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Council Hears Petitioners; Grants Additional Time Tuesday evening, a good crowd turned out to attend the meeting of the City Council on zoning. A lively interest was manifested on all sides. Various groups repâ€" resenting certain portions of the city voiced their complaints thru heard attentively and promise was made to give careful corisideration to all writtem petitions. The deadâ€" line for written petitions was exâ€" tended to Friday evening, Jan. 24. Characteristic of some of the plaints was one from a citizen who stated that he originally purâ€" chased a homesite in the vicinity of Central avenue in a zone later alloted to business. He took a loss on this Now he finds this same site within the zone alloted to multiple dwelling sites. Where, he asks, may a person find a homeâ€" site which is permanent? N. S. Citizens Com. to Present Dr. Gallagher At Winnetka Com: House Another man who has a business place on Central avenue was perâ€" turbed because he finds his thrivâ€" ing place of business likely to be included in the multiple building zone, thus automatically disqualiâ€" fying it for business. Any further complaints in writâ€" ing will find consideration up tc Friday evening, Jan. 24. county against the mayor and city council of the city of Evanston on January 4, by two Evanston citiâ€" Dr. Buell G. Gallagher, author of the recently published book, "Color and Conscience," and forâ€" mer president of Talladega college Alabama, will speak on some asâ€" pects of racial relations at the year‘s first biâ€"monthly business meeting of the North M Citiâ€", 27, at 8 p.m. in Matz hall of Winâ€" netka Community house. R#, Calâ€" lagher, who is now professor of Christian. Ethics at Paci%e.‘:;llep of religion in Berkeiey, ., has had a wealth of experience in dealâ€" ing with racial problems and tenâ€" sions, Besides his experience at Talladega college, a prominent Neâ€" gro school in the south, he is now coâ€"pastor of the Berkeley Congreâ€" gational and Interâ€"racial church. ‘The meeting, which will be the first since the election of a perâ€" manent board of directors last November, will include a report on the progress of the organization and will be open to the public. Announcemert was made last week by the newly created execuâ€" tive board that a substantial conâ€" tribution Lb been made to the PN.G:“‘“ a mandamus suit filed in the circuit court of ‘Cook ganizations, charging that racial segregation and discrimination has been deliberately applied to the Evanston veteran‘s housing projâ€" ect on the north and south sides of the sanitary district canal. The suit asks elimination of a clause in the city‘s contract with the Fedâ€" eral Public Housing authority which provides that "minority racâ€" ial groups" shall occupy the two mere site bounded by the canal, Darrow avenue, Payne avenue and Dewey avenue. According to the complaint, 12 units on the south side of the canal have been allotâ€" ted exclusively to Negro veterans, while the remaining 99 units have been allocated to white tenants exclusively. ° Complainants in the case are Howard Reed Hudson and Joseph Wesl¢y Jones, Evanston citizens, and the Evanston chapter of the American Veteran committee, the Evanston Interâ€"Racial the Evanston Mdm Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Evansâ€" ton Civil Rights council. . ‘The defendants include Mayor Samuel G. Ingraham ; the members of the city council, Edward W. Bell, city clerk; O. D. Buckles, carporation counsel of the city of Evanston; Earle E. Press, Veterâ€" thy tmplerte ang ngent: Orvil is agent; a-;d.md Region III of the Federal Public Housing Authority, and William R. Bregâ€" oron, assistant director of the Evâ€" anston . Federal Public Housing Authority of the National Housing (For additional information, call Wm. E. Peters Jr.. publicity Vol. 36; No: 48 In spite of nearâ€"zero weather Local Y Starts Roundâ€" Theâ€"World Reconstruc Fund Drive Mrs. Edmund Froelich, presiâ€" dent of the Highland Park YWCA board, announced today that Mrs. Theodore Osborn has been named chairman of the local Roundâ€"theâ€" World YWCA Reconstruction camâ€" paign committee, a national camâ€" paign, scheduled for January and February, the goal for which is $2,100,000. f The theme for the campaign is "Woman‘s Work is Just Begun," and its purpose is to provide vocaâ€" tional, spiritual and social trainâ€" ing and guidance for women of 30 countries abroad. The need of this :&ruom&hdmd,koe- med by the destruction and dislocation following the war years. Assisting Mrs. Osborn are: Mesâ€" dames Edmund Froelich, George Carr, Frank Austin, Gordon Adâ€" amson, Marvin Lawrentz, Theoâ€" dore Fischer, .L. C. Schultz and "Because the women of Europe and Asia are so desperately in need of guidance and leadership during this crucial postwar period, the campaign deserves the earnest support of all of us," Mrs. Osborn said. ‘"We receive reports from all corners of the globe of women struggling to help rebuild their countries against odds of physical fatigue and lack of education and Frank Peers, all of the YWCA Also assisting is a community advisory committee consisting of Mesdames Henry Mason, Carl Bingham and Moseley Carleton. Holland and Italy the YWCA‘s Conditions under which women in these countries live and work are appalling. In China illiteracy, raainutrition, and poverty caused by inflation are handicaps under which factory and ‘rural workers are striving to gain a rudimentary education. . In Holland "houseâ€" help" workers travel fromâ€"village to village to lend a hand to exâ€" hausted families in devastated But first physical equipment is needed. YW meetings«are still beâ€" ing held in haylofts and chicken coops because preâ€"war buildings were destroyed or stripped of organization," Mrs, Osborn states, were suppressed. In China the buildings were commandeered by the Japanese, and our centers in the Philippines were wrecked by bombs . Most YWCA‘s overseas are having to start again virtually from zero. s Greatly. needed are classes in vocational education, child care and nutrition, information on UN and . international affairs and help in retraining leaders. equipment. Spiritual starvation and despair are natural results of the occupaâ€" tion. Today offers a chance for spiritual rebirth. "As a Christian women abroad for vocational, citiâ€" zenship and educational as well as spiritual guidance. This is dediâ€" cated work, and I urge the wholeâ€" hearted support of our YWCA ""the YW has assumed the responsiâ€" bility of answering the appeal of Open House at Center Following Basketball Game ing the party will be the Teen Age club, a project of the local recreâ€" ation board. Roger Morrison‘s orâ€" chestra will provide the dance Trinity Pastor to day) night will be followed by an open house and dancing party in Cokes Me Inn, Community center, starting about 10, to which all ceeds Bill Gerhardt. Dick Eubanks, a member of the senior class of the high school, was At the Monday, Jan. 27, meetâ€" ing of the Kiwanis club at Sunâ€" set Valley, the speaker will be the Rev. Charles U. Harris, the new rector at Trinity Episcopal church. He comes to the club sponsored by Kiwanian Sutton Laing. The Higbland Park Press club at A Paper for Highland Parkers . . . Published by Highland Parkers FOR HIGHLAND PARK ILLINI AT ELM PLACE SCHOOL M:mmmb-hl of Highland Park of lllinois alumni -ochuo.““.'ig present technicolor movies of the entire Rose Bow! game and the Tournament of Roses parade at the Elm Place school auditorium in Highland Park on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. Admission by ticket only. 4 Tickets may be oh%n.d i from William Wenninger, 1419 W. Marâ€" ionâ€"avenue, or at the home of Jo¢ Nelson, 1916 Flora place. > : A talk will be given by John Sabo, one of the University of II+ linois coaches. c Adult Badminton Clubs At Three Schools The three adult badminton clubs sponsored by the playground and recreation board at Lincoln, Raâ€" vinia and Braeside schools are now accepting registrations ‘ for the second 12â€"week term, which started this week. Legion Auxiliary Asks Men and women wishing to enâ€" roll should report to the instrucâ€" tor of the badminton club in their community. Classes meet at Braeâ€" side school Tuesdays, Ravinia, on Wednesdays, and Lincoln, Thursâ€" days. : All meetings begin at 7:30 _ Instructors are: Harry Kubalek, Braeside; Dudley Dewey, Ravinia, and Vincent Viezbicke, Lincoln. A small registration fee is charged, and badminton birds may be purchased from the class inâ€" structor. Feb. 1 Deadline for Reinstating Vet Insu Veterans who fail to reinstate their National Service life insurâ€" ance term policies before the Feb, 1 deadline, were warned again toâ€" day by Lester R. Benston, Illinois rehabilitation director of the Amâ€" erican Legion, that after that date they must pass a physical examinâ€" ation to qualify. â€" J "Veterans may use their termâ€" inal leave bonds to pay insurance premiums as.much in advance as they choose," Bengston explained. "‘Furthermore, veterans drawing disability compensation may have premium payments taken from their monthly allotmentâ€"and sent directly to the Veterans Adminisâ€" tration." An insurance branch of the Veterans Administration is now open at 615 W. Van Buren St. Payment of insurance premiums and inquiries regarding insurance récords of any Illinois veteran may be directed to that office, rather than to Washington, as in the past. Any service officer of the Leâ€" gion will assist veterans in applyâ€" ing for their insurance. s Material for For Downey Patients Ladies of the American Legion auxiliary wish to thank Highland Parkers for contributions used at Christmas time for candy bars to be presented to patients at the Downey hospital. f The auxiliary is greatly in need of new material and patches of new cloth for the making of toy animals in the crafts and hobbies department at Downey, .Also new rags to be torn into strips for Following its established custom, The Highland Park Press will open its news columns to all candidates for any statement they may wish to make as to their aims and platform. ‘The editorial columns, however, will, as usual, reflect our own opinions as to the qualificaâ€" tions of the various candidates for the several offices. ‘There will be recommendations; recommendations based on our own evaluations of the men involved. In general, men of the calibre of Ed Moroney, Lyle Gourley and Robert F. Walker, will be unqualifiediy recomâ€" mended. In a town like Highland Park, it is seldom that anyone who might be regarded as thoroughly unfit to hold public office apâ€" pears as a candidate, so it is unlikely that there will be any deâ€" nunciations. With the filing for the various elective city offices now closed, Highland Parkers can look elsewhere in this paper to see who will be-pféâ€"-h-uuhthe!‘eh\-ryupvh.ryhreled@i.‘n April 15. > As we are in the fortunate position of having no axe to grind, and of not needing anything in particular from any present or poâ€" tential political pressure group, our recommendations will be unâ€" biased, forthright and unequivocal. Incvitably, many of you will be in disagrecment with us, some of you violently so. That‘s your business. Our news columns will be open to you to set forth your reasons, for disagreement. Our editorial columns will remain our own. That‘s our business. We are entirely willing to afford you spice to air your opinions. We reserve the same right for ourselves. Highland Park, IMinois, Thursday, January 25, 1947 â€"ing. YOUR BUSINESS AND OURS Local Teacher Meets Queen of England â€" At a recent reception for Ameriâ€" can teachers, Miss Laura Deerinck, teacher at Elm Place, had the Miss Deerinck left for Scotland last August to teach in one of the schools in Edinburgh. She is one of many American teachers who, through an exchange system, is teaching in England this year. Arâ€" rangements for this exchange were made last year through the United States Office of Education. â€" Mi Cruickshank, a Scottish teacher from the schools of Edinburgh, is the exchange teacher for Miss Deerinck. She is teaching a fourth grade class at Elm Place. the Queen of England. In _ an _ interesting Christmas greeting to her friends in Dist. 107 Miss Deerinck tells of some of her experiences in adjusting to the curriculum and methods which are used in her particular school. Miss Deerinck will bring back to ber pupils at Elm Place the beneâ€" fits of her teaching and travel exâ€" periences. During her stay in Scotland Miss Deerinck is living at the home of Miss Cruickshank‘s parents.\ For the Cruickshank family in Scotâ€" land the arrangement this year is more than an exchange of teachâ€" daughters, Annual Meeting of Social Service Group Highland Park Social Service, Marâ€" garet H. Mason, president,.will be held Monday, January 27, at 8:00 pm., at the Highland Park Comâ€" munity center, 549 Central. Junior Stamp Club Meets Saturday at Center tion board, the club is under the leadership of Charles Sanborn, a former president of North Subâ€" urban Philatelic society. Any Highland Park boy or girl interâ€" ested in stamp collecting is invitâ€" ed to attend meetings, which are held the second and fourth Saturâ€" days at 2 p.m. in the center. . ‘The annual report of the execâ€" utive secretary will be given, and directors and officers elected. _ A proposed change in the name and reâ€"wording of the purpose of the organization will be voted upon. Judge Minard E. Hulse, new county judge, before whom the agency often has cases, will be introduced. Dr. Henry S. Millett, Highland Park neuroâ€"psychiatrist, who has been working closely with the agency, will give a short talk on "The Early Recognition of Problems." _ Regular monthly meeting of the Junior Stamp. club will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Communiâ€" ty center. Sponsored by the Highâ€" land Park Playground and Recreaâ€" Anyone interested is urged to attend this meeting. Unusual local interest on the part of all the schools in.the curâ€" rent March of Dimes campaign the March of Dimes and thereâ€" by swell their school‘s and city‘s contribution to the=~funds to fight infantile paralysis. The annual meeting of School, grade and it is also an exchange of Voters Asked to Approve Candidates February 25 Art and Hobby Workshop Meets Jan. 29 at Center Art and Hobby workshop will hold the second in a series of 10 meetings at the Community center next Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 9:15 The workshop is sponsored by the playgroundâ€" and recreation board. A moderate fee is charged. Instruction features painting and sketching in oils, charcoal and waâ€" modeling, metalwork, lincleum, block printing, leather tooling, jewelry making. Any woman interested in this activity is invited to attend the next meeting. Further information may be had by telephoning Comâ€" munity center, H.P. 2442. Interesting Club at West Ridge In shown in the new children‘s sports club at West Ridge school, which held its first program last Saturday morning, according to of ns asy"" _boud,m:of the first club meeting are invited to attend future meetings, which will be held every Saturday at 9:30 a.m. under adult leadership Women‘s Prosperity Club Plans Dance January 25 will include basketball, volleyball, and are: planned especially for boys and girls who are interested in hobby activities _ Art club is open to children five years of age and over, and craft class, nine and over. A small registration fee is ‘The Italian Women‘s Prosperity club, Sr., will give a benefit dance at the Labor temple on Saturday, January 25, at 8:30 p.m. Music will be furnished‘by the Louis Gaâ€" all members to return dance tickâ€" ets and books on or before the date of the dance. High School Dads Smoker Tuesday Evening, Jan. 28 "A New Homemaking Program" will be the subject of the High School Dad‘s Smoker on Tuesday evening, January 28, in the Engâ€" lish club room at 7:45 p.m. Princiâ€" relays, ping pong, checkers, hikes Highâ€"Shore Rod & Gun Club Elects New Officers Feb. 11. Other officers to be inâ€" stalled are: Ted Benvenuti, viceâ€" Jerry Parsons, secretary; Joe Fini, sergeantâ€"atâ€"arms, . and _ Harold Glandt, Bud Waish, Al Bertacchiâ€" Given away will be (1) a Benâ€" dix Air Line radioâ€"phono, table model; (2) a Sunbeam ironer. year. â€" They will be installed at a meeting to be held in the home of James Watson, the new president, be invited to join in a fox hunt to be held within the next month, as it:i= reported that foxes are deâ€" stroving the game in the nearby Junior Arts Club Starts At Center January 25 ‘The winterâ€"spring term of the arts ard crafts clubs for boys and gitls will start Saturday morning, Jan. 25, at the Community‘ cenâ€" pal A. E. Wolters will talk on the y the »choop Tellonce iyra toer At last week‘s meeting of the Highâ€"Shore Rod and Gun club, ofâ€" ficers were elected for the coming ni, Ray Fini and Paul McLaughâ€" H. N. Finch, of the Music deâ€" partment, will be in charge of the Children of the West Ridge disâ€" 'Allhheo-ntyantulgenvill ‘The clubs are sponsored by the recreation for treasurer ; office, to be voted upon at the city primary election February 25 is now complete. . Applications were filed with City Clerk V. C. Musser. The election will be held on April 15. Candidates are as follows: Mayor â€" Robert F.â€" Patton, Crescent Ct., and Robert F. Walkâ€" er, Cary avenue. Commissioners â€" Edward Moâ€" roney, Oliver Turner, Gordon Humphreys, Clayton Lundquist and William Heinricks. Sheridan Will Not Seek Another Term on Council Having served almost four years on the City Council of Highland Park as commissioner and accounts and finance, I have decided not to file for reelection because of the increasingly heavy demands of my business. Hanson and John P. (Paddy) White. ns p It has been a gratifying experiâ€" ence to Invep-.rfidlnh.dinh fine business administration given to the city‘s affairs by Mayor Garâ€" nett. Highland Park citizens are indebted to him for his courageous, unselfish, and competent direction of the city governmen®# throughâ€" out his term of office. That he had a cooperative Council was a tribute to his ability, judgment, and high integrity. I will leave the Council in April in the belief that while the war, transition period, and limited revâ€" orms the ollowing f. C e formances, f i our reâ€" sults justified the time and effort devoted to their respective reâ€" the City Council: . Lincoln School To St Oldâ€"fashioned Dance The parents and teachers of Lincoln school will "all join hands and circle to the left" for an oldâ€" fashioned square dance, Friday evening, Jan. 24 at 8, in the audiâ€" torium. This is an informal parâ€" ty planned for the purpose of havâ€" ing fun, as square dancing offers one of the best forms of recreaâ€" Time Germany" will be shown and explained by Chas. E. Wilson at Bethany Ev. United Brethren church, Laurel at McGovern. This program will be held in the church social rooms at 4:30. Mr. Wilson was a chaplain‘s asâ€" sistant in the recent war and has a worthwhile collection of picâ€" tures with which he tells a fascinâ€" ating story. The public is invited. tions through a square dance; you hnbrehxymni-de_*:_ ly, and you can hardly avoid ing a good time."" Granting that such a statement is true, this parâ€" ty should or will provide plenty of "WAR TIME GERMANY"* AT BETHANY CHURCH dent, colored pictures of "War Vincent Viezbicke, diréctor of physical education at Lincoln, will be the host for the evening. He vil]dinetlonefiflnm square dances. In addition to these there will be. round dances, waltzes and foxtrots â€" enough of a variety to please everyone. Henry Ford once said : ‘"You canâ€" Refreshments available throughâ€" out the evening. ht not carry your family worries, tax ing will be received to defray exâ€" The American Legion will hear an address by State Dept. Comdr. William _ P. . Klueskins at their meeting tonight in the club room of the Masonic temple. Other guests will be state and district ofâ€" A six o‘clock dinner will be served under the direction of Mrs. Ellery Harvey. At this time the will be burned ‘The list of candidates for city 5c a copy; $1.50 a (Continued on page 5)