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© LIFEâ€"SAYVING BOAT It was in the summer of 1939 that the city of Highland Park was shocked and grieved to hear of the tragic death of two of its citizens in a lakeâ€"mishap. A boat overturned and it was impossible to save the lives of these two men â€" father and son. Before hardly a day had elapsed, a group of Highland Parkers had formed a committee and quickly planned a remedy to end all accidents on the lake. Situated on top of the water tower at Central ave. beach is a siren, which was purchased by the local Rotary club, and is in charge of the water department. In the case of any type of water casualty, the siren sounds and at least one crew and the police department are at the scene of the accident. Theâ€"life boat is launched and the victim safely brought to shore in a very short time. All this was possible through the cooperation of the citizens of the community who rallied forth in fine spirit when called upon to dohate to the Lake Front Safety commission for the purchase of a boat, the building of a pier and the upkeep of the equipment. The Highland Park Lake Front Safety committee was organized and after weeks of deep and thorough study, these citizens came to a decision. They would purchase the best life boat available and train crews to man the boat. Leo Sheridan was elected president of the committee; Harry Aiston, secretary ; Harry Earhart, treasurer ; and Herbert Lautmann, a member of the board. With the help of such men as Ed Brown and John Peters they began the task of efficiently training a crew of men. Theré are now ten trained crews, consisting of from three to four men on each crew. As an example of the organization‘s efficiency is an, accident of several weeks ago, when it was proven that the contributing citiâ€" zens invested their money into a good cause. At about 8:30 p.m. one summer evening, Joe Riddle, Bob Gifâ€" ford and Mr. and Mrs. Bus Huestis were out in the life boat when they suddenly sighted an SOS from a boat that was apparently three miles out. Neither the running lights nor the spotlights of the boat could then be seen, but the life boat, Rescue, held its course and finally the lights were seen again. About two hours later the Rescue put a line on the other boat, a twentyâ€"twa foot cabin cruiser, which had a clogged fuelâ€"line, and tugged the boat into Wilmette harbor. ~‘_ The owner of the stranded boat was Harry Nye of Murphy and Nye; "satimakers, â€"and with him were his wifeâ€"and six ‘guests. Mr. Nye explained that he didn‘t know where he was, but that he hoped to attract somebody on shore. After trying for fortyâ€"five minâ€" utes, he gaye up until he heard the motor of the Rescue. * " For towing hi in, Mr. Nye gave Skipper Riddle twentyâ€"five dollars. â€"Skipper Riddle told him.that he would be listed as:a conâ€" tributor to the Rescue fund, explaining that the boat had been bought for such purposes with money which had been subscribed by Highland Park citizens. 1 ‘Treasurer Earhart wrote a note to Mr. Nye thanking him for his gift, which, he said, would be used in the maintenance and operaâ€"~ tion of the life boat. The following letter was received from Mr. Nye : "I do wish to say that your organization was more than welâ€" come when you picked us up and towed us to Wilmette. "At that time, we were getting mightly lonesome and we appreâ€" ciated your help." M f Since the organization of the Lake Front committee, there has not been a single serious accident or loss of life on Lake Michigan off Highland Park â€" a record of which to be indeed proud. ‘Scrapâ€"Minded‘ Salvage Committee Collects Old Keys The old saying "great minds run in the same channel" seems to apply to the "scrapâ€"minded Salvage ‘commitâ€" tees of both Chicago and Highland Park. ‘The idea of collecting‘ old, useless keys to swell the tonnage of scrap metal occured to both groups at approximately the same time. The committee does . â€"not know what prompted the thought in Chicago, but in Highland .Park it was the story in the National ‘Geographic magazine about the key turned in to the scrap metal depot in England with the atâ€" tached tag: "The house belonging to this key was bombed. Please accept for salvage." Letters of instruction had already gone out to. all junior captains in Highland Park to start collections before the station barrels were ‘sent to Highland Park by the Junior Association of Commerce sponâ€" soring the collection in Chicago. The Grease Salvage committee reâ€" ports 860 pounds this past week, which shows an improvement over the week before . Although short of the quota, i# is felt that: when the vacation period is over the committee will have nt‘p'al_hmll the" 1000 weekly level. While Highland Park always coâ€" operates with neighboring communiâ€" ties in all war efforts, it was too late to recall the instructions to the junior rm:;:?sâ€"-kmwm“ with its inal plans. Vol. 32, No. 25 +/I2! W reed by THE Poople! ©@ Lifeâ€"Saving Boot Expect 1000 Pounds Weekly STRICTLY LOCAL Improveéement Shown in Grease, Tin Collections by IVAN N. ADAIR The reports on tin can collection are encouragaing as more and more houseâ€" wives join the ranks of can salvagers. Those who have no regular garbage collection, may turn in their cans with a neighbor who has a regular collecâ€" tor. The . Conservation committee is grateful to the Public Service comâ€" pany for the window display on tin can salvage. ‘The posters are the work of Mrs. Ann Landau. She has placed stress upon the necessity of tin for planes. With air superiority necessary for successful offensive tacâ€" tics, tin becomes increasingly imâ€" portant as bushings for airplane enâ€" gines and machine gun mounts. Those who turned in all their scrap rubber during the recent drive need not be unduly alarmed at the large piles of scrap rubber yet to be seen about. An employee of the Sinclair Oil company explained that, due to the shortage of transportation facilâ€" jties, the government had allocated but a certain number of freight cars for ‘the purpose of hauling: salvaged rubber to the reâ€"conditioning plant. This takes time and all collectors of salvaged rubber must await the alâ€" location of these cars. The purpose of the rubber drive was twoâ€"fold ; one was to learn the amount accomplished and the second is being of salvage rubber available for r&â€" conditioning +that . intelligent | plans could be made for its use, and th second was the collection of that rubber. ‘The first purpose has been The Higyland Park Pregs ‘"Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper f or 32 Years" To Speak Here Rotary Governor, 8 Confers On Arthur W. Wood, ’"l_ igh School‘s Role Next Monday, Aug. 24, the Rotary club of Highland Park will welcome Arthur W. Wood, govermnor of the 147th district «.‘ Rotary International, which includes fiftyâ€"four Rotary clubs in northern Iflinois. Mr. Wood is principal of the John Deere Junior high school in Moline, IIL, and is a member of the Rotary club of Moline. He was nominated as governor at the conierence of the 147th district held last May and was formially elected at the 1942 convenâ€" tion of Rotary International in Torâ€" onto, Canada, in June. Mr. Wood will visit the Rotary club to advise and assist President Paul Behanna, Secretary P H. Evans, and the‘committeemen of the club on matters pertaining to club administraâ€" tion and Rotary service activities. Cvernor Wood is usging Rotary clubs throughout the district to give special attention to the matter of adâ€" justing their activities for the coming year to the war effort; Many clubs have already contributed to this in various ways. He also urges all Rotarians to furâ€" ther their study and understanding of international problems throughout the community in any way possible. Governor Wood will hold office unâ€" til shortly following the 1943 convenâ€" tion of Rotary . International, which is scheduled for Philadelphia, â€" Penn., next June, Twchty-Tw;“non T o Report for Induction In Army Aug. 25 Included in the list are the followâ€" ing Highland Parkers; Giuseppe Marâ€" chetti, Percy H.â€"Prior. Sante Carani, Chris A. Michelsen, Robert J. Weiler, Victor J. Cucchiara, Philip S. Fredâ€" rickson and Henry L. Boilini. Twentyâ€"two men from Drait Board No,. 1 have ‘been ordered to report for induction into the U, S, army Tuesday; Edward Feeley, Prairie View, Gien W. Sherman, Barrington, Richard F. Duffy, Deerfield, Robert R. Nicholâ€" son, Libertyville, and Elton J. Conn, Centerville, Ia., complete the list. From Highwood are Giuseppe Lops, Dominic â€" Guiliani, Vito S. Lomoro, Nello L. Ori, John Morandi, William Andrini, Nicholas Binetti, Joseph E. La Rochelle and Vito Dastici. 41 Graduate from Transport School At Fort Sheridan Fort. Sheridan‘s first graduating class of 41 students from the Motor Transport school received their diâ€" plomas last Saturday following a short address by Col. E. H. Besse, commander of the school. Thorough Course ‘Instruction was under the direction of D. E. Hamilton, civilian instructor, who followed a through course of auto mechanics prepared by the war deâ€" partment. 4 Antiâ€"aircraft firing today, tomorrow and Saturday will create a danger zone within a 12 mile radius of Fort Sheriâ€" dan on Lake Michigan and up to an altitude of eight miles over this area. The students are now ready for assignment to motor corps in the field and as assistant>instructors at other posts throughout the country. All shipping and all aircraft should avoid the danger zone, accomplished. as quickly as possible. Soon the beaches will close and the bathing season will be over. The bathing cap which barely got through the summer may soon go into the staâ€" tion box or to a junior captain. Rags, scrap metal and old felt hats should be turned in, but please do not put glass bottles and jars .into station boxes. ~Put them in the box in front of Felf‘s Highland Pork, Hlinois, Thursdoy, August 20, 1942 Mrs. Walter Rubens, chairman of conservation, reports that junior capâ€" tain activity is keeping boxes fuller thnenrb&h-e. From this source of salvage amount of $38.39 has hrmb*&. since 1. €. ¥» DANGER ZONE In W ar Effort Dr. Harold Spears, principal of the Highland Park.High School, has just returned from Washington, D. C., where he spent a week at the United States office of education. He was called into a conference relative to the high school‘s place in the national war . effort. « Registration Da y At Local YWCA This is Last Rent Highland Park landlords have until 5 p.m. today to register their dwelling accommodations at the YWCA office, 374 Laurel ave. After today they must register cither at rent control headâ€" quarters at 222 W. Adams st., Chicago, or at the branch office in Waukegan. Every rented dwelling unitâ€"houses, apartments, kitchenettes, hotel rooms, rooming houses, flats, tenements, tourâ€" ist cabins, trailer homes and all other living accommodations offered â€" for rentâ€"in the Chicago defense rental zrea, which embraces Cook, Kane, Duâ€" Page and Lake counties, must be regâ€" istered by Sept. 1. He indicates that national leaders, in both military and nonâ€"military poâ€" sitions, are stressing the important place the school holds in the furtherâ€" ance of successful war. Mrs. David Levinson and Mrs. Lewâ€" is B. Sinclair are in charge of rent registration at the YWCA, now in its third day. Among the women assisting them are Mrs. William Einbecker, Mrs. A. M. Rosenthal, Mrs. Leonard Rieser ‘and Mrs. Frank D. Austin. x Fix Maximum Rent "When registration _ is complete," Earl Dean Howard, area rent director, arnounced at a meeting of real estate cwners in the Union League club, "all tenants in the fourâ€"county area will be provided with a copy of the form which will show the rent charged on all units on March 1, 1942, the basic maximum rent fixed by the regulaâ€" tion." 3. A presumption will be created that failure to register is motivated by an attempt to conceal nonâ€"compliance with the maximum legal rent requireâ€" ment. In such cases the penalties proâ€" vided by law are severe. , Howard warned property owners and agents of their liability to penalâ€" ties for failure or refusal to comply with registration requirements. In this connection he listed four possible penâ€" alties +9 the deliMiqugtitowner or agent, 1. He will forfeit the right to file any petition or receive any recognition by the rent director. § * 2. In any eviction or other proceedâ€" mgs in the courts in this area, the court will be advised of such nonâ€" compliance. Any tenant may set up this fact in defense.in any such action. 4. The law requires that no owner cr agent may make any new contracts or agreements for the rental of any unit not registered. Any such contracts or agreements will be regarded as inâ€" valid. "This registration is a simple. proâ€" cess," he continued "Within a short distance of every landlord in the area, forms and postageâ€"free envelopes can be obtained.. It requires only a few ininutes to fill out the triplicate form required. Once filled out, the landlord mails the form to the rent office. One copy will remain on file in the rent office, one. will be ‘returned to the lagdlord and the third will be sent to the tenant." "Let me urge that landlords not wait until the last munite fill out and mail in their ngimi;n statements. If the form is filled out properly, all will save time." Instructions to the tenant on the reverse side of his copy of the regisâ€" tration form tell him that‘unless otherâ€" wise notified by the rent director, he is to pay no more rent than the maxiâ€" mum legal‘ rent as stated in the secâ€" tion marked by a heavy green arrow. In the event the tenant disagrees with any of the statements in the form, b‘}is to list his objections and return his copy of the statement to the rent office within 15 days. ‘If the tenant does not disagree or question any of the statements, he need not return the form. ‘ The instructions also tell the tenant that he cannot be evicted. for refusâ€" ing to pay more than the maximum lel!lf-!.mdmtmmh the tenant to give up the of any provision of the maximam rent regulation is void. In the event of a tenant subâ€"lotting to one or more persons â€"not members ol his family, all or part of the dwellâ€" mg he has rented himself, the tgrant then must submit a registration stateâ€" mient. Where he rents to three or more persons, he registers on the form ‘which‘ covers hotels, rooming and boarding houses. * In cases where a present tenant va~ cates, and the premises are rented to .“'w-m’&:hmwfl-bm. the new tenant and have him sign it The landlord within | five days Registratign Is Simple City Blackout A Success; Only One Violotion High School To Open Sept. 9 With 1,200 Students Enrolled Freshmen will report for work Wednesday, Sept. 9, at 8:45 am. and tpperclassmen will report for classes the following morning. Tuesday, Sept. 8. is designated as faculty planning cay, with the first professional meetâ€" ing of the group called for 3 p.m. Polâ€" icies for the year will be outlined and discussed and new teachers will be inâ€" troduced. Students who have moved into the district since June should report at the high school for placement tests Monday, Aug. 31, at 8:30 a.m., the reâ€" sults of these tests to be used in the 2djustment to and selection of courses. Students entering from the grammar schools of the district were given these tests last spring. will begin its new term the week of Labor Day, with approximately 1,200 students enrolled. About 325 of these * Book Store Schedule The high school bookstore will be open Friday, Sept. 4, from 9 a, m. to 12 and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and Sat., Sept. 5, from 9 a.m. to 12. Padlocks and other supplies will be sold in addiâ€" tion to the books on these days, and lockers will be assigned to new stuâ€" dents. will be freshmen. Students are urged to obtain books on these.days. For the convenience of Deerficld students, a bus will leave Deerfield at 8:45 a.m. Sept. 4 and 5, returning later in the morning at a time designated ‘by the bus driver; Arthur Wolters, dean of boys, and Emada Griswold, dean of girls, will be in their offices Sept. 1 and 2, from 10 am. to 2 p.m. for enrolling new students and making necessary adâ€" justments. Eight faculty members will take their places in the school for the first time this fall, four women and four men. Helen Peffers will teach the new health course that ;:' being inaugut?éd forâ€"allâ€"freshmenIn_addition. she will act as ‘faculty sponsor for the freshâ€" man class. Ske holds a degree from Beloit and has taken graduate work at the University of Chicago. Hubert V. Gardner will coach. the varsity basektball team, will assist Daâ€" vid. Floyd.with football and will hanâ€" dle physical education classes and the lunchâ€"period playground program. He has successfully coached similar sports in South Dakota for 10 years and holds degrees from the Universities of IIlâ€" inois and Minnesota. He is married and has three young children. For the first time this year a new basic speech course is being established for sophomores.> Phyllis Carpenter, a Wisconsin university speech graduate, will handle. this new programâ€"and in addition" will sponsor a discussion and forum ‘club for 9th and 10th gradegs. Coming in to take over the social studies classes of Lieut. Edward Burâ€" well while he is in the service is Irwin Thomle, who as well as holding deâ€" grees> from Northwestern â€"university has acted as assistant instructor in soâ€" cial studies there the past two years. The position in the commercial deâ€" partment left vacant last April when Al Werbelow resigned to accept a Chicago business position, is being filled by John Codd, a teacher from downstate. He has his M. A. in busiâ€" ness from the University of Chicago and his A. B, from the University of lMlinois. He is married and has two children. In addition to his teaching, Mr. Codd will assistâ€"in the scholastic athletics. ' _Patricia Bennit is coming in as an addition to the arts department. She will handle courses in arts and crafts, a new room having beem equipped for this work» adjacent to the present art room.. One of her courses will be the new exploratory arts course for freshâ€" Coming in to teach biology is Harâ€" old McMullen, an experienced ‘science teacher. A graduate of the University of Mi with extended graduate wmmlwmfi- rectly from an assignment with the Kellogg Foundation‘s educational proâ€" ject in the Battle Creek area. He will conduct a nature.club in addition to his class work. This position was forâ€" merly held by Mr. Wade McNutt, who retired from service lastâ€" spring, Set For Tuesday First Hir School Football Practice Formation of the . Highland Park high school football ‘teams will get :lewuym-h-nhvt: : given out to at MM-E’ Park ave., it was . announced vesterday by Coach The Highland Park High School T MV UE KE first practice will take place . Mr. &amm land â€" Uunivers Urbana, More than 700 air wardens and coâ€" werdens cooperating under the direc« tion of the chief warden, Robert F. Patton, assistant chicf air warden, twelve division wardens w.:fi‘h : 36 sector warden cooperating C members of the auxiliary police under the direction of Chief Martin .Kopp and Commander Harry Eichler were As a ‘result of efficient ’.&d’ and the wholeâ€"hearted cooperation almost every citizen, only two inciâ€" dents and one violation were reported. The incident consisted of a fire left burning in a fire place and a light burning in a bedroom overlooking a ravine on Linden ‘ave. by a young boy reading, who thought it would not be seen. Both of these reports have t referred to the police apartment fo With almost all written block air raid warden reports received, covering performance in the 428 city blocks in Highland Park during the recent test black out, Mayor Frank J. Ronan, chairman of the Civilian Defense council and Donald Trumbull, coâ€"orâ€" dinator, have received a preliminary report from Mlh.ny Mla:hht‘m air raid warden and i , comâ€" mander of auxiliary polite, advising that. Highland Park‘s performance was almost perfect. on duty while some 50 members of the auxiliary fire department, organâ€" ized by Chiecf Hoskins, stood by im case of emergency. The violation was a light burning in a building on County Line rd. at Skokie which was noticed by an alert warden. Upon investigation he found it was in a room occupied by Domiâ€" nick Melone, 57, an employee of a 10â€" cal road house. Upon his refusal to extinguish the light, the warden called a policeman and an immediate arrest was made. Police Magistrate Henty Hansen held a midâ€"night preliminary hearing and Melone was released afâ€" ter posting_$100 bond. He was found guilty at trial the following Saturday morning and fined, $35 and costs by Judge" Hansen. " y 5 = ed With this single exception, Mayor Ronan states the performance and coâ€" operation of the citizens of Blcm Park was outstanding and i gratifying. ‘The extent of this was exâ€" pressed by Lt. William J. Tilden and. Ensign Robert Duval, observors apâ€" pointed by the United States Navy, who viewed the blackout from out in the lake accompanied by Edward Brown of the Park Board, cfi& ip Cole, city engineer. Lt. . ‘ stated that all the lights of the city seemed to go on and off almost inâ€" stantly. _ Six new sirens purchased by the City of Highland Park had their first test and supplemented the other three: in operation. Assistant Chief Patton: states that, while the sound chart based on warden‘s reports ‘has not been completed, it may be stated that these have gone a long way to m the problem, but that the sitens h can be heard in all parts of the A both indoors and outdoors, r of weather conditions and pr noise still remain a problem which faces all +communities and makers. While no general plan of test im= cidents was atteripted in Hi Park‘s black out an unannounced test was emdeavored in an attempt to opâ€" crate a car marked "official" and a police cér with head lights turned down. In each attempt, b'!:. alert air wardens and members of atuxiliary police stopped‘ the cars alâ€" most instantly and it was found im« possible . to: proceed. + Independent of the Mope::: * 7 med at ‘rnec'tl;eon of Ecnry Bleck, Chiet of Division 8, Chicago Metropolitan aréa. Division wardens who directed the program in each of Highlandâ€" Park‘s twelve . divisions â€" include, â€" Clarence Bassler, Marc Law, Van G. Kirk, D. A. Kittermaster,â€" James M. Murphy, Edward C. George, John A. Bellows, Milton Souther, Albert Larsen, Bert G. Green, Art W. Olson and P. N. BIRTHSâ€"â€" Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Butts, 626 Onâ€" . wentsia ave., girl, Atig. 11. # 4 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Drury, Fort Sheridan, girl, Aug 14. _ / ig Mr. :::;;{-I h? 24 8. . sr:’-:_nnm'u-.& : e r e t Mr. and Mrs. Frank land : ave, Deerfield, boy ons 1 m ad Mrs‘ Witiem & 103 N. St. Johns ave., 5c a Copy, $1.50 a Yea . Test in Highland Pork Proves Almost Pertect Good Cooperation Two Incidents nQ Test