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They say that everything has its compensations, and seeing the show when fate throws two seat hogs in the same seat is compensation for a lot. The jerkâ€" ing, the twitching and the notâ€"tooâ€"subdued rumbles that emerge from behind their newspapers is sweet music to the ears of the commuter whose ribs, et. al, are still sore from yesterday morning‘s encounter. Now you can‘t spot the seat hog on the platform, and you can‘t be sure you have found a seat hog even when someone starts crowding you in the seat. Some commuters have become so caseâ€"hardened that they notice neither crowding nor being crowded. There is just one way you can classify the breed. If you note some one whom you have observed to be a persistent crowder, giving off with the outraged dignity when HE is crowded, there‘s a 100 per cent, simon pure, guaranteed unadulterated seat hog. han, township tax collector, 1948 tax bills for Deerfield Township were mailed from his office on Thursday of last week. The first Those of you who are not commuters will have little interest in the following, but the recent humidly hot weather adds a sort of crowning touch to one of the more or less minor annoyances of commutingâ€" the seat hog. _ $ Important Notice July 1st and becomes delinquent August 1st. A penalty of 1% will be added on the first installment after August ist. All bills should creases varying from 10% to 35% over last year‘s bills depending in the 1947 and 1948 rates on each $100 of assessed valuation is tabâ€" Highland Park ______111 2000 2308 Current tax bills covering 1948 taxes will show increases varying from 10% to 35% over last year‘s bills ‘throughout Deerfield Townâ€" ship depen assessed valuations of their propâ€" erty. Such belief is false. Accompanying each tax bill to be mailed this year will be a pink slip from Harry Earhart, local assessor, explaining that increase in taxes are not due to any inâ€" creases in assessed valuations of properties as far as his office is concerned. Assessments on real We have been hearing a great deal lately about the lamphreys, which are said to be responsible for a serious decline in the numbers of lake trout caught in Lake Michigan. Granted that big trout grow from little trout, which in turn grow from eggs, we wonder if year after year unrestricted commercial fishing during the spawning season couldn‘t have something to do with it, too. Maybe if you cat down the numbers of eggs which have a chance to hatch, it cuts down the number of little trout which might have grown into big trout, maybe. Sounds vaguely like a story we heard once about a goose and some golden eggs. e THAT MUCH WORSE ulated below: Many taxpayers believe that highâ€" assessor‘s books for four years (1947â€"1951). Under the \Butler tax law each year the Department of Revenue for the State of IIliâ€" nois applies a county correctional factor to the assessor‘s valuations throughout the county to estabâ€" lish a 100% assessment, however, such variations from the assessor‘s figures are but slight (this year only 2%% more than last year). The size of your tax bill, acâ€" cording to Mr. Earhart is determâ€" ined by the amount of ~money appropriated and levied by our various governmental units conâ€" sisting of elementary schools, high nlooh.dv.-qkdiurkt,-tv quito abatement district, sanitary During the past few years the voters of this township, especially proved by public referenda various Vol. No. 89; No. 18 in all school districts, have sapâ€" rates, which in turn are bound to reflect in a higher tax bill. & BIG ONES FROM LITTLE ONES According to Gregory M. Shea Up To Now By Bill Thomas July 12, the past presidents of the local unit and the past presiâ€" dents of the district will entertain the women patients at Downey, with a picnic. Caroline Jacobson. Mrs. Anne Cervetti and Norma Christensen will represent the unit at the department convention held in Chicago, August 5, 6, 7 and 8. Highwood Legion Auxiliary Elects Delegates To 10th District Three new members were electâ€" ed into office at the annual meetâ€" ing of Highwood unit No. 501 Mae Minorini and Mrs. Cioni. July 13 the Highwood and Lake Bluff units will be hostesses to the tenth district meeting which will be held at the Methodist church on Highwood avenue and Everts place, Highwood, at 8:00 o‘clock. On Saturday and Sunday, July 17 and 18 members of the unit are urged to attend the Second Division convention at North Chiâ€" Monday night at the Legion home. Mrs. Anne Cervetti, heads the list The delegates to the tenth disâ€" trict meetings elected were Mrs. Waukegan is the Divi dent and will preside. Sunday morning at 9:30 the convention will convene. The highâ€" light of the session will be a talk by Mrs. Marie Suther, the past deâ€" partment and National president. This will be broadcast over the Waukegan station. During the afterncon there will be a parade and ball game. Saturday night at 6:30 there will be a banquet at Central school North Chicago. The members of that unit of the Legion auxiliary will serve the dinner. The regular July meeting of the Highwood unit will be held Monday, July 11 at the Legion home, at which time final plans for the district meeting will be The Higbland Park Pregs | A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers Highland Park, Hlinois Thursday, July 7, 1949 U. E. Church Choir To Present Recital chology and a doctorate from Inâ€" diana in general and theoretical peychology. He also has studied While a graduate student at Inâ€" diana he served as an assistant in The senior choir of the First United Evangelical church will present a special recital tomorrow evening (Friday) at 8 p.m. in the church auditorium, according to the announcement made by Mrs. Nestor Daggitt, directress of the choir. Miss Romayne Gunstéens will be the organist for the program which is as follows: "I Will Extol Thee" (J. F. Ohl Choir "Trees" (Joyce Kilmer) ....Treble Choir "Lift Thine Eyes" (Mendelssohn) Fertorrettcicitse:=».â€"sâ€" TBODIG CROIF Selected Numbers ....Mrs. Leageler "Gloria" (Mozart) ...__.... Choir There will be no admission, but an offering will be réceived for the Building Fund of the church. The general public is invited to assistant professor of Psychology at ‘Hamilton College was anâ€" nounced today by President Robâ€" at the National University of Mexico and at Northwestern Uniâ€" Ray Sheahen Installed As Lions Club President Friday, July 8 "Go Down Moses" (Negro Spiritâ€" ual) .................... Male Chorus Selected Numbers ....Mrs, Leageler ‘"Master the Tempest is Raging" erbnnnts vetreenervebrentans recesvakee ~ApBOORE "My New Life" (Stewart) .. Choir "Sylvia" (Oley Speaks) ....Treble Dr. Robert Lundin To Teach At Hamilton College. â€" Appointment of Dr. Robert W. the Psychology Department. In 1947â€"48 he was an instructor in Psychology at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, and the next year was promoted to assistant proâ€" The Highland Park Lions club held a combination Charter night and Installation meeting Thursâ€" day evening at the Elks Club rooms. About 90 members, Ladies and guests were present. Robert Pease, Paul Olson, and vities of the club. An impressive Installation cereâ€" mony was conducted by District Governor Elect. Burton Hoffman of Barrington who presented the gavel to the new president, Ray J. Sheahen. Floyd Godfrey is reâ€" Guest soloist for the occasion will be Mrs. Patricia Laegeler of Highwood. Mrs. Laegeler came from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to accept a full scholarâ€" ship at the Cosmopolitan School of Music in 1939. Increasingly acâ€" tive in concert and church work, she is a member of the North Shore Musicians club and of the Phi Beta Music fraternity. renpentmsoures mexceprarmcrser tppssterce CpRRNE "Seek Ye The Lord (Roberts) remaining charter members and Thor Lundgren of Winnetka, orâ€" Woman‘s Auxiliary Of Highland Park Hospital To Meet July 13 (Soloist, Mrs. Leageler) "Adoration" (Beethoven) Regular monthly business meetâ€" in will be held next Thursday noon at the Moraine Hotel. The Woman‘s Auxiliary of Highland Park Hospital will meet Wednesday, July 13, at the parish hall of Trinity church. Mrs, William Nelson, in charge of :tgkal dressings, will have work ready for folding at 10. Mrs. Lewis Sinclair will supply the maâ€" chine sewing. Following a business meeting luncheon will be served by Mrs. Harry Van Ornum and her comâ€" mittee at 12:30. Male Chorus Choir William Kapell, Piano Soloist, To Be Heard On Thursday Symphony No. 5 ........Tchaikovsky Sunday, July 17, 1949 at 4:00 Symphony C Major ............Mozart Symphony No. 4 ........Mendelssohn Dance of Sevenâ€"Veils ........Strauss Sarah Chandler Egan, One of Highland Park‘s Oldest Residents, Dies ~ at the Highland Park hospital afâ€" ter being ‘a patient there only three days. On July 2, she celebrated her 93rd birthday with a small family group. Born in 1856 in Detroit, Michigan, she had been a resident of Highland Park since 1889. Robert McBride, the young American composer whose work is scheduled for the Saturday conâ€" cert, is a product of the University of Arizona and taught at Benningâ€" ton College in Vermont. He was born in Tucson, Ariz., in 1911. William Kapell, Soloist Symphony No. 8 ..........Beethoven Piana Concerto G major ....Mozart Nights in Gardens of Spain ...._.. eehe ARiibrantwsrcerery ccncescin+ 2 CQ ‘ PWR Sorcerer‘s Apprentice ....._Dukas Saturday, July 16, 1949, at 8:30 Overture to "Rienzi‘........Wagner On Friday Evening Ravinia Festival audiences next week will hear three "firsts", two of which will be presented by William Kapell at the Thursday evening (July 14) concert with Fritz .Reiner of the Metropolitan Opera Company conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Fritz Reiner, who first came to this country from Europe in 1922, has had a distinguished career as a conductor and as head of the conducting and operatic departâ€" ments of the Curtis Institute. From 1922 to 1982 he was leader of the Cincinnati Symphony Orâ€" chestra, next spending several years as guest conductor in this country, as well as in Europe and South America. In 1938 he was appointed conductor of the Pittsâ€" burgh Symphony Orchestra, a post he held for ten years. Last fall, he went to the Metropolitan Opera, distinguishing his year there by his sensational presentaâ€" tion of "Salome." Complete program for the third Ravinia Festival week are as folâ€" lows: Tuesday, July 12, 1949, at 8:30 Overture "Roman Carnival" ... Swing Stuff ......._._._..__McBride ‘"Damnation of Faust" excerpts.... On Wednesday morning, July !.‘ yl} &nh Chandler Egan, of Private funeral services will be held at Trinity Episcopal church. Mrs. Egan, one of Highland Park‘s oldest citizens, was a Past Regent of the North Shore Chapâ€" ter of the Daughters of the Amâ€" erican Revolution and a member To Hear German P W The Friendship Circle of the Wesley Methodist church will meet at the west church, Highwood avenue and Everts place, Friday, July 8th at 8:00 o‘clock p.m. The guest speaker will be Mr. Siegfried Trammer from Germany, who was with Rommel in the North African campaign, and was captured by the American forces and taken as a prisoner of war. He has come to this country to study for the ministry. He will REINER TO CONDUCT AT RAVINIA of the Founders and Patriots Soâ€" Egan, Chicago; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. A son, Henry Chandler Egan of Caliâ€" fornia, passed away several years Wesley Friendship Circle Symphony No. 2 ......_.._..... "Festivals" and "Clouds" snirernennerncrnerinennenceneccccrn<«» â€" DODOIBEY Fire Bird Suite ............Stravinsky Thursday, July 14, 1949, at 8:30 She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Sewell Truax of 300 Eganâ€" spiritwal needs of his homeland. Mrs. Barber Smith, president of the circle urges that all memâ€" bers of the church attend and bring their friends. Following the program, refreshments will be Berlioz Brahms away Rex Winters ,11, Holds Lucky Number At Legion Carnival Open Letter We received our real estate tax bill last week and were astounded to find that in School District 108 it had risen 35%, with over half of the tax money (56%) going for elementary schools! The worst of it is that the present tax rise is only the beginning of a 20â€"year period of paying for the new elementary school planned for District 108. How high will the bill go when we begin really to feel the weight of that $1,400,000 load? We have found that we are hardly alone in our concern over such extreme school costs. At every turn the questions are: ‘"Have you received your tax bill? What do you think of the terrific increase?" A friend who called on the phone summed up one viewâ€" point when he said, "This tax bill is an ultimatum to the small home owner to get out of the district!" Others are observing that stateâ€" ments made by the supporters of the Coxâ€"Mooreâ€"Finder opposition ticket during the April School Board election campaign are provâ€" ing only too accurate. It is disturbing to note that elementary school costs in District 108 are already 52% above those of our neighbors in District 107, the respective rates being 1.460 and .958! be wise for our School Board to postpone the building Of the new elementary school until enrollâ€" ment trends can be gauged acâ€" curately. Perhaps a smaller school will prove sufficient for District 108. Perhaps a less pretentious building to accommodate the same number of pupils can be construcâ€" ted, as is being done in ‘a neighâ€" boring community for $500,000 less than our proposed $1,400,000, according to the admission of one If no building contracts have been signed as yet (and we underâ€" stand they haven‘t), would it not possible that we don‘t need a new school at all. Many citizens are of that opinion. taxes and the proposed new school. Friendly interaction and coâ€"opâ€" eration between home and school, which are so vital to the welfare of our children, can hardly be present in a community where the school is making such exorbitant financial demands on the home. The Rose Garden In Ravinia Board meetings are now open to the public and that the next regâ€" ular meeting will be held on Tuesâ€" day evening, July 12th, at Lincoln School. That might be a good time has been aâ€"lovely spot.this past week with the roses in full bloom. This little garden, tucked away on Roger Williams avenue, just west of the Northwestern Railroad is aâ€"favorite project of the Raâ€" vinia Garden Club, whose memâ€" bers are responsible for the plantâ€" ing and upkeep both financially and physically devoting many hours there weeding, planting and trimming; keeping it the delightâ€" ful place it is. The public is cordially invited to drop in st the garden and view the roses, or sit on one of the benches in the cool shade of the trees and enjoy its quiet beauty. Plans August Picnic The Service Mother‘s Club has announced that there will not be a meeting held during July. Howâ€" ever, the annual picnic is schedâ€" uled to take place on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at Sunset Park. The noon gathering will be a pot luck affair and each member is asked to bring a dish, either hot or cold. Two Taxpayers And it is The beautiful . super deluke Buick Sedan given away by the Highland Park American Legion, as the climax of their Fourth of July carnival weekâ€"end, was won by Rex Parkin "Duke" Winters, son of Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Winters of 188 Laurel avenue. The eleven year old lad, an Elm Place sixth grader, was awakened from sleep ‘to be told the exciting news, Billy Jo Asbury, 8, of Renick, Missouri, stepâ€"brother of Timmy Seyl of 640 Homewood avenue, was the winner of the Hotpoint Electric dishwasher. Timmy, 10, had taken the chance in his brothâ€" er‘s name. Tim, it has been reâ€" ported, was a tireless worker in the selling of tickets for the Amâ€" erican Legion. He was not at the Park at the time his brother‘s name was called. He is the son of Mrs. Asbury, the former Mary Schmidt. % Bobinette Form New ~ Law Firm In Chicago _ Congressman Railph E. Church, (R), 13th District of Illinois, The lucky ticket for the watch was held by Herman Nelson, of Bowen Country Club, Waukegan. Fletcher Lewis of 597 K@hball road was the winner of the Elecâ€" tric blanket. He and his family were at the Park as his name was K. Bobinette today announced the Church, Good and Bobinette, with offices at 10 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, occupied for thiry years by the law firm of Church and died last April, and the new firm University (L1.B. and M.A.). He served in the Illinois State Legisâ€" lature for sixteen years and is now serving this thirteenth year in the United States Congress. James W. Good, Jr. obtained Mr. Church is a graduate of the University of Michigan (A.B.) and Harry I. Rickard, a practicing attorney for nearly 40 years will office with the above firm and act as counsel as he has been doing with the firm of Church and Traxler for the past 15 years. Thor Narum Nielsen who atâ€" tended the University of Illincis and graduated from John Marshall Law School will serve as an assoâ€" ciate with the firm. education at Northwestern Uniâ€" versity (A.B. and J.D.). He is the son of the late James W. Good, Secretary of War under President Hoover, After service in the Navy during the war as a Lieutenant, he resumed the practice of law in Good and Mr. Bobinette have been practicing law in Chicago under the firm name of Good and Bobinette. Charles K. Bobinette also reâ€" ceived both his preparatory and legal education at Northwestern University (A.B. and J.D.). Mr. Administration‘s program generalâ€" As a member of Congress, Mr. Church serves on the Committee on Appropriations and has been one of the leading advocates of Schedule For Wastepaper Collections Wednesday, July 13â€"Ravinia Thursday, July 14â€"Braeside Friday, July 15 â€" Green Bay and West Ridge Please have aif papers tied securely in bundles, and place them on the curb early in the morning to insure their collecâ€" Monday, Jiuly 11â€"Elm Place Tuesday, July 12â€"Lincoln be a copy ; $1.50 a year Highland Park‘s Official Newspaper Church‘s former