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ill) latfi) QFrikne Ftrt2 Pn 1 Thursday, February 1ISS mil fix-it TO HALT Doesn't Seem Like Winter-Move Palm Trees in Garfield Park i in llflCETOMitlE C01TYR0ADS State's Atty. Hits Suburb in Suit State's Atty. Benjamin Ad-i amowski has filed suit In Circuit 'court to halt the race by certain suburban villages to annex miles of roads outside their regular corporate limits. "Altho the suit names only the south suburban municipality of Hickory Hills, the outcome may also put a crimp in the annexing activities of the village of Streamwood, a year old village of 600 residents in northwest Cook county east of Elgin. Claim Squatter's Rights "Simply by vote of the board of trustees, the village has annexed 75 miles of state and county roads outside its original limits.

The action conceivably gives the two square mile village squatter's rights over an additional 47 square miles cf unincorporated land. Last week the even younger village of Deer Park in Lake county got intotha. act by annexing 14 miles of roads and highways outside its hvu'fA UrT' 4-i Exotic palm debrii ii carted away by Raymond Tretina. Conservatory moving; Job is one-half finished. Some 3,000 tropical plants are being; relocated until new building is com pleted in 14 months.

Faulty beams and leaky roof in old palm house deemed repairs useless by park officials. TRIBUNE Photo br Frederick Glue 1 boundaries. Trustees of the Thomas Iverson (left), Garfield park conservatory floriculturist, and Paul Borik wrap delicate roots of 20 foot royal palm in burlap preparatory to being moved to make way for construction of $539,000 palm house. Old building was erected In 1907. village, incorporated last Nov.

27, are suspected of acting in an effort to offset the effects IP vs 4 fm I Id of a disannexation petition which, if successful, would lop 431 acres off the village and put the homes of six village officials outside its Adamowskl's suit also casts doubt on the legality of recent XT similar, but smaller scale, an nexations by Waukegan and Jr. Sketch of new palm house, designed by park district architects, also will contain new lobby entrance at 300 N. Central Park it. i. V.M.v.yF'.,-t.!V.-.ft.

North Chicago. In all five cases city officials support their position by faying Chicago set a -precedent when it used corridor annexation to bring O'Hare International airport within the city limits. If Chicago can do it, so can we, the officials say. But Ad-amowski contends the legisla PALMS TO GET Crew wheels date palm on nursery hoist into temporary home. Some palms weigh as much as ton and one-half.

ture has specifically authorized such annexations so cities can provide airports with po NEW SHELTER larfield Park Moves 3,000 Tropicals BY ERWIN BACH Now who would think that MISS GRETCHEN VOGE, daughter of Mr. and Kir-rfmftifininrn-rfr'-if inn frmftrvimiifi a bachelor's degree in technical drawing and a master's degree in engineering graphics from Illinois Institute of Workers use rope to help move Senegal date paint. Mrs. William Oetting. Hiss- dale, was appointed editor of the a i yearbook at CHURCH, CIVIC Technology is Theodore Dolan, the Marymount college in a palm tree could be a prob- Los Angeles.

She attended Erickson, La Grange, treasurer of the Illinois conference, Augustana Lutheran, synod. Park District to Widen. Hinsdale. He received the advanced degree at the school's em in Chicago in the winter? Not one but a grove royal, cabbage, feather, date, and fish ii lr 4 ft HtttV msL fiW 'It Kri W2 II' i jri recent midterm commence-! ment. Dqlan, an instructor in technical drawing at I.

Tr, ail palms have to be moved in lice and fire protection. Others Are Disturbed Where an airport isn't involved, the state's attorney aays, corridor annexation is illegal and municipalities are limited to annexing contiguous territory. Adamowskl isn't the only official disturbed by the annexations. County highway and zoning officials say the annexations raise numerous problems not encountered before and have arranged a series of conferences on how to deal with them. "For instance," said James F.

Kelly, assistant county highway officer, "if they annex a county road will they main-It or will they expect us to? the Garfield Park conservatory make way for a new palm also holds a bachelor of science house. The job is causing some LEADERS WILL MEET IN LOOP West side Lutheran pastors and industrial leaders will join civic leaders in a conference on church and industrial relations at 2:45 p. m. today in the Y. M.

C. A. hotel, 826 S. Wabash av. Edward Kasch, Glen Ellyn, vice president of personnel at Kraft Foods, will speak at 3 p.

m. on Does Management Have a Christian Conscience." An a discussion group will be led by John concern for William C. Blae-sing, park district chief horticulturist "It will set them Iverson checks palm trees in temporary location. Sell VuMBrtHI. Light Up Ashland Blvd.

Park district improvement plans for this year include the widening to 70 feet, paving, and lighting of Ashland blvd. from Lake st. to Roosevelt James H. Gately, president of the park board, announced. Also planned are new automatic traffic signals for the Leavitt and Wood sts.

intersections on Augusta blvd. back about one year," Blae-sing said. "Palms have delicate root systems." MISS GRETCHEN VOCE Is Mink Raising Farming-County ZbheYS Will Decide Marymount college In Tarry- Must Move 3,000 Plants More than 3,000 tropical "If they take it, then it's a town, N. for two years before transferring to the California campus. A senior, she plants must be moved before reconstruction of the $539,248 village road and we cant palm house can begin.

This in BY ROBERT ANDERSON Whether mink farming is.tion purposes cludes 125 specials of palm is planning a career in journalism. spend county money to main tainit" Who Has Title? degree in mechanical engi-neering. Named new editors of the Northern Star, school newspaper of Northern Illinois university at De Kalb, are Miss Barbara Bandy, and Miss Joyce Lussky, both of Aurora; Miss Annette Miller, Itasca; and Miss Ellen Parker, Glen Ellyn. Don Stapleton, Westchester, student at Ohio State university at Columbus, has been named student chairman in the school's Religion-in-Life program held thru Thursday of next week. An campus affair, the program features talks and seminars with well known religious leaders.

agriculture and some 60 other rare plants. Many of the trees haven't shall mean the growing of crops in the open and such He' also raised the question agriculture and whether a residence for farm employes is an agricultural building are of who would have title to the stock and poultry raising as pavement and the right of been moved since 1907, when the present house was opened. This also means that the soil will have to" be changed to a are incidental. to the acreage farmed." way. questions being studied by the county zoning board of appeals as a result of a hearing who would be re- This provision is Charles E.

Wallis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wallis, Riverside, is participating in Fashion Fair 1958 at Northwestern university. He is a junior in the university's speech school and a member of Alph Tau Omega fraternity.

new, more fertile dirt, Blae- fponsible for traffic enforce Monday morning on. the ap smg said. ment." Kelly asked. us or McGaw said. "It is too restrictive as a definition of agricul Temporary home for most the village? Who would take ture." peal of a Hanover township mink raiser.

L. D. who owns a of the palms will be an emptied care of snow removal? All pool, carefully bedded down these questions will have to be resolved if the annexations are "Do you think this board can act on your request by saying this provision is inval farm on the north side of Shoe Factory east of Bev The first person to hold both with leaf moss, gravel, and straw. There the palms will stay for 14 months in 70 de held valid." id? Hunt asked. erly asked the board to George Smith, Streamwood approve a permit for a duplex gree heat village president, said the an nexations were made "to set Building Leaked The present building de residence to house farm employes.

Two Family Residence aside land for the village to "I think the board can interpret it broadly and grant the relief requested," McGaw replied. Questions Logic Hunt then asked whether the logic that would allow a beauty salons GREATEST SALE 1 of. Fine Permanent Waves Save 40 to 50 35.00 Permanent Wave, NOW. 15.00 25.00 Permansnt Wave, NOW 12.50 20.00 Permanent Wave, .11.00 15.00 Permanent Wave, 9.00 12.50 Permanent Wave, NOW 7.50 Start your Spring fashion with an exciting new hairdressl Fabulous $avingi on fine -quality waves. Every Permanent Wave COMPLETE, including, conditioning shampoo, re-style hair cut and styled hairdress! Limited time only! A $1 deposit will hold the permanent of your choice until Mar.

15. grow." In addition, Smith said, the village wanted to reserve He told the board he usu C'est Magnifique! Lobster a la Nwbrg Sherry Chicken a la Ment CerU Filet Mignoit la Maxim's Pompane Armadine veloped leaks in the roof and its steel beams were deemed impractical for repair, by the park board. Conbact for the new building has been award suitable industrial sites for. it ally has about 10 employes. One family lives in an apart self.

ment over; a garage, he said, Asked if he knew of plans ed to Chris Paschen Enter and others live in cabins and by. any neighboring village to prises, Inc. house trailers. He said, he expand by similar annexation, Smith said he did not duplex residence as a 'farm building could be extended to include a 10 story building if the occupants worked on the farm and had to have housing. McGaw said he would include his answers to this ques plans to build a two family residence about 22 by 44 feet, then none of them costing about $16,000, have shown' any signs of The moving job is about half finished, according to Blae-sing, who will not allow building work to begin until all plants are relocated.

"They might get broken glass among the palm tree roots," he said. growing," he added. "How Kenneth A. attorney representing told the board he wanted ever, if any of them wants to tion in a brief requested by come in, we would entertain to show that mink farming Board Secretary Walter" thoughts of making room "for Popjoy, constitutes agricultural activ The new palm house, de them." Trabert told the board that signed by park district archi tects, will be 250 feet long, he has about 11 acres devoted to mink farming. Another ,15 85 feet wide, and 65 feet tall.

ity and, therefore, should be exempted by the county zoning ordinance. McGaw read two court decisions which, he said establishes the raising of wild ani Continental Dinners from Built along a series of low EXTRA SPECIAL! FREE! 5 RAYETTE VITEX hair revitalizing treatment included with very permanent wave during this sale. arches, it will have special plastic glass panes to deflect Working on Plan Smith said that while Streamwood provides no police or fire protection for residents on the roads it has annexed, it is working on a master land use and zoning plan for most of the area embraced by the network. He said the village has been the sun's rays. mals as an agricultural activity.

He said agriculture should not be given one defi A new lobby also will be nition for one act and a differ acres, he said, are leased to other farmers for growing hay, corn, and oats. He said that he has from 3,800 to mink, and during the pelting season he employes three men to kill mink, four men as skinners, and four fleshers. The carcasses, he said, are sold to a rendering plant. There were no objectors to Trabert's request and the board took the case under advisement advised by its attorney it can ent meaning for another." Attorney Is Questioned Robert Hunt; board mem RESTAURANT and COCKTAIL LOUNGE part of the reconstruction job which will see the present building torn down and rebuilt on the same spot. The conservatory is located at 300 N.

Central Park av. Last year more than one million persons attended. For Oak Park Appointment Call EUclid 3-1245 or COIumbus 1-0227 1133 LaU Street For Appointment Call ANdovor 3-7394 er RAndolph 6-9800 Wbah Washington do this under a state law giving a municipality zoning control over land within VA ber, asked McGaw about a sec 333 North Austin Doorman Parkinj AUstln 7-1600 tion in the zoning ordinance Continued on page 4 which states that for exemp- ERYANT..

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