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â€"weted at the annual meeting, Monâ€" day, Jan. 27, by the board of diâ€" "‘Family Service" Is New Name .of Social Service Vol. 36; No. 49 Family Service of ~Highland / _ . .. __. «ag _ _ _ â€" Park is the new title for Highland Local Young Women Park Social Service. â€" This was Concerned About Girls Corle 2CECY "'.'h-;-â€"-â€"â€"! the function of the agency â€" that of . service. It identifies â€"the growth for the Highland Park Soâ€" | cial Service. _ I feel much has been nil.dndthtthtntmhlb wide horizons for increased servâ€"| ice to the community. We wish ‘ to develop, first and foremost, a | nnleun-lincmbomdhmr' ret this to the community. Secâ€"‘ ondly, ways -nd_'-ccm__for P,_b.l aoilon ie is e o o Te o c se e . ing to educate for family living, and third, a‘ comprehensive apâ€" pucbhthenndlof&ceollâ€" munity. _ The services given by the volâ€" untary agency deal with problems such as parentâ€"cHild relationships, marital difficulties, various servâ€" ices for children, services for the aged, budgeting and management. Good counselling means helping people to help themselves, Each brought out. This means diagnoâ€" sis and then treatment of the disâ€" rupting troubles. Dr. Irene Josseâ€" lyn and Dr. Henry IM‘J:W and treatment basis. Mr, Frank J. Hertel, general diâ€" rector of the national organizaâ€" antee to eventual social stability." Education for good, Stable fami Nationally, it is found, family trouble is on the increase because of the emphasis on . inCividu@i fmilo-.thgdn-fiondhul& tional social restraints and the -“â€" vr.’ lllllillll Y .â€". Park people regardless of créed, nationality or race. We must conâ€" tinually work toward more skillâ€" m-..fi!pqh’-pnhknh Charles Mason, the retiring presiâ€" dent, introduced Judge Minard E. Planned Parenthood Assn. Organizes Local Com. Planned Parenthood association, a national organization,. were preâ€" sented at a meeting and tea at the home of Mrs. Richard. Kebbon on N. Linden avenue, Jan. 23. mmdmm were presented by Mrs. Rankin McKinnon, executive director of the newly formed association in the Chicago area, assisted by Mrs. Stewart Boal of Winnetka, chairâ€" Amdh:nhhln. 'el:n-, M-l'n.-yw--np the funds used, 1, l.-“ M search on the spacing of and on ‘distovering why some part [ At Center . ents are not able to have children,| The recently formed Art and (Continued on page 6) Hobby workshop is now meeting Legion Holds Dinner wn&-“-‘d‘.d of the American Legion post 14 at the Legion hall to honor the visâ€" Kleuskens, and to burn the mortâ€" gage on the Legion property. Also present were Douglas Gettâ€" Fred Schustedt, 10th district junâ€" ior vice commander; Joseph Nemâ€" er; 10th district sergeantâ€"atâ€"arms _uA{-.,dehM The fund drive will be held in (Continued on page 6) ; William a consultation for of the of ; help the women of the world meet their problems of war adjustment. ! "The working girls overseas do not complain. But they have asked for help in vocational training, and in education for citizenship, so ! that they may improve their means | of selfâ€"support and their standard {of living. Our young women are zfindixit-muhvefin opportunity to share their own |citizenship skills _ and _ broader | knowledge. j ‘Bewildered youth, who in the |eause _ of _ Allied victory, were ,‘taughttomeli.,doaitandthhvâ€" jery _ as _ weapons of the underâ€" ; ground, find themselves unqualiâ€" {fied both spiritually and educaâ€" Of Other Lands "Through the Round the World says Mrs. Mary Macfadden, execuâ€" tive director of the Highland Park YWCA, "our young women are working and planning for women of other lands who find themâ€" selves alone amid strange surâ€" mngli.na. facing _ problems of housing, recreation, employment and vocational training." fact that this is not a relief camâ€" paign. ‘"Rather," she said, "it is a world. ‘Suppression of learning was a method of waging war, and knowledge for women was particuâ€" larly frowned upon by the aggresâ€" sors. In their time of need it is ance to their sisters in the United States, and in turning to this country it is also natural that they should jook _ especially to the YWCA, which, in the words of Secretary of State George C. Marâ€" to assist women to improve their huon and c unilies." " no wonder that young women ev shall, ‘has already done so much Scottish Teacher + Gives Impressions on great bervice to industrial workâ€" ers, career women and college (Continued on page 5) â€" â€" Green Bay Road school PTA on ‘Jan. ‘ 24. Wiss Irene ~ Cruikshank gave her impressions of life in Highland Park as compared with that in Edinburgh, Scotland, her li;-cr-unk.muoehinc aet school, expressed ha&mmmflc characterized Highland Parkers as light at the abundance in Ameriâ€" than in Scotland, Miss Cruikshank regularly at Community center evâ€" ery Wednesday from 9:15 until sen is instructor. The workshop is toom for a few more applicants. Further information can be had Art and Hobby Workshop Sacred Heart Guild To Meet February | ‘;i&-i-'-.r&s. Mrs. Philip Parquesi is president of the orâ€" P. 2442 church, munion at the 7:30 mass on Sunâ€" The Higbland Park Press Mrs. Macfadden emphasized the Telling of rationing and shortâ€" Women have a much greater opâ€" At the close of her talk, she There will W# a meeting of the -ull-fl..flolr&{â€"A in A Paper for Highland Parkers , . . Published by Highland Parkers Highland Park Boy Awarded Medal For Heroism J. Michael Farrell, 16, of 319 Vine avenue, has been officially recognized by the Carnegie Hero commission for heroism on last July 4 with a bronze medal and ciâ€" tation. Last July 4 when Farrell, with his younger brother, Patrick, was standing on the Vine avenue beach he heard cries for help and made out that a man and a woman were in difficulty in the lake. Stripping to his shorts, Farrell plunged into the water and swam to the rescue. After considerable difficulty he succeeded in towing them to shore, calling for help when he neared land. . An _ air _ mattress was brought, which greatly expedited were Mr. and Mrs. Edward Knowlâ€" ton, of Chicago. Mr. Knowlton was at one time a life guard. _ Formerly a boy scout, y had done some life saving work, and is a member of the high school swimming team. â€" A junior, he plans to study medicine at Corâ€" nell university. Women‘s League to ‘The Evening group of the Highâ€" land Park League of Women Votâ€" ets will discuss the topic, "How Can We Get Better Government meeting. _ As residents of the state of Hllinois, members should be particularly interested in this Discuss State Govt. discussion. framework within which the state government _ operates. Another major topic is the problem of the status of municipal governments. ‘These and other problems will be discussed. C ‘The meeting will be held in the Historical room of the library at 7:45. ° matter .of "better government for Illinois is the constitutional Green Bay Rd. School PTA Will Hold Card Party February 6 > Mrs. George Scheuchenpflug and Mrs. Raymond Lange, heads of activities committees of Green Bay Road school PTA, have planned a gay evening for parents, teachers and friends of the school for all types of card games. Each table will be provided with Valenâ€" tine tally cards, and there will be individual table prizes. . Several door prizes will also be given. This meeting is to be all play and no business.© At the end of the meeting, refreshments will be on Thursday, February 6, at 8:00 Highland Parkers will have no chance to contribute to a more worthy cause than the March of Dimes, the solicitation for funds to aid the victims of polic, now being conducted. polio, knows of the pressing need for the aid provided by the National Foundation. _ Further â€"â€" anyone who has ever needed that help will never again pass by a collection can without dropping something in it to aid the cause. $ 6 Anyone who has had any experience with this cause, who has m*»fifihm“hflm‘fl.“fi-l There are many types of causes, worthy in themselves, which are neverthcless so hedged about with red tape that those who need the help.must wait, stand in Ime, fill out numerous forms, and answer a seemingly endless list of questions before aid, if any, is granted. ‘This organization exists solely to help the unfortunate victims of one of our worst scourges. They need and deserve all the help Not so with this organization. All it wants to know is, "Has your child contracted polio?" â€"If the answer, unfortunately, is 'yn,”&hhdtwh"t-lzmb-."‘ They tell parents to spare no expense in necessary treatment, to call in any aid that is needed â€" and to forward the bills. we can give them. After 24 years of faithful and conscientious service to the city of Highland Park, Commissioner Lyle Gourley is retiring frotw the political scene. Although we agree that he has carned a rest, it is with reâ€" gret that we shall no longer have the advantage of his wisd and unbiased counsel in the direction of municipal affairs. Hig understanding of local problems, his clear judgment and his Mmh&molhm,hnflld him the respect and affection of all who have come irto conâ€" Highland Park, HWinois, Thursday, January 30, 1947 No doubt the place he leaves vacant will be suitably filled. His successor will have an unusually high standard set for him if he hopes to be as good a commissioner and as good a citizest as Lyle Gourley. : i One of the most important THE MARCH OF DIMESs "Fun‘" May Be Fatal; May Be a Menace Members of the: Highland Park police force wish to call the attenâ€" tion of the public to the. serious menace of snowball throwing. Children are apt to be thoughtâ€" less. It is the duty of parents to warn them of the possible harmful consequences of what they may eonsider harmless fun. R Gerry Wilkinson of Kimball road was struck by a car when she started to cross the street in order to escape being pelted with snowâ€" balls. A passing driver, suddenly: noticing the little girl starting to eross her path, stepped on the brake, causing the car to swerve and turn completely around, in the meantime hitting the . little girl, who was rushed to the hospiâ€" tal, where stitches were taken in her face and she was for M broken collarbone‘ axyd various Bruises. _ Jerry is again attending school, handicapped by havingiâ€"to carry her arm in a sling. face. The dullest imagination can #igure what might have been the result had the car, in either case, been moving. A driver, startled by a hurled snowball would involâ€" untarily dodge, causing the car to swerve, with possible grave reâ€" sults, Snowball throwing is a defâ€" inite hazard to traffic. Children often do not realize the harm that may result from soâ€" called innocent fun. It is the duty of parents to instruct them in this matter. _ A city ordinance proâ€" vides for a fine from $3 to $25 for throwing snowballs, exclusive of a more serious penalty for seâ€" Recently, the window of a parked car was broken by a thrown snowball. A woman reported that ® snowball thrown through her lowered window struck her in the H. Park Camera Club To Meet February 12 At Com. Center e Highland Parkâ€"Camera club, a newly organized club sponsored by the playground and recreation board for all adults interested in photography, will hold its next meeting Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. in the Community center, Members are asked to bring some pictures they be eommented upon during the At the organization meeting held Jan. 22, the club was given its name and members also voted to adopt the byâ€"laws of the old Highland â€" Park Camera club, which disbanded during the war. Meetings, which are always open to interested adults, will be held at the Community center the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Percy H. Prior Jr. will be temporary chairman for the Febâ€" Only last week 12â€"yearâ€"old l‘To Vote on Bond Issue For Recreation Buildings Parent Teachers Assn. Next Paper Drive Revenue from the paper drives is a constant and helpful source of income for Highland Park schools, reports the Parentâ€"Teachers‘ assoâ€" ciation, which sponsors the drives. Each month proceeds from sales are placed where they can best serve the needs of each school. At West Ridge school, 25.per cent is placed‘in the ice skating fund and T5 per cent used for visual eduâ€" Continued Support Needed School officials are anxious to have the continued support of resâ€" idents of the school districts, the PTA stated. <At Green Bay school, where paper receipts have dropped recently, the children wrote a skit on paper ~salvage. Flyers anâ€" nouncing the drive were carried by the children to all homes in the district. Paper receipts for that district ‘almost doubled, as a reâ€" The drives start the first Monâ€" day of each month. Paper and magazines should be tied in bunâ€" dles or packed in _ cartons and placed on the curb the day before the pickâ€"up, regardless of weather February Schedules Elm Place school area â€" Monâ€" day, Feb. 3. Lincoln â€" Tuesday, Feb. 4. Ravinia â€" Wednesday, Feb. 5. Braeside â€" Thursday, Feb. 6. West Ridgeâ€"Friday, Feb. 7 (in the forencon) ; Green Bay, Friday, Feb. 7 (afternoon),. . If the collection truck misses your contribution, call. Suburban Infant Meets Death In Sunday Tragedy Brmeside school . Green Bay school Sympathy of the entire communâ€" ity is extended to the family of Robert Bennett III, 14 Brittany road, because of one of those unâ€" accountable tragedies in which their ‘infant daughter, Barbara, met instant death on Sunday. Little Barbara, 18 months old, had been placed on the porch of their home and cautioned not to leave it while her father got the car out of the ‘garage. ~ Aftet backing for about 20 feet, his atâ€" tention was distracted, and by the time he resumed backing, the litâ€" tle girl had toddled out directly in the path of the car. _ Instant death resulted from skull frac» Veterans of Foreign ‘Wmhm And Time of Meeting The child is survived by her parâ€" ents and a brother, Robert IV, 3% years old; her paternal grandparâ€" ents, the Robert Bennetts, Jr., of Highland Park, and the maternal heiser of Hubbard Woods. ‘The address of the Veterans of Foreign Wars has been changed from Elks hall to Witten hall, on Central avenue. The time of meeting is also changed from the first and third ‘Thursdays to the second and fourth as usual, and the second mieeting each month will be a social meetâ€" ing, as before. _ y month will be a The first meeting in February will be on February 12 at 8 p.m. ‘The second will be on Feb. 26, with band, dancing and general enterâ€" tainment. It will serve as a houseâ€" warming and a KIWANIANS TO HEAR ADDRESS ON LINCOLN At a dinner meeting of the Kiâ€" wanis club onFriday evening, Feb. 3, at Sunset Valley, members will hnruda-hbuhkh man, assistant trust officer of the Central National bank of Chicago, who will spesk on "Lincoln‘s Greatest Address." He comes to the club under the sponsorship of $20.50 1.15 ~21.175 14.175 By GEO, SCHEUCHENPFLUG Director of Recreation and Playâ€" ground Board (Editor‘s note. The following is the first of several informative articles to appear in this paper which have been written to help Highland Park citizens understand :;;‘en-fiu problems of their On Feb. 25, Highland Park resâ€" idents will be asked to go to the polls to vote on a $200,000 bond issue to cover the purchase of adâ€" ditional land and the construction of a new recreation center buildâ€" ingfa-th_.irdty. How they vote will decide whether or not Highâ€" land Park will have a new, well equipped community center, or if it will have to get along with its present inadequate, remodelled facilities. « The Playground and Recreation board, after a thorough study of present crowded conditions, of future growth, and of an adeâ€" quate program, recommended to the _ city touncil in February, lQlG,M.meo-_-nin,”.i-. ter be built for the city of Highâ€" ‘Highland Park‘s great need of a community center was felt as far back as 1918, when Fred Silâ€" ber, a public spirited resident, mqmdh'h.h---: gesting a community â€"house built "as a fitting memorial to our war heroes." Also ‘at this time, a m itizens banded together as munity Service of Highland Park" for the purpose of developing and Cheney served as president of this Highland Park Boxers To Targle With â€" Libertyville Boys Club Highland Park ‘boy boxers are set to invade Libertyville tomorâ€" row (Friday) night where they match. . Sixteen all star bouts are scheduled at the Libertyville high school gyim starting at 8 p.m. â€" A large contingent of Highland Park backers will be on hand to cheer their team to victory. Highland Fark ws originally scheduled to box Mundelein at Libâ€" ertyville tomorrow night, but at Libertyville‘s request the two teams exchanged dates of their }mhuviflnllichhndhrk.oa Feb. 8, the Mundelein team will face Highland Park in the Highâ€" land Park high school gym. Libâ€" ertyville‘s conference match with Highland Park will be set for a later date, giving the fans an exâ€" will take on the strong Libertyville Boys‘ club in a nonâ€"conference tra show for the season. been scheduled for tomorrow To Initiate New Members; Enjoy Scenic Movies The Highland Park American Legion auxiliary will hold a busiâ€" ness meeting and initiation of new Mc.hnhlal.hlul: Mrs. Edwin Gilroy, president, will be in charge. *< & Following the meeting movies of scenic spots in will be shown and refr 5c a copy; $1.50 a (Libertyville names first.) William Smith vs. Danny Seits. Steve Bolander vs. John Dean. Jack Kelly vs, Tom Brown Frank Barringer vs. Merrill Ferâ€" Larry Ray vs. Jim Troy. Jimmy Sullivan vs. Bob Winkâ€" . Truman Sturtevant vs, Dominâ€" Jimmy Stahl vs. Vincent Cimâ€" Pete Bennes vs: Chuack Larty Kelly vs. Frank Humphâ€" mmnbnli‘.. Billy Weidner vs. Jimmy Webâ€" ‘page 6) vea. . Clifford of