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The Highland Park Legion Post is conducting a drive to raise $30,000.00 needed to help finance the grr:rction of a Legion Memorial Building for Highland k. : | It is a fact, although not generally realized, that every resident of Highland Park benefits, directly or indirectly, from the activities of this organizaâ€" tion. For the Legion is not a "social club" for veterâ€" ans; neither is it an organization designed solely to| help former members of the armed forces. Of course} it functions in both of these roles, but its activities are not circumscribed within these limits. 54 Have you a son of Boy Scout age? The Legion sponsors a Boy Scout Troop. Have you a boy serving on school patrol duty? The Legion furnishes him with his rainy weather gear. Was your baby one of the many born within recent months at the Highland Park hospital? The Legion furnished the bassinets. Do you, or any of the members of your family drive? The Legion is taking an active part in the battle to lower the highway accident rate. Are you concerned by the threat of foreign "isms" to our way of life and national security? The Legion forms a hard core of Americanism., alert to danger and intelligently resistant to undercover attack: Commenting on what he aptly terms the "utter lack of direction" in the session of Congress just ended, Congressman Ralph Church says, "President Truman promised sometging for everyone, and the results are exactly what one would expect. There will be nothing for anyone." While we haven‘t always agreed with Congressman Church 100 per cent, we think he has a good point there. And, incidentally while we often find qursolves in,. disagreement with the Chicago Tribune, one of its editorial writers turned a phrase the other day that we think bears repeating. _ _ e alare are * The Legion has already raised some $60,000. It can finance a loan of about $35,000 more. It needs another $30,000 in cash. Can you afford NOT to give? e RALPH CHURCH SAYS Commenting on one of the President‘s more than usually incredible utterances, the Trib said, " . . . the little man in the White House has lost none of the native shrewdness that enabled him to go broke as a haberdasher nearly 30 years ago." That sarcasm may be unfair, but it‘s more than fairly keen. Hallowe‘en Carnival At Braeside School Saturday Night The Braeside Parent Teacher Civic® Association is sponsoring a Halloween Carnival on Saturday night October 29th at the Braeâ€" side School. Mr. Wyatt Jacobs, president, has appointed Mr. David Riskind chairman of the event. The Carâ€" nival is to have a dual purpose. First it is to be a night of funâ€" making for all the children and adults of Highland Park who atâ€" tend. Second it is to raise funds for the important projects the PTA has agreed to sponsor this year. For this reason an admission charge will be made and the tickets for children will include all young people through high school The festivities will begin at six o‘clock when traditional American food will be sold. Mrs. Norman Schreiber, social chairman, will be in charge of the preparation and sale of the refreshments throughâ€" out the evening assisted by Mrs. Leonard Kriser and Mrs. S. R. Maness, who, with twentyâ€"four other mothers comprise the hardâ€" working committee. Club Announces Vol. No. 39; No. 34 & THIS IS YOUR CAUSE Highland Park Woman‘s Golden Anniversary Ball "The Highland Fling" will open its first season with the Golden Anniversary Ball, to be held at the Highland Park Woman‘s Club on November 12, 10 P.M. to 1 A.M. Music by George Burnett‘s Orchestra. "The Highland Fling" is the new dance club sponsored by the Highland Park Woman‘s Club with a limited membership. Special table reservations should be sent 4667. For further information telephone Mrs. Charles A. Simpler, HP. 6121 Up To Now By Bill Thomas Special Gifts Committee Of Legion Holds Monday Meeting § One gift of $300 was pledged at this meeting, as well as the gift of all lamps (floor and table) for the new building. T A small but satisfactory meetâ€" ing of the Special Gifts Commitâ€" tee of the Memorial Building Fund of the American Legion Post 145 was held Monday evening at the Moraine Hotel, Mr. Albert Pick Jr. pinch hitting for Jerome P. Bowes, chairman, who was out of town. Short talks were given by Albert P. Snite and Harold Florsheim. The design of the Mefnorial plaque of Ralph Fletcher Seymour, well known artist, has been given to the committee. It will contain the names of twelve World War I and sixty World War II veterans who gave their lives for their country, and will be placed in the main lobby of the entrance of the building. + Here is what General Robert E. Wood, nationallyâ€"known inâ€" dustrial and civic leader, and a 30â€"year member‘of/the Highland Park Post has to say about the Legion and its contribution to America: "I believe that the American Legion, which stresses the duties of patriotism, service to the city, state and nation, and adherance to the free American way of life, is one of the most potent forces this nation has in its struggle to defend Americanism from enâ€" croachment by foreign or domestic enemies. "I believe that support for the Highland Park Post of the Amerâ€" itan Legion is support for the preservation of those values that we, as Americans, have learned to cherish as the most important things in our national life." The Higbland Park Press (: A Paper for Highland Parkors ; Published by Highland Parke: ; _ ... Highland "ark, ilinors Ithan 100 downtown and Ravinia { show windows by students of our i|0€fll schools, assisted by George Straub and a group of local arâ€" tits, whose professional touch is to be seen throughout. In order to transform Highland Park and Ravinia into a city of witches jind goblins, more than 14 cases of paint were distributed by the Kiwanis Club. The work was supervised by the following Art Teachers: Mrs. Sargent, Elm Place School; Mrs. Apitz, Braeâ€" side; Mrs. Pearce, Ravinia and West Ridge; Mr. Wirt, Oak Terâ€" race; and Sister Mary Edna of Immaculate Conception. The news of the winners in the contest to ‘determine the best paintings will appear in the next week‘s issue of the Highland Park PRESS. The judging of the winning paintings is by no means an easy one. To conclude the program for this year, a surprise treat will be given to all students who particiâ€" pated in the project. The Kiwanis Club wishes to thank everyone, Merchants, Art teachers, local arâ€" tists, and especially the students Mr. Davis is President of the Ziffâ€"Davis Publishing Company of Chicago, publishers of such magâ€" azines as POPULAR PHOTOGâ€" RAPHY, RADIO & TELEVISION NEWS, FLYING, MOD ER N BRIDE, the Ziffâ€"Davis fiction group, as well as many popular the photograph. Local Students Display Talents On Downtown Show W Completion of the 1949 Art Witchery Program of the Highâ€" land Park Kiwaris Club is exâ€" pected to be reached today, with the painting of the last of more than 100 downtown and Ravinia show windows by students of our local schools, assisted by George Straub and a group of local arâ€" tits, whose professional touch is to be seen throughout. This is the creed of the organâ€" ization known as the American Gold Star Mothers of Cook Counâ€" ty. Mrs. Joseph Riddle, 330 Vine avenue, is a chairman of this orâ€" ganization, and on the fourth Friday of each month she and her committee journey to Downey and Mcintire hospitals, where they devote the entire day to paâ€" tients in four of the wards. . . . . for helping to make the program possible. Lest We Forget To minister the best we can to the disabled comrades of our sons . . . if we are to carry on the torch our sons let fall with death." These good offices have been aided and abetted by interested volunteers who have contributed in different ways to these activiâ€" ties. It is to these people that the Gold Star Mothers wish to express their heartfelt appreciation. The big feature of this day at the hospital is a party, with reâ€" freshments (big rosy apples for the diabetics) and bingo or other card games for entertainment. Prizes for the winners lend spice Anyone interested in the work of this organization may obtain further informationâ€" by telephonâ€" ing Mrs. Riddle at H.P. 4264. Window 1949 Art SOPRANO TO HEAD CONCERT LIST Gifted with a beautiful voice, Dorothy Maynor has constantly won the highest praise of critics and music patrons everywhere | during her brilliant career. Whereâ€" ever she has sung, enthusiastic audiences have agreed with Olin Downes, New York Times critic, who wrote: "She has virtually everything needed by a great artist: the superb voice, one of the finest the public can hear toâ€" day; exceptional musicianship and !accuracy of intonation; emotional 1intens‘lly and communicative powâ€" Association presents its first proâ€" gram of the 1949â€"50 season. The concert, open to those who hold season memberships in the association, will start at 8:15 pam. in the high school auditorium. er. She should be able to reach almost any height as one of the leading concert singers of her generation." Concert officials have asked that those who find they will be unable to use their membership cards for any program during the season, call Mrs. Spachner, at Highland Park 1911; Mrs. Robert Ingwerâ€" sen, secretary, at Highland Park 259, or any other member of the executive _ committee. . Because membership is limited and no inâ€" dividual seats are available, such unused admissions will be offered to deserving children or others who otherwise would be unable to atâ€" tend. % Although this will be Miss Mayâ€" nor‘s first appearance here, she is no stranger to music lovers in Highland Park. Many have heard her in Chicago appearances, and more recently during the Goethe festival last summer at Aspen, festival last summer at Aspen, Colo. There she was engaged for two programs by Mrs. John V. Spachner, who is vice president and program chairman for the Community Concert Association here. Miss Maynor is at the pinnacle of her achievements, As recitalist, as well as soloist with all the leadâ€" ing symphony orchestras, and as a frequent guest star on outstandâ€" ing radio programs, she delights music lovers everywhere. A year ago she conquered new fields on a concert tour through South and Central America. The story of her sensational "discovery" by Serge Koussevitsky at the Berkshire Music Festival has become musical history, He exâ€" claimed, ‘"The world must hear her voice." Critics who were present wrote enthusiastically, and her New York debut following soon after, was a brilliant triumph. Subsequently in that first season she sang with four of the nation‘s leading orchestrasâ€"the New York Philharmonic, under Barbirolli; the Boston Symphony, under Koussevitsky; the â€" Philadelphia Symphony, under Ormandy, and the Chicago Symphony, under Stock. gro spirituals, and three folk songs, Irish, Jamaican, and Creole, arranged by Benjamin Britten, The artist‘s accompanist will be George Schick. A change on the association‘s executive committee has been anâ€" nounced. Robert Ingwersen has During her program, Mrs. Spaâ€" chner has announced, Miss Maynor will sing compositions by Hansel, Mozart, Brahms, Marx, Smetana, Hahn, Pouclenc, Bachlet, two Neâ€" Thursday, Oct. 27, 1949 Open Letter Rodde Named New Administrator Of Highland Park Hospital Mr. Raymond C. Warner 735 South Sheridan Road Highland Park, Illinois Dear Mr. Warner: At the meeting of the Board of Education held on Tuesday eveâ€" ning, ‘October 11th, the Board proposed a meeting of representaâ€" tives of other community groups with the Board of Education for the purpose of making a study of facts relative to the current conâ€" troversy in District 108 about the proposed Intermediate School. It was our suggestion at this meeting that this group meet together for the purpose of reviewing factual information and to obtain if posâ€" sible, common agreement on the basic facts relative to such items as school enrollment, school finâ€" ances, class load and the like, and if possible, issue a joint statement of agreement relative to these facts. This proposal was agreeable to the coâ€"chairmen of your group who were present at this meeting. I am therefore inviting you to select four members of your orâ€" genization to meet with four memâ€" bers of /the Board of Education plus one representative from each of the four Parent Teacher Assoâ€" ciations in an attempt to achieve the above purposes. I will serve as chairman of the group. You will understand that the purpose of this proposal is not to assume the responsibilities of the Board relative to the decisions the Board must réach, rather merely an attempt to avoid misâ€" understandings and hard> fecings that may occur due to a lack of common factual information. I will appreciate hearing from you as to the representatives you appoint and I will arrange to hold a meeting of this group in the near future. If our educational standards are to be maintained, we must conâ€" sider the ability of the community to absorb the costs. If they become excessive and the bill cannot be met, educational bankruptcy will ensue, I do not care how figures are juggled to make the cost of the new school appear to be $20 per year on a $10,000 property valuation, when tax bills on averâ€" Open Letter In August I attended the meetâ€" ing held in West Ridge School to hear the discussion regarding the proposed intermediate school for District 108, after personally checking on the news stories which had appeared on this subject. At this meeting certain figures were presented to the people of the community in the presence of several members of the school board and the superintendent of schools of District 108. At no time was exception taken to any of the figures; at no time were any conâ€" tradictory figures presented by the members of the board. I can arrive at only one conclusion. The figures as gathered and presented by the District 108 Voters‘ League must be correct. I have yet to see any specific correction of any of these figures by the board. I feel that the implication made by a speaker at the last school board meeting that the West Ridge people got their school addition and now have no concern for the rest of the district is a base calâ€" umny. There are approximately 300 voters in the West Ridge disâ€" trict. Over 3,000 voters signed the petition. To the Editor . I subsequently volunteered my services to circulate a petition against construction of the school. As I called on my neighbors I atâ€" tempted to give as clear a picture as possible of the situation, conâ€" stantly bearing in mind that the true needs of the children are to be considered. Everyone 1 conâ€" tacted signed the petition thoughtâ€" fully and willingly. (continued on page 6) Sincerely, October 12, 1949 October 20, 1949 J. M. Maxwell, President Lamley Leaves For New Fields in Topeka, Kansas Herbert R. Rodde of the adâ€" ministrative staff of St Luke‘s Hospital at Duluth has been apâ€" pointed as the new administrator of the Highland Park Hospital, succeeding Carl C. Lamley, accordâ€" ing ‘to a statement released this week by Frank F. Selfridge, hosâ€" pital president. * Mr. Rodde brings to his new post an interesting background of both practical experience and specialized training. Before comâ€" ing to Duluth, he was connected with the Passavant Memorial Hosâ€" pital at Chicago and has had six years of medical admirtistration in the U. 8. Armyâ€" maedisalCorps. He is a graduate of Northwestern University‘s School of Hospital Administration and has also studâ€" ied at Kansas Wesleyan Univerâ€" sity, He is married and has a 5 year old son. l Mr. Rodde will assume his new duties at the Highland Park Hosâ€" pital on November 1st, working for several weeks with Mr. Lamâ€" ley to become thoroughly oriented in the hospital‘s program and poliâ€" cies. Saturday Night Mrs. Grant Benson, Rehabilitaâ€" tion chairman, asks that candy bars or wrapped candies be brought for distribution sat Downâ€" ey‘s hospital. Swing Club Season Opens With Dance Carl C. Lamley leaves the Highâ€" land Park Hospital, after 3 years as its administrator, to become the executive director of the Stormontâ€"Vail Hospital at Topeka, Kan., where he will consolidate the operations of two 100â€"bed hosâ€" pitals. In announcing his leaving, President Selfridge stated: "Carl C. Lamley has done an outstanding job at the Highland Park Hospital in directing its opâ€" erations during the difficult period of transition and planning for the building program that is now in its final stage. We are sorry to see him go and we wish him every success in the fine opportunity for service and growth that has come his way. He leaves Highland Park with the respect and friendâ€" ship of everyone who has worked with him during the past three years." Legion Auxiliary To Meet November 3 At Lutheran Church The Legion Auxiliary will hold a meeting November 3 at 8 p.m. in the assembly hall of the Reâ€" deemer Lutheran church, with Mrs. Chris Matthiesen presiding. There will be entertainment and refreshments. The first dance of the season for the Swing club will be held .at the Woman‘s Club next Saturday night, October 29. The hours will be from 9 to 12. Music will be furnished by Jim Varney and John Erickson. 5¢ a copy ; $1.50 a year No Highland Park‘s Official Newspaper n girls or boys will to the Swing club