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roof. The building was dedicated free from: any debt. In Septemâ€" ber, 1949, the building was reâ€" decorated following its selection as the permanent place of worship for the merged congregations of the Highland Park and Highwood churches. 1 In December of 1946 the two congregations voted. unanimously to merge to form one church in this community, the Wesley Methâ€" Highland Park, Highwod and Lake Forest. They met in the school house for awhile, and rented a hall for a time. ‘In 1902 the congregation was incorporated and through the efâ€" forts of the Ladies Aid a lot was purchased and on the first of May, 1904, the group met for the first time t oworship under their own of conducting services in their own language. The Highland Park Presbyterian church was their first meeting place, but it soon became necessary to have a hall of their own. In 1900 the group changed the place of worship.to Highwood, a central location for the Scandiâ€" navians who were coming from In 1895 a group of Sceandinayâ€" ian people living along the North The ‘history of the Highland Park church goes back to 1872 where Union English services were being conducted in the waiting room of the old North Western: Railroad station in Highwood by the Rev. Samuel Breakwell, a loâ€" cal preacher from England who had been ‘ordained a Baptist minister after coming to this country. In 1874 a Sunday school was started by ‘John Skidmore and a little later preaching services were held from which eventually grew the organizing of a Methodist church known for a time as the "Highâ€" wood church.". The building at Lauretta place and North avenue was constructed in 1880 through the efforts of John Skidmore, H. S. Gail, H. Gage, and others who gave freely of their time and money. It was dedicated free of The "Wesley Methodist Church" of Highland Parkâ€"Highwood is the result of the merger of two Methâ€" odist churches, the Grace Methoâ€" dist church of Highland Park and the Swedish Methodist church of Highwood. Both groups have had a long history in this community. The Wesley Methodist church of Highland Parkâ€"Highwood will present a pageant depicting the history of both churches, Februâ€" ary 21st at 7:30 p.m. during the regular family night. Preceding the program, a pot luck supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. Special guests invited to this event will be Dr.. and Mrs. Weldon E. Bradâ€" burn, district superintendent, and Rev. ‘and Mrs. William Overend, former pastor of the two churches, There will be a brief program while all are still seated at the tables, and then adjourn to the sanctuary at 7:30 to witness the pageant planned by Mrs. Charles Anderson, Mrs. Floyd Patrick, and Mrs. Peter Yurkonis, featuring six scenes from the history of . the church. Wesley Methodists Plan Historical Pageant On Family Night __ All three deserves the thanks of the citizens they have served sgâ€"+tong and so faithfully. Fortunately, the council will, for a time, at least, be able to count on the service of Vie Musser, veteran city clerk, who probably knows more about the mechâ€" anics of operating the city government than any other single individual in the city hall. However, it has long been rumored that Vic is considering the advantages of taking a rest after fulfilling the arduous demands of a tough job for a long time. Should he too, decide to retire, he will certainly be missed no less than will Lyle Gourley and Ed Moroney. _ _ That is the advantage of having veteran city officials like Lyle Gourley and Ed Moroney. Lyle Gourley, with 24 years as a commissioner, and Ed Moroney, with 20 years as chief of police before takâ€" ing office as a commissioner eight years ago, had an insight into city needs and conditions that was an inâ€" valuable asset to the council. We believe that the new city council, which will be installed after the election in April, will be a good one, no matter which four of the candidates are elected, but we also believe the council will miss one advantâ€" age. Vol. 39 ; No. 51 © â€" They‘ll Be Missed ~ > _ The Higbland Park Press | Up To Now By Bill Thomas Ruekberg, 35, joined the Elmer E. Mills Corporation in Septemâ€" ber, 1937, shortly after graduatâ€" ing from Armour Institute of Technology. He became Director of Engineering in 1941. Apart odist church of Highland Parkâ€" Highwood. The Wesley Methodist church wer reâ€"dedicated, following its reâ€" decoration and remodeling under the direction of the building comâ€" mittee, Edgar Severson, Ray Suzzi, Ruben Olson, Ernest Ayers, Ragnar Fredrickson and Mrs. Paul Vaudeville Artist Will Entertain Golden Circle As an added attraction Mr. Arthur Ginsberg, nationally known vaudeville artist will entertain the audience with some dramatic readâ€" ings and songs. All senior citizens are invited and those needing transportation are requested to call the Y.W.C.A. The Christmans have been marâ€" ried 33 years, and have had eight children, five of whom survive. His three sons served in World War II. At the present time Albert is in Arabia with the Bechtel Interâ€" national Oil company, Norman is studying for the ministry, in Naâ€" perville, and Don lives in Highâ€" land Park. Their two daughters are Mrs. Theilma Crocoll of Highâ€" land Park and Mrs. Olive Parker of New York. There are three grandchildren. The next meeting of the Golden Circle will be held at the Comâ€" munity Center on February 22 at 3:00 p.m. At this time the Girl Scouts will serve tea, coffee and other refreshments, â€" The letter chosen was one‘of the many submitted on this topic. Theâ€" writer was born 62 years ago in Louisiana and, with the excepâ€" tion of about ten years, has made ‘his home in Highland Park since May 1911. One of three childrem Mr.. Christman is ‘of English, Scotchâ€"Irish, German, French and Swedish descent. On Americanism . «A prizeâ€"winning letter on "Why 1 Am Glad To Be An American," written by A. O. Christman, 625 Laurel avenue, will be broadcast on a worldâ€"wide network in 15 different languages, on the Voice of America program. The contest was publicized by Gabriel Heater on his 6:30 program:~ > ... f Highland Parker Writes Prize Winning Letter~~~ serve as a warning, that on and after Mar. 1, 1951 arrests will be made for not hoving procurâ€" ed the stickers by that ime. The stickers are to be displayed on the windshields of the cars they are assigned to. NOTICE " 3 Y our Police Department again wishes to call to the atâ€" tention of automobile owners, the fact thot City vehicle licenâ€" ces were due as of the first of Edward B. Patten Chief of Police 6) A Paper for Highland Parkers © Published by W?j;m We have no quarrel with any individuals, nor are we fettered with political patronage. * We are seeking the position of commissiontr to help instigate and insute this renowned type of govâ€" ernment for Highland Park. who recognize the import of the commission to which we aspire and we pledge ourselvth to work assiduously toward better govâ€" ernment for We are comparatively new resiâ€" dents of Highland Park and we are quite proud of our choice of a in their government for the past ten years. A public spirited counâ€" cil can also provide us w itha modâ€" sition, under the statutes, to Highâ€" land Park, yet they have enjoyed _the‘!ul.nfihofnbuin_-â€"nqa do not permit the adoption, by referendum, of a councilâ€"manager form of_ government for Highland } Free of these duties the board can then act as a whole on the !le:iahtive duties, policy formaâ€" tion and future planning. They can conduct open meetings, perâ€" fectly free to express themselves without fear of retribution. In substance this is a graphic comparison of the two types. of city government, the first our present commission form, and the latter the councilâ€"manager type. Former Chief Justice of the Suâ€" preme Court Ryan, summed up the matter in a single sentence: "Where you want skill you must appoint, where you want repreâ€" sentation, elect." , It is true that the state htatates The Board of Directors recogâ€" nizing the fact that on a part time basis their services to the corporâ€" ation cannot be effectiveâ€"in both data on all problems within his scope and make recommendations to implement their solution. He will dispatch all routine duties of personnel and handle public relaâ€" tions. ate their business affairs. He will sup[fly thebo-nl with pertinent legislative _ ahd . administrrtive duties, hereby relinquish the adâ€" ministrative work to ax ecxperi~ enced general manager. The genâ€" eral manager will exert adminiâ€" strative authority over all appointâ€" On the contrary, consider a corâ€" poration‘s stock which operates along these lines: "Each of these members will serve a four year term. Their tenure in office will have to speak for itself and if the stockholders don‘t like the way they do their jobs they can get even at election time, but not before." The result of such a proclamaâ€" tion is perfectly obvious to you. plete governing body of the corâ€" poration will make it necessary for them to cooperate as muchk as possible so that a general overall continuity of polit; may be had. This is desirable but, each member must defend his own department." legislative and administrative work will be equally divided among five members of the board. Each will be responsible for separate departâ€" ments and will devote as much free time as they can spare (aside from their regiar pursuance of making a living, social obligations, etc.) to operating and improving their segments of the company‘s busineess.â€" Further, these members will meet on the second and fourth Monday evening each month, and report to themselves on what b s transpired in their areas of r â€" sponsibility. It will he the duty of each. member to uphold and proâ€" mote his own particular departâ€" ment‘s welfare so that everyone can see whether or not he is doâ€" ing a good job. The fact that these five board members are Candidates _.__ |Republican Women «dn wis.. What do you think would hapâ€" To Present California pen to the value of a large corporâ€" ation‘s stock if the. Chairman of Sen‘“”» Febfllll'y 23 the Board announced: ' The newly il.ed. We "From this day on the corporâ€" ; argan o ation will operate without the serâ€" "P“"“@" Chb.“‘ the n"" vices of a general manager. Aulcwm District is pre Lake Forest is in a similar poâ€" CANDIDATEs ror CITY COMMISSIONER Keith W. Rurge School Board Candidates Nominated In Dist. 107 ated the following candidates for the School Board: year of Mr. McGuffin‘s unexpired three year term)â€"Ernest A. Belâ€" mont, 121 Elmwood drive. i rempedinbs xsd d creaniiraainn o dix thort )hnndlop;&hnu;@rm-; Doll carriages; Tricycles; Wagons; ‘M Barrows; Shovels, Rakes, Hoes; Watering Cans; Discarded Kitchen Utinsils (cookie cutters, egg beaters, sait shakers, niuffin tins and large spoons). Toys may be taken to headâ€" quarters or will be picked up by hnnmmm fen, 1637 Berkeley road. 823 Central avenue. bron..s uit ractrany Srrintrorirte Sai Tatvtzad (and doll clothes) ; Blankets (for doll beds) ; Doll Dishes; Dolls Pots, ‘l:t- (and kitchen utensils); Doll Toys Needed For Community Nursery _ Trains (wooden or metal) ; Cars (wooden, metal; large and small) ; Blocks (all sizes, also hollow Airplanes (wooden or metal) ; Pull $1.00 per year. Republican women are cordially invited to the recepâ€" tion on February 23rd at the Woâ€" man‘s Club of Evanston, Church St. and Chicago Ave. sent speakers of national ifmporâ€" tance at the club meetings. Mrs. William Marks of Lake Villa, chairman of the bulletin commitâ€" tee plans to publish a news bulleâ€" tin with reports from our repreâ€" Membership is open to all interâ€" ested Republican women in the 'distrid.‘lt_is the plan of the proâ€" Washington. Ie'!nl;erggip dues are ’The club will in no way interfere with the work of local Republican organizations. It will be concerned with state and national problems. Among the Highland Park woâ€" men who aré=active in the club February 23rd. Mrs. Irl Marshal of Deerfield is membership chairâ€" man for Lake County. In Highland Park Mrs. Kenneth Kraft and Miss Thoretta Gregori are on the memâ€" bership committee. Mesdames Floâ€" rence T. Dingle, Ellsworth L Mills, Clinton Fritsch, Frank C. Randolph, Ralph Cleary, Vallee O. Grace "regrr are members of (* Advisory committee of the club. the Club. The purpose of the orâ€" ganization is to unite the Repubâ€" lican women of the district and to further the welfare of the Reâ€" publican party within the district. Mrs. Kenneth Kraft, decorations p.m. on Friday, February 23rd at the Woman‘s Club of Evanston. Final plans were perfected at a meeting of 150 of the officers and board members of the club at a meeting at the Georgian Hotel in Evanston on Monday. . The Club draws its membership from two ‘counties. All of Lake County and thirteen townships in Cook County comprise the 13th Congressional District. Mrs. Alverâ€" ta Stewart, River Grove, who is a State Central Committeewoman of the 13th District and Mrs. Wm. L. Winters of Highland Park also State Central Committeewoman of the district, are coâ€"chairmen of The newly organized Women‘s Republican Club of the Thirteenth Congressional District is presentâ€" ing Senator Richard M.,Nixon of California as the guest speaker at SENATOR NIXON WILL SPEAK To serve three year for of (to 105 " Clifton of am air force captain under Genâ€" eral Chennault, he was commtrcial Sterling Rotary Club. He will bt succeeded at Sterling by William A. Brenner, assistant â€"qcntw:utfwth past year. A resident of Evanston, Brenner was employed by Iliâ€" nois Bell in 1940 as an installer at Hammond. He served as comâ€" land Park will be Ira R. service engineer, Peoria. company‘s Upstate Division offiâ€" where his call is waiting. If he has any questions about his call or has difficulty in finding a number, an attendant is on hand to help } Telephone booths at the centers will be the "sitâ€"down" type. \ The new public telephone manâ€" ager, a native of Rockford, began his telephone career in that city as a commercial representative in 1927. Following other assignments, Henrickson became assistant manâ€" busy"â€"or the call cannot be comâ€" pleted for some other reason. For his convenience, the center will be equipped with stationery and writing desks. When his call is ready, the atâ€" â€" * taifed with special operators, the friendly telephone centers, simâ€" ilar to those in service during the war, will provide easyâ€"toâ€"use serâ€" vice in a pleasant atmosphere to fit the rnm‘ needs of service men women," Gatesâ€" continâ€" g}nplgyge: hmv!‘u ;T recorder, corder passes the information to relaxes. Magazines will be at hand The service will be personalized _u_nd will eliminate standing in telephone equipment and fullâ€"time supervision, Gates continued. _ ‘"The next best thing to a furâ€" lough is a telephone call back home," he said. "Attended teleâ€" phone centers will be opened withâ€" in the next few weeks to make furlough as we can." « As equipment additions and reâ€" arrangements in the Hihland Park and Waukegan exchanges are comâ€" pleted and new public telephone Public Service Company Offers. Special Service For Camp Personnel facilities at the camps and long distance circuits are built, an atâ€" tended telephone center will be opened in centrally located buildâ€" ings at each of the camps. Three ned zt the Lakes. Pointing out that the numberâ€" oneâ€"job of lllinois Bell is to meet the accelerated defense require ments of the area it serves, Gates said that provision of special pubâ€" telephone equipment and fullâ€"time military establishments is one of the steps in the company‘s proâ€" phone service to ;ex;on‘;nel ntwt.i:e Appointment of a public teleâ€" phone manager to handle public telephone activities at Fort Sherâ€" idan and Great Lakes Naval Staâ€" tion was announced this week by M. C. Gates, district commercial manager for the Illinois Bell Telephone Company. V. .B. llenriého‘n, manager at Sterling since 1948, has accepted the appointment. > Community Nursery School Opens At H. P. Recreation CGenter 1051 Friday and Saturday, February 23 and 24, are set by the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce as "DOLLAR VALUE DAYS." Most Highland Park stores will offer merchanâ€" dise at great savings. n‘s call as close to a 1015 Lincoln avenue is Chairman of the Sale and would be glad to arrange to have rummage from nonâ€"members called for, prior to the Sale, Friday, March 30th. The February meeting of the at 1 :30 p.m. Rummage Sale To Benefit Underprivileged ‘ Plans are already being made for the annual Rummage Sale conducted by the Ravinia Auxilâ€" jary of the Chicago Commons Association. Because the proceeds of this Sale permit young boys and girls from the underprivileged district around Grand avenue to attend a woodland Camp near New Buffalo, Indiana, maintained by the Commons, the local Auxilâ€" jnry is always eager to make as much money as possible. Being a small group, numerically speaking, the amount of rummage is necâ€" essarily small, and contributions to the sale are heartily welcomed from interested members of the Mrs. Harry Temple, with Mrs. Ross ‘hmn. to study and report on the state‘s executive branch. Mr. !Schlefer will describe to his audâ€" ience some of the major changes his commission recommends after might save millions to the taxpayâ€" ers of Illinois. duct a question perio:l an;p;;l discussion on the subject. $ ommendations are deugn" ned to "point the way toward greater Schaefer, Mrs. Elmer Klein‘s state p.m. on February 21. s * ‘ Mr. Schaefer, professor of law at Northwestern University, was Governor Stevenson‘s ‘legislative chairman at the last session of the assembly. He heads the nine man group created by the 1949 legisâ€" proposed consolidations indicate school‘s Women Voters Will Hear Talk On . "Little Hoover Report" To accent their studies on state government, the Highland Park League of Women Voters will hear Mr. Walter V. Schaefer who will speak to them on the Litile Hoover Report. The meeting will be held The assistant‘s position has not been filled yet. Mrs. Alfred Alâ€" schuler, Jr., chairman of the comâ€" mittee for the nursery, suggests that, if any local people are inâ€" terested in this position, they should ‘call her at HI. 2â€"1682. Donations of eqilil;wnâ€"e-l;tâ€" 5 and toys are still requested. Arrangeâ€" ments can be made to pick these Mrs. Howard Klee To Head Community Nursery Project _ A thorough background of exâ€" perience makes Mrs. Klee . well fitted for this post. She received her training at National Kinder garten College in Evanston. She has taught school in Florida. Durâ€" ing the war, she directed an Emerâ€" gency dayâ€"care center in Cleveâ€" land, Ohio, operated under Fedâ€" eral auspices, She has also taught at the Ravinia nursery school. up by calling Mrs. E. M. Simonds, HI. 2â€"5943. Mrs. HL 2â€"1776, is in chosen to direct Highland Park‘s community nursery school and will be available by March 19, when the nursery school now plans to open at the Highland Park Recreation center. Mrs. Howard Klee, of Central be a copy; $1.50 a year Official Newspaper 4* Center of the 1:30