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Highland Park Press, 16 Jun 1932, p. 6

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«5 §€ the morning, stay for lunch, when the prizes for the morning‘s prizes will be presented and enter the afâ€" ternoon‘s contests, If you are not a member and are eligible send your dues to Mrs. Robert Price, care of Dr. Hugo> Fischer, Sycamore place, Highland Park, this vonk«jl‘md join in nextweek‘s events. â€" i hole scratch event followed by a| ties luncheon in the club house. At two o‘clock there will be an approaching Dr and putting contest. Plan to come in ton; third flight, Mrs. James fi:e'(.l. Miss Marion Steever, Mrs. Baker and Mrs. Bell. k -V_Next week‘s event is to be an 18â€" ~_ The matches and tournaments scheduled to be held Tuesday by the Tee Club of the Sunset Valley Golf club, were postponed because of the rain. ' During the week the first rounds for the June tournament were playâ€" ed off. The winners were: first flight, Miss Tschirgi, Mrs. Charles Elwell, Mrs. Tim Lowry and Mrs. Irving Schur; second flight, Mrs. Frank Hill, Mrs. Victor Fabian, Mrs. Hostet_t.er and Mrs. F. J. Shelâ€" Inâ€"accordanceâ€"with conversation of several days past I am outlining briefly the possibilities of a municiâ€" pally operated electric light and . power plant as a m for the re.â€" duction of taxes in the %ity of Highâ€" land Park. ‘The figures I am givâ€" ing below are ‘only approximations as I have not as yet had the opporâ€" â€"tunityâ€"ofâ€"obtainingâ€" actual â€"figures on the distribution system in Highâ€" land Park from the Commission at Sunset Valley Tee Club Activities Are Noted; Coming Events ""Ye estimate ing . unemployment, tested and inco:,:s:;n:,? g;?icthge:it:: %r::: ado.pted to s.uppleme_ntAea‘ch other as pany. of Northern Illineis from thi mainstays ,m.,mndmgjft_fl[m_da-_, City of Highland Park approximates struction, they now know, is anâ€" $375,000 a year. We estimate that othe,: name for unemployment. the annual operating expense for|, . Finally the platform meets the a municipally owned plant to supply | Challenge of the world: by demandâ€" this current. would be approximately | !n& progress in this country in inâ€" $15,000 a year, and the net income| ternational coâ€"operation, progress i § a~â€"year.| inâ€"understanding what it means, This income would be available for| PrOgress in acts of international setting aside depreciation, paying interest on the investment in the plant and retiring any securities (Continued~oq page 33) MUNICIPAL LIGHT _ The following letter regarding the financing and cost of a municipallyâ€" owned electric light plant in Highâ€" land Park has been received by President A. E. Smith of the City club, from C. M. Garland & Co., conâ€" sulting and construction engineers, Chicago. It gives approximate figâ€" ures on the cost of such a plant, points out how it might be financed ‘and indicates approximately ~what the revenues might be. & Mr. A. E. Smith, President, City Club ce fxgkifia 'FarE, Tilinois. Dear Mr. Smith: Engineering â€"Firm inâ€"~Letter to| _ Mrs. Frank P. Hixon, of Lake City Club Head Offers Fores{t, anders. James W. Morrisâ€" son, i * i. Some Figures maia 'o‘r.nnl.e.:yn‘px:’s:(_l‘eflf ?pf.At_}f l,lh FOUR weru F ie N4 To se nngagars Sn ie comes.to Highland Park highly commended. Dr. Allan S. Pearl of Oak park is opening an office in the Laegeler building in Highwood.> PDr. Pearl received his training in surgery at St. Luko'!_‘ hospital,‘ Chicago, and ‘"The League of Women Voters calls women to rise this summer, and work on this platform. It deâ€" clares to all men and women that on this platform of fundamentals the people of this country will be tested and proved worthy, or otherâ€" wise, of the ideas and responsibiliâ€" ties they have inherited." 5 Further, Miss Sherwin points a warning finger at "two deepâ€"seated needs, the need for the consideration of the tariffs at home and abroad, the need for systems of taxation adequate to future budgets. "The issues the women put forth are few. The task to which women in city and country are called is to spread far and near knowledge and understanding of the questions at stake. Hard facts and measures to match them, the attitude of candiâ€" dates to both, must be turned perâ€" sistently to grind out the decisions‘ of voters. agreement to reduce armaments, to make the Pact of Paris work, to adâ€" here to the World Court." £ "That platform demands relief from unemployment, direct relief of â€" "That platform demands genuine reduction of costs of governments and points out means of reduction; but it insists that reductions must be made with an eye to efficient adâ€" ministration and to the health of the next generation. ‘ and to summon women thmughoui the country to use now the power they have gained in twelve years as Miss: Sherwm said: "This platâ€" form for the times aims to declare the unquenchable concern of women With other members of the comâ€" mittee from the League they heard Miss Belle Sherwin, national presiâ€" dent, issue to the press the "platâ€" form for the times" which the League is proposing and which Miss Sherwin came to Chicago expressly to make public. nois Leagne of Women Voters, are members of the delegation .of the National League of Women Voters attending the Republican National convention in the interests of their League proposals. . . A. S. Pearl Opens Office in Highwood Representatives of Women Voters at Nationalâ€" Convention THE PRESS _ NL" â€"‘";, o»~ Pacheior of Science;| Ernest P. Bidinger, of 20 North Rudoiph George Buller, 721 Glencoe| West street, Waukegan on Monday avenue, Bachelor of Science in Enâ€"| was named as the third member of gineering; Lawrence M. Davis, 809| the board of review by County Judge Green Bay road, Muterq}fiusinqu P. L. Persons. Administration; Alfredâ€" J. Gourlay,| ‘The appointment is for two years. 712 Lincoln avenue, Bachelor of Sciâ€" Bidinger is a Republican, and his ence in Commerce; Betty Imig, 114| appointment returns to the G.. 0. P. South Deere Park, Bachelor of Sciâ€"| the majority membership of the _ence in Speech; Roy Leighton Jaâ€"| board as Chairman Frank Stanton, cobus, 1835 Kincaid street, Bachelor | of Ingleside, is a Republican. The of Stience; Beatrice Adele Julin, other member, a holdover, is Mrs. 2512 Deere Park, Dr., Bachelor of| David G. White, of ~Grayslake, a Science; John Ruger Norcross, 304| Democrat. â€" Central avenue, Doctor of Medicine; Bidinger is precinct committeeâ€" Richard R. Parkin, 234 Laurel avâ€" man in the 10th precinet, which enâ€" enue, Juris Doctor; Frank J. Sorg, compasses the business district. For 2168 Lakeside place, Bachelorâ€"of Sciâ€"| a number of years ‘he was in the ence in Commerce; Elise Weisenberâ€" | retail clothing business, but ten ger 1201 South Sheridan road, Bachâ€"| years ago he established # hralâ€"ar. Wilton Aikin, 1726 Rice street Bachelor of Science in Commerce; Claire Coddington Balke, 40 Deer Park, Dr., S., Bachelor of Science; Rudoiph George Buller, 721 Glencoe avenue, Bachelor of Science in Enâ€" gineering; Lawrence M. Davis, 809 The following Highland Park young people were among the gradâ€" uates at Northwestern university on Monday: Local Young People . Graduate Monday people of Lake County for which its citizens should feel greatly indebted are: the Woman‘s Home and Hospiâ€" tal, whichâ€"caresâ€"forâ€" unmarried mothers and their babies; the Woâ€" men‘s E 5 vides temporiary care for stranded women and children or others awaitâ€" ing some permanent adjustment of their problems; the Missing Friends department which helps to locate persons disappearing from thQir‘ homes; the prison department which carries messages of hope and cheer to those incarcerated in the jails and priso i for rehabilitation against the time that the unfortunate ones may reâ€" turn to their homes or former enâ€" vironment; the Men‘s Emergency Shelters, which in the last six months have given 1,619,306 lodgâ€" ings and served 4,370,505 meals to homeless men, hundreds of whom have come to the Army from every county in the state. > _ Fungs are greatly needed because practically every institution and deâ€" partment has been taxed to capacity the past year and letters are being mailed this week to all in Highland Park soliciting their contribution. Among the institutions and deâ€" Similar campaigns are in proâ€" gress at this time in all of the cities and towns of Lake county in an effort to raise a quota of approxiâ€" mately ten cents per capita which would total about $1,000 for Highâ€" land Park. This amount has been asked each year for the past two years and the committee hopes that the quota will be raised this vear The Salvation Army‘s annual home service appeal will be launchâ€" ed this week in Highland Park to raise funds to help continue the work of the Army‘s stateâ€"wide instituâ€" tions and social service departments according to Roy James Battis, eduâ€" cational director of the Army, who has been interviewing members of last year‘s appeal committee here. Salvation Army to Conduct Annual Drive This of Science in Speech. the majority membership of the board as Chairman Frank Stanton, of Ingleside, is a Republican. The other member, a holdover, is Mrs. David G. White, of ~Grayslake, a Democrat. x * Bidinger is precinct committeeâ€" man in the 10th precinet, which enâ€" compasses the business district. For a number of years he was in the retail clothing business, but ten years ago he established # brokerâ€" age business. 3 & Court Names Bidinger â€" . Member Board Review "Not one of the townships has paid for patients in the hospital or county farm and it may be another year before the townships. can be squared away so that the burden that is theirs under the law can be shouldered by them," Vercoe said. . (Continued on page 36) the county appropriation but he frankly admitted that he did not think such a step could be taken.â€" to retire poor claims, leaving a balâ€" ance of $65,261.32. This last amount will not have to. be included in the new appropriation," Vercoe said. & â€"â€"Would Cut Hospital & He said that he hoped that the $89,000 appropriation for the county hospital . and the 30,000 for the county farm could be wiped from "This had to be done because there was a deficit in poor claims as far as the county was concerned. This year $14,738.68 has been paid out "They get everything shoved at them to pay," Vercoe said in _exâ€" plaining the overdraft. . The county appropriated $80,000 rwmm?pmâ€"fm‘fi: though this burden had been placed on the townships by the general asâ€" sembly, | °.. _: _ . .zssmsl s. e 0 cccce In these items of governmental expense there is one overdraft, an amount of $9,670.17, chargeable to the miscellaneous claims commitâ€" been a disbursement of $408,594.19 leaving aâ€"balance for the remaining $251,450.98, according to a story in the Waukegan Newsâ€"Sun Monâ€" day. . The county last year app.ropriated $650,375 for all purposes. . From September 1 to June 1 there has a statement made Monday by Suâ€" pervisor A. W. Vercoe of Highland Park, chairman of the finance comâ€" mittee of the board of supervisors. Major slashes all down the line will be made in the county approâ€" priation that comes up in December with the possibility that $100,000 will be cut off the bill, according to Chairman Vercoe of Board Has Reductions in View; May Reach $100,000 PLAN TO CUT COUNTY BUDGET NEXT YEAR Only One Overdraft ~THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1932 and Mar at Lake Miss cher ts9a Chicag Miss ~ Place s leave . study a at the for day home at Dr. ar children Lake, M the sun turn M weekâ€"en Mr. ai berg ha eymoon Miss of Mr. ; arrive | week fr has bee visit a Orange, ing hon course during the A nu Provi noune daugl Aldri obitua: affairs Vol. 2 Chi SU Tel Ch All

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