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Women Voters League Asks For New Members Vol. 36; No. 28 Have you ever considered joinâ€" ing the League of Women Voters? Let‘s put it another way. Have you a right to enjoy the benefits d.u.dmâ€"fi.ifyudonot work for good government! ‘The League of Women Voters gives you a chance to learn what sbme of the puzzling problems of government are, and to make your opinions heard where they will do the n.cst good. ‘Those who put their energy into the work"of the leagu> fee} that rood government is like yeast in a loaf of bread. It is fundamental to the good things of life. The level of our living cannot rise without it. The quality and textâ€" u:. of our relationships is based 437 Glencoe avenue, H.P. 847. Eiâ€" ther will be glad to give you addiâ€" tional information. Membership in the local league includes memberâ€" Want Custodial Laborer The U. S. Naval Ordnance plant, 7500 Roosevelt road, Forest Park, a Chicago suburb, is ~announcing to the position of custodial laborâ€" er. Under the Veterans‘ Preferâ€" considered for these positions beâ€" are available at the plant; at the must be filed with the exam{ board in Forest Park not later The lndies of the Thursday night Highland Park Ten Pin league meet tonight (Thursday) at 8 at the bowling alleys. Teams for the 1946â€"47 season will be orâ€" Within a short time 275 new ar. rivals to Highland Park during the past year will receive written inviâ€" tations to join the league. This does not mean that you must reâ€" ceive an invitation to become a member.‘ The league invites all women, regardless of party affiliaâ€" tion, to share the responsibilities of their citizenship with other women by membership in an organâ€" ization that works only for ‘the When you become a member of the League of Women Voters you success of our democratic form of manent positions will be received from the general public and from those already employed on a temâ€" porary or war service basis,. Forms regional office of the U. 8. Civil Night Bowling League upon it. _ Without it the dreams and hopes of peace, prosperity and progress topple to the ground, beâ€" cause the fundamental leavening agent is missing or is too weak to function properly. The only creed the league subâ€" scribes to is "to promote educaâ€" tion in citizenship by active partiâ€" MRRSoc iD ‘Wl"’.fl' ti I that the majority of its memberâ€" Members are urged to work activeâ€" ly in party organization so that their influence as citizens may be as effective as possible. All meetings of the league are open to the public and visitors are welcome at any time. â€" The local league meets every third Wednesâ€" day afterncon of the month from 1:30 to 3:00 and an evening group current interest to league members and the general public will be preâ€" sented in the local press and by monthly bulletins to _ members. Watch for them. If you would like to become a member, contact Mrs. G. K. Hardâ€" acre, membership chairnian, 1019 Marion avenue, H.P,. 2052, or Mrs. w'â€"' EORRRRITOM, TOU T. TEn Buren St., Chicago 7, IIL., or at any Sept. 9, 1946. ganized at that time. league as an organization is nonâ€" starting the fourth Wednesday of September at 8 p.m. Meetings Applications to qualify for perâ€" have the right the country An Open Letter of Thanks and Appreciation an application form and informaâ€" tion from his contact representaâ€" 'fin_,‘w_bvl_lhlpflluuhfc-, It is with sincere appreciation that we extend our thanks to all Highwood professional business men, They have supported every worthy cause of this city wholeâ€" heartedly. _ ‘Theyâ€"have left their easy chairs, rolled up their sleeves, signed their checks and mailed 2. Every ‘eligible veteran, exâ€" cept retired officers, must mail his completed application form to government expense are ¢xpected to be available from Veterans Adâ€" ministration offices and contact representatives within two weeks, VA officials announced recently. The Veterans Administration is charged with responsibility for adâ€" ministering the new $30,000,000 program set up by Public Law 663 to provide automobiles or other conveyances for disabled veterans of World War II who are "entitled or if there is no contact represenâ€" tative he may write the nearest VA iction over his compensation claim file. ‘There the form will be procâ€" essed, an entry made as to his disâ€" ability, and the form returned to office. cl-lI:l:. Women‘s _ Prosperi + \ ” Italian Women‘s _ Prosperity club,. Jr. Marconi‘s Mutual Aid society. ‘American Legion Women‘s auxâ€" Highwood Boosters. To all the members of these orâ€" ganizations we extend our gmany thanks for their financial support and active participation so generâ€" ously rendered in the Highwood Veterans Homecominig celebration held on Sunday, August 18. We are indeed indebted to you for your kindness and generosity, and to your committees that served so faithfully and loyally in the booths. The entireâ€"Highwood Volunteer Fire department contributed very ;n;hb-lkhcfi-a-e-onble Application forms for amputee veterans to use in obtaining cars at at, or above, the ankle." > Following is the necessary proâ€" must mail their applications to Veterans Administration, Washâ€" ington 25, D.C., and they will then be handled through the regional Total cost of the car, including all necessary attachments, cannot exceed $1600. Again many thanks to every one Autos for Disabled Vets VFW Shows Film of 1945 World Series We also wish to thank the folâ€" contributions of merchandise. We are most grateful to you for your Tonight (Thursday) at Elks hall, the members of Veterans of Pu‘kn'.l'flhhfim and McHentry sarvice Films of the 1945 baseball world series will be shown at that time. The Higbland Park Press Modenese society. Highwood Boys‘ club. City of Highwood. Mothers® Service club. Highwood Boy Scouts. Highwood Girl Scouts, Cuore Arte club. United Baking Co., 812 N. Ciceâ€" Ave., Chicago. Siljestrom Ice Co., Highland _ Respectfully yours, Highwood Veterans Committee. Carl Pasquesi, Chairman. 1. The disabled veteran obtains Highland Park Ice Co., Highland tion for the loss, or s C officers Home Nursing Campaign Starts September 10â€" Chicago women can learn simple home nursing technique by enrollâ€" ing in a home nursing class durâ€" ing the most extensive Red Cross home nursing campaign ever to be conducted in this area. valid are all stressed by the regisâ€" tered nurses ‘ who instruct the The courses are tailored to fit the need of each family. How to care for the ill child, the convalesâ€" cent serviceman, or the chronic inâ€" "How to care for a person with a communicable disease is an imâ€" portant phase of the Red Cross course," Mrs, Estelle Blatt, direcâ€" tor of the Chicago chapter Red Cross home nursing service, said as she urged Jocal women to enroll in one of the 20 courses being.ofâ€" social hour will follow the busiâ€" ness session with Mrs, Edna Watâ€" Council is Filled Is Filled by Oliver Turner At a special meeting of the city council last week, Oliver 8. Turâ€" ner, 2432 Deere Park drive, was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late Arthur Swanson, as commissioner of streets and public improvements. * ferred. Classes start Sept. 10 ang 11; Oct. 1, 2, 22 and 23; Nov. 12 and 13; and Dec. 3 and 4. To Meet Sept. 11 The next regular meeting of the Highland Park camp, 5123, Royal Neighbors of America, will be held at the Masonic temple on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. A Scooter Drivers Must « Have Driver‘s License * ‘.:)l'll:tnof-obrMn- may not legally operate a scooter, . reminds l-nhl-:;l State Edward J. Barrett, attention to the State‘s motor veâ€" hicle laws. * ‘"We‘ve learned during the curâ€" rent epidemic," said Mrs, Blatt, "‘that illness is no respecter of perâ€" sons, and Red Cross now includes in its home nursing program inâ€" struction which will help students protect themselves _ and . others should a member of their family be stricken with a communicable The following morning, afterâ€" noon and evening home nursing classes will be held for the conâ€" venience of homemakers and busiâ€" ness women at Red Cross headâ€" quarters, 529 S. Wabash, Room _(Tuesdays and Thursdays) Classes from 10 am. to 1 2m. Sept. 10 through Sept. 26. Oct. 1 through Oct. 17. Oct. 22 through Nov. 7. Nov. 12 through Nov. 28. Dec. 3 through Dec. 19. Afterncon Classes % (Wednesdays and Fridays.) Classes from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sept. 11 through Sept, 27. Oct, 2 through Oct. 18. Oct. 23 through Nov. 8. Nov. 13 through Nov. 29. Dec. 4 through Dec. 20. Evening Classes (Tuesdays and Thursdays.) Classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 10 through Sept. 26. Oct. 1 through Oct. 17. Oct. 22 through Nov. 7. Nov. 12 through Nov. 28. Dec. 3 through Dec. 19. Evening Classes (Wednesdays and Fridays.) 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 11 through Sept. 27. Oct. 2 through Oct. 18. . , Oct. 28 through Nov. 8. ~ _ Nov. 18 through Nov. 29. Dec. 4 through Dec. 20. Whoever you are, whatever your circumstances, you need to know Red Cross home nursing. Cal) Waâ€" bagh 7850, extension 61, 62, 63 or 64, to sign up for a Red Cross home â€"~nursing course which will help you, your family, and your community to reach optimum health! A scooter driver must hold a driver‘s license, and if between the ages of 15 and 18, must have the written consent of parent or Morning Classes Highland Park, Hlinois, Thursday, September 5, 1946 All scooters must be licensed RED CROSS NEWS i by Mesdames Josephine , Ada ‘Willison and Mabel Graham K. McCorkle Becomes Head of IIL Bell Telephone Co. Graham K. McCorkle of Evansâ€" ton, who got his start in the teleâ€" phone business as an office boy and night operator in a small Kenâ€" tucky town at the age of 15, has been el,egd president of the Illiâ€" nois Bell Telephone Co. He will sueceed Aubrey H. Mellinger, presâ€" ident since 1938, who retires Ocâ€" tober 1, under the company‘s auâ€" tomatic retirement plan. The company announced several other promotions, also, of men who came up through the telephone orâ€" ganization. William V. Kahler of Minstrel in a Jeep River Forest as vice president in charge of operation, will succeed Mr. McCorkle, and Hale Nelson, former information manager, will become vice president in chargée of public relations. * tournament, to be followed by a barbecue at 6 p.m., at which the Highland Park club will be host to Rotarians from Waukegan to Chiâ€" eago, _ The following members areâ€"inâ€"charge of the events: Dr. Jack _ O‘Connell, _ general chairman; Ed Knox, food chairâ€" man; Dr. Grover Grady, chef; Ed Menke, tournament; Paul Phelps, baseball and Paul Behanna, enter. Blaine Cummings of Glen Ellyn is the new manager for State area, Succeeding Mr. Cummings as chief engineer for Chicago area is Gifâ€" Membership Tea The annual membership tea of the Woman‘s association of the Highland â€" Park _ Presbyterian church will be given on Monday, Sept. 16, in the parish house of the church, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. All members of the association, prospective members, those in any way interested in the Presbyterian church or Sunday sehool, are most cordially invited to attend. > Rotarians Hosts to Fellow Clubmen â€" ‘There was no meeting of the Roâ€" tary.elub last Monday, which was Labor day. ‘The next meeting to be held at Sunset Valley club on Wednesday, ford B. West of Evanston. Dwight L. Brown as general plant manâ€" ager for State area, will succeed John S. Chase of Elmhurst, who becomes chief engineer, Mr. McCorkle, the new presiâ€" dent, began his Bell System career 44 years ago at Eminence, Ky., his birthplace. _ His pay was $20 a month, and his duties included the mopping of floors and dusting of furnishings in the tiny telephone office above a furniture store. He later worked as boy night operator, then as lineman and _ repairman, and in the Western Electric Co.‘s shops in Chicago. He joined the Illinois Beli in 1908 and asetet Tllinois Bell in 1908 as a student traffic manager, and rose through successive promotions to the poâ€" sition of general supervisor of traffic. After other successive promotions he became operating vice president last May. The board will meet on Monday, Sept. 9, at 10 a.m. in the parish All of the other men also have had long service in the Beli Sysâ€" tem. Mr. Kahler started as an enâ€" gineering assistant in 1922, Mr. Nelson as a student assistant in eustomer relations in 1927, Mr. Cummings as a student engineer in 1923, Mr. West as a clerk in 1910, Mr. Brown as a cable helper in 1917, and Mr. Chase as an installâ€" er in 1905. 11, will take the form of a Men‘s Garden Club Awards Many Prizes Vets‘ Homecoming Day To Be Outstanding Affair In spite of the prolonged dry spell, the ‘recent show staged by the Men‘s Garden club at Lincoln school auditorium . proved to be colorful, wellâ€"attended and highly satisfactory to the many recipients of prizes. Especially well pleased was the â€"winner of the special award, a power lawn mower, Mrs. John 'W!Ii. 1440 Dean. Prize Avwards â€" C. E. Pfister led the long list of prizewinners with 127 points, which is the sum of all points won, including 3 points for first place, 2 for second and 1 for third. Close on his heels was M. C. Dean, with 63 points, followed by E. Keim with 56, C. Stith with 40, E. Rice with 35, R. Swazey with 31, H. Vart with 3+, W. H. Riddle with 29, H. Oppenheimer with 27, W.C. Clausen with 26, Mrs. H. Riddle 24, N. Cohn 23, T. Browning 21, B. Leech 20, B. Ray 20, S. Sienâ€" erth 20, F. Miller 19, R. Schaffâ€" ner 19, W. Wenninger 18 and B. Krasberg 18. These were the 20 leading prizewinners, Ravinia Garden Club To Lunch at Hearthstone Restaurant Sept. 13 ‘These dispatches will give you the highlights of the two blasts and will give you my reaction to :om.m'l'hi-i-n-fl!rh:,.dmm m reaction o average newspaper reporter, I was a little bit dizappointed in the way the newspaper men mdm down _ the . atomic bomb True, the blasts did not sink a large number of vessels in the tarâ€" get array but that does not meah that the atomic bomb is just anâ€" other ‘bomb. In the second test, In a letter written by lndnv W. Kramer, 830 Woodland, to the Highland Park Press‘(by request), he explains his reactions to "Opâ€" erations Crossroads," of which he was a witness, ‘The reports inâ€" elosed in the letter wil} appear in next week‘s issue, were anchored almost a mile apart and the bomb sank both of these vessels in addition to throwing & million tons of water a mile high. Anything that does that is no fireâ€" eracker." Kiwanians to Hear Marine Officer at Sept. 9 Meeting â€"The annual meeting of the Raâ€" vinia Garden club will be held at the Hearthstone restaurant in Hubbard Woods at 11:45 a.m. Fri. day, Sept. 13. Luncheon will be served promptly at 12 o‘clock. Mrs, Lawrence has called a special board meeting at her home at 10:30 Friday morning, Sept. 13. ‘The following is an excerpt from his letter: Col. George A. Brace, 821 Ridgeâ€" wood drive, a member of the club, will address Kiwanians on Sept. Outhlrvdhdnmm at Sunset Valley. Annual reports from the officers and board members will be given, and at the conclusion of the meetâ€" ing Mrs. E. O. Lawrence, who has successfully completed her two years‘ term of office as president will present the gavel to Mrs. Stanâ€" ley Grace. & At the recent flower show held by the North Shore Garden club, three members of the Ravinia Garâ€" den club won high awards. Mrs. Willard Ewing won a purple ribbon for her flower arrangement, Mrs. Hugh Riddle was awarded a purâ€" ple ribbon for her specimen sweet peas, and Mrs, A. J. Baldauf carâ€" ried away a blue ribbon for her flower arrangement. In private life, a patent lawyer, Col. Brace served for 5 years with flnmrinoeomhhcngufi ‘ took over the entire So. Pacific theater. He saw service from Australia to various smaller tsland groups, including Japan. 11 Issue Plans for Veterans Homecoming day, Saturday, Sept. 21, an event in which all clubs and organizaâ€" tions of Highland Park will unite to give a rousing Welcome Home to the nearly 2100 service men and women of Highland Park, are beâ€" ing carri¢d on enthusiastically. The festivities, a community afâ€" fair include golf in the morning and afternoon, with a program in the evening. ‘The evening proâ€" gram wil consist of a welcoming address by Mayor Garnett, a band concert by the Highland Park high school band, .community singing, entertainment and street dancing to the music of Roy Milton‘s otâ€" chestra, a top notch dance orchesâ€" tra, which has n?nd much pop» ularity in various select amuseâ€" ment centers of Chicago. Various wellâ€"known entertainers have also offered their services. t A meeting of the committee, headed by Mayor Garnett as honâ€" orary chairman and C. W, Matthieâ€" sen as acting chairman, is slated for the evening of Sept. 8, at 8:00, in the Legion hall, for the purpose of further crystallizing plans for the big event. Arrangements have been made for transporting disabled veterans to the golf course and to the eveâ€" ning telebration, with C. W. Matâ€" thiesen in charge. Girl Scouts Open 32nd Year Of Activities Next Monday, Sept. 16, the ofâ€" fleoo!fioGlrlSmhvlllbow ened officially, and that date will mark the beginning of the 32nd year of activities in this vicinity. There are nearly 600 girls in the various troops at Elm Place, Linâ€" eoln, Ravinia, â€" Braeside, West Ridge and Immaculate Concepâ€" tion schools, and the services of more adults are needed to carry on the work this year. Mss. E. E. Ault,. executive director, or Mrs. John Priddatt, registrar, may be seen at the Scout office, which is located above the First National The former Lady Elks lodge of Highland Park has ceased to be known as such, and has become the Highland _ Park Emblem club, branch of a rlational organization. chairman, Mrs. B. Berube and Mrs. F. Schneider. Mrs. L. Steffen is marshal with two assistant marâ€" shals, Mrs. C. Duffy and Mrs. Wm. Kelly . The guards are Mrs. T. Stringer and Mirs. E. Weich. Mrs. A. McArthur is organist, Mrs. H. Moran, chaplain, and the press corâ€" respondent and historian is Mrs. E, Blair, The regular Wednesday afterâ€" noon meeting will be held Sept. 11 at 1:30. Hostesses will be Mrs. F. Snyder, Mrs. A. McArthur and Mrs. M. Larson. Martin Hart, head of the finance committee, will receive contribuâ€" tions toward the big day at the First National bank. Members of his committee are contacting comâ€" muters. . . Installation of officers will be held Sept. 25, when the following new officers will take their places: President â€" Mrs. Charles â€"Elâ€" well; past president â€" Mrs. A. Abâ€" ererombie; viceâ€"president â€" Mrs. R. Sheahen; treasurer â€" Mrs. L. Larson; financial secretaryâ€"Mrs. E. Dostalek; corresponding secreâ€" tary â€" Mrs. Sam Bernardi; reâ€" cording secretary â€" Mrs. â€"F. Lady Elks Become Branch of a With the view to placing more« emphasis on outdoor Scouting, plans are under way to arrange for camping cabins to be used mmfl&mumvm. Lions Club to Hold Monthly Business Meeting The monthly business meeting of the Lions club will be held this (Thursday) noon . at Highland House. . The board of directors met on Tuesday night at the home ::‘floyd(!od!ny,umrydfl 5c a copy; $1.50 a Trustees are: Mrs. R. Wilcox,