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disposal and treatment system, it cannot solve the problem. The League wishes also to state that the proposals pending before No. 2â€"Its enforcement powers against discharge of raw sewâ€" The League feels that while a County Health Department would have some benefits for some citâ€" izens, it would not return a dollâ€" ar‘s worth of value for each tax dollar, and result in an added tax burden far out of proportion to any possible benefit. â€" The League so states for the following reasons: No. 1â€"Pollution is the most pressâ€" held on the proposition November than downstate, is no reason to believe . we should rest on our layrels. One school has only 25 per cent of the children vaccinatedâ€" what is your school record? 6 per cent of the typhoid in the state this last fiscal year was found in Lake County. Who will be next? 6. . Cancer may not lend itself to cure by ‘medical methodsâ€"but it certainly responds to surgery, xâ€" ray and other treatment. Early diâ€" agnosis is the answer and public health nurses and health education will bring patients<to the clinic when they can be helped. ‘The Lake County Civic League, an organization . established to protect the interests of tax payers, D A H L‘ S * Aute Reconstruction Co. no need to abolish the present school nursing plan but one nurse in that system is responsible for more than 4000 school children. She needs the help of a county health department staff now. _ 3. Restaurant Inspection One worker of. the State Deâ€" partment of Agriculture has 1500 food establishments in three counties to inspect. The help and advice of a county health departâ€" ment would be welcomed by every reputable restaurant owner in the county. t 4. _ School Nursing Certainly the ‘school nursing services offered through the Counâ€" ty Superintendent of Schools should be strengthened. The County Health Department offers a practical way to do so. There is this one community, would apâ€" proximate $533,000 plus $350,000 for two sewage plants. Rzmembey this is part of just one communi in the Western section.) Be'!:i can and probably will come later. For p@ming and immediate aid on the sanitation problem, creaâ€" tion of a couny health department is the first job. health laws. A county health department would remedy much of the saniâ€" tation problems now without the tremendous expense and delay of installing adequate sewer systems, (According to James Anderson, civil engineer, whose firm made a survey in Fox Lake,â€"theâ€"cost of sewers, not covering the whole of as announced that it is opposed Ftbea'eafionotathonnty ealth Department which will be erage into lakes or open ground would be no greater than those Health portion of the County, and the Health Department would have inspectors who could only show people how to install or remodel household disposal systems. | Enforcement powers may be no greater than those at present, but the powers that exist will be used. A health officer, who is not runâ€" ning for office, can and will swear out complaints when necessary, he will have the laboratory facts to back up his complaint. 2. Sewage Treatment District The Western section could probâ€" ably benefit some day from such a plan. Sewage disposal for our grandchildren, will not keep Ill‘ from suffering today from the Lake County Public Health Committee Answers Civic League Dynamic Wheol Balancing Body & Fender Repairing 322 N. First PRESS Receives Letters Concerning Lake County Health Department Because our record is better caused by disregard of October 30, 1950 , Nov. 2, all out of proportion to any p;-: ible benefit and recommend that it be defeated. ty at large to assume this addiâ€" tional tax burden, in view of the fact that the Lake County Civic League and their experts who have studied the situation conclude and advise us that this tax burden is for this referendum that he anâ€" swer him.sel:f the question, whethâ€" er or not he can see sufficient benefit to himself or to the Counâ€" dum provides for ]'egnlly spending up to a quarter of a million dollars a year for benefits that are proâ€" !ess’iofialry' and _ expertly â€" chalâ€" It is hardly fair for those who are actively behind this amendâ€" ment to talk about a comparatively small planned expenditure for a Lake County Health Department when, at the same time, a referenâ€" This being the studied position of the Directors‘ of the Lake County Civic League so far as the possible benefits ‘are concerned, I personally feel that it is siniply unfair to the taxpayers not to far as each individual home owner is concerned. It is a known fact that taxing bodies have a way of levying the maximum, and taxpayers when being asked for their approval in a referendum should be told the truth concerning both the bene: fits and the real cost. B Existing Municipal Health Deâ€" partments not headed by fullâ€"time public health officers under the proposed plan would be abolished or continued at added cost to the taxpayers, * Present school owners and serâ€" vices offered by the County Supâ€" erintendent of Schools would preâ€" sumably be superseded. The Leaâ€" gue recommends that they be ‘rlt!'eflxthtmd instead. _ Finally, while the proponents of the plan said the cost would be nominal, approval will authorize a tax levy of 5 cents a hundred dollar assessed valuation, which would legally enable a tax burâ€" den on Lake County taxpayer of $250,000 a year. . 34 North First St., The League also wishes to state that the proposed Health Departâ€" ment would duplicate existing inâ€" spection functions of the Food and Dairy Division of the State Deâ€" partinent of "Agriculture. Trailer Camp Regulations are already unâ€" der City, Village and Township officials, and hte proposed Health Department would have no powers not now possessed. ‘ and the League recommends that they be supported. theâ€"County Board contain soluâ€" I think it is fair to suggest to Sparkling New Reel Lists, Fair Traded EVERYWHERE, MNMWNC*,MMYQSM hmmm;m&'-â€"... A.Sho.o...AlPMflMAm...MY NWF&Y&M...W.Hmmmm O[Cud.,Tqu.rAT“Ql’rh‘yHâ€"w.“w. c«v,Asd.eucn-.orczum.mncu.rrmm and SPANISH Christmas Cards That Won‘t Last Long. Better Get Your Porsonalized Xmas Card Orders in While There is Still Plenty Of Time. And We‘re Authorized Dealers For The Oneâ€"Andâ€"Only Vl!‘lmmlulnndlwu.hhm-d MO&C--MM,-I-I-IO‘X.&C.&CM Directors, Lake County Civic League,) 822 North Ridge Road, Highland Park, Il. Yours brvepptss ie is i 6. s As c (Member of the Board of For Some Of The Makin‘s Of The Best, G‘-F-iio-:d.}lmm XMAS, Ever ARS . . . HETRICK "TOWN and COUNTRY" "_CYCLES . . . The 1950 SMITHâ€"MILLER LINE of Trucks and Contractors‘ Equipment Tclephone: HI1 26680 10. A dairy with unsatisfactory milk to whom it was necessary to quote the law. An expert is needed in such & spot. My community needs the serâ€" vices of a qualified public health officer, of a public health nurse and of a sanitarian in an inteâ€" grated unit not limited by brobâ€" tems of jurisdiction.â€" Doesn‘t yours? _ . 7. Complaints from the neighâ€" bors about the overâ€"flow from a septic tank. I don‘t like to sniff tnaks, and a sanitarian is the only one who could advise how to corâ€" 6. Ungquaranteined cases of whooping cough, measles and chicken pox in a housing project where I have patients, Another quarantine probleri. rect it, to say nothing of Mnx court action. bathing beaches during pollution which made citizens of two comâ€" munities critical of their officials. A need for uniformity not limited by jurisdictional boundaries. 4. A child with ringworm of the scalp whose doctor certifies him fit for school; whereas my examâ€" ination under the Wood light gave contrary evidence. A quarantine problem. _ 2. A schoolroom with 30 per «ent of the children not vacinated. A need for health education. 38. Contradictory policies on polio in adjoining towns. A need for expert advice with convincing authority behind it. 1, Three cases of amebic dysenâ€" tery invoiving children in our school but the family lives in an unincorporated area. Problems of jurisdiction, investigation andâ€"folâ€" lowâ€"up. physician of a small village for the past three years, here are some of the problems 1 have faced. Could you meet themh satisfactâ€" orily in your town? I have cerâ€" tainly wished for the expert adâ€" vice and followâ€"up service that a county health department would For All types of curtainsâ€" * _ _(all types) Froe Pickâ€"up and~ Delivery 5. Contradictory _ policies HOUSE CLEANING? CURTAIN TROUBLES? Here they are: DRY CLEANING PARKWAY Sincerely, O John L. Ward, M.D. Public Health Committee of Medical Society . _â€" msA::Tm LERIES ... CARâ€" AL JACKâ€"INâ€"THEâ€" TERS ... MECHâ€" WELL Sineleâ€"Shot THE PR ES 3 Opening <will be ° announced soon, & The réal aim to make the wo ially our city. is in possession of the building at 3881 Laurel avenue (former site of Hobby Club) to be used full time for church purposes. Rev. Robert Clingman, founder and pastor of the Highland Park Baptist church, announces that he Highland Park Baptists Use Hobby Club Site 360 Central Highland Park A Surprise Awaits You If You Have Not Visited THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CEMETERY Northshore Garden of Memories â€" Purnell & Wilson, Inc. ~~~Bump & Paint Shop VERY REASONABLE GREEN BAY ROAD & 18TH ST. g U *~ _ Vlhenyouhaveunnutomn&electricclothudr&u,yonrdotbu drying problems will be solved. All you‘ll do is set the automatic controls for the lengt of time you want the clothes dried. You‘ll take sheets and shirts out with just the fict:dnmpne-fwbonin‘...teeshjruandbathmwehwmmbon&drymdmdy to be put away. a You won‘t have to wait for the weatherman when you have an automatic electric dryer. C Washday is any day . . . or any hour. You‘ll just take laundry from the washer and V pop it into the dryer . . . where it‘s always sunny. Close your eyes and think of it . . . a washday with no heavy laundry baskets to carry : . . . no putting up clotheslines . . . no being careful about hanging things in the lh&le.Andthelirimidem:uwmficdryuilnlwnysclun,mbnpu soot to brush off before you iron. Get an automatic clothes dryer! Get an Automatic â€" &.s 0 € p Bd ~. Electric DRYER â€"s3% z3 f\-‘{‘; a 4 ,,.’\ t (!) fl' e _â€"â€"_ off 1( VERLON 0. GROVES 19 N. St. Johns Ave. OIL BURNER SALES AND SERVICE Phone HI 2â€"3804 FUEL OIL im of the church is world betterâ€"especâ€" Mothers‘ club will meet at the home of its president Mrs. Florâ€" ence Schmidt, 640 Homewood, Wednesday afternoon, November 8‘at 2 p.m. . n Members are requested toireâ€" turn all official books. TRY A PRESS WANT AD THEY BRING RESULTS CA TE RIN G plan your next party Tel. Glences 1594 P. C. McCullough November 8 HI 2â€"0734 SPEAK UP and Vote for ® SCOTT W. LUCAS pledged to cooperate in Governor | Stevenson‘s administration of Good Government for the State of Illinois. â€"ADVERTISEMENT Space paid for by State Democratic Commitiee, Springfield, liinois. x) Democratic _: November 7th Dr. Karl A. Meyer Kenney E. BUY U. 8. SAVINGS BONDS SPEAK UP C ryer. W{ â€" _ tm :i