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YOLUME XXX C. of C. Promotion First Of Series Of Events Starts May 2 The number one of a series of promotions instituted by the Highâ€" land Park Chamber of Commerce will start next Thursday, May 2. The merchants are busily arranging new merchandise for the "In Swing with Spring" program. Preparaâ€" tions are going ahead to make this one of the outstanding events of the year and also to make Highland Parkâ€"Ravinia an ideal shopping eenter for the North Shore and surâ€" rounding communities. It is the desire of these merchants to offer merchandise of exceptional quality and values together with the conveniences and comfort ofthopâ€" ping locally. The more shopping that is done in Highland Parkâ€" Ravinia the better selection of stock can be offered to its patrons. This is the first time that any kind of uniform events have been tried by the business houses of this city and according to the responses it promises to be a huge success. The Retail Division has worked hard and wants to thank its members and nonâ€"members for the fine coâ€" operation it has received. The kits will be ready for distribution at the Chamber office on Monday, April Among the business houses parâ€" ticipating are: Chandlers, Kruesâ€" lin‘s Apparel Shoppe; Art Olson & Co.; Neill‘s Sport Shop; Pease Pharmacy; Public Service Co.; Luâ€" cille Hilborn; Jack and Jill Shop; Ermine Cleaners; Fell‘s; Geo, B. Winter, Inc.; Husenetter Hardware; Huber Electric; Community Service Grocery; Lucille Ullman; Herman Dreiske; Clifford Moran, Plumbing and Heating; First National Bank; Highland Radio Shop; Howe Beauty Salon; Arnold Peterson Plumbing; Gem Cleaners; Ravinia Shoe Store; F. W. Woolworth; Highland Park Press; Gordon Leonard Pure Oil Service station; Brand Bros.; Rasâ€" mussen Shoe Shop; Highland Park News; H. & R. Anspach; J. Hockâ€" etsweiler; Iredale‘s; Harrison‘s Raâ€" vinia Pure Oil station; Roberts Shield of Quality Grocery; Fay Barkley Shop; J. B. Garnett Co.; Sears Roebuck; Blue Goose; Cadilâ€" Highland Park and Ravinia stores. Rev. H. F. Siemsen Starts 12th Year Of Pastorate Here The 96th annual session of the Illinois Conference of the Evangeliâ€" cal church was held at Geneseo, I11., from April 15th to the 21st. At this conference each Evangelical church in the state of Illinois reâ€" ceives the appointment of its pastor for the coming year. Rev, H. F. Siemsen, who has been the pastor of Bethany in Highland Park for the past 11 years was reeappointed to serve as the minister of this parish for the ensuing year. It has been the happy privilege of Rev. Siemsen during his ministry in Highland Park to see much proâ€" gress and growth in the chruch of which he has been the pastor. The services have greatly been increaséd and the church was able to pay off in full an endebtedncess that was exceedingly burdensome in the carly days of the depression. The years that lie ahead are filled with the promise of an ever growing parish in our beautifol suburb, which likeâ€" wiss is making: rapid growth and progress. _ Mr. Siemsen‘s many years of service in Bothany‘s parish has given to him a position of leadâ€" ership in our community, which has Rev. H. F. Siemsen W. Gsell and Co., The Higkhla By ELMORE M. MURPHY The chief item of interest at Monâ€" day evening‘s City Council meeting was the announcement of the c-ehl‘ puunfi of the ways of the current administration and City Marshal Edward J. Moroney. The severance between the Chief of Police and his 24 years record of service to the community came in the form of a letter of resignation written by Mr. Moroney on April 1 and read to the eouncil by Mayor Ronan on Monday evening. In accepting Chief Moroney‘s resâ€" ignation, the Mayor and each Comâ€" missioner present paid high tribute to his character, reputation and recâ€" ord and each stated that it was with the utmost regret that the accepâ€" tance of the resignation should be deemed necessary. As a parting gesture the council voted Chief Moroney a month‘s vacation from May 1st when he will turn over his office to his successor until May 31st. Thus was the official act of the parting of the ways entered into the record book. In spite of the air of harmony exâ€" pressed both in Chief Moroney‘s letâ€" ter of resignation and in the counâ€" cil‘s acceptance thereof, there is a distinet feeling among the citizens of Highland Park that more was left unsaid than was said. The fact that Chief Moroney‘s resignation was in the council‘s hands for some three weeks before final action was taken brings to partial light at least, the controversy that this subâ€" ject aroused within that body. It has been common gossip for months that there distinetly has been no meeting of minds between the Chief of Police and the City Council on many questions of policy. In jusâ€" tice to everyone concerned in genâ€" eral and to Chief Moroney in parâ€" ticular it is regretable that the difâ€" ferences between the Chief and the council could not have been aired in open council session rather than beâ€" hind closed doors. During his 24 year tenure of office Chief Moroney has made a host of friends in the community who now feel somehow that the break was due to political expediency rather than to a just cause. Both the council and Chief Moroney owe a debt of obligation to the: eunuli.g to disclose the real fire behind the smoke. This is emphatically a case where "Silence is not Golden." Everybody close to the picture knows that Chief Morâ€" oney‘s "resignation" is just so much window dressing. This is truely a case of a resignation in reverse and the need of a clearing of the atmoâ€" sphere on all sides is definitely in order. Unless the City Council sees fit to disclose the real reason for the separation of the Chief of Police from his job it throws itself :ren to the charge of playing poliâ€" cs. By the same token unless Chief Moroney clearly states his side of the controversy he is indirectly adâ€" mitting there is*ample reason for his resignation. The current attiâ€" tude of jockeying and telling of half truths by the council and the chief is dothg justice to neither and harm Another item concerning the police department was the appointâ€" ment by the council of Clarence R. Engdah] to the post of Sergeant of Police to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of Sergeant Sulliâ€" van. Commissioner Sharp announced that his department was awaiting the preliminary sketches of archiâ€" tect Flinn for the new incinerator before submitting them to the counâ€" cil for final action. Commissioner Swanson requested and received permission from the council to inaugerate a stringent campaign to compel contractors and other parties to get the necessary permits before breaking curbs or in any way obstructing the streets of the city. He stated that to date the city ordinances dealing with these subjects have been practically igâ€" nored. Commissioner Bowes recommended that the physical setâ€"up of the Fire Department be changed to allow for the establishment of three lieutenâ€" ancies. He stated that at the presâ€" ent time acting lieutenants were apâ€" pointed to take charge of operations at a fire until the arrival of the Chief of the department. Commisâ€" {Continued on Page 8) 1939 Tax Bills to Be Mailed Latter Part of This Week Chief Ed Moroney Resigns Monday From Police Force Edward J. Moroney‘s as local chief of police was Monday evening at a ww City â€" Council _ His i which has been on file since April 1st Moroney who was born in Highâ€" land Park and educated in the local schools, joined the Highland Park Police force, Jan. 16, 1919, serving as an officer under John Grant, who was then Chief of Police. After the resignation of Mr. Grant, who left the force to take up residence in California, Mr, Moroney became chief, being appointed to that posiâ€" ition May 1, 1919. % During his service as head of the local force Mr. Moroney achieved an enviable record. The absence of crime. and the clean slate estabâ€" lished during his regime are eviâ€" dence of l&s ability and integrity. His charit®® courtesy and kindness, have won for him a host of friends. The Chief‘sâ€"plans for the‘4#fire are very indefinite. For the first few months, "I will relax and enjoy the freedom from regimentation‘ said the chief. "After that, I can not say what my plans will be." It was with the deepest regret, and surprise that Highland Park citizens learned of his resignation, and the best wishes for his future success, are extended. National Baby Week Sponsored By Infant Welfare Apr. 28â€"May4 April 28 to May 4 will be National Baby Week, sponsored in Chicago by the Infant Welfare society to eduâ€" cate adults as to the health needs of children in the crowded areas of Highland Park has its share in giving Chicago babies healthy bodies with which to enjoy life through the contribution made by the Highland Park Community Chest to Alice H. Chicago. Mrs. B. E. Newman, president of the Seniors, and their coâ€"workers are the sponsors of Baby Week in Highland Park and Ravinia. Wood Infant Welfare station. Mrs. Edwin M. Hadley Jr., president of Highland Parkâ€"Ravinia center and Infant Welfare sees that children in m‘h-umacm â€"the dren whose opportunities chance for sound bodies and minds One of the children whom the #0= tiety helped to overeome ‘ that threatened to overwhelm ‘ 4s Peter, a four year old at Alico K. supervision, home nursing and n# will become effective, May 1st. HIJGHLAND PARK, ILLINDIS, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1940 Some beneficiariss of Alice H CHIEF MoRONEY in Park Prpas Preview of New Vocational Building To Close P.â€"T.A. Year Thursday, May 2, 1940, will bring to a close a school year with a proâ€" to & close a school r with a proâ€" gram of well !bwmm eontinuity having as its theme "Activitiesâ€"Edâ€" members of the High school P.â€"T:A. appreciate the programs which Mrs. Earl Hyett of Deerfield and her comâ€" mittee have presented. _ _ _ Vocational department, will give a short talk about the new vocational building and then will provide sevâ€" eral members of his ‘department to conduct this tour and special preâ€" view of the building. _ The April edition of Readers Diâ€" gest carries a reprint of a letter, to Curriculum, written by Mr. Richard Sandwick, telling of the projects of the students of the building trades at the High school. Did you know that in the past 14 years the stuâ€" dents had erected seven houses, one school building and an addition to a school and that the houses had been sold soon after completion? Tea will be served in the cafeteria at 3 p.m. No conferences. A short business meeting and annual elecâ€" tion of officers will begin at 3:30 p.m., promptly in‘the English club room. In order to have ample time for the program ‘@ll members are urged to come early. John Picchietti To Open Bowling Alley in Deerfield John Picchietti, who until a few. weeks ago was associated with his brother in the grocery business on Central avenue, is entering a new enterprise. He has rented the south end of Peter J. Juhrend‘s igarage on Waukegan avenue in Deerfleld where he will establish one.of the most up to date recreation estabâ€" lishments on the North Shore. . John plans to install eight of: the most modern 1940 bowling alleyg in this garage, which will be entirely remodeled and made into an ultra modern recreation salon. A founâ€" tain wherein only soft drinks may be obtained will be installed. _ It is expected that the bowling alley will be open for winspection around the fifteenth of July. Teams wishing to schedule for the next season are asked to get in touch with Mr. Picchietti as soon as posâ€" sible. Altho the alleys will be availâ€" able for play in the late summer, the active season will not open unâ€" til in September. Mr. Picchietti left this morning (Thursday) to enter the A.B.C. tourâ€" nament in Detroit, Mich., with the Oak Terrace Beverage team. Mr. Robert Schneider, head of the what he wanted and staged a temâ€" per tantrum when he did not get it. He was a persistent wood chewer. His mother was a bundle of nerves and his father threatened to spend his evenings away from home if Peter could not be kept quiet. Then an Infant Welfare nurse came on the scene. She put her skill in home management, in nutrition, in the training of children, at the service of Peter‘s tired mother. After six months of patient effort, Peter is well nourished and has acâ€" quired a fair degre of independence. He eats a well balanced diet at reguâ€" lar hours, he sleeps the night through, he has stopped chewing wood. He associates amicably with his family and with other children. His father and mother are in better health, his mother is less nervous and worn, his father says his home is a pleasant piace to be in. Wood Infant Welfare station Last year at Alico H. Wood station, the Infant Welfare society cared for the physical and mental health of riversity of Illinois L "Bumble Bee Prince" To Be Given May 3 At High School (On Friday, May 3, there will be two performances (4:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.) at the Highland Park High School auditorium of Junior Programs‘ opera, "Bumble Bee Prince." Alexander Pushkin origâ€" inally wrote this as "Tales of Tsar Saltan" and presented it as a Christmas gift to the children of the late Czar Nicholas. The story was then made into the opera, "Bumble Bee Prince," by the famous composer, Rimsky Korsakoff. Transâ€" lated from Russian into German and then into English, "Bumble Bee Prince" has toured this contiâ€" nent during the past five years with performances before over a million children and adults. This season alone it has been presented in fortyâ€" two towns ranging from Vancouver, B. C. to Tampa, Florida. â€" RCA Victor has recorded this opera as sung by the same stars who are to appear in Highland Park. Through coâ€"operation of the schools‘ music departments these reâ€" cordings are being played for all the children. Thus they will be familiar with the music and story. â€" Tickets for children and adults are on sale at Gsell‘s drug store in Ravinia and Highland Park, with A timely drama of Yankee herâ€" oism against Uâ€"Boat warfare will be screened by the Alcyon on Satâ€" urday, with Wallace Beery in "Thunder Affoat." Chester Morris and Virginia Grey also appear in this story of America‘s daredevil "suicide fleet" that wiped the maâ€" rauding Uâ€"Boats off the sea . . . taken from official records and told now for the first time. s Alcyon Presents "Thunder Afloat" Margaret Sullavan, James Stewâ€" art and the famed "Ernest Lubitsch touch" contribute equal shares to one of the most delightful enterâ€" tainments ever filmed. You just canâ€" not be disappointed with "The Shop Around the Corner," which the Alâ€" cyon will screen on Sunday, Monâ€" day and Tuesday. hok A sparkling comedyâ€"mystery laid amidst a glittering beauty pageant is to be seen on the doubleâ€"feature program at the Alcyon on Wednesâ€" day, Thursday and Friday, where "Fast and Furious" will be screenâ€" ed. Iluminated by witty dialogue and hilarious situations, "Advenâ€" tures in Diamonds" charts the asâ€" tonishing career of a beautiful lady crook, her bold attempt to rifie the world‘s most closelyâ€"guarded treasâ€" ure hoard and her stormy romance with a handsome young Royal Air of the appliance department of Ireâ€" dates, announces the purchase of the Qu;x-mhn 11 N. L'.bfl 2~d'= makes of refrigerators, ,.-“nldlm Cevile Sherman as Swan Princess in "Bumble Bee Prince remaining seats to be sold at the high school box office prior to each performance. _ _ ue [ ‘The May third presentations of "Bumble Bee Prince" will close this season‘s series of three double perâ€" formances by Junior Programs, Inc., nonâ€"profit organization devoted to the furnishing of children‘s cultural entertainment.. ‘The ballet, Pinocchico and the play, Reward of the Sun God were the other two attractions. Plans have already been completâ€" ed for a Junior Programs ballet, play and opera in Highland Park next season. These performances will again be jointly sponsored by the Highland Park. P.T.A.‘s and given in the high school auditorium. "Bumble Bee Prince" is to be given on May 13 in Winnetka under P.T.A. auspices. Waukegan, Des Plaines and LaGrange are among the outlying communities who have recently had Junior Programs, Also, the ballet, "A Midsummer Night‘s Dream," . starring Edwin Strawâ€" bridge, was given on last February 23 as a demonstration performance before the National Conference of the Progressive Educational Assoâ€" ciation in Chicago. Daylight Time to Start Sunday for Twentyâ€"Third Year Highland Park citizens, as has been their custom for the past 23 years, will move their clocks ahead one hour, from central standard time to daylight savings time, at 2 a.m. next Sunday, April 28. This is the 23rd year that daylight time will be in effect, and Highland Park will receive its many benefits until Sept. 29, the last Sunday in Sepâ€" tember when clocks will be moved back again. ing towns. . Churches as well as business houses, and trains on the North Western and North Shore line will be operated on the new schedule beginning on Sunday morning. This is in accordance with custom esâ€" tablished by Chicago and neighborâ€" You are cordially invited to listen to the Columbia Church of the Air program on Sunday, April 28, from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Central Standard time, to be conducted by Mr. Arthur Perrow, who will radiocast a stateâ€" ment on Christian Science especialâ€" ly prepared for this cccasion. This Christian Science Broadcast Sunday program, originating from the Coâ€" cago outlet, but may be heard over other stations of the Columbia netâ€" . This program is presented uwummg NUMBER 8