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tablish a Boys‘ Bicycle Club, with Club room facilities in his store. cles, bike motors, wagons, skooters etc. A unique feature will be the retreading of pram wheels, and a pickâ€"up and delivery service for which he engaged in the merchanâ€" dising and production business, which took him to various parts of the country. During the war he served as production supervisor with the U. S. Signal corps. The Highland Park Cycle shop will feature wheel goodsâ€" "everyâ€" Wally Bieger, who is opening the Highland Park Cycle Shop at 380 Central, the space formerly oceupied iby Picchietti Bros., is by no means a stranger to many Offers Siuny furecotes Pss ., Continuing their program of ‘bringing important and interesting people to Highland Park, The Highland Park Men‘s Republican club and the Deerfield Township Women‘s Republican club, have secured Admiral Byrd fortthenoftheHmrPrognmonApfilzz.'l‘his series has beenfa v;luablc source of information on imâ€" portant topics for Highland Parkers. These groups have done an excellstlt ]o‘blgf maintaining a truly high standâ€" ard in the quality of the speakers presented Old timers in Highland Park who can recall when The Highland Park Young Men‘s Club was a source of recreation and enjoyment forâ€"scores of Highland Parkâ€" ers, are interested in the group‘s efforts to build up the organization. The basketball game scheduled for March 24, between theâ€"Young:Men‘s Club and Johnny Lujack‘s Chicago Shamrocks is one of the group‘s more important events in recent months. We hope the affair receives the{ wholehearted support it deserves; 4 | & MEN OF THE HOUR The Highland Park Hospital, one of Highland Park‘s most important . institutions, is benefitting from the anniversary of the founding of Post No. 145 of American Legion, one of Highland Park‘s most important organâ€" izations. We think the Legion‘s gift of $2400 to the hospital (to be used to purchase 20 ilasinetta and stands for the new nursery) is an especially commendable fi bration ‘of the Legiont‘s anniversary. In making this gift, the Legion is reaffirming its fundamental policy of service to the community in general. The Legion in Highland Park has been a potent source of civic improveâ€" ment. Its birthday gift (in reverse) is ample evidence that it will continue to be so in the future. ‘ & THE YOUNG MEN‘S CLUB It is Mr. Bieger‘s plan to esâ€" © THE LEGION AND THE HOSPITAL Vol. No. 38; No. 4 BUSINESS IS RUSSIAN :! Up To Now BY BILL THOMAS and now as personnel director of At the present time he, with his wife and three sons, is a resident been employed by Johns Manville corporation, first in the plant proâ€" In 1984 he became full time ioi nneen, onme & m-‘:‘fiomd the FBI, the Federal Communicaâ€" tions commission and the National American Red Cross, acting as inâ€" structor in First Aid at Waukegan. of the club in 1924. boy, Republican, is the only canâ€" difl.fi-lh-.flhh County for the office of Sheriff in the coming election. Charles R. Rouse Is Candidate For In 1946 he left the sheriff‘s The Higbland Park Press | A Paper for Highland Parkers ®@ Published by Highland Parkers played on the front of the vehicle for'ihhhv-hd,“::t- you get your new license put it in the glove compartinent, or leave it at home in the garageâ€" put it on the front of the car where it may readily be seen. Persons who purchase their 1948 tags but fail to display them are also subject to arrest and fine declares the Chief. City Hall between the hours of ment, loss of time and money by having to appear in Police Court, the Chief urges all Highland Park auto owners, who have not already done so, to purchase their 1948 City tags which are due the first deadline for purchasing City veâ€" hicle license is drawing near, Arâ€" rests will be made and fines levied on all persons found operating a car without a license on City streets after April 1, 1948. * In order to avoid embarrassâ€" Vehicle Tax Deadline Nears Warns Patten Chief of Police Edward Patten, pay for it. Let‘s get behind our Police department and voice our opinions to the Mayor and Comâ€" missioners ‘and see that they get a raise in salary in keeping with the rising"cost of living. e Did: you knowâ€"Highland Park Policemen are paid the lowest salary of ANY City (over 5000) along the North Shore ! ! ! !, Se= FOR THEM 100% . Mra® â€" ‘ want the best and are willing to BEST cities in the worldâ€"has one of the BEST Police Departments â€"so ‘let‘s pay theth a salary in line with the BEST, not way beâ€" ment on the pitiful small wages the City Fathers see fit to pay them, in fact I don‘t see how the officers themselves are able to maintain a home and family on their present salary. We all know how far a dollar goes these days. Highland Park is one of the dinary common laborers are paid $1.50 per ‘hour and up, for just digging a ditch in old grimy clothes. selfâ€"it amounts to only $53.85 per weekâ€"$1:13 per hourâ€"and that before deductions. Why, orâ€" Would you attempt to overpowâ€" er and confine an intoxicated, fighting mad â€" personâ€"attend a seriously injured person following an accidentâ€"enter a dark, strange home in search of a prowler or burglarâ€"pick up a mad dogâ€" settle family argumentsâ€"for the small salary a local Policeman receives? Yes, he has to do this and much ‘more for a salary of Our Police Officers work 6 days a weekâ€"48 hrs. a weekâ€"Saturâ€" daysâ€"Sundays and all Holidaysâ€" gar in and year outâ€"fair weathâ€" :r\‘a:lâ€"-for LESS than the pay a worker receives, They are subject to call at all timesâ€" must buy their own uniforms (which most Cities furnish)â€" spend hours and even days. in court on their own time for which they â€" receive no compensation whatâ€"soâ€"ever, nor are they allowed thisstime off. They must, and will bereudyatnlltimatoputee& our lives and property, even if it means the sacrificing of their own lives. This is seldomâ€"if everâ€" asked of any other type of emâ€" ployee, with possibly the excepâ€" tion of the Fire departmentâ€"of which Highland Park has an exâ€" cellent one. | City ordinances also require the own local Police Department. While I am heartily in favor of any increase in pay for our loyal mail workers, I also would like to see.our Police Department grantâ€" ed a sizeable i in salary. Lets look it over: :; ~A letter, recently published, in a local newspaper, advocati ing an increase in the salaries of Postal workers, aroused my curiosity and set me to wondering about our TO THE EDITOR: Citizen Gives I don‘t see how we can attain Highland Park, Hlinois, Thursday, March 18, 1948 Plug For H. P. Police Force it out yourâ€" 8 A.M. and 5 P.M. and on Sat days from 8 AM. to 12 noon. prizes at the conclusion of the Fisher Holbrook, food consultant ml*dm-ml. food prepared by Mrs. Holâ€" brook will be given awny as door Emblem Club To Mrs. Raymond Sheahen, president. _ The program will last for two An educational food program and cooking school will be sponâ€" sored for the public by Highland Park Emblem club on Wednesday, :lllfl“.ulv--.hchlh Laurel ave. and McGovern Legion quarters are located on the 8rd floor, 21 N. Sheridan Road. veterans of Highland Park to atâ€" tend meetings or avail themselves Officer Dewitt Manasee. Trustees of the Post are Harry Eichler, Ray Grant, Herman Leuâ€" er, Mike Miotti, William Rectenâ€" wald and Miller Schriener. Chaplain Albert Mueller; Sgt. of The present officers of the Post are, Commander â€" Albert Bork; Vice Commander Jerry Leaming; Junior Viee Commander Clayton Hull; Adjutant Melvin Miller; Finance Officer, William Altman ; Every local Legion Post reflects the community from which it draws its membership. Through the years, the Highland Park Post has‘ .enjoyed the lead of many distinguished eomn and officers. It has contributed much to the social and civic welâ€" fare of this community. Its memâ€" bership continues to grow. The membership of the Amerâ€" ican, Legion is made up of veterâ€" ans of both Great Wars. All comâ€" rades have equal standing in the American Legion. Any comrade who has honorably served his country in World War I or World War II eithef ‘within or without the cogflncnhl limits of the Unitâ€" ed States is invited to join the American Legion. Any veteran with an honorable record in World War II and still in active service is also invited to join the Amerâ€" ican Legion. Hence the Legion is all inclusive and is open to all vetâ€" erans with an honorable record. ganized in September 1919 in the old Highland Park Club which used to be located at the foot of Central Ave. near the lake. The first Commander of our local Post was one of our distinguished citiâ€" zens, Captain Joseph Card, U.S.A. (deceased). ; y To uphold and defend the Constiâ€" tution of the United States of America; To maintain law and order; To foster lnd perpetuate a one hundred percent â€"Americanism; To preserve the. memories and inâ€" cidents of our associations in the Great Wars; f To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; / To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; To make right the master of might; To promote peace and good will on‘ earth; a To safeguard and transmit to posâ€" terity the principles of Justice, Freedom and Democracy; To consecrate and sanctify our comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfuiness." 7 . The American Legion had its birth in Paris, Pnn? on March 15, 1919 and it was brought into being by a devoted group of loyal ‘veterans of World War I. To know the American Legion is to know its Preamble to the Conâ€" stitution of the American Legion. All Americans, old and young should know this Preamble. It gives strength to our.great Democâ€" racy in a time of doubt and conâ€" fusign. "For God and Country, we assoâ€" ciate ourselves together for the following purposes: 1 tlcpatity L o s LEGION OBSERVES ITS 29TH YEAR and will include actual March 15th siders / V it b’i;a:i the children in this community, to the committee in its study, _ a-mhm-‘.-: ursery at the hospital is one Lfl-dh&mau donation for action by the general membership of the post after a thoughtful study of hospital needs. Commander Bork said that Carl C. Lamley, administrator of the ‘tlh contribution, besides serving as part of the observance of the Legion‘s anniversary, is in line Lealen which saile spoctiiectty tor which calls specifically for support of local hospitals and child welfare programs. He said that the Post‘s executive committee arrived at the decision to recommend the Park Post No. 145, American nh-ri;oflhfonlz:gm:- 0 by ing a donation of $2,400 to the Highland Park Hospital associaâ€" tion, Post Commander Albert Bork announced this week. The money is to be ‘used to pay for 20 bassiâ€" nets and stands for the hospital‘s new nursery, Following through on the preâ€" cept that dne of the principal reasons for its existence is to be ofurvieotndneonmlty.,. well as to the nation, Highland Legion Pledges $2,400 As Cift â€"â€" For Hospital "This year that‘s the thing," Daly said. | "Don‘t you mean, in the selecâ€" tion of our next Republican candiâ€" date for president?" Daly was R. E.Wood . _ * . Candidate for delegate to l.,n-wc-_-. volunteers all feel the same wayâ€" they know the General for a solâ€" dier, a patriot, and a great Amâ€" ericap.. They say they are proud to campaign for him. They want to make sure that he is in Philadelâ€" phiato give this 13th District of onnaltmngvoieeinthghhcflon‘ of our next president." Robert . L. Daly,â€" representing General Wood in his Lake Forest headquarters, announced Tuesday that scores of lefters and countâ€" less telephone calls had already been received from admirers of General Wood offering their help in his campaign. "All such assistâ€" ance is being gratefully accepted", Daly said, "And volunteers are beâ€" ing asked to contact their friends and neighbors." ‘"This spontaneous support is a mighty fine tribute to General Wood", Daly commented. "These Supporters for General Robert E. Wood for Delegate to the Reâ€" publican Nationalâ€"Convention are snowâ€"balling into a fullâ€"scale poâ€" litical organization. Gen. R. E. Wood Gains Supporters In Campaign P.TA. Of District No. 107 Announce Cast Of Show USee Here Brother‘"‘ "'31';."':,‘-&-:-\ mechanic by occupation, the youth '-b.'hwm,m tending Lincoln school and Highâ€" “M““Hflh entered the army. He served 14 months in Panama. of the "_."_'.35"_-!-,-1-â€"- \ a » Highland Park Youth Tragic Accident A traglc accident occurred early Botker, 20, of 1201 Burton aveâ€" nue, suffered instant death as a car crashed into the rear of the ear on which he was engaged in changing a tire, at 850 Lake Shore Retugning homefrom a theater by Miss Dorothy Stanley of Lake Who will appear at the anditortam of the Highland Park High school April 22. variety show of infinite vari and top talent. "’h to the "train of the future", one of the outstanding features of the new play written by Jack Pincus, there will be ample opportunity to appraise television, for all the artsâ€"fine and otherwise, will be tantalizâ€" ingly televised. Come and see. For this show, probably the best of the season, for the North Shore, Peterson, Harvey Cousens, Jack Allan, J. P. Embich, Bernard Joâ€" seph, Jack Montgomery, Carl Casel, Louise Casel, Gertrude Nachman, Hadassah Baskin, Callie Derking, Minnie Joseph, Doreen Donaldson, Alice McGuffin, ‘Elsie Hubertz, Rozelle Graham, Virginâ€" in Pichard, Jane White, Lioyd Vernon Heims. Jolun Evicknzon: Directed and coached by . Mrs. Graham Marks and Mrs. Richard Hafner, well known for their actâ€" ing in past North Shore plays, the cast comprises many especially well suited to parts allotted to them in the various skits.â€" Those participating®. will be: Vernon Peterson, Leonard Wels, Jack Pincus, Jane Strauss, L Weil, Katharine Wells, J&nfiineu Harriet Ling, Katharineâ€"Cook, Herman Anspach, James Nachâ€" man, Peg Montgomery, Robert York, Robert Keretz, Caroline Anspach, _ Lorraine Ripezinski, Laura Deerinck, Graham Marks, Richard Hafner, Leonard Johnson, Dorman Anderson, Frank Moyes, Jack Ross,â€" Francis Koretz, Ruth Peterson, Harvey Cousens Jnck The cast for the variety show "See H#re Brother" to be preâ€" sented at Elm Place School, Friâ€" day, March 19th, now assures a top performance from beginning to end. P Local Talent _ To Shine At Frithy, March 19 Highland Park‘s Official a copy; $1.5Qq a,. year