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For George Greene. .. > Masonic _ Temple for : George Greene, president of the Highland Park Building and Loan associaâ€" tion, and wellâ€"known educator in this vicinity, who passed away on Thursday evening at his home on 504 Gray avenue, following a long illness. Masonic rites were conducted on ‘Sunday at the Highland Park Vol. 37 ; No. 27 ,~~~ Now $160,366.62 is less than a drop in the bucket when compared to our national spending or even, say, to The cost of the Illinois State Bonus (which, by the way, is being distributed at a pace that would make a selfâ€"respectâ€" ing snail condemn himself for sloth). Nevertheless, to translate this comparatively small sum into figures that mean something locally, one could leave about $50 in every mail box in Highland Park, and still have a few dollars left over. Figure out for yourselves what one of Mr. Truman‘s billions would mean! Born in Byron, IIl., 54 years ago, upon graduating from De Kalb State Teachers college in 1916, he became a teacher at Elm Place school. After returning from ser vice in World War I, when he saw service on the Mexican border, he again resumed his occupation of teaching, becoming instructor of physical education and manual training in Glencoe and Lake Forâ€" est grade schools. Later he reâ€" signed his Glencoe position to take charge of the three Lake Forest $160,366.62 _ Not that we particularly need any more country clubs-gbut. even though we, as a nation, have fallen into the habit of thinking of public funds in terms of billions, that little item of $160,366.62 that represents unpaid taxes should be a welcome addition to the county exâ€" chequer. $ How Much is $160,366.62? & As citizens, we might take more interest in public spending of OUR money if we took the trouble to conâ€" vert these sums that are tossed around as budget figures into terms of our own experience. . _ «. Scouts who attended the Jamboree in France are reâ€" turning home.: Theirs has been an enriching experience. They. haveâ€"learned, for one thing, that lads from other lands are not merely French, English, Belgian, Polish, or what have you, but also are Scoutsâ€"which is to say, potential friendsâ€"ordinary fellows who enjoy the same things and dislike the same things that please or displease their American counterparts. _ _ : grade schools For 30 years he made his home in Highland Park. A 32â€"degree Mason, he was past master of A O. Fay lodge in Highâ€" land Park, past high priest of the Highland Park Royal Arch Masons, and past commander of the Evansâ€" ton Commandery of the Knights Templar. News that a group of undisclosed principals may conâ€" vert the Edith Rockefeller McCormick estate into a counâ€" try club contains overtones of good news for Lake county ‘Too bad that such knowledge can‘t somehow be made a part of the experience of their elders who are governing the course of action which may make enemies instead of friends of some of the lads who so recently shared the same campfire. s Park and Harold of Byron, II1., and two grandchildren. Vera ducted by Rev. Lester Laubenstein of the Bethany church at Byron, Y.W.C.A. Board chairman, on the Y.W.C.A. board is sending out invitations this week School children for a tea to be held at the Y. This is an annual affair which gives the mother an opporâ€" tunity to meet Mrs. Ellen Jane Floriani, teacher of the school and to discuss the plans for the coming Only a few places remain to be filled in the Nursery School and parents who wish to register their children are urged to call the Yâ€" 675. â€" Surviving are his widow, Adelâ€" ‘The term begins Monday, Sept Tenn.; one daughter, Mrs. Newtown of Norfolk, N. Y.; Up To Now At Sunset Park t The schedule of events for the Labor Day Family Picnic to be held at Sunsetâ€" Park, under the auspices of the Veterans of Forâ€" eign Wars of Highland Park, is as follows: h 11:00 a.m.â€"Kids Decorated Biâ€" cycle Parade. A 1:30 p.m.â€"Races and Games. 4:00 p.mâ€"Magic Show by Nick Tomei. . © , 7:00 p.m.â€"Free Dancing. Sunset Park where they will be judged. Three beautiful prizes will be awarded the best decorated be distributed to all the children present, by Nick. } The basebal} game will bring toâ€" gether the V.F.W.‘s 16 inch and 12 inch ball teams. The game will be 8:00 p.m.â€"Ball game. > The cyclists will form at 10:45 a.m. on north First Street and will The races and games, for young and old, will last throughout the afternoon. Nick Tomeéi‘s Magic show will be an hour of humorous Plan Interesting Year played by using the two different booth will be in operation, selling sandwiches, coffee, and colddrinks. Picnic tables will be available for all who wish to bring their For Boy Troop 33 The first Boy Scout troop orâ€" ganization meeting of the Highâ€" land Parkâ€"Highwood district for this season was held Monday evenâ€" ing, August 25, at the Boy Scout headquarters by Troop 33. Duties for various members of troop committees were explained, and Scoutmaster Lioyd Moon outâ€" lined activities for the season. very interesting program are beâ€" ing made, and all boys of scout age are urged to attend. Those attending the organiza members from the Highland Park Lions, spensore of troop 33, Robert Roeber, Dr. Frank Trangmar, Ray Molendy, Lioyd Larson, and Carl Casel; District ‘Chairman Robert C. Brown Jr., District Commissionâ€" «r Russel Whitney, and District Chairman of organization and exâ€" 16, at Lincoln school. Plans for The Highland Park Press The first meeting will be held t. A pencil trick will to North Shore Denies Highland Park Plea Highland Park Traffic Commission advised that Mr. Dwight L. Smith, General Manager of the Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railâ€" road has verbally stated that his read is unwilling to comply with the recommendations for elimina~ tion of safety hazards at Beéch St. and. Rraeside made by the Traffic Commission, Philip Céle, City Engineer and Chief of Police Rex Andrews, with the exception of having threugh trains sound a signal and tearing down the old Beech St. shelter which is now As the result of a fatality a year ago at the Beech St. station and following a petition to the Mayor and City Council by a group of citizens and recommendation of the Ccroners jury that the crossing te made safe, the Traffic Comâ€" mission recommended after a sur vey that a shelter be erected on the west sidemm!south_boundx senwers would not have to shelter on the East side and then cross, before onâ€"coming tflt; They also recommended that trains be instructed to stop it Patton and the City Council, Edâ€" Beech St. and that trains bo.t structéd not to pass at or near station. In addition they asked that the right of way be fenced in on the eastâ€" side and shrubbery cleared at Braeside. ; These recommendations, Mr. Gilroy states were made ®everal months ago and substantiated by accident record over a period of years and a survey made at the Beech St. station which established that an average of 89.856 passenâ€" gers normally board and alight from trains at that station and that an average of 126.048 normally cross the North Shore tracks at that ‘point each year, many of which crossings could be eliminatâ€" ed by affording shelter,on the west elapsed since original recommendâ€" ations were made, Mr. Gilroy Open House To Cap Yacht Club Season Labor Day comes a couple of months too early this year. So, at least, North Shore yaclltmgn say. Hastily drawn plans for a gala Labor Day open house announced this week by club officials conâ€" fessed that summer‘s formal end will .catch Highland Park sailors in a midseason mood of gaiety. members, more boats in the water and more fun," stated Hubert Kelley of Deerfield, Chairman of the House Committee, who with Mrs. Kelley will be host during the coming weekend. "It seems as though we‘ve hardly started, and yet September is already upon us. We‘re praying for good weather so that we can make the very most of the approaching holidays." Races, refreshments, reception of interested visitors, and seagoing talk of past sailing lore and future plans will mingle in the club‘s saâ€" lute to the waning season. Guests will inspect the refurbished clubâ€" .b-..-hfirflndwu passengers in heeling sloops put at their disposal by the club‘s skipâ€" pers, and relax on the sunlit sands of the Park Avenue beach. As a nounced by Kelley, they will have an opportunity to cheer their favâ€" held on the racing course familiar to North Shore Yacht Club comâ€" petitors for more than a decade. Other House Committee memâ€" bers, in addition to Mr. Kelley, are Elsie Quirk and R. R. Wolfe, also of Deerfield, and Helen Weeks of Highland Park. , "September is inevitable," the committee noted in a statement to club members. "It comes every year. But this year, we hope, it‘ll be a sailing September!®" Closing of Park that the bathing beaches operated hy the district, Central avenue and Roger Williams Avenue, will not close on Labor Day as has been the practice for many years.* Instead both of the beaches will stay open for one week Jonger and will close down the evening of It is hoped by so doing that the additional time will permit a little more enjoyment of the beaches for Highland Park, Iilinois, Thursday, August 28, 1947 (Continued on page 5) SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 _ This year‘s freshman class and new students will report for the opening of school on Monday, September 8th, at 8:45 a.m. All upperclassmen will start on Tuesâ€" day. By this arrangement the freshmen have one day to‘ get #~ equainted with the teachers, find the different rooms, and in genâ€" eral, get acclimated. Only two new teachers will be added to the staff this fall. Miss Marilyn Shaw will be in charge of the nursery school replacing Mrs. Rothenberger who has accepted a position as school nurse at the Evâ€" anston High school. Miss Shaw is Mr. Baker resigned in June to accept a position as commercial teacher at Wauwatosa, his home town. His work will be handled by Mr. Harold L. Henderson who graduated from Nebraska State Teachers College in Wayne, Neb raska, and took advance work at the University of Iowa. Mr. Hendâ€" erson was a pilot in the Air Corps for three years. He has had several years of teaching experience in Iowa high schools. Since the war he has been at Webster City, Iowa. Mr. Henderson is married and has three daughters. Besides teaching at the high School he will teach flying at Sky Hapbor. * ; a recent Home Economics grad uate of Carthage college. Year on Monday, Sept. 8 Staff members of the Elm Place and Green Bay Road Schools will assemible for a. general faculty meeting at 10 o‘clock Monday morning, September 8, to complete plans for the opening of school. Staff Changes at Green Bay The teaching staff is returning. on September 2nd for a week of inâ€"service work shop. The activiâ€" ties will center around guidance, mental health, and the curriculum. Dr. Raymond: Yoder of the Ypsil anti State Hospital in Michigan, will work with the ‘teachersâ€" on Health. Dr. G. Robert Koopman, Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction for the state of Michâ€" igan, will spend two days helping the staff revise and develop new objectives for the curriculum. Miss Blaul, the school‘s guidance di> rector, will spend & day on eduâ€" She will be assisted by Mr. Burâ€" wel and Miss McKichan, vocation> alâ€"counselors for boys and girls. Teachers of Dist. 107 Have First Meeting ofâ€" School The nursery school which is opâ€" erated as part of the Home Econâ€" omics department, will not open until Octobér ist. Children beâ€" tween the ages of 2% and 4 years old are eligible. For more inforâ€" mation call the high school; Highâ€" land Park 4300. . r ing the faculty this year. At Green Bayâ€" Road School, Miss Virginia Pickhardt, a graduate of the Uniâ€" versity of Minnesota, who taught in California last year,, will be teaching one of the third grade many, where she has been teachâ€" ing children of G. I.‘s who are staâ€" On leave for the school year 1946â€" 47, is returning to her former poâ€" During the past year Miss Donaldâ€" Monday Morning Prowler Believed to Be A Police are checking all angles of the Moses case, an incident ‘of early Monday morning, in which Laurie Ann Moses, 3 months‘ old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Moses, 1005 Clinton court, and her nurse, Mrs. Else M. Gerald, were victims of a prowler who entered the house. . sleeping, tiptoed to the nursery to find the baby‘s crib empty. nursery the police or search the house first, switch, and the whole first floor Changes at Elm Place Miss Lorraine Ripczinski comes (Continued on page 5) for of [3] Children of District 107 Register September 9 Children of the Green Bay Road and Elm Place Schools will register for the schoolgear on Tuesday morning, September 9, at nine o‘clock." Fhe opening session will last only until registration has been completed and the necessary instructions have been given. Enrollim ent of kindergarten | children will continue throughout the morning. While registration for many of the ‘kindergarten children was completed last spring, parents should report with their children for enrollment purposes, Teache:s will be available at both schools to assist with enrollâ€" ment and the registration of new enrollees.© ChildÂ¥en cligible for enrollment in the‘ kindergarten must be five years on or before December 3ist. Birth certificates must be recerded for each entering kindergarten child. Unless parents have already. had birth certifâ€" icates recorded, these certificates :::‘d be presented at the time of istration. .. First Day Procedures All children enrolling in Distâ€" rict 107 for the first time, except the kindergarten children, should register at the superintendent‘s office. Pupils previously enrolled in District 107 will report to their last year‘s classroom for their new room assignments. P Following registration, children will receive book lists and be giv«‘ en instructions for the purchasing of books and supplies. Classes Meet September 10 ; Regular classes for all children September 10, ~at nine o‘clock. Books will be purchased on that day at the school. District 108 Announces Opening Of Fall Term On Tuesday, September 9 School Diftrict 108 (Lincoln, Ravinia) Braeside and West Ridge Schools will open on Tuesday morning ‘September 9th at 9:00. Registration and room assignments will be made, and the regular chedule of classes will begin on Wednesday morning. In line with other schools in this area, schools are opening one week later than formerly, and will run one week longer in June. F Residents wishing to register pupils new to the district (except Kindergarten) may do so on Tuesâ€" day morning at the schools, or may register in advance at the Board of Education office, 495 Lincoln Avenue on any day before the cpening of school, between 9:00 A.M. and‘ 4:00 P.M. Kindergarten children will begin regular class sessions on Monday morning, September _ 15th. Kindergarten teachers will use the first week for conferences with parents. Parents of kindergarten children who have not already registered for the fall session should do so either at the Board of Education office, or at ‘.e schools after September 8th. it is essential that a birth certifiâ€" eate be presented at the time of registration. _ In keeping with procedures durâ€" ‘ (Continued on page 5) Students of Dist. 111 To Report at Oak Terrace School Sept. 8 idan and northwest Highland Park, living in School District No. 111, will report for the opening of school at Oak Terrace School on Monday, September 8th, at nine ©"clock. Registration, room as signments and the issuance of text ‘books will be made at that time. _â€" Children registering for Kinderâ€" garten must bring birth certifiâ€" ‘I""‘ ‘There will be two sections of kindergarten pupils with the younger ones attending the mornâ€" ingâ€"session. k YOUR COMMUNITY FUND DOLLARS AT WORK Several changes in the faculty will bring some wellâ€"prepared teachers to Oak Terrace this year. Mrs. Gertrude Hill I'm who obtained her Master‘s from ° Northwestern University, *‘ (Continued on page 5) Children of Highwood, Ft. Sherâ€" for (This is the ‘ecighth of a series of articles describing the activities of the various health, welfare and supported, in part, by your contriâ€" butions to the Highland Park Com* munity Chest). The purpose of the North Shore Council of Boy Scouts is "to pror mote, supervise, and administer the educational and recreational program of Boy Scouts for charâ€" acter development, . citizenship training and physical fitness".. The North Shore Council includes 12 organized districts of which Highâ€" land Park in one. lhis There are 7 scout troops or sen> ior scout units in Highland Park. These represent the activities of boys 12 years and older. There are also 5 cub scout packs for boys from 9 .through 11 years of age. Total membership is approximately 650 boys. The vast niajority of the boys belong to troops and ‘packs which meet near their homes, most of them in schools, a few at the Community Center and one in a church. Cub scout dens usually meet in homes, under the leaderâ€" ship of a Dén Mother, assisted by the Den Chief who is a Boy Scout. â€" The scout program is centered jaround advancement from one rank to Mu!:pon passing cerâ€" plus, for more advanced M'tm completion of cer tain achievements as measured by the earning of merit badges, Adâ€" yancement up to the rank of "First Class" is based on passing tests. Beginning with the "Star" rank, the boy must earn 5 merit badges and have a record of satisfactory service as a First Class seout for at least 3 months. For "Life" rank, he must earn 5 additional merit badges and have a satisfactory Star record for at léast 3 months. (Continued on page 6) Victim of Fatal _ Airplene Accident This publication joins with their many"friends in extending deepest sympathy to the family of the late James "Red" Friedman, whoâ€"met with a fatal accident on W%l..- h[, August 20, about 4 p.m. attempting to land his plane at Sky Harbor. % It was the Mudaytlnt James dropped in at this offiee, fresh from his Alaskan trip, for a chat. We retain a vivid picture of him as he appeared that day, his twinkle in hisâ€"blue eyes. It was a great shock to learn of his airplane crash the following day. With reâ€" spect to his father‘s wishes, no public mention was made of the accident, as hic mother was, at that time, on her way home from (Continued on page 2) Auxiliary to Install Officers September 4 will be held on Thursday evening, A business meeting and installâ€" ation of officers of the Highland September 4 at 8, in the Legion Mrs. Callinan of Gurnee, tenth, district director, will have charge of the installation. jary members, with their husbands, are invited to attend. 5¢ a copy; $1.50 a All legionnaires and all auxilâ€" , boyish manner, smile as