to get the papers and Roy Delha; Japs are bombing Pearl Harbor." All of the assurancesâ€"some swelling with confiâ€" dence, others tempered with cautionâ€"to the effect th&tnoneriousdmgofwarexishbeame Russia isn‘t ready for it, leave us enti unassured. We don‘t know whether Russia is to move from eold to hot war now, soon or in the indefinite future, and we don‘t think that anyone elseâ€"maybe not even in the Kremlinâ€"does either, ; The great surprise with which that news was reâ€" ceived seems a little strange now that the memory is bedimmed by the long months that have become years. Certainly there had been war, rumors of war and psychological and "practical" why Russia cannot or will not fight now, sound vaguely familiar, except that some nine or ten years ago it was Japan instead of Russia that could not or would not fight at that time because of excellent political, strategical, psychâ€" ological or "practical" reasons. Then one Sunday However, for once we agree with Mr. Truman-‘ for whatever our agreement may be worth. We think he is right in his decision that we must take the risk: of war if only to remind the Red Chum, whose memâ€" ories of what we did in the last conflict are not sufâ€" ficiently clear to show him, that Americans back up only so far. We had to stop sometime. Perhaps we should have stopped sooner: At any rate, we could have kept retreating all the way to Kansas, and we don‘t think that such appeasement would have workâ€" ed any better than Munich did with another dictator nation. We think the entire nation is behind the Presâ€" ident in his stand against further appeasement of further aggression. If it isn‘t it should be. One thing we do know. We know that all this talk about the excellent reasons, political, strategical, threats of war for months before it came. Perhaps one reason it was surprising was that all of us so sincerely hoped that it would not come. ; pf Sture Johnson, President, Eveâ€" Vol. No. 39; No. 19 ;. , Charisnra Club Plans : Ice Cream Social The Charisma Club of the Bethâ€" any Evangelical United: Brethren Churchâ€" will hold an Ice Cream Social on the rear lawn of the parsonage Wednesday evening, July 12. Here in a lovely natural setting of flowers and shrubs, the public is invited to enjoy sodas, sundaes, soft.drinks and the like. Under the â€"general supervision lyn Kalseim will be in charge of beverages; Esther Laubenstein of pies; and Millie Johnson of cakes. . The church is located at the courner of Laurel and McGovern, and the parsonage lawn is adâ€" jacent to the northâ€"of the church edifice. » + â€" Osteopathy Meet Fiftyâ€"Fourth Annual Convention of the American Osteopathic Assoâ€" ciation, held at the Stevens Hotel from July 10 to 14. Two thousâ€" and physicians from all parts of theâ€"country are expected to be in Trumpet Voluntary ....Purcell Symphony No. 96 (‘"Miracle") Concerto for Piano No. 2 3 ....................._ Rachmaninoff Thursday, July 13â€"8:39 P. M. Eight German Dances ..Mozart Hary Janos .................Kodaly Ravinia Festi Program For Third Week Tuesday, July 11 at 8:30 P.M. Symphony No. 2 ... Beethoven Saturday, July 15â€"8:30 P. M. Zino Francescatti, Soloist Overture to "Cenerentola" Symphonw No. 2 ....Beethoven Concerto for Violin ......_.Rruch Sunday, July 16â€"4:00 P. M. Music from "Rosamunde" . _ Up To Now Peracces By Bill Thomas ing we went up to the Highland Park Pharmacy and ] Provides Superviged Play At Old Elm Playground Moose Sr. Governors decisively defeated _ ‘Washington _ Gardens ;lut Thursday in an important game which may ultimately result in their taking first round honors. Score of the game was 14â€"4. Later in the evening, in the game played under the lights,sthe Haven Club, which had been having tough luck most of the season, came out of their slump to slaughter Fells The Highland Park Recreation department is sponsoring a Junior Playground at Old Elm Park on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 9 a.m. until noon. Miss Thora Hodge is the instructor in charge of the program. ; Activities include games of low organization for youngerâ€"children, story telling, dramatics and occaâ€" sional trips. _ / ized recreation to the children in the northwest section of the city. The playground is open durâ€" ing, these hours to all neighborâ€" hood boys and girls between the Moose Sr. Governors contcnders for the first round. The Moose Sr. Governors are now in first place byâ€" one game. In their remaining two games they Monarchs in a free scoring game 19 to 11. Acme Liquors still has a mathematical chande of tying ton Gardens for first place. The Post Office team put on a drive which hit the pitcher and bounced to the first baseman for In continuing this playground, the Recreation department is giving an opportunity for organâ€" ages of 5 and 12. Hold First Place In 16â€"Inch Softball League knocked Fells off the list of top V.F.W. in a Highland Park, Hlinois Thursday, July 6, 1950 A Paper for Highland Parkers © Published by Highland Parkers Lyman Murphy Wins ighlanm® Park Press [ :====] â€" STARS BEGIN RAVINIAS 3RD WEEK a copy; $1.50 a year t