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Highland Park Press, 20 Mar 1941, p. 11

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Moderator of Famous Town Hall Of the Air On Evanston Program Thursday, March 20, 1941 A typical town hall meeting diâ€" rected by George V. Denny Jr., moderator of the famous Town Meeting of the Air heard every week on a national radio network, will be the season‘s final feature of the Evanston Town Hall Wednesâ€" day night, March 26, at the Woâ€" man‘s club of Evanston auditorium. Mr. Denny, appearing in his cusâ€" tomary radio role as moderator of the meeting, will conduct a discusâ€" sion of the question, "Should Strikes Be Outlawed on Defense Work?" He will share the platform with two speakers of divergent views: Dr. Alfred P. Haake, industrial economâ€" ist and managing director of the National Association of Furniture Manufacturers, and Prof. William Gellerman of the school of educaâ€" tion at Northwestern. The audience at large will be inâ€" vited to participate in the discusâ€" sion in typical town meeting fashâ€" ion, according to Mrs. Wesley W. Polk, 715 Forest Ave., Evanston, managing director of the Town Hall, Tickets are. on sale to the public. y GET THE FACTS AND YOU‘LL GET A FORD! No Ford has ever carried EXTRA VALUE As the director of America‘s Town Meeting of the Air, Mr. Denny has been‘ broadcasting for six seasons and has won recognition as "the man who makes democracy think." Much of the success of is program has been attributed to his showmanâ€" ship and sense of the dramatic, abilâ€" ities he acquired as an actor before he entered the lecture field. Mr. Haake, a resident of Park Ridge and a prominent memoer bf the Rotary Club of Chicago, has been business counsel to many inâ€" dustrial leaders. He is chairman of the National Trade Executives Comâ€" mission Against Government Comâ€" petition with Business and served as administrator of the furniture industry code for the NRA, He is heard frequently on the Monday night program, "Wake Up Amerâ€" ica." Mr. Gellerman, formerly a superâ€" intendent of schools in several cities of Washington, joined the Northâ€" western faculty in 1934 He bas Cone special research on the social foundations of education and has surveyed also the impact of presâ€" sure groups on American education, He is author of the book, "The Amâ€" erican Legion as Educator," pubâ€" lished in 1938. * quite so. far! T HE PRESS You‘ll find a great new Ford ride, too. A soft and quiet new ride that has surprised a lot of people and may surprise you. We‘d like you to see and drive the finest Ford we‘ve ever built. You‘ll find its big bodies longer inside, greater in total seating width, and larger in windshield, than anything else in the Ford price field right now. i mds That the Boy Scout program is going well in the North Shore Area council is proven by the following statement made by Mr, Kenneth L. Fox, president of the North Shore Area council. "This week we reâ€" ceived from the Research and Staâ€" tistical Service of the National Council Boy Scouts of America inâ€" formation concerning the progress of our council as revealed in the Inâ€" dex of Growth and Accomplishment. There are 540 councils in the United States and they are divided into proups of five in this scientific measâ€" North Shore Area Council Rates Tops EDWARD H. SELIG ASSESSOR Township of West Deerfield Election Tuesday, April 1st, 1941 And with its room and ride and view, you get Ford extra power with extra thrift, the biggest hyâ€" draulic brakes near its price, and a lot of fineâ€"car mechanical "feaâ€" tures" found only in a Ford at low price. REâ€"ELECT If you are choosing a new car this year, you‘ll dowell not tomiss this Ford. And not just because wesay so, but because the factsdo! wring rod. In other words. the top five have an index of 100, the botâ€" tom have an index of one.. Our seout index is 99. Our cub index is 100 and our combined boy membership index is 100. These are the figures of December 31, 1940 for the whole nation. Those interested in cubbing and scouting in the North Shore Area council should feel grateful that our council on the basis of boy membership is in the top rank. This has been accomplished by the spirit of the boys themselves and the exâ€" cellent leadership given them in all departments in all of our communiâ€" ties." $ 11

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