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Highland Park Press, 22 Jun 1950, p. 1

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raising the maximum that could be collected on each wage earner from the present $90.00 a year to $108.00. ~â€"It wouldn‘t be sb®#ad if t MRimey were"*w:=2 set between Highland Park and Lake Forest High schools was straight: ened out, and is resigning because and ineffectual if he remains in a service of this kind for too long New Officers & On Thursday evening, June 29, members of the Lions club and their ladies will meet at the Swed where officers for the year 1950 1951 will be installed. A short program, . commemorating the Md_lheehbvfilahoh ~oneâ€"half per centâ€"from both the employee and the employer. +Thisâ€"wouldâ€"haveâ€"the~â€"practical effect of Lions To Install aside in a separate fund for the "security" purposes, but we can‘t quite see the point of just throwing the extra money in the general pot and saying that the government owes the Social Security fumf so much OUR WEATHER 1 o i While we retreat not at all from our position that Chicagoland weather is as good, if not a bit better than any weather you can find, sometimes it‘s a little T ennporsiney mop foss P rigegr ie‘ adune thne mgy: temperature Fri we it mayâ€" beitneedn’t_htvedw«itesofu’, and maybe it could have gotten a little warmer a little sooner. Just the same, we think our climate the.bestâ€"Ofâ€"any of the Several varieties we‘ve sampled up to now. °â€" â€" _ MORE TAXES [ isg l 5 We see where the present proposal on Social "Security" taxes is to 13 the amount on which the tax can be collected from the first $3,000 in wages to the first $3,600. It is proposed to leave the rate at one and ~oneâ€"half per centâ€"from both Khe employee and the Another thing that has always irked us a bit on this particular tax setup is the pointed reference to the "fact" that the employee contributes only half the. taxâ€"‘"the employer pays the other half." Of course,, only one and oneâ€"half per cent is collected from the workers "book" wages, and the employer pays an additional one and oneâ€"half per cent. Howâ€" ever, more than 250 years ago in his classic "The Wealth of Nations" Adam Smith pointed out that any tax which is calculated on the amount of wages paid, comes ultimately from those wages. In other words any enterprise can pay only so much for labor. And if the employer must pay one and oneâ€"half per cent of total wages paid, the amount of moriey he can put in a pay envelope is reduced by just that much. No matter how they figure it, the wage earner pays it. money. Maybe this country just can‘t go broke and ;naybe if things go on the way they are we‘ll find out or sure. â€" %f # North Shore Gas companyâ€"will soon start construction of a new 188 foot by 135 foot service building on County Line rood west of the Deerfield Holder station. it will serve as headquarters for construction and service for the Deerfield, WMHMG-mflMmm“ pletion next fall it will replace the Gos company‘s Glencoe shop and a rented garage building ot 48 N. Bay Vol. 39; No. 17 Architect‘s Plan of Gas Company‘s New Service Building Up To Now > By Bill Thomas Pottker Again Named Chairman Of Highwood elected chairman of the commisâ€" dno!&twc.-t-ity (Continued on page 6) is open daily from 9 to 12 and girls. Ridgway has charge of acâ€" tivities for boys. L Playground apparatus has been: installed in the park, and picnic| who wish to give parties, accordâ€" from 1 to 4:30. Programs for adults are scheduled in the eveâ€" Martha Weaver, of Braeside, has been appointed assistant diâ€" rector of récreation at Highwood Memorial field during the sumâ€" M +7 ‘avvft“f" h The Highland Park Pregs [ ====] Mr. for A Paper for Highland Parkers © Published by Highland Parkers from other AVC branches are Robert N. McCreary, Lake Forest; Mayor Robert Coulson of Wauâ€" kegan and his wife will be guests of honer at the party. Coulson, at 38 a veteran of politics as well as of wartime OSS raids behind Jap lines in China, will speak to AVC members and guests on civic preblems. Several Illinois and naâ€" tional officials of the progressive vet association will also attend, Bresnaban, Highland Park; Wells Burnette, Deerfleld; Mrs. Virginâ€" at Sunset Park on Sunday (June zs)ulp.-.by&-law of Moose in Highland Park for the benefit of the Highland Park Hospital and Recreation Board. _ Mayor Robert F. Patton declarâ€" AVC Meeting Will Greet New Members Pointing to over a score of reâ€" cent membership additions, offiâ€" American Veterans Committeee: tunity for everyone to enjoy an Coordinating Council of the city has accepted the event and it has been approved .by the Highland Park Community Chest. $ cost, to contribute toward two important community services." The attractions feature the Marâ€" tin dewelers, professional Windy City League softball team, which is donating its services. The Jewâ€" elers will play the Highland Park Moose Governors, one of the top teams on the North Shore. land Park Recreation Board, there will ‘be no admission charged but regular game betweenn the Moose Lodge uf Waukegan and the Highâ€" land Park team; and an exhibiâ€" tion game between the .Women of Moose and the Fort Sheridan Among members recently joinâ€" According to Arnoid Freeman strict ~athletic director of the of ’fl.htultyof&t-o'lyforâ€"‘ department of music at the Uniâ€" versity of Texas in Austin. Miliâ€" tary service in 1942 found Kenâ€" nan playing the flute and piccolo in Army bands. Later he attended the Army Music School and was ‘dtydw (1930â€"1932) ‘the Eastman School of Music,â€" where he ‘received the degrees Bachelor of Music in 1934 and Master of Music in 1936. As winner of the *Prix de Rome" he remained in Europe from 1936 to 1939 workâ€" ing at the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia under Idebrando Pizzetti. he taught for a year at Kent State M;m’hydxnloeflomof Symphony Orchestra, will occupy the podium when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert under the new fanâ€" shaped Ravinia roof that "floats" on a row of slender steel columns placed at its outer edge. Ormandy ha# flown back to this country from his European wedding trip and concert engageâ€" ments to conduct the first two weeks‘ concerts of the 1950 sumâ€" mer season. This is his sixth ap, pearance at Ravinia, | Howell Murray, chairman.of the open the season officially with his welcoming speech. P The opening week‘s four conâ€" certs will include the performance of a Ravinia "first"â€"Kent Wheelâ€" zade, Opus 35," will"conclude the quy," on Thursday evening (June. 29) the orchestra will play the Brahms‘ "Academic Festival Overâ€" ture, Opus 80," the Sibelius "Symâ€" phony No. 2 D Major, Opus 43," and Richard Strauss‘ Tone Poem, "Death and Tranfiguration, Opus (July 2) will include "A Short Serenade (Kochel 525)" by Moâ€" zart and the Schubert "Symphony No. 8, B Minor (Unfinished)." on Thursday dv‘hc, June 29. A "Viennese Program" of Mozart, Schubert and Johkann Strauss will For First Concert The Ravinia Festival opens its beautiful new $350,000 pavilion RAVINIA SEASON STARTS JUNE 27 Soliliquy." This pieee. scored for solo flute and strings, was first Rochester Civic Orchestra. Rene ‘Rateau, principal flutist of the Chicago Symphony Orchesâ€" tra, will play the flute solo. _ day night (June 27) Ormandy or," Beet'h?ven'sy"s;mpitony No. Minor, In The first part of the "Viennese addition to "Night ~Soliloâ€" of Ne. :1, _ C 8 p.m. The officers for the comâ€" ing year will be elected at this time, according to the president; Mrs. Arthur Cervetti, cert violinist during World War Civic Affairs Program and it is bpduy.;v-wmr responsibility your community and plan to be present. . . . . The proceeds from this event will be divided between the Highâ€" land Park Hospital and the Recâ€" _ Tomorrow, Friday, June 23 at Sunset Park, sports fans will hve‘ the opportunity of witnessing a top notch double header. The first event. will at 8:15 and will ‘bnnx togetll:gtvo powerful 16â€" Parkers U To fana mt C Friends Of Library repéat the last win but the Moose lads have other plans. The second game will bring toâ€" gether the powerful V.F.W. team year. Membership in the Friends in making our Library a greater force for comminity good." Pointing to ways in which the Friends have helped to make the library a richer resource, Mr. Lyâ€" Moose, V.F.W. And Santi Dairy Teams In Charity Features notch team from Plainsville. Bob Miner is expected to be at his best for this event. have agreed to donate the proâ€" ceeds from the evening towards a most worthy cause. Memorial Garden Of Highland Park Gardeners A Civic Enterprise Harold L. Nelson, Treasurer, Box 335, Highland Park. of recordings which are now part concerts at Ravinia will be more enjoyable for those who attended the series of music appreciation discussions which the Friends ‘preâ€" sented at the Library last month." The executive board of. the Friends is now considering proâ€" grams for the new year and memâ€" bership enables everyone to share in planning the activities. Membership applications include space for indicating the type of program desired. The music course came as a result of réequests made in this manner. Applications have been distributed or may be obâ€" tained at the Library. â€" taining membership is $5:00. Highland Parkers who have not Allthonanuu:offioucm of of the donor. Amounts donated are not mentioned except in the acknowledgement to the donor. Small amounts are welcome and many have been received for one dollarâ€"andâ€"upwards.â€"Through the kind cooperation of club members and interested citizens, the Garâ€" {dener‘s Memorial has been mainâ€" It-lineq at a very high level since T. C. Nathan, Robert E. O‘Dea, John Oliver, C. Eugene "*. Husenetter, Lorents B. Knou Jules Ladany, Benj. F. Lewis, Members of the Men‘s Garden Club of Highland Park who have contributed to the Highland Park . All interested citizens of the ‘coumnltymupd.pogg-bh visit the Garden, but to take an active interest in its welfare by making contributions for its upâ€" keep. The Men‘s Garden Club of Highland Park has established a special Gardener‘s Memorial Fund, and suggests that the beauâ€" held in the Gardener‘s Memorial fi_fi-obd-o,thohbtm each year being the Rose Show in June, by the members of the Men‘s Garden Club, during Rose The Gardener‘s Memorial Garâ€" den is located on Sheridan Road plantings, using materials indigâ€" enous to their native habitat;â€"is honored ‘by the section containâ€" ing the outdoor stage. The Men‘s Garden Club of Highland Park asks not only that you visit this beautiful civic garâ€" den, but help them to support and sent contributions involving births, marriages, deaths and other The Gardener‘s Memorial Garden honors three former outâ€" standing horticulturists of this community. The first section is a Rose Garden and memorializes Mr.â€"W. C Egan, formerly > of Egandale Road, whose vast knowâ€" ledge . and experiments > first ledge pool, is in memory of Mr. Jesse Lowe Smith, whose work at Elm Place School left an indelâ€" ible impression on the now grown Lo: old _ ce..as 1 & today in Ellison Bay, Wisconsin. lends a wonderful opportun! tuniity to The third section is in Upon receipt of a contribution, aâ€" communication is directed to the person ‘or family advising of the action and including the name 1942 ‘when it was dedicateed and a copy; $1.50 a yéar

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