order to call attenâ€" tion to this week, a safety parade has been organized for Saturday afternoon at 4 o‘clock, under the direction of Major Frank R. Ronan, chairman of the Highland Park Safety Week. A‘number of organâ€" izations will participate in this paâ€" rade, some of which are the High School Band, American Legion, Boy Scouts of America, Girl Scouts of America, and the School Boy Trafâ€" fic Patrol. All of these units have been instructed by Major Ronan to gather in front of the high school auditorium _ promptly at â€" 8:30 o‘clock Saturdag afternoon. ‘The line of march will go through the business district of Highland Park. Mayor William M. Dooley will be one of those who will head the Safety Parade. Next week, literature pertaining to safety will be _ distributed throughout the community and through the schools, and a number of organizations will give special attention to safety matters during their own meetings. A general meeting of the complete committee of the Highland Park Citizens Safety group will be called and noâ€" tices will got out at the end of this week. The Highland Park Citizens Safeâ€" ty Committee wishes to announce that they have been making a study of a modern traffic ordinance which will be recommended to the City of Highland {Park. ‘The Ordinance Committee is under the. direction of Edward M. Steele, of Linden Park place. Other members of this committee are as follows: Miss Minnie Buzard, Chief Police Edward Moroney, Harry Aiston, Philip E. Cole, Harry Pertz, and Frank R. Ronan. A. recomme~dation the A Cofamission of Highiand Pasé 209 bringing up to. date a traffic orâ€" dinance will be made immediately, The last traffie ordinance adopted by the City of Highland Park was in 1929, and there have been many changes since that time, particuâ€" larly in the State of Illinois Trafâ€" fic code. It is also the opinion of the Ordinance Committee that the City of Highland \ Park should spend at least $500 a year for the upkeep of standard traffic signs, these signs to be placed at the schools and important intersections after consultation with the Police Department. ‘ Under the direction of Harry D. Pertz and Philip E. Cole, work has been started on the Highland Park Safety maps. By using different colâ€" at 2 o‘clock from the Ingleside Comâ€" ored pens, these maps will give a perâ€" manent record of mecidents in the City of Highland Park. The recâ€" ord will be taken from the Police Department beginning January 15, 1938. â€" One of the maps will be brought up to date so that it will be available for public observation during next week.© A further study is also being made covering the possibility of "stop" and "go" lights at the corner of Green Bay road: and Central avenue. There are many angles inâ€" volved in this problem and it is neeâ€" essary to have a thorough investiâ€" gation of this situation. Supervisors Keep "Hands Off" Slot Machine Issue Slot machines gave the board of supervisors a headache late yesterâ€" day, but the board dodged the issue by failing to vote on a motion to disapprove the gambling devices in taverns. » "Let the people who don‘t want them make their complaints to the #heriff," said Supervisor William Witten of Highland Park. "He‘ll remove them." Chairman Danie! Hentges of the board ruled out of order a motion by Assistant Supervisor J. Russell Miller of North Chicago that the board go on record opposing the slot machines in county taverns and reâ€" freshment stands,. Milier‘s motion was seconded by Assistant Superâ€" visor Arthur Swanson of Highland "Why should any syndicate be permitted to place the machines where they want to?" â€" Swanson asked. "I think there is protection being paid for them. There is no reason why the county should not get some of that money." _ Chairman Hentges said that he did not think the board should enter into the controversy. HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1988 of In Highland Park "Olivet to Calvary" To Be Sung Sunday The Community Choral Club corâ€" dially invites the citizens of Highâ€" land Park to its rendition of the sacred cantata, "Olivet to Calvary" at the Presbyterian church, Laurel avenue, next Sunday, May 15, at 8 George R. Faulds, the director of the chorus, will direct the cantata, Miss Helen Taylor is the pianist, and Mr. Anschutz, choirmaster of the Episcopal church, has kindly consented to play the organ accomâ€" paniment. "Olivet to Calvary" is the story in music of the last few days of Christ‘s life on earth and some reâ€" flections suggested thereby. There will be no charge, but an offering will be taken to enable those who wish to do so to contribute someâ€" thing towards the support of the chorus. Members of the Choral Club are: Mr. Wallack, William Pearce, Henâ€" ry Pearce, Frank Ronan, Kenneth C. Bennétt, Michael Quinn, Walter Meierhoff, Mr. Windsor, William Howard, Ted Marks, T. H. Morris, Garfield Canright, George Morris, Mr. Shupe, G. J. Dinkeloo, Joseph Redine, Dr. Earl Fritsch, Mr. Imâ€" merwabr, and Jerry Baum. ~ Mrs. Frank Austin, Mrs, Louise Schemmel, Mrs. Mustrick, Mrs. Dorothy _ Haskins, Mrs. Charles Brocks, Mrs. G. S. Canright, Mrs. F. J. Spaulding, Mrs, Ames, Mrs. Wm. Howard, Mrs. John Witten, Mrs. E. R. Baum, Mrs. Geo. Hinn, Misses Elizabeth Morris, Joan Dexâ€" ter, Marie Santi, Cerena Longâ€" streth, Frances Drabek, Tessic Golden, Blanche Thompson, . Mrs. Fred Okey, Mrs. Chas, Nixon, and Mrs. Earl D. Fritsch. The soloists from the Choral club are: Mrs. Irma J. Nixon, soâ€" prano; Frank Ronan, tenor, and Joseph Redine, baritone. One hymn will be sung by a quartette: Mrs. Dorothy _ Haski Mrs. _ Mary Spaulding, ‘Wal Meierhoff and William â€" Howard. > â€" E. G. Rivers Buys Share in Deibler Motor Sales Corp. E. G. Rivers, active in the autoâ€" fuotive busines for many years, has purchased an interest in the Deibler Mctor Sales corporation at 22 S. First street. Rivers‘ association with the motor industry dates back to 1912 when he was associated with the retail sell~ ing of Durant motors serving as branch manager until 1924. In 1928 he became associated with Chrysler Motors serving as branch manager in Cleveland, Detroit, Cinâ€" cinnati and Chicago. . He recently~ resigned as sales manager of the Chicago branch of Chrysler Motors to become affiliated with Mr. Deibler in the automotive business here. "Our product is especially adapted to the neighborhood and I know of no finer community in which to make a permanent home," Mr. Rivers stated. The annual plant sale of the Garâ€" den class of the Highland Park Woman‘s club will be held Saturâ€" day, May 21, on the grounds beâ€" tween the North Western tracks and First street at Central avenue. Garden Class Holds Plant Sale May 21 Local motorists will be interestâ€" ed to learn that the Highland Park Press has received a supply of the 1988 Illinois Official Highway maps for free distribution. They may be obtained by calling at the office of the Highland Park Press, 536 Central: avenue. F. Lynden Smith, director of the Department of Public Works and Buildings, points out that the new maps contain ‘the route changes that have been made to eliminate Mmms:h:‘lv:sm continuous marking ighways. Some of these changes affect Lake This year‘s map follows the reâ€" vised form introduced last year. Beâ€" sides the highways, the map lists railroads, electric lines, state parks, monuments, game preserves, state mm’mm ties, airports, police headâ€" quarters, and an index to the locaâ€" tion of cities and villages. Motorists May Get at “Pre:h&ce” "Pride & Prejudice" Ready to Present Next Friday Night A talented cast of 26 characters, a thousand lines of salty sayings and biting repartee, appropriate music from 19th Century England, 44 new and striking costumes, three pretentious and authentic settings â€"all these are in readiness for Highland Park high school‘s allâ€" school play, "Pride and Prejudice," the dramatic version of Jane Ausâ€" tens novel, to be given in the school auditorium next Friday night, May 20, at 8:15 p.m. Mr. Robert Schneider, industrial arts instructor at the High school, has directed the construction of ‘three distinct sets for the play, each hung from the ceiling to facilitate the quickest change of scenery. Mr., Robertson of the Alden Studio has assisted Miss Rinkenberger in the collection of authentic antiques for the stage while Mr. Drieske will seâ€" lect appropriate flowers for the setâ€" ting. Rosemary Russo and Pete Wolff and their twentyâ€"four coâ€"members of the cast will appear in fortyâ€"four carefully designed authenti¢ 19th Century costumes including éveryâ€" thing from black boots to white breeches for the men, and from spring bonnets to bouncing bustles for the ladies. Painstaking care has been exercised by the Milwaukee Federal Handicraft project which has made these costunies especially for this production, Mrs. Helen Mayer Mannings will direct m selected orchestra for the play which will include in its numâ€" bers "The Dashing White Sergeant," "Londonerry Air," "God Save the King," and other menuets, polkas, and gavottes of that period. The Girls club at the High school will sponsor an unreserved seat sale for "Pride and Prejudice," while reâ€" served seats will be sold at the box office beginning next Wednesday at 8 a.m. A large staff has assisted Miss Rinkenberger in staging this proâ€" duction of a true Broadway favorâ€" ite. The following deserve special recognition : § Assistant directors‘â€" Ruth Chalâ€" wers, Verna Mas White. x Properties â€" Beverley Frisbie, Maxine Renner, Germaine Walsh, Ottilic Neumer, Betty Kugel, Gunter Schwandt. Wardrobe â€" Phyllis Udell, Roseâ€" mary Schiff. Electriciansâ€"Ardis Martin, Myra Bevins, Sarah Jane Murfey. Stage managerâ€"Alden Harris. Deerfileld School Board of Education Reduces Faculty _ At the regular monthly meeting‘ of the Deerfleld Grammar school Board of Education on Monday eveâ€" ning it was decided that due to the fact that school expenditures the past year had been more than the income, three members of the facâ€" ulty would not be given contracts for the coming year. Those to be released are Mrs. Leta Toll Lindâ€" hout, Mrs. Margaret Callanen Wilâ€" liams, and Miss Helen Louise Patâ€" Makeâ€"up cre\'vâ€"'-l(»u'rryrii.oinx, Mirai Reeb, Betty Bowen. Superintendent C. E. Bates reâ€" ported that the WPA project now in force, which supplies a school nurse and a secretary, is to be disâ€" continued on May 18, according to information . received last week. Throught the office of Supervisor James O‘Connor and the board of education, a delegation is to meet with the district director of Womâ€" en‘s and Professional projects in Chicago to petition for the continâ€" uance of the project, The board unanimously ap the plrfldpnfionlnthohflrf;:::- ing Program to be inaugurated in all grammar schools in the Highâ€" land Park High School district. The expenditure will not exceed sixty dollars. 1 A letter from former directors of the school was read which told of finances in the past few years. With a few well chosen words of appreciation to ‘the interested auâ€" dience, President B. B. McRoy askâ€" ed for suggestions from the floor. An executive session to discuss next year‘s eontracts was held â€" followâ€" ing the adjournment. Bingo Party At Elks Club May 14 A bingo party is to be held Satâ€" urday evening at 8:30 o‘clock at the Rightand Park Lodge No. 1800, B. P. 0. E. There will be door prizes, make the most enâ€" :’nuom Tmahllv:‘ to attend. Tll. Dr. C. W. Bakke Is Honored For Work With Rare Metals The Edward Longstreth Medal, which is awarded by the Franklin Institute (Philade}phia) for "inâ€" ventions of high order and for parâ€" ticularly meritorious improvements and developments in machines and mechanical processes", has beep awarded to Dr. Clarence W. Balke, director of research at Fanstegl Metallurgicak Corporation "in conâ€" sideration of his scientific work in chemistry and metallurgy which reâ€" sulted in the developmnt of proâ€" cesses for the production and comâ€" mercial utilization of Columbium and Tantalum." .. The medal will be formally preâ€" sented to Dr. Balke in Philadelâ€" phia May 20. Dr. Balke is one of the world‘s most eminent authorities in the field of rare metals and rare earths. Born in 1880, he was eduâ€" cated at Oberlin college and at the University of Pennsylvania. The work he has done has been almost exclusively in the field a‘: the soâ€"called rare At \niversity of P;:g'qm Uunder the inspiring di N of Edgar F. Smith, he became attracted to this peculiar field of endesvor, which has held his attention ever since. While there he determined‘the atoâ€" mic weight of columbium, and later at the University ofâ€"Illinois he deâ€" termined ‘the atomic weight of the sister metal, tantalum. In both cases the values he obtained were accepted by the International Comâ€" mittee on Atomic <Weights, and have been the accepted standard values for these elements, While at Illinois, whete he was first asâ€" sociate professor and later profesâ€" sor of inorganic chemistry, he beâ€" gan an extensive study of the rare elements, which has been continued by his associate and successor, Dr. B. S, Hopkins. â€" This work has led to the discovery of the new element, Illiniwm. Dr. Balke has been associatad with the l:ompany whiga is now Fansteel Metallurgical Wn since 1916. His time has been deâ€" voted to the study of the metals tungsten, tantalum, columbium and molybdenum. His first important contribution was the development of a commercial process for the production of tantalum, a metal characterized by its great resistâ€" ance to corrosion and its peculiar properties when heated to high temperatures in vacuum,tubes. Out of this development has grown an (Continued on page 5) Woman‘s Association Presents Dr. Foster in Mlustrated Talk The May programâ€"meéting of the Woman‘s association of the Highâ€" land Park Presbyterian church will be held on Monday, May 16, at 2 o‘clock. Dr. 0. Delmer Foster, noted eduâ€" cator, writer, and world traveler, will give an illustrated talk on Mexâ€" ico. He is an archaeologist and authority on Mexico and its probâ€" lems, having just returned from anâ€" other year‘s travel, research, and study of that country. Dr. Foster has become acquainted with practicâ€" ally all of the archbishops of Mexâ€" ico, even living in hiding with some of them. All“dtttn:‘tlonvmhlh musical program Mexican songs, given by Mrs. R. F. MacFadden in costume. + The usual hospital dressing tables will be ready in the morning at 10 o‘clock, followed by luncheon and a short business meeting sf 1 o‘clock. new groups since monthly mmmru plans for the new year be given. NUMBER 11