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Highland Park Press, 16 Aug 1951, p. 1

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. The Higbland Park Press| Vol. 40; No. 25 Honorable Mayor and City Council, City Hall, Highland Park, Tllinois Gentlemen : ' When a controversy existed last winter as to the advisability of renewing the permit for the Tenthouse Theatre to operate ofi the high school athletic field, the, management of that organization seemed anxious to improve ‘ils public relations. The situation, however, has been worse this year than before. s As a pretty well confirmed "middleâ€"ofâ€"theâ€" roader," we often wonder why a certain type of selfâ€" styled® "liberal" is so passionately convinced that in order to appreciate the benefits of some sort of a world political organization, one must first lose all sense of appreciation of the values that have made America and the American standard ‘of living the envy of the world. i o vThey have never given what we consider a satisâ€" factory explanation of how one can respect mankind the world over without first respecting his own counâ€" hint Anrenicos io â€" apressentamnntinlite viedin enizsirycs n umenamenteow â€" ececmmcccce *~Their attitucd@=is almost â€"as ineowmprehensibleâ€"as that of the confirmed jingoist, who seems to think that if one recognizes any virtue in any other race, nation or political system, he must automatically be a foe of his own country. maibinaiths Bltcall cA m d cbatricbs it fhaiatabant" Aud ; + Costly repairs and maintenance We don‘t think you can reform the world by first Ion deteriorating buildings plus reâ€" wrecking this country any more than you can save *Iplmmen; of e;?ucatiomg equipâ€" & + s _ ‘ment and supplies are ever reâ€" it by telling all nations that they must become CAtâ€" )SX i/Z ifoms in each school bon copies of the United States. {year‘s budget. ;These accumulated We think that there is a lot of loose, muddy and |during the war years. The backâ€" undirected thinking in Washington today, and that .::"'n::::::r:’yt:‘";'lfgze:“:diofl';‘:: the best defense against its danger_s is an qctwe INâ€" ‘amount of work for each year in terest by the rank and file of the citizenry in everyâ€" iozder to ','pef“'f, within the .63 Peom 5 as _ |educationa und tax limitation body that spends tax moneyâ€"starting with the smallâ€"| 520 o l14" building‘. fund fas est local body, and working on up. . |limitation established | by â€" referâ€" emmmmnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn n iendum at the time of the Lake Open Letter Although the management has been faithful.in prohibiting smokâ€" ing within the tent, and has reâ€" quested the audience to refrain from sounding@ automobile horns at the close of the performance, yet in other respectes the manâ€" agement has shown a disregard for the people living in the imâ€" mediate vicinity. While ‘the program indicates that the performance is to start at 8:30 p.m., it really starts about 8:45 and the performance < is rarely ended before 11:20 to 11:30 p.m. This means that any disturbance caused in the neighâ€" borhood comes at a very late hour. 3 A number of people in the. viâ€" cinity have discuzsed~the.matter with an attorney, and they â€"have come to the conclusion that the location of such project is a vioâ€" lation of the zoning laws of the City; andâ€" that unless something is done to correct these abuses, this group will, during this winâ€" ter, have the "entire situation reâ€" viewed by a competent court. I offer the following suggesâ€" tions: In ‘line with sutute_s‘ in many of:our States, which stipu« late a time beyond which‘a perâ€" formance cannot go, I suggest the City immediately advise the management that no performance whall continue after 10:30 p.m. If that time happens to be before the end of the final Act, the show must be stopped promptly at that hour. This would necesâ€" sitate that the performance start an hour early enough to assure the completion of the play by 10:30 p.m. > As the seats are not reserved, the people start to congregate about 8:00 p.m. and at least threeâ€" fourths of the audience are in their seats by 8:15 p.m. Most of the audience come from Highland Park and immediate vicinity so no hardship would be worked if the performance started promptly at 8:00 or 8:15 p.m. . When the performance.is not in progress, a very loud Victrola music is used, and this seems to have a quality that carries very broadly; and that should be proâ€" hibited also as well as any other In other words, the management should think something of pubBic relations . and avoid everything that might antagonize its. neighâ€" Up To Now . By Bill Thomas / The Crusade for Freedom, unâ€" Har the national leadership of \General Lucius D. Clay, is the programâ€" through which Ameriâ€" cans can individually participate tin the fight .against Communism. ‘Last year, it secured the signaâ€" \tures of sixteen million Ameriâ€" |cans which were placed in the |\World .Freedom Bell. This year, ltbe Crusade goal is twoâ€"fold; the |enrollmentâ€" of those who believe ‘in the ideals of the program, and \the raising of funds to expand the network of Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, the freedom {stations broadcasting to Ithe satelâ€" !Hte nations behind the Iron Curâ€" tain. ° Alfred T. Sihler, 931 Lincoln Avenue,â€" Highland â€" Park, will serve on the sponsgring commitâ€" tee for the 1951 Crusade for Freedom campaign, it was anâ€" nounced© today (Friday, August 10) by Thomas G. Cassady, Norâ€" thern Illinois chairman. Appointed To Crusade For Freedom Committee The Northern Iilinois Crusade, which will start September 3, will seek the signatures of one and oneâ€"half million people and conâ€" tributions of $200,000. The Reâ€" gioral Crusade office is located at 8 South Dearborn Street, Chicago 3. Highland Park Préss Highland Park > Tllinois The Highland Park Hospital apâ€" preciates the generous space you gave last week to our plans for establishing a treatment center for infantile paralysis patients. To The Editor: Open Letter I should like, however, to corâ€" rect the statement that our hosâ€" pital "already has a physiotherapy department where advanced stages of polio are treated". Our physiotherapy _ department â€" has planned for some time andâ€"conâ€" tracts for its construction are being let this week. We hope to have it ready someâ€" time this fall. Inasmuch as the tflty has alâ€" ready granted a license.for this year, the City might not be able to enforce these rules. However, under its police powers undoubtâ€" edly they could; and unless the dential neighborhood should not be compelled to accept unnecesâ€" sary noises at such late hour. ‘This theatre has some valuable Cordially yours Highland Park Hogpital Foundation Yours m. A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Publisheqa oy Highland Parkers bring you up to date on these and further problems. I€" is glad to report that pupils in some classâ€" rooms will no longer be annoyed by the rain which they could see trickling through the walls, for a new roof has been put on Shields Hall and the walls replastered where necessary. Other work has been done, some is in the process but much necessary work has been left undone, due to lack of funds. Therefore, the Board must ask voters to raise the ‘tax limitation of .1875 so that the electrical work, tuck pointing, wwall repairs and other work needed my be completed and further repairs made when necessary. limitation â€"established by referâ€"| Absentee ballots may. be cast endum at the time of the Lnke"by making application with the Forest High School separation. Secretary of the Board of Educaâ€" This rate limitation was voted for |tign at the High School. Arrangeâ€" a three year period which ends in ments may be made by phoning 1952, with the idea that the High Miss Tucker, HI 2â€"6510. h School Board would have ample i-â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"- time to plan and make recommenâ€" |new â€" building construction. The dations for its needs on the basis |purpose of the Building Fund is of the final decision relative to |for maintenance of the school the Lake Forest separation suit \plant only; It is difficult to exâ€" You know that the suit has just been taken to the Illinois Supreme Court by the lawyers for the Highland Park High School (who have worked all this time and continued to carry on the suit without any compensation for their services). Until the suit is settled nothing can We done for the High School in the way of a building program to relieteâ€"our cramped conditions, which will be more cramped this fall by the addition of over 100 more pupils than we had in the High School last year. Four periods in the normal nine period day at the ‘High School will find EVERY classroom in the school occupied. ‘Tbe Board has done all it could, within its financial limitations, to maintain the present plant andâ€"to (Continued. on page 6) 5 School District No. 111 Open For Enrollment Wed., September 5 Children of Highland Parkâ€" Highwood District No. 11 will reâ€" port t6 the Oak Terrace School for â€" enrollment @pn â€" Wednesday morning, September 5th at 9 A.M. Parents wishing to enroll children who have not attended Oak Terracé before may register them at the office of the school before that date. There_will be only two changes in the teaching staff of Oak Terâ€" race this year. Mrs. Fern Permutt, a graduate of the University® of California, will replace Mrs. Lura Cooke Keen who has moved to Madison, Wis. Mrs. Permutt has had three years experience, one in Californna and two in Tlinois. Miss Beverly Schubert of Halâ€" stad, Minnesota will have charge‘ of the vocal music in:z“lmr grades and direct the 1 orâ€" chestra. Miss Schubert graduated from the University of Michigan in June and is just beginning her teaching career, She is replacing Mrs. Rush who resigned to locate near her husband. DOLLAR VALUE DAYS FRIDAY SATURDAY limitati Because rising costs of mainâ€" tenance and operation require a budget which is in excess of the amounts which can be raised under the present tax limitation, the Board of Education of the Highâ€" land Park High School is asking the voters on Friday, August 31, to increase the maximum permisâ€" sible tax rate for School District No. 113. The Board is asking for a tax rate limitation of .90 in the educational fund from the present .63 limit and an .1875 limit in the Tax Increase Needed For Operations And Maintenance Of H.P.H.S. In a statement issued by the Board it was said, "When the Board made a three year budget Forest separation, it did not foreâ€" Forest seperation, it did not foreâ€" see the Korean war and the great rise in prices since it started. It has ‘been necessary to increase salaries for the 1951â€"52 schecl year to meet the rising cost of living, and all ids for work to be done and supplies to be purchased are coming in higher each year, so that it is impossible to operate the school without more money. The budget does not include any VOTE ON TAX INCREASE AUG. 31 new â€" building construction. The purpose of the Building Fund is for maintenance of the school plant only. It is difficult to exâ€" plain in newwspaper articles all phases ‘of the Board‘s operation and the intricate tax matters. Any person having specific questions \oneerning: this rcferendum should feel free to call the office of the Board of Educationâ€"HI 2â€"6510. In a letterâ€"printed on page one of this issue the Board .of Educaâ€" tion i)resenti facts â€" concerning Rev. Roland Hosto Plane Crash Victim Now On The Mend Rev. Roland Hosto, 27, pastor of the St. Johns Evangelical and Reformed church of this city, who was injured in a plane crash on Wednesday ~â€"of last week, near Mendota, Illinois, is reported . to be improving, and expected home in a matter of two weeks. At presâ€" ent he is a patient in Mendota Community hospital. In Mendota to attend the sweet corn festival, Rev. Hosto and his brother, Rev. Robert Hosto, 24, of Princeton, Illinois, were in a small twoâ€"passenger plane, piloted by Rev. Robert, and were beâ€" lieved to have been returning from circling the home of their father, Rev. Roland W. Hosto, Sr., at Laâ€" Moille, Ill, when the plane crashâ€" ed. A farmer, hearing the crash, and the first to arrive at the scene of the accident, reported having heard the plane‘ sputtering preâ€" iv‘lous to the crash. The ‘cause is believed to have been a shortage of gas. The father of, the victims }arrived at the scene within a few |moments, The accident occurred at 6:20 p.m. s Rev. Roland, Jr., was thrown clear of the wreckage, but his brothér was found still strapped to the pilot‘s seat, and will be hospitalized for a few weeks. .. Rev. kohnd is the husband of the former Ruth Meyer, whose parerits, the August Meyers, operâ€" ate a bakery here, and the father of a 12â€"months old son. To the Editor: Open Letter We of Highland Park are grateful to the Tenthouse Theâ€" atre, not only for enhancing our artistic prestige, but for their contribution to the social needs On Thursday evefing Mr. Herâ€" Bert Rogers and his company were hosts to a Goldem Circle theater fortyAive of our "senior citizens" as the highlight of the year. We should like to thus publicly express our appreciationâ€" of this Thursday, August 16, 1951 Teachers of District 107 will be returning shortly to participate in ‘the annual educational workâ€" shop which this year is scheduled for the period August 20 to Auâ€" gust 31. The workshop program was planned last spring by a Plan To Open Service Men‘s Center In H.P. Legion Memorial Building Fifth Annual Educational Workshop Of District 107 the superintendent. .Emphasis this year will be on the general topic of "Learning to Live Together" in such a way as to develop "healthful" personâ€" alities and "moral integrity." Our first speaker, Dr. Havighurst of the University of Chicago, will open this field of study in his talk on "The Teachers World and the Children‘s World." ~ Parentâ€"Teacherâ€"Pupil Session On Tuesday afternoon, August 21, Dr. Hamrin of Northwestern University will meet with the teacers and a number of parents and Elm Place children to conâ€" sider the topic "Learning to Live Together." Following Dr. Hamâ€" rin‘s talk, parents, teachers, and pupils will try to work out practiâ€" cal suggestions for doing a betfter job in the development of moral integrity. Dr. Irving Lee, Professor of| Semantics and Speech and nuthor' of "Language Habits in Human Affairs" will assist us further in the field of personality flevelop-‘ ment. Dr. Lee will talk on the topic ‘*Muddled Talk and Trouble" at. 1:30 on Tuesday, August 28th. Ai an .earlier sesâ€" sion,.a recorded talk by Dr. Louis P. Thorpe of the University of Southern California .on ‘"Personâ€" ality Development in the Classâ€" room‘" will be he%&_,_: Cectmmnmerinres: ~~*Educational Consultants Additional guidance ‘texts on Health and Personality Developâ€" ment will be used this year. Mrs. Roma Hiatt, educational consultâ€" ant for Scottâ€"Foresman Company, will spend a morning with our teachers on the effective use of ‘guidance materials. Educational consultants will also give assistâ€" ‘ance in the fields of parentâ€"teachâ€" }er conferences, _ reading, . and science. Joint Inâ€"Service Meeting | . For a number of years, teachâ€" ers of the elemenh‘ry schools of Highland Park, Deerfield, Highâ€" wood, Wilmot and Bannockburn and of the Hhigland Park High School have come together for joint workshop sessions. At a meeting of superintendents, prinâ€" cipals~ . and â€" guidance â€" directors last spring the topic "Moral Inâ€" tegrity â€" Its Development â€" Our Responsibilities" was selectâ€" ed. Dr. Howard McCloskey of the University of Michigan, nationalâ€" ly recognized in the field of guidâ€" ance, will introduce this topic at our joint session on Friday mornâ€" ing, August 31, at the Elm Place auditorium. An informal discusâ€" |litm period will follow his presenâ€" tation of the topic and his sugâ€" gestions for the schools. Some. of the schools in the Highland Park area plan to continue work in the |field of character education durâ€" in the year 1951â€"52. | Recreation and Tours Some interesting social events and field trips have been‘ planned. The program includes & guided tour of the Tribune Building on the evening of August 22 and a tour of the Chicago Historical Soâ€" ciety on August 24. On, Saturday evening, August 25th, teachers, board members, their wives and husbands will enjoy the Chicagoâ€" land Music Festival. Chamber Postpones Golf Meet And Dinner Owing to the unfavorable conâ€" dition of the grounds, the annual golf meet and ‘dinner of the Highâ€" land Park Chamber of Commerce, to be held at Thorngate Country ers and parentsopezking .with Dr. Lee to Appear of The Golden Circle Under the chairmanship < of Gen, William H. Wilbur, the exâ€" ecutive committee of the Highâ€" land Park Servicemen‘sâ€" center, which will be located in the Ameriâ€" can Legion Memorial building on Sheridan rd._and ‘Park ave., met Opening Date Of Service Club Will Be Sept. 15, 16 Serving on the executive comâ€" mittee are Gen. Wilbur, Robert F. Patton, former mayor of Highâ€" land Park, Edwin L. Gilroy <of the Legion, Mrs. J. M. Watkins, E. P. Kramp, who operated the Highwood USO during World War II, Mrs. John D. O‘Brien, Mrs. E. P. Barnes, Lewis B. Sinclair, Fred Gieser, city commissioner, Raymond Anthony and Robert S. Landauer. Music By Orchestra An‘ orchestra will provide the music for dancing on opening night and refreshments will be served during the entire weekend. Mrs. Huggh Riddle, chairman of the house committee, and Mrs. J. M. Maxwell, vice chairman,. will be in charge of the affair. It was decided at the meeting to name the center, which will be community â€" conducted, the Highâ€" land Park Armed Services club. It will be open Saturdays and Sundays to all servicemen and women, with informal and planned programs. + set as the opening date of the center, with ‘plans discussed for a dance Saturday night and an open house program for Sunday. Gen. Wilbur named an operatâ€" ing committee divided into a hostess, house and program comâ€" committee to operate the club,. The operating committee, acâ€" cording to Gen. Wilbur, will proâ€" cure organizations to operate the center and supervise the program. The house committee will superâ€" vise operating expenditures, esâ€" tablish, and provide for a snack bar, and organize a hostess comâ€" mittee to serve in the club. Donations In Order The program *ommittee will be responsible for food, music, inâ€" formal singing and e#teminment. The house committee will obtain additional equipment as gifts, maintain all equipment and obtain magazines, games and writing paper. It will be the duty of the hostess committee to organize junior and senior hostess groups. Money collected from Highland Park citizens during the past year has been used to paint and deco-'; rate the room in the Legion buildâ€" ing, which is being donated to the centér. Sofas, chairs, a ~record player, refrigerator, .ping pong taâ€" ble, billiard table and chairs have been given to the club. Such adâ€" ditional equipment as card tables,_ )c-rds, jig saw puzzles and games are needed. Those interested in > making donations may call Mrs Roger M. Baker, chairman of the house committee. Installation of new officers of the Highland Park American Leâ€" gion auxiliary for the 1951â€"52 period wil be held at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening, August 23, at the new Legion Memorial buildâ€" ing. Mrs. Jo&ephine Prizer, 10th district director, of Lake Bluff, and Mrs. Mary Carney, director elect of the 10th district, of Libâ€" ertyville, will act as installing officers. Families and friends of auxiliary members are invited. _ The new officers are as folâ€" lows: Mrs. DeWitt Manasse, presâ€" ident;â€"Mrs. Chester Hamilton, 1st vice president; Mrs. Harry Richâ€" ler, 2nd vice president; Miss Ruth lodln' wald, Mm‘h‘ ; Mrs. John ay, _ correspon secretary ; Mrs. J. J. Peddle, ‘historian; Mrs. Albert Muelier, chaplain and Mrs. Howard _ Johnson, sergeant at Mrs. D. Manasse Will Head American Legion Auxiliary _be a copy; $1.50 a year Highland Park‘s Official Newspaper

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