The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Vandalism used to be a part of Halloween, Grandpappy can tell you about carrying away gates, moving sidewalks, overturning outhwsanndod:erl:in@nofdevilment.h&eryennwgnrbage cans thrown on side walks, gravel hurled at windows, glass in autoâ€" mobiles decorated with candle wax instead of soap, etc. Nowadays most young folks get together for parties, dancing and a general good time, with hoodlumism omitted. The few who insist on "raising Ned" on Halloween are poor little oldâ€"fashioned throwâ€"backs to the gasâ€"light era. Fortunately, their number is small. We ache with symâ€" pathy for the imbecilic mentalities that find "fun" in trimming the town‘s trees and shrubbery with toilet paper. We hope their fathers ~and mothers, to help them avoid the two score and more police repreâ€" sentatives who will be on the streets of Highland Park Halloween night, will provide their juvenile "pranksters" with sets of blocks and let them play in comfort on the floor with the other babies, out‘ of harm‘s way. You‘ll spoil him if you rock him An‘ you shouldn‘t nurse him much Don‘t offer him a cuddle When he screams an‘ thus an‘ Let him fuss and chatter Er your trouble ‘s jest begun He‘ll settle down to slumber Before the day is done. Yoaun‘ve got him spoiled already Fer he knows you‘ll humor him When he starts to cry an‘ stiffen Til his eyes are red an‘ dim Put him in his bed an‘never Iéethimknow‘youhur isfleadmgs' er attention Er that you are even near. Thus spake a kindly neighbor Who no doubt was meaning well But the subject was "our baby" > That we loved too much to tell He was such a little shaver With his head a doddlin‘ still When he tried so hard to see us Alnm%mam Spoil him if we * * Onrlimebeu:rboy?‘ With tiny locks all tousled From sweat upon his brow ?â€"â€"â€"â€" Don‘t offer him a cuddle? When his little knees are blue? And drawn in pain to meet his chin? That quivered all he knew ? Let him fuss an‘ chatter ? Trouble not to see? If its comfort he is seeking? By each tender little plea? Put him in his bed and never ® LIGHTED sHOw winpows As the High Schoolers lighted our civic spirit last week with theirguyuyunming.themm,lighfimmwmâ€" mercial spirit as more and more of them burn their show window lights until 11:30 each night. These windows are much more, in a sense, than merchandise displays. They show the stranger and the newcomer that ours is a bright, alert little city, well equipped to serve every need, and mighty proud of our good stores and wide streets. Those lighted show windows shout, "We‘re quality folks, in ®© MAINTAINING SCHOOL STANDARDS The election to be held November 8 on the matter of increased tax revenue is the subject of further explanation by school officials elsewhere in this issue of The PRESS.. We believe there is a real need for this additional money if we are to keep up the excellent standards so far maintained in our High School. At the same time, it is well to realize that there is some opposition to the increase, and all the facts pertaining to the request for additional taxes should be fully examined by the voters. a quality town, serving quality goods to quality customers. Come see us !" _ _You showed us last Saturday, with your Homeâ€"coming parade, football game and dance what real school spirit is. Knowing school spirit to be a reflection of civic spirit, you did the whole city a real favorwithyouredebnfion.“leallluwwourcitybeiterludlikeit more after seeing your ingenious parade floats, your fighting footâ€" hallteam,yourptettygirlsmdhzndwmladsdancinginthel-ligh School gym Saturday night. Keep it up, lads and lassies! We‘re all strong for you. * THANKS, YOU HIGH SCHOOL FOLKS *© WHY BE OLD FASHIONED, KIDS? flhe.On)ysl9mmwp.mdthedfiveonlyaMoild!Nia miut.nnddledfinnswh‘emtribuiou:mtosfbmdtlo will in the long run determine the successful outcome of the drive, gning!Let’sremindoundvel.tho,dmthefimhlf‘ofuynceis and the welfare of the hundreds who depend on the Community Chest for aid in time of distress. The Chest Drive is on its way, contributions amounting to nearâ€" lyfll,(!-DmAWnp to Tuesday night‘s meeting of the comâ€" © WELL BEGUN . . . o euukt, You High School Folke /. ... . @ Lighted Show Windows ® Maintaining School Standards It‘s rend by THE Pooplea! by IVAN N. ADAIR @ Well Begun . .. * Why Be Old Fashioned, Kids? STRICTLY LOCAL 31, And Still We‘ Rock Our Baby Let him know that we are near? God forgive us, kindly neighbor If we ever act so queer. Thuswespnkemonrnd‘hbor "When she was away" An we rocked our little baby Iikewewishweeouldtodly We nursed him and we kissed him And we pressed his little form To our hearts to stop the quivver Of his chin and make him warm. We offered him a cuddle For we liked it much as he If we ever heard a whimper We just couldn‘t let him be Let him fuss an‘ chatter? k“ F And tucked him into bed With a kiss to each his chubby cheeks And one upon his head The smile that lingered on his lips As soft as lights were low Comes back toâ€"day on every rose | Of Summer‘s dew dipped glow. â€" And still we rock our baby In t5* same old loving way In the same and dearest cradle That our memory holds toâ€"day We cuddle him and answer td talp ; kinfly mighter us, kindly That it thus shall ever be. Or our trouble ‘s just begun ? gutnnuhhe;mmdmber very day w was done When we placed him ip his blanâ€" The Highbland Park Press «Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 31 "We are very hopeful of reaching the general campaign quota of $22,000 by next Friday nights report meeting. We feel that the job can be done by that time providing the workers conâ€" tact all their prospects. Vail stated that "in the period of less than a week in which workers have been active, I feel that they have dorie a splendid job, considering the handiâ€" cap of bad weather they have had to over come during this period". "Every worker, as well as the genâ€" eral public, seems to have realized our attempt this year to streamline the campaign and complete the job as quickly as possible. Our workers report a ready response by citizens upon w thiyhave: calfed,* and the mhog increased subscriptions and new subâ€" scribers reported to date indicate that that public generally is in a better condition to the appeal of the chest than in recent years." Service Clubs Get Under Way Work is progressing rapidly on the Highland Park and Highwoog Service Men‘s Clubs. Actual work began Monâ€" day morning on the Highwood buildâ€" ing. The old building, in part, has been wrecked and the building of the new wing and the remodelling of the old part of the former North Shore bow!â€" ing alley, has begun. been set as the final report meeting of the general campaign. Chairman Vail, in announcing the chest results following Tuesday night‘s report meeting was most enthusiastic regarding the work done by the more than 400 volunteers who have particiâ€" pated in the general campaign. Mr. The Highland Park project was started Monday night, when twentyâ€" five soldiers from Fort Sheridan, headed by Roman Philips, R. R. C. gathered around a bonfire at the loâ€" cation on North Green Bay Road, adâ€" jacent to the Community center, for a short dedication service. After singâ€" ing a few songs, short dedication speeches were made by the_soldiers, The work is under the direction of the quartermaster corps of the army, with Lt. Lambreaux in charge. The buildings were designed by the archiâ€" tectural firm of Flinn and Corrough, and are expected to be ready before the first of the year. geants, Hirschell: Cohash of the 61st coast artillery, and Michac! Peautrea of the 210th. The Kinnare corporation of Chicaâ€" go was awarded the contract to conâ€" struct the Highwood USO building and Axel E. Johnson Company, conâ€" structing contractors, are doing the Highland Park club. Lt. D. C. Lamoreaux, officer in charge of supervision, representing the construction division of the quarâ€" termaster corps of the war departâ€" ment, states that utmost speed will be used, in order for workmen to take advantage of the nice weather. Rotary club entertained 40 soldiers soldiers from Fort Sheridan at a &M‘ A movie of the evening. Northwesternâ€"Wisconsin game was shown. Howard Moran was in charge of the affair; § _ Office records indicate that in a weeks time the workers have covered 1,420 of their 3,379 prospects, or apâ€" proximately 40 per cent. District 13, chairmaned by Daniel Davitt and Mrs. Jesse Halsted, had raised 95.3 per cent of their district‘s quota by Tuesday evening and expect to exceed the quota by mext Friday evening, which has Instead of their regular mecting These figures indicate that in the firs wteek of general solicitation the general committees had turned in 46.2 per cent of their quota. Following the second report meetâ€" ing of the general campaign committee held Tuesday evening at Chest headâ€" quarters, general campaign chairman, Horace Vail, announced a total subâ€" scription to the Community Chest up to Tuesday evening, of $30,830.22 toâ€" ward the goal of $50,000.00. Of this amount, $20,678.50 had been turned in by the special gifts committee against its quota of $28,000.00 and $10,151.72 had been turned in by the district comâ€" quota of $22,000. $30,830.22 Collected by Chest Board Presents Tax Facts ROTARY CLUB lilinois, Thursday, October 30, 1941 How the Army turns raw recruits into a snappy â€"drilling unit in four weeks will demonstrated in the huge M Show October 31, Noâ€" vember 1 and 2 at Fort Sheridan. The Casual t, comprised of 65 soldiers . leted their ing and 65 who have just finisked eight weeks, will perform intricate close order drill, rifle exercise, and the silent manual of arms. This battalion, under the command of Capt. Harry Cohen, then will divide into two companies. The advanced group will present a bayonet drill and further close order drill, and the basic company will demonstrate tent pitchâ€" ing. The whole performance will be a part of the review at 2 and 8 o‘clock each day. Military Show at Fort Sheridan Will Start Friday G.8.0. Meeting November 4th home of Mr. and Mrs. Thousands of other men will take part in the parades, on foot and in motorized units. After the reviews the crowd will be given an opportunity to view displays of all types of miliâ€" tary equipment, including â€"inch antiâ€" aircraft guns, 37â€"millimeter antoâ€"airâ€" craft and antiâ€"tank guns, searchlights, sound locators, "jeeps," and "blitz buggies." Tickets are on sale in the office of Michael J. Corrigan, Chicago fire commissioner, in the city hall; in all of the 141 Chicago fire stations; in all the principal Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Raiload stations and in most of the fire stations and city halls of North Shore towns from Chiâ€" cago to Milwaukee. Col. Rogers today urged advance purchase of tickets to avoid congestion at the gate at the time of the shows. Navy day raising ceremony, held Huhy.?&.nlo' I'..... nd-vflmfikowob- lP-v-.o. Pi:ndmlqwl"mb: Edwin c‘:,', chief o:-:-lu Rex $ % Tw the yurtmmony the "bop wou The admission charge for adults will be 50 cents, including 5 cents tax. Children under 12 years old will be adâ€" mitted free. Proceeds will be given to the Army Relief Society, formed by civilian women to care for the families of deceased soldiers. various batteries of the newly formed GS.0. will be held at the Y.W.C.A. next Tuesday November 4h at 7:30 A buglers competition to determine Fort Sheridan‘s entrant in the Sixth Corps Area buglers‘ contest, which will be broadcast over the National Broadcasting Company on November 2, will be one of the features on the opening day of the Show. About an hour after the two daily rexiews, firing of the guns is schedâ€" uled from the beach below Gordon Johnston field near the south end of Fort Sheridan. Tracer bullets will allow the visitors to follow the course and accuracy of the shooting. Searchâ€" light demonstrations, with the 800 million candlepower lights tracing spectacular patterns in the sky, will follow the night parades. _ Captains of the various batteries q:]fihfiu%fllfi.lflr& ‘Pfibnluyb“d)- Offers Voters Data to Support Request for Additional Fund A planning rheeting, composed of the at Press Staff Photo _ The Towm Meeting, which is being ‘spunsored for the community by the Highland Park League of Women Voters, will occur on Wednesday eveâ€" ning at 8 o‘clock on November 5, at the Highland Park Woman‘s Club Building. It is your opportunity to hear how the City Council, Park Board, and School Boards function. If the interest â€"of the public expressed prior to the meeting is correct indication Mrs. Daniel Snydacker, who is repreâ€" senting the League in making arrangeâ€" ments to bring elected officials in faceâ€"toâ€"face contact with their conâ€" stituencies, has made a good decision innwvingfioahnermditorimthu‘ the one used last year. Each board will have a lpdmmn‘ on the platform to present the specific problems that his group feels are of general interest. Nathan Sharp, Comâ€" missioner of Finance, has consented to â€"speile for theorMay3r and theâ€"City, Council, while W. Fred Gallagher, President of the Park Board, will repâ€" resent his group. The speaker for School District No. 107 is A. G. Ballâ€" enger, with John B. Jackson, Presiâ€" dent of the School Board in District No. 198, speaking for his Board, and George T. Rogers of â€"Lake Forest, President of the High School Board presenting the High School side of the picture. If you have a problem you particuâ€" larly would like to have one of these men discuss, it is suggested that you send your question in writing to Mrs. J. M. Watkins, Jr., at 836 Forest Avâ€" A special election will be held Saturday, November 8, to vote mtheim:mscinthemximumtgxinglfinit for high school educaâ€" tional purposes. An increase in the tax rate from $1.00 to $1.50 is being sought by the board of education, The present $31.00 tax limiâ€" tation will no longer produce sufficient revenue to maintain the preâ€" sent high standard of education in our high school, states the board, Following is a list of High School Districts in this area and Huge Operating Deficit Predicted Unless Citizens Provide For Increase In ‘Taxes Town Meeting November 5th Two years ago the League of Woâ€" men Voters planned its first public meetingâ€"a Candidates‘ Meeting, at which time persons seeking election to public office presented remulvu and their qualifications to the voters. One year ago the League sponsored a Town Meeting where the men elected to the City Council and the office of Mayor appeared before the community to tell of their successes and probâ€" lems, and to answer questions occurâ€" ring to their audience. This year the Town Meeting has taken a slightly different form, with one spokesman from each of the five different elected bodies. & T Mrs. Dougles Boyd, chairman of the department of Government and Social Welfare of the Highland Park League of Women Voters is planning an informal meeting for her departâ€" ment on Wednesday, November 5 at 3 o‘clock. Her coâ€"chairman, Mrs. Walter Neisser is acting as hostess at her home, 237 Hazel Avenue. Anyone interested in this departâ€" ment of the league is invited to atâ€" tend this meeting. Local people acâ€" tive in social service work who will be present include Mrs. Clarence Balke, member of the Lake County board of supervisors; Mrs. Nellic Flynn, executive secretary of the Highland Park social service; Mrs. Charles Mason, a member of the adâ€" visory committee of the aidâ€"toâ€"deâ€" pendentâ€"childrenâ€"law and Mrs. Myra Thomas, special counselor at the high school. The time will be spent discussing lhemo(!hedwu::t; well formulating plans n!fi.:hphbehddo-]_m The Highland Park Kiwanians will be hosts to the Waukegan Kiwanis club at Monday‘s dinner meeting at Hotel Moraine Onâ€"theâ€"Lake. Following is a list of their respective taxing limits : Guest speaker of the evening will behatl;w.lhrov:n,-‘vflmuz Chicago Technical College. % Brown‘s subject will be "The Future of Telévision." 4 KIWANIS Deerfieldâ€"Shields ........... $1.37% Libertyville _..........:....â€" 200 Evanston ... .:.;.......;.," 200 Onk Piark ..........{2..¥«:.â€" 20 New ‘Tries .. ... ..:+¢, .. /.. 1&P%@® *â€"New Trier is holding an clection November 8 to ask for the $200 limit. Actual Increase In Taxes Involved ‘The approximate increase in a perâ€" son‘s tax bill is estimated by the school authorities as about 10 cents on a hundred dollars evaluation of personal property, and about $2.50 on a piece of real estate evaluated at $10,000. Mounting Deficit The school deficit of $47,000, faced at the end of this school year, will increase accordingly through the years, unless offset in one of these three ways: (1) by an increase in the tax rate, or (2) by incurring indebtedâ€" ness and mfi:iu:;. p.wyments, or (3) The m ¢r wouid‘ mean ‘the eliminaâ€" tion of features of the instructional program deemed necessary. to mainâ€" tain the school‘s excellent rating with the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, the Illinois Department of Public Instrucâ€" tion, the colleges to whom graduates are sent, and similar agencies. that the season makes this the ideal time of the year to do so. Philip E. Cole city engineer and Arthur Swanâ€" son, commissioner of streets state that their departments will be pleased to advise in any matters of question and to suggest the best manner of making changes. Chief of Police, Rex Anâ€" drcwn.willnlsomhllfii' advice and information available through his department. Various neighborhood groups have already expressed their willingness to help in this program and the Braeâ€" side civic organization has already started a plan to accomplish greater safety for the children in their comâ€" munity. xz irpir staeccer:â€"afg Furthermore, continued operation under the present taxing limit denies the school district the opportunity to broaden the school program from time to time in accordance with the needs of the students served and the demands of the times. It would be utifortunate to have to cut down on school activities built up in recent years, such as music, commercial, and vocational courses, which are now accepted as necessities. In that time all property owners may inspect their own property and arrange for any necessary changes now After the thirty days of grace have expired it is the plan of the city adâ€" ministration and the Traffic Commisâ€" sion to give notices to property ownâ€" Highland Park Plans ©. To Eliminate Danger Of Curb Shrubbery In making this announcement Edâ€" win Gilroy, chairman of the city trafâ€" fic commission states that it is the intention of the city authorities to alâ€" low thirty days of public notice to all property owners before the program is started. wide plan for the elimination of danâ€" gerous shrubbery along parkways and private driveways, and is asking the cooperation of all citizens and civic organizations, Within thirty days the city of Highâ€" land Park plans to inaugurate a city ers who have neglected to correct any hasard created by growth on their property. Where any such notices are not complied with it will then be the duty of the city to make the changes. All parkways are city property and therefore the city not has conâ€" frol Wt â€"has a. reiponsitniity ahreglty covered by existing city ordinance. (Continued on page 8) 5c a copy, $1.50 a year The Best Source of LOCAL News