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â€"â€"~ > â€"The Higbland Park Press | ‘The Highland Park high varsity and froshâ€"soph cagers will travel to Evanston~tomorrow night for their last league game of the year, vital public services. great interest of League members on this subject, a general meeting Women Voters Will â€" Discuss School Problems League of Women Voters will be 1:30 p.m. onâ€" March l.fit:i'k; the problems of our local educaâ€" Mr. Fensterbusch comes directly from the Chamber at Paris, Hlâ€" incis, where he established an enâ€" viable record. He is also highly recommended by the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. The Board is endeavoring to find suitable housing for the Fensterbusch family of three. In theâ€"meantime,, theâ€"family will reâ€" main with relatives at Elgin. The Board of Directors of the Highland Park Chamber of Comâ€" merce announces that Robert E. Fensterbusch has been chosen for the position of secretary of the Board. He will succeed Ernest Belmont,â€" whose resignation of that position‘ to accept a post with the First National Bank of Highâ€" land â€"Park, will take effect March 15. c suggested by a Catholic priest from Denver, the Right Rev. Hugh L..McMenanian, is being celebrated for the 17th year under the ausâ€" R. E. Fensterbusch New Secretaryâ€"Of â€" Chamber Of Commerce the theme "Brotherhood for Peace and Freedom." The observance, of which . former Navy Secretary John L. Sullivan is national chairâ€" man and President Truman is honorary chairman, is designed to focus attention on the need for a dayâ€"toâ€"day program of better human relations throughout the pices of the National Conference Newscaster Clifton Utley. will be the speaker at the annual Brotherhood Week dessert lunchâ€" eon sponsored by, the Women‘s Division of the National Conferâ€" ence of Christians and Jews, to be held at 1:15 p.m. Tuesday, February 28, in the Woodrow Wilson room, 116 S. Michigan Avenue. _. * f Luncheon Tuesday In Chicago Brotherhood Week greeted at a reception after the recital at the Spachners‘ home on Oakmont Road. ‘The Spachners have often been guests of the Babins at their charming ranch house near Santa Fe, which is built around two pianos and aptly ealled "Rancho Piano." * The Pittsburgh, Symphony Orâ€" chestra will appear in the Highâ€" land Park high schoolâ€" auditerium Wednesday night, March 15, "in the final program for the winter series of the Community Concert Association, Mrs. J. V. Spachner, program chairman, has announced. Mrs. Spachner revealed that in its appearance here the orchestra will have as guest conductor the great "French conductor, Paul Paray. Vgndilnir Bakaleinikoff is musical adviser of the group. * â€"â€"Bespite inclement weather that turned the day into one of the worst of the winter, a nearâ€"capaâ€" city audience turned out for the Vronskyâ€"Babin _ recital F'ebrmu-y‘ 14. $ ~: 5 Mr. and Mrs. Babin were ho‘ guests for several days of Mr.. & Concert Association Presents Pittsburgh Symphony March 14 Vol. No, 38; No. 52 remodelled for the Mathematics elasses now housed in the Auditorâ€" ium, In this conection may I add that metal doors will soon be inâ€" stalled to these present auditorium classrooms so as to lessen the fire hazard, this upon recommendation of school architects. Thus you review with the Board and Faculty a few of our growing pains, growth not only in size, but in modes of thought concerning the changing interests of our present day life and the expanding aims of our educational svatem Wa will tala can i l is of Highland Park for 10 years, he is a veteran of both world wars. system. We will take you on a tour Rooms in the present buildings, made â€"available by the ; added space of a new building, would be meetings of school clubs, a social gathering place for students at the noon hour and after school, faculty meetings, P.T.A. meetings, musical classes and organizations, etc. etc. The Health classes would also be properly housed in such a building, near the room for the school nurse. A small auditorium, with reâ€" movable seats, incorporated in a new gymnasium building, would serve much more efficiently, a ~ The makeâ€"up room is too small. There are no dressing rooms, The class rooms on the second floor and the Band room in the baseâ€" ment are used as dressing rooms. . It‘s rather a shock, isn‘t it, to learn all these things about a building that looks attractive and adequate on the evening of a concert? * Again, as in other buildings, there is no storage or work space for scenery, The scenery must be built in the Industrialâ€"Arts Buildâ€" ing and carried .to the stage for adjustments, ~making supervision no;,e‘nry in both praca..Scemf; has to be stored_ on the stage itself. _ The Auditorium â€" was poorly planned for heating and ventila~ tion and until accoustical material was applied last summer to ceiling and walls, was a most difficult some productions, but that is not often during the year. needed by the music department for rehearsals. Of ‘course these The Music department uses the ‘basement room under the Audiâ€" space we have for the band, chorus and orchestra and it is not adeâ€" quate for .our present needs. One of the choruses must meet in the foyer of the Auditorium. The Drama and Speech classes use the â€"stage of the Auditorium for class work and must move the south side of the stage, used by. the Math department, and one on the north side used by the Health classes. This building is not connected to any other by a sheltered passage so that students must go outdoors in all kinds of weather to reach these rooms. These. classes are housed here simply because there is no other place for them_ * The Auditorium proper is used only an hour a week for assembly purposes. ~ ~. _ The Auditorium is familiar to all of us even though we may not know the rest of the High School very well. It was built in 1925 in anticipation of a large school. It houses 1640 people. It is the only assembly room the school has, except for the English Club Room, which as you know, is quite small. Last week we told you the good and bad points of some of our buildings and howâ€"â€"some > things had been or could be remedied. Weâ€" continue today. High School Problems for sound. By variety of activities, such Vi rooms on Highland Park; Ilinois A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers Jones of the Interfaith Hospitality Oou-din.lor(helvii;wp-ik- service program for conscientious Committee, will welcome members and all interested Highland Parkâ€" ers. Dessert luncheon and a social hour at ont o‘clock will precede science; study at the Union Theoâ€" logical Seminary and ut the School of Social Service Adminisâ€" tration at the University ‘of Chiâ€" cago. He has done casework at the United Charities and was a staff member on the Quaker Reâ€" settlement Program in the middle U cer Appronches". His colorful background. stems from a Swarthmore College deâ€" The Interfaith Group offers a speaker new to Highland Park for its March 2 meeting at the YWCA,; 374 Laurel Avenue, when Earle Edwards, Executive Secreâ€" tary of the Chicago Regional Ofâ€" mittee will draw from his broad a_ letter to Governor Stevenson, urging the calling of a special session of the â€"State Legislature to consider removing the cut in the budget of the State Aid to Deâ€" pendent Children. In the absence of the President, Dr. Douglas Boyd, the Viceâ€"President, Mrs. Orray .T. Knight, presided at. the Board Meeting. & Edwards To Address Interfaith Group of standing committee chairmen made as follows: Finance, Richard Loewenthal; personnel, Mrs.â€"Baker Brownell; nominating, Mrs. J. M. Watkins, Jr.; house, Herman Ansâ€" pach; public relations, Mrs. Arâ€" er and Rev_ Lester Laubenstcin. This Agency will go on record in thur Raff; recreation for elderly persons, Mrs. Darrell Beam and Mrs. Frank Selfridge; revision of byâ€"laws, Mrs. Orray T. Knight. The resignation of Mrs. Bowen Stair from the Advisory Council was regretfully accepted because the family is moving from Highâ€" land Park. Representatives toâ€"the Welfare ‘Council of Metropolitan Chicago are Mrs. Marian C. Fishâ€" Family Service Names Committee Chairmen were handled last month at the busy ~office of the local Family Service. The trained, warmâ€"heartâ€" ed staff is always ready to assist in family problems. ~ . ~}~~ [F.’P-wm. mayor of â€"theâ€"Cityâ€"of Highland Park, do hereby proclaim the period from February 27 to March: 25, 1950 as AMERICAN RED CROSS month in~Highland Park, and urge our entire citizenâ€" ry to give generously to this allâ€" important publicâ€"spirited program, ‘in order that this community‘s goal for the campaign may be fully â€" subscribed. ! Dated this twentieth day of February, A.D., 1950 â€"~~WHEREAS, the American Red Cross traditionally turns to the people during the month of March to collect .funds~ to enable it to WHEREAS, the Chicago Cliapâ€" ter of the Red Crossâ€"is the largâ€" est in the world, covering 1,200 square miles and a population of more than 5,000,000 people in WHEREAS, the American Red Cross was created by the people of the United States, through an act of €ongress, to bring aid and relief to all citizens of the United States in time of need; and DOLLAR VALUE DAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WHEREAS, the people_of the United States know that they may turn to the Red Cross for aid and relief whénever disaster strikes, whether fire or flood, hurricane or tornado, epidemic or other catasâ€" trophe; mds = sos0 o 9 2 5o0 carry on the activities which efier} day of the year benefit the people; Now, THEREFORE, I, Robert PROCLAMATION Robert F. Patton Mayor have delaying the purchase of tickets to get on the band wagon before it‘s too late, » mflh&-flu‘m in progress. Jim Kleeman and his orchestra will furnish the music. . The dance will be held in the church parish house on Saturday evening: March 4th from 8:45 to publicity committee of the Varâ€" sity Group Dance of the Presbyâ€" terian Church is unable to underâ€" stand whether it is the ticket comâ€" mittee or the title of the dance that is responsible for the very great advance sale of tickets to is beginning to regret that a larger The Highland Park varsity basâ€" Evanstonh next Wednesday night. Meets With Enthusiasin of men in the Highland Park Chapter S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. (Society for the Preservation and Encourâ€" agement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America). Their nlog'un‘ is "Keep America Singing." Comâ€" rade Ray Ryan is in charge of these arrangements. Other memâ€" bers of the S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. who will be our guests are Carl Howâ€" ard, Willard Ewing, Carl Herbst, Johnâ€" Romer, James W. Barton, James A. C. Kelly, Gordon Parks, B. K. Perreault, George Jackson, Ralph Galitz, Robert Pease, Paul Beyers, Dr.â€"H. E. Lang, George member,â€"be on hand for initiation. It is the finest instruction in Americanism ever written. Today, the world needs this instruction. Our initiation teamâ€"is made up of Comrades Bert Greene, William Reeves, John I_ Zahnle, Richard H._Hafner, Vernon Peterson, Paul C. Behanna, Henry ‘E. Franzen, Raymond M. Huening, John W. Erickson, and Harold C. Secrest. his energy â€"hard work and genâ€" erosity on the Special Gifts Comâ€" mittee for our building. His reâ€" marks about our building project willâ€"appeal to all members. Corps. For distinguished service, he was @warded many decorations whichjticlude Legion of Merit, Bronze / , Purple Heart, Comâ€" mendation Ribbon, Legion of Honor and Croix de Guerre with Palmâ€"France; Order of the British of 6nx,je Nassauâ€" Dutcb. ; , . Comrade Florsheim has given World War I in Chicago and transâ€" ferred to our Post when he moved to Highland Park. The Post. will have the honor of presenting him with his 30 year membership card at this meeting.. In World War I, he servéd in the U.S. Navy as a seaman and in .World War II he was a Colonel Harold M. Florsheim To Address Legion Tuesday Night ; Commander ~Alan J. l*r_rison of the Highland Park American Legion post announces thatâ€" the next meeting will be held> on Tuesday evening, February 28th at Witten‘s Hall (located across from AlcyonTheater) 8:00 p.m. Honored guest and principal speaker for the occasion will be Comrade â€" Harold M: ‘Florshcim who will speak on the "Value of Chicago. A veteran of both World Wm and a 30 year‘membeér_ of ity". Comrade i'lonh:xn, as Presiâ€" dent of the Florshei ~S.l=:le Co., is one of the industri@l civic our new Legion .zemorhl Buildâ€" ing to the Post the Communâ€" mpireâ€"British; C The Post will hold initiation at The Post has invited all memâ€" The Post will be entertained er, Al Muelier, Chris Matthicâ€" and Henry Mrazek. ; Legion, he joined Ravinia PTA Presents _ |Sugents Authority On Crime â€" the counc On Monday ing, February ~ n.mx.mi:'::rrum Kiwani to have as its guest speaker Mr. Guy Reed, executive Vho-pd-““d dent of the Harris Bank, Chicago,| â€" Enyroyt. i ind sn y . 4 _ _ . _ OS G6 of February Commission, and pastâ€"president of 27 will take the form of a debate :u.fllmflhuubjoetvfll on: ‘"Resolvedâ€"That the United Our Democratic Instinnisonu s ""C | Statés should nationalize the basic seph Redlich, Mrs. Douglas Reid, i 4 Atre Beon bavae... wE 2+ | Teenâ€"Age Council _ Stone, Mrs. Williamâ€"Walker and|For A Day Proves C Hleanor Dietz and Barbara Hahn, Women‘s Association and the negative by Hugh Banâ€" Cancels Feb. 27 Class _ |non and Doug Schwegel, all of The Women‘s Association of the _..b'mm Presbyterian church has been| Robert F. Patton addressed the oilkdheuedthfiu-ou-d‘ members on the subject: ing of the Bible Study series on| "Know Your City". He was assist. P woie ie n ut (th ce moanonie tm ject, ‘"Theâ€"Rise of Tyranny". _\ ber of the clab. * Any publicity given toward this worthy cause will be appreciated by the whole community. _ Next Sunday night, February 26th, at 8 o‘clock at the Mary Jane Alleys in Highwood, IIL., there will be aâ€" bowling contest between two of the strongest teams in the County, for the beneâ€" fit of the Polio Fund. Both teams are from the Waukegan Classic League. The two teams that .will bow! are Thor‘s Club Villa, comâ€" Polio Fund To Benefit By Bowling Contest man, Mrs. Julian Harris, Mrs. Clifford ~ Makelim, Mrs. Rodney Mason, Mrs: ‘Alfred Meeg, Mrs. Charles Meyer, Miss: Evelyn Oli, ver, Mrs, Robert Patton, Mrs. Joâ€" posed of the following: Tuby Phieffer, Bill Alfano, ~Charles Russell, Alby Lenarsic and Abe Johnson, and the Pucin Old Style hen, Larry Orgin and Pete Carani. perilen; Bothâ€"ofâ€"these teams are" second place in the Classic League. deposit Thor‘s average is 945 and Old "““d Style‘s is 940. J":; 7 Mr. John Passini will donate the | arrived of Highland Park announces the opening of the Red Cross office in the Community Center on Febâ€" ruary 27 at 9 A.M. to remain open from 9 to 5 every day during the drive. Any questions about Red Cross or its many services will be answered by Mrs. Boynton or one of the staff aides or volunteers on duty during that time, according to Mrs. Boynton. Assisting Mrs. Mrs. J. Sigurd Johnson; District 13, Mrs. Eugene Mance; District 14, Mr. Cyrus Avery; District 15, Mrs. Paulâ€" M. Ressinger,â€" coâ€"chairâ€" man, Mrs. Robert Risley; District 16, Mr. A. E. Wolters and for the Mr. Charles F. Grant. y Mrs. F. P.; Boynton, 204 No. Sheridan Road, a senior staff aide Mr. Holzheimer announces that he> has> appointed district fund chairmen for this area as follows: Mrs. Edward A. Murray; District 11, Mrs. Harold J.> Fagen; Disâ€" trict 12, Rev. ‘H. K. Platzerâ€"and Molke; Dist. 5, Mrs. Samuel Roâ€" senthal; District 6, Mrs. Brewster Towne; .District 7, «Mrs. Albert Bushey; ‘ District 8, Mrs. Walter M. Buchroeder, Jr; District 9, Mr. Carl Holzheimer Appointed Leader For March Red Cross Drive The 1950 Red Cross Fund Drive willâ€"open officially in Highland Bark on Monday, February 27, with Carl Holzhéimer as chairman, and A. E. Kolte‘rs.‘ ‘principal of Highland Park High school, as coâ€" chairman. > % District 1, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Koretz; District 2, Mr. Hiram Kennicott; District 3, Mrs. James Wolters To Serve As Coâ€"Chairman . W. B. Zimmer. Highwood bowlers pleased| Kiwanians To Hear * _ Official Newspaper <| f club for the evening of February and the i ";‘"n_i..;" negative Banâ€" mndlbqle:'m".n.f Robert F. Patton addressed the club members on the anhkinc. at Ravinia Park. Under _ the orders of Mayor Angster, check was made on the nbofmdfimon%md, and hitchâ€"hiking by high school eer; Judy Laegeler, clerk in the water department; Robert Jahn, incinerator plant foreman, and Judy Harris, city treasurer. _ Frances Warner gave color to the occasion‘ when, as superinâ€" tendent of sewers, she descended into a.manhole on a tour of inâ€" spection. Commissioner Phelps exâ€" perienced the thrill of collecting depositing the money in the bank under police escort. Water bills were checked and okayed by Clerk Judy Laegeler, and the council the regular council concerning the the council pro tem. Angster was a happy..choice for mayor, and she was ably assisted by Commissioners David Baughâ€" man, Frances Warner, Elizabeth Phelps and Allan Rubenstein. Petâ€" er Husting acted as city clerk; Sylvia _ Angstman, . corporation counsel; Robert Lempinen, police & guNar tho, with Ronhy Shepâ€" hard, Mickey Hart and Jim Faulkâ€" ner;~â€"a â€"pianoâ€"solo, ~Annâ€"Lawton; a hillbilly act, with Sueâ€"Fox, Janis Efficient Body City government by Teenagers, last Thursday, proved interestings as well as ipstructive. Marian Neiter, Marilyn Clark, Barbara Scott, Sue Clarke, C#.olyn Botker. Mary Dewey, Lorraine ‘Bridell; The first production of. "Stu, dent Stunts" in four years at ‘v.ho Highland Parkâ€"high sehoot will be presented this Saturday in the schoolauditorium at 8:15 p.m.‘ . ‘"Student _ Stunts‘" ..combines many kinds of talent, tied toâ€" gether by one central theme. The theme of this year‘s show, "On Stage", calls for the presentation of the '_hole show as if,it were in moni_gs. end nnglig b; Jeu:y Mcâ€" LODCOML) CEDCCCS, _MEDCN RemRINE, Dick Robbins, Barbara Skidmore, .Lnn__keg:n. Tyaygr Forbes, Jerry dell, Virginia Huriburt, Jim Kil~ patrick, : Jeanne Herbst, Harold Schick, Rita Morgan, Pat Montâ€" Schick, Rita Morgan, Pat Montâ€" gomery, Sue Fox, and Mike Lowâ€" enstein; â€" Melodrama In Rhythm, with . Bettina Lubke, . Margaret The acts are: Jim Varney‘s band, with Bill Bates, Jim Humâ€" phrey, Dave Holt and Jim Gordon; the Square dancers, with the caller, Haftman Canon; violin played by HPHS To Present "Students‘ Stunts" Saturday At 8:15 crew is played by the regular members of the crew, Steve Arnâ€" old, Jim Grace, John Sickle, Peter Pador, Steve Ross, Jim Kiddle, William Ross, Phil Rubenstein, Bob Sackheim, Chuck Newman, Bud Wotlers,. Jerry Jordan and Pat Montgofery. & played by Andy Spiegel, the stage 5¢ a copy ; $1:50 & year (Continued on page 3) & " a temporary pavilion city enginâ€" a debate