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stand at an alitime high, with over 305,000 business and professional executives in over 6200 Rotary clubs in 78 countries. One of the major projects in which this world vflo-vh.Mhr rently engaged is the raising of a two million dollar fund for inter national student fellowships for ties to further international unâ€" derstanding and good will. As district Governor he will visit during the next 4 months all of the 59 clubs in the district ad~ visiting and assisting the officers and committee chairmen on mat~ ters pertaining to Rotary service On Monday, August 11, the Rotary Club of Highland Park, will welcome Bert M. Gibbs, Dis trict Governor of the 147th Dis~ past dent of the Rotary Club 'hehhjmnhm Zoning Board of the City of Princeton and is past chairman of many Red Cross, Boy Scouts and Salvation Army Drives in his comâ€" tries and the continued growth of Rotary in other parts of the world, his official visit to the club. business and professions and 105~ tering the advancement of good To Be Guest Of Highland Park Rotary standing .and fellowship among business and â€" professional men, government and how your officials are attempting to solve them." _ This makes sense. One of the greatest obstacles to good governâ€" ment is these general disinterestedness of the citizenry. One of the greatest contributing factors to this general disinterestedness is the fact that the average citizen in usually amazingly uninformed is to what, his government (national, state, county or.city) is doing, is trying to do, or must do. During the last fiscal 418 â€"I-yd*mabl hl..’_;h. R. L. Unbehann, Highwood city health indpector, has notified the residents of Highwood that such noxious weeds as ragweed, must: ard, thistles, burdocks end cockle burrs, growing on private property must be destroyed. Those sneeses Another article discusses the distribution of our tax money : One graph shows how tax money is divided‘; another shows how each dollar of city income is spent. The longest article is an appeal for citizen coâ€" operation in protecting our parkway. To our mind, the brief introâ€" duction is much to the point. Stating that "OUR HOME TOWN" will be issued "from time to time, as the need is indicated," the inâ€" troduction states that the purpose of the folder is "to bring to our citizens a better understanding ofythe problems confronting our city: *in attempting to provide such information, our city government is taking a forward and an intelligent step towards furnishing the sort of good administration it wants to give. weeks will not originate in Highâ€" Highwood Deals With Weed Situation &n&mhfim-“&md&’m dyhld&h-flm,'iflk-n&sa_uhy&mtct. There is a list of city officials, department heads and committees. out a booklet explaining the functions of the city government. Kudos are again in order, this time for a folder entitled "OUR HOME TOWN," a copy of which is to go out with each water bill. Vol.1, No. 1, dated Augyst 1947 is to go out this month. j Mh-mfi«‘%"wh&hhfle&.\‘ Vol. 37 ; No. 24 With the reorganization of Roâ€" Up To Now ~ _ The Higbland Park Press is the kitchen, â€"with its white enameled walls. It is an allâ€"electâ€" ric, Hotpoint kitchen . provided with every modern . laborâ€"saving device, and boasting a gay little alcove for light snacks. » The model home will remain open for inspection until Saturday, August 9. classified by its designer, Howard Uebelhack, as modern colonial. â€"Stmillicity is the keynote to this home, from the delicatelyâ€"tinted green livingâ€"andâ€"dining room to the bath, shower and powder room done in pastel. Of special interest at 5:30, Highland Park was repreâ€" sented by Paul C. Behanna, corâ€" poration .counsel for Highland situated on a beautifully landscapâ€" home in the famous $24,000 Chicaâ€" goland Prize Homes competition, situated at 1426 Poplar Road in the lovely Forest Ridge subdiviâ€" sion of Highland Park, was formâ€" ally opened for inspection last Saturday. It is the second of such homes to be completed in the Chiâ€" 2'&&-.’- e postwar constructic ‘am, chosen by a. of Cor Teu Built of solid brick the oneâ€"story building is painted white. It is ed site 80x 140 feet and is of the The Robins Win Out ~ campaign are home again. You see it was like this: times. So he didn‘t like the way they picked cherries. Okay, let him pick. his own cherriesâ€"or give ‘em to the robins. Anyway, they had m better job lined up. Second Of Series Of 24 Model Houses Now On Display someâ€" discussion as to whether to stay and take the new job or head for home. T&%VG-‘? the Monday dinner d‘&““du" ley club house, members of the club will hear a talk given by Lt. Comdr. Edward Rushman of Great There is always one sure way to settle an argumentâ€"flip a coin, The coin said "home". Afd that them they had the sum of 9¢ and three $5 appetites. But home was beginning to exâ€" #4 of A Paper for Highland Parkers ®© Published by Highland Parkers in the sixth followed by a home run by Armstrong accounted for the 5 run rally in the sixth by Linâ€" and héld the FelJ, Jrs. to 3 runs after Larson had allowed 8 runs during his 4 innings. > The V.F.W. fighting to stay in the top bracket easily defeated the juke box team 19 to 2. This was the second straight in which they scored 19 runs. Other scores: Bugs 15 Kings 6 Lincoln 20 Ermine Cleaners 7 Students who have just moved to this community and are plan~ ning to attend high school next year should report to the ~high :chol on Monday, August 25, at :00 a.m. for the testing program. The high school bookstore will be open to sell books to students Fell‘s Softball To Face Star Team _ Fells defeated Ravinia Merchâ€" -mh.ehuThnm. by a score of 5 to 3 to win the un> disputed possion of first place in Both teams played heads up ball as the low score indicates. B. pitching for Fells limited the chants to eight hits while allowed eleven hits. Harold Glant played a brilliant game “2: for Fells while Bill Bochm several outstanding plays at shortâ€" stop for the Merchants, Lincoln came from behind 9 to 8 in the sixth inning to defeat Fells Jrs. (formerly the Bugs) 12 to 11 in one of the wildest games of the season;They scored 5 runs in the sixth and 4 funs in the 7th to put them out in front. ltmldloul who‘ hasâ€"carried the Irs, to victory in all their previous gataes lost this game by allowing a total ofnincnlh.hnr‘m.h.m for Lincoln in .the fourth inning will open for freshmen on Monday, September 8, and for upperciass~ Highland Park High School To Begin Fall Term School will start at 8:45 on each WOMEN OF THE MOOSE TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETiNG aAvouUsT 14. The Women of the Moose, _ Reservations for thw _ coming séason, which opens on Sept. 15, will be accepted at the center startâ€" All activities wil: cease during this t:me so that the statf members can take wellâ€"deserved vacations following the strenuous nine week program of planned recreation for Highland Park youngrters, which will be completed by then.~ The program, under the of the Playground am Community Center Closes For Vacation From Aug. 8 to Sept.: 2 mcâ€"uific-mfih closed from Aug. 8 to Sept, 2 ac cording to an announcéement from Me] Mullins, center director. Leach, is now in its eighth week. In the near future an all star team will be made up of members of the teams in the league to play Fells. The game will be held under lights either on Monday August 11 or Thursday August 14. < Lincoin Defeats Fells In Wild Game visitor from the Portage Park chapter, on August 14, for a specâ€" inl meeting to be held at the home of Helen Meckley, . 122 Prairie avenue at 8 p.m. _ All chairmen are requested to be present at this meeting. charge of officer training, who served in the Pacific area‘ during the war. His subject has not been announced. He is the guest of â€"H. has been nominated for the post :-:u-.«a.:-:"«m ton, Edison Mflux ’I:: Forest, Wiuhtetn 204 Park mge, to take office on January 1, 1948. holds the post at present. barry Dean replaced L Larson The Highland Park High School Patrick J. Lucey of DesPlaines dlighland Park, Hilinois, Thursday, August 7, 1947 wertissement," in~three parts, in cluding the "Black Swan" danced by Bettina Rosay and David Thiâ€" mar; "Pas de Trois" performed t Techaikowski by Albia Kavan, Rosika Sabo, and Royes Fernanâ€" On Thursday (August 14), the pn!o:lmnee'illopen'ith“mâ€" tasia," choreography by Nijinâ€" sky to music by Schubertâ€"Lisst, and will be danced by six members of the ensemble. This will be fol lcnlbyti.mn]:r::â€"-eo ballet that evening will be devoted to a brilliant technical display the company‘s virtuosity in kowsky‘s "Nutcracker Suite," inâ€" cluding the Chinese and Merlitons Dances, the Trepak, the grand Pas~ deâ€"Deux, and variations contain ing the dance of the Sugatâ€"Plum Fairy with Alicia Markova as solo> va and Anton Dolin were trained Ballet performances at Ravinia mark an innovation in Festival presentations. To open the week‘s engagement, Markova and Dolin have chosen to present an eight part "Chopiniana," the creation of Michael Fokine, which has proâ€" vided audiences with one of the most poignant halfâ€"hours in the vided audiences with one of the most poignant halfâ€"hours in the theatre since 1906 when it was first performed at the Maryinsky in St. Petersburg. The dances are Mazurka, and Nocturne. . "Romantic Memories," the secâ€" by Markova and Dolin to music performance will open with the "Nuteracker Suite," followed by "Chopiniana" . and . "Divertisseâ€" ment," in which Anton Dolin will dance "Hymn to the Sun" to the music of Rimskyâ€"Korsakof, and flev. Known as the "greatest clas~ sic ballerine in history," Markova u.fl.:n:thvh-ehdnlué- nique an ability to wmm_&.m and "Russianized" in their early years under the late Serge Diaghâ€" Seibert, Royce Fernandez, David Thimar, Carol Nelson, and George Reich. Robert Zeller will be the conductor. (August 12), brings to life the most exciting periods in ballet his~ tory, All the dances, whose traâ€" dition goes back as far as the early 19th century, have been faithfully recreated after painstaking reâ€" search by Anton Dolin. In addition observer as much as the ballet exâ€" Alicia Markova and Anton Dolin two of the greatest exponents of classic ballet, bring their stellar company to the Ravinia Festival this wek for the seventh and final week of the 1947 season. Among the dancers composing the company which will appear Sunday ; ~{August 12, 14, ls,ndmmnd Dolâ€" in are Albia Kavan, Bettina Rosay, Rex Cooper, Rosika Sabo, Wallace Dolin, and ‘Pas de Quatre" which epc Kok Dolin for Miss and three members of the ensemble. "Pas de Quatre" received its first perâ€" formance 100â€"years ago this sumâ€" mer at His Majesty‘s Theatre in ing‘s Tuesday . (A 12) m'flhd:aud to g the suite contains a solo originated ary combination of classicism and pyrotechnicsâ€"performed by Anton leyâ€"Kay in Sussex, England, is the first English dancer to win interâ€" national fame. When he isn‘t exe® RAVINIA TO FEATURE CLASSIC BALLET to "The Polka" to Strauss music, summer stock. This close associa® tion with the theater enables him to convey difficult emotional situâ€" ations through superb timing. In addition to his dancing and acting abilities, he has grined consider able reputation as a choreogra" pher. He has been most successful with recreations of period masterâ€" addition to his dancing and acting | Vilzakâ€"Schoolar. Her lightness and abjilitics, he has grined consider|remarkable elevation are particuâ€" -&mu-mmwuhmu‘ pher. He has been most successful cal roles of the Mazurks and Car~ with recreations of period masterâ€"|lotts Grisi in â€" "Pas de Quatre." A member of the Markovaâ€" Dolâ€" a member fi hu’qq.h-l‘mnmbnhw former is a soloist, is Chicagoâ€"born| strong charncter ds :h Albia Kavan, who studied dancing| been adding classic roles to his reâ€" -hl.u.ahl-l:'”-.&- same . marked Ballet School, Daganova, success. Saturday (Aug. 16) â€" evening‘s The fourth section of the even~ will dance the exemplâ€" man; Herbert T. Schaffner, Speâ€" cial Gifts Chairman; C. Longford Felske, Assistant Special Gifts Campaign to Begin October 1st In a statement released this week President Samuel R. Rosenâ€" thal of Highland Park Community Chest has announced the followâ€" ing appointments in connection ‘liam Riddle are handling the plans ’forthhwent,.lhnw iwhnm&wfldhfi.w circular refectory in Ravinia Park. This beautiful, screened, rustic building, situated in a most approâ€" priate setting, lends itself to an ideal spot for the exhibit of homeâ€" grown flowers by the amateur gardeners of Highland Park. The entire community is invited to ex~ hibit specimen flowers, vegetables, and enter other special events to compete with their neighbors for Name Chairmen For Community Chest Drive with the forthcoming drive for funds: Woodward Burgert, Genâ€" Chicago or other nearby communiâ€" ties. We do not share in any con~ tributions made by our citizens outside of Highland Park. If busiâ€" Mororiey, Assistant General Chairâ€" Chest is not associated with any anywhere else, we hope they will remember to set aside a suam (and we hope that it‘s larger!) for the Community Chest drive in their own home town." Men‘s Garden Club Mrs. Hugh Riddle of the Ravinâ€" in Garden Club will head a special flower ~and table arrangement committee, to encourage &n extenâ€" sive exhibit of flower lfl'* ments by both .men and women. ELKS PLAN ANNUAL PICINIC FOR ' Â¥ BUNDAY, AUGUST 10 Members of the Elks, Highland Park lodge No. 1362, with their families and friends, will hold their annual M-& August 10, at 1 p.m. in grove, one block north of Deerâ€" field road on North Ridge road. Community Flower Show August 23â€"24, 1947 land Park will"hold the most elaâ€" borate and extensive Flower Show yet planned by this organization on Saturday, August 23â€"and Sunâ€" day, August 24. â€" blue ribbon awards. mmmn_&:umi:' participating and number visitors attending. A schedule of show entries i being prepared and will be avail able about August 15. Bruce Krasberg, Men‘s Garden Club President, this Show is exâ€" entertainment of children. For adults there will be horse shoes, ‘.munu â€" In ease of weather the gathâ€" ering will be held at the Eiks‘ club, William Kelley is chairman of The one regular meeting of the lodge during the month of August will be held August 5, at 8:20. YOUR COMMUNITY FUND DOLLARS AT WORK â€"‘ The Men‘s Garden Club of Highâ€" Coâ€"Chairmen Bert Ray and Wilâ€" For 35 years the Ridge Farm Preventorium on Old Mill Road has been restoring children to health and useful citizenship. The Farm is the temporary home of 48 boys and girls between the ages religious barriers. > The children are taught the valâ€" ue of money and a respect for their belongings. They work hard and love every minute of it, bet cause each child‘s problems are given a great deal of individual During the summer, the children are given every advantage of a good summer camp, with a director and three councilors guiding their recreational activities. > 1y at the Ridge Farm Preventorium in four dormitories, each with 12 beds, a comfortable living room, each in charge of an understanding house mother. Until recently, only: girls were accommodated, but the Preventorium now takes boys as &mu.d&‘mb up families. Both white and colored children are taken. articles describing the activities of the various health, welfare, and recreational organizations that are supported, in part, by your contri~ butions to the Highland Park Comâ€" munity Chest.) of 6 and 14. These children are placed there by medical clinies, child welfare organizations, and Courts, when their homes are found lacking in food, affection or the moral stability that youngâ€" sters need in order to develop into sters need in to develop into at the Ridge Farm until their bodies become strong and their straight thinking has been reâ€" stored. Then, if their homes have been réhabilitated, they are re~ turned. Otherwise, the children are placed in approved foster homes. And this readjustment is usually accomplished in less than a year. _ The children attend school at and Boy Scout Patrols to help in their adjustment. Religious serv ices are conducted at the instituâ€" _ The staff is aided by a board of spirited citizens who devote conâ€" siderable time to the proper opera~ tion of the institution. Ridge Farm Preventorium is supported by public subscription, RIDGE FARM PREVENTORIUM (This is the fifth of a series of «Ndowments, and by an allocation fi‘-mmfih-dhrkcoâ€".- the agencies supported by your contributions to the Highland Park Community Chest.) © PATTON BECOMES A VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE CO. elected a vice president of the Public Service Company of North~ ern Illinois effective August 1, it was announced this week by Chas. Y. Freeman, chairman of the board. He succeeds the late, Wilâ€" i-:.'lun-mm- Patton, a resident of Evanston became associated with the utilâ€" ity in 1915 when be began work as a substation operator. He later served as power superâ€" sisor, asistant electrical engin~ ser, and manager of division oper® industrial nhz‘.:.m~ and for the past two years has been manager of industrial relaâ€" tions for the company, Univetsity and a member of the: Q-h-hfl:-&d“fl. 5c a copy;, $1.50 a