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(Understand, Dear Reader, this is Mr. Highland Parker, age 30 to 65. We in our 20s don‘t measure "!Ohillaâ€"u:) fallc‘s o s Well, you still wouldn‘t call Mr. Highland Parker snooty or snobâ€" bish â€" but you‘d definitely call him "extremely choosy." But these war years have melâ€" lowed him; and he‘s a bit more flexible; easier going, too. PERSUASIVELY STRICT ... f He‘s strict â€" he . prefers his young ones not to attend movies on Sunday. Sundays, he says, are Church and.family days. â€" He‘s critical of the movies. He thinks they‘re generally poor. And we think he‘s right. His golf game is improving â€" he‘s breaking 100 with greater regâ€" ularity on these© crisp Spring weekends. He‘s a quality guy â€" and he knows what he wants. |, _ Head waiters pay him ° great heed ; waitresses give him that "exâ€" tra" service â€" they know the tip will be generous; and it always NOT SUAVE, DAPPER ... ‘He‘s not suave or smooth; but he‘s cleanâ€"cut, goodâ€"looking, and rather on the dapperish side. His suits are tailor made; his shirts white. â€" C % He‘s a fine sales manager or viceâ€"president, or president. His firm always has an "A" Dunn & Bradstreet rating. Tho he has all the polish and refinement usually associated with a man . of great education, Mr. Highland Parker is mnot a college graduate. do d He‘s a highly successful man, whatever business he‘s in. Now and then he fears he spoils his children. But judging by the clean record‘ of Highland Park‘s younger set, it appears he and his pretty wife are doing a keen job of bringing up junior, and sis. Rather, he‘s a graduate of the Hard Knocks School. _ He has pulled himself up to the top by lots of work and study. And with the aid of MRS. Highland Parker. FATHER OF THREE ... He gives his children all the things he didn‘t have when he was a child; often he gives him far more. : â€" There are three children in his family â€" he believes in replacing the race, you know. «it He catches the 8:09 in the mornâ€" ing; the 5:10 at night. His wife, Notflfluhfleflomofldnwm, let‘s take a look at him as he appears in the Spring of 1946 . . . W HITT N. SCHULTZ Laurel Avenue, One Block West of the Depot Telephone H. P. 3420 Don‘t Forget to Order Your Easter Flowers 50 Years for The Besp in â€"Flowers Take a Look MR. Highland Parker, 1946 Bahr‘s (Bpecial to The Highland Park Press) By at or his son, or his chauffeur brings him to the train. He. usually has two cars, & "closed" one for the family; an "open" job for his son, or daughâ€" _ But he takes the convertble whenever he can manage it! ENJOYS BEST He has seen all the best playsâ€" "Up in Central Park," "The Late George Apley,‘ (he loved this one)‘ "State of the Union," and others â€" the type, you know, the New York Times and . The New Yorker prefer. He‘s definitely NOT a radio listâ€" ener; radios make him . nervous what with all the singing commercâ€" ials, and so on. â€" . He reads The Chicago Tribune in the morning; The Daily News at night. Cl HE‘S A PROUD He has a waning interest in sports; he usually skips that porâ€" tion of the newspaper and turns to the financial section. _ He‘s a proud man . . . he‘s proud of his home, ‘his family, and his garden. > 23 _‘Y:l. he‘s a conservative Repubâ€" lican â€" and he wishes more of them were running the xaion! . He loves good food â€" and he always eats too much at the Exâ€" ecutive‘s club, the International club, and at Blackstone and CAC luncheon meetings. s He reads the funnies sometimes; he prefers "Skeezix" and "Lil Abâ€" ner." *4 He‘s usually a portly fellow â€" but jolly and likeable. PAYS BILLS PROMPTLY ... ©= ; His credit rating is excellent. A bilt never is overdue. _ Bills are paid the day they arrive at his home. f As he has gotten grayer, he has become more of a Church enthusiâ€" His prayers have been answered, directly, and indirectly, time and timesagain. « He‘s a "pillar" in the Church; and he‘s proud that he is. He knows that God‘s will is best; and he is in line with this Will. He knows that the Church â€" and all It stands for â€" is vital to a happy, complete life. Mr. Highland Parker is kind, honest, sincere, unselfish, considâ€" erate, and charitble. Indeed,‘ T ‘think he‘s a peach of Maj. Ronan Returns Home for Terminal Leave home two weeks ago from Saporo, Hokkaido, Japan, has been retired to inactive duty in the army and will be on terminal leave until Aug. 8. and Mrs. Frank Ronan, 324 Park, was called to active duty 5% years ago. At the time, he was employed at the Chicago Daily News. _ He spent 18 months ml': from Hawaii to the Philippines Japan, serving on the general staff of the Ninth corps. He returned home with the twoâ€"man staff of Two brothers of Maj. Ronan have been released from the servâ€" ice. Perry, who served with the Eighth air force in England, has returned to his position with the Addressograph Co. in Chicago, and Jack, a former staff sergeant in the marine corps, is employed by the Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois. Lt. Com. Henry Parkin Visits His Family Here .Lt. Comdr: Henry A. Parkin has just returned to Washington, D.C., family. Comdr. Parkin, the son of Mrs. Harry A. Parkin of 168 Cenâ€" tral avenue, has been connected with the Naval Ordnance Research laboratory at Silver Springs, Md., for the past three years. During the National Plastics exhibition to be held at the Grand Central palâ€" ace in New York, April 22 to 27, Comdr. Parkin will be in charge of the Naval Ordnance Plastics exhibit. _ Following this showing, he expects to return home on terminal leave some time around Chicago and Northern Illinois It was inevitable that Chicago should become a world food center. Here in Northern Hlinois a billion dollars worth of food products are processed annually. Here, a hundred thousand people are employed in this industry Forty per cent of America‘s farm output, in dollar value, is produced become the largest packing and food storage center, as well as the largest PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS f HE P RES S who arrived of ... Center of an s TERRITORIAL INFORMATION DEPARTMENT Information on the industrial, agricultural and residential development of Chicage and Northern Hlinels [Richard Renner to be Pfc. Richard Renner, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Renner, 616 Laurel erseas since Thanksgiving, 1944. He is expected home soon. He. has been.in the army two years. formerly serving .with the 66th inâ€" fantry division, and for a time atâ€" tended the Austria. university. _ An older brother, Eugene, died ,gvnubnedndldy“.l.dl. in the south Pacific. â€" A fireman 1/c, he was serving on a destroyâ€" Because of the school vacation, theâ€" April meeting of the Interâ€" faith group will be held on Tuesâ€" day, April 23, at 10 am. at the YWCA Continuing the panel discussion of the last meeting on Saul Alinâ€" sky‘s "Reveille for Radicals," three Highland Park citizens will discuss what can be done locally to democratize the life of this comâ€" munity. â€" Mr. Lester Ball, superâ€" intendent of. school district 107, Mrs. J. Sigurd Johnson, of the League of Women Voters, and Mr. X, leader of community recreaâ€" tion, will digruss the possibilities of _ coâ€"ordinating the . various groups in the community for the welfare of all of them. The Interâ€" faith group is winding up a year of programs devoted to practical ways of bringing about good racia‘ and religious understanding. At the final meeting, in May, prize essays written by Highland Park high school students on this subject will be read by the prize winners. Tie neck blouse of fine white batiste and Peasantry emâ€" broidery front. Sizes to 6 yrs.â€"2.95 + Children‘s Blouses GARNETT®S single live animal market in the world. ‘The prodâ€" livestock from the western ranges gravitate naturally to the nation‘s transportation center, creating here the focal point of food processingâ€"one of Amerâ€" ica‘s most important and largest industries. Chicago‘s preeminence in this industry has placed it first in the production of fresh beef, mutton, lamb, pork, cooked hams, fresh and dried sausage, lard and olcomargarine. Because the Middle West is the nation‘s granary, Chicago and Northern Illinois is a huge grain disâ€" twibuting center. The Chicago Board of Trade hanâ€" dies 86 per cent of the entire nation‘s trading in wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and soy bean futures â€"the largest market of its kind in the world. With its ideal economic balance among indusâ€" wies, trades, and agriculture, this area is indeed the heart of the world‘s tichest inland empire. The same natural advantages that have conâ€" tributed to its importance in food processing have helped to build its leadership in industry, transâ€" “qmwnnfiyo&c:nfln No other distributing point offers economy of time and distance in serving the nationâ€"and the well launched upon another period of industrial progress. For industries contemplating location or expansion, the unequaled advantages of this diverâ€" Industries lecated in this area have these outstanding adâ€" vantages : Roilrood Center of the United States + World Airâ€" port + Inland Waterways + Geographical Center of U. $. Popâ€" wiation : Great Financial Center â€" The "Great Central Market"+ Food Producing and Procesing Center + Leader in ton and Steel Manvfacturing + Good Labor Relations Record + 2,500,000 Kilowath: of Power + Tremendows Cool Reserves + Abundant Gas and OS + Good Government + Good Uving ‘These are some of the reasons why this aresa is The Chicage Steckyards is the I-wi-d:in-‘-d-bih-:u Thursday, April 18, 1946