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Highland Park Press, 3 Jan 1946, p. 1

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Guy Lunn to Seek Co. Treasurer‘s Job in Primary Guy O. Lunn, chief deputy «and cashier in the Lake County Treasâ€" urer‘s office, today announced his myurm-thlc- publican ticket in the primary election next April 9. Vol. $5; No. 45 Lunn, who was born in North Chicago 44 years ago and has lived in the same community:his entire life, and has been a deputy in the county treasurer‘s office for the last 12 years, having worked in al} departments of the office up to his present position as chief deputy and cashier. a* He will ask election to succeed Gustaf H. Fredbeck, present counâ€" ty treasurer, who cannot be a canâ€" didate for reâ€"election under the mtmi-cilm&n.m beck‘s plans after his term expires the workings of this complicated office by actual experience with all phases of our work, and he has shown the qualifications of leaderâ€" ship and efficiency necessary to the office." The formal announcement _ of Lumn that he would seek the Reâ€" publican nomination came up as no suanise.ashisunehuhentle only one mentioned in party cirâ€" cles and it has almost become poâ€" litical custom for the chief deputy treasurer to succeed to the office. Lunn is no newcomer to politics, having served almost 20 years as aldermsn‘ on the North Chicago city council, being reâ€"elected only last April for his ninth comsecutive â€"i‘n-zbeck is endorsing Lunn‘s candidacy because, be said, "Mr. Linn is thoroughly familiar with Rotarians Will Hear urer‘s staff 12 years ago, he was e-ployed'meonmdionvutby various contractors. . He and Mrs. Lunn make their home at 1506 20th St. At January 7 Meeting ‘The Highland Park Rotary club will have for guest of honor at their luncheon meeting on Januâ€" ary 7 at the Sunset Valley club, Mr. John Brearton, district goverâ€" nonâ€"of Rotary, who is also state‘s attorney for Savannah county. ~Awards forâ€"perfect attendance will be awarded at that time to, Dr. V. C. Nichols, Dr. Donald E. Rossiâ€" ter and V. C. Musser, whose record of attendance since organization of the club, 16 years ago, has been 12% years. Dr. Rossiter was givâ€" en. leave of absence for the time For the January 14 meeting, members of Glencoe, Deerfield and Northbrook clubs have been invitâ€" ed to enjoy a showing of the World Series, displayed for the New Officers January 7 At Sunset Valley Club Year for the Kiwanis club will be held Monday, January 7, at 6:30, at the Sunset Valley club, and new lows: Newman T. Sheahen, presiâ€" dent; Harold N. Finch, viceâ€"presâ€" ident: Walter M. Lillie, secretary, and Harold J. Beik, treasurer. ‘The installation ceremonies will be conducted by Otto Franke of ;:lr_'-_(&-fl-hcvmh.- Highland Parkers Hurt As Cars Skid on Mrs. Don D. Tomajan, 2216 Linâ€" colnwood, suffered chest and knee injuries last Friday, when a car driven by Mary C. Sheridan, 160 Dean, skidding on the icy pavement near 440 8. St. Johns, collided with removed to the Highland Park hospital for treatment. _ _ â€" . slight knee and nose injuries. What we have in us of the image of â€" _The Higbland Park Press the Children‘s Jewish Bureau â€" now need a major job of rehabiliâ€" tation and modernization and some new additions," said Mrs. Lilienâ€" field in announcing the meeting. "The United Jewish Building Fund Hilda Sims Guest at N. S. Cong. Israel ingâ€"in the title role of Anna in "Anna Lucasta® at the Civic theaâ€" ter in Chicago, will be the guest star at a meeting and dessert luncheon to be held on Monday, Jan. 7, at 1 p.m., at â€"North Shore Congregation Israel, 840 Vernon Ave., in Glencoe. The meeting is being sponsored by the president of all Jewish Women‘s organizaâ€" tions on the North Shore and will be under the auspices of the Womâ€" en‘s division of the United Jewish Building fund.‘ In addition to Miss Hilda Simms, the program will inâ€" clude a dramatic presentation, by Marshall _ Kent, lwe'zm behind the United J Building fund. Mr. Kent is a noteworthy radio commentator and is best known for his series of poetic radio broadcasts, "To My Darling," on station WIND. . Mrs. Frank D. Mayer, chairman of the Fund‘s women‘s division, and Mrs. Walter Lilienfield, chairman of : North Shore, will preside. ‘"The institutions which have been serving the entire city and its suburbs for so many years â€" Michael Reese and Mount Sinai hospitals, Winfield sanatorium, the Home for Aged Jews, the Orthoâ€" dox Jewish Home for the Aged, the Jewish People‘s Institute, and campaign for $4,000,000 will enâ€" able this generation to make its contribution to the social growth not only for this large Jewish comâ€" munity but also for the city at large. ~The presidents of all orâ€" ganizations on the North Shore and I earnestly hope that every Jewâ€" ish woman will attend the meetâ€" ing on Jan. 7 to hear first hand the story behind the building fund." Mrs. Philip Bregstone, American Jewish congress; Mrs. M. Clarence Goldman, Johanna lodge, U.C.T.S.; Mrs. Jack Lederer, Hadassah; Mrs. Fred Moore, ORT.; Mrs. Wilford Newman, Temple Sisterhood; and Mrs. Milton Tigerman, National Council of Jewish Women. . The viceâ€"chairman of the North Shore committee is Mrs. Ira Frank, and village chairmen are Mrs. Samâ€" wel R. Freed. Evanston: Mrs. Miâ€" chael Greenebaum, Glencoe; Paul Daube, Highland Park; Mrs. Michael Buhai and Louis Berling Winnetka. Citywide Ice Meet Postponed to Jan. 6 scheduled for that day. Weather permitting, the meet will be held this coming Sunday, January 6., starting at 2 p.m., at Sunset Park ice pond. @ugm_loe-lieepo-d With the ending of the war an additional accident hazard is present this winter. This new c. An extra hour of darkness each day at the peak of driving Hilda Simms, presently appearâ€" whatsoever on your ability to a. Increase braking distances on ice and snow around 60 to 70 distance needed to stop the car on ice and snow from 40 to 50 Tce is a wintertime hazard on front steps and walks. In what around the house* f a. Cubes. b. Icicles. c. 100â€" contributing factor?) Because of the warmer weather s?) ‘Tire chains, a standard piece SNOW THIS? riighland Park‘s NEWS Pater for 33 Years Christmas Seal Sales Increasing Steadily ; May Reach 1st Place The daily receipts of Christmas Seal contributions are increasing steadily, according to the office of the Lake® County Tuberculosis asâ€" sociation. On Dec. 21, 1945, the association had again reached first place in the sale of Christmas seals and Christmds seal bonds in the state exclusive of Cook county. It However, 85% of. the entire Christmas seal fund comes from the purchase of Christmas seals at on dollar a sheet. From â€" this source, 12,146 persons have aat‘ contributions. Reminders will be mailed to those who have not replied early in |January, but the association points out the saving in time and expense if an earlier reply is reâ€" ceived to outstanding letters. _ It is never too late to make contribuâ€" tions. Many persons hive teleâ€" phoned the office to say it would be easier to pay for the seals after Christmas. That is the reason the receipts do not lag through Januâ€" ary and even February. i Deeply felt appreciation is exâ€" tended to Mrs. Edward A. Alt, exâ€" ecutive secretary of â€"‘the . ‘Girl Scoutsâ€"of Highland Park, and the bhad climbed from third place to first place. (If this keeps up the association will retain its silver trophy, won the last two years, and have sufficient funds to budget for its expanded work. About 15% of the entire ‘camâ€" paign fund is derived from the sale of Christmas seal bonds â€" 812 Christmas seal bonds have been purchased> ranging in price from $5 to $500. In the mail opened Dec. 29, a firm sent check for $500 bond â€" this will help swell the funds further. The association wishes to extend its gratitude to the many persons who have already contributed to its work; to those who will make their gifts at a later date; and, to those who have not found it possible to contribute this year but have expressed continued interest in the work of the association. Girl Scouts and their leaders, for their. extensive work in folding Christmas seals as a service in preâ€" paring the huge Christmas seal mail. â€" It will be remembered that the girls worked in the window of the Public Service Co. of Highland Park in November, 1945, previous to the mailing of the seals. Highâ€" land Park is to be congratulated on the community service of their Girl Scouts. New Assistant Pastor Is Appointed for _ _: An associate pastor, Rev. Edâ€" mund J. Skoner, of Chicago, has been appointed to the Immaculate Conception church, of which Very Rev. Joseph P. Morrison is the pasâ€" Lake seminary in Mundelein, Rev. Skoner spent 5 years ad curate of the Immaculate Conception church in Chicago, and four years in the Skoner served with the AAF in England with the 303rd bombardâ€" in Africa. Besides six battle stars, he was awarded the Bronze star for efficiency and bravery in acâ€" Carload of Tin Cans Recently Shipped to kitchen ware, food cans and other essential civilian goods is still critâ€" for duty in an air raid over Gerâ€" many, in January, 1944. chairman. We have just shipped Thermit Detinning Co. in Chicago. As the country has no natural tin resources, it is largely dependent Deerfreld Woman‘s Club To Hold January 8 on salvaged tin." s Mrs. Ringer urges housewives to the garbage man‘s collection Members of the Deerfield Womâ€" an‘s club have for the subject of meeting, "Home and Education." ‘Iiom:’d-li with Costume will be given by Margaret Selleck. The meeting will be held at 2 pm. in the Deerficld grammar school. A graduate of St. Mary of the With the rank of captain, Rev. Highland Park, IMinois, Thrusday, January 3, 1945 up (H) and three months for Red Cross Offers Home Nursing Instruction Everyone in every community bas this same opportunity to equip herself (or himself) for similar emergencies in the homeâ€"for the Red Cross Home Nursing service is prevared to teach simple nursâ€" in techniques in any community where at least twenty women wish to devote 24 hours"to this instrucâ€" tion. . The Chicago chapter will provide a registered nurseâ€"to inâ€" struct . such â€" groups, on request. However,â€"classroom and equipment for the course must be furnished by the group desiring instruction. During the recent flu epidemic when several hundred students were confined to the campus inâ€" firmary, members of the Wheaton college Red Cross unit did not wring their hands helplessly and wish there were something conâ€" structive they could do. They were equal to the emergency. These resourceful young‘women organized a corps of volunteers to assist the regular infirmary staff in caring for ‘ those ill. They could help effectively â€" because they had previously completed the Red Cross Home Nursing course, and knew how to follow the docâ€" tors" orders and how to minister to the sick under the nurses‘ leaderâ€" ship. Accelerated home nursing classâ€" es are also being conducted at 616 S. Michigan, Tuesdays and Thursâ€" davs, or Wednesdays and Fridays, from 10 to 12 noon ; or 2 to 4 p.m.; or 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. New classes start at three week intervals. Regâ€" istrations are now being taken for classes which will begin Jan. 8, 1946; °. * You can help raise the health standards in your community if you enroll in a Red Cross home nursing course, and learn how to protect and care for yourself and your family when â€"illness strikes. Call Red Cross headquarters, 529 S. Wabash, Wabash 7850, and regâ€" ister for either community or acâ€" célerated home nursing classes. Emily Taft Douglass At Monthly Meeting Catholic Women Present Douglass) will be the speaker at the regular monthly meeting of the North Shore Catholic Woman‘s league, Tuesday,.Jan. 8, at 2 p.m. in the Community House in Winâ€" netka. _ She will tell of her expeâ€" riences as a congresswoman. Mrs. Douglass was elected to Congress in November, 1944, as representativeâ€"atâ€"large from Illiâ€" nois. Foreign policy was her main campaign issue. She is a third generation Illincisan, and her fathâ€" 1« was the wellâ€"kmown sculptor, Lorado Taft. a ‘The Very Reverend Monsgr. Hilâ€" debrand will be the guest speaker, and the hostesses at the tea table will be: Mrs. Jacob Crane, Mrs. George O‘Conpell, Mrs. Paul Plunkett and Mrs. W. P. White Jr. Bundles for Ameriica Recalls Yarn and As the urgent need for knitted articles is past, Bundles for Amâ€" erica is disbanding. During the wur, Highland Parkers knitted thousands of gloves, sweaters, hel. which were enjoyed by as many thousands of men in service All this work was done by volunteers, and not one cent was paid for ovâ€" in this area. _ C s 1 return them at once to Mrs. Thomâ€" make boys comfortable The Highland Park committee wishes to thank all those who conâ€" tributed to the Christmas stockâ€" ing fund, and all knitters who gave‘so much time and effort to Pi Delta Club to Hear Review of Famous on Wednesday, Jan. 9, Miss Elizaâ€" beta Bredin will review a book of Russian Fairy and Folk tales seâ€" collection, and translated by Norâ€" bert Guterman. This is a book of traditiona) tales, the Russian counâ€" terpart of Grimm‘s Pairy Tales. followed by the program esses are hz"“..‘ Banfield, and Eichler U. 8 YICTORY BONDS Emily Taft Douglass (Mrs. Paul At the next meeting of Pi Delta Dinner wil} be served at 6:20, or for Afan Ridge Farm Preventorium Aided by Women‘s Work Pr. Piszczeck, Noted Polic Authority, To Talk at Lincoln School Jan. 9 strumental in the D.D.T. spraying of Rockford during the infantile paralysis outbreak last summer, will speak on poliomyelitis, its diâ€" agnosis and treatment. of doctor of medicine in 1933 at Loyola university, was resident physician, then assistant medical superintendent of the municipal contagious disease hospital of the Chicego Health department. until 1238, when he went to Harvard unâ€" iversity to take the degree of masâ€" ter of public health. Since 1940 he has been director of Cook Co. Public Healthâ€" unit, and at the present time is chairman of the IIâ€" linoid research committee on inâ€" fantile paralysis, and secretary of the advisory committec on infanâ€" tile paralysis to the Illinois Deâ€" partment of Public Health Beâ€" sides these rctivitics and others in the field of public health, Dr. Piszâ€" czek is affilisted with Loyola uniâ€" versityâ€"school of medicine as asâ€" sstant of _ preventive medicine, with the University of Illincis m school as assistâ€" ant professor of iology. Recognizing the fact that a talk by a man of such experience would be of general interest and imporâ€" tance to the community, the Linâ€" coln PTA has invited the members of al} other Highland Park Parentâ€" Teacher associations, and all ‘other interested persons, to attend. Social Welfare Dept.. _ . Of Women Voters To Meet January 8 â€" _ _ ‘The department of Social Welâ€" fare is planning an unusually inâ€" teresting meeting for January 8, l-tfiehom of Mrs. Paul Douglas Boyd, 1271 Wade St, at 1:15 p.m. Mrs. Marian Fisher, the new diâ€" rector of Social Service in Highâ€" land Park and Mrs. Weatherton Cherry, who is on the board of the Social Service committee, will reâ€" portonaeuphofenuvhfl they followed up, after a visit by the whole group to the juvenile court in Waukegan on Dec. 8. That trip also included a visit to the deâ€" tention home. An interested visitor and €onâ€" tributor to the discussion will be Mrs. Clarence W. Balke, who is on the detention home committee which is part of her responsibility as a member of the Lake County group for further study, call Mrs. mwhfldfl'd- Mp&lflli“,fiuficf a member of the League or not. If more information is desired, or if anyone would like to join the Outstanding Speaker to Address Women Voters On January 16 policy will be presented at the regular meeting of the League of Women Voters on January 16, at 1:15, at the Community Center. head of the department of politiâ€" Foreign Policy in an Atomic Age." Before the war Mr. Colgrove went Boys‘ ing Club Toflml’-fl Friday, January 4 meetings of the League of Nations h.-n-'hl-ii-gh-z courses om that subject, as as on general foreign ‘policy. Th.lquvfl-but-‘n special invitation to anyone interâ€" League or not. It is proud to bring to this community so fing .*-fi“m ; Members of the Highland Park )q-’meflmh“l-* the bout to be put on with Lake Fogest at the Lake Forest Young Men‘s club house, Friday, January o2 q , and At 2:45. p.m. Wednesday, Jan An of Coi is in order _ Almost â€" synonymous with the ending of gasoline rationing was Mrs. Clarence J. Bassler‘s accesion to the chairmanship of the Social Service department. A need for sewing and mending at the Prevenâ€" torium was discovered, and Mrs. Bassler and her committee went into action. An allâ€"day meeting at the Preventorium was called in December, and nine members reâ€" sponded. Neither the Ridge Farm Prevenâ€" torium nor the Social Service deâ€" partment of the Highland Park Woman‘s club has sought or deâ€" sired a great deal of publicity. This article is not written to obtain it, but rather to share with the comâ€" munity an interesting experience. To go back a bit: In 1938, Mrs. Grover Q. Grady, then . chairman of the Sogial Service department, established> a monthly work day for Dorcas home, one of the beneâ€" ficiaries of the Woman‘s club philanthrophy fund. On this day members met to sew and mend for the children in the home. This work was continued by her sucâ€" cessor until the home closed in 1942. The department then turned its efforts to helping replenish the towel and washcloth supply at the Preventorium. Those in attendance might have been pardoned for a slight feeling of dismay as they entered the cheerful living room of the Old Building and the veritable mounâ€" tain of bedding met their gaze. Faith can move mountains, howâ€" ever, and that one was amazingly transformed.from a pile of torn and useless material into a good sized "hill" of usable blankets to warmly_cover the frail, undernourâ€" & ounigugsts at Ridge Farm. i girls, ranging. in from 6 to 15, are sent to Ridge arm by â€"Child Welfare agencies because they are physically below par, and would be easy prey for the dread white plague. and other disease. _ Here they enter a reâ€" gime of rest, carefully supervised study and recreation, and nourishâ€" ing, bodyâ€"building meals. We shared their midday~dinner that day, in the beautiful, immacâ€" ulate dining hall, and several pairs of adult eyes misted as a sweetâ€" toned chorus of young voices revâ€" crently sang their graceâ€"before beâ€" The climax of theâ€" day came when their superintendent, . Miss Martin, announced that the girls into Miss Martin‘s sitting room, very gracefully and graciously by a group of six or eight shiningâ€" eyed little hostesses, not one of whom was over cight years of age! philanthropy savor rather strongly of thropy as "love of mankind." Club members and friends are urged to join us in this expression of that love when, on Jan. 10 at 10 a.m., we again attempt to move mounâ€" Lions Agog For Party in 1946 Such a highly successful evening is reported by the 130 Lions, Liâ€" onesses and friends who attended a similar treat in 1946. Entertainment was provided by a yocal trio, dancers (South Amâ€" erican style), a magician and a mimic, who was especially successâ€" ful in the role of country preachâ€" er and of a young fellow making a ~date. boys and girls with gifts, mainly on the humorous side. One enterâ€" taining gift was wrapped in many wrappings, and those whose names most paper, were subject to forfeit. â€" On January 3 the members will Former Police Officer Returns to Duty at Open House tea room. The local police force is increas. ed by one with the return of Earl A specialist, 2/c, he served with the Shore Patrol for 19 months on the Lakes and on the Atlantic sea~ 5c a copy; $1.50 a year Claus

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