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shown, and two films of the "Bell After the business meeting, a special treat is in store for those All checks are payable to the Highland ‘Park Baptist Church, addressed to the church, Box 472, Highland Park. Any donation will be gratefully received and offiâ€" cially acknowledged. Bethany Guild To View Christmas Movie The regular monthly meeting of Bethany Guild will be held Friday evening, December 8 at the church, corner gf Laurel and McGovern streets, at 8 o‘clock. The Highland Park Chamber of Commerce Sanction Committee has issued a letter ‘ of nnefiot dated November 28, 1950, an signed by E. C. Soldano, secreâ€" building and purchase of furniâ€" ture. This church began in Highâ€" land Park last August, 1949, but has had a struggle because of settle and really do a better job. The fund raised will be spent after week to social and fraternal affai,:;[s". ki i e There is #itereâ€"Mi. Harris slif®peG. Maybe he has never been in Highland Park, but, just as a point of information, Highland Park is om(ei place where many ‘people will ezmc_t.the_bnts;fib r ?azn the grocer to doâ€" nate his goodsâ€"not only week after week, Ehy church, 381 Laurel avenue, is in need of_ $2,000 emergency money having to move from Chamberâ€" Sanctions $2,000 Church Drive It‘s the same old story of something for nothingâ€" a pure myth. There is a certain amount of this more or less polite shakedown that the merchant must subâ€" mit to. Thus, these contributions must come out of his profits or they must become a part of his overhedd. : When they start eating into his profit too deeply, they must become a part of his overhead if he is to stay in business. When they become part of his overhead he must raise his prices to cover them. If that helps make his prices too high he has to cut out the contributions.J Merchants say that that is what is going to have to happen in Highland Park. 1 nate his goodsâ€"not only week after week, but day after day. And not only the butcher and the grocer, but the druggist, and the hardware merchant, and the dress shop owner and the jeweler and all the rest of the fraternity. _ In discussing program chairmen who are afflicâ€" ted with the strange idea that lecturers should be willing to lecture without .a feeâ€""just for the pleasâ€" ure of seeing so many clean and shining faces," as Mr. Harris. saysâ€"he also says, "No one would think ‘of asking a grocer or a butcher to donate his goods week after week to soctial and fraternal affairs .. ." * Sidney Harris, gifted Chicago Daily News columâ€" nist, who has an enviable ability to turn a highly polâ€" ished and highly sarcastic phrase, very seldom makes an error in fact. Even more seldom is any error due to an unchecked and unwarranted assumption. Neverâ€" theless, we think he made an assumption Tuesday night that was entirely unwarranted. _ . Ii.i!xâ€"cvo; Olson, J-d.y M:H:ttis;-mamg i:;ci. Dan Rizzolo and Gordon Chalmers. Vol. 39 ; No. 40 An Unwarranted Assumption Members of the Highland Park High school Band â€" Left to Rev. Robert Clingman Founderâ€"Pastor "Telephone Hour." Refreshments will be served by the Amickâ€"Vetter To Follow Meeting Of Tabernacle Guild A buinen'neetin& of the Tabâ€" ernacle Guild of the Immaculate Conception church will be held Wednesday evening, December 13, at 8:15 in the Rectory Club Room. All women of the parish are inâ€" vited to attend a Christmas party which will take place immediately following t.ln meeting. ; § _Gifts will be accepted for. hpsâ€" men of the parish are asked t bflngwnndnfinwhipfieub used by the boys. Refreshments .will be served. the last meeting Mr. George Ekâ€" dahl, Superintendent of Recreaâ€" tion in Lake Forest, was elected The North Shore Recreation Executives will hold their reguâ€" lar monthly meeting at the Highâ€" land Park Recreation Center on Monday. December 11 at 12:00 noon. Members of the group inâ€" Waukegan North Shore Recreation Executives Meet Here l‘be Higblands Park Press [ Highland Park, Illinois A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers king, Leonore Crowley, Guy Gelâ€" eerd, Shirley Allderdice, Mac Nelâ€" Members of the girls‘ ensemble cal story, arrafiged by Roy Ringâ€" wald and featured annually by Fred Waring in his Christmas program will be presented by the High School ghorus. Joseph Cleayâ€" er will be the narrator. A fourâ€" hand piano accompaniment will be played by ‘Carolyn Botker and Jeanne Herbst. L boys‘.tric are: Bob Castellari, Bob Saletra and George White. The mixed ensemble includes: Shirley Orchestra, Band And Chorus Will Offer "The Christmas Song" The. Highland Park High School chorus, band and orchestra will present the 21st combined anuual Christmas , Concert on Sunday, at 3:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. â€" We feel state government is vitally .important to North Shore citizens," said AVC Chairman Linas Brown in announcing the meeting. "Too often state affairs are the forgotten stepchild of Annual Christmas Concert Will Be Presented At High School Sunday The AVC chapter will hear Mrs. VanderVries‘ views on taxation and other problems of state manâ€" agement as well as constitutional reforms opened up by recent passage of the Gateway Amendâ€" ment, A preview of.issues in 1951‘s Illinois. legislature will be preâ€" sented to North Shore veterans when Mrs. Bernice VanderVries, Winnetka, addresses the North Shore chapter of American Vetâ€" erans Committee in Winnetka Community House at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, December 13. Mrs. Vandervries Will Speak To AVC Comparative Values and numâ€" ber of Building Permits for Nov. 1949â€"1950: f Year _ No. Valuation Fees 1949 _ 30 $643,700.00 $2,174.47 1950 28 536,295.00 1,815.72 Accumulative .Value and numâ€" ber: of Building Permits January to _ November â€" Inclusive â€"1949â€" 1950. . Year . No. . Valuation Fees 1949 239 3,453,939.00 11;759.09 permits â€" brought total building fees to $2,034.47. Nineteen saniâ€" tary sewer permits, 12 storm sewer permits, 20 water taps, 22 driveways, 1 septic tank and 3 zoning appeals made total buildâ€" ing fees $4,053.47. Permits for 20 dwellings, 1 business building, 4 garages and 3 alterations, valued at $536,295.â€" 00â€"fees â€" $1,815.72, 30 electrical permits and 5 tank and burner Building Report For November Lovers ofâ€" barbershop harmony will have the opportunity to again hear many of the old favorite songs sung in full barbershop style at the coming Harmony Show to beâ€"given by the Highland Park chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Encourageâ€" ment of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in ‘America, Friday eveâ€" ning, December 15, in the Lincoln school auditorium. P. E. Cole, City engineer and Building Inspector reports for the month of November as follows: In addition to several numbers to be rendered by the Highland Park barbershop chorus and quarâ€" tets, the program will also feature four leading quartets from other chapters_. of SPEBSQSA in the Chicago district. With the novelty manner in which each quartet preâ€" sents its numbers, everyone who attends is assured an evening of enjoyable entertainment. Curtain time is 8:15. Tickets are available from the Highland Park chapter members or at the door. * Lincoln School Offers Treat In °_ Barbershop Harmony Soloists include Karen Reinâ€" ‘‘The Christmas Song", a musiâ€" (Continued on Page 6) Tickets thay be obtained from students of the performing groups or at the box office on the day of the concert. Proceeds from ticket needed equipment for the music Gesu Bambino American Folk Rhapsody f Symphony in C Méjor (Jupiter) March of the Toys (Babes in Toyâ€" TDG) .......................~ Notbelt Marchâ€"The Thunderer ... Sousa Military Symphony in F .... Gossec Overture to lilnnnis in Aulis present tbg following programs: Procession of the Sardar from "Caucasian Sketches" + tiansen, Leonore Crowley, Virginâ€" in Stone, Marian Angster, Lenore Parenti, Odette Seelig, Gcrqgliu Watt, Nancy Antes, Virginia Huriâ€" ;b_ert. Sandra Gorgensen and June All kinds of pastries, bread, rolls, cakes and cookies, jams, jellies and candies will be offered for sale, the proceeds of which will be used for the P.T.A. monthly Bulletin, ‘"Parents Take. A Look." Mrs. J. Calvin Smith is in charge with Mrs. G. J. DeVieig, Mrs. Bradford Cox, Mrs. Frank Phillips and Mrs. Charles Spencer assisting. . x Refreshments will be in charge of Lincoln School. Bake Sale At Highland Park High The Highland Park High school Annual Bake Sale will be held this afternoon in the cafeteria at 3:15. An added featureWil} be a faculty arts and crafts exhibit in the EnglishClub Room. the Victor‘s and the Charvnpi'on's Cups in the Fleetwind Arrow Class and in the Club~ Fleef. Milton Walker Wynkoop, skipper of the. Fleetwind â€"Arrow sloop "Sans Peur"; catried off the lion‘s share A gala dinner and dance Friday evening, December first, at the Great Lakes Commissioned Offiâ€" cers‘ Club closed the sailing seaâ€" son for the North Shore Yacht Club of Highland Park. This event provides each year the occasion for the distribution of the Club‘s many ‘handsome trophies to its hard sailing skippers. These . aâ€" wards provide recognition of the winners of the intense scries of races held each Sunday afternoon during the season off, Highland Park beaches. â€" Yacht Club Caps Sailing Season With iam Rectenwald, Henry F. l(tuek and Commander B. P. Sheehy. Commander Bernard P. Sheehy of the local Legion Post announced that all small children in Highland Park up through the age of 4th grade are most cordially invited. Good old Santa Claus will be there with his good cheer for the children and will take charge of presenting each child with a presâ€" ent. Legionnaires â€" serving on the Christmas Party Committee are: Henry C. Eitner, Chairman and Master of Ceremonies, assisted by Herman Leuer, Karl 0. Salo, Willâ€" Elm Place School Auditorium, Sunday afternoon at 4:00 p.m., December 10, 1950. Santa Will Be At Elm Place School On Sunay Jolly old Santa Claus will visit the small children of this comâ€" munity at the annual Legion Christmas Party to be held at the , There will be singing of Christâ€" mas Carols led by Mr. Harry Eichâ€" ler with Robert M. Bridges at the piano. Father Bernard Burns of the Immaculate Conception church will give a brief talk on Christmas to the children. PLAN LEGION CHRISTMAS PARTY ~ Allegro Maestoso (Continued on page 6) Thursday, Dec. 7, Ippolitowâ€"Iwanow John P. White Elected Lake County Coroner Iohn Patrick White, who was elected Justice of Peace for Deerâ€" field Township in 1948, became County Coroner of Lake County, Tuesday, ‘to complete the unexâ€" pired term of Gar Leaf, who took office as County Clerk on Decemâ€" _The contest for the office of Coroner was close, the final vote of the members of ‘the County Board standing 17â€"17, the tie beâ€" vote of Chairman of the Joseph P. Welch, who votes only in case of tie. + Mr. ‘White was born in Highâ€" stand will be open for your conâ€" v_nai-a«. so come early and visit your relaxation and enjoyment. Bring the family along. thege nnurund the refreshment locally sponsored teams entered in ih. city league. For the past six weeks the Moose sponsored basketball team has been ~working @ut in the City‘s new gymnasium at the Recâ€" réation Center on Green Bay road. This Allâ€"Star team is being coached by Al Danakas, local athletic instructor, and boasts a roster consisting of some of the finest talent in this area, namely: Danny Coleman, Bobby Plummer, Bob Fiocchi, Murray Weiner, Erik Johnson, Joe DeBartolo, Bernie Lenzini, Norm Goodman, Charles Rothbart, Bunny Bonaâ€" marte and H. Richmond. The Moose lads are managed by a committee of four: Larry Gumâ€" biner, Don Rossi, Wallace Huehl and Bill Karger who respectively will be‘ in charge of booking games, advertising, treasurer, and publicity. team in the feature of the eveâ€" ning. A preliminary game will start at 7:30 p.m. between two Moose Basketball Team Opens At Recreation Center Friday, Dec. 8 A. F. Jacobson, operating vice president | of the © Northwestern Bell . Telephone Company, headâ€" quartered "in~ Omaha, ~Nebraska, was clected_as.thgnew vice.presiâ€" dentâ€"operations. main active in company affairs of financial and certain related activâ€" ities. Kahler, as president, will direct the overall company operaâ€" tions. L Illinois Bell Company Elects New Officers William V. Kahler, of River Forest, has been elected president of. the lllinois Bell Telephone Company by the company‘s board of directors in Chicago, it was announced recently. Mr. Kahler has beenvice president in charge ofâ€" operations of the firm since 1946 and before that headed all company .operations outside Chiâ€" cago. He will assume his new duties on January 1. He succeeds G. K. McCorkle, of Evancton, who was elected chairâ€" man of the board. As chairman of the board, Mr. McCorkle will reâ€" Charter Issued By State To North Shore Mental Health Association There will be no admission to Everyone is invited to attend William V. Kohler Center is yours for Letters were sent last week to a number of Highland Park resiâ€" dents in an effort to get additionâ€" al funds to make the 1950 goal a reality. ‘"‘The initial response to these letters was good," Mr. Perâ€" reault stated, and added that if everybody who received them would send in even a small contriâ€" bution it would in attaining the woal. hele e land Park 54 reaching the 1950 budget of the Highland Park Community Chest," B. K. Perreault, General Chairman, said this week. Associated Services is one of 12 agencies depending on support from the Highland Park Communâ€" ity Chest. At a report meeting last Saturday the 1950 goal was in sifht but still some $1,600 from being renched, _ =" :. " 5 TE Conltlljlmfionl Needed To Meet Community The short reports by the Chairâ€" man â€"of Personnel, Mrs. Baker Brownell, the: Chairman of the House Committee, Mr. Herman Anspach, the Chairman of the Nominating Committee, Mrs. Jesâ€" se M. Watkins, Jr. and the Chairâ€" ‘man of the Public Relations Comâ€" ed the stimulating report of the Executive Secretary, Mrs. Marian Fisher. She stressed the fact that a cross section of citizens of this and the neighboring communities were bringing their personal and Associated Services for the Armâ€" Korean situation gives added imâ€" _ The interesting reports and illâ€" uminating film "E m otio n al Health" ‘made the annual meeting of~ Family Service especially reâ€" ‘{zarding Monday evening, Novemâ€" er 27. at the local Library. Dr. Douglas Boyd, the retiring Presiâ€" dent, expressed his satisfaction with the development of this agencty as an important communiâ€" ty service, in the friendly new officés at 9 North Green Bay Rd. Although the service is free to (Continued on page 2) Family Service Receives Many Appealsâ€"For ... Help In Problems At the next regular meeting of the Directors, scheduled for Tuesâ€" day, December 12, plans will be made for a campaign for addiâ€" tional funds. . Mr. â€" Benjamin stated in this connection that all eontrisutions Will be tax deductâ€" ible. * * * Theâ€"officers of the Association are Mr, W. H. Trout, president; Mrs. Orray T. Knight, vice presiâ€" dent; Mrs. Philip W. â€"Moore, secâ€" retary; and Mr. R. Allen Berijaâ€" min, treasurer. Highland Park residents ‘ inâ€" cluded in the Board of Directors are: Mrs. Louis P. Haller, Mr. Kenneth H. Kraft, Mrs. Orray T. Knight, Mrs. David Levinson, Mrs. Robert P. Palmer, Mrs. Sidney L. Schwartz and Mrs. "Frankâ€"F. Selâ€" fridge. * Many Benefits Foreseen _ For Residents Of North Shore Towns An official charter from the State of Illinois has just been reâ€" ceived by the North Shore Mental Health association. The orf&nization, not for proâ€" fit, is making‘ plans to open a psychiatric clinie to serve the North Shore towns in the near future. Their purpose is "to enâ€" gage in charitable, scientific and educational activities leading to the promotion and conservation of mental health of the North Shore communities of Wilmette, Kenilworth,. Winnetka, Glencoe and Highland Park, and to study and implement the prevention and cure of nervous and mental disâ€" orders and mental defects; to coordinate the. activities of the association with those of the other established agencies in the comâ€" munity," Official Ne a copy; $1.54 of for