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~â€"â€"_The Hinhlanh Park Press m-'-'mhc’v" E‘s meeting, Mayor Ronan touched upon a subject that is growing in importance more and more as éach year passes,. The mayor pointed out to the council that the community has no city plan of future development that is in any way protected by orâ€" dinance. Under the gystem now in operation subdivision plats are sub» mitted and approved with little or no thought as to their effect on the development of the community as & whole. Aah.uth'l&;! no violation of specific ordinances deal largely with rules and regulaâ€" makeâ€"up of the sgubdivision itself and in no way attempt to regulate it as one of many like units going to make up the city as a whole. to adopnt some stendard plan of deâ€" velopment, the mayor 8‘-’& was fi-mmd'flm, flmht?'i:!fwm on us 9 hepnughtars is entively muw is a distinet detriment to a free of motor vehicles trafâ€" fic in others. Mayor Ronan cited several instances where north and south traffic on Green Bay and Skoâ€" kie could be somewhat relieved if through streets in between these two main arteries were opened to travel. At the present time, the mayor stated, this solution was out of the question because of the numâ€" erous deadâ€"end streets that dot this It is Mayor Ronan‘s suggestion that some definite City Plan similar to the one drawn up several years ago (but which was never used) be incorporated in the city code. This plan, he added would prohibit deadâ€" end streets in sections of the city n eceanty tihc ts snn Pauy Af the community as m T"“M“.Q mf:‘u,, WM-&&& touched lightly upon by Commisâ€" sioner Swanson but was not dis regulations in the city‘s code affectâ€" ing apartment houses. Highland Ps;-.k,hl.ifh mlnny of Chicago‘s n‘l‘b. url ore it, is approaching time when the citizens of the comâ€" munity will have to make up their minds on which side of the fence they are going to stand on this momentuous question. In Highland Park as in all suburbs facing the problem, you will fing two schools of thought. One wants to preserve the rural charm of the community by keeping a restraining hand on while the other with an eye toward the resultas e in bu activity fevor a more lenient attiâ€" subject. You mhmfingfllh nbjo‘:firthon‘htm the capacity of an observer of public opinion. He feels that the issue must be squarely met in a day not too distant in the future and that it would be well for the citizens of the community to be thproughly vers thcmunybhrugfly versed on all angles of the subject before any rules or regulations perâ€" taining to it or incorporated in any plan for the future development of In his report to the council Comâ€" missioner Swanson stated that while satisfactory progress was being made in the repair of sidewalks and council to serv,, a 30 day notice on that were backing away from asâ€" suming their share of the responsiâ€" bility in completing this work. mhp-an-f:rchmh expended. However, when the counâ€" bon inentabdndiffaicdzh s 'z baredibartrs t oil by city clerk In his report to the council at last sary to follow this procedure, it deâ€" cided ‘to make one more for council action the city‘s contract with the Public Service for the next 10 years. Er placed the contract on C :‘“-_h.-al'â€"#-‘. At the of «_ 2e, t Spee of srmeantine the con One of the reagons why he beâ€" N%wwg’fitfl! laws E. Joseph Buckles Talks on Historical Staffordshire, Oct. 29 Mr. E. Joseph Buckles, noted abâ€" thority in several fields d.x at 2 p.m. at the Highland Park Woman‘s club sponsored by the Colâ€" lectors‘ Study group of the club, *tV%%N"h He owns ene of private colâ€" lections of old Staffordshire and will Wmm in <> sn is commreninte hn s t Aleaes d Mr. Buckles, can well be extended to include all types of the china in eolors as well as borders, besides the old blue. In fact I feel it would be much more interesting as there is still left a large amount of such nn-fitm,u:ditvould afford and entertainâ€" mdtmwflm" mu‘:mmmmhm series of will be open to the publig as well as club members on m-wd-pomlnflm-.fickm may be obtained for the course or bratdondihs~ sad WEOEHON, MRFS. RBSON Smith, Mr3. Alfred E. Phillips, Mrs. John R. Todd, Mrs. Charles Mason, Mrs. Everett L. Easton, and Mrs. Large Crowd To Hear Dr. Bradley Carl G. Commander of Dumaresq Spencer post of the American Legion which is presenting Dr. Preston Bradley at the Highland Park W-mdub. Tuesday evening, October th, the the numerous requests for invitaâ€" tions from those wishing to attend has prompted special arrangements to accommodate an overflow crowd and a public speaking system will be imt& to broadcast his address through the entire building and the elub grounds. been pastor of the p.?u.wmu in Chicago has mequired nation wide fame as a public speaker, and for his expert knowledge of present day problems. His Sunday services are attended by more than a 1,000 who eome from all over the Chicago area and his weekly message which is broadefst over station WJJD numâ€" bers séveral hundred thousand lisâ€" teners throughout the country. Leslic B. McCaffery, Legion Past Commander and present Post Adjuâ€" tant, who is in charge of invitations nhmthattherewfihundmis- sion charge for this event but adâ€" mittance to the auditorium will be by invitation only. Members of the Legion and Auxiliary have been alâ€" lotted a limited number of invitaâ€" tions and an equal number have been made available to the various chureh, school, civic and business organizations of Highland Park. He adds that anyone wishing to attend may apply for invitations by comâ€" municating with him at the Legion offices, 21 N. Sheridan Rd., Highâ€" land Pr;‘ud that all requests are being in the order received. Legion Guest Speakers committee is in charge of arrangements. He is being assisted by Henry Hansen, Post Chaplain and officers of the post, inâ€" cluding Sen. Vice Comm. Harry Eichler, Jr. Vice Comm. Wm. Acker, Mr, Buckles, who is a former presâ€" Past Comm. Paul Webb, Wm. Heinâ€" richs, Arthur Johnson, DeWitt Manâ€" asee, Philip McKenna, and Roeco Steila, Sgt. at Arms who will be in charge of the Legion ushers. City Commissioners, Jerome Bowes, Lyle Gourley, Arthur $wanson, and Nathan Gen. Robt. E. Wood, Tom Wyle, Past Dist. Comm. Miller Echreiner, Mrs. Wm. Salyards Jt., Pres. of Legion Auxiliaty; A. E. E. Price of Lincoln and Eim Place the + H Frank !q-;.g:;w.: Hk:l’:,nd Park, ay be obtained for the course or z a single lecture from any memâ€" t of the committee or at the door. nvited to be on the stage According to Geo. Abernathy, Dr. Bradley, who for years has Included among officials and HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, < THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1940 Opens N. S. Series Sunday Evening A gala opening for the second anâ€" nual North Shore Series is assured next Sunday evening, October 27, when lhrhnfuc:,an.hnd.g noted singer of our . @ the auditorium of the m.d Park High school. Miss Anderson‘s recital will be the first in this serâ€" ies of five concerts which is bring» ing the finest talent of the musical world to the North Shore. Good seats for the Anderson reâ€" cital are still available, it is anâ€" Ave., Highland Park. The phone number is Highland Park 3099. Mail erders are also being received at Box 584, Highland Park. Seats are the consistent appeal for American audiences which Marion Anderson has demonstrated for the past sevâ€" eral years.: To a career, already firuw by virtue of Miss Anâ€" ‘s great musical gifts, much impetus was added by the singer‘s appegrance on the steps of the Linâ€" coln Memorial in Washington â€" & recital which Miss Anderson underâ€" took at the request of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. In the same year Marion Anderson sang at the White House before the King and Queen of England. Under the management of S. Marok of New York Miss Anderson has each year toured the country, singing before soldâ€"out houses and audiences which refuse to let her stop. In obtaining this First Lady of Song for the opening attraction on the North Shore Series, the sponâ€" sors are bringing to the North Shore suburbs an unusually great musical opportunity. The consert will begin promptly at 8:30, and those planning to attend are urged to obtain tickets in advance. Town Meeting At: Community House Monday Evening With the New England town meeting as its inspiration, the sor a Town meeting for Highland Park next Monday evening, Octoâ€" ber 28, at 8 o‘clock at the new Comâ€" munity House. At this time the mayor the commissioners, and the new chief of police will be introâ€" duced to their "constituency" and be given an opportunity to report on their past efforts and future plans. The audience will participate in the meeting by coming fortified with questions covering matters which puzzle them. Mrs. Philip Ringer, president of the Highland Park League of Women Voters, will preside, and the speakers will niclude: Mayor Frank Ronan, whose work on the council is called public afâ€" fairs. League of Women Voters will Nathan Sharp, who is in charge _o{ accounts and finance, plus garâ€" Lyle Gourley, who cares for pubâ€" lic heaith and sefety, which inâ€" cludes sgnitary sewers and water. Arthur Swanson, whose field is streets and public improvements, which include street lighting and storm sewers. Jerome Bowes, who cares for pubâ€" lic property, including all city buildâ€" ings and grounds, the fire departâ€" ment, and public utility franchises. _ Rex Andrews, the new chief of Young Mens Club Remains Unbeaten In Sizxth Start Wyatt Peshman phenomenal halfâ€" back of the "Red and White" gridâ€" dmhdil:“h;-â€"ho:t.lllh they encountered the "Black Devils" at for 65 yards, the other 80. mmâ€"hhh No living concert artist can boast Guidance, Strongest high school. During this halfâ€"cenâ€" tury it has earned a respected posiâ€" tion among the secondary schools of the country. One of the strongest movements in the field of education today is "Guidance." As the attendance in secondary schools his been increasâ€" ing so tremendously in the past Afty years it has become more and more important to avoid overlookâ€" ing the educational needs of each Educational Move, Developed At DSHS school does to personalize education. Deerfieldâ€"Shields high school has alâ€" ways been a leader in this field; alâ€" most daily requests come from schools all over the country‘\for inâ€" formation about its guidance proâ€" here at Highland Park. The whole school is divided into groups of twentyâ€"five or thirty students who meet three times a week. During inated by Mr. Sandwick in 1912 Practically every urban high school in the country now has some form these periods the adviser of each mfl" unhampered by textbook maâ€" terial, devotes his time to becoming intimately acquainted with each member. Through this friendly reâ€" lationship he is able to help his adâ€" visees in their many problems of school life better than anyone else in the school could do. The adviser has at his disposal several agencies in the school which help him in his work. The School Nurse ,the Visiting Teacher, the al Advisers, the Adviser Chairmen, the Deans, the Principal, â€"all of whom are assistants to the adviser in carrying out his programâ€"make up the remainder of the guidance staff. Whenever anyone of these agents makes a report on a student the adviser receives a copy. The classroom teacher also reports to the adviser all those who have failâ€" The intramural program is built mround these advisory groups. A complete athletic program for the boys who do not take part in varâ€" sity athletics is arranged throughâ€" out the year. A real "espirit da corps" is built up through this friendly rivalry between groups. Frederick Litten To Speak on Fiction Writing, October 31 tor in Fiction Writing at Northâ€" western univetsiy, will talk on "Writing Fiction to Sell" at the luncheon meeting at the Open House Tea Room on October 31 following the regular Thursday morning class in Creative Writing. fiying field are shown in the titles of his books published by Appletonâ€" Professor Litten has had an adâ€" venturous life as an engineer with mining _ companies, . construction gangs, managing his own engineerâ€" ing firm, before he started writing. ‘This is the fifticth anniversary of English _ firms. These include "Rhodes of the Flying Cadets," "Pilot of the High Sierras," Transâ€" atlantic Pilot." Three of his books have been translated into Braille Preame a Tis! porisn‘ is Ihoseapge a real person‘to th of American boys. 8 Action and gangster stories laid in Chicago written for adults as well as technical engineering plot stories are included in the more than six hundred stories Fred Litâ€" ten has sold. He was in Haiti as a guest of the United States Maâ€" rines, he visited the convict corps of studied Scotland Yards methods of eatching criminals. Professor and Mrs. Litten, who have recently moved to Lake Bluff, will be the first luncheon guests of the fall term in the Creative Writâ€" Tunesia, the French secret service showed him a Paris that the tourâ€" ing G led by Rowens Bennett at the ;w-u Park Y.W.CA. Class members may use their course tickets to invite guests to the Oct. 81 morning session. Anyone interâ€" ested in hearing Professor Litten may pay for a single admission to <lass that morning. The center of this program is the Frederick Nelson Litten, instrucâ€" Pass Half Way Mark Of Chest Goal In Week‘s Solicitation "Our Town" To Be Featured Next Week On Alcyon Program Talked To Much," one of filmdom‘s most thrilling exposes of illegal law practices, starring George Brent, Virginia Bruce and Richard Barâ€" thelmess. Both attractions showing on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. _ _ e 0 3 Meet the folks of "Our Town," the grippingly realistic motion picâ€" ture based on Thornton Wilder‘s Pulitzer Prize play that rocked a mation. "Our Town" is hailed by critics everywhere as one of the Alcyon theatre screen. . On the Tuesday Is Last Registration Day Before Election Beach‘s widely read novel, "Flowing Gold," is the added attraction for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The locale of this dynamic actionâ€" drama is Texas great oil fields. the last registration day for voters of Deerfield township, and everyone who is entitled to vote should be sure that his or her name is on the poll books. Registration will be held at the regular precinet polling places, and all polls will open at 8 a.m. and remain until 9 p.m. *T If you were registered "in your present precinet at the last election, your name hes undoubtedly been entered on the poll books by the clerks in your precinct. However, if you have changed your residence since the last election to another precinet, it behooves you to see that your name is listed. All newcomers and first time voters must also regâ€" ister, or they will not be permitâ€" ted to vote at the coming election on November 5th. The polling places are as follows: _ 1st precinctâ€"South Park House, erts and Highwood avenue, High road, Highland Park. â€" Ctthroeinctâ€"nghhnd Park high ng: precinetâ€"541 Central street, Highland Park. 8th precinetâ€"10 N. Sheridan road. 9th precinetâ€"25 South Second 10th precinectâ€"47 South St. Johns avenue. 11th precinetâ€" Railroad Mien‘s Home, Highland Park. 13th precinetâ€"Strenger‘s Gray and Ridgewood, 1 h'uth precinetâ€"Ravinia school field ouse. _ 15th precinectâ€"497 Roger Wilâ€" lams avenue, Highlandâ€" Park. 16th precinetâ€"Ohitago & North Western railway station, Ravinia. At Redeemer Church An important date on the ealenâ€" dar of the Lutheran church is its Mission Festival ‘This will be obâ€" Mission Festival a missionary in China, will cccupy the pulpit. While he was stationed there he opened up a new mission at take over by the Japanese, but the harmed, and is -m-d: uing at his avenue. At the morning service the Rev. L. Schwartzkopf, formerly Next Tuesday, October 29, will be :‘@ precinectâ€"City Hall, Highâ€" 8rd precinetâ€"Swedish church, Evâ€" 4th precinetâ€"Oak Terrace school Following the Second Report lutbch:lldthowmut&n- paign, ‘Tuesday evening, Genâ€" eral Chairman Don Nichols anâ€" nounced a total of $28,452.25 in subâ€" scriptions turned in by workers against the Chest goal of $50,000, «We are delighted to more than pass the halfâ€"way mark of our goal in less than a week of active solicâ€" "Our 850 volunteer workers have ::::mdapm’:-.:fif;’.l-id their prospects and I feel that with the fine results to date that we perbh ge ht dige i nerdeg Shhin i Gp wl g: Friday, . November & which we have set for our final report "More than $5,000 i:, subscripâ€" tions were reported district Chairmen at Tuesday night‘s meetâ€" oo samiy ht orig as sor t an at our next report date Friday evening, October Many liberal increases are being made by subscribers this year through both the general solicitaâ€" tio: l;ngh. special :tf:; ndkitlflo; an average of increases maintained I feel certain of the sueâ€" cess of this year‘s campaign to meet the increased needs of some of our member agencies and the added budâ€" get of the new Community House. "Reports of district chairmen are being promptly checked in and auâ€" dited by a well organized group of volunteer auditors working under the direction of L. B. Sinclair, treasâ€" urer of the Chest. These volunâ€" teers include the following: Wm. C. Heinrichs, Mrs. H. E. Lang, F. Vance Nelson, Alice Olson, Joseph Peddle, Fred W. Richman, Miss sheim. â€" «They are on hand at Chest headâ€" from 8 to 10 p.m. each Tuesday and Friday during the campaign period." Gen. R. E.‘Wood T. + uy < se d To Address Scout Ceremony Oct. 30 American Legion will sponsor what promises to he the largest Boy Scout Court of Honor ever conâ€" ducted on the north shore Wednesâ€" day, October 30th. Under the diresâ€" tion. of Com. George Abernathy, Edwin Gilroy chairman, in charge of the event has arranged a brief but impressive unTw which will begin promptly at 7:30 oc‘clock in the school. A ghort address :}lll be m . Robt. E. Wood, ti:wm indu::try, milit:‘.ry ons affairs. “&Mn Speer, executive of the Clifton Speer, executive g the North Shore Area of Boy of America announces that more T yroup award in s 3: ko e Siat Soeet hoi P be maie by Com. Aber and the Life Bcout awards will be made by Major awards will be made by Mr. Clifton Speer. Other awards will be made by Past Com. Leslic McCaffery, Paul ;'hb. YVice %mx-fiftr? Eighler, Acker an ur Johnson. Eyeudhc the ceremony the Boy Scout Drum & Bugle Corps will asâ€" semble at the Ravinia station and march through Ravinia to the Raâ€" vinia school. Among the prominent Legionnaires and others who will Park. take jstcrt“ten the mh'.gz:: Philip E. , Wm. Heinpic . Benson, city, l":n. Auxiliary, Iq‘hwt'nd-ehaflnfleiah.m Stella and John Olson will be in charge of the colors and the Legion was the father i'fi"i-.â€""”z Washburn, 494 Terrace road, of thi ushers. There will be no admittance charge. The public is cordially inâ€" vited to attend. Local Woman To Share In Estate The will of the iate Warren A. um of the NUMBER 34 #, has been