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2 Section 2 Chicago Tribune, Thursday, July 11, 1985 Citysuburbs Home Aid Society bridges two worlds Charity brings North Shore closer to children in inner city'1 (ft 7 Soft-spoken and dignified, Rinder is offended when he sees a parent discipline a child too harshly. Rinder knows nothing of a little girl named Tanya. In her few years, Tanya has seen more violence than most people see in a lifetime. Time and again, she ran and hid as her mother's boyfriend viciously beat her mother, a drug addict on wel-fbOlare. The 7-year-old tried to protect her two younger brothers, the three cowering in their hiding place.

That was before United Charities took Tanya under its wing. Yellow roses bloom on the patio of Evelyn McDonald's Glenview ranch house. She is president of the North Shore Zone of the Lutheran Child Family Services Women's Auxiliary. Auxiliary members don't know much about the children they help, so "speakers come out to our ladies to explain," McDonald said. The suburban women learn that when they raise money for Luther-brook group home, they help children who have lived through abuse that they can't imagine; poor city kids who often grow to be tough and mean.

Maybe McDonald wouldn't like the kids if she met them, she said. But that doesn't matter. A devout woman, she helps them the best way she can with money. Children's Home Aid Society removed him from a harsh home life, making sure he could live peacefully and sleep between clean sheets. Most members of such charity boards have no idea of what life is like for the children they help, said Kate Sachnoff, a spokesman for United Charities of Chicago.

In a way, they don't know what they're doing. "But there is a very respectable heroism in people who have no understanding of it, who have been born with silver spoons in their mouths," she said. Many are "North Shore deep-pocket types who have a tradition of philanthrophy," said Marguerite David, assistant dean at the University of Chicago's School of Social Service Administration. For some, it's part of the social life. For others, it's status.

Still others soothe troubled consciences with token efforts. But for many, "it's a very basic human motivation," David said. "People want to help." And people with money can help. Prominent businessmen can help with their skills, too. George Rinder, of Hinsdale, uses his business expertise not only as vice chairman of Marshall Field but also as chairman of the United Charities board.

McDonald, like Proudfoot; has never worked for pay. "I don't think I've ever earned a nickel for doing anything," Proudfoot said. "My lifestyle is such that I can do that." The Children's Home Aid Society board was founded in 1920 by Mrs. Potter Palmer, a Chicago socialite. According to the society's literature, the board "has included the women leaders of Chicago's first families the McCormicks, Armours, Swifts, Wrigleys, McClurgs and Comiskeys, to name only a few." -1 In 1924, the Woman's Board threw its first September ball.

"For years, it was the first ball of the formal social season," Proudfoot said. "It used to be very distinctive. But now, as you know, some charity balls are held as early as August. Still, we've always tried to present them on Fridays, the traditional black-tie night." After last year's ball, Proudfoot handed the society the $156,000 check. Proudfoot, who plays the flute, once raised money for ballet and symphony companies.

"If I were working for a symphony, I'd be concerned that the symphony had enough money. It's the same thing with raising funds for the children," she said. By Linnet Myers There are 18 miles, and a world, between Ruth Ann Proudfoot and a boy named Lamar. In Lamar's South Side neighborhood, crime and despair grow as naturally as the fig trees in the elegant indoor garden of Proud-foot's North Shore home. Ordinarily, their lives would never cross.

Yet they have, in the form of a $156,000 check. Mrs. Allin W. Proudfoot, as she prefers to be called, is president of the Woman's Board of the Children's Home Aid Society. An Evanston resident, she is one of countless affluent suburbanites who touch another world with their time and money.

Last year, her board's annual black-tie ball raised the $156,000 to benefit Lamar and other children. Proudfoot never has met the kids she tries so hard to help. "We don't see them. None," she said. "I don't think it would be right, some woman like me going in," Proudfoot said in the turn-of-the-century landmark she calls home.

"They'd say, 'She's different and she doesn't It would be hard for Proudfoot to understand the anger that raged in Lamar, the fury that came from deep poverty and violent abuse. Lamar was a criminal by age 12, but his crimes ended when the 7 x- Tribune photo by Salty Good Twisting, turning and rolling along at 45 feet per second, guests at Six Flags Great America ride the Force" roller coaster, which opened Wednesday at the park in Gumee. Inspectors have been assigned around the state to check thrill rides after a safety program was enacted last year by the Illinois General Assembly. State inspections of thrill rides rolling i3 CoscoPeterson PADDED HIGH CHAIR WITH TRAY Adjustable type seat belt assures child's safety. Strong steel frame, arms.

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1 requires periodic state inspection of thrill rides. But because of a delay in obtaining inspectors, the inspections did not begin in earnest until about a month ago, according to Carl Kimble, chief engineer for the state's Carnival-Amusement Safety Board. Kimble said that most of the rides at the state's fixed-site amusement parks, such as Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, and traveling carnival companies have been inspected at least once. "The operators of the carnivals and amusement parks have been very cooperative with us. They welcome a second pair of eyes of inspectors," Kimble said.

"They are bending over backward to correct any problems that are found." When inspectors found potential safety problems the operators have usually corrected the problem on the spot, Kimble said. Rides have been shut down only temporarily because of safety problems. He said that in most instances the problem was a bolt or other type of fastener that was either missing or not secured properly. No citations have been issued. The state thrill-ride inspection program was enacted last year after a man died in a carnival ride in Pontiac and three youths were injured in a ride at the Gurnee park.

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Legislators changed that provision this year because of the difficulty in attracting engineers at the salary offered. Kimble declined to say how many rides have been shut down temporarily because of safety problems. But the percentage of rides that showed safety problems has been very small, and none of the problems were major, he said. No major accidents at thrill rides in Illinois have been reported this year to the Department of Labor, which is charged with running the inspection program. 1 JBP? taacrOiHoM)' Simp On Hood 1 4 Gerbei TOYS US 48 MEDIUM ELASTIC LEO DISPOSABLE DIAPERS .7.29 HUGGIES 33 LARGE DISPOSABLE DIAPERS 8.58 JOHNSON JOHNSON 300 COTTON SWABS 1.97 JOHNSON JOHNSON 9 OZ.

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