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As we said, we don‘t suppose a pier would fill any pressing or "practical" need; certainly it would show no dollars and cents, ogrofit, but if it could furnish anotl;e:ed.uncndon kids the fun and exâ€" citement we to get out of catching a string of perch, we doubt if the money could be better spent. As far as that goes, not only the new generation would enjoy it. Ev«yms:‘tmhutwbflehoh mg,habomlzyunoldnt so such a pier 3 furnflmlqjoymtfor“mjol ages. We understand that a few fish are caught off some of the stubs that now exist, but we still rememâ€" ber the whopping Wat Domenic Pasquesi caught off the old avenue pier some 25 Yurs ago. I don‘t suppose an exact counterpart would ook very big now to any of us who were there, but, in retrospect, it seems that it was the biggest fish any of us have seen, before or since. Back in those days which now seems so good, probably because they are now so far off, the cane role or garden worm variety of fisherman in Highâ€" and Park could almost pick a pier to suit his mood. There was Buckley‘s, Fletcher‘s and Metzel‘s pier, and others at Prospect avenue and Beeck street, to name only a few. Among the many things that might be provided for Highland Park, we don‘t suppose that any would come further from filling and immediate and "practiâ€" cal" need than a piér, but just the same, we wish the city had a good fishing pier. e WISH WE HAD A PIER (Poppy Day will be observed in Highland Park and Highwood on Saturday, May 21) Vol. 39 ; No. 11 In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the doad. Shor* days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be ,vouQ_to hold it high. If you break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields. Up To Now De Paur }nfanw Chorus IN FLANDERS FIELDS by Col. John McCrae By Bill Thomas T‘he Higbland Park Press | A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers A group of 85 colored exâ€"G.1.‘s, this chorus was organized within 872 Infantry Regiment at Fort Dix, N. J., in 1942, and sang for American troops from Iwo Jima to Bad Nauheim. In the course of their threeâ€"year travels while in the service, they gave more than 2,000 _ concerts, visiting every theatre of war. the work toward his ‘commission before taking on the chorus. He left the services with the rank of Leonard de Paur, the director, had attracted attention as assoâ€" ciate director of the Hall Johnson choir before he enlisted as a priâ€" vate in the infantry. Chosen for officer‘s training just a few weeks before he was assigned to orâ€" ganize this course, he asked for and received permission to finish Besides the conventional chorus repertoire, their programs contain songs of different faiths, Latin American and Caribbean folk songs, and music from the many lands the exâ€"soldiers visited. Community Concert subscribâ€" ers will hear their final perforâ€" mance of the season tonight (Thursday, May 12) with the appearance of the de Paur Inâ€" fantry Chorus. The c beâ€" mun:xsmmnn@hfl High School auditorium. Colored Chorus Highlights Final Community Concert Tonight Mrs. Claburn Jones is general chairman of the fashion parade planned by the Woman‘s Auxiliary and Guild of the Trinity church to be held Thursday, May 19, at 1 p.m. in the church parish house. 4V.cirman for the fashion show is "Mrs. Russell Ahrens, assisted by Mrs. George Ross as coâ€"chairman; ‘Mrs. Leslie Gage will be the fashion moderator. Downey Patients Give 3rd Annual ‘Music Clinic The installation will be held July 29. § Highland Park Man To Head North Shore Board Of Realtors Mr. Harry Earhart, realtor, of the firm Earhart and Lloyd, was elected president of the Evanstonâ€" North Shore board of realtors last Tuesday evening, at the board‘s annual dinner in Evanston, In the real estate business for 27 years, Mr. Earhart was formâ€" erly with the firm 6f Murray and Terry, with offices at the corner of Central avenue and Sheridan road. Women Of Trinity Church To Hold Fashion Parade Fashions from seyeral local shops will be featured and tickets are available at the church parish house. The interested audience could be loosely divided into three groups: the members of the mediâ€" cal staff, watching closely from a (continued on page 6) Mr. Heinlen‘s appearance on the stage was greeted by an ovaâ€" tion in which both patients and guests® join@d heartily. When Mr. Heinlen first started his work in musical therapy at Downey there were only five patients who played muscial instruments. He ,will be remembered as the musical direcâ€" tor who trained recruits during the war for the Great Lakes Band. Audience Thrills on the program were the Drum ard Bugle corps, the Concert and Dance orchestra, the Protestant choir and the Catholic octettte. Splendid progress has been made by these units during their three years under the supervision of Francis W. Heinlen, who began his. work here after the estabâ€" lishment of the V.A. Recreation and Special Service program. Heinlen Rates Ovation The 3rd annual Music Clinic presented on May 5 at the Downey hospital was given by veterans of the musical therapy departâ€" menit, one of those projects beneâ€" fiting from the proceeds of the annual Poppy Sale. Taking part Mr. de Paur is a native of Sumâ€" Highland Park, Illinois The 14 building permits issued during the month of April, 1949, include, according to P. E. Cole, City Engineer and Building Inâ€" spector, â€"3 dwellings, 3 private garages, 7 alteration projects and one private greenhouse, with a total valuation of $79,563. The fees collected by the Building deâ€" partment, including building perâ€" mit fees and other miscellaneous, fees total $813.54. j Rodgers - Oh Lovely Heart, by Roberton OI‘ Man River, from ‘‘Showboat" by Romberg I Cindy (Mountain Dance Song), by Wilson City Building Department Report For April * mit, N. J., where his father is an attorney. He has been heard in New York as choral conductor of the _ Virgil â€" Thomson â€" Gertrude Stein opera, "Four Saints in 3 Acts," and the Roark Bradfordâ€" Jacques Wolfe play, "John Henry." Later he organized and led the chorus for Moss Hart‘s "Winged Victory" in 1944. The average member of the chorus is 29 and a bachelor. Twenty members are college gradâ€" uates. Four are taking advanced courses at Columbia, two at the Juilliard School of Music, and one at City College of New York. (continued on page 6) During the moyth of April, 1948, the total namber of Wuildâ€" ing permits issued was 23, with a total valuation of $352,265.00. Members of the Ravinia Garden club are enjoying a trip to Morton Arboretum today (Thursday) inâ€" stead of tomorrow, as they had planned. The program will consist of luncheon at 12:30 at the "Plenâ€" tywood Farm", in Bensonville, followed by a visit to the Arboreâ€" tum and a tour of the grounds. Send Forth Thy Spirit, by Schuetâ€" #ky s Thg Ompipofience, by Schubert One hundred and seventyâ€"two students make up the chorus and the personnel of the orchestra numbers fiftyâ€"one. Arboretum Trip Sultane, by*Couperinâ€"Milhaud Symphony No, 5 in E Minornâ€"Anâ€" dante, Allegro Con Anima by _ Tehaikowsky § Double Concerto for Two Violins in D Minor, by Bach Entry of the Little Fauns from Cydalisi, by Peirne Dance of the Comedians, from The Bartered Bride, by Smetana "Carousel"â€"Choral Selections, by Carolyn Baird and Carol Metzâ€" enberg, featured soloists with the orchestra, will play the Bach double violin concerts in D minor. Alice Arentz, Shirley Patton and Annabeth Sears, juniors and memâ€" bers of the chorus, will sing solos with the chorus and orchestra. Alice Arentz, Girls‘ Social chairâ€" man for the chorus, studies voice with Miss Frances Ernest of the American Conservatory of Music. Shirley Patton has sung in both school productions of "H.M.S. Pinafore" and the "Pirates of Penzance‘". Annabeth Sears, also a student of Miss Frances Ernest, has sung in both operettas proâ€" duced by the school, and is the first soprano ,in "The Baker‘s Dozen", a vocal ensemble which entertains at local clubs and orâ€" ganizations. Following is the complete proâ€" gram to be presented Sunday: ORCHESTRA Overture and Allegro from La Their hope that a large audience will attend the final High School concert of the year was expressed today by the school‘s musical diâ€" rectors, Harold N. Finch and Chester: Kyle. The concert will feature the orchestra and chorus, the two organizations "which have been working intensively on this program for over two months", and will be presented Sunday, May . 15, at 3:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Orchestra And Chorus Combine Talents In I Year‘s Final Concert HIGHSCHOOLCONCERTMAY 15 Thursday, May 12, Woman‘s Club Plant Sale To Benefit Philanthropy Fund Mrs. Walter Durbahn and Mrs. Herman Pomper and their comâ€" mittee will have charge of the plant sale for the Highland Park Woman‘s Club for the benefit of the Philanthropy Fund. Vegetable, annual, perennial plants and many other gardenm accessories will be on sale, Saturday mornâ€" ing, May 14, at the, Northwestern Freight Station, Central and First Street. You can also order attracâ€" tive bird houses and feeders beâ€" #ides selecting your bulbs for fall planting. Come early and select your plants for your garden. Committee chairmen are the following aldermen: Russell Carlâ€" son, finance; Louis Baruffi, streets and alleys; Oliver Zanarini, licenses; Amerigo Ladurani, buildâ€" ing and grounds; Carl Pasquesi, police; John Franconius, fire and water, and William DeVrpet, juâ€" diciary. % Reappointed were: Joseph Rosaâ€" lini, superintendent of water plant; Armando Lenzini, superâ€" visor of water distribution; Batâ€" tista Zannoti, superintendent of streets, and Harley Ridgeway, diâ€" rector of Civic Center. Appointments announced by the Mayor are: City attorney, Jack E. Bairstow; police chief, Ted Benâ€" venuti; fire chief, Reno Giangiorâ€" gi; health officer, Dr. N. C. Risâ€" jord; health inspector, Raymond Unbehaun; electrical inspector, Oscar Swan; plumbing inspector, Gust Ostrand, and building inâ€" spector, John Feraldo. Newly elected officers were inâ€" stalled and 17â€"city employees apâ€" pointed at the City council meetâ€" ing in Highwood last week. Oath of office was administered by outâ€" going City clerk John Ugolini to the following: Thomas Mussato, Mayor ; Guy Bernabei, clerk; Louis Crovetti, treasurer, and P« A. Carani, police chief (succeeding himself). New aldermen Joseph Calzia and William DeVroet were seated, and Carl Pasquesi and Russell Carlson, reâ€"elected, were installed in the council. Officials Installed, Appointments Made At Highwood City Council Three members of the pressâ€"will be guests, Miss Patricia Dalton of the Highland Park News, Mrs. T. J. Zabel of the Highland Park Press, and Miss Elizabeth Karger of the Waukegan Newsâ€"Sun. Mrs. Henry Schroeder, presiâ€" dent of the Juniors will introduce the guests: Mrs. Elizabeth Mcâ€" Creary, Superintendent of the adâ€" ministrative staff of Infant Welâ€" fare; Mrs. Jeanette Townsend, exâ€" tension secretary; Mys, Robert W. Powell, president of the woman‘s auxiliary; and the speaker, Mrs. Richardson, of Northwestern Inâ€" fant Welfare station and formerly head nurse at Alice Wood station for a number of years. Presidents of all four groups will present their board members. Mrs. Robert Wilson, General chairâ€" man of the luncheon, is assisted by the following members in making arrangements; Mrs. Geoâ€" rge Hartman, Mrs. Francis Weeks, Mrs. James Davis, of the Seniors; Mrs. John Stevens, Mrs. Burton Smalley of the Intermediates; and Mrs. Robert Jarchow of the Wings. Four Welfare Groups Plan Annual Luncheon At Exmoor Club The monthly board meeting of the Junior group of the Infant Welfare Society will be held May 13 at the home of Mrs. Carl Howâ€" ard to discuss final arrangements for the annual luncheon scheduled at Exmoor Country Club, Wednesâ€" day, May 18, 1:00 p.m. All four groups, the Seniors, Intermediâ€" ates, Juniors and Wings of Highâ€" land Park Infant Welfare particiâ€" pate in the one social event of the year. i May 14 Designated As Bâ€"Day For Community Groups Contractors To Submit Bids For _ New Community Center Bertram A. Weber, architect for the new Community Center anâ€" nounces that plans are on file at the Recreation office, 549 Central Avenue, for local contractors to use in submitting bids for the new Community Center to be built in Highland Park. General contractors are requestâ€" ed to bid all trades as outlined on the form of proposal, Sub conâ€" tractors are invited to bid and can obtain a list of general contractors from the Recreation Board office in Highland Park or the architect‘s office, 221 N. LaSalle Street, Chiâ€" _ On Saturday, Bâ€"Day, public and ‘private organizations of the four communities will arm themselves wwith radio equipment, trucks, gunny sacks and similar weapons â€"not forgetting refreshmentâ€" and charge upon the disorderly ranks of the beach front. Particiâ€" pating will be the Park Board, City Hall, the schools, the PTA‘s, church groups, police department, boy scouts, girl scouts and Marinâ€" ers, Woman‘s clubs, Garden clubs, North Suburban Radio club, Yacht club, . Kiwanians, _ Marconians, Lions and others. The Philathea Class of the Church which usually meets on the third Tuesday of the month, will meet on the 4th Tuesday, or May 24th in the Dubbs Room of the Church. 8:00 p.m. ber of the Society or at the door. For further information call Mrs. Paul Willison, H.P. 115. Bowman Dairy Cooking School, May 17 At Bethany Church . The Bowman Dairy Cooking School will be held Tuesday, May 17th, 8 P. M. in the social rooms of the Bethany Evan. Church, corner Laurel and . McGovern Streets. This program is a two hour demonstration of cooking from a platform and is sponsored by the Women‘s Society of World Service, formerly the Missionary Society, of the church, the money to be used towards their benevâ€" olences. The public is cordially inâ€" vited and urged to attendâ€"tickets may be obtained from any memâ€" R. J. Naegele, principal of Raâ€" vinia school, has been in charge of the educational phaze. Through principals, student councils and PTA‘s of the four communities, and by means of discussions and posters, the importante of the project has been stressed, and groups assigned from each school for specific ‘duties, Cleanâ€"up Schools, Clubs and Other Groups Plan Beach Drive, Saturday War, and no cold war, either, has been declared, and will be waged to the bitter end, beginning Saturday, when organizations of Highland Park, Ravinia, Highwood and Deerfield will unite to wipe out _ unsightly and â€" unsanitary conditions on the beaches resultâ€" Action has been formally deâ€" clared ‘ by Dr. George Postels, chairman of the movement, who states that the objective is to provide clean, healthy and orderâ€" ly beaches for the use of the citizens. The campaign consists of three steps, namely, a) education, b) cleanup, and c) policing. Education lations. Highland Park‘s Official Newspaper from the winter‘s accumuâ€" (continued on page 6) a copy ; $1.50 a year