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Highland Park Press, 2 Aug 1951, p. 2

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Jottings ... . ~ f . ; o Don‘t know about you folks, but everytime I see .a photo of (ien. Ridgway, our No. 1 general in Korea, emar = s â€". n d 'slofiiflflei,â€"‘{mgéfihoé hand grenades he J [ w ing over his shoulders mdy explode. . . : A & l Popular "Gert" Kinnell will; be back for some ~\_â€" Tenthouse Shows this season. Play this week is "The Skin of Your Téeth." Incidentally, Herb Rogers told â€" us the other evening that. the Tenthouse will return ; here next summeér. . .. a Issued Thursday of each week by the Highland Park Press, 516 Laurel avenue, Highland Park, IIL, Telephone: Highland Park (HI) 2â€"0557. a Communications intended. for publication must be written. on one side of the paper only, and be signed with the name and address Of the writer. Year No. Valuation . Fees 1950 48 $697,450.00 $2,374.84 1951 26 482,800.00 1,634.73 \ Accum. Values and Number Building Permits Jan. to July, Inâ€" clusive, 1950â€"1951. 4 Year _ No. Valuation _ Fees 1950 220 $4,142,948.00 $13,497.32 1951 167 3,394,950.00 11,536.76 .__ Respectfully submitted, § P. E. Cole h + ~ City Engineer and ' .. Building‘ Inspector Subscription rates: $1.50° per year; 5 cents per single copy. $3.00 per year outside of Li&ke County, Illinois. THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS Entered as second class matter March 1, 1911, at the Post Office at Highland Park, Illinois. Comparative Values and Numâ€" ber of Building Permits for July, 1950â€"1951. Other permits were for: 17 sanâ€" itary sewer taps, 14 storm sewer taps, 21 water taps, 1 electric reâ€" gistration, 23 ~driveway permits and 4 septic ‘tank m’-rmits, bringâ€" ing amount of total fees collected to $4,146.48. During July permits were issued ‘ for 20 Dwellings, (S.F); nnc] garage (Class I private); 5 ullor»‘ ations (S.F.) totaling 26 permits | with valuation of $482,800; fees $1,634.173. | ~There wete issucd, also, 24 clecâ€" f tric permits, 19 tank and burner| pergnits, 3 ofgn permigs and 1 special pernyt Â¥propanc), bringâ€" ing tof@f buildinp\epartment fees to $2,116.48. Report Of Building Dept. For July, 1951 ~â€" It‘s a fine old fort and we saw‘scores of smiling GIs.â€"Guess they treat the Army newcomers well up there. ... ' A Visit To Ft. Sheridan~ _ . â€" We had a spare hour the other day and we made a tour of bustling Ft. Sheridan. ... T= . > No man can deliver the~goods if his heart is heavier than the load. â€" He‘s A Sailor Now RRD D PR LJGTTOR LTUT stt t / Have you seen George Marehi around town lately? "~,.:> â€" . ~ Never saw theé young man look finer. Credit the U. S. Navy for this excellent job.of physical conditionâ€" ing. ... j p Partingâ€"Fhought .. .. He‘s A Fine Painter .... Tall, likeable Otto Buller is a real artist. He can make a tiredâ€"outâ€"ldoking home look bright and new with his skillful paint brush. . .. * Remember: Where there‘s lots of sun there‘s also lots of shadows. ... _ Memo To Tourists .. .. â€" _ You folks from out of town, will you please drive a bit more slowly? + We‘d like to have you take a good look at the city we‘re so proud. of . . . and we think it‘d be safer if you‘d drive a bit more cautiously. . .. ARCIOCZ DNCARD AOUIMIIIIIET E0k k08 a Barrie O‘Daniels presents "Song of Norway" this week at The Music Theater. Harry Stockwell and Andzia Kuzak are the stars. ... c Brandt â€"B. Olson, Publisher. (SPECIAL TO THE HIGHLAND PARK PRESS) Bits From Here And There . .. ‘ They are Walter Durbahn, 158 (Beverly. Place, _ who . conducts ‘Walt‘s Workshop" each week on zituliun WNBQ: Douglas Lang, chief, design department, R. R. Donnelly and Sons, and Raymond Chorry, head o% industrial arts, Lockport Township â€"High sehool. The national contest is open to students in junior and senior high schools, . trade ‘and â€" vocational schools. Three regional contests in Kansas City, Philadelphia, and Losâ€". Angeles will be concluded this month to select almost 1,000 student projects for rating in the Chicago national awards competiâ€" tion. â€" be awarded to winners. Over 100 projects built by Chicago students qualified for the national finals in the first regional contest held in June at Kasas City. + Cash prizes totaling $35,000 and nine allâ€"expense paid trips to Detroit and Dearborn, Mich., will Mr. Durbahn will judge wood projects, Mr. Lang, printing, and Mr. Cherry, plastics. Walter Durbahn To Judge National Finals Contest Three Chicago area"men will be among, the 27 national finals judges in Ford Motor Company‘s Industrial Arts Awards program at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry August 10â€"11. A Television Fix? Call ‘"Moley" sure, For video grief, we have the cure! Your radio too, when it needs repair, A ‘"Moley" mend, is beyond compare | Moley Radio & Elect. PRESS WANT ADS GET RESULTS â€"Frank I. Fletcher 31 S..St. Johne HI. 2â€"2042 ~ "Suburban Life" is the fitle of this part of the show and emâ€" phasis will be on the casual way of living. Mrs. Wilard «Ewing is‘ chairman of this year‘s schedule committes Snd ‘Trjmgking up the schedule, â€" was assisted~ by ~the Mmes. 1 F, Harza, Arthur Balâ€" dauf and James Barton:. *A new andâ€"novel fcature of thig year‘s show will be a mother and child arrangement class, both mother and child using the same "(Continued on page 6) Russell H. Clark, the brother of the visiting clergyman, is wideâ€" ly known in Highland Park and Chicago business cireles, and is an ordained elder of the Highland Park Church, serving recently as chairman of the Session. Worship Committee. Garden Clubs Combine "Suburban Life" Show August 25 and 26 The T2th annual Garden Show for the entire Highland Park comâ€" munity hasbeeg apnounced for Saturday and &mgay', Auigust 25 and 26 â€"atâ€"theâ€"Lincoti §thoolâ€"unâ€" der the sponsorship of the Men‘s Garden club together with the Raâ€" vinia Garden club, according to Arthur Strubel, general chairman of the show. â€" ed this year according to Mrs. William Riddle, who is in charge of the Ravinia Garden club‘ exâ€" hibits. timeâ€"instfuctor in â€" Psychologyâ€"of Religion and COId Testament at the Howard University School of Religion in Washington for severâ€" al years. He has B.A. and M.A. degrees from Bucknell University, the B.D. degree from .Colgateâ€" Rochester Divinity School, and the honorary degree of Doctor of Diâ€" vinity from_ Bucknell, conferred in 1946. P This show, like its predecessors, is open to all amateur gardeners and everyone is strongly urged to participate. Flowers, fruits, vegeâ€" will be exhibited. There will, as usual, be no entry fw‘s and no admission charged. It ‘is again hoped by. the many members of the committees. that this will be aâ€"community gathering place. The‘artiStic part of the show, featuring â€" flower â€" arrangements and table settings, will be expandâ€" Dr. Clark has been for twentyâ€" seven years the pastor of the Chevy Chase church, in that perâ€" iod _ building <the _ membership from thirtyâ€"nine people meeting in a rented hall to the present membership of nearly 750 meetâ€" ing in a new colonialâ€"style edifice erected in 1949 at a cust of $250,â€" 000. During his long and disâ€" tinguished career in Chevy Chase he has also served actively in the Washington Federation ofChurchâ€" e<, â€" the â€" Washington Mirfisterial Union, and the District of Columâ€" bia â€" Minister‘s Conferefce, â€" the last: two of which he has served Greenfield, Associate Minister of the Highland Park Church, will direct the worship, and Dr. Clark, will preach on the‘ subject, "The Living Past." Rev. Dr. E. 0. Clark Guest Speaker At _ Prmting JOB PRINTING IS OUR SPECIALTY Highland Park Always the Goon Printing Phone 516 Lautel HI 2â€"0557 THE PRESS "Yes, sir," gulped the new ‘reâ€" cruit, "jt means you have two sons in service." 4 During World War I, a new reâ€" cruit joined our company, and as he was trudging along the road to report to company headquarâ€" ters, a staff car with two stars on its pennant denoting a major genâ€" eral‘s .rank, drove up. The new recruit Wailed to salute and the major general, a stickler for milâ€" itary comportment, stopped the car. and got out. The recruit stiffened to atâ€" tention as the general came up to him â€"and, pointizlg ‘to his staff. car, roared out, "Soldier, don‘t you know what those two stars on the flag of my car mean?" combined _ efforts cattracted ~Naâ€" tional attention when on April 14, 1950, at a special meeting, Col. V. J. Brown, Editor of Roads and Streets Magazine addressed the group and subsequently published a lengthy article entitled, "Imâ€" proving Your Stréets the Ameriâ€" can Way" in its July,_#,'mg The action by Judge Hulse culâ€" minated a 4‘ year struggle of the Highland Park Woodlands Homeâ€" owner‘s Association to do someâ€" thing for itself and the city. The Association was formed in 1947 to improve intolerable road conâ€" Association to improve ditions. Highland Park City Councils in conjuction | with City officials fruided ‘the efforts of the group Highland Park Woodlands The improvement, estimated at $41,855.78 mdm be paid for. by special assessment, provides f; adequate ditching and drainage, a 16 ft. slab on Liewellyn, Greenâ€" wood, Priscilla and Euclid aves., and a 18 ft. slab on Old Trail Road. The road surface is similar to the Illinois secondary road specâ€" ifications. The surface is to have a broomed pea gravél top coat. Bid and specification sheets will be available at the Highland Park City Hall on August 7. Judge M. E. Hulse of the Lake County Court in Waukegan clearâ€" ed the last legal obsticle July 27, 1951 to improve the roads in the Highland Park Woodlands subâ€" division. NORTHBROOK, ILLINOIS . INTERNATIONAL «> TRUCKE | The sooner you take advantage of our Truck Saver Inspection, the quicker you‘ll see why you‘ll be way ahead to put Free TRUCK SRVER inspection ~~_â€"~â€"_â€" _ Tor Infternational Truce REILAND & BREE;, INC. â€"Tracks Present plang call for a two day training session at Camp Maâ€" Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan, Pearson, Wisconsin, under direction of E. A.\ Sthwe chel, Council Executive. The parâ€" ticipants will be briefed‘ on the handling of canoes, packing of gear and camping techniques at that time, and the party will move on to Winton, Minnestoa on Auâ€" gust 13th where final outfitting will take place. cxpeditions, or overâ€"night trins in the gurrounding streams and chains of lakes. Fishing was very good when the Explored group camped on this area last year. Experience will be offered the the Stay at hase camip. _ _ â€" =â€" There is stillâ€" space for a few Explorers and gads to _join : the expedition according to Trip Diâ€" rector Schwechel.â€"* . on a Canadian Canoe Jaunt, from August 11th to 26th, under sponsorship of the North Shore Area, Council, Boy Scouts of !finricg This is the second anâ€" al expedition in the Quetico Superior cance country. The group will move into North Bay to set up a base camp on Cigar Island. From this spot smaller groups may go on fishing eight fathers are set to take off ) CARNIVAL â€" GAMES HIGHLAND PARK V F W POST NO. 4737 s ing. fishing HKait® Thursday to Sunday, Inclusive Our Truck Saver Plan is open to every International Truck owner. If you‘re one, you‘ve got a good truck .. . so keep it that way! Call or come in for an appointment for your free Truck Saver Inspection now, learn how our complete Truck Saver Plau can keep your trucks rolling at peak FUN FOR YOUNG AND OLD August 2, 3, 4 and 5 BRING THE KIDS RIDES Thursday, August 2, 1951 Highland Park 2â€" 6725 Deliveries To All North Shore WindowCleaning Service Residence and Commercial Phone â€" HI 24281 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. â€" SUNSET PARK We Have Our Own Bud Weiland Florist, 4nc. â€"NORâ€"SHORE "Flowers for All Occasions" 1740 â€" Deerfield â€" Rd. Highland â€" Park, IIL. Bedding Plants REFRESHMENTS Suburbans

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