are among the lucky ones who are able to secure some of the time at reduced rates that many of the peychiatrists provide for this group. The North Shore‘ Mental Health Association had a meeting with Campaign workers on May eighth to set in motion the drive for funds " opeq L menial heaun clinic in the Highland Park Hospitd! next fall. Dr. Ireng Josselyn, who is to beâ€" medicalâ€"director of theâ€"clinic, She reported that due to the shortage of psychiatrists, people able to pay private psychiatric fees often have to wait as much as six months for treatment, unless it is Sn emergency situation. But individuals from middle and lower income groups simply cannot afâ€" Vol. 40 ; No. 12 She said that psychiatry offers the most careful study and knowâ€" ledge about human.beings that is now available, and that headway is being made in the treatment of emotional ills. But, .she warned that the public must have realistic goals for the clinic, and must not expect it toâ€" be a panacea. The community can‘ expect, however, considerable saving in money in treating cases which would otherâ€" wise be a burden on police, hosâ€" pitals, schools, and other agencies. She stated that altho‘ not every case would be completely cured, many people would be helped to lead more useful, happy lives. ford psychiatric help, unless they with psychiatrists in privaté pracâ€" tice, the clinic will provide good eannot hope to serve the five vilâ€" lnfes as well as a clinic Tocated in the midst of them, she believes. The community .owns the clinic, she said, and has the responsibilâ€" ity, not only evaluating it criticâ€" ally, but of supporting it financiâ€" ally, if it feels it is doing a needed Has Fundâ€"Raisi Dr. Josselyn Informs Workers + On Clinic â€" _. © Dr. Josselyn reported to the campaign workers that in discussâ€" ing this clinic with her colleagues at the recent nationâ€"wide psychiaâ€" tric convention in Cincinnati, she learned that it is unique because it has grown out of the communiâ€" ty itseif, rather than having been imposed upon the community by a few "enlightened" â€"citizens. service for people in these cireumâ€" Included in Dr. Josselyn‘s views of the function of such a clinic as the North Shore Mental Health Association is planing, is the idea that the clinic will be a communiâ€" ty resource serving schools, social ance from the North Shore, most of which have long waiting lists, Mental Health Group five North Shore villages, outlined briefly the purpose of On the question of UMT (universal military training) opinion was more divided. Of those quesâ€" tioned, 1193 favored the plan, while a slight majority â€"1294â€"were against it. However, only 295 persons favored continuing economic and military aid to North Atlantic Pact Nations, while 2106 opposed it. Lack of confidence in the Chief Executive‘s stateâ€" ments were reflected in the response to the question, "Do you believe President Truman‘s statement that all Communists and Communist sympathizers have been weeded out of the government?" Five persons said they believed him : 2448 said they did not. _ _ While 2491 persons said they would not vote éas of today) for Truman, and 2 said that they wouldâ€" 10 were in favor of keeping Acheson in office, while 2468 would remove him. Of course, that still leaves both of them on a very short end of a very long stick (in this area) but we were surprised to see Acheson even that far ahead of his boss. Athough President Truman‘s new low in popuâ€" larity, is a generally accepted fact, we certainly would have rated him higher in popularity than his secretary of state, Dean Acheson. However, figures released by Representative Margaret Stitt Church, on the results of the Fulton Lewis poll, indicate that at least in the Illinois 13th District, Acheson holds a slight edge over Truman. A * man‘s Popularity In The Middle West Up To Now â€"_â€" _The Higbland Park Press | By Bill Thomas With a brilliant program anâ€" }nouncéd'for the annual 16th Raâ€" vinia Festival Season, the Ravinia Coupon Book Sales Committee has completed its plans for its preâ€" season sale of coupons under the direction of its coâ€"chairmen, Mrs. Ernst C. yvon Ammon of Winnetks and Mrs. Lawrénce F. McClure of VEW Plans Spring Dance Saturday, May 27 post 4737, urges everyone to keep in mind the semiâ€"formal Spring Dance, the "Building Birthday Dance", to be held on Saturday, May 26, in the VFW home, at the William Steinberg, conductor of the Buffalo Philharmoni¢c and a Ravinia favorite, will conduct the first and sixth weeks of orchesâ€" tral music. Izler Solomon will conâ€" duct the second week‘s concerts; Pierre Monteux, the third week; Dimitri Mitropoulos, the fourth one of the popular dance orchesâ€" The regulgr business meeting of the VFW post will: take place T!l!llâ€, I.g 24 at the iodge This year, there will be several new suburban chairmen working with Mrs, von Ammon and Mrs. McClure, in addition to the many others who each year do outstandâ€" ing work to assure the success of the Ravinia season. .The suburban chairmen include: Mrs. Karl H. Velde, Mrs. Duane L. Clinton and Mrs. Walter E. Lilâ€" ienfield of Highland Park and Mrs. Eugene F. Engelhard of Deerfield. * Five world famous guest conâ€" ductors, eleven soloists and two ghoruses are scheduled to appear with the Chicago Symphony Orâ€" chestra during the season. committe chairman of the VFW, corner of Central and Green Bay road. Music will be furnished by mailed to Mr, R. Allen Benj 908 Elm Place, Glencoe, III. Kickâ€"Off Luncheon Of Ravinia Festival Committee, May 22 The Committee‘s 1954 kickâ€"off Tuncheon will be held at the Casino Club, Tuesday, May 22, with memâ€" bers of the Ravinia Executive Board present to outline the seaâ€" son‘s plans. The festival will open its seven weeks‘ concert series at the North Shore Parkâ€"on June 26. Last year, the Committee had its top year with a record sale of 6,940 coupgn books. Highland Park, Hlinois A Paper for Highland Parkers ® Published by Highland Parkers Mrs. Baldauft To ~ Conduct Flower Design Class At YWCA and Mrs. Arlene Hawkins. % ‘Persons interested ghould call the YWCA HI 2â€"0675 to make The second term of the highly successful Flower Design Class of the Highland Park YWCA will beâ€" gin at 1;:00 p.m, on Monday, May 21st. The class will again have as its teacher Mrs. Hortense Baldauf, well known on the North Shore for her work in flower design, and one of the most popular teachers of that subject in this azea. The second term to run for six weeks will meet on Monday from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00, and a second period from 83:80 to 5:30 will be offered if more than enough for are now open and persons interestâ€" ed may, call the YWCA HI 2â€"0675 for further information. » Approval of educational rates in Saturday‘s election is imperaâ€" tive if schools are to operate full time next year. Without approval, schools stand to lose between oneâ€" third and twoâ€"thirds of their inâ€" come. Furthermore, since it is legally impossible to hold ‘more than one tax referendum wifhin a year, a school district lnég{('to validate tax rates in Sa ay‘s ’elgc_tion would be obliged to, wait until 1952 for. communityâ€"approvâ€" al. Best estimates indicate that schools could not operate beyond Christmas, or January at most, should validation not be achieved. Districts‘ Voting The proceeds of the dinmer will go toward providing camperships for children from the Chicago Commons and Erie Settlement houses. Each year the club has sent a number of children who otherwise would be unable to atâ€" tend, to summer camps during the hot summer months. Hawkins assisted by Mrs. Fannie Buchanan, Mrs.â€" Kétie Jackson, reservations before May 22 Community Dinner At YWCA, May 24 Thursday, May 24, the Paul Lawrence Dunbar {Club of the YWCA will ‘serve ia community dinner in the club room of the Highland Park YWCA. The dinâ€" ner will be served from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 and v&i‘ll be open to all who wish to make }reservations. The â€" Illinois State Supreme Court held that in accordance with the provisions of the Revenue Act of 1947 school districts should have reached their educational rate ceilings in three steps, each step to be taken not less than a year apart. Competent school lawyers had. advised school distâ€" ricts to reach their maximum ratés in one eleetion. The Illinois State Legislature, clearly recognizing the dilemma of the schools, hastiâ€" lyâ€" passed an emergency law in March to provide schools a chance to validate rates under which they have been operating for the pas. several years. Approval Imperative Over one thousand school distâ€" ricts in Illinois, sixteen of them in Lake County, must hold validation elections, Five districts in the Highland Park area are holding these elections Saturday, May 19. They are:â€" Highland Park 107, Highland Park 108, Deerfield 109, Wilmot 110, and Highwood 111. Boards of Education throughâ€" out ‘Lake County have made it clear that the purpose of the Satâ€" urday election is only to validate the previously approved tax rates. This validation does not increase or decrease current maximum eduâ€" cational rates. This election. has been necessitated by an Illinois Supreme Court ruling, declaring illegal the voting procedures prevâ€" jously used to attain present tax ceilings. More Information On Special Refefendum On Saturday ® . Dunbar Club Plans Boards. of Edueation in Highâ€" land Park School Districts 107 and 108 this week made final requests for taxpayersâ€"to say "yes" to the same educational rates to which they said "yes" in previous referâ€" endums. Special validation .elecâ€" tions are being held in the schools next Saturday, May 19. [Polling stations for District 10% are: Braeside, Lincoln, Ravinia, and West Ridge schools; for District 107, Elm Place School. The committee in charge is The Highland Park League of Women Voters will send nineteen delegates to the State Convention to. be held this week in Jacksonâ€" ville, Illinois. Delegates from 58 Teagues throughout the state will meetâ€"to discuss and adopt items of the State Current Agenda which form a major part of the work program of Illinois leagues for the next two years. A large number of firemen, policemen and other city employâ€" ecs was in attendance at Monday evening‘s City Council meeting, to listen to the explanation of the new salary ordinance for City employees, which followed,~ the regular business session of the meeting. As a result of the conâ€" ference the following formula, on which the 1951â€"52 salary ordinance is based, was effected: 1950â€"51 salary ....:..._... $3,276.00 Increase: Nineteen Will Represent Women Voters At Convention _ In response to inquiry, Mayor A. Gordon Humphrey: explained that the new council will operate under a new policy of holding the usual business meeting early, to be followed by a Kearing of any problems brought up by citizens at the conclusion of the session proper. Appointments â€"â€" In response to a request from Continued on page 6 Mrs. Maurice Pollak and Mrs. George Carr, will be present at the convention in their official edpacities on the board of the IIliâ€" nois‘ League of Women Voters. Mrs, Pollak is President of the State League, and Mrs. Carr is a member of the State board in charge of Unit Organization. New Council Tackles Problem Of Salary For City Employees Mrs. Pollak, in speaking of the present goals of the League, gives a thregâ€"point summary of objectâ€" ives: ' . 1. For cost of living 9% of $3,000 ...... ‘43%%% of $276 ... 2. General 5% of 1950 â€" 51 salary of $3,276 .. 1951â€"52 salary ... . The 20 per cent increase asked, at first, by city employees, was finally fixed at approximately 14 per cent. Support of measures to strengthâ€" en the United Nations and to help it become an effective instrument of peace: â€" Former salary ................ 3,276.00 Increase .:.â€".............. 446.22 (This figure is to be adjusted so that it will be equally divisible by the 24 semiâ€"monthly pay days.) . CITY EMPLOYEES GET PAY BOOST Makes New Appointments WHEREAS, it is of the utmost importance to national security that this program succeed with the patriotic support of the citâ€" izens.of Cook, DuPage and the southern half of Lake County. NOW, THEREFORE, I, A. Gordon Humphrey, Mayor of the City of Highland Park do hereby prociaim Monday, May 21, 1951, as the opening date for the Red Cross Defense of blood each month as its share of the national blood proâ€" Blood Program in the Chicago Chapter area and do hereby urge all citizens of Highland Park to support this groat lifeâ€" saving project. Telephone WAâ€" bash 2â€"7850 for your blood doâ€" nation appointment today, Dated this fourteenth day of May, A.D. 1951 + WHEREAS, theâ€"Red Cross deâ€" fense blood program in the Chiâ€" cago Chapter area has been asked to procure 15,000 pints have a great need for whole blood and blood plasma to save the lives of men wounded on the field of battle; and WHEREAS, the needs of the civil defense program also must be taken into consideration in the event of great disaster or Proclamation WHEREAS, our armed forces Signed: A. Gordon Humphrey Continued on page 6 Thursday, May 17, 1951 163.80 3,722.22 3,276.00 446.22 270.00 12.42 in the few short years this post has been org:niï¬v,'such as child in charge gave the visitors a preâ€" vhw-nd.gddmtdly,dfl.vm brisk business in selling many of the attractive gifts that were on mann, Mrs. Arthur Marquette, Mrs. Robert Mahan, Mrs. Harold D‘Ancona, Mrs.â€"Harold Florsheim, as well as Mrs. L. F. McClure who were served by Mrs. Harry Van Ornum and Mrs. Ray Wible. A great deal of thanks is due to the Woman‘s Auxiliary of Highâ€" land Park Hospital and its Presiâ€" dent, Mrs. John A. Bigler who did so much to make the entire event nurses‘ aides who acted as guides mdmnhom-.n-‘:-ldï¬o Auxiliary, â€"were: Francis Knight, Mrs. 8. R. Rosenthal, Mrs. Vinton Hall, Mrs. John Wineman, Mrs, R. R. Burton, as well as Mrs. This is an apportunity to pay a slight fraction of the debt we owe the gallant men and women who gave so much to preserve our freeâ€" dom, to help remind them that their sacrifice has not been disreâ€" garded or forgotten. This is one good cause we cannot afford to pass by. Let your gratitude set the price you will pay for yourâ€"own POPPY. 6 P ' _ Several hundred people attendâ€" ed the "Open House" cond#fcted at the Highland Park Hospital last Sunday afternoon. The ‘guests assembled in the Board Room where refreshments were served. Uniformed nurses‘ aides then took groups of five or six on a conductâ€" ed tour of all the departments inâ€" eluding both the old and. new wings of the Hospital. An interesting feature of the tour was a visit to "The Alcove", the new gift shop to be operated by the Woman‘s Auxiliary. Alâ€" "The Alcove" is not scheduled for another two weeks, the committee is Chairman of "The Alcove" Comâ€" Receipts Used For Welfare, Hospital And Rehabilitation Work past, the proceedsâ€"of the Poppy sales will be spent exclusively. for veterans‘ welfare. The funds obâ€" tained from the sales make it posâ€" sible for each Post and its Ladies‘ Auxiliary to dispense aid and reâ€" This is an opportunity to pay a all to honor the dead by helping the living, and to give heart to those who gave us freedom, Work such as is being done by the Posts and their Auxiliaries, seldom pubâ€" licized, contributes‘ constantly to community betterment,â€"a work done gladly and never characterâ€" ized by an attitude of patronizing charity. s welfare, aid to veterans‘ widows and orphans, and welfare and recâ€" reational work at nearby veterans‘ hospitals. The return of the naâ€" tion‘s dead and ‘wounded from Korea adds new significance to the continuing need for the work that is being done. . . . Highland Park Hospital "Open House" Big Success On Saturday, May 19, the Vetâ€" erans of Foreign Wars, the Amerâ€" ican Legion Post and their auxilâ€" iaries will hold their annual Popâ€" py Day. American people have long since given eloquent endorseâ€" ment to the nonâ€"profit, patriotic aims of the annual Poppy sales. During the coming year, as in the lief to needy veterans and their families. /7‘ VFW Speaks Coâ€"chairmen : Senior Vice Comâ€" mander Allen Gerkin and Mrs. Gordon Clavey, of Veterans of Foreign Wars and its Auxiliary, urge the support of the communâ€" ity on Poppy Day, Saturday, May 19. Much has been accomplished _Another beneficiary of the Popâ€" py Day sale is a part in the mainâ€" tenance of the VFW National Home at Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Herbert Schaffner who acted as American Legion And V.F.W. Plan Worthy Project May 19; Poppy Day Refreshments in the Board Room Among the workers of the. lodge who have signed up to offer their time for the Poppy Day sales are: Ed Jablon, Bob Schneider, Frank Moroney, Wm. Hennig, John Sorsen, Don Athanas, Louis Picâ€" chietti, Jerry McCaffrey, Richard Moran, Sgt. T. Beckman, Hugo * Schneider, Emmet Moroney, Dan Murphy, Mike Bergman, Jim Lorâ€" rimer, Don Cameron, Mona Sorâ€" sen, Irene F. Gerkin, Frances Knesâ€" ley and Patricia Bergman. It isn‘t too late to offer your services. Anyone wishing to help may conâ€" tact Allen Gerkin or Mrs. Gordon Clavey. â€" Highwood Legion Auxiliary John Wehrheim llleufs Lions Club ago, when the veteran‘s sacrifice meant security to you. Today the Legion auxiliary, meet them more than halfway. Give for theni, who hno-.'nn}nr you.".Thisplea is made by the Poppy chaipman, of Highwood Unit No. 501, Ameriâ€" can Legion auxiliary, Mrs. Ray Suzzi. A Sincée 1925 the VFW National Home has provided hunrdreds of war orphans with all the advantâ€" ages every child has a right to expect from the country and comâ€" munity his father fought to deâ€" fend. Aside from the monthly trip to Downey Veterans‘ hospital to provide entertainment and refreshâ€" ments for the closed ward of T. B. patients, the VFW and its Auxilâ€" iary Poppy funds are used for many other worthy causes. In the past year funds have been donated to the Grace Davis Memorial Canâ€" cerâ€" Fund for children, the State Hospital fund, and the State Child Welfare fund which aids any needy child, Funds have been doâ€" nated toward an airâ€"conditioning unit for the hospital at Dwight. Three needy families have been aided in the past 12 months. Much has been done, Your contribution can help do a little more. Buy a BUDDY POPPY. Poppy day, means security to him. poppy ladies of the American mtm-«lfuâ€".“ dant of the Chamber of Comâ€" Eceo,w-doeudpmg Other new officers are Gordon Mlcr.ï¬rltvleom;m Knllcr,mdmmu » Frank Trangmar, third vice presiâ€"© d.t::ohhdt-..m 4 G. J. Dinkeloo, secret‘y; Ray Naeâ€" gele, Lion tamer; Edward O‘Neill, \:fm B;.Ed&hfl.w-‘ The date has been set for Saturâ€" day, May 19th, but if it rains Poppy day will be May 25th and 26th. "I hope the people will be as generous if not more so, as last year," stated Mrs: Arthur Cervetti, president of the unit. She urges that as many members as possible come out to help. The "Veep" Pays Flying Visit To Highland Park The Men‘s division of Combined Jewish Appeal at Northmoor Country club was host to Viceâ€" Wednesday of last week, when he spoke to agathering of 200 perâ€" sons. Flying directly from Washâ€" ington, D. C., he made his appearâ€" ance at the mooï¬h at 9 p.m. portance of maintaining the new Standard club in Chicago, the vice ?rddent flew back to Washingâ€" personal interest was heightened because of evidences he had seen of the Hitler "terror camps" in Last week at the luncheon meetâ€" ing of the Lions club held at the He 5e a copy; $1.50 a year Official Newspaper an overâ€"night stay at the