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Ravinia‘s second wartime season will â€"see in the audience, in addition to the well known figures of the muâ€" sic and social worlds, large numbers of men and women in uniform. Speâ€" peial rates for each concert have been announced for those in the services. Civilians attending the concerts may also do so.at a lower rate than the standard gate admission charge by buying the Ravinia coupon â€" books which are still being sold <by ‘Mrs. Ernest C, yon Ammon‘s woman‘s eommittee. The coupon books will be on sale at the park also. Announce Program For First Week Of Ravinia Festival One of the most brilliant of the summer‘s events on the North Shore, the opening of the Ravinia festival takes place Tuesday evening, June Before a distinguished first night audience, Desire Defauw, noted Belâ€" gian conductor, will direct the Chiâ€" cago Symphony orchestra of, which be has recently been appointed conâ€" ductor, in the initial program. He also conducts the three succeeding programs of the week. Preceding the symphony program, the 200â€"voice Great Lakes Training station choir will sing "Anchors Aweigh," underâ€"the direction of Lt. The Tuesday night program, which begins at 8:30 o‘clock includes the Mendelssohnâ€"Bartholdy Sym p ho ny No. 4, A Major (Italian) ; Ravel Orâ€" chestral Fragments, Second ~Seres from "Daphne and Chloe"; Debusâ€" sy‘s Prelude to "Afternoon of a Fawn;" and the Strauss rondo "Till Eulenspiegel‘s Merry Pranks." concerts this will be presenâ€" tduMy,:Myud“ urday evenings at 8:30 and on Sunâ€" day afternoons at 4 o‘clock. Following Defauw on the Ravinia schedule of conductors is Howard Barlow, oné of America‘s foremost conductors, who is to take oyer‘the bamforthe-et;ondvgekoflheue-- soprano and star of the MetFopolitan Opera will sing twice that week, on July 8 and 10. The third week will bring back Pierre Monteux, conductor of the San Francisco Symphony and foreâ€" most French conductor, who has apâ€" peared at Ravinia during the two past geasons. Gregor Piatigorsky, noted cellist, will be the soloist under Monâ€" teux" baton on July 17. Efrem Kurtz,â€" former conductor, of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, will make his Ravinia debut the evening of Jaly 20 and will have Piatigorsky as his soloist that evening. Kurtz will also have William Kepell, young American pianist, as soloist the eveâ€" ning of July 22, playing the Khachâ€" Vol. George Szeil, Hungarian conductor, returns to Ravinia for his third seaâ€" son and will conduct throughout the fifth and sixth weeks. Artur Rubenâ€" stein, front ranking pianist, will be soloist at four of those concerts, July 29 and 31 and August 3 and 7.. _ aturian piano c0 western premicre. The Budapest String Quartet will return to present a week of chamber music during the seventh and concludâ€" ing week of the festival. : of Raviinia follow: _ . . Anchore "Aweigh uns y 200 foles Avest IWwhpput MC. 4, A Maler ("hilen"}â€" ic Ne T in $ memer â€"gctamens. will fold their annual picnic at Sumset park, at.2 pm., Sunday, June 27. A Fropram i6 being planned ',:'-"' staff of e lead by a committee Poscd of Mro M. Yoigh Mrs. E. Honâ€" * Tncniak S e racts, proms. prims be races, and refreshments. Parents of the chilâ€" Plans Annual Picnic The programs for the opening week in its midâ€" Hardacre Elected Secretary of Engineering Society Gilbert K. Hardacre, 1019 Marion avenue, supervisor of Lighting Serâ€" vice jor the Public Service company of Northern Illinois, has been clectâ€" ed general secretary of the . Illuminâ€" ating Engineering society for the year ending September 30, 1944, acâ€" cording to a report of the society‘s committee of tellers. Mr. Hardacre has been associated with the Public Service company for eighteen years. Other society officers named in the recent election are president, Howard M. Sharp, Buffalo, Niagara and Eastâ€" ern Power tion, Buffalo; senâ€" ior vice m Sam B. Williams, editor, Electrical World, New York City; junior vice president, Albert F. Wakefield, Wakefield Brass company, Vermillion, Ohio; treasurer, Sam G. Hibben, Westinghouse Lamp comâ€" pany, Bloomfield,â€"New Jersey. > Election of the new ofticers has been confirmed ‘by vote ‘of the soâ€" ciety‘s council and they will take ofâ€" fice October 1, 1943. Hospital Will Mark 25th Anniversary On July 14 On July 14, the Highland Park hosâ€" pital will mark its 25th anniversary. Dedicated on July 14, 1918, the hosâ€" pital has grown each year in an inâ€" creasing usefulness to the community and its neighboring towns. Today, in its rustic setting on Homewood avenue, adjoining Exmoor Country club, the Highland Park hospital is doing yeoman service under wartime conditions. It is meeting daily probâ€" lems like all hospitals everywhere, problems that are unusual in normal times. Yet a full complement: of nurses, an interne, a distinguished medical staff, with Miss© Marjorie lbsen, superintendent since 192§, carry on in their ministrations to the No formal celebration will be held on the silver anniversary of the hosâ€" pital. However, at its regular meeting n]’l’.tficbflfllohâ€"-mnd the trustees will review the past years, and do homor to those citizens who organized and made possible the hospital facilities. The first board of the Highland Park hospital consisted of Waiter H. Baldwin, president; R. S. Churchill, vice president; Everett L. Millard, treasurer; Mary Dooley, secretary; Mrs. Edith MacGregor Adams, Mrs. Gerdon Hately, Earl W. Gsell, James L. Martin and Frederick A. Watkins. Highland Parkers Give Blood At Chicago Center The advisory board was made up of Dean, Dr. Lioyd M. Bergen, Dr. A. The following persons from Highâ€" land Park gave their blood at the Red Cross Blood service, 5 No. Wabash avenue, during . the period from May 25 to 2: Ralph Archer, 193 Roger Williams ; Gearge C. Mosciey, 42 Egandale read, Robert Puiver, 242 Park avenue, Mlfi'hm Jesse M. Watkins, Jr., $86 Rorest aveâ€" nue Adcle M. Whitfield, ave~ see Prink E P. Joimon #4 De. Tambic avenue, Tanice 578 \â€"â€"*The Higblanm Park Press Virginia GILBERT HARDACRE Charles Esdale, 159 Ravine drive. anding, M $ Ashland, Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years This Year According to Commander Willisam J. Acker of the Dumaresq Spencer post of the American Legion of Highâ€" land Park, all committees are working to set the stage for the annual carniâ€" val to be held at Sunset park on July 3, 4 and 5. , In spite of the shortage of labor and material in handling the various rides and concessions due to the war, there will be ~the usual merryâ€"goâ€" round and ferris wheel and ample concessions to suit the taste of both old and young. Commander Acker invites "the public to stay at home during .the three day holiday and enjoy themselves with friends and neighbors in Sunset park andnot to worry over a shortage of gas coupons if away from home." Games of skill offering a new line of merchandise will predominate this year‘s carnival. ‘The "bingo" game will be staged under a larger tent with a greater display of merchandise than heretofore. ~Over a hundred articles of merchandise and order for same are being assembled from the business merchants of Highland Park for the prize drawing contest. Chairman | Harry Eichler of. the grand ‘prize award committee states that this year the Legion pust will award 20 prizes in war bonds aggreâ€" gating $1,000 in ‘value, instead of an automobile.~ Tickets are now being sold by all Legionâ€"members and can be obtainedâ€"at 378 Central avenue or at all drug stores. . zs . The general carnival committee is comprised of Commander William Acker, Arthur Johnson, George Cumâ€" mings, James Thomson, George Abernathy, Miller Schreiner, Harry Eichler, Herb Meyer, DeWitt Manâ€" asse, Saylor Shanafelt, Ed Benson, L B. McCaifrey, Wm. Heinrichs, Sam Crimo and Henry Eitner. Comâ€" mittees and further announcements will be made in next week‘s issue of the Press ‘Im,‘hn 24â€" 9:30 a.m., Crafts club. 2 p. m., Table Ggmes club. Friday, June 25â€" _ Tuesday, June 2â€" 9:30 a. m., Art club Saturday, June 26â€" Monday, June 28â€" 9:30 a.m., Crafts club. 2: p.m., Table Games club. Zp.m:..Boyl club. Wednesday, June 30â€" Center closed during day. Staff is at day camp. 8 p.m., High school open house Model Airplane Club Scale model. aircraft comstruction is one of the most popular forms of model airplane activity in the cenâ€" ter‘s model club. The boys are makâ€" ing models, using templates furnished by the U. S. navy, Bureau of Aeronâ€" autics. Flying models are also popular with the boys. Helping the boys with their models are Harold Schimmelâ€" feng and Marcus Hagen. Club members are: Dick Bloomâ€" stein, Alvin Siniger, Alfred Killian, George White, Jay Crane, Milton Voight, Charles Thom, Howard Olson, Bob Bush, Henry Billeter, George Noe, Bob Spahr, William Vockman, y&- m,”!&:m s&qm.mh Palmer, Phelps Langtry, Peter Mcâ€" Guire, Bob Hunsick, Jack Ba Gee McMillan and Billy Kitz, 2 p. m., Boys club. Visitors are always welcome. It meets Tuesdays and Pridays at 9:30. One of Comnmiunity center‘s popuâ€" lar clubs is the art one. Here twenty m-‘drbm«-'huhynl finger paint, spatter clay model Leader of this activity is Miss Ella Rusmussen, who has been with the center as art and crafts leader since its opéging. Club members are: Victoire Toof, Suranme Peterson, Jean Howard, Diane Forsythe, Patsy Leverick, Sue Sparling, Dorothy Budge, Aimec Lou Drew, Joyte Lynch, Jean F. Weiss, Barbara Britton, Glenna Enggquist, udy “I“&‘ Barone, Jean ‘~0 “ A» Visitors and guests are always welâ€" come. There is room for a few more boys or girls in this clabs. â€" . .. ~ . Center will be closed. Highland Park, Hilincis, Thursday, June 24, 1943 Summer Programs At Community Center Art club Drama club. Model Airplane club Drama club. Model Airplane © club. First Session of Sunset Park Day Camp Called Successful Sunset.Park Day Camp‘s first sesâ€" sion, Wednesday, June 16, was a treâ€" mendous success â€"with more than 100 children carrying out a varied and liveâ€" ly program under the leadership of 13 volunteer staffâ€" members. This camp, under the sponsorship of the Steering Committee on Recreation of &eCo-ordimth(Crfl'Lilba'n(hdd for boys and girls the community every Wednesday through July. â€" After the flag raising ceremony Miss Laura Cross, secretary of the Y.W.C.A., and George Scheuckenpâ€" flug, director of Community Center, are coâ€"directors of the Day Camp. Miss officially opened the first day at camp, the boys and girls were divided by ages into six clubs. Each club selected its own name, such as Jack Knife Jerks, Four Leaf Clovers, Bear Troop, and also thought up a special name for the leader of the club in keeping with the club name. In the morning the groups worked up stunts> about their names. Miss .Eleanor Schmidt, executive of the Girl Scouts, directed relay games for the entire camp group before lunch, at which‘ time milk was sold to the children for a nickle a bottle to drink with sandwiches brought from home, At the camp fire circle each club presented its stunt about its chosen campâ€" fire circle program just before the flag lowering ceremony by the color guard of five girls directed by Following lunch came a rest period, during which Miss Marks of the Elm Place school told stories. After this quiet period came more games and relay races before the various clubs met separately to perfect their stunts. Jéan Gatewood and Barbara Bailey brbught to an end the first day of Highland Park‘s first stay at home Ella Rasmussen is the craft instructor, Miss Inge Boyer children‘s librarian of the Highland Park Public Library, has done a great deal of research work for special projects for the camp and has honhom'h on om : leaders. to. the various volunteer. ; Indian Day was the title for the secâ€" ond session of the camp June 23, Picâ€" nic Day having béen the subject for the initial day. For Indian Day all ceremonies, games, songs, and stunts were built around the Indianâ€"motif. There is no enrollment fee for the Summer Day Camp and it is open to all boys and girls from the fourth grade up. € Fortyâ€"Seven Men Inducted Into Service Here The following fortyâ€"seven men have been inducted into service from Draft board No. 1 in Highland Park: Howard Johnson, aviation cadet trainâ€" ing (army); James Raiph, army; Howard Will Jr., army; Robert Tagâ€" liapietra, marine corps; John Bettanin, det training (army); Irvin Veitch, Seabees; Robert Wieder, navy Vâ€"6; Roger Peddle, navy Vâ€"6; Albert Maurâ€" izi, marine corps; Benedict Sesso, maâ€" Vâ€"6; Willis Dever Jr., navy Vâ€"6; Robâ€" ert Will, army; Albert Matthicsen, aviation cadet training (army) ; Michâ€" ael Wampler, army; Irving Herry, Seibees; Raymond Danner, navy V6; Peter fiouhh. army, u.d.'!,!-:ou Schimmelpfeng Jr., army. Highwood Joseph Fini, army ; Cataldo Soldano, army; Peter Rettig, navy Vâ€"6; Willâ€" ard Eastman, cofst guard ; Emest Giaâ€" aviation cadet training (army); Miâ€" oo ie tm pe im P orfunato, ‘navy Vâ€"6, and Jim Hoimâ€" sted, navy Vâ€"6. l’rfl;h“u. ar-y;(lobc;l‘-nis, aviation training (army) ; Ralph Sherdan, navy Vâ€"12; Jack Gagne, navy ining (army) ; Earl Siown, nayy Vâ€" :#;fia-,mvguw* Jr,, army ; William Ankele, army, and Wh-WNâ€"b.mV4 (army).* Major Hines, Chicago; Wilâ€" lom Swain, -:.h; Ross Wesley, army, Fort Highland Park Frank Wagner, army ; Russell Hanâ€" urdays during July and August, The office will be closed on Satâ€" CIVILIAN © DEFENSE army; Paul DeWit: of the Boy Seout Camp Opens for 15th Season on Friday Local Beaches Opened June 26 By Park District Camp. Maâ€"Kaâ€"Waâ€"Jan will open its fifteenth season Friday, June 25. when approximately 150 Scouts and their leaders set out by bus from Boy Scout headquarters at 6:25 a.m. The camp will operate four periods through June, July and August with the final period closing August 16. The‘second period starts July 8;â€"he third starts July 21 and the final perâ€" iod on August 3. C.â€"G. Speer, Scout executive of the North Shore Area council, Boy Scouts of America, will be the camp director. His associate will be Arne Makela, assistant Scout executive. Chuck Lauer of the New Trier high school athletic department will be waterfront director; Bud Spinney, Scoutmaster of Troop 2 of Wilmette, will: be in charge of the nature deâ€" partment; Bob Paulsen will again be in â€"charge of the kitchen; Miss Edel Hansen will be camp nurse. Scout leaders who will serve on the Camp . staff during the 1943 season are as follows: Paul Price of Lake Forest; Clayton Weider, Jim Wailace, Mike Northrup, Fred Noble of Glen~ view; Lioyd Moon» Kenneth H. Margeson, and Karl King of Highâ€" land Park; Robert ~ Fletcher, Roy Kroeschel and A. B. Tucker of Wilâ€" mette; Russell Bartz, Max Baket, John Porter and Ken Jarvis of Winâ€" nétka; Frank Sturtevant, Harold Nelâ€" son, Willard Allen, Art Wolter, Rev. Vanderbeek and Locke Rogers of Decrfield; William Roser of Libertyâ€" vile and Charles Buergerâ€" of Fox nerve asiquentermenter" shor voipey serve »as t‘ and: Voiney Parker of Glencoe will serve as cook‘s assistant. /A Members of the junior staff will be : Jim Walworth, Tom Moulding, Jim Moyer and Bill Kroeschel of Wilâ€" mette; Bill Klauke, Ted Korsgren, Dick Greenberg and Bob Jarvis of Winnetka; Stuart Adamson, Allan McClane and Bert Peterson of Glenâ€" coe; John Wood, Mason Armstrong, Noel. Behn, David Heartt, Tom Gilâ€" roy, Ken Margeson, Martin Detmer, Joseph Landaver, Bud Todes, Howard Wood, Jim Nichols, Al Buckmaster, Peter Gillett and Max Schultz of Highland Park; Leroy Youngs of Highwood, â€" Frank Sturtevant of Deerfield; Jim Dunn of Lake Forest; Jim Attridge of Lake Bluff, Bill Paustian of Fox Lake and Tony Cerk of Waukegan. px A setâ€"up crew of 25 leaders left for Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan on Friday, June 18 to prepare the camp for the first group of Scout campers. ° _ â€" Late régistrations are still being accepted for the first and fourth perâ€" ty full and the third period almost filled to capacity. CC Troop 1 of Wilmette and Troop 30 of Highland Park are staging a close race to register the largest number of Scouts for camp. Troop 2 of Wilmette is close behind the leaders, Scouts from Wilmette, Kenâ€" itworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, Highland Park, Highwood, Fort Sheridan, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Glenview, Northâ€" brook, Northfield, Deerfield, Libertyâ€" ville, â€"Mundelein, Grays Lake, Fox Lake of the North Shore Area Counâ€" cil are scheduled to attend Camp. Leading the outâ€"ofâ€"council delegaâ€" tions will be a large group of Scouts from Waukegan and the Oak Plain Council. ‘The Scout traveling the longest distance to camp will come from Coral Gables, Florida. OF This City Dies Former Resident Mrs. Jennic S. Sampson, 88, mer msldint of HHigniend oc did ne 21 in San Dieg lime sinen."the mornd o Sie biege 3 years â€"ago, after liviag for many years in Highland Park. Mrs. Sampson: was a charter memâ€" ;qu‘mmwm m-nmmw‘rli‘ of San Diego and Harry C. of Jolict, IIIL, and a daughter, Ruth A. of St. Louis, Mo. Her husband, Harry, died over 30 years ago. \ 5 o â€" Puneral services were held Wedâ€" nesday in San Diego. Burial was in Cincineati, 0. miversli ty®._ ir Dana . ,ug At Central avenue, there is a modâ€" ern bath house in which will be found showers, refmhmcnmnd.wilethg cilities, checking and ‘towel service, There is little in the way of conven> iences at Roger Williams beach, since the conditions there do not permit much along that line. f The Park district plans toâ€" Cen» tnlmb.dflfi%, ,endofjmfl,mfih- lvbo(uwm'nnsuvanh_-t be opened on the sameâ€"date if necesâ€" nrypenmndntnihfl-..l!-lh will be opened as soon as is possible, same as in the past with a guard and bath house attendant at Central aveâ€" nue and a guard at Roger Williams avenue. Kenneth Warner will be on duty as guard at Central avenue. ~It is not known at the present who the guard will be at Roger Williams, This year it will not be necessary for each member of the family to have a season beach card. There will be available a family card which will in< clude all members of the family. The charge for this will be $2.20 including At the same time, ~this card will allow 20 guests for the season without additional charge. Arrangements have been made whereby guests are checked off andafter the number allowed has been used, then the usuâ€" al guest charge of 30c including tax will be made. F If it is found that the family card is not suitable then there are other season cards available, All children under 12 years of age will ?ill be admitted free. For anyone 12 to 16 yeanofueth:mwnehar.ewill be 55¢, including tax; and for anyone ever 16 years of age, the :season charge will be $1.10, ing. tax. Neither of these cards free of charge since they are wal season cards. Guests must be paid for at the rate mentioned. For residents not desiring a season card, there is a daily fee charge of 10c, including tax, for each person during the week. On Saturdays, Sunâ€" days and holidays, the charge will be 25¢, including tax, for cach person. These rates are for Central avenue beach only. At Roger Williams aventie beach, the resident daily fee is 10c, including tax, at all times. Non-redz‘m not allowed on this beach unless as guests of residents, who hold season cards. The charge then is 25¢, includâ€" ing tax, at all times. N s The season cards may be purchased trom the attendant at the m’" aventie ‘beack" and" from "the gu e Roger Williams avenue beach. All .. season cards are good at either of the _ two beaches. Servicemen will be adâ€" __ mitted free to the beaches on proper _ identification. Non residents are permitted to use Central avenue beach at all times, even when not guests of residents. The daily fee charge is 40¢, including ,hx,on'eekdayonndfle.hfi tax, on Saturdays, Sundays, and days. These. rates apply to anyone over 12 years of age. 3 Ronan Promoted To Captain in Army Frank Ronan, son of former .2 :lr:.‘ umhu been unu‘r s‘h“ avenue,â€" first Hieutenant to captain in the U. S. army. * 3 o aeâ€"r Capt. Ronan, who has been sta» tioned at Camp Crowder, Mo., home Tuesday and Wednesday: left this morning for a camp in the south. * 2ove Review Saroyan Bobk Aethives'. Meeting â€" feature of the week of "Human Comedy" to be given on Friâ€" mrelerent _z‘h&m&'mm‘x&‘ wives of officers stationed at Fort is a book review 6f William Saroyan‘s gram for the wives of servicemen. The US.0..was in operation only a short time when the~need for orgamizci efâ€" un-‘im-.vmfnml--'- felt. . " in i ghmdm cs s provided the nucleus of a m enmeme on land Park 5.0. cb is gh still other activities along these which will be added to the pr Friday 5c a Copy, $1.50 a Year in the U.S.O.‘s