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Anyone having rooms for rent may also call the Travelers Aid headquarâ€" ters and register. ‘There is a need right :zm-‘-’fl“ n place where Persons interested in doing volunteer workâ€" at the U. S. O. Travelers Aid may call H. P. 2434 and arrange an U.S. 0. . Opens Travelers Aid Service In Highwood > He urged that Illinois residents utilâ€" ize every possible patch of soil to grow farmers are asked to grow their entire meeds while urban residents are requesâ€" marked for our army and the United ted to rely on their Victory Gardens for a greater part of all they consume: â€" "I have been informed by the Deâ€" partment of Agriculture," Norris said, "that oneâ€"fourth of all food produced in 1943, including oneâ€"half of all food Agriculture is asking the nation to grow 12,000,000 urban Victory gardens and 6,000,000 farm gardens during 1943, Lester J. Norris of St. Charles, chairâ€" man of the Victory Gardens commitâ€" tee, IHlinois State Council of Defense, rqur&dtoG;w.'Gnm.‘ m Returning from a conference h Department of Agriculture officifls in Washington, Norris said that Victory Gardens will play a major role in proâ€" viding civilians with fresh fruits and nation with 600,000 Victory Gardens last year and has set 2 goal of 1,000,â€" 000 gardens this year. Grow Victory Gardens This Y ear _ Ted Ohiwein. Miller W. Schreiner, Fred Bonn, Martin E. Kopp, Chris Matthiesen, lm"’(‘:'. Eitner. _ Wm. J.J:h:.‘.'u. C. L. Gines. Oan Armeale w uie Les McCaffrey, Rosewell J-th'-i-.l-‘: Maiman, Norman Culver. Forrest To Innfonld. Amoiet iinooint Predurhs 8. Livingston and Battista Carani Citizens Urged to A large Christmas tree was supplied and«trimmed by the Legion and placed in the lounge at the U.S.O. The tree lights ‘were loaned by the Chamber of Commerce through the ‘courtesy of E. A. Belmont. L. Frable, George C. Baldwin, Edward Lm.h“""':';’.'.::n, w. acun?'i T okn. A. Putnam, k J. Ronan, Fred P. Boynton, Fell‘s Store, J. B. Garnett Company, Niels clu-t' lausen, H. M. Lautman, C. A. Parliament, John 8. Wineman, Frank H. 'l'?ln-. M. J. Hirsch. Virginia Lunding, L. M. Stein. _ J. . Manasse, George G. Postels, Musart Cll% Christoph _ Keller, Donald. Bernardi, A. V. McPhee, Walter 1 Schiff, P. J. Meâ€" Kemma, Mrs. Geo. M. Bard, Claude Nathan, Margaret: D. K. Mason, Marjorie Ibsen, J. M. Apoct, Waiter Gortachaih: Past Rroma® Mr. and Mrs.. Albert Arenbergâ€" Albert ‘Plcks H. F. Reites" Sayior Shanalele H. E. Eichler, Harry B. Aiston. . wiohier, rhronce, Eyue.y Mroc, Rieer sB Fyffe, Zelina D. Hara, . L. Osborn: Sr. © ll-'â€"llâ€"'lj-w'ml.“‘,;m.-tpâ€": t io ts s-g..'uu-: C. Beatty, Maryâ€"R. and Tom Wyles,.De Witt The Legion Santa Claus made sevâ€" eral. appearances at the U.S.0. and distributed gifts, among which were cigarettes from the Christmas fund, to service men. R Director Arthur S. Ridenour praised the Legion for our activities in beâ€" half of the service men. According to a report by Treasurer Raymond L. Erskine, dated January 7, 1943, a total of $310 was contributed to the American Legion Christmas fund. 4 Following is a complete list of conâ€" tributors : The‘course Has been streamlined to suit the purposes of civilian defense, with ‘such ~monâ€"cssentials as~ snakeâ€" bite and: other general information eliniinated.â€" The classes will be held at strategically located places in Highâ€" land> Park,‘ such as the schools and Conimunity house. Each class is beâ€" W For Christmas Stockings of "Mr.â€"X" (George Scheuchenpflug) by his trained ‘instructors. ‘Teaâ€"hour firgtâ€"aid ‘courses will begin{fhe first Monidayâ€"in ‘ February, and will be givemt €ach ‘Monday, Tuesday, Wedâ€" nesday‘and Thursday for four weeks. A number of well filled baskets were distributed to needy Highland Park families through the Social Serâ€" A new set of basic courses in first aid, firc and gas defenise will be given shortly for those civilian d ¢tecn se workets who have not yet taken the be "conducted : under the supervision Hundreds of red Christmas stockâ€" ings, filled with cigarettes, nuts, and candy, and bearing a greeting card from the Highland Park Legion post, were distributed to service men in the hospital, guard house, and recepâ€" tion center at Fort Sheridan. Ladies of the auxiliary filled the stockings. Donald® Bernardi supplied the transâ€" portation to Fort Sheridan, L._W. Keaster, Louis Rubenstein, Frank *Civilian Defense New s â€" | : Carolina Boys Aid of regular students and professional anâ€" thors, The class offers instruction in the short storyâ€"technique and the art Mr. Litten is the author of a dozen novels and more than 600 short stories in national magazines. ts Further information may be obtained from the offices of the Medill School ol Journalism, Room 207, Fayerweaâ€" ther hall, Northwestern aniversity, CFI:':::”;I Course in At Medili School Frederic Nelson Litten‘s Fiction Workshop course will be offered again by the Medill School of Journalism of Northwestern university on the Evanâ€" and Chicago arca writers. ‘This is the third consecutive year in which this coursa has been available to Application forms may be obtained at any first or second class post office, and should be filed with the Regionâ€" al Director,7th U. S. Civil Service region, Room 1107, New Post Ofâ€" fice building, Chicago. Applications received â€"after January 16 cannot be considered. ~ ~ £ se would require a higher skill than they are wsing at present. * tion into the armed forces is immiâ€" nent will not be considered. Persons at present engaged in war industries 2. A fair, uniform basis of personal property taxes should be established, by help from local civic organizations, which would stand behind the assessors. This would relieve the assessors from the pressure of voters asking "favors" by having their property assessed lower. Draftsmen Needed For Duty at Wright Field Mechanical and clectrical draftsmen are urgently _ needed for â€" duty at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. There are openings for principal mechanical and electrical and senior mechanical draftsmen at $2,300 and $2,000 a year, respectively, plus overtime. 4. Another antiquated officeâ€"that of towhship collectorâ€"should be abolished. Taxes could be Sandled entirely through the county treasurer‘s office, which has all facilities for it. men and women who have had meâ€" chanical or electrical drafting experâ€" ience or training. Men whose inducâ€" If these four changes were made, andâ€"if delinquent taxes were effectively collected, Illincis schools would ‘beneâ€" fit by large sums of money, and with no increase in taxes. State Board a Necessity States Voters League c.ass on the evening for w rolled to make up the work evening of the same week All membeérs of the protective ser vices of civilian defense and all citi zens are invited to join these classes There is no charge for instruction. where all local tax money fails to equal $1,048. This is to provide a good comâ€" mon school education where local comâ€" munities are unable to provide it. "But a state school board is needed to adâ€" minister it," said Mrs. Law. 3. The office of township school trustees should be abolished. It is an antiquated office, no longer meeded. The maintenance cost runs in some townships as high as $50,000. The school funds could be handled with perfect efficiency through the county Superintendent‘s office. T ‘mmediately following the first ai course, there will be two evenings 0 instruction in fire ‘and gas defense which will also be repeated for fou evenings of the same week., Enroliments may be made at the civilian defense office in the City hall or by telephoning that office, H. P. ing reptated on four cvenings of week in order to make it possible anyone; who is unable to attend 1. Illinois should have a state board of education. Until then, there should be no increase in the state distributive fundâ€"which makes up the difference A four point platform to improve Tilinois educational facilities was preâ€" sented by Mrs. Marc Law, state chairâ€" man of the Illinois League of Women Voters department of government, and a member of Governor Green‘s specâ€" ial tax commission, at the Highland Parlg League of Women Voters‘ school dn January 11. Class sessions will begin carly in Febâ€" These Mr. y for North Shore he Anxlo Cagsai Of Highwood Dies Angelo Cassai, 65, of 120 Wrendale street, Highwood, died Thursday. A week before his death, Mr. Cassai fell or." Central avenue, and the accident was said to have hastened his death. . Mr. Cassai was born in Italy. His Winstonâ€"Salem, N. G.,â€"*"We want to see Mr. Morgenthau" was the demand of two youngsters to the desk clerk at the Robert E. Lee hotel here. Each boy was lugging a heavy canvas bag of pennies. "We want to turn these in to Mr. Morgenthau," they explained. "Send them right up," the Secretary of the Treasury told the clerk, and the beys were escorted to Mr. Morgenthau‘s room where they emptied the “d“fi“b-mubmmm â€":-HM the Secretary, and their pennies turned into a War purchase. The Treasury is making a drive for the circulaâ€" tion of pennies due to the fact that no more arebeing minted because of the copper shortage. Pictured here with Mr. Morgenthau are the Winstonâ€"Salem ‘Twin City Sentinel Sm c Pm Bm i Sn on h e s ie Sm s ow S Sn Sm is Sn on t ie es ts S e Sn im n on on ie Nee Sm tw ce ow i on S e ts zs e e en e n zs Ion 2z Sn n ie t t o e e Oe e S THE ROAD OF stRVICE The answer to the problem would be additional cars and equipment, but these cannot be purchased because critical materials must obviously be used for guns, tanks, ships and planes to support our fighting forces. _ ~ _ We want to assure you that we are doing everything we can to maintain good service and operate our trains as close to peacetime efficiency as possible. We want you to know that we are grateful for your cooperation and understanding of the situation. s f . . . and a word of thanks to our employees wife, Katherine, died several years ago. Surviving is a son, Nello, with whom he made his home. Another son, Amâ€" erico, was killed in an accident last year,‘ when he fell from the second story of a building while working for a construction company in Chicago. Funeral services were held Monday from St, James church. Burial was in Ascension cemetery. arriers for the U. S. Treasury Dept. Maintenance of rightâ€"ofâ€"way and equipment, and operation ‘of trains under trying conditions has made your job a difficult one. You have atcepted theik added responsibilities, fecessary to winning rider joins with you.in a determined resolve to "carry.â€"on" together until victory is complete. \Gremlins Invade COOPERATION NOW I1s A WARTIME WNeeessity! Quite 2 tribe of pixi¢â€"like busybodâ€" i.-u:i'v‘by"Abcu-bu"Gn-&. wash bundle Gremline, the exâ€" :wud.m-unth&--‘“ and doubtless are distant cousins of the British sprites; Among those that have been spotted are the following : M Housewive‘s Laundry Sniplink Gremlin, the one with the wiry fingers, who yanks buttons off such things as dads‘ favorite shirts. Slingwerp G., the punter, who kicks socks to the _bottom of the hamper causing a stray sock here and there to be left at home while you‘re. under the impression every pair has been sent to the laundry. Snagion, with the long, tinted nails an active thread puller. CORP. SCHEUNEMANN HOME FOR WEEK END And of.course, Joe, He‘s the tike with the bushy yellow whiskers, and a shell game expert if there ever was one. He plants lace hankies where plain one belong and vice versa. So you see, maybe the laundryman hasn‘t been to blame after all. t appears Corp. Curtis R. Scheunemann spent last weekâ€"end visiting his mother, Mrs. Curtis Scheunemann of Winnetâ€" ka, formerly of Highland Park. Corp. Scheuremann is stationed .with the army air force at Westover field, Mass. The spotlight only ‘recently has en tM.*M ing with Allied planes in ufi ow they‘re in the housewife‘s launâ€" y bundle before it makes the regular ip to the laundry, and probably have en for some time, according to the merican Institute of Laundering ‘at W The fancy . skating gu t mencxhihifionhto'uw audience. ‘The North Shore Dance ted a ten step and waltz m& Kebbon, Mrs. Virâ€" ginia Lyon and Miss Dorcas, Fitzâ€" gerald presented solo numbers . folâ€" lowed by Miss Elsic Thiclan and Henâ€" ry Remien in a spectacular duet num ber for the finale. Inmalm Glatat, _ * D2 Carnival Attracts _ _ Enthusiastic Crowds:© The boys and girls speed contest was . of interest. . The event was followed a noviceâ€"proâ€" fessional speed skating exhibiâ€" tion race. m“&» thers; Lioyd, Nick, Ed and Harold, with Curtis Fisher as the fifth memâ€" ber, traveled ten laps to the competiâ€" tors 8 laps. a~ t terno Mrs.. Earl Sproul, chairman; and Mrs. Elisworth Mills, assistant chairâ€" man, were in charge of the carnival. 2nd Gradeâ€"Boys/~1. D. Freeman; Z,â€" Seits: .. M.. Oppenheimer. Jr, Girie: gl Schram: 2. A. B. Ho: 3. M. J.~ 3rd Gradeâ€"Boys: 1. B. lt-‘-du"l.“ Carnahan : 8. â€" R. Salyards. : W Bu-n-:-t. J. Cederborg: 3. m : s fih_-fir;é%'fin;- + 1. 6. P-l.lt!l'o 2.~3 Freeman; . Smalley. : 1. N. Sproul 2. T. Zmeske: 3: B.“Vnt:u‘,_ Race and fancy skating results ‘folâ€" low : °t Smith; 3. G. Parks. Girls: 1. D, Keough 2. M. B. Biggert; 3. C. Wales. g 5th Gradeâ€"Boys: 1. G. r lh‘-rsnm-â€" 1. G,‘Keon; 8. E May; 3. Jr. o'nn:'.’" ® _ 1st Gradeâ€"Boys: 1. I. Anderson; 2.~B 4th Gradeâ€"Boys: 1. G. Freeman; 2. D. Walss: 5. P. Selts. Girls: 1. P. Pioyd: 2 I. Hadley; 3. E. Lewis. 6th Gradeâ€"Boys : 1. B. Al-wn’..l..: Martin; 3. M. LeGoff: Girls: 1. N. 4 2. J. Washburn; 3. J. Arenberg. _ _ _ __Ith Gradeâ€"Boys: 1. H. Mills; 3. B. Gerken. firl-: 2. J. St. Cyr; 3. P. Walter i acemerare oc With instruction: 1. N. R. Sproul; 2. Sue Five hundre iends attende i parents, jand duu&-rt e Lincoln Skating uest stars on theâ€" d rink dast Sundayâ€"afâ€" o. 3 helack y}