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With such an auspicious start, we can all look forward with confidence to the time when our Army and Navy ‘"Y" will play an increasingly important part in America‘s selfâ€"preservation National Deâ€" lense program. _ C To this end Highland Park has underâ€" laken to raise its quota of the U.S.O. Naâ€" tional Defense fund. Our citizens have never yet failed in an emergency and we may rest assured that we will not fail now. That our city is one of the very first to have such a club, is due to the initiative of our city administration and Mayor Ronan‘s Committee for National Defense, backed by the enthusiastic coâ€"operation of every civic and religious body. The first task of our new Army and Navy "Y", as discussed elsewhere in The Press, will be the operation of the Service Men‘s Club, until such a time as it comes under the jurisdiction of the U.S. 0. Very probably, then, the Army and Navy "Y" will be commissioned to carry on this work under U.S.O. auspices. In taking over this grave responsibilâ€" ity, in behalf of the board, I wish to pay sincere tribute to the members of the Highland ‘Park Coâ€"Ordinating Council, whose 71 affiliates have contributed so effectively and generously to the success of the Service Men‘s Club up to now. And may I also take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the untiring servâ€" ice and unflagging zeal of our Army and Navy "Y" secretary ‘"‘Nick" Young, who in the short time he has been in charge of the Service Men‘s Club has earned the affection and esteem of soldiers, sailors and citizens. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituaâ€" sies, notices of entertainment, or other affairs where ar admission charge is published, will be charged ai regular advertising rates. Ivan N. Adair, Editor and Publisher , Mrs. Florence W. Bartel, Managing Editor M. Warner Turriff, Advertising Manager Mrs. Robert W. Pettis, Deerfleld Editor 1016 Willoughby Tower, Chicago Phone Central 3355 Communications intended for publication must be written on one side of the paper only, and signed with the name and address of the writer, They should reach the editor by Wednesday noon to insure appearance in current issue. By Herman A. Zische Chairman, Board Directors Highland Park Army and Navy Y.M.0.A. We can all be proud. It is a signal honor that Highland Park has been seâ€" lected as one of the key points in a naâ€" lional program of expansion, by the esâ€" lablishment of an Army and Navy branch of the Young Men‘s Christian Associaâ€" lion. I am happy to head a board of direc lors which is truly representative of the line city in which we live. It is made up ol rich and poor. Jew and gentile. Cathâ€" alic and protestant. Men and women. In avery sense of the word this new board is a cross section of our American demoâ€" sratic social fabric. Subscription Price, $1 single copy. , Entered as Second Class Matter March 1, 1911, at the Post Office at Highland Park, Il}inois. Issued Thursday of each week by the Highland Park Press, 538 Central Avenue, Highland Park, "llinois. Telephones: Highland Park 557â€"558. MEMBER OF CHICAGO SUBURBAN QUALITY GROUP Welcomes Army and Navy Highland Park Â¥. M. C. A. Highland Park per year. 5 cents per From the remarks of Commissioner slu? at Monday night‘s meeting it appears that not all of the city‘s scavengers are of a mood to fully cooperate with the city in living up to the rules and regulations covertx their business. Mr. Sharp stated that two the parties collecting refuse in Highland Park have not paid their license fee and from all intent and purposes From the standpoint of the individual memâ€" bers of the council it is hard to see why they should even tolerate the suggestion of going to bat for any neighbor who has stepped over the line. The worst that can happen is that they will make a few enemt h;h?: Im:nr: won‘t amount to an , an . if it is their political future they are worrying about, we can‘t see why this factor should cut much ice either. The time and effort spent on running the affairs of Highland Park far exâ€" ceeds the value of the small compensation atâ€" tached to the job. To this writer‘s way of thinking they have everything to gain and nothâ€" ing to lose by playing the shots as they lay. Frankly, there has been too much of this business on the part of members of the comâ€" munity running to the council to ’ot their friends on that body to intercede for them every time they get into trouble. That sort of thing smacks too much of big city politics and in a city the size and make up of Highland Park there should be no room for monkey busiâ€" ness of this type. The reason that certain members of the counâ€" cil are rather bashful about enforcing this orâ€" dinance as individuals is that they are adverse of incurring the wrath of some neighbor who has put the scenic beauty of his property before public safety. Personally, this writer can‘t see the reason for making such a fuss about a comparatively simple matter. The facts of the case are this. There is a city ordinance prohibiting the placâ€" ing of shrubbery in parkways in such a way that they obstruct the view of either pedestrian or automobile traffic. That is the law and as such it should be enforced. It is inconceivable that this ordinance should be treated any difâ€" ferently than dozens of others that are on the city‘s books. Commissioner Sharp believed that the matâ€" ter could best be adjusted through the various meighborhood associations. He stated that he would personally take up the complaints o'rlls- inating in the Braeside area with the B: e association. Commissioner Sharp felt that the members of the community would be more willâ€" ing to cooperate if the problem was treated strictly as a neighborhood affair. Up to Monday night‘s meeting the street deâ€" partment has been catching all the grief atâ€" tendent with the subject but at that session the commissioner of that department went defiâ€" nitely on record as refusing to .ccegt the sole responsibility of correcting the shrubbery evil. He contended that the affair was strictly a council matter and that his department would only act when and if it was given definite inâ€" structions by the council acting as a unit. To date, unfortunately, little has been accomâ€" plished towards correcting this acknowledged evil largely because the council has been in disagreement as to what department of the city government is invested with the responâ€" sibility of seeing that the shrubs are removed. Monday evenln;- meeting the "buck of responâ€" sibility was passed around as gingerly as the proverbial hotcake and at the end of thlrtfl minutes discussion on the subject the counc was still a considerable distance from coming to any definite conclusions on the matter, â€"Commissioner Gourley was of the opinion that complaints concerning ‘obstructing shrubâ€" bery should be first routed through the Safety Commission and then turned over to the Police Department for action if that recourse failed. The recent publicity calling attention to the communn{ the danger to both pedestrian and motorist brought about by shrubbery in the parkways has evidently caught the public fancy. According to Commissioner Swanson, his department is being deluged with comâ€" plaints concerning obstructive bushes and trees. ‘The latest cases of offending shrubs eminate from the Braeside and South St. Johns areas, but on the whole the condition of shrubs which have definitely proved to be a serious traffic hazard are pretty well spread throughout the entire city. YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT: WHAT IT IS DOING "Safety or Scenery ?" asks E. M. Murphy The Highland Park PRESS City Council Commissioner Swanson reports that he has encountered numerous complaints from plumbâ€" ing concerns over the fee charged them for permission to tap in on the city‘s storm sewers. Commissioner Swanson tg:lnted out that this fee goes to help defray cost of Superintenâ€" dent of Street, Alex Mertty'l salary. . He stated that every time a permit is issued tont:‘p in on the city‘s storm sewer system, Mr. = ferty has to make anywhere from one to six trips to the site of the job. At the suggestion of Commissioner Swanson, Mayor Ronan is calling a meeting of the Police Magistrates and Justices of the Police operatâ€" lnghmclty.fortbopurponofnmn‘to- gether with the council for an mh'l:go of views on fines and penalties connected vioâ€" lations of the various city ordinances. do not intend to pay it. Commissioner Sharp in hisâ€"statement to the council and to the press has delivered an ultimatum to the effect that unless the recalcitrants see fit to reform their ways and pay their license fees, the city will see to it that they will be put out of business. From the tenor of Commissioner Sharp‘s reâ€" marks it would seem that the city has just about exhausted its patience in trying to work out an equitable agreement with the private scavenger collectors and is about ready to take over the operation of this duty itself. The reâ€" fusal of some of the scavenger companies to toe the line has just been about the last straw. Unless they do a complete about face very shortly, it is this writer‘s opinion that mud Park has seen the last of refuse coll by private scavengers. THURSDAY, JUNE 19â€" /12:15â€"Highland Park Lions club meets in the Sunset Valley Country club. 7:15â€"Red Cross first aid class meets in the Highland Park YWCA. 7:30â€"Highland Park Boy Scout Troop 83 meets in Lincoln school. 8:00â€"Chess club meets in Community Center, FRIDAY, JUNE 20â€" 4:00â€"Sunset Terrace Improvement associaâ€" tion picnic in the Sunset subdivision. 7:30â€"Campbell Chapter No. 721 O.E.S. meets in Masonic Temple. 8:00â€"Highland Park Community Choral club presents concert at Elm Place school. SATURDAY, JUNE 21â€" 9:00â€"Art Crafts club and Beginners‘ Airâ€" plane club meet in Community Center. SUNDAY, JUNE 22â€" y 9:00â€"Highland Park members of the North Shore Hiking club meet at corner of St. Johns and Central avenue. 8:00â€"Senator Burton K. Wheeler speaks for America First Committee, High school. MONDAY, JUNE 23â€" 10:00â€"Highland Park volunteer production unit of the Red Cross meets in the parâ€" ish home of Trinity Ephcognl church. 12:15â€"Highland Park Rotary club meets in the Sunset Valley Country club. 2:00â€"The Highland Park Garden Guild meets in the home of Mrs. Raiph M. Cleary. Musart club, Highland Park, meets. 6:30â€"Highland Park Kiwanis club meets in the Sunset Valley Country club. TUESDAY, JUNE 24â€" 9:00â€"Arts Crafts club for school boys and girls, Community Center, 10:00â€"Table Games club for schoolâ€"age chilâ€" dren, Community Center, 7:00â€"Hiland Planesmen meet in the Highâ€" land Park Community Center. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25â€" 9:30â€"First aid class meets in the Highland Park, Community Center. 7:15â€"Choir rehearsal in the Highland Park Presbyterian church. 8:00â€"Midweek services in the Hicghllnd Park First United Evangelical church, Bethâ€" any Evangelical church and First Church of Christ, Scientist. Calendar Highland Park Events for Coming Week 324 give beach party. 7:30â€"Highland Park Boy Scout Troop 30 meets in Elm Place school. 8:00â€"Community Choral club of Highland Park rehearse in Community Center. Philathea class of the Highland Park Bethany Evangelical church meets in the Eubb- Memorial room of the church. June 19, 1941