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&n opportunity to vote on a president and two memâ€" =~bers of the school board. We say "will have an opâ€" . .. portunity," rather than "will vote" because if past performangg is a criterion, only a relatively small perâ€" (%2) Transfer of the unexâ€" pended $1,400,000 District 108 {Continued on page §) ‘ Knouff, Clavey, and Warner, are pledged to the following policies: (1) A plan for the consolidaâ€" tion of our school districts. ‘ (2) â€" Abandonment of the interâ€" confining of any school construcâ€" tion to proven need and a type that will conform with a plan berg said. "In view of this fact, the large response has been very impressive and indicates the sweep d!“o':;l;hv.dfio and the determination of the votâ€" ers to end ‘caucus‘ control of our schools, which has resuited in a $1,400,000 debt for an intermeâ€" diate school we do not need and in one of the highest per pupil school tax rates in the nation," he added. and that the rate ‘of enrollment has been nearly 100 a day," Krasâ€" I Ned s e e e ing membership applications in Pn M wenes an expected a may reach 1,000 members in the near Krasberg, organizing chairman of the League, announced that almost 700 voters had enrolled in â€" the .vm;lmhllifllo”cr. week response to a membership w..-auooa.n-a.nu‘ of District 108. Ao OA / specific references released during ® USE YOUR FRANCHISE e Cooarix: % ucation Two elections of particular interest to Highland | suci.° u5t b*. 85 amusing to the e + + + wc' _ Parkers are coming up within the next few dais. On l":'t"”- to 'i°t° ;ewmrnm Saturday, residents of School District 108 will have | C@@s sponsored Tss se "’,,} an opportunity to vote on a president and two memâ€" ::i’ t:zngondwo? &:d i "**bers of ths school board. We say "will have an op. | Therefore, the Voters lflwflfin"‘-‘fl % ”’tl““mti’a rathen than "will vote" because if past Sige uL oC fame figures but proâ€" + ure $ perf: * ce is a cntef:on, onlz a relahvely s_r_mfl PErâ€" | bers so fl_:ft_hh_.f;:}re peveiienient cation, it was reported “hd"laâ€"-b; a Leaghe spokesman. The meeting was held at the home of Harold F. Pfister, Sr., 2322 Indian Tree Luaugeuts _2 _ _0 90005 . Sm in candidates, to the Board of Edu At an enthusiastic meéting of nearly 100 workers and members of the General Commiitee of The District 108 Voters‘ League on the afternoon of Sunday, April 2, plans were made for the comple~ as__ 10 ut i * _ Vol. 39; No. 6 Applications Pour In Almost 700 Voters hn« Aitharctvingccidiiinedenenccncs Allle. 1 53 100 Oe CCC NT MHDLWERUS. ra wi th If this turns out to be another superâ€"secret, like |Giex s t C espeoiive the atom bomb, we hope that the American public | before reflem;:: to them a: won‘t be the last to know about it, and that whatever ons y 35 . Clenee, it 1s, it won‘t involve the woes that have been attendâ€" | property valuation of 42 ant on the discovery of the atom bomb. Pss coka o pavancant 4o L. it Abwatadannnilirartnrcaet lwi:,?y not keep yourself muzzled unless you cast a bal.. 0 3 © WHERE (IF ANY) IS THE FIRE? ~~_ Bearing in mind the old adage "Where there‘s smoke, there‘s fire," it will be interesting to find out, when we do, what the "fire" is behind all the "smoke" of flying saucer reports. . For a while, official explanations, including "mass hysteria," "escaped weather balloons" and "the planet Venus" seemed plausible enough, but the reâ€" ports are becoming too persistent and they are comâ€" ing from too many reasonably reliable sources for all of them to be fakes or mistakes. PCE oL K is mwed at the editor‘s office for We aren‘t going to urge anyone to voteâ€"don‘t | $Sor® ‘,,'M"h"“,,%d?:"fim',f,hx think it does much good. But if you don‘t like results, port'olt December 20, 1949, page why not keep yourself muzzled,unlessyou cast a balâ€"|$. pae it }sfsj'i', ‘%2:!;90'},1? Je lot? . s apologies, Mr. ?mw&. '-fif, nt:i:: i 038. © WHERE (IF ANY) IS THE FIRE? ;2.?:!;7,”:,‘;%; for District ~~_ Bearing in mind the old adage "Where there‘s|!98 it approximately 42 million mmnalen AL c §.: 0t â€" lee es kesigieen o . mntewbker wang L â€" NCE , "* o ACwbeOHL £OFâ€" HOT~ ination to county posts, which will take place next Tuancaw ht i i (Gn can d id a t o s, & E200E CV THe »~A~~@0 Canuuiudlto = . §|Voters In School Dist.\New Referendum On Up To Now ginos Highland Park â€" ’hter-ediate_ School By Bill Thomas 3 ns In view of the clearness and l Oltrtcemcdt Picccl.. y c When a cause sinks to such a potht that its exponents are forced to desert all pretense of basing ’“m-muâ€"n !dy‘.u--n-nuvng,_;‘ -dlu-lhmufiyl have no justification for their Caucus candidates for the School someone to emphatically resent the program of rumor and sinister innuendo being conducted by varâ€" To settled or the urgent need for the school indicated, and if the need for theâ€"School be established to their satisfaction before the conâ€" solidation question can be settled, they agree that the matter should be â€"resubmitted to the voters of D*}etl“‘falp.dflm Fearing take the position that they do not favor construction of the Intermediate. School until the 7l‘firhk‘&. time has come for To District 108 Voters‘ League‘ . The, Voters‘ League has so conâ€" fused the issues in the coming School Board election that the voters in District 108 are entitled to know certain basic facts: j (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 4) .._914 Ridgewood Drive The Highland Park Pregs |:===|_ inss 2 n on en PC M ucaa 1 SOCZC 207 . IHC ‘SChOool is 10 OUL, | $619,694. (The amount for which | established, but if this is not posâ€" moke" | the citizens were taxed for school[Sible, and the school board beâ€" purposes last year) gives a tax|comes convinced that the school is in | site of $1.46 or $146.00 for each |needed, we will certainly tell the :ludmg $10,000; property valuation, THIS people our conclusions, the reaâ€" d "the |I9_ WHAT EAGH TAXPAYER|Sons for our conclusions, and give he re.|PAD _ AND No AMOUNT OFP|the voters a chance to accept or DOUBLE TALK CAN CHANGE|réject our recommendations. ‘ The 2 coOmâ€"| THIS PACT. Now as to tax rates| members of the school board who es for|for school purposes for surroundâ€"}Are not retiring this year have ing areas. Please, Mr. Brown,|been polled and they also are in t, like r'ihl::k these rates with the Town|Accord with this policy," a k of the respective towns, y public belo‘rc referring to them as "Halfâ€" (Continued on page 7) Highland Park, Ilinois through the dv‘;.. of ‘otfiâ€" clency and economy with a redueâ€" tion in our present taxes, 1 77% the year before WITHOUT “fimflw’umm Amm mm‘umd-hkmfin h flulnmorm.h“m‘.-m CATwN.OnApnua.mm tter, involvi will decide whether to continue of conflicting interesta, Caucus control or insugurate the | *74 the statutes do not provide for its initiation by Boards of Educaâ€" uvpolkymdh&Vd‘-' tion in any event. Furthermore, l"‘"‘-""‘ulnuu-dfi.mm"-‘m °"""“""., n of our several school| ment whould not emamate qo A Paper for Highland Parkers © Published by Highiland Parkers The forthcoming school board doeflon.Awfl?.huvuh. portance to all. Upon the outcome will depend whether we shall conâ€" ?lowo., Pigwinve board which has resultâ€" ed in a $1,400,000 indebtedness for an intermediate school, now conceded we do not need, and a tax increase for elementary school purposes of 58.8$% m.“ 71% the year before UT ANY APPRECIABLE INCREASE The District 108 Voters‘ League voter at a vides that no person shall vote at a school election who does not vefRie in GrnratiPtcort Bx s 4AE .. his lamp and go home." It is in this spirit that the following brief :;i-rr of our Iilinois election governing school board elecâ€" tions is offered: To Highland Park, Ilinois 516 Laurel Avenue Highland Park Press * WO.“‘I) property valuation of 42 million â€"â€" ~ . Continued on page 7) > Bd SEWP Y inht edcais Prih Gasusia oc Superintendent‘s ‘signed report as of June 30, 1949 is enclosed and is filed at th_e edf‘tor’;_ office for Continued on page 7) Open Letter To The |Caucus Candidates 0; tain | within District 108 at this time. tion | The very natural confusion reâ€" ;eg, |vuiting from the injection of this complication into the proceas of selecting Board members makes us a doubtfal quantity to other disâ€" 270 j9CC 4186 ume. Actually, conâ€" ;‘“‘““i-h-lyhcmni or a good many years as a more or less decrepit subject for cockâ€" from (‘Azu- ibia had discovered it for the time. Actually. con. _ Consolidation of ~ school disâ€" tricts has also been the subject ".'Md-ldwo-:m think that the eminent educator ’Difiincfl-ommonumm ers. Since this is the specific sort of promise to which an office huu-ennlnhldwlfieonm tive ease, it may be said that the its importance, l'l»dhhn::l can as an issue in this particular elecâ€" Education, are pledged not to proâ€" ceed with it without first resub consisteritly been presented as. a red hot issue. The Voters‘ League candidates advocate complete abandonment; the Caucus candiâ€" the commanii. . "3 070 DCst for|present post as Chief Deputy ‘the community. and himself. Thelcmty Treasuter â€"was cited by positions of the candidates have thoA-odn.uonuqnnmyh‘hhn been stated fairly well, so in order fortbolcpnbllannomhlfion._ to eliminate complications and| The Association.~ declined â€"to avoid the pale blue scent of the}recommend any Republican canâ€" lubtlyb:rlwnredh-niu. itlht:uld MtothtatlahComty. only necessary to select those points upon which there is general (Continued on page 5) i agreement and cancel them out, & ie Fcponeftzadgss i thupmtingin:glamdwmm ~ 1 the factors upon< which selection â€" may effectively be based. > « April 8 1950 _"" ""re/mediate School was first|nomination of good candidates by proposed to the voters of District|each party. The Deerfield Townâ€" 108, and so many things have|ship Voters Association seeks to transpired since then, that obviâ€" |give the public, through its memâ€" ously it becomes the responsibility.| bers the information essential to of the school board to make cerâ€" intelligent and effective voting tain of the will of the people beâ€"|in the forthcoming April 11 Priâ€" fore proceeding with the school. | mary," said Herbert L. Stern, Jr., Of course, we hope that consoliâ€"| Acting Chairman, in releasing the dation can be effected before a Association‘s recommendations to definite need for the school is voters in each party. eatnblishit hhe 16 sbitcrn col .00 PPC RNIRE Â¥oltyT UNBBNERNAT .cs asmnnea speaking for the candidates, _ _ "So much time has elapsed since the Intermediate Schooil was first imwud to the voters of District 108, and so many things have transpired since then, that â€" obviâ€" ously it becomes the resnonsihili+. (Continued on page 5) ascertain theâ€"will of the voters beâ€" fore beginning construction of the I _ Alithough the Voters‘ League has asked for completé abandonâ€" ment of the Intermediate School, the Cautus candidates, Robert S. Cushman, Munroe Fearing and Harold E. Foreman, Jr., have virâ€" tually :?mmd the intermediate school an issue in‘ the school board electionâ€"in District 108 by pledging a new referendum to Cifi-_ai Committee. Blasts with the incumâ€" It is one , April 6, 1950 It was decided that Friday is the . logical night for" this P---m-n-:m"& -Mu.l-n‘lnâ€"l open until 9 p.m. * 1h=_.-flufl-1 peusiiien vihem. w66 reihsals .. for the convenience of the shopâ€" C "Or dneranbropin /BEbducree . about 70 lotal merchants agreed, As the result of a meeting held last Friday evening at the Highâ€" Merchants Agree To Open Store Plan On the mâ€"â€"f porcul â€"-;v--. [Eees of the P.T.A. Caucus in District 108, as now Information received from the headquarters of the National Conâ€" gress of Parents and Teachers in Chicago states emphatically that the policy established for the National P.T.A. and all its memâ€" ber units provides that they reâ€" To 20 9008 20 @UCRNCD, Tunih 1 s iqgr County Clerk, and Hugo sSehneider, Jr., running for C;lmrw Treasurer, both native Highland Parkers, were among the candiâ€" other sources, according to Stern. Its recommendations were issued after its members had confidered reports on all candidates at a recent Association meeting. The recommendations of the Association, a nonâ€"partisan organâ€" il-ltion, are based upon questionâ€" maires, personal interviews and e e e e their number. Their vote can the greatest single factor in Voters‘ Association PR d o. _ % Rev. t s Endorses Candidates | an mon w «. m";: & . T0" RDOHL us we see of Deerfield Township Ministers From Highland Park and Highwood Join In Easter Messages (Continued on page 7) â€" â€"]new. life® mdiuft');eo"t'h:t.,'u‘-"rh. winter is past; the flowers. appear ual Vote Important on the earth; the ti of the y a small percentage of| SiN@ing of birds is come." We normally take theâ€"trouble| Stand in wonder before the traom« y 1950 (Continued on page 6) same meaning as of Nq,ib.." '.-â€"; an idle goddesa, Kétre, was recogâ€" Again we approach the Easter mhww eally old, yet to those who ‘know and realizse the significance of it, it is always new. The first celebraâ€" tion of this Day did not have the same meaning as no twilight and ];';m'-..' sense of the risen Christ. May long lines of light span the horizon of :mhxou,a;g;;g.m' "Beloved Brethren:>â€"May this glad Easter morn find the memâ€" bers of this dear church having a the Saviour on this, the anniverâ€" sary of that stupendous event. and collectively. This is the bulâ€" wark against the d:dfllndommt and misery of a woi gone mad, uwafldeomnhglbonhy its arrogance and vanity. nsl . Unless this world decides to befidlhhntofi.rhcnchht. it will degenerate completelyâ€" in its vain attempt to deify itself. That the Son, who raised Himself from the dead on the first Easter Sunday, flo&rfihflu],u“ among men should be the special prayer of all sincere followers of the kingdomâ€"of God on earth, Until Christ is exaited to His proâ€" per place in the minds and hearts of men there can be no true peace rior validâ€"happiness, individually en l cty e ds CC s4 d man without the one‘s life in .eco:iln;::it": u';. commands and counsels of Christ. candy rabbits, and baked """h.;' The reason for rejoicing which the Holy Scripture mentions is lost in a maelstrom of mm ‘of one with the o C in a mp& to be "best dressed", : Danger of atom or "H" bombs sand Miscollany, page 155 feast among the greater. part of our people. To most Americans it has little significance beyond the "Easter parade" of new finery, Swies F2 aa n ~ s Lica en en t _ ike Christmas Day, the Feast olth:RefnnmuonDT:nyh:htm _ _In Easter we are assured of an ongoing "relationship with God. Through the Resurrection of our Lord we are shown that man was not meant for eternal death but for life everlasting. . _â€" THE FIRST CHURCH OF > CHRIST SCIENTIST _ a pag on ds t ons Smd stand in wonder beforé the transâ€" formation from death to â€"life that springtime evidences, but we ask, w i 520 0 00 SR CE death ?" IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CHURCH "This is the day which the Lord 'm'“-wulujoienuulb. 4 5> BAPTISTâ€" CHURCH® es ® and the means eans â€" mâ€"!o; a copy ; $1:50 a year