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Local Groug Joins National Council; Plan Safety Week Semiâ€"Annual Dollar Day Sale, Thursday mm’:‘ . the Jocal dmwm#v'?' Sean Lagion. the Offfeers and direc. committee met in the library Thursâ€" day evening Feb. 3 and approved of immediate n-bnllliq'lq the Naâ€" tional Safety Council in addition .to deciding on the week of May 16 for in on dn ng « eB « secretary and C€lara Smith of the Highland Park Woman‘s club, Mrs. Venning of the Ravinia ‘Woâ€" man‘s club, Miss Buzard, Supt. d{ the High school, Mr. Edw, Steele of the Park board, J, B. Garnett of the Chamber of Commerce, Major Frank Ronan of the Community Service and H. B. Aiston of the American Legion discussed plans for the comâ€" ing.year and also arranged for the reâ€"enrollment. of allâ€" the church, school, civic fraternal, business and patriotic organizations in the comâ€" munity whose representatives make up the membership of the Citizens Safety committee. Immediate arrangements were also made at this meeting for the erection of a large city safety spot map on which all accidents will be recorded through the use of colored pins and in order that an and up to date recond may be mainâ€" tained with which to be guided in concentration of effort and in formâ€" ulating the general program. muvlu and information was at the meeting by Mr. J. $S. Baker prominent traffic engineer E‘fi’..,ze,""‘ prgtyrâ€"ack. as an member of the National Safety Council staff and also as an interâ€" ested citizen of Highland Park. Mr. Baker‘s assistance and continued participation and personal interest as a local resident according to Mr. Gilroy, chairman is a most imporâ€" tant addition ,hfluvrpfinfin staff which already includes Mr. Cole city engineer and Harry Perts and others who have actively been enâ€" gaged to the various phases of safeâ€" the Community Chest and the addiâ€" The fine. cooperation of Mayor Wm. Dooley, the city commissioners, Edw. Moroney chief of police and the Highland Park schools and civic organizations has enabled the citiâ€" zens Safety committee to accomplish a number of, important improve‘ ments and safety measures. As a Mrs. Gieser Will Speak on China at Missionary Meeting result of participation this year by wIP Sout taare Shaue} pobtic mesd ing Thursday might, Feb. 10, at 7:45 * Mt.â€"Kenneth Ulcser will be the .‘ 6 * a A&&lw:h.knmh tion of several members to the diâ€" recting staff who are familiar with -fctmfi-eondumpn- ises insportant advancement and accomplishment of the ambition to make Highland Park the safest community on the North Shore. Speak at Lions Cldb Tbe reeniar mesting of the Lions :.mw‘l‘md un; Social Evening at Redeemer Church se uin borte ager on io Rpuet rapothes A social evening for all the memâ€" bers of â€" the Redeemer Lutheran m.'du-:fln-.‘: Te hP oppramnt Py Ihe Pniter® Ald games will be played, and the nsual The Highlarth Park Press st of the Amer Peter H. K. Grimson Dies Suddenly of Heart Attack Feb. 5 ‘The untimely and sudden death of Peter H. K. Grimson, plastering contractor, comes as a shock to his many friends here. Mr. Grimson, who died Saturday evening at his home, 832 North avenue, had a few Mours previously conversed with friends here, and apparently seemed in the best of health. somIc Orger, â€"MF, Urrumaun â€"was dliga Priest of Highland Park chapter, No. 226, R. A. M. He was also a memiber of A. O. Fay Lodge No. 676 A. F. and A. M. and Evanston commandery, as wellâ€" as a member of Campbell Chapter No. 712 O. E. 8. of: which his daugnter, Mrs. Jean Sinclair, is worthy matron this year. The degeased, who was 60 years of age, was born in Glasgow, Scotâ€" United States in 1907, settling in Highland â€" Park. _ Inâ€"1903 he was married to Euphemia Sorbie, also of Glasgow. o 4 Funeral se vicesâ€"were held Tuesâ€" day afternoon at 2 o‘clock from Masonic Temple, with: services in charge of A. O. Fay lodge. Burial was in North Shore Garden of Memâ€" qries. * land, Dec. 2, 1878. He came to the Mr, Grimson is survived by his wife, four daughters, Mrs. Jean Sinclair, Mrs. May Liewellyn, Mrs. Effie Lange, Mrs. Nettie Koebbeman and one son Peter, Jr. to Be I?gle'l?lplli)my; Invite Newcomers Next Monday, February 14, from 10 to 5 p.m. there will be a m;t"&upmynnnmm- idan road, in Mrs. Helborn‘s former }ocation and through ‘her courtesy. Everyone who brings anâ€"article to m?mmm "& or . and doughnuts will be served free. Newcomers to town are especially invited, #o they may meet others and become acquainted with the benefit which the Thrift Shop accomâ€" Prominent Resident of Lake Forest Dies plishes for the ‘following . organizaâ€" tions:. Highland Park hospital, Inâ€" fant Welfare, Northwestern Settleâ€" ment, Arden .Shore,. Dorcas Home, Highland Park Social Service, Ridge Farm Preventorium and Allendale ber of the North Shore Sanitary district board since 1920, died sudâ€" denly Sunday night in his home at 656 N. Western avenue, Lake Forâ€" tire life, Mr. Anderson was gradâ€" usted from Lake Forest university mdbeamna.smnflmtehflnd- neer. served as county surveyor mmxui;nmml. Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife, Jessie H., a daughter, Ethel, and ‘a son, James I!I, who is county surveyor at the present time. All un'l‘:-«lllah!'w-t. 5/ § neral services were . ;a.'l‘-d-yfmthfl‘m.- byterian church of Lake Forest. Inâ€" terment was in the Lake Forest Robert Greenslade Seeks County Office _ Have your coffee and doughnuts then visit our Thrift Shop next door, â€"on Valentine‘s day. O0.E.8. Officers to Present Play Feb. 16 At the next m of nirnee., Washington , "The Washâ€" ington Pie." .fi-vvfl‘floh.mf: all members m M Janmary and February. James Anderson Sr., 68, a A resident of Lake Forest his enâ€" OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK H. P. Library Gets Historic Gift From Mr. Lioyd W. T of Oberlin sohege hk prestncd is the High: land Park Public Library some valâ€" uable data for its nuch.:-:n&o- tion: drawings used by Plishs Oray to Mr. Taylor h study â€"of the carly hitiony af the tneginne, to whom the credit of its discovery should belongâ€"Elisha Gn‘:! Alâ€" exander Grakham Bell. In Mr. T lor‘s search for source w-fl:{ he made use of letters, papers to be found in the historical collection of the local library. His article was â€"published in the magazine, American Physics Teacher, Decemâ€" ber, 1937. "The prevailing tendency to atâ€" tribute great inventions exclusively to single individuals may be natuâ€" ral. It lnhzrhhfinly !otunld‘:.y the way in w our are formulated and lmfl. but it creates a major problem for those who are interested in historic and bility of sharing credit within the framework of our patent law ereâ€" ates aprolific source of distortions of historical fact. . The identificaâ€" tion of Alexander Graham Bell:with the birth of the uh,tm, to ‘the exclusion of all others, is one exâ€" ample of this tendency. As in many other instances, the Bell Mtioa1 greatly oversimplifies the actual eir-‘ cumstances.. It had its birth in a skilful combination fl.m and silence out of ‘mtl as grown the mighty myth B&!: was primar» ily responsible for invention of the edâ€"since the . momentous day in the first sentence ever transmitted March 10, 1876, when Bell spoke in this country by electricity, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want you." Elisha Gray had made and publicâ€" ly used several types of telephone receiver many months before Bell constructed his first one. For some reason, Gray‘s priority in the develâ€" opment of the telephone receiver has been allowed to escape general On the same day that Bell filed his application in the Patent Office in Washington, February 14, 1876, his prlnclp:f com o lnfi inâ€" ventive field, Elisha Gray, anâ€" other document %-crm & tele e ies was as ex as Bell Te foobdhials ay aptcthe for & patent. It was what was mmg@gltmdw- ument w! ) t exists in patâ€" ent law, v:fi. # . in :deo a and ie o maent *;‘mafi:h“‘ it Beil an a p1 ior. had submitted a cavéit Grky a patent application, ~”“‘&a’fl¥"“‘ their positions beforé ,â€" we should, in all probability have toâ€" day the Gray Telephome Company in place of the Bell Teephone comâ€" various peace agencies, in the Uniâ€" ted States. to Address Joint P ;TA Meet Feb. 16 The North Shore Library Club met in Highland Park on Thursâ€" day. After dinner at the Green Teapot, the librarians listened to a talk by Mrs. Robert Black, on the Wanda Greineisen a, that sir m o NP w t t gréatâ€"interest and help to every mother, . This is one of a series of talks on Chapaster Devnlgpment that ‘This meeting will added| land _ 1 M in derpanstan io ho x Boull oi .= are % k muamuuh’ dn:‘;. â€" The concert is for the behaMt of tures at Eim Place and afterwards| the Elm Place Parentâ€"Teachers Asâ€" refreshments will be served. sociation. The P.â€"T.A, bosand hopas no bhe will "More than sixty years have HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS, â€" THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1988 i 1R inisgroniarâ€"Ktie . Ain WE DCmE OPepâ€"e? ols to every| dunces of her. own. . She will preâ€" series of| sent some of her own dance creaâ€" “ht;m be ed. in Ts: ue the , ~Of =¢ 334 N. road, WP. i of Picâ€"| â€" The concert is for the behallt of H. P. Building Loan Now 50 Years Old; C. F. Grant Resigns ‘The Highland â€" Park Building Lo#n and Honiestead association is celébrating its fiftieth anniversary. Founded in 1888, this is the oldest financing loan organization in this T oSmt P O e eE NSr Many residents can w‘“,h eg “n;twnthomnlbyvl:icm o. :’fiuined the homes they day. For fortyâ€"three years the records revealed there had not been a sinâ€" gle foreclosure, but due to the unâ€" staple conditions of the past seven years, it had been necessary to take ever nine accounts. At the annual meeting held Monâ€" day évening, Charles F. Grant, who bas served the association as secâ€" retary for the past twentyâ€"five years, resigned. Walter E. Meierâ€" hoff was elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Grant suceeded D. A, Holmes &5 secretary and was only the third secretary to serve during the fifty years. As the National Banks now oper-‘ mte a loaning service, through the F.H.A., the two offices will be sepâ€" arated and a new office location will be announced by Mr. Meierhoff, the limv secretary, as soon as he is loâ€" Because the laws governing Naâ€" tional Banks prohibits the interlockâ€" ing of official positions,»â€"Mr, Grant was forced to surrfender his office. In the past, the secretary has alâ€" ways been an officer of the bank altho there was no financial connecâ€" Brand; ~Vice President, . George Greene; Treasurer, ggr-n Schweâ€" Ty}â€" Secretary, W E. Meierâ€" ed ‘for year term: ~C.â€"F. Grant, George Greene ‘and Walter E, Meierhoff, E. C. Ohrmund to fill vacancy. Elm P M P'-T.A. ‘ Presents Benefit e Concert February 25 _ When the Saidenberg Symphonâ€" ietta plays in the Jesse . Lowe Smith Auditorium on Feb. 25th, at 8:30 p.m. Highland Park will have the opportunity of hearing the only organization of this kind in the wddh West. Daniel Saidenberg, young conductor, has dediâ€" eated his 14 piece orchestra to the playing of unusual and rarely playâ€" ed compositions, pritted particularâ€" ly for this combination of strings. Mr. Saidenberg has devoted years of study to the musical literature of the <small ensemble, and it is not surprising that the great success 6f his concerts has been due to the flawless taste of his programs as well as to the perfection of their *Mach c ietta plays was written for the Fimmilies o mdred puore two or three hundred years ago. Much of the delicacy and nltL:f this music is lost when pted for the larger orchesâ€" tras of today, but under Mr. Saidenâ€" berg‘s direction we can hear it in its original~ form. Mr. Saidenberg is best known to &mu.gmnmmu Chicago Symphony, a position w!orm‘rn. But béfore e to he had already made a name for himself as a celâ€" list with the Philadelphia Symâ€" )h-)':o‘::.m-”cu- th'm.’lm,.m uhlnfiv and the Chickio Cs. : Eleanore Block, who will be guest in High Park, is one of ht leretinnt #" yooug Amarican Te moset dhereigrephinn e is se pecially interested in working out P " neatre l-‘mmz The officers elected for the comâ€" g year were: President, W. E. uch of the music the Symphon C.A.R. Group to View European Pictures at Meeting Sunday â€" The February meeting of the senâ€" jor group of the Blackhawk society of the C. A. R. is being held at the home of Mrs. Barton Sackett, Linâ€" den avenue Sunday afternoon Febâ€" ruary 18, at 4 p.m. . ‘The program will be in of Miss Peggy â€"Osborn of m Park. Miss Osborn is with the camâ€" assisted by aur, Viesuu, The program includes a talk with colored moving pictures, of scenes and interesting events on a trip through England, Holland, Gerâ€" many, Switzerland, Italy and France. A delegate to the C.A.R. convenâ€" tion, which is to be held April 23, 24,; 25 in Washington, D.C., will be Welfare Leaders to Talk on Local Problems, Feb. 16 This trip was taken by Miss Peggy Osborn this past summer. It is interesting to note that one of the members, Janet Ingram of Highland Park and Evanston had a story, which she wrote "A Pionâ€" eer Girl," published in the January issue of the C.A.R. magazine and and also in the D.A.R. magazine. Alice Hopkins, magazine chairâ€" man will take subscriptions for the C.A.R. magazine at this meeting. It is hoped that members will all attend as Gayle Sackett and her Mother Mrs. Sackett are planning a very enjoyable meeting. The League of Women Voters has the pleasure to present at its next meeting on Feb. 16 two local women who deal with vital problems in our Wome neighborhood, and will tell us about them. will speak on: "The Local Unemâ€" ployment Situation." Mrs. Flinn has held this position for almost eight years and is qualified to answer questions and give statistics. They are Mrs, Charles G. Mason, Chairman of the "Commission of Public Welfare of Lake county, who will speak on "Old Age Assistance in Illinois," and Mrs, Raymond W. From these titles one can see these will be interesting and eduâ€" cational to listen to, and something all. citizens should hear about. _ Flinn, executive secretary of the This program is planned by Comn!uio& on _ Government Economic Welfare, a department i the league headed by Mrs. George 8. Lyman, , It has been the plan in onrv{n'ttjn‘i to have each deâ€" partment. arrange a program. $ â€" All citizens of Highland Park are invited, | with@uy any . entrance charge. The time is 1:15 and the Mrs. Raymond W atts. Compiles Nature Book place the Y.W.C.A. Those who heard M wod ban m ol i i trees, the native landscape, m flowers, forest preserves, and ilir topics, Wwill be pleased ”mm that she has compiled a naturt kâ€"book _f hildren whigh is :;;g sold ntwth: Woolworth mx It is charmingly mutm.d»’h colâ€" :irrd-, n-h,ninmht"mnmm‘ even mushrooms which are to be cut out and pasted by the printed g mpflu t&,'hkh it bll‘t?.. child is sure . mamber hor to identity; tor 16 or Monarch butterfly the Tiger Swallowtail. . viaflm -m" extensively “i:"mu::nfi m‘fir&;&-m Hear Discussion on "Garden Essentials" at Meeting Feb. 11 meet at 2 Friday, Lufiw :ln.c.lw ips, 2501 N. Deere Park drive. f afterncon will ?:a. ffgeng hass Aan nhoe‘e mohl:“h-l- tinls." IIt. Merchants Offer Great Savings In Bargain Day Event Today, Thursday, Highland Park merchants in conjunction % Dollar day committee of the land Park Chamber of Commerce are holding their semiâ€"annuai.Dolâ€" troductidn of tlils bargain event have merchants in this city offered more for a dollar than they are mow offering in this stupendous sale. Alert to the needs of M'IK; trons, local merchants have their shelves to overflowing to meet the needs of the thrifty housewives. Many ‘of the stores are putting on extra help in order to facilitate the handling of the crowds who are anticipated at this selling event. Exercising the estabfished policy of passing an "savings to Atheir # ;':titch. l:?l.“ delerm offering les J from their regular stock of high quality merchandise, at greatly reâ€" duced prices. + With all of the leading Highland Park merchants participating in the sale, bugli‘:ta, in commodities of snmzm vari to meet every desire dre assured. Today‘s Highland Park Press offers its readers an op?oruum to prepare their shopping‘ list before hand. Look over the advertiseâ€" ments, make your selections, and then shop early to avoid disappointâ€" ment. This is a splendid opportunity to restock your pantry, refurnish your home, or. get that much . needed clothifig for the entire family, N6 car fare to spend, just call &t the local stores, _ Highland Park are eager to serve you. Every dolâ€" hln- spent in Highland Park stays ere. gather up the family and head down to tlu‘wmum on wsim day . 10 or . Friday «SthBdâ€"IH" will be shown as one of "They Won‘t Forget" At The Alcyon the pictures on thi eâ€"feature londell head the m'.i‘fi* of stars in this hilarious film. e feature on the bill is "They Won‘t mgw.'_' Wwhich is dynamic in the at Mpowcrhlyw It takes its place among the really great proâ€" i mactacd sn ui ate And remembered much longer than most. The story pulls no punches, makes no attempt to soften it grimâ€" 1"“"’!““”%"“""" its spectitors emotio limp, The stars f&re Clande Rains &nd Gloria muawgm%ln&m oysters on trees, monkeys with more nmflungcofl“t‘ mi‘f'.:: u’m 9 e * Mrs. :..rm :fi:ui'i_qf t :mw:.m‘@@‘ make «Borneo"‘ a neyerâ€"to.beâ€"fo ten epic of the jungles, Un the Al. eyon for Saturday of this week. _ bard and Fredric March, and they o e ;%m M in ie sc woeky For thr08 #lys this webk a m.:'..u....&'...,__.‘.':“-...; :m.h'mm'n:-ans" eachers ’.'-v Tntened â€"to evoude for tos WcA sStunts Belected For gfiamu Mar, 19 edition of H. P. H Stunts." â€" March 19, the production For the laugh of your lifetime seA ic NUMBER 50