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experts we have lined up for this series," she said. Later talks will ging and piloting. The executive board of ’;; Exâ€" moor "Highlander®" were jump ahead of the weather they met on November 18 at the home of Mrs. John E. Morrisey, | president, to make plans for a big season of curling. Last year the ‘women, curling for the first time at Exmoor, found it to be fine exâ€" ercise and wonderful fun. This year all the old players are hoping that many new prospects will come to the luncheon, Detember 5, and be imbued with their enthusiasm. bers and younger sailors, Miss Peters indicated, who need instruc tion. ‘"But none of us is too good a sailor to profit by hearing the mittee. of boats, winds -l-::i'llh:;‘-hu)-r alike. good seamanship is a vital factor of safety." j talk on ‘"small boat handling" by Gunter Schwandt at the Highland Park Public Library auditorium at 7 :80 on Thursday, December 11th. z'udt,.vuu-*d yacht club, is a mathematics instructor and aerodynamics enâ€" ‘-_-.uw,-.-. "We feel that this series will be a useful service to the communiâ€" ty," declared Joan Peters, Chair man of the club‘s Education Comâ€" Yacht Club Begins Seamanship Talks Inaugurating a winter season of "How to Sail" sessions, the North II, the "Thistles" of Skokie Country club, Glencoe, and the "Highlanders", Exmoor Country club, Highland Park. Other curling groups are being formed, and it is to promote interâ€"club curling On October 23, representatives from five women‘s curling clubs met in Milwaukee to form the U. S. Women‘s Curling association. The charter members are the Wauwatosa "Granites", Wauwaâ€" tosa, Wis., the "Tam O‘ Shanters", Appleton, Wis., the "Squaws", Inâ€" c_!_.'hn Hill Country Club, Winnetka, At present there are only two other North ‘Shore groupsâ€"the Indian Hill "Squaws", who have been curling for two yearsâ€"and the Glercoe ‘‘Thistles", who are opening their first season with a luncheon December 4. Exmoor Women Find Curling Great Sport / (We suppose that in Utopia, they pay boomtime wages and charge depression prices). C New To turn to‘a less local topic: * Robert Young, who has Heen acquiring railroads right and left (to coin a phrase} lias béen kept busy pointing out the faults and inadequacies of railroad service in gencral. We‘d like to add a small example to his imposing collection. 1 We expect to pay a premium for anything on a train. We know that they have to transport it, store St and serve it *inder difficult conditions. Nevertheless, when they divide the contents of a bottle of Coke, om one of the various substitutes therefor, into four paper eups. each cup containing about four times as much ice as beverage, and then charge uembnupforit,vethinktltcymurryiq the right of charging a premium to extremes. And it isn‘t just the principle of the thing cither, it‘s also the 15 cents! _A reader commenting: on our Nov. 27 editorial thinks we dis played a fenceâ€"sittingâ€"posture:"â€"Frankly; we don‘t «onsider it fenc: sitting to point out that for five years. NO ONE has been intereste« enough in gambling to try to stop it. « Alvin Ruesch, Zion chief of police, who had been appointed as a special officer‘ to serve with the grand jury during the gambling investigation has indicated that he too, will take no part, but has not yet officially declined the appointment. ‘_‘To restate our position on the gambling investigation : We believe that partisaw politics was the motivating force, behind the "expose" conducted by the Chicago Sun. > We see no present reason to doubt the sincerity of those Lake County citizens who are now demanding an investigation. ®© RAILROAD TRAVEL ".. fimec Larcy, mon city judge, who was named special proseâ€" eutor to conduct the probe has declined the position, which has been handed on to Okel Fuqua, a former assistant states attorney under Charlie Mason, during whose regime _as states attorney, another gambling probe was carried on. s As this is written (Tuesday night) the gambling probe is "in a, state of flux," as various generals used to say in commenting on a battle still in progress. _ .. , L. Eric Carey, Zion city judge, who was named special proseâ€" eutor to conduct the probe has declined the position, which has been handed on to Okel Fuqua, a former assistant states attorney under ®© â€" PRESENT FERVORâ€"PAST INDIFFERENCE Vol. No, 37 ; No. 41 & THE PROBE Up To Now . BY BILL THOMAS rmmTo Homor G. L Guests C ie spahtr or t ‘evenine wit he Dr. thiten its dones PH. Do pach, Henry Bernard, John Corâ€" tesi, Claude Mitchell and Charles of Wilmette. At the Monday. evening dinnér meeting of the Kiwanis club at Sunset club, members of the club The Chamber‘s annual election 'fl!hhwflfifi-lfl. with the following members slated President and Directors as folâ€" year‘s University of Illinois games, with commentary by Mel Brewer, freshman conch.at the State Uniâ€" High School Team To Be Guests of Chamber Dave Floyd, head High School coach, will introduce individual _1 â€" ho mpathly dinnerâ€"meeting of the Highland Park Chamber. of Commerce will be held this coming Tuesday. evening at the Sunset Valley Club, and will be the annual occasion‘ of the football program wherein tribute is paid to the var ments will be served by the Emâ€" blem Club. f The services will be conducted by Past Exgited Rulber Mortimer Singer, who ‘will be assisted by the officers of the Lodge. The annual candle snuffing ceremony will be observed in honor of the departed Elks and their names will be. Gloria Linari, stage star, who during the last year reached starâ€" dom in the theatrical world, has again consented to be the vocalist for the occasion. The guest speaker on the occa~ sion will be the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph P. Morrison, an outstandâ€" ing clergyman. Msgr. Morrison is now head of the Immaculate Conâ€" ception Church in Highland Park, which he is rapidly building into an outstanding position in the dioâ€" day, December 7th, in accordance with the custom of the organizaâ€" tion, it was announced by Exalted Ruler, Sam Bernardi, today. Elks To Observe On Sunday, December 7th Elks of Highland Park_will ob~ Serve their Mentorial Day Sh Sun_ The Higbland Park Press and this will be folâ€" of A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers including men, is welcome This.date will be engraved in Jewâ€" ish history, and Jewish people all over the world feel privileged and mbhn-h-dfi-“.r decision in the path towâ€" ard justice and freedom for all people. A Jewish State was born at 5:35 p.m. on Saturday, November 29. At that time the United Nations‘ General Assembly voted to estab omm w be prosinied ty ine program North Shore Hadassah on Satur N. S. Hadassah Celebrates With Gala Tea At the North Shore Congregaâ€" tion Isracl temple at 840 Vernon, w. on Saturday, December 1:80 p.m., North Shore Hadâ€" assah will celebrate the advent of a Jewish State in Palastine with a tea for its entire membership, husâ€" bands and friends. The Postmaster asked that all Christmas cards and packages for, outâ€"ofâ€"state delivery be in the mails by December 10, and that l‘o‘alnl:bte-ildbyboe-hr to sign your name on a card sent thirdâ€"class, but if you decide to write a few cheery lines to an old friend or tuck in a little social note, be sure to put a 3â€"cent stamp on the envelope." d hi gee is ~~Every year some cards also are returned to senders because the stamps fell off én route, he reâ€" master said. "You are pw-iM to figure out whether you mean "Elm Street" when you addressed a card to a nonâ€"existent number on "Oak . Avenue," and obscured or mm Undeliverable thirdâ€"class mail â€"is not returned to.the, sender. ‘Cards bearing a ‘3â€"cent stamp are entitled to "directory service," which means that skilled post ofâ€" fice clerks will seek to trace down thirdâ€"class postage," the Post® master said. Postal regulations do. not require that morg than one effort be made to deliver third class mail. So if the address is wrong and there‘s only a 1% cent stamp on the envelope, your careâ€" fullyâ€"selected Christmas® card is carted back and dumped uncereâ€" moniously ‘into the dead ‘letter bins. Outâ€"ofâ€"Town Christmas Mail Should Be â€"<_ Sent By Dec. 10 int Postmaster Daniel L. Cobb today emphasized that your cheerful Christmas greetings won‘t come to grief in the Dead Letter Office this year if your Christmas cards are sent by firstâ€"class mail. "Each year we have to destroy a large number of beautiful Christ mas cards because they are inâ€" correctly addressed and carry only Surviving are his mother, three brothers; Fred, of Highland Park, A. J., of Waukegan and Henry Wilâ€" liam of. Farnsworth, and two sisâ€" ters: Mrs.â€"Louise Radford, Pensaâ€" cola, Fla. and Mrs. Lillian Vazâ€" ulia of ‘Chicago. The body will be received at the Seguin â€" Funeral home today. Born November 29, 1918, Mr. Wolak had lived all his life in Highland Park, zud\uung.ofiv- the Highland Park high school. In June, 1943, he enlisted in the U. S. Ar?y, and joined the 46th ar orcd division of Co. C. Shipping overseas in 1944, he gave his life for ~his ~country in ~Germany "on December 2 of the same year. His brother, S/Sgt. Matthew, was lost at Mindinao, in the Philippines, on May 9, 1945. Memorial Rites For Alexander S. Wolak Saturday At 9:30 Memoria) rites will be conducted at the St. James church on Saturâ€" day, Dec. 6, for Pfc. Alexander S. Wolak, son of Mrs. Mary Wolak, 830 Deerfield road. ' "Only cards that are sent firstâ€" Highland Park, Hlinois, «_ Thursday, Dec.4, 1947 private venture and is contingent upon permission being granted for the construction and operation of -u-'-:n;.m-m:‘m- and ‘privilege charging for parking at their discretion. Since the entire traffic sabâ€" Mf-fihm.,-‘ :.:l-fi:be-‘-lr- ing and related traffic problems, the cost of lot rentals and needed parkway cutâ€"backs. II. Report of Ravinia Business lishing a parking lot between the two Failronds in the park lend be Cut back both parkways on N. Second Street from existing points to Elm Place for diagonal parking. In addition to the above, we suggest the entire committee conâ€" sider the proposal of Mr. Paul Phelps, wherein he believes he can again influence private capital to all safety requirements in estabâ€" tween Central Avenue and Elm Cut back city parkway on east side of First Street from Laurel to Edward Hines and make diag~ onal parking. Cut back both parkways on S. Second Street from existing points #to Laurel Ayenue for diagonal Vacant lot of J. B. Garnett So. First Street. ; north of the freight station to Elm Place, fill in that area and make a twoâ€"lane diagonal space, using the existing cement â€"lane as a turnâ€" _N. Sheridan Road from Park Avenue to Elm Place â€" Present parking facilities owned by Wm. Pearl & Howard Huber. Bo%:;motn.s«ous'&m from tral to opposite Press Print Shop. Suggested Parking Lots & Allâ€"Day Both sides .of Sheridan Road from Central Avenue to Park Avenue. West side of First Street from Larson‘s Garage to Elm â€"Place: S. St. Johns Avenue from Cenâ€" tral Avenue to Laurel Avenue, Bay _ .In order to divide up the work, the Committee was subâ€"divided inâ€" to four smaller committees. * Edwin L. Gilroy, Traffic Com:â€" ~* mission > « Chairman, Edwin L. Gilroy; Vice Chairman, Edw. E. Burwell, Secretary, Ernest A. Belmont. The . Committee on Parking makes the following report on their studies during the past two months. % f The Committee: Businessâ€"Ernest A. Belmont, George R. Stone, Howard Huber, Fred Fell, Joseph Garnett, Oscar Lundgren. ; Highland Park, Hlinois Gentiemen : Plan Commissionâ€"Edward E. Burwell, Marshall Johnson: & Andrew Beck, Supt of Streets Philip E. Cole, Engineer Edward Patton, Acting Chief of Joseph Garnett, Chairman (Continued on page 5) 'l‘h: llongug* Mayor and City Commussioners Cit$ of Highland Park Parking Commission Makes Report Remove the two westerly tracks ppointment, aj les ®f Central Avenue Witten Bldg. to Green Niche «enberg of Alameida Dvhh&vk&' n :77"'-; !0"-‘--”-«':â€" that‘s ironed nice and neat, . It covers you in front, all right, but it‘s minus at the seat. = My mother never told me, and alâ€" â€" though I‘m along in years, flh-yq-vflhi; There is no use to holler, up a song and dance, But I‘ll be the hanviest a grocery store on Deerfleld eveâ€" nue, Highland Park, recently spent a week in the Victory Memorial hospital. He was termed "a jolly Irishman‘" by the hospital attendâ€" ants, and to prove it he penned °_ ewre2090, TOW SVmg in Wauâ€" kegian, whose brother,.John D., has Finds\ Hospital Life Lacking In Dignity But An Aid To Art this lyrical plaint: _ _ _ "When you go to the hospital you moiee n U ther ces m& your a~ y-v:-dth-hyhhm who ‘serve under you, have recog nindthei-pommofm civic responsibility in connection with the problems of nearby muniâ€" cipalities and, without solicitation, have acknowledged this responsiâ€" bility in the form of a generous In acknowledging the contribuâ€" tion, General Campaign Chairman Woodward Burgert wrote to" Adâ€" miral Jones that "We think it is important for the citizens of this and adjoining communities to know that you, as Commandant of the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, and the Officers and men the Naval Personnel stationed at the Ninth Naval District Headâ€" quarters and the Naval Training Center at Great Lakes, Illinois. I extend best wishes for the success Pleasgnt surprises are aiways welcome, but never more so than when they ‘demonstrate the inâ€" nate goodness and generosity of human beings when funds are beâ€" ing collefted forva worthy cause. An ottstanding example is the conâ€" tribution of $150.00 received last week, without solicitation, by our Community Chest from the naval personnel at Great Lakes, accomâ€" panied ‘by another ~check for $28.50, representing ‘the «contribu> ? from the civilianâ€"empleyees ap Navai Training Center. ‘ With the‘ first check, came the following letter from Rear Adâ€" miral J. Cary Jones, Commandant of the Ninth Naval District: "I take pleasure in forwarding to you the enclosed check for $150.00 for your Community Fund. This contribution is from Gets Contribution From Great Lakes Personnel Artist Of International Fame On Community Concert Series H.P. C The direction of the school band and orchestra is under H. N. Finch, Approximately 300 students will play instruments or sing in the production. Th: concert is being sponsored by the music committee of the Parentâ€"Teacher association, of which Mrs. H.,A. Alexander is chairman. For the first time, the concert will be recorded on a wire recordâ€" ing machine. High School To Present 18th Annual Yule Concert The music department of Highâ€" land Park High school will present its ,{Iitl: annual Christmas concert in ‘the school auditorium on Sunâ€" day, Dec. 14, at 3:15 p.m. _ All three music organizations, band, orchestra and chorus, will take partâ€"The band and orchestra will play a varisd progrm of conâ€" cert music, while the chorus will feature Christmas music. > earth Wan As Erica grew up, she now adâ€" mits, she longed for the dances and parties that came to other girls her age. But, for her, a pretty new evening dress was a concert dress. Nhnlhmm‘,‘.g.n th-nmtothm l’flh.â€"‘cdfllddin“ ‘hehahm.dfl-.;lv- though she seldom practiced, Erica was a wonderful dancer. All her lih.hh-ld-‘&nh.“ on her list of recreations. One of d‘oo?m'_hfi-â€".““ meéting with Anna Paviova at a ball in Australia when both arâ€" complimented Morini on her grace dm and Moring admitted that as a little girl she had hai ambition to be a ballet dancer beâ€" entered the glamorous but very difficult and demanding pathway of musical greatness. All the Euroâ€" pean capitols wanted her to play for them. Rovalty attemded her her curtsy in the crownemblaz oned boxes. She received her blond doll after playing a command perâ€" formafie for the Emperor and his family at the Royal Palace in Vienna. of the cycle. Tiny, darkâ€"haired, wideâ€"eyed, she stood at his side, her white dress standing out stiffly around her. The she began to play â€"and the audience knew that a tonal miracle was taking place beâ€" foreâ€" them: Anâ€"adnirer called her a "wunderkind." "No" replied Nikâ€" isch, "she is not a wonderâ€"child. &ehawflu-fl.fl@" Erica, the child, played ber first orchestral engagement as soloist under the baton of that legendary figure among conductors, Artur Nikisch, an old man, full of years and the highest honors in his field. Erica was quite at the other end he piayed.On his death he willed it to the Musical Society of Madrid to be given to the violinist of a later generation whose playing best reflected the fire of his Spanâ€" ish dances. The fourth souvenir is no longer in Miss Morini‘s posses: sion. This was the Guadagnini vioâ€" lin owned by the 4ate Maud Powell and presented to Miss Morini after her debut in the United States. Miss Powell had left the violin as a bequest to "the next great womâ€" an violinist." Unfortunately, the violin proved . too big for Miss Morini‘s hands Her own instruâ€" ment is the renowned Davidoff Stradivarius. Re.â€" her music room. This belonged to Sarasate; the Spanish violinist and composer always wore the ‘hand~ ered linen handkerchief which hangs in a‘frame on the wall of second of the Community Concerts series at the Hghland Park School on Friday evening, December 5. If you go to her New York apartment, she will show you the large blond ?ll! presented to her by Emperor arl of Austria, which commemoâ€" rates her days as a child prodigy in Vienna. A gorgeous peasant cos tume presented by Queen Marie after Iz concert in Bucharest is a souverlir of her ‘teens. Most prized of this collection is the embroidâ€" Four mementoes mark epochs in the life of Erica Morini, famous violinist, who appears hqc in '-h‘ Highland Park‘s Official 5câ€"a copy; $1.50 a. year (Ofiu-nn moments of her Hfeâ€"out