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Maâ€"Kaâ€"Ja Wan Lodge Of Arrow Annual Dinner The annual dinner and meeting of the Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan lodge of the Order of the Arrow will be held Thursday, Jan. 2, 1947, at the Winnetka Community house. Dinâ€" ner will be served at 7 p.m. and the dfficers will be held A large attendance is indicated by returns already received. Many returned veterans will be attendâ€" ing their first Arrow meeting in many years and college students returned home for the holidays will add their number to the gathâ€" there will be a calling out and iniâ€" tiation for the Brotherhood honor. Officers of the lodge are: Brooks, Wilmette, chief; Bill Kroeschell, Wilmette, secreâ€" tary ; Bill Russell, Highwood, treasâ€" urer; Jim Noonan, Wilmette, viceâ€" chief; Jerry Muzik, Highwood, Thursday, January 2, 1947 . George R. Boardman, new scout executive and supreme chief of the Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan lodge of the Drâ€" der of the Arrow will .be introâ€" duced to the lodge at this meeting. All members of the lodge who have been in service are invited to attend and renew their active status with the lodge. During the war period they were carried as honorary members of the lodge. "And Tom?" "Well, Tom, he‘s sorter politicâ€" in‘ around." "And you?" "Well, I‘m sorter farmin‘ an‘ aâ€"féedin‘ Dick, Joh, William an‘ Tom." Sale of Christmas Seals Tops Last Year‘s Record In the fourth week of the anâ€" nual tubgzculosis Christmas . seal sale, a total of $22,798.54 is reâ€" ported. by the Lake County Tuâ€" berculosis association headquarâ€" ters, surpassing the response on the> same day a year ago by $1,373.41. Reminding Lake county resiâ€" dents that. the current financial goal in the fight against the "white plague" is still a long way off, Mise Orpha L. White, executive secreâ€" tary for. the association, urges those who have not acknowledged receipt of their seals, to do so promptly. > _*To date, the seal sale returns of $22,798.54, ;o;eih'nnhd‘fmtoo;lrgodol $40,000. We are hoping for a deâ€" the holiday season. Let this be against the disease." IS POLITICS YOUR JOB? weepilv‘w“rfiu We eannot say which is the stronger, but we can choose which tide we [I Olson Printing Co. "What‘s Dick doing now*" "Well, Dick, he‘s aâ€"doctorin‘." "And John?" % ‘"He‘s horse tradin‘." _ "And William?" "He‘s aâ€"savin‘ of souls." Phone . . . 5145 Laurel Avenue . P. 557 by Marquis in a recent artiâ€" t n e Yaie Metiew, in which he agrees with seasoned observers that "fatalism, compounded of weariness, uncertainty, and misâ€" trust" prevails He feels that the citizen is overwhelmed by the complexities of peace, including atomic energy. and has, at least subconsciously, _ decided to "go fishing‘* and "leave the experts to quarrel over the ashes of civilizaâ€" tion." _ He deplores our political concealed for the moment by the inevitable aftermath of a world nessing the passing of an old world â€" the world of the tooth, the fang, and the claw â€" and the advent of the new world, which must establish in practice what is already crystal clear, viz: that ethâ€" ical, cooperative society is more profitable to the individual and the group than forces of social organâ€" ization based upon struggle. Disturbing current events are largely evidence of the transition from one society to another. We are working the poison of war out of our system. These people say that today is America‘s time for greatness, and believe that we are responding better than we realite. We shall not know soonâ€"which tide is the stronger. We do know that the imdividual need not reâ€" treat helpless and impotent, before a force which he does not like. The power of the average citizen is greater than ever before. His means of speaking clearly and getâ€" ting action in the public interest are increasing. Our nation, <facing baffling, heartâ€"breaking, and vastly compliâ€" cated problems, also faces the greatest opportunity of modern times. _ Amidst destruction, disinâ€" tegration, and sheer weariness, we must persist in our efforts to construct, to integrate, and to give hope. _ Every citizen who works for these forces contributes mightâ€" ily to a cooperative, peaceful world. (Condensed frgm a letter from the president of the national League of Women Voters.) Six employes. of the Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois were awarded prizes totaling $475 for the best 1946 suggestions subâ€" mitted under the company‘s sugâ€" gestion system at a yearâ€"end conâ€" ference of the utility‘s officials held in Chicago. $200 to Donald B. Miller, _ Wilâ€" presented‘ a top award of ton, and Albert L. Cappelen, of Northbrook, of the company‘s partment, for suggesting the deâ€" sign and construction of a new deâ€" vice for making temporary shutâ€" offs on high pressure gas mains. Second prize winner was Stephâ€" en Bowers of Waukegan who reâ€" ceived $150 for a suggestion to improve the method of scale reâ€" moval from evaporators in high One tide has been well described Britton I. Budd, president, Walter E. of the meter awarded third prize of $100 for designing and building a new type checking device for threeâ€"phase ment received a $25 award_, for submitting the largest number of accepted suggestions during the electric meters, while Walter J. $850 given to the winners at the time their suggestions were origâ€" The utility‘s suggestion system, founded in 1911 and one of the oldest in the country, set another high record during 1946 with 1,â€" 257 suggestions submitted, of which 510 were accepted for awards _ totaling approximately Council Operates The Student counsil was started in 1912 by Richard L. Sandwick, and at that time it was a very proâ€" gressive step, one of the many in his long and successful term as principal of our high school, Repâ€". resentation was from eack home room at that time and that is still the basis of representation. Freshâ€" men are not represented until the second semester, but each session is invited to a meeting of the counâ€" cil to acquaint them with its workâ€" In 1934, the school had grown larger. In order to insure for the council the best leadership the school had to offer, it was decided that the council should be guided by an executive board of . eight. seniors and four juniors, nominatâ€" ed carefully for abilities and chosâ€" en by an all school election. ‘That is still the procedure, and the stuâ€" dent council itself picks its presiâ€" dent from that executive board. This year the student council chose its first girl president, Jaâ€" nice Schick, and they are constantâ€" ly being reassured of the wisdom of their choice. The rest of the executive board are Don Nash, Carol Grimes, Pat Barton, Don Ryan, Charles Marty, Deno Melâ€" chiorre, Nancy Zipoy, Sally Lautâ€" mann, Eddie Piacentini, Jack Close and Fred Greco. Leslie Libakken is the faculty adviser. For a Jong time the activities of the student council were mainly social, but now their aim is to iniâ€" tiate activity and then turn the stance, the student council started the Teen Age club with the sponâ€" sorship of the P.T.A. The chairâ€" man of that committee was on the sponsorship of the Community cenâ€" sponsors are numerous and interâ€" 1. They take charge of the allâ€" school election, which is held just like a regular election, even to the use of the city voting booths. This is the time when every class offiâ€" cer and every club officer is selectâ€" ed. The council must also check on each candidate‘s eligibility as to scholarship. They follow up with a check every six weeks, to see that school officers and repâ€" ushering at the school. _ 8. They have full charge of fire drills (there are 20 scheduled a 4. They supervise the honor study halls This involves sendâ€" ing out forms to students, who sign up, requesting the privilege of being admitted and promising to obey the rules; selecting those who will be admitted; and superâ€" vision of the halls. ‘ 6. ; They run the schoo} Comâ€" munity Chest drive, which collects all funds for school activities, Red ;"o,_&.d p’--'inr.‘- who pass in the hal} between classes, and who also collect atâ€" tendance slips from teachers and make the reports to the office and nurse. ‘ T. ‘They do take charge of two bout and the Hobo Hop. 8. They supervise freshman orâ€" ientation, acting as guides the first day, etc. They send a representaâ€" tive from each club to each freshâ€" purpose of that club. In Decemâ€" ber they administer and correct orientation tests. In the spring they guide 8th graders all over &--&dvh-mww on getâ€"acquainted 9. They handle certain conâ€" tracts with elementary schools, such as letters to them asking for cooperation in cutting down the breakage of bottles at They wfih&y school student council in 1940. 10. ‘They watch over the orderâ€" liness and cleanliness of the lunch 6. They have charge of the hall ¢ the year, the Turnaâ€" eligible for their T HE of all PRESS room and the property around the school, as pertains to student conâ€" 11. _ They select the speakers for the three paid assembly proâ€" grams, with the help of Miss Rinâ€" kenberger. These are chosen careâ€" fully from widely different fields ment. , Each activity is headed by a member of the executive board but committee members may be selectâ€" ed from the high school at large as well as from the council. > In other words, the student council helping to build morale, and makâ€" mflmumh“ Our council sends representaâ€" tives to two conventions a year, â€"Fine woven stripe chambrays in multicolors, yd. ........ 95e â€"Narrow stripe, pique weave madras, yd. ............................ 95¢ â€"Fine white batiste, very much in demand, yd. ................ 6#e â€"Solid color chambray of the finest quality, yd. ................ 95¢ â€"Solid color mercerized broadcloth. High lustrous (os â€"Fine white cotton twill, 36" wide, yd. FOR MONTHS TO COME. A Course in Riding Your Child Can Enjoy is One Gift Gramett : Co. PHONE HICHLAND PARK 321 We Teach the one a North East district meeting of 52 schools, held in the fall, and the other the state meeting held Highland Park high school has been honored by having several of its students chosen as state stuâ€" dent council officers. In 1940 l.um..-m.-uiu of the state council, in 1943 Jane treasurer, Robert Harvey was vice president in 1944, and in 1945 George Grimes was vice president. Under the leadership of the time during the day, without the presence of a teacher, and those in study halls may go to them. More and more are student probâ€" lems being handled by the stuâ€" dents. Thus are the qualities of council students may have forâ€" ums to discuss any issue at any leadership and citizenship being discovered, fostered ,and developâ€" ed. enriching the growth of our boys and girls. M A RDL G R A S By Other allâ€"expense trips to: GUATEMALA â€" MEXICO FLORIDA â€" CALIFORNIA and to many winter sports areas "Central," as the operator was called then, wore her hair piled high and walked on 16â€"button boots. _ George L. Lundberg, Manager Phone Highland Park 1211 Foday‘s telephone operâ€" ators are styleâ€"setters . .. as modern and streamlined as a rocket. They‘re the First Ladies of Communication and are famous for friendly Tune up and Brake Service A White Shirtwaist and a Long Black Skirt HIGH WAGES, TOO Automobile Repair Work and Painting look how she‘s we‘ve changed congenial associates of your own age and H. and R. ANSPACH Earn $29 per 5 day week to start (about $120 per month) Regular and frequent salary 620 Central Ave. APPLY TODAY to OPERATOR were once standard equipment for 21 South St. Johns Avenue 370% Central Avenue Tel. HP. 4080 NEW ORLEANS amer Fob. 8 â€" 21 days \ Feb. 14 â€"â€" 8 days Page 5