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Any individual who desires to beâ€" come a candidate, or any person or group who desire to propose one or more candidates, may do so by complying with the state law. Any such candidate might be elected. They have been elected in other has not votedâ€"nor taken any acâ€" tion one way or the other as to whether Highland Park should have a caucus, but it has voted that the subject be presented to the The caucus plan, if adopted by the town meeting on March 22, or at any adjourned meeting, is enâ€" sion Plan of â€" government under which Highland Park operates. _years, . many of our citizens ’vrn&ue’edbboeo-émdidnta by groups of individuals who conâ€" stituted themselves a "caucus." The "caucus" plan under considerâ€" ation will afford to all the citizens the opportunity to participate on a representative caucus by their choosing their delegates to the caucus by post card ballot. City Licenses Must Be Obtained Before Apr. 1 since a general meeting of the Council voted to have a committee appointed to study it and also votâ€" ed that this committee report its findings to an open "town meetâ€" ing." The Coordinating Council Our local political procedure is set up by state law. The state legâ€" islature is the only body which can change that procedure. must, by law, be elected by the voters at the ballot box on elecâ€" idea that sounded good to a large number of people. They have done their part. All they ask is that you mind and make your decision acâ€" Chief of Police Martin Kopp that the deadâ€"line for procuring Highâ€" mm&luâ€"hA-fll. '-â€"x-“ a car or truck after date without proâ€" per state and city license is subâ€" ject to arrest and fine. _ City lNicenses may be purchased before obtaining the state Ticense. The 1944 state number may. be givâ€" en sind "Hcense applied for" writâ€" ten on application blanks. The committee is desirous that the public be fully informed before any action is taken and is not conâ€" cerned whether action is taken at this meeting or at an adjourned few addition=‘«w:énts which should be brought out. The public discussion of a cauâ€" cus system for city elections is a Coordinating .Council _ project. that the proposed caucus plan is merely the report of a committee that will be proof against the erâ€" rors that everyone wishes to avoid. The plan advanced by the comâ€" mittee has two main purposes: First, to submit to public meetings of the community such active questions of community interest as the establishment of protection of grade crossings; second, to enâ€" courage citizens of ability and exâ€" perience to become candidates for office. â€"â€" The committee wish to make certain ‘things clear. . The caucusâ€"plan in various forms has worked out very successfully in a large .number of neighboring towhs. They have considered all these plans and have worked out one whith they feel is suited to Highland Park. They are now reaâ€" dy to report their recommendations to the citizens at a town meeting to be ‘held at 8:00 p.m. on March 22, at the Elm Place school. The plan of the Caucus Commitâ€" tee is presented élsewhere in this Open Letter Asks Public To Study Caucus Plan To the Citizens of Highland Park: ple‘s minds to make them want to get together and discuss it. The Caucus Investigating Comâ€" mittee, appointed by the Coordinâ€" ating Council, at the request of Mayor Garnett, is gratified that the subject of a cityâ€"wide caucus has loomed large enough in peoâ€" _ They have been working for more than a year to present a plan Vol. 35 ; No. 2 OLIVER S. TURNER, Chairman c‘ c -II c I-' a Candidates for public® office it ittee believes most of your Since the assignments are to be in military and naval posts on the North Shore, the Red Cross hopes to obtain North Shore women with stenographic and typing skills as recruits for the class, which will start March 5. * of District 10 and his coâ€"chairman, Mrs, Thomas P. Clark. y District 10 ...... .186 T51.00 100 District 11 ___" 15 se.s0 ° 1,000 A progress report <indicating how close éach district is to makâ€" ing its quota as of Monday, March 5, follows: > 3 Special â€" Gifts 84 $ 8,968.00 Houseâ€"toâ€"House C District 1 ..... 165 $ . 988.75 District 2 .....â€" 82 s36.00 District 3 ...._ 112 1,327.00 District 4 ... 33 425.00 District 5 ... 68 . 1,108.50 District 6 ... 118 1,345.00 FORMER RESIDENT LAUDED IN "NATION‘S BUSINESS" A living, breathing picture of Cloud ‘Wampler, until recently a resident. of Highland Park, is preâ€" sented in the March number of "The Nation‘s Business" by Herâ€" bert Corey. ‘The article sets forth Former Business Women Urged to Take Jobs signments are interesting and the association is with the men in servâ€" Anyone interested may make apâ€" plication in person at the Evansâ€" ton branch of the Red Cross, 615 Davis street, on Mondays or Thursâ€" days, or at Red Cross headquarters in Chicago any day. .â€" from many of the special gifts donâ€" ors who are out of town. Results of Canvasses a Headquarters at 521 Central buzzed with activity Monday night and early Tuesday morning as scores of workers, in spite of the rain brought in the results of their canvass. _ Special interest was shown in the reports from Districts 8 and 10 where leaders reported cash contributions and pledges in excess of their quotas. Congratuâ€" lations were extended to Mrs.W.C. Wenninger. chairman of District 8, and her coâ€"chairman, Mrs. Karl D. King Jr. and Mrs. J. D. Dickinâ€" son and to H. F. Smith, chairman District District District District District District District District Miscellaneous Grand Total 1,854 $22,578.50 $42.506 Since the above report was isâ€" sued, District 6 has substantially exceeded 'Lm Mrs. W.. N. Strubank Mrs. Edward C. Military and naval posts on the North Shore are in urgent need of former business women who have perience to fill volunteer daytime women will be given under the suâ€" corps of the American Red Cross Mr. Wampler‘s methods of manageâ€" ment at the Carrier Corporation in Syracuse, N. Y., of which he is the second president in its life in 30 George are coâ€"chairmen. The drive will coritinue until evâ€" eryone in Highland Park has been contacted and has been given an opportunity to contribute towards the wartime services of the Red before the drive is scheduled to close. Highland Park‘s total is exâ€" pected to swell considerably as While the quota for Highland Park is $42,500, the sum already raised represents 62% of the quoâ€" ta with over a week remaining to wind up the campaign. . _ Arthur J. Howard, chairman and coâ€"chairman of the drive are confiâ€" dent of reaching the $42,500 goal An ntensive fiveâ€"day houseâ€"toâ€" house campaign by nearly 300 Red Cross War Fund door step volunâ€" teers, during which an effort has been made to contact every adult in Highland Park, has resulted in a subscription of $15,404.45, acâ€" cording to latest results tabulated early Wednesday morning. This amount added to the $10,â€" 903 already obtained by the Specâ€" ial Gifts committee brings the toâ€" tal amount so far subscribed in RED CROSS DRIVE Highland Park to $26,307 A course of training for these The Higbland Park Press 165 $ . 988.75 #2 _ 636.00 112 1,327.00 as â€"_‘425.00 68 . 1,108.50 118 â€" 1.345.00 223 124 150 DJ 113 186 475.00 1,619.00 217.00 497.00 870.00 $29.00 €52.00 2.038.75 65 3 2.100 1,200 1.800 Highland Park‘s NEWS Pater for 33 Years 1.409 1,700 1,450, (e) Prospective candidat public office shall* be cons and recommendations made Aquorn-for,nymoetingoi the Board of Delegates shall be eighteen. (f) Any matter voted upon, or any candidate recommended shall be by vote of the Board of Deleâ€" gates, and shall be the action of such Board only upon a majority vote of a quorum at a meeting of such Board of Delegates. _ (g) Elections or polls by post card ballotâ€"among voters may be taken on questions affecting the operation of the City or any such political subdivision, or upon canâ€" didates or possible candidates for ballots to be provided for to insure M in voting and counting (h) Meetings of voters within precinets may be held to consider candidates and to counsel with delâ€" egates from such precinet. (i) No member of the Board of Deleguates or officer of the Associâ€" ation shall hold or be permitted to run for public office. (j) The Board of Delegates shall make such rules and regulations concerning its conduct not inconâ€" sistent with anything herein conâ€" (k) No elected officer of the Association or delegate shall reâ€" ceive any compensation for such work or position. (1) The Board of Delegates may call meetings of the members of the Association at such times and at such places as the Board of Delâ€" egates may determine, but providâ€" ed that such meetings shall be pubâ€" however, ‘that the oddâ€"numbered precinets shall elect their first deleâ€" gates for a period of two years and the evenâ€"numbered precinets shall elect their first delegates for a peâ€" riod of one year. No delegate shall serve for more than two consecuâ€" (c) Such Board of Delegates shall elect its officers, to consist of a president, a first and second viceâ€"president, a secretary and # treasurer, and such other officers as the Board of Delegates may deem necessary. (d). A time and place be desigâ€" nated for meetings.of the Board of Delegates, such meetings to be open to the public. â€" Such meetâ€" ings shall be held at least three times per year in different months, with the provision that further meetings may be specially called at the direction of designated ofâ€" (b) Election by each of the twelve city precinets of three deleâ€" gates to the Board of Delegates, gch thirtyâ€"six so elected to constiâ€" ite and become the Board of Deleâ€" gates. ©Each such delegate shall be elected by postâ€"card ballot for a period â€"of two years, provided, (a) Membership in the Associaâ€" tion by all registered voters in the City of Highland Park, each of which members.may pay the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) per year for the defraying of costs but failure or refusal to pay such sum, shall in no â€"way preclude them from any vote of the membership. (Submitted by the Caucus Comâ€" c-i.ll'gudflowco- 1. A group or committee of deleâ€" gates, composed of three delegates from each of the twelve city elecâ€" tion precincts within the City, be elected by the registered voters ‘in each such precinet, for the purpose of attending meetings and considâ€" ering candidates for public offices; to adopt byâ€"laws to govern the opâ€" eration of such delegatory group; to elect its own officers; and to do all things necessary for and comâ€" mensurate. with good government within the limitations above deâ€" scribed. The name of such associâ€" ation shall be The Citizen‘s Associâ€" ation of Highland Park; an uninâ€" corporated association. > 2. Such byâ€"laws, when adopted, shall among other things provide that the mannerâ€"of selection of candidates for office in the govâ€" ernment of the City of Highland Park and such political subdivisâ€" ions as lie wholly or partially withâ€" in the City of Highland Park, and the discussion of questions affectâ€" ing public interest, can be better accomplished by means of a deleâ€" gatory association, and to further the ideas of good,â€"sound and éeffiâ€" cierit government, NOW THEREFORE BE IT REâ€" SOLVED THAT: T (m) No member of the Associaâ€" WHEREAS, it has been felt Highland Park, Hlinois, Thursday, March 8, 1945 hall be liable for detb (Continued on paige 4) candidates for be considered hospital and their friends meet at the hospital to make surgical dressâ€" ings for use at the hospital. The following ladies worked at this project during the month of Febâ€" Friedman and Miss Pocock. Lead N. S. Writer Group The Highland Park playground and recreation board has sponâ€" sored supplemental ice pond inâ€" struction at the local grammar schools. Each pond was allowed Hosp. Auxiliary Members Make Surgical Dressings win, Charles Hustings, Donald Nelâ€" ols, John Snite, Albert Lauer, Harâ€" old Rutherford, Aubrey, Howell Murray, I!.Y- Kiein, R. R. Wible, Weed, L Stuart, Francis Knight, John Newey, A. K. Edâ€" monds, R. K. Belt, Robt. Marshall, ers will begin their spring term on Wednesday, March 14, at 3:30 p. m. The group will meet as usual at the Y.W.C.A. building, and will week term from Prof. Frederick N. Litten, of Northwestern universiâ€" ty. Mrs. Mildred Hacssler is the Eva Maiorang, professional figâ€" ure skater, offered lessons at Linâ€" coln, Ravinia, Braeside and Elm Place schools. She instructed 415 persons in 19 different sessions. Every Wednesday morning, 9:30 to 12, the members of the Woman‘s new chairman of the group Activities held at the center had an attendance of 4,873 persons. The activities include: Athletic deâ€" partment use, Airplane club, Art elub, Boy and Girl Scouts, Craft ¢lub, ‘dark room use, Children‘s Dance club, Ladies‘ Modern Dance club, game room use, H. P. Men‘s Garden club, League of Women Voters, North Suburban Philatelic society, Jr. â€"Stamp club, Teen Age Open House, Sunset Terrace assoâ€" ciation, Veterans‘ committee, USO council, Hunting club, H. P. Music club, shop use, parties in the comâ€" munity hall, conferences and board meetings. Activities sponsored by the playâ€" ground and recreation board away from the center were attended by over 4,400 persons. Some of these are: Saturday movies for children at the USO, basketball clinics at the grammar schrools, badminton clubs, sports clubs, figure skating, ice skating instruction, older boys‘ club and younger boys‘ club. Playground Board Reports On Ice Pond Activities $100.00 by the board to be spent over and above the PTA ice pond funds. ~ The physical education instrucâ€" tors of the grammar schools suâ€" pervised games, beginning skating, hockey practice, meets and general pond work. «The five schools, Linâ€" coln, â€" Ravinia,> Braeside, . West Ridge and Elm Place had a total of 140 meetings with an attendâ€" ance of over 4,600 persons. â€" Rites for Wellâ€"K: Highland Park Realtor The playground and recreation board of Highland Park, which opâ€" erates the Community Center and also â€"sponsors community: < and neighborhood activities, made a new record in the month of Febâ€" ruary by having their facilities and community sponsored sports atâ€" tended by approximately 9,300 persons. Funeral rites were conducted on Tuesday at the Kelly chapel for Mr. F. B. Williams, local: realtor. Dr. Louis W. Sherwin of the Presâ€" byterian church, officiated. Until ‘about two weeks before his death, Mr. Williams was at his desk, although ailing, and passed away a few days after being reâ€" moved to the local hospital. Mr. Williams was born 71 years ago in Masonville, Iowa, and came to Highland Park as assistant prl-cipnlnndgltrnmr' in matheâ€" matics. in 1903, . After teaching seven years, he became associated with the Splitdorf Electrical Co., in Chicago, as general sales manâ€" ager. For the past 25 years he had maintained a real estate business ‘ Surviving are his wife, Sarah Ann, one daughter, Mrs. Charles M. Butler, and three grandchilâ€" dren, all of this town; and one sisâ€" ter, Mrs. Mary Elliott, of Dubuque, Towa. ] Playground, Recreation Board Serves 9,00 in Feb. The North Shore Creative Writâ€" Mass~Meeting Adopts Free Elections Resolution Posthumous Award Made To Lt. Byron C. Howes The Purple Heart has been posthumously awarded to 2nd Lt. Byron Cole Howes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Cole Howes, Sr., 221 Maple Ave. Lt. Howes, navigator of a Bâ€"24, and owner of the Air Medal,â€"gave his life almost a year ago, on a mission to Steyr, Austria. Flying from a base in Italy, his plane was shot down over Jugoslavakia on March 19, 1944. His death was officially reported the following Dec. 17. A % 3 Lt. Howes was graduated from the local ‘high school, and fromi Principia college in 1939. _ His wife is the former Grayce Pickett, and he is survived, also, by a son, Byron Cole Howes III, born July 3, 1944, and a sister, Judith H. PFC. JOSEPH CORTESI WOUNDED SECOND TIME A 1942 graduate of the local high school, he entered the service in June, 1943, and has served overâ€" seas with an infantry outfit since last April. 4 â€" Need Volunteers To Serve Hospital Trays MEETING OF PHILATHEANS _ The Philathea class of Bethany Evangelical church will ‘meet at the church on Tuesday evening, March 20. Hostesses are Mesdames Mabel Noerenberg, Edith Drake, Victoria Iverson, Jennie Knaak and Jean Bruce. Until further notice the publicâ€" library will be open the following Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, * Seterinys 4 1.m, to & a.m, A choice Kate Greeneway exâ€" hibit of books, dfawings, almanacs, and figures is being shown in the exhibit cases. It will be there for a couple of w migs seeing it. The 19â€"yearâ€"old son of Mr. and Mrs. Domenic Cortesi, 648 Deerâ€" field, Pfc. ‘Joseph, was wounded for the second time on Jan. 9, in France. The wound is in the left foot. Vallee O. Appel Selected As Army Consultant PRIN. A. E. WOLTERS KDDRESSES L1IONS ‘CEUB * POT LUCK SUPPER PLANNED BY MASONS _A pot luck supper will be given by the Royal Arch Masons, Highâ€" land Park lodge, on March 14 at 6 p.m. at the Masonic temple, for members of the lodge and their families. Wm. Stupple, newlyâ€"inâ€" stailed high priest, will be in charge. ® ‘The supper will be followed by a business meeting and social hour. Mrs. Alfred Sihler who is chairâ€" man of the Volunteer Workers at the Highland Park hospital, has sent out a call for volunteers Satâ€" urday mornings, 7 o‘clock, and Satâ€" urday afternoon, 4:30 to 6. Phone 2341. i _ Vallee O. ‘Appel, of Highland Park, ‘one of the leading refrigerâ€" ated warchousing operators in this area, has been selected as one of the 16 nationally known refrigerâ€" ated warehousing .men who will serve as consultants to the secreâ€" tary of war on refrigerated wareâ€" housing problems of the United States army, it was announced toâ€" day by the office of the Quarterâ€" master General. A. E. Wolters, local high school principal, today (Thursday) spoke to the Lions club at the luncheon in Sunset Valley club house. He was introduced by G. J. Dinkaloo, actâ€" ing program chairman, and his subâ€" Mrs. Francis Knight, president,, will presidewat the â€"monthly meetâ€" ing of the Woman‘s auxiliary of the Highland Park hospital to be held Wednesday, March 14, at the parish house of Trinity Episcopal church, at 10 a.m. Surgical dressing are urgently needed at this time. Luncheon at 12:30. ject was "War Guidance," treatâ€" ing of the preparation of high school students for war work, Publicity Chairman, Highland Park Committee for Free Elections A mass meeting which crowded Witten hall to the walls last Sunâ€" day afternoon, demonstrated Highâ€" land Park‘s alert and careful inâ€" terest in our civic welfare. Out of the proceedings, under the ausâ€" pices of the Highland Park Comâ€" mittee for Free Elections, came two . major developments of cityâ€" wide importance. One of these was the unanimous adoption of ‘a resolution expressâ€" ing opposition to any untried poâ€" Itical experiments in our city. By formal authority of thos@ assemâ€" bled, this resolution will be pubâ€" lished and circulated in the form Horace S. Vaile acted as chairâ€" man pro tem at Sunday‘s gather ing and at the conclusion of . the discussion, Elmer â€"W. Freytag was elected permanent chairman. Othâ€" er officers named previously were the writer of tll?l:eeomenh as secretary and publicity chairman, and William J. Curotto, treasurer. any move that might tend to deâ€" velop partisan political divisions inâ€"Highland Park, which was incorâ€" porated in a formal resolution adopted by a unanimous vote. This luol;fionwuufolhn: en the undersigned, duly registered voters of the city of Highland Park and Lake counâ€" ty, Illinois, in the interest of wider public in civ= ieudb'm&n- Fireman‘s Annual Dance At Labor Temple Mar. 17 The annual dance sponsored by the Highland Park Fire departiment is being held at the Labor temple on March 17, 1045. In compliâ€" ance with a new government order closing amusement places at 12 midnight, the dance this year will be from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 m., rather than from 9:00 p.m. to 1 :00 a.m. as is printed on the tickets which were printed before this new order came out. Music this year will be by Vic Lenzi‘s orchestra featuring Louis Garino at the accordion. The peoâ€" *«mmmm responded very generously past and the committee hopes that response this year will be as good if not better than in previous of a petiton. As a result it is exâ€" pected hundreds of additional sigâ€" natures to those already appended will be secured. â€"The protest is directed specifically ‘against any movement designed to divide Highâ€" land Park into geographical politiâ€" cal segments under aâ€" soâ€"called Caucus party system. A few signers of the resolution of protest pointed out that the Caucus committee acting in good faith, might be without full and complete knowledge of conditions peculiar to Highland Park which would make any soâ€"called Caucus plan defeat its own purpose in our city. ; e With the liklihood that this spiâ€" rit will prevail within both groups, there is a possbility that any furâ€" ther action designed to bring the proposed Caucus plan to a final vote March 22, will be indefinitely postponed. â€" Such ©action . would W&enyfar.l]mud. our city to advocate free elecâ€" tions and to stimulate wider parâ€" ticipation of our citizenship in civie affairs. ‘This highly, s come would thus m political nonâ€"partisanship _ which has typified Highland Park over the years. , 3 the city‘s Italian element; Harold Mclain, Leo J. Sheridan, Thomas Creigh, Major Frank J. Ronan, Leslic McCaffery, George Lioyd, Eurl Presson, Milton Souther, Mrs. R. O. Nereim and Harry Porter. At the conclusion of the disâ€" cussion a motion was made and seconded to the effect that the 2. EECCEzTT C3 02R COTO, TrCasurer. : Among those who spoke were Harry B. Aiston, who gave a brief history of the origin of Highland Park‘s commission form of governâ€" ment; Mr. Curotto, representing with register our opposition to any program designed or which 'nldhabmm precinet organizations and reâ€" _ In particular, weâ€"wish to regâ€" 5c a copy; $1.50 per year By AVERY C. JONES (Continued on page 4) ie Comnbtrtis DANCE