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Remarks, coming from various Republican sources, that the present contest for the tprmesidency is "a dull campaign," strikes a somewhat offâ€"key note for one who has never yet cast a vote for a winning presidential candidate. Well, among the various candidates who, to coin a phrase, "are seeking the highest political honor the American electorate can bestow," we have: Vol. No. 38; No. 385 Colorful campaigns we have hadâ€"four of ‘em. Roosevelt vs. Hoover; Roosevelt vs. Landon ; Rooseâ€" velt vs. Willkie; Roosevelt vs. Dewey. Colorful, "not dull" campaigns we have had .Winning campaigns? No dice. Personally, we will take a nice dull campaign and be on a winner. For once. Norman Thomas. At the very least, he should get "A for effort." At the most, he furnishes a place to cast a protest vote for those who feel that neither major party is offering the right political answers, and who furthermore feel that Hank Wallace is worse than nothing. Harry A. Truman. He plays a nice piano, but he has no ear for distinguishing between Pendergast politics and statesmanship. Thomas E. Dewey. The worst they have been able to say about him is that he isn‘t very tall and that he doesn‘t have the "warmth of personality‘ that characterized FDR. He has done an outstanding job as an able executive, and, in view of what a warm personality gave away in the name of the American people at Yalta and Teheran, maybe someone who is a little slow on the warmâ€"up is just what we need. P.S. In the event that Chicamauga, Shiloh and Bull Run seem more recent to you than Anzio, Omaha Beach and Okinawa, you can vote for Jefferson Davisâ€"or is it . member of his cabinet? ._ By Bill Thomas © A DULL CAMPAIGN Henry A. Wallace. He says he doesn‘t know it, but he is the Kremlin‘s favorite candidate. Ravinia Women Stage Seasorts First Dance Autumn with its bright fall colors will be officially welcomed in by members of Ravinia Womâ€" an‘s club> on Saturday evening, October 30 when they hold the first of a series of four dinner dances at Ravinia Village house. For the first time in many years, this dance will be informal. Dinner will be served promptly at 8:30 o‘clock and George Burnett and his wellâ€"known orchestra will furâ€" nish the music. ¢ Mrs. Robert Christopher, social chairman, already has more than 200 reservations for the party from Ravinia Woman‘s club memâ€" bers and their guests. All reservaâ€" tions will be closed on Wednesday, October 27. Mrs. George Mueller, coâ€"chairâ€" man, and the following members of the social committee will set up dinner tables for the party and decorate the hall for dancing: The Mmes, John P. Andrews, Johnson, George Kirkgasser, Bruce Krasberg, Arthur Moulton, E. C. Partliow, G. A. Shaliberg, Jr., Joseph Stefan, Arthur Tresch, Frank Wales, and H. J. Ziegler. Lester Ball, John Barbee, Jr., Kenneth Baughman, J. F. Bickâ€" more, Herbert Carison, Burnham Converse, Sydney Graham, E. N. will be held on December 31, Febâ€" ruary 19 and April 30. ° Embliem Club To Stage Fashion Show to be held at the Elks Hall on Wednesday, October 27, at 8 a fashion show will hhdd.; the Emblem Club. Frocks, etc. will be loaned by Hein company, Waukegan, for the occasion, with Mrs. B. Rosenberg in charge. Chairman of the affair will be Mrs. Carl Arens, Models for the evening will be Mesdames Mitchell Beaudin, Arthur Bess, Peter Caraâ€" mi, Kelly, Leo Larson, Howard Morâ€" Welch. â€" Hostesses will be the following â€"Mesdames Ray May, chairman, Mitchell Beaudin, William Dorick, At Up To Now Jr., Stockholders Asked To Junk Shore Line The handwritirig appeared on the wall for the North Shore elecâ€" tric railroad last week when its directors announced a stockholdâ€" ers‘ meeting for the purpose of abandoning Shore Line route opâ€" erations. The notice, buried in a legal advertisement in a Waukeâ€" gan newspaper, set the date for the meeting on December 15th. No announcement of the meeting was made t§ the press. Reached for comment, North Shore Line officials said the meetâ€" ing date has been set as a precauâ€" tionary measure to enable immeâ€" diate action if the six months‘ test operation, due to end in Decemâ€" ber, shows a loss. Notice of the stockholders‘ meeting is required two months in advance. No data is yet available on the test, ordâ€" ered by the Illinois Commerce that the present stockholders got control of the company for about $3,500,000 and stand to cash in on assets of around eight to ten Shore line citizens opposed to the abandonment scheme claim wrecked. The road went through bankruptcy in the 1930‘s, wiping out nearly forty million dollars par value of preferred and comâ€" First mortgage bonds were conâ€" verted into the present controllâ€" plan to junk the rail line and opâ€" erate carriers over public streets rather than on private rights of stock, and it is said to be now held Opposition to the mpm change has come from six N Shore towns which have formed an . Interâ€"Community Transport Committee under the leadership of Village President William S. Warfield III of Winnetka, The committee has appointed William J. Hagenah of Glencoe as enginâ€" reorganization of the area‘s comâ€" muter service. More than a dozen schemes for saving the rail setup have come from cititens and exâ€" perts. Typical is the North Shore American Veterans‘ Committee idea of forming a public authority to lease the electric tracks to the Northwestern line for unified opâ€" The Higblant Park Press | Noted Authority On Sex Education To Be Heard By Ravinians Ravinia P.T.A. To Hear Dr. Irene M. Josselyn Following the address by Dr. Josselyn, the movie, "Human Growth" will be shown. "Human Growth" is a psychological film deâ€" signed to create a classroom atâ€" mosphere in which the facts of human sex can be discussed by a mixed group with a minimum of personal embarrassment and tenâ€" sion. The film was produced in natural color and sound in Hollyâ€" wood under the auspices of the E. C. Brown Trust in cooperation with the University of Oregon. Dr. Irene M. Josselyn will adâ€" dress the Ravinia Parentâ€"Teachers Association at its second meeting, Monday evening, October 25th at 8 o‘clock in the Ravinia Village House. Her subject will be, "Sex Education". ® Dr. Jossetyn is well known and greatly admired by the Parents and Teachers of the North Shore. She has her Masters Degree in Social Work from Smith College School of Social Work and her Medical Degree from the Univerâ€" sity of Chicago, receiving her training in children‘s work at the Illinois Institute for Juvenile Reâ€" search and her psycholanalysis training at the Institute for Psyâ€" choanalysis in Chicago. She is Reâ€" search Associate for the Institute for Psychoanalysis and consultgnt for several social di@encies Chicago. She works bofixlg children and adults and has exâ€" perience in planning sex education programs. Rummage Sale At Presbyterian Church At this meeting, there will be an opportunity to pay memberâ€" ship dues for those who have not already done so. A great effort is being made to have complete membership dues paid this year. The fall rummage sale is to be given by the Woman‘s Associaâ€" tion of the Highland Park Presâ€" byterian Church. The sale will be held in the Parish House on’é::; rel Avenue, on Wednesday ber 27â€"from 2:30â€"9:30 p.m. Thursday October 28 from 9:00 â€"12 noon. All of the women in the assoâ€" ciation are helping to make this an outstanding sale. The chairâ€" man is Mrs. Char§es Bletsch, and the Coâ€"chairman is Mrs. Lioyd Tupper. â€" Mrs. Dwight Reynolds, Womâ€" en‘s clothing. 2 Mrs. Lyle Gourley, Children‘s clothing. Mrs. E. L. Vinyard, Men‘s Wear Mrs. R. W. Hawkins, Household section. Mrs. F. D. Porter and Mrs. Maâ€" son Armstrong, Hats, Shoes and Accessories. Famous War Veteran To Speak At High School Harold Russell, who received the Academy Award for his portrayal of Lives", will speak to High school 28 at 8:45 a.m. in ‘the school audiâ€" he plays golf and pingpong, swims, writes and drives a car. He will talk to the students on "The Significance of Democracy‘, movement" The meeting is open uihpdli& At Bethany Church the‘ Bethany Eangelical Church in the morning until nine at night. The Church is located on the corâ€" Highland Park, Illinois, _ Thursday, Oct. 21, 1948 Those in charge of departments of 51 nine of The problem of safe passage between‘ Elm Place school: and Morgan Playground, former homeâ€" stead of Capt. Otho M. Morgan, oneâ€"time mayor of Highland Park and president of Elm Place school board, is now solved. The new Underpass is complete, and will be dedicated at 2:45 p.m. on Friâ€" day (tomorrow), October 22. The ceremony will be held in the bow! at the east end of the Underpass. Sheridan read, between Elm Place and Vine avenue, will be closed at 2 p.m. with parking space available on both sides of Sheriâ€" dan road south of Vine. Dedication Of Elm Place Underpas# Friday, Oct. 22 GOV. GREEN HERE TOMORROW General Wainwright Honored The Underpass will be dedicated as "Jonathan M. Wainwright Unâ€" derpass", in honor of its most famous alumnus, who received an ovatiocn here when he spoke at the school in May, 1946. His knickname, "Skinny," was given him while a student at Elm Place. He is well remembered by many classmates, among whom are Ray Flinn, Ed Moroney and others. famous man, hero of Corregidor and three years prisoner of the Japs. A graduate of West Point, class of 1906, he is the father of a Ft. Sheridan cavairy officer. Governor Green To Officiate Presiding at the ceremony will be Horace S. Vaile, president of No. 107 Board of Education. The guest speaker will be Governor Dwight H. Green, who will be present for the ceremony only. Among the honored guests will be Mrs. Frances North of Lake Forâ€" est and Mrs. Harriet McComb, of Highland : Park, daughter _ and granddaughter of Captain Morâ€" gan. Mrs.â€"McComb is a graduate of Elm Place, and three of her five children are now in attendâ€" ance there. Mrs. North is a formâ€" er classmate of General Wainâ€". wright‘s. Other Special Guests Other special guests will be city officials, township school trustees, members and superintendents of nearby Boards of Education, presâ€" idents of Elm Place and Green Bay PTA‘s, County Superintendâ€" ent of Schools, former members of district State senator sentative. Elm Place and Green Bay students will be present, and all friends are cordiaily invited. Music will be furnished by the school band. How Obtained The Underpass was designed of lilinois. The City of Highland Park appropriated the use of some gas tax allocations, and the reâ€" mainder of the cost was paid by the Elm Place School board. Enâ€" larged facilities are assured from plans developed by the Morgan Improvement Trust, a private Elks Sponsor Masquerade group of friends and parents, On Saturday, October 30, the party at the Elks Hall, starting at 9 p.m. Norman Hansen, chairman and James Golden, in charge of Elm Place is proud to honor this New Organization Contributes Particularly gratifying to all Chest workers was an exceptionâ€" ally generous contribution sent in last week by the Arden llobby‘ Club, a new organization in Highâ€" land Park. "We are deeply grateâ€" ful for the thoughtfuiness of this new group," Mr. Schaffner stated. ‘Their willingness to help others is a real credit to each and every member of the Arden: Hobby Club." Schools Unite With Kiwanis Club To Make Halloween An Occasion Of Constructive Fun This Year To Raise Additional $13,000 to Meet Quota At lastn ight‘s report meeting for all Community Chest Chairâ€" men, it was announced by Herbert T. Schaffner, general campaign chairman, that contributions now total $50,000, leaving $13,000 more to be collected to reach the 1948 quota of $63,000. All workâ€" ers are urged to speed up their efforts and call on their prospects in order to complete the drive during the coming weekâ€"end. Every effort must be made .to reach the $63,000, as it is unâ€" thinkable that Highland Park should fail in this vital community enterprise. .. & Residents whose checks have not been picked up by Sunday night are asked to mail their conâ€" tribution direct to the Community Chest office, 1st National Bank Building, 397 Central Avenue, Highland Park. H. Park Music Club Plans Musical Treat An attractive program will be given at the October meeting of the Highland Park Music Club, Wednesday, October 27th, at 2:00 promptly, at the home of Mrs. Albert Pick, Jr., 176 Vine Aveâ€" nue. Two members of the Club who have played professionally fer many years, Dorys Seelig and Hadassah Delson Joseph, will play a group of compositions by Bach, Schumann, Infante and an arâ€" rangement of the Blue Danube Waltzes by Strauss, on two pianos. Mrs. Seelig was a pupil of Phillipp of Paris, France, and a graduate of the Juillard School of Music in New York City. She has been soloist with the New York Philâ€" ‘&;nnonic. the Minneapolis Symâ€" phony and the lllinois Symphony ion:hutrn. At present she is a piano teacher in Highland Park. Mrs. Joseph is a graduate of the Chicago Musical College, where she was a winner in many contests, being chosen to play as soloist with the Chicago Symphony orâ€" chestra. She has also played as soloist â€"with other leading orchesâ€" tras and served as a member of the faculty of the Chicago Muâ€" sical College and of the Gunn Musical College. Both Mrs. Seelig and Mrs. Joseph have played beâ€" fore many North Shore Music Clubs, and their renditions have always been accorded hearty apâ€" plause. In addition to the two piano numbers,, Patricia Laegeler, soâ€" prano, formerly soloist with the Albany Park Presbyterian Church, now soloist with the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, a member of the North Shore Musicians Club, former student at the Cosmopolitan School of Music with Shirley M. K. Gandell, and the mother of a four months old baby, will sing an aria, two French and two English songs. Her perâ€" sonal charm and delightful voice make her a welcome member of this outstanding musical program. As always, tea will be served by Mrs. Lisle Hawley, chairman of procured early. These may be purâ€" chased at the Elks Hall on Saturâ€" day, October 23 and Tuesday, October 26 from any member of the Hospitality Committee and her assistanta, details, request that tickets be Excitement over the Kiwanis artâ€"witchery project spread beâ€" yond Highland Park this week when .the Chicago Tribune anâ€" nounced itsâ€"intention to decorate some windows too. As the young iu-tista compete in painting gobâ€" lins, spooks and witches on store windows, Tribune artists will reâ€" produce _ McCutcheon‘s . famous "Injun Summer" on windows of the new store being opened soon by Edward Stevens, Inc., on Cenâ€" tral avenue. a & Kiwanis Club Plans Artâ€"Witchery Project For Hallow‘een The efforts of more than 350 youngsters are being directed by the art teachers of the various schools, announced Harold Bridâ€" ges, chairman of the artâ€"witchery committee. Each teacher will suâ€" pervise his or her students in decâ€" orating the windows within a parâ€" ticular area, he said. Miss Apitz is counséling children from Linâ€" coln and Braeside schools; Mrs. Pierce those from Ravinia and West Ridge schools; Miss Hansâ€" com:the artists from Elm Place school; Sister Mary Edna those from Immaculate Conception; Mr. Wirt those from Oak Terrace, while Miss Bennett is advising several groups from the High School. War Veteran, To Address N. S. Citizens Harold Russell, the exâ€"G.I. who won two Oscars for his work in the movie, ‘"The Best Years of Our Lives", will talk before the North Shore Citizens Committee next Thursday evening, October 28, at the Winnetka Community House, at 8:15 o‘clock. . iIÂ¥rold Russell <,. _ >> ‘"When a defective blasting cap set off a half pound charge of TNT on June 6, 1944, causing both my arms to be amputated three inches above the wrists, I had no idea at that gloomy stage of my army career of the strange byâ€"paths into which the accident would push me. > Here is part of his dramatic story as he tells it: Oscars for my role of the handless veteran in "The Best Years of Our Lives", become the buddy of thousands of handicapped menâ€" and still more important, I have had the chance to come to the Amâ€" erican people a crusader for equal rights." Highland Park‘s Officiad | *‘ tapped me for a leading role opâ€" drews, Fredric March, Myrna Loy and other stars. I am glad that I had paid attention to the medics in Washington Walter Reed Hosâ€" pital, who taught me that manipâ€" ulating a pair of steel hooks inâ€" 5¢ a. copy; $1.50 a year "Since then I have received two "Sure, it felt swell:â€"to be able (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 6)