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School Board 107â€"â€" (Continued from page 1) all others in the community. Funds available for all expendiâ€" Thursday, April 11,â€"1946 money that could be spent during proved in several details and every and they will be next year. The average teacher salary last year was $2200, and this year has been $2300. The average increase from 1941 through the past year has exceeded 30 per cent. Next year the average compensation will Also of importance, the condiâ€" tions under which the teachers worked were largely improved. More teaching aids were made available, teachers‘ quarters were redecorated. All class sizes, exâ€" be $2600. duced to conform with desirable limits. .A speech correctionist has been added at State expense. â€", has been installed to guard against epidemic and undue illiness; an additional ~nurse employed at Green® Bay, and both nurse rooms and equipment have been enlarged. of the educational: program for the purpose of keeping the system long All these ideas in turn determâ€" ine the plysical plant. Extensive surveys have been made to plot a course of action. ance with the State laws on physiâ€" cal education, safety of children crossing Sheridan road to Morgan MPr 27 1 Meantime, a new lunch room was built at Elm Place, some exâ€" found that the most pressing probâ€" lems were heating and heat conâ€" field and basebal diamond were completed at Morgan playground, and several types of experimental lights installed. minimum work that was necessary ment. The boilers at Elm Place are old, expensive to operate and potential breakdown is imminent: We find that two new boilers can replace the present three and give quicker heat and lower cost. The installation plans are to provide a tunnel for undercover passage beâ€" tween all bulidings. : At Green Bay and Elm Place the skylights have proven unsatisâ€" most of the year is large. Rooms der Sheridan road is a vital need. The State law provides that upâ€" per grade girls be given physical education. _ The present gym afâ€" fords but a small amount of such instruction even for the boys. We find that the space above the presâ€" ent gym can be made into a boys‘ gym and the existing gym turned over to the giris. ing cannot be arranged in rooms The use of Morgan playground is increasing constantly. For just The necessary improvements deâ€" tailed above can all be achieved for $100,000. â€" Your board has called for a referendum on a bond issue of $100,000 at an interest rate of not to exceed 1% per cent to proâ€" vide the funds for this vital work. $60,000 will be retired in 1948. We propose the retirement of the new issue in 1949â€"52, at $25,000 per year as against the present an. nual retirement of $30,000 in 1947 and 1948. * consequently costs of salaries, supâ€" plies and maintenance will â€"rise year after the levy and the school district needs the protection of an possible increases and other desiâ€" rable changes in the educational creasing revenue to the allowable rate of $1.125 is being put up to the voters at the April 13 election for decision. This will make posâ€" sible in the year following next to have additional educational funds available where necessary. Your school district continues to be financially sound and with high financial integrity through next for the bond issne and the increase We hope that you feel our school is constantly progressing, that efâ€" The salary schedule of teachers, Constant study has been made After experience and careful exâ€" and the accumulated ble that the inflaâ€" and for the of inâ€" assistant principal and ‘disciplinarâ€" Catholic Women Observe Annual Day of Prayer bers of the Sanctuary guild of Sts. PFaith, Hope and Charity church, will have their annual day of prayer April 16, at Marie Immacâ€" ulata convent, 1041 Ridge road, ian at Loyola university, Chicago, will conduct the various services, the benediction at 3 p.m. Mrs. John E. McCaffrey of Highland Park, chairman of arâ€" rangements, urges all members to attend and participate in the spiâ€" ritual benefits to be derived from a day of prayer and teaching. * Reservations can be made with Mrs. McCaffrey and Mrs. Wm. P. T B. Association Mobile Unit in Highland Parkâ€"Deesfield Vicinity Crowley, Highland Park. ‘The Lake County Tuberculosis association brought its newly purâ€" chased mobile xâ€"ray unit to the viâ€" cinity of Highland Park and Deerâ€" field March 19â€"21. It was to be seen parked on the grounds of the Highland Park high school and the Highland Park hospital. _ Positive reactors from the Deerâ€" field grade school, Bannockburn, Deerfield, Oak Terrace and St. James schools, Highwood, were brought to the unit while parked at the Highland Park high school, and accepted xâ€"rays at the time as the high school.. Through the coâ€" operation of Miss Marjorie Ibsen, superintendent of the Highland ty Tuberculosis association,"* the staff and the maintenance emâ€" ployes of the hospital received xâ€" Reports will be mailed to patients and family doctor when physician is given. The association asks paâ€" tience in waiting for these reports. _ The association extends its apâ€" preciation to the many people in the vicinity of Highland Park and Aâ€"rays were offered to the facâ€" ulty and employees of each school. Deerfield who have helped so genâ€" erously in making this work possiâ€" ble. s Old toothbrush handles, bits of yarn, cowhorns from the stockâ€" yards, coconut shells, peach pits, and chicken bones may sound like junk to many people, but the paâ€" tients at U. S. naval hospital, Gt. Lakes, and at Ft. Sheridan station hospital are finding many surprisâ€" ing uses for them. Under the guidance of Red Cross gray ladies the men are learning to make Gray Ladies Teach Crafts to Veterans dles; shoe horns and belt buckles from the coconut shells They now carve monkey faces out of the and some brown paper that is the peach pits, and string them for necklaces for their wives or sweet. envy of all his pals. For the Easter parade some of the more ambitious patients gre fashioning hats, making buttons and belts, jewelry, and handbags for their proud wives and daughâ€" So popular is this craftwork that the Red Cross gray ladies who are serving at local military hospitals need more help to meet the many mulholthocl'lht_hmll fashioned a unique sailing vessel from the breast bone of a chicken something." Thesé women are esâ€" pecially appealing to former Red Cross gray ladies to return to the corps, and help in this vital work. Mrs. J. V. Fort, 2523 Hartley avenue, Evanston, will interview North Shore women interested in volunteering for gray lady work on Wednesday, April 24, from 10 to provide the maximum of oppor. tunity for the children. We beâ€" lieve that business and property values will be favorably affected through the improvements we deâ€" sire to make. Red Cross headquarters, 615 Daâ€" vis St. Call her today, and volunâ€" teer your services. have been unanimous in their conâ€" clusions during the year. We beâ€" lieve that sort of teamwork is helpful to all. IRENE M. JOSSELYN ROBERT J. KORETZ WALTER C. KURZ EDNA 0. LAEGELER HORACE 8. VAILE March 31, 1946. ‘The North Shore Catholic Womâ€" Xâ€"rays 1 Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR H. SWANSON, past few days, this 79â€"inch corres. pondent satisfies his poetic urge by writing the following verse. Any similarity between this lyrical lunâ€" acy and actual poetry is purely coâ€" AROUND THE SENIOR CIRCUTT "Phooey" and jeers greet the agâ€" Of Phillies in In Boston, the Brave must suffer the rave That comes from the Beantown fan‘s jibe. ‘ In big old New York, on the Polo grounds work Th?l-.a-khtymuu.d-uo! But when Giants meet the Ebâ€" bets Field fleet Of bums â€" things do really get Smoke gets in your eyes when you search for those guys, The Pirates, amid steels and leads; They‘ll soon entrain thither by the Ed.‘s note: We had always supâ€" posed Springâ€"inspired poetry to be more on the sentimental side . . . eh, Alex? # Ohio River, * With Crosley‘s big Rhinelander A breeze.on the face â€" gum all . over the placeâ€", Means the Cubs are afield in Chiâ€" And the stop furthest west being Sam‘s Red Birds‘ nest, With Durante, we‘ll say "Umbriâ€" ago!" The third grade Brownies of Eim Place school held a "hush party" for their mothers on Monday, Apr. 8. The Brownies gave a play and as a special feature, and as a surâ€" prise for their mothers, provided refreshments. Leaders who assist. ed the girls were: Mrs. Henry Milâ€" lett, Mrs. Gordon Buchanan Jr., Mrs. J. H. Lundstrom and Mrs. Doxie. _ Wednesday, April 17, the monthâ€" ly Council meeting will be held at the Girl Scout office with Mrs. J, M. Watkins Jr., presiding. Richie of Des Plaines; also a sister, Mrs. H. Ison, of Green Lake, Wis., and five grandchildren. Funeral rites and interment took place in Green Lake, Wis., on Tuesâ€" April 8 and 9 are theâ€"dates for the Great Lakes regional commitâ€" tee meeting to be held at the La Salle hotel in Chicago. Mrs. Badâ€" enâ€"Powell, who is head of the world association of Girl Guides and Scouts, will speak on April 9. Mrs. Paul Rittenhouse, national direcâ€" tor, will have as her subject, "Esâ€" timating the Value of Girl Scoutâ€" ing in the Community." Mrs. J. M. Watkins Jr., comâ€" missioner, ahd Mrs. E. E. Alt Jr., executive secretary of the local Girl Scouts, are attending. / On Wednesday, April 10, at 9:45 in the Community center, the leaders meeting will be held. At this time definite plans and arâ€" rangements will be made for the Spring festival. Mrs. Hamilton Winton and Mrs. Wyatt Jacobs are To Sudden Attack Mrs. Kezish Elliott, aged 90 years and seven months, passed away on Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Bell, 522 Lincoln, following a sudden atâ€" tack ten days before. Until that time her health had been of the For 25 years a resident of Highâ€" land Park, she was born in Engâ€" land, where she married the late Joseph Abel Bell; and it was in England that her daughter Lillie passed away at the age of two. MRWB, N. Ph. MNCEROONN MCYA AARCTE CCC liott and Mrs. A. L. Bell of Highâ€" land Park; Mr. Homer Elliott of day. who can give daytime hours to this recreational project are es pecially welcomed, but even the fellow who can give only evening hours can serve at the U. 8. Naval hospital between 6 and 8:30 p.m. sent out an appeal today for exâ€" pert fly tyers to teach their skills and veterans at Hines Veterans and U. 8. Naval hospitals Men Applicants are urged to volunâ€" teer for this service now by conâ€" tacting the Chicago chapter. Red Cross headquarters at 529 8. Waâ€" bash, or phone Wabash 7850. onized ears hot. GIRL SCOUT NOTES The Red arts and skills corps Influenced and inspired by the CORN ON THE COLUMN By ALEX MacPHERSON A. McP.) T HE PRES S SUGGESTION TO HOLLYWOOD Anstead of fretting over the numerous sports events which may draw wouldâ€"be customers away from their silver screen, Hollyâ€" wood film producers should wise up during these days of the new golden era of sports by bringing Not just in newsreels and selected shorts should td shorts should they do so, but on a full scale of several feature length productions each year. FOR EXAMPLEâ€" . For one example of the past, consider that crowdâ€"pleasing 1941 sports biography, "Knute Rockne, Allâ€"American." ‘There was a genâ€" uine boxâ€"office hit. It earned approval of athletic enthusiasts the nation _ over. Then . followed ‘"Harmon of Michigan" and "Smith of Minnesota," both dealing with football; and "Campus Confesâ€" sions," starring Hank Luisetti, a hardwood hero in real life, who beâ€" came a basketball star in "reel" life.. Three other pictures dealt with the lives of sporting immorâ€" tals, by title "The Galloping Ghost," "The Iron Major" and "Pride of the Yankees." Some celâ€" luloid stories involved boxing and baseball backgrounds but employâ€" ed fictional characters in lieu of famous athletes who were standâ€" outs at the sport featured in the cinema play, ¢ _ (Continued from page 1) Lunding in accepting the nominaâ€" tion. "I feel they are sound and to the best interests of our chilâ€" dren. We must maintain high scholastic standards as well as a good physical plant with the proper Pllhfin(, heating, athletic and playâ€" ground facilities. Excellent plans have been developed by the board during the war years and these plans are now ready to be carried All told, for greater boxâ€"office appeal Mr. Hollywood Producer could profitably use the. exploits of kins and queens of the world sports as excellent "shooting maâ€" GOOD sSHOOTING District 107 Residentsâ€" poor condition, completely modernâ€" ize the lighting system so that all rooms will be lighted completely for the first time since the buildâ€" ings were erected, and many other physical improvements, greatly needed for a long time. .It is an extremely favorable time to put out these bonds because the The Board recommends at this time that a bond issue be floated in the amount of $100,000 which will cover the cost of rebuilding the heating plant which is in very can you picture million dollars? 160 tive and at the same time adequate. District 107 is in a fortunate poâ€" sition because their outstanding inâ€" debtedness is very low and will be completely liquidated within the next few. years. funds can be obtained at an interâ€" est rate of one per cent or lower. In addition, the Board recommends slightly so that working funds will be available to meet higher costs of maintenance and to allow the Board to carry out their bonus plan for teachers.â€" The proposed ipmhmnrym- The.: tremendous â€" and nnpueo-‘ dented vote of confidence given the. Board in last year‘s election is indicative of the increased interâ€" est and confidence in the Board‘s activities. To insure the continuâ€" ation of this program of such treâ€" mendous .importance to the comâ€" munity, the residents of District 107 are urged to register their opinions next Saturday at the voting booths at Elm Place school. New Courses Offered Freshmen Next Year Four exploratory courses, conâ€" sisting . of drafting, woodwork, electrical work, and auto mechanâ€" ics, are being offered to freshmen next year by the industrial arts department. Nine weeks will be spent on each subject and it will take a year to complete the course. In these basâ€" ic consumer education subjects the students will become acquainted with various shops, tools, materiâ€" als, and machines in each shop. The objectives will be to give basic tool training, consumer education, and prepare the student for leisâ€" ure time activities. The advanced industrial arts courses will remain the same for next year. Beginning next year, students will be required to have two years of industrial arts before they will be admitted to the trades courses. Freshmen and sophomores, conseâ€" quently, will not be allowed to take the trades courses. All trades students will take two years of adademic work before taking trades courses in order to make it possible for them to meet minimum college requirements. Takes Spotlight at USO Thursday A pinochle tournament will be held tonight (Thursday) at the Highland Park USO, with prizes for both women and servicemen winners. Juke box dancing and refreshments will follow. _ Last Monday night Mrs. Lucy i&nitb gave her customary instrucâ€" tion in square dancing, and Miss Mildred Walther, in charge of the victrola, favored with "Your Favâ€" orite Record." Cake and coffee folâ€" lowed. Tuesday night a duplicate bridge tournament was staged, fol. 1 uerz are 160 bags in the picture. Suppose each bag contained a million dollars. That would make $160,000,000â€"the amount of money which Illinois Bell Telephone plans to spend for expansion and improvement of telephone service in the next three years. Why? Because our customers need more telephone service. And it must be good telephone service. ILLINOS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY It takes a lot of money to provide telephone service that is adequate, efficient and fast. But that‘s the kind you wantâ€"and the kind we intend to provide. Games, Friday night, will preâ€" cede juke box dancing and refreshâ€" ments. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Truax will serve the regular Satâ€" urday afternoon coffee from 4 to 6, and Saturday over night sleepâ€" ing will be followed by Sunday breakfast. 7 lowed by a juke box dance and reâ€" freshments. On Wednesday, the 344th army band played for dancâ€" ing. . There was also a floor show, GSO girls acting as hostesses. Funeral Rites Tuesday For Elsie Samuelson Peers® The funeral services of Elsie S. Peers, wife of F. C. Peers, were held Tuesday evening at the Kelâ€" ley chapel under the direction of the Rev. Lester H. Laubenstein. Interment was at the Mooney cemâ€" etery the following morning. Mrs. Peers, who was employed as a secretary in Chicago, died as a result of being hit by a Chicaâ€" go and North Western train last Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Peers, who were married four years ago, had just received plans from an architect for the construction of a house in the 500 block on Laurel avenue. Survivors are her husband, F. C. Peers; her father, Elof Samuelson, and her brother, Richard Samuelâ€" Rites in Deerfield For Mrs. James Duffy Funeral rites were held on Monâ€" day at the Catholic church in Deerfield for Mrs. James Duffy, 61, who succumbed to a sudden attack in Waukegan on Thursday of last week, where she and her husband had lived since last Noâ€" vember, The Duffys lived in Highland Park for fifteen years, at which time Mr. Duffy served as civilian employee at Ft. Sheridan. Later he became postmaster at Deerfield. Also surviving are two sons: Richard, of Chicago, and Peter, now in service. Senior Girl Scouts Passion Play Opens 4 To Nearâ€"Capacity Crowd Plan Hike in May The Highland Park senior girl scouts, who met Monday at the home of Mrs. Roy Nereim, 247 Central, to enjoy motion pictures of Alaska, plan an overnight hike to take place some time in May. : A nearâ€"capacity crowd witnessed the opening performance of the Zion Passion Play, Sunday, many traveling from Chicago, Joliet, Gary, Milwaukee and other places to witness the performance, which was pronounced by Elder Jabez Taylor, director and writer, to be one of the best opening performâ€" ances since the inception of the Page 5