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Study Group of Women Voters to Meet Sept. 30 The foreign policy and economic welfare department of the League thropies are being carried onward through the generosity of his famâ€" ily, and was sold to the Park Disâ€" trict of _ Highland Park by his since the property was the site of the home of the late Julius Rosâ€" pose of creating the park. The board of commissic to the Rosenwald family their deep appreciation for this most generâ€" meeting of the year, Monday, Sepâ€" tember 30, at 1:15, at the home of Mrs. Melvin Wolens, 1519 Dean avenue. Mrs. Graydon Ellis, chairâ€" man of the foreign policy departâ€" welfare chairman, will lead the disâ€" to everyone to attend meeting -l-hythflrfld- stand and the attractive feature of a roof deck over the entire buildâ€" covered, where people may view the lake from the shade or lounge in the sun. The new park will be given the wald name. This naming of the in a study ‘group on the "Control cally complete. The beach house will have dressing rooms for men originally contemplated. This genâ€" erous gift comes with special opâ€" portuneness as sharply rising buildâ€" ing costs would have made it necâ€" essary to produce the original scale of the park development, accordâ€" ing to Edward M. Steele, president of the Park District of Highland house will be a lannon stone buildâ€" ing about 85 feet in width and 26 feet in depthâ€"set against the face of the bluff. Some protection will be furnished by the new pier, the possible for the board of comâ€" missioners of the Park District of Highland Park to go beyond the original plans for the beach house which had been planned for this ilities of the park, including the bath house, will always be availaâ€" ble to all persons in the communiâ€" color or national origin." ‘"While not a condition of the gift, because otherwise guaranteed by law, it is assumed that the facâ€" fully enjoyed by residents of the community. *The children of the late Julius Rosenwald, namely Lessing J. Rosenwald, Adtle R. Levy, Edith R. Stern, Marion R. Ascoli, and William Rosenwald, or the philanâ€" thropic funds and foundations es tablished by them respectively, have authorized me to inform you that they propose to make a gift to the Park District in the aggreâ€" gate amount of $25,000, to be used toward the cost of construction, equipment and furnishing ‘of the new bath house which you are unâ€" dertaking to erect on the beach at Rosewood park, including the cost of the furniture for the deck now contemplated in your plans. It is their hope that as a result of this built and furnished as to be most wald family, specifying that the with the improvement of the new Lake Front park and beach at the Mr. through a letter from Mr. Leonard Rosenwalds Present Gift For Park Improvements form of a gift of $25,000 from the family of the late Julius Rosenâ€" wald, formerly residents of Highâ€" land Park. This is the first time in its history that the district has received a donation of this kind. The gift was announced to the Park has been the recipient of a Vol. 36; No. 30 With this donation, it will be of price for the purâ€" avenue. as â€" folâ€" Veterans and Guests of VFW Dance Tonight To Resume Activities Activities at the Community center will be resumed in full force on Sept. 16, and the swing of events promises to be even greater than in the past year. ‘The place has been freshly decoâ€" rated, and reservations are being taken for outside clubs and organâ€" izations which meet at the center. tions are admitted to this instituâ€" tion, and are taken care of for life. An important part of the proâ€" gram will be a pageant depicting the history of the Macon instituâ€" tion since it was founded in 1897. The grand officers of the Order will also participate in the dedicaâ€" VFWâ€"at Kiks hall. A free dance from 9 to 12, with music furnished by the Dave Conrad orchestra, will be staged. â€" A business meeting will be held from 8 to 8:30. All members and guests invited. son, worthy grand matron of the Eastern Star of Illinois. This addition, built at a cost of $75,000, consists of 12 rooms and a solarium, and will increase the capacity of the sanitarium to 80 patients, . Members of the Order will be Mrs, Johanna m,dodiu:.o._fthnewndfi- tion ‘to the sanitarium of the Order of the Eastern Star of Illinois will be held Sunday, Sept. 22, at 2:30 at Macon. Peoria is chairman of the Dedicate Addition to regularly. A new teacher or pasâ€" tor was taken into the homes of the members for weeks and months at a time. Dues for the memberâ€" ship were fixed at either 5 cents or 10 cents monthly, depending upon the circumstances of the donor. The early history of the Redeemâ€" °r guild is interesting. Organized Sept. 20, 1896, the first officers were: Mrs. Christ Staebling, presiâ€" dent; Mrs. J. Johnson, viceâ€"presiâ€" dent; Mrs. F. Arnswalt, secretary, and Mrs. Minnie Quadt, treasurer. Originally there were 26 members. Mrs. Anna Ohlwein and Mrs. Minâ€" ‘nie Quadt continue _ as charter members today. The income for the first year amounted to $6.30. The constitution of the organizaâ€" tion set the purpose as that of reâ€" ducing the church debt, beautifyâ€" ing the church, and producing faith, The ladies took turns cleanâ€" ing the church every week, and once a month scrubbed it on their own knees. They cleaned and polâ€" ished all kerosene lamps. Inasmuch as the pastor‘s salary was very small, the membership made it a practice to take turns inviting the pastor and his family for meals Rev. John Baumgaertner, guest speaker, is a grandson of Rev. Heinrich Wunder, D.D., who «was responsible for the early growth of Lutheran missions and churches in Chicagoland, and also a founder of the local congregation. The fathâ€" er of the guest speaker delivered the Christmas sermon in 1897, and on other occasions. Mrs. George Scheuchenpflug is a granddaughâ€" ter of Dr. Wunder, and sister of the guest speaker. The guildâ€"of Redeemer Evang. Lutheran church, 587 Central, will celebrate its Golden Jubilee Sept. 29 with a full day of activities. During the morning worship at 10:45, Rev. John Baumgaertner of Capitol Drive Lutheran church, Milwaukee, will deliver the serâ€" mon. . The church choir will sing selections appropriate to t.be 50th anniversary. In the afternoon, at 4, Erwin G. Becker, organist of St. Johns Ev. Luth. church, and principal of St. Johns parochial school, will offer an organ recital with the church choir assisting. A buffet supper will then be Redeemer Guild Marks Tonight (Thursday) there will The Higbland Park Press of pvvl;dmm ‘bo f to be worn for 2 minutes before and at least 1 minute after the blast. No one was allowed in the lagoon until it particles present, though invisible, ean do permanent injury to the After 3 days it was possible to judge, in a measure, the effect of the blast. Contrary to divided and extreme opinions, it was found to have taken a middle course. Alâ€" though it did not sink the entire fleet of ships, it didâ€"a great deal of significant damage. In view of the fact that ships must have great strength to withstand the ceaseless force of the sea, it is not surprising that, exploding as it did probably 500 to 800 feet above waâ€" ter, it sank only 5 out of 73 vesâ€" sels in the target area. However, an examination of the battleship Nevada, befor= and after the blast, was enormously impressive,. . Her mighty stack was crushed like eardâ€" Object of the Trip The mission of this joint task force was (1) to determine the ef. fect of the atomic bomb upon naâ€" val vessels for defense purposes, andâ€"(2) to afford training for the Army Air Force personnel in atâ€" tack with the atomic bomb against ships, and (3) determine its efâ€" fect upon army and navy installaâ€" tions placed aboard the target Immediate Effects of Blast board; her bulkheads above deck were twisted and stove in It is Bikini is formed exclusively of coral, and was selected for the exâ€" periment because of the excellent harborage affordéd by the shallow lagoon. The 161 natives, prior to the evacuation, affiliated to the aboard represented a cross secâ€" tion of the entire American news service. About 10 more were picked up at Honolulu, ‘The forâ€" eign press represented Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Poland, the United Kingdom and Russia. Mr. Kramer‘s trip from our west coast to the Bikini atol, situated about 170 miles east of Eniwitok and the same distance northwest of Kwajalin in the Marshall islands, was made in the amphibious force flagship, Appalachian, which was abundantly supplied with equipâ€" ment capable of transmitting a minimum of 200,000 words daily to our west coast. The 110. press representatives The mass leaned with the wind, the red persisting for well over 30 minutes, then again becoming obscured â€"by clouds. Trip to Bikini At first obscured by cumulous clouds, later it rose above them, dazzling white, tinged with deep red â€" "like a giant vanilla ice cream cone with a dash of strawâ€" berry." At his distance of 18 miles, he felt no heat effects from the blast, and about 2 minutes later a relaâ€" tively weak blast was audible ; there was a slight pressure on the ear drums, The cloud rose rapâ€" idly to a height of 22,000 feet in 7 minutes, and 2 minutes later it was 38,000 feet high and 12,000 feet wide. . Imagine a ball of cazzling brilâ€" liance close to the horizon growing instantlyâ€" into a semiâ€"circle of slightly less intensity. . Then a solid column of water rising 5000 feet, throwing off a white hot mass of gas and vapor 4000 feet higher â€"the whole mass oneâ€"half mile in diameter. _ The cloud of smoke, Mr. Kramer states, rose and spread rapidly, until, after 2% minutes, it was 3800 feet wide. Mr. Kramer‘s Report on (This material has been in the hands of the Highland Park Press for over two weeks, but was withâ€" held until after his appearance at the Chamber of Commerce meetâ€" ing, Sept. 17.) Andrew W. Kramer, a resident of Highland Park sinte 1937, manâ€" aging editor of Power Plant Engiâ€" neering, a publication having 20,â€" 000 subscribers consisting of imâ€" portant power engineers, plant exâ€" ecutives, etc., and present at "Operations Crossroads," describes the spectacle, which he witnessed in the role of technical observer, in effect, as follows: Mr. Kramer regrets, he states, that the effects of the atomic bomb were played down, in come quarâ€" ters. _A bomb which could proâ€" duce the effect this one did, he declares, is no firecracker, Brief Resume of Highland Park, Ilinois, Thursday, Sept. 19th, by the radiologâ€" MW' to Hold Bingo Party At Masonic Temiple of Ravinia children are invited to come for dessert and to meet Mr. Naegele and the faculty. The proâ€" gram for the evening will be preâ€" sented by Miss Orpha White, exâ€" ecutive secretary of the Lake Co. ;.Hh explain uh#-.: will the sis tests that will be given to the Ravinia school children when the the association is brought to the schools in District 108 in October. Sept. 25, at 8:15 pm., at the Maâ€" There wil} be door prizes and reâ€" Heading the entertainment comâ€" mittee is Cora Coke, assisted by Freide Humer and Elizabeth Ditâ€" man, Flora Werner, Rose Heardt and Augusta Butler. P Hear Talk on Glassware On Monday, Sept. 23, Ladies‘ night at the Kiwanis club, to be held at Sunset club, the guest speaker will be Harold E. Christenâ€" fi"""""‘""'"’ Field & Co., who will speak on "Modern Trends in Glassware." apparent that the force of the blast was so far beyond that proâ€" duced by ordinary explosives that C. Smith, Mrs. E. Craig Davidson, and Ray J. Naegele, faculty adâ€" Julian L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. H. Bowen Stair, Mr. and Mrs. Kenâ€" neth H. Kraft, Mrs. John S. Wineâ€" man, Mrs. John B. Wilbor, Mrs. J. chairmen are Mrs. James A. Davis, Mrs. John Coleman, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Virginia Melville, recording secretary and Mrs, Louis Mrs, Bowen E. Schumacher, Mrs. Robert J. Christopher, Mrs. L J. Stirling, Mrs. Alvin H. Baum, Mrs. Dr. Bickham of Wilmette, chairâ€" man of the lllinois Interâ€"Racial commission, in a letter to Chandâ€" ler Montgomery, chairman of the N. S. citizens temporary commitâ€" e, commented on the vitality of this spontaneous effort of North Shore citizens to secure unity and good feeling among groups who attend different churches or beâ€" Jlong to different races and nationâ€" alities. The new board of the Ravinia Parentâ€"Teacher association met for tea on Friday, Sept. 6, at the home of its president. . Mrs. Elwood Hansmann to meet the new princiâ€" pal of the school, Ray J. Naegele, and to make plans for the coming year. Officers of the board include Mrs. Hugh Riddle, viceâ€"president; Parents of Ravinia to Be Guests of New PTA Board mmmm ed at an open meeting of North Shore residents on Sept. 9 at the Winnetka Community House held its first meeting on Tuesday of this week. â€" Its members will carry out the mandate of the newly orâ€" ganized North Shore Citizens comâ€" mittee and select candidates for a governing board that will impleâ€" ment the purpose expressed in the preamble to the byâ€"laws â€" "exâ€" pose openly and combat prejuâ€" dice, discrimination, intolerance or segregation in whatever form these shall appear." > One month before the election the list of candidates for the board will be published. In the meanâ€" time the temporary committee is distributing membership applicaâ€" tions. . Only registered members may vote in the November elecâ€" tions. The members of the nominating committee were elected after a lively discussion. (‘Over 400 votes were cast. The temporary comâ€" mittee had prepared ballots conâ€" taining 38 names and selected a board of judges to supervise the voting. Twelve were elected: Lesâ€" ter Ball, Miss Elizabeth Bredin, Judge William Campbell, Abe Fell, Matthew Gaffney, L. Julian Harâ€" ris, Stanley Harris Jr., Miss Agnes Lilley, Frank McCuloch, Paul Misner, Chandler Montgomery and Austin Wyman. North Shore Citizens iwanians and Ladies to ‘The Royal Neighbors will hold a At 7:45 on Tuesday evening, of uscless. cal Interâ€"Faith group and the pres.. idents and program chairmen of 60 local organizations have been invited to attend a tea at the home of Mrs. Herman Zischke, 100 Hazâ€" ol avenue, Monday, Sept. 28, at 3. The tea is sponsored by the Interâ€" Faith group on behalf of the naâ€" tional conference of Christians and Jews to meet Dr. James M. Yard, executive director of the conferâ€" ence, Mrs. James Getzoff, program chairman, and Mrs: Abei Davis, reâ€" eently elected president of the will present a brief summary of the purposes and activities of the conference, Mrs. Getzoff will exâ€" plain program techniques, study group material, available speakers, literature, slides, films and other available material for programs on the subject of racial and religious Mrs. H. Zischke Hostess To Interâ€"Faith Group ference which she attended in Engâ€" North Shore branch of the conferâ€" ence. The speeches will be followâ€" member, welcomed the faculty on behalf of the Board of Education. On Tuesday afterncon a tea was given honoring the new teachers. Members_of the Board of Educaâ€" tion, the faculty and PTA officers were in attendance at this tea. These opening meetings of the schoo! served to perfect organizaâ€" tion details for school opening and to orient new teachers to the operâ€" ation of the schools. the past five years. Miss Riss has done advanced work at the Uniâ€" versity of Colorado. In preparation for the opening of school a series of _ opening teachers‘ meetings was held. In these~meetings plans were made for the details of the opening and items involving school policy, curâ€" riculum, and the like were disâ€" ns t a 0: L4i ds wl es is ds d Four teachers announced preâ€" viously as comin® to District 108 this fall did not join the faculty f,c various reasons. In their places wew teachers have been employed at the last moment. Mr. Kelly was replaced by Mr. W. E. Treichel, who will have middle,grade physiâ€" cal education and upper grade sciâ€" ence at Braeside. Mr. Treischel is a graduate of Milwaukee _ State Teachers college and has done adâ€" vanced work at the University of Wisconsin. He was discharged from the Army in August, 1945. Mrs. Pat Foley has been employed as third grade teacher at Ravinia to replace Mrs, Caspersen. Mrs. Foâ€" ley has had experience on the west coast and has worked in Highland Park during the summer for the Reereation board. Two new teachâ€" ers have been employed since the beginning of the school term. To teach fourth grade at Braeside, Miss Margaret Ray has been emâ€" ployed. â€" Miss Ray is a graduate of Loyola and has taught during the past two years at Downers Grove. As art teacher at Ravinia and West Ridge schools, Miss Ruth Riss has been employed. She is a graduate of Rockford college, and has been an art teacher and art supervisor in the Streator public schools for Schools of Dist. 108 Open With Enrollment Of 958 Pupils Voters Must Be Registered Warns the County Clerk Schools of Dist. 108 have openâ€" ed this year 'iflilmm enrollment thanâ€"they had at the, end of the last school year. The enâ€" rollment at the opening was 958. Additional enrollment will be obâ€" t-iudnhi_n(thnfinm-ligu,. ly. One of the main reasons for the drop in enrollment appears to be that the new residents of the district who purchased homes dur. ing the summer months tended to have children in the preâ€"school age level. Thus, while the enrollment may remain static for the next weeks, it appears that following this there will be a large increase in the lower grade enrollments. The enrollments of the four schools is: Braeside, 261; Lincoln, 266; Ravinia, 400; West Ridge, 63. of ing. Mrs. Davis will alâ€" of the loâ€" comprise the child‘s nursery school day. After luncheon children will be prepared to go home with their _ The nursery school unit is an im« portant feature of.the new home these girls will be carefully superâ€" wised by a trained director while they serve as assistants in the nurs. ery school. Park high school. This unit is proâ€" vided to give girls who take the OFF FOR ALASKA â€"The nursery ~school â€" program will be in session from 9:30 a.m. until 12:25 p.m. and will include the child‘s complete dinner, The children‘s activities will include a wide variety of equipment and information concerning school will be sent upon request By téles phoning the Highland Park high school, H. P. 4300. Nursery School Opens Soon A group of 12 pre school chilâ€" dren wil be enrolled in the nursâ€" ery school which is coordinated with the home making course at the Highland Park ~high school. The nursery school will open Oct. 1A.ivinemdwlu Ten days ago Martin Victor Jr., of 1300 Edgewood road, accompaâ€" nied by Jim Bowles, and Bud Piâ€" per of Deerfield, left for Alaska, where Mr. Victor plans to set up a factory at Juneau. "l'he above requirements are appliâ€" cable to all civilians excepting those released less than 60 days from the armed services by the date of election and all persons in the armed forces on election day. Jay B. Morse, county clerk, for the convenience of electors, has appointed deputy registrars in all of the townships in Lake counâ€" ty, in addition to the permanent registration office at the court house. All persons who find it inâ€" convenient to come to the court house in Waukegan, may register or if registered and have moved, request a transfer of their regisâ€" tration at the nearest convenient registration office, which in Deerâ€" field township are W.â€" W. Steele, 394 Central avenue, Highland Park, and Clara Bernardi, city hall, Highwood. Also, Irene A. Rockâ€" enbach, town hall, in the village of Deerfield, for West Deerfield township. New registratinns and transfers of registration may be executed any day except Sundays until October 7 as that is the last day for those offices to be open before the November election. Mr. Bowles is an apprentice furâ€" rier and Mr. Piper plans to remain in Fairbanks, where he will attend school. Mr. Victor will return the first week in October. The permanent registration law provides that any elector before he will be permitted to vote must first be registered. This law applies to all elections at which state or county officers are to be nominatâ€" ed or elected. A person in order to register must appear in person before the proper registration ofâ€" fieenandcxeeut.unm tionunoeo-ryinardcrhnd.- ter are that he be a citizen, have resided in the state one year, in quest a transfer of his registraâ€" tion. This must be done in writâ€" ing, and only over the personal signature of the registered voter desiring the transfer. Persons who Inveclnngedu!eirnmbymr- riage or otherwise must authorize the cancellation of their previous the county 00 days, precinet of his residence 30 days and be not less than 21 years of age by the date of the next election, which this year is November 5. Under this law once a person registers in the county he remains a regisâ€" tered voter as long as he resides in the county, however the law provides that if a registered voter after registering should move to a different residence, he a copy; $1.50 a year