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<s Then, ~ by _ narration woven through â€"gkits, Indian tomâ€"toms, and pioneer dancing, the glorious history of Illinois was unfolded ‘The audience was carried back to the days before the coming of Also, it was here made . clear that the natural waterways had been a big factor in making Hliâ€" nahtbo"uw"oflnfion.l Using . a six foot cardboard "globe" they demonstrated their knowledge of the zones of the earth and the position and size of North America, the United States, and Illinois, in the western hemiâ€" sphere. + The object of this procedure was to point out graphically that alâ€" though ntvllhlhrnfllb it is really gnly a small part of the total surface of the earth. The social : studies curriculum of the fourth grade was the core of the project. ‘The children showed a . remarkable degree of understanding of the world in which we live. Crossroads of Nation Presented at Elm Place .All of the children of Miss Cruickshank‘s, Miss Fallstad‘s and Mrs. Fields‘ fourth grades and Mrs. Winslow‘s combined fourth and fifth grade gave a program at the regular assembly of the school on Friday, March 7th. Enjoying the event were all the students, teachers of grades five through eight, and many parents. Road schools. We feel certain you will vote affirmatively when _ the time comes. â€" It was presented again March 10 for the primary departments of both Elm Place and Green. Bay to .0015 â€" if you Highland Parkâ€" ers vote for this small increase. All of you are aware of the incalculable value of a modern liâ€" years ago, ‘ruled that a public liâ€" brfary will receive .0012 of the asâ€" sesed valuation of property. This, of course, cannot go on if we want a modern, efficient liâ€" brary. LESS TO SPEND NOW . .. It‘s strange indeed that nowaâ€" days, with higher costs, more wear and tear, more library users, we have less to spend than we had in leaner years. 5 Surely something must L.- done, And here is where the Friends of the Highland Park Public Liâ€" brary step in. *‘ According to an intensive surâ€" vey, the income required for supeâ€" rior library service in a town like ours is $2 per capita, per year, or ubout $33,000. d Now, thank goodness, it is perâ€" ml-li{e to raise this small rate Like every other institution, family, or individual, the library has had to bear added expendiâ€" tures. 4 This year, when there are 16,500 people living in Highland Parkâ€" and nearly everyone is using the library far more than he used to â€"only $16,713.77 is available. PERMISSABLE TO INCREASE RATE Oddly enough, during 1932â€"1933 (depression years), the library reâ€" ceived $18,178.84 for its support. > Yoq|’?c' Highland Park needs new fireâ€"fighting equipment. And by your recent yote, you okayed the purchase of this equipment. Now our library needs our aid as much as the fire department. Frankly, _ our library . needs money, ‘Not much. But enough to meet increasing maintenance costs. And enough to buy new books. We know that if you Highland Puiulu.thonnd.)ouwfllbo ready to help and to give. BEARS ADDED EXPPENSES ... NEED SUPPORT ... It will be the duty of my committee â€" Reuben D. Cahn, Mrs. Arthur Raff and Mrs. Earl Wallis â€" to tell you Highland Parkers about thisâ€"new group, recently formed, with the sincere desire to put our library among the l«aders. I was honored the other night when I was appointed chairman of the publicity committee for the Friends of the Highland Park Public Library. Page 2 A law which existed until a few W HITT N. SCHULTZ Let‘s Take a Look Our Library Needs Our Help (Bpecial to The Highland Park Press) By | _ Items now being assembled in the teachers‘ room include clothâ€" ing, shoes, rubbers, galoshes, Parents and friends of Green Bay Road school have ransacked their homes and brought in a wide variety of in sting and unusâ€" al merchand_z' to be offered at bargain prices during the school‘s l-nmul rummage sale on March 26 and 27. The sale will be held in the teachers‘ room of Green Bay Road school from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm uilmh}..ufl. P PTA members in charge of the sale are inviting the public to make selections from the great asâ€" sortments of real values. Green Bay School Sale Offers Unusyal Merchandise The performance enfed on the note that today science has made neighbors of all the peoples of the earth. It emphasized that this good way of life, so painstakingly created by our forefathers, can be kept only if children are kind to all the people they meet each day, all the people they meet each day, and thereby grow up to be good world citizens, the white man, and brought up to date with a presentâ€"day state fair as the grand finale. A "train" laden with the rich produce of 11â€" linois was moved across the stage. At this point, an enlarged map of Illinois was used to locate maâ€" jor cities and other points of inâ€" They will invite you to become active members of the library by joining the Friends. cal appreciation program; discusâ€" sion groups on great books; lecâ€" tures by prominent speakers. : You and your family will beneâ€" fit if you become a contributing member of your library. Greet those folks who call on you with a yes, and with a check that will help your library. Likeable James T. MacMurchy, chairman of the membership comâ€" mittee, and ‘his assistants, Q:hud E. Kuhns, Renslow P. Shererâ€"and William W. White, together with block captains and helpers, will visit every home in Highland Park Those who join â€" and it‘s asâ€" sumed that every person in town wants to help our library â€" will be entitled to an excellent musiâ€" (Incidentally, our library had less money with which to buy books for all its departments in 1946 than was spent at one of the local school book fairs in two and one half days!) EACH HOME TO BE VISITED ... These civic leaders will talk with, you Highland Parkers and explain to you the needs of our library. YOU‘LL BENEFIT ... 8. Rebinding. (It used to cost 45 cents to bind a book; it costs 99 cents now!) ; 4. Caretaker‘s salary. 5. Salary increases for deseryâ€" ing librarians. (Like school teachâ€" ers, librarians are underpaid.) Now the Friends of the Highâ€" land Park Public Library plan to raise the money to sustain the liâ€" brary until it receives adequate tax support. But, despite this proposed : inâ€" crease, the library‘s situation is still acute. LIBRARY FRIENDS, HELPERS ... . PROBLEM IS MORE IMMEDIATE . . . Until the library can obtain the income it requires and deserves from taxes, money is urgently needed for: . 1. Building maintenance. + 2. Increased utility and insurâ€" ance The Cole Marionettes are coming to Elm Place school on Wednesâ€" day, March 26, at 3:45 pm. They will present "The King of the Golâ€" den River" in the auditorium. Mr. Shulstad is in charge of the ticket _Authentic costumes and properâ€" ties of the~périod have been eolâ€" cted for the characters of the six skits arranged by the arts comâ€" mittee of the club under Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Wyatt Jacobs. Over 300 performances of this popular play have been given. The play was in production over a year. The Coles write or adapt their own plays and build and produce the The colorful costumes, Alpine scenery, and sound effects make this an entertaining play. The last scene is one that will be rememâ€" from an apparent desert into a beautiful farm land, while the rivâ€" er flows like a stream of gold. The script was written by a committee including Mesdames J. M. Watkins, A. C. Heimerdinger, Wyatt Jacobs, J. C. Ewell, E. F. Kapalka and G. R. Parks. Chairâ€" man of the costumes committee is Mrs. Theodore L. Osborn, and of the properties, Mrs. E. B. Elmore. Music will be furnished by Mrs. George Straub at the piano: *King of the Golden River" at Elm Place Memb@rs of the club and their husbands are encouraged to wear costumes of the period if they like, Food willâ€"be served: following the revue. . Family Album Night at Ravinia School Friday The. family album will fly‘open and from its pages will step the demure young ladies and gallant gentlemen of the Gay Nineties on Friday night at the Ravinia school as the Ravinia Woman‘s club preâ€" sents â€"its "Ravinia Revue." . The songs of the Gay Nineties will be featured by a barber shop quartet and the Floradora girls. One may encounter Daisy and her boyâ€"friend on their bicycle built for two. its goal of $800,000 needed to bring homeless children: from Euâ€" rope to a new life in America," said Utley Marshall Field is the national president of the U. S. committee, under whose auspices more than 700 war orphans already have been brought to this country. Prezâ€" ent plans to bring approximately 1200 of these pathetic youngsters to new homes in America during 1947 depend upon tire response of the public to the War Orphans Apâ€" "Under the inspiring leadership of Mrs. Kirk, residents of Highland Park, long noted for their humanâ€" itarianism, will have an opportuniâ€" ty to play aâ€"major role in helping the ‘Wiar Orphans Appeal achieve from campaign headquarters at Room 700, 100 W. Monroe St. Mrs. V. G. Kirk Heads . Highland Park High School Auditorium Friday Evening, April 11, 1947 Coupons, Exchangeable for Reserved Seats on sole at: Gsell‘s (Rovinie & Highland Poark) and Garnett‘s, __ovby-dl. Address Highland Pork Kiwanis Club, P. 0. Box "A", Highland Park, 1H. KIWANIS CLUB OF HIGHLAND PARK INC. ADMISSION $1.00 â€" Tax 20¢, Total $1.20 ALL SEATS RESERVED The Great Tarbell Master Moagician and Mentalist T HE PR ESS AT 8:15 O‘CLOCK The students are elected to the society on the basis of seven seâ€" mesters achievement in scholarâ€" ship, character, service, and leadâ€" ership. x ie ‘ The results of the student and faculty balloting as to leadership and service of the â€" seventyâ€"nine students in the upper third of their class, as well as students‘ character ratings, have been turned over to the faculty committee. This comâ€" mittee will make the final decision as to who is initiated into the soâ€" This committee consists of: Mr. Wolters, principal; Miss Rink and Mr. Stewart, deans; Miss Blaul and Mr. Burwell, vocational advisâ€" ers; and Miss Morgan and Mr. Hanson, Girls and Boys club adâ€" The initiation is a very impresâ€" sive one, and each initiate will reâ€" ceive a membership pin as a gift from the Girls and Boys clubs. Each initiate will hold a lighted torch, which is the symbol of the National Honor society. ~ It is hoped that Harold Schimâ€" melpfeng, Don Block, Ying Joues, Jim Peter,aon, and Barbara Bailey, as alumni, will be able to particiâ€" pate in the ceremony. The list of those to be included is not yet compiled and members of the committee are hoping that local alumnae will volunteer inâ€" formation a b o u t titles and achievements, _ The editor, Mrs. Chinnock, will probably find herâ€" self in the Who‘s Who division, since authors are certain to be included and she has had many of her stories for her own youngâ€" sters published. The initiation for the National Honor society will take place on March 28 in a special assembly. at Highland Park high school The students chosen for the socieâ€" ty will be notified some time withâ€" in the next week. and . the West"â€" and the "West" Pacific ocean. . In those days loyal alumnae came to the annual meetings from as far away as Members of the committee are Mrs. Arthur Welton, Mrs. Theoâ€" dore Diller, Mrs. Geddes Carringâ€" ton, chairman of the party for Miss Blanding, Mrs. Edward H. Kellogg, Miss Pearl Anne Wiebolt, Mrs. Robert Foote, Mrs. Eric Lamâ€" bart, Mrs. Peter Brandsness, and the president of the Chicago Vasâ€" sar club, Mrs. Robert‘ H. Morse, Jr. On Monday, March 17, Mrs. Chinnock gave a luncheon at the University club for her commitâ€" tee. Initiate for National has been appointed editor and her committee is hard at work getting together material which will inâ€" elude a history of the club that promises to be very colorful â€" it will go back to the days when the local Vassar club was "the Vassar Alumni Association of Chicago Present plans are to call it the "Gray Book," since gray is a Vasâ€" sar color. ~Mrs. Ronald Chinnock included all the territory to the the party for her at the Casino club, April 1, decided to dedicate a new kind of book to her â€"~a permanent record of the Chicago Vassar club. Book" to Miss Blanding Looking for an original way to honor Miss Sarsh Gibson Blandâ€" Dedicate Vassar i ‘l\-'hmt-.hn:d:: will receive a scholarship to a lege of their choice and the ten runnersâ€"up will: receive awards of $50 each. The find! announcement of winâ€" ners will be made April 10. The scholarships are being awarded by the Pepsi Cola company. students in the s Jerry Darâ€" u.u.u,a;.‘:'huh-: to win one of scholarships ofâ€" fered to students winning the Pepâ€" si Cola tests, according to a letâ€" ter received by Mr. Wolters, / High School Student In Pepsi Cola Contest Brand‘s Next to Alcyon Theater PHONE â€" Highland Park 256 The kind of permanent you take home from your beasty salon depends on the kind of hair and scalp you take there. So take the "guess work" out of your next wave.. Have your Beauty Shop send a sample of your hair to a research laboratory where it will be analyzed free of charge. The lab will tell the shop whether a machine, machineless or cold wave is best suited to your hair, plus the solution stringth, processing, time to be allowed, and if corrective treatments are needed. AG" d i6 Special Cold Wave â€" Permanent j (easy to manage) 37-50 Roux Tints (-n-rdv-;d) E\ ' T2 . 365 CENTRAL AVENUE ~~ Easter Specials in . . . Permanent Waves 535 Laurel Avenue 548 Central Ave. EASTER FLOWERS PORTRAITS PICTURE FRAMES PHOTO COPIES 369 Central Avenue ELOISE HAT SHOP DISTINCTIVE HATS For Those Who _ DRESS SMARTLY Are Mlde to Onler at ADA KIRK‘S The Powder Box al Ave. Highland Park Tel H. P. 998 S T U D LO gnx Thursday, March 20, 1947 Thursday, March 27â€" Creative Writers group, 10â€"am Saturday, March 22â€" _ Saturday Evening club dance at 'M,-ank“â€" Discussion group number 5 at 8 Painting class, 7 :30 pm. See 1947 ShHow / Highland Park 3420 (including shampoe