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Highland Park Press, 26 Nov 1942, p. 4

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Page 4 a class of 273 at Miami Beach and will be remembered by his classmates at Deerfield Shields high school, now Highland Park high school. 6 'Bdou his onliuaontei‘n‘l'-ly, 1941, Me- Was m Armour \sanp-y and had attended Bow!â€" ing Green Business College. Now Pereaaigs e Wwik Mepere Fieis‘ in pec to im oc ctome uus?-cu%cuuâ€"h street, W est Virginia, â€"MrM:ufl Brook Field, Texas. Lieut. :':auhu‘h--h ; son of Mr. and Mrs. vier of Railway avenue, de ceived his paratroop wing â€"4 pleting his required m.‘ jumps at Fort Benning, Mr.~and Mrs. Dwight Davis sof South Linden. avenue have gone to San Francisto to visit their son, Dan, =. American housewives, restricted by scarcities and more inâ€" EmedinmfingmashimoWnBonds,mmking > old things about the house do double duty. There was a time when a dirty lamp shade meant a trip to the store for a new one, but now the picture is changed. Modern Amerâ€" ican housewives now look for a way to repair and renew .. the nice things they have, to keep their homes bright and â€" shining at minimum expense. X _ One direct way to a bright, cozy home is to have clean lamp shades. Read these easy rules on cleaning them up safely, as recommended by our Home Lighting Advisors. CA In ".’T: Most fabric shades which* are sewed are washable. Shades which are glued on, painted or made with materials that shrink when wet are »ot washable. Shades which are held with glue can be dry cleaned. S‘C”'D: Before washing remove all loose dust with a soft brush, and tie a cord on the wire at the top long enough for hangâ€" ing the shade. Then make a sudsy solution of warm water and comâ€" pletely dissoived mild soap fiakes. If the top or bottom is especially soiled, dip a soft brush in the water and brush lightly. Then dip the entire shade up and down in the soapy solution a number of times. PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS The Nations Service Stem, son of Put. Robert Dean of the United Marine Corps., son of Mr, and Mrs. M. C. Dean of Lincoln avenue is now stationed at Pearl Harbor. An older son, Warren, a radio technician, is attending the Army Air Corps Offiâ€" Those who could not leave their bed to go to the hospital auditorium heard the program over loud speaker. cer Training school at Miami Beach, Florida. j _Private Robert Zahnile, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Zahnic of East street, was recently transferred from Clz.Ichlu. Calif, to Spokane, W Mrs. Zahnle, the former Eilcye Werhniak, has joined him in Spokane. oward W. Bowman, son of Mrs. Wallis Bowman of 219 Roger i avenue, Ravinia, has been gnoted from first class Seaman to Coxswain. Coxswain Bowman, who enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in September 1941 was first stationed at the old Coast Guard Staâ€" tion in Jackson Park in Chicago, and is now based in McKeesport, Penn. Mrs. Bowman, the former Frances Tice of Olney, IMlinois, and daughter, Richard J. Cilbert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russe! S. Cilbert of 909 Taylor avenue, is attending the Army Air Corps bombadier school at Albuquerâ€" que, New Mexico. Before his enâ€" listment last Jandary, he was emâ€" ployed at Johnsâ€"Manville. who is in ‘the United States Const Guard Sailors convelescing at Great Lakes Naval hospital were entertained by Ben Bernic and his show on Monday. It is expected that Jack Benny and his show including, Mary, Dennis Day, Rochester, Don Wilson and wriâ€" ters, will leave the West Coast after his show on November 29 for a trip East. During the tour of his troupe, he hopes to originate a show from Great Lakes Naval Training Station, where he trained during World War I FOURTH: Dry by hanging shade from clothes line by means of cord. Fast drying is essential to prevent the metal frame from rustâ€" ing. Do not hang in sunshine or near artificial heat. Wind blowing through the shade will dry it quickly and evenly. _ â€" THIRD: shade from soapy water, immediâ€" ately rinse thoroughly in clear warm water (which has been prepared beforehand) by dipping up and down. Large tubs such as basement laundry tubs or bathtubs are ideal for shade washing. Upon enlistment in May, he studied at the Army Signal School in Chicago. Pvt. Perry Ronan, son of Mayor and Mrs. Frank J. Ronan of Park avenue, a radio‘ maintenance man, has been transferred from Scott Field, I!I., to Wendover Field in Utah. _ , Pvt. Alan J. Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harrison of Lincoln place, who reported to Fort Sheridan November 5 for active duty, has been sent to Camp Crowder; Mo. 3 Jackâ€"Ronan, youngest son of Mayâ€" or and Mrs. Ronan, who is a private in the Marine Corps, is taking a fourâ€" months course in aerial gunnery at Texas A & M college. Pic. Warren G. Luedemann, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Luedemann of South St. Johns avenue, was home recently on a sixteenâ€"day furlough and is now stationed at Kelley Field at San Antonio, Texas attending techâ€" nicl'muldnollhcl’..lli-l!w were happy o seethis familiar Lieut. Francis lonln.hmh&: Pvt.. Ronan, is stationed at Crowder where he is a plans and training officer for the battalion of the riile â€"corps. Anits May, are in McKeesport with After removing FREE Ideas for Homemakers Bulletin No. 4, "Care and Use of Lamps and on conserving your present equipâ€" ment. Stop in today for your copy! The U. S. army air corps at Wright field, Dayton, Ohio, has just issued ,\heiruwnda'pdlahnbr!-.h- eers in the mechanical, electrical and acronautical fields. Second Lieut. Harrison Waither has u-wmuâ€"uz: the quartermaster corps at Camp â€" ahan in New Oricans. He is the son of Mrs. Henry Walther of South Green Bay road. Openings are available for immedâ€" iate appointment at $2,400 per annum. Graduate engineers with no experience as well as those physically handicapâ€" ped may qualify. For further information, get in touch with the Recruiting Section, Seventh U. S. Civil Service Region, Room 1107, New Post Office Building, Chicago. of Highwood. Attached to the piâ€" geon signal corps, he is stationed at Camp Claiborne in Louisians. on Tuesday. The Great Lakes symâ€" phony orchestra, under the direction of W, R. Fischer, musician second ciass, accompanied Mr. Thomas and presented a program of semiâ€"classical music. ® Junior Engineers % N“onodod In Air Corps Private Claude Vander Bloomen is h.cni-hnvflhibm Mr. and Mrs. Vander Bloomen John Charles Thomas appeared in the second of a series of concerts at CGreat Lakes Naval Training station Raymond G. Schnelder is home on furlough visiting his mother, Mrs. Frances Schneider of Ridgewood Dr. A staff sergeant third grade techniâ€" cian, he is stationed with the second army headquarters in Memphis, Tenn, W â€"Brandâ€"new Wartime eut. William P. Kelly; son of Mrs. liam Kelly of Hazel avenue, who M&“h% w stationed at an Army Air claware. He was a student at e Dame university when he enâ€" i in February. Director of Naval Air Cadet School Praises 18â€"19 Y ear Olds "How will our 18 and 19 year olds take to military training ?* Today the Naval Aviation Cadet Seâ€" lection board in Chicago, which is the enlistment headquarters in this ares for navy air force pilot â€" training, Problems of traffic control resultâ€" ing from concentrations of populaâ€" tion in war industry. areas will be studied by police officers who attend a twoâ€"week Traffic Officers‘ Training school to be conducted at the Northâ€" western university traffic institute from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12. Open to municipal, county and state police officers in active service, the twoâ€"week course will place particular stress on methods of preventing acciâ€" dents as a conservation measure â€" as a measure to save human lives, man hours, motor vehicles and tires. The course is designed to be of asâ€" sistance to police administrators by providing intensified training in warâ€" time traffic control and accident preâ€" vention for replacement oficers called upon to fill police ranks depleted through losses to the armed forces and to private industry. Oficers attending the course will be taught how to develop and supervise efective programs for maintaining the uninterrupted movement of essential wartime traffic. They wili also. be trained in such practical police actiâ€" vities as selective enforcement, acciâ€" dent investigation and the use of acâ€" cidental records. per cent of the 750 pilot cadets enâ€" listed in this area last month were under 21 years of age, with 43 perâ€" cent of these men 18 and 19 years old. Daily the average age of the new enâ€" listees is falling (applicants for navy pilot training must be from 18 through 26 years) as younger men throughout the region become more and more eager to serve their country in this outstanding branch of the service. ‘The instruction will be applicable to all sizes and types of police agencies, and there are no educational prereâ€" quisites or entrance examinations. Diplomas will be awarded on the basis of regular attendance and satisfacâ€" tory grades. Because the November monthly meeting date of the Helen Taylor Carr auxiliary of the Chicago Comâ€" mons is too close to Thanksgiving day, it has beenpostponed until Wedâ€" nesday, Dec. 2, and will be held promptly at 1:15 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Arthur Raff, 245 Cedar avenue. All members are urged to attend in order that plans can be made for the usual "Old Peoples‘ Party" later in the month at the Chicago Commons Neighborhood settlement. Problems of Traffic Control Will Be Studied at N. U. Postpone Meeting Of Chicago Commons the local group, no food is to be brought to the meeting, but the hostâ€" css will serve simple refreshments in the middle of the afterncon, during which the members will be sewing on flight school at lowa City, lows. where the future fliers of the fleet are put through a conditioning course that is the most intensive given anyâ€" "Physically the 18â€" and 19â€"yearâ€"olds are in fine condition and it is not difâ€" ficult â€" to ~maintain â€" that condition among them. Mentally, we find these boys are eager, conscientious and have the highest morale on the base. They are usually the kind of fellows who are first to ‘fall in‘ for muster and the last to stop wrestling and boxing when the whistle: blows." In the military activities at the preâ€" have shown themselves ready, willing and able. Especially in drilling, Lieut. Fielding Jones finds, .they have a greater aptitude for learning and reâ€" member what they learn longer than their older mates. These are the men, the Naval Aviaâ€" tion Cadet Selection board knows, who will chiefly be fighting the navy‘s air battles in the months to come; they will be the flying officers of the navy‘s new Voughtâ€"Sikorsky Corsairs and Grumman Wildcats. According to Lieut. Comdr. Carl G. Olson, senior member of the Board, 79 tion from the records of It turned first to the U. S. Navy Preâ€" Lieut. Colonel Bernic Bierman, diâ€" rector of the school‘s vast athletic 1942â€"43 officers of this group are as follows: President, Mrs. J. Calvin Smith ; secretaryâ€"treasurer, Mrs. Guy Finlay ; chairman of the hospitality committee, Mrs. John Cherry; chairâ€" of the sewing committee, Mrs. mn&*.-lfllfifi- Mrs. Arthur Raff. In accordance with a new ruling of needed at the Settlement h,u‘mhdll’inbyu‘lh cast will immediately begin a period of concentrated rehearsals in order to perâ€" fect the play. There will be\‘only twelâ€" ve days for rehcarsais before the play is presented at the Woman‘s club on Dec. 15, and only fifteen days until it is presented here at the school. Boys and Girls of Lincoln School Aid Nation‘s Defense The boys and girls of the Lincoln school are doing their part to prosecute the war as successfully and quickly as possible. They have collected scrap, brought newspapers, purchased war savings stamps and cooperated with the many community agencies working for the country. s *Chrismas Carol‘ To Be Presented At High School Because its theme is i to en‘s "The Christmas Carol" has been chosen as this year‘s Christmas play at the Highland Park high school. Miss Elyse Rinkenberger, drama instructor, hopes that the cast and crew will be able to give the play for other groups during that same week. stage and no ous unusual lighting effects will be employed to create and carry out the mood and theme of the play. The chorus has begun working on transitional music. which will be sung a capella. Only nine out of the forty nine playâ€" ers are from out of the state. Recomâ€" mended by L. T. Johnson, head freshâ€" man coach, Maechtle along with the dthers. will receive blue jerseys bearing the orange "1946" . upon satisfactory completion of their scholastic work in February. The eighth grade boys and girls unâ€" der the guidance of their teacher, Stanâ€" ley W. McKee, wrote and w&ax two plays, "America Tuday" and ". New Discovery," to facilitate the sellâ€" ing of war savings stamps. Each child who bought a defense stamp from the school stamp booth received a ticket bearing the following inscription: "I have bought a Defense Stamp." The classrooms where every child bought & defense stamp received a placard with an American flag and the followâ€" ing inscription on it: ."100% Victory In keeping with the spirit of the ye&.fledflnmw: new Amberican flag to the school, and booth, which is supervised by Mrs. I-rpl;Lhâ€"-.rhfld_h school. Due to the special drive during the last week, $135.00 wort‘s of defense tively and individually, should be thinkâ€" ing of skits that they can put on Sugâ€" gestions for games which are also deâ€" sired, should be put in Miss Whitman‘s box. ‘The party is to be informal. Senior Party To Be Held December 12 The committees chairmen are Conâ€" nie â€" Koeblin (decorations), Barbara Mills (skits), and Pete Florsheim (program). Don Maechtle Earns Freshman Numeral At Ilinois © To date the children of the Lincoin school have purchased $318.00 worth stamps were sold. ‘The Highland Park high school senior class party will be held Satâ€" urday evening, Dec. 12, from 8 to 11 o‘clock. ‘The doors will close at 8:30 From about 8 to 10 p.m. there will be dancing, barn dancing, badminton, ping pong, and various other games. The music is going to be furnished by Jimmie Vaughn‘s orchestra. Dancing will be in both gyms. Refreshments will be served. s Don â€"Maechtle, former Highland M&h:dtoolfoothllsh?md member of the University of Illinois freshman football squad, is among 49 freshmen, the largest number in the Illini history, to be recommended for freshman numerals. Between now and Dec. 12, the members of the senior sessions, collecâ€" 20 Co t nte ie iess doaet terget to S ie Faaeâ€"l _ =~ * 8t tor War Reads overy pay dayt | Joe Palooka saysâ€"

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