Illinois News Index

Highland Park Press, 21 Jan 1943, p. 6

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Statements of total sales were preâ€" senited as follows: . _ Deerfield State Bank War savings stamps ... .....$ 205.35 Series E Bonds ........... . 800000 U, S. Treasury Tax Notes .. 120000 Series G Bonds ............ 250000 134% 1948 Series ......... . 20,000.00 Deerfield Postoffice War Bonds ................ 418125 War Savings Stamps 1,065.00 Total :;... .. «... .. , $37,151.60 A survey was planned, to be made through civic clubs and organizations and through the schools of the townâ€" ship, to ascertain the approximate The Deerfield Grammar School, reâ€" ported by Mrs. George Ubl, showed sales of war savings stamps of $37.00. ‘The Wilmot School, Mrs. L. G. Huribert, chairman, sold war savings stamps in the amount of $1145 and war bonds amounting to $37.50. The Bannockburn School, Mrs. C. B. Gwynn in charge, reported stamp sales of $40.00. _rest g:orfield :On own Reports War Borg Sales «Mrs. George Jacobs, chairman of the Stamp Booth Committee, reported that the booths cstablished in the and Market, and in R. A. Nelson‘s Grocery, resulted in the sale of $72.75 in war savings stamps, and $131.25 in war bonds. Mrs. Jacobs was assisted by members of the American Legion Auxiliary, the Women‘s.club and the Girl Scouts. The Women‘s Compmittee of the West Decerfield Township War Savâ€" chairmap, Edward A. Reagan, Wedâ€" nesday afternoon, at the township ofâ€" fice, to report on results of efforts during the month of December, and to discuss plans for future activities in the sale of war bonds and stamps. Deerfield â€" PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Mrs. George K. Schaeffer has been listed as one of the heirs to the estate of Susan Bugue, who died in New Orleans on June 15. Probated in Chiâ€" cago .the will leaves $25,000 to Mrs. Schaeffer. _ At the last meeting of the Deerâ€" field Woman‘s club on Tuesday, Janâ€" Mr. and Mrs. George Schwab anâ€" nounce the birth of a daughter born January 8 at the Swedish Covenant hospital in Chicago. Mr. Ohman is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ohman of Highland Park, and is stationed at the Glen View Air Base. The young couple will be at_home on South Second street in Highland Park. Attending the bride was Miss Ruth Lidiecker, and sefving the groom as best man was Eugene Jehrend, both of Highland. Park. Following the simple ceremony, a wedding supper was served at the home of the bride‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Muhike. number of the residents of the townâ€" ship who are purchasing their bonds outside of the district, giving their business address instead of home adâ€" dress. It is hoped that thit may enâ€" able thercommittee to make an acâ€" curate check of the amounts purchasâ€" ed by citizens of the township. . eWst Decerficld‘s Quota for December, as assigned by the Lake County War mlo-‘m Savings Committee, was $24,â€" On Saturday, January 16 at 600 o‘clock, Miss Bette Muhike and Glenn C. Ohman U.S.N.R. exchanged wedâ€" in Deerficld with the Reverend Earl ding vows at the Evangelical Church J. Bruso officiating at the small famâ€" Muh!keâ€"Ohman Nuptials * Supplying Vital Blaectric Power for War Production in Northern lilinsis uary 11, Mrs. Charles E. Piper, chairâ€"| Thursday, January 28 at 8:30 o‘clock man of the garden department who| at the Deerfield Presbyterian church had charge of the meeting, announced| with the Reverend Bernard E. Vandâ€" that three vacancies, that of the office | erbeck reading the service. Mr. Wolf of president and viceâ€"president. Mrs.| will graduate from the Naval Reserve Charles J. Turner and Mrs. Bert Masâ€"| Training school at Notre Dame uniâ€" tri have resigned in favor of war| versity that same day and will be comâ€" work, A nominating committee headâ€"| missioned an ensign. ed by Mrs. Wesley K. Hout as chairâ€"| Attending Miss Selig will be Mrs. man, Mrs. Lester B. Ball, and Mrs.| William Dines of Chicago, Mrs. John Arthur Kaatz will report at the next| B. Payne, sister of the bridegroom, meeting on January 26th. |and Miss Lenore Wolf, youngest sisâ€" Sunday evening: services at the Bethany Evangelical church have been discontinued for the duration. The marriage of Miss Ethel Jea Selig ,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward H. Selig to J. Howard Woli, Jr son of Mr. and Mrs. John Howar Wolf of Chicago, will take place o: Mrs. Walter Metcalf, chairman of the Home and Education committee, will have charge of the next meeting. Here‘s the way to solve 8. , President of the Tam O‘Shanter 4 4 n-w;ch! m‘. May, s spin. Tam O‘Shanter will use this Tallyâ€"Ho Coach to bring its members from nearby railroad, bus, and ‘This electrically operated machine sterilizes ampoules which will carry injection preparations to our Medical Compa Under electric light the ampoules are subjected to rigid inâ€" spection before being shipped to America‘s feld hospitals. After the ampoules are filled the heads are heated to a pliable state and carefully sealed to insure sterility. Attending Miss Selig will be Mrs. William Dines of Chicago, Mrs. John B. Payne, sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Lenore Wolf, youngest sisâ€" ter of the bridegroom. Leonard, twin brother of Miss Leonore, will serve his brother as best man. John Heilâ€" and and Robert Boh!, both of Chicago, will serve as ushers. A reception following the ceremony | will be held in the church parlors. Miss Brune Mordini is spending a three weeks‘ vacation in California and Washington, visiting friends and relaâ€" tives in Los Angeles, San Francisco nc Seattle A window poster campaign to insure sleep for war workers who toil at night, was instituted today by the Chiâ€" cago office of civilian defense under the direction of Dean Leon Green, chief of the civilian morale department. _ __ The League of Women Voters ¢xâ€" terids a cordial invitation to everyâ€" one interested in education, and esâ€" mmdh% ties and PT.A.‘s to hear Mr The everâ€"increasing scarcity of teachers, due to warâ€"time conditions, will be discussed by Robert M. Cole of Springfield, educational director for the Illinois Association of School Boards; at the Highland Park League of Women Voters‘ school on Monâ€" day, aJn. 25, 1:15 at the Community Center. p "Pending Legislation About Teachâ€" er Problems, Finance, and Reorganiâ€" zation" will be the subject of the meeting, which is third in a series on education, in charge of Mrs. J. M. Watkins, Jr. chairman of the deâ€" partment of governthent and educaâ€" Campaign To Insure Sleep For War Workers Started Zome and block captains and morale wardens are instructed in a special diâ€" rective to assist in discovering where night workers live and furnish that home with one of the posters for disâ€" play in the window, that those going about daytime duties may see and govâ€" ern themselves accordingly. "Experienced civilians ranging from cperating engineers and master mechâ€" anics down to virtually material stock room clerks are needed to replace army personnel who have been sent overâ€" seas," said the commanding general of the corps of army engineers. "Much equipment used in blasting through routes for our soldiers has begun to wear and constant repairs and replaceâ€" ments for thousands of mathines must be effected." Base â€"nav for theâ€" various jobsâ€"ranges v»â€"10 $3,800 a year, plus per diem allowâ€" ances for some. Skills needed include spare parts consultants, operating enâ€" gineers, master mechanics, high grade mechanics, purchasing agents, and inâ€" spectors, who understand the operaâ€" tion, maintenance and repair of diesel, clectric and gasoline motors; men faâ€" miliar with air, electric and gasoline tools and compressors; men skilled in operating and repairing concrete mixâ€" ers, cranes, graders, scrapers, shovels, tractors, electric generators, power unâ€" its, and acetylene and electric are weldâ€" ers; those with knowledge of the esâ€" sential ‘material and parts therefor; those who are experienced in the inâ€" spection of related engineering items and equipment; and many) who underâ€" stand stcel mill operation and the fabâ€" rication of steel products, and the variâ€" ous spare parts of heavy construction, including â€" supervision or assistant suâ€" pervision of warehousing, and the clerical and administrative functions incident to the handling of heavy conâ€" struction machinery spare parts. j Qualified applicants should immedâ€" iately tommunicate with the Seventh United States Civil Service commisâ€" sion, Room 1107, in the New Post Ofâ€" fice _ building, /Chicagoâ€"Telephotie: Wabash 9207, Extension 589. Fifty thousand posters, 6%4 by 10% inches were dispatched to community commanders for distribution in the homes in their areas which house sleeping war plant workers. The posâ€" ters are in red, white and black, porâ€" traying a helmeted woman with finger to lips and the legend, "Quiet, please. War worker sleeping." Robert M. Cole To Address Voters League for civilian jobs, to rehabilitate, operâ€" ate and maintain heavy duty equipment, the army corps of engineers has anâ€" nounced. _ * Critical manpower shortages in the terial field threaten a score of. vital army engineering functions, and skilled workers must be immediately recruited, Army Bng!n’eer Corps Offers Positions . For Civilians * ~â€"~ |JL W. Bâ€"0. $ 0. _â€"_ imm essm _| Activities f In addition to the above mentioned affairs at various U. S. O. clubs, J. W: B. aids in conducting a formal dance at the Fort Sheridan Service club each month by providing food, reâ€" freshments and girls, while the music is supplied by the post orchestra. "Our plans for 1943 are well underâ€" way and definite programs have been arranged through March," reports Mrs. Milton Graver of Glencoe, chairman of the North Shore Army and Navy committee of J. W. B.â€"U. S. O., "Havâ€" ing no club of our own in this area, J. w. B.wi!loonhuoa%uuih programs at neighboring U. . clubs w!lon_fa-c_ilitiuhnbeenso‘ndo-dy Offer Means for Training Women For War Work This course should be of particular inâ€" terest to married women whose hus bands are in the armed services > pleted a fourâ€"year college course ::‘d‘u to.n W“n.m at a t i dhates ow o4 in Thaad tnstinn of Tok , 1951 West Madison Street; at ::ga-_g-uqhgaqu Noyes Avennes, Evanston ; or at Room ..”ch'.uhn:“ special features as "Guess Your Weight," with ecither a prize for a miss or a cane for a guess awarded. In the dart throwing booth "Sock Hitâ€" let" was the feature. Other booths had fortuneâ€"telling, ring toss, and a porâ€" trait artist doing quick> sketches. A photographer took pictures of service men who were placed behind comic cutâ€" outs with only their heads protruding. At the entrance to the club a huge jar of beans was placed on the table,and upon entering, each man was requested to guess the number of beans in the jar. This was a door prize feature with $5.00 awarded to the winner. Shop Processes and Methods. k There is a great need for women to fill positions of this kind in the Bureau of Ordnance, Burean of Ships, U. S. Engineers Office of the Chief of Ordâ€" nance of the War Department, U. S. Maritime Commission, U. S. Geologiâ€" cal Survey, National Advisory Comâ€" mittee, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Surâ€" vey and other Federal Agencies; The Winding up the year‘s activities was a New Year‘s eve ball at the Belvidere street U. S. O. club in Waukegan, complete with noise makers, novelties and a dance orchestra. A donation of 250 pounds of weiners was received for this occasion, and, in addition, Mrs. Wyle‘s committee prepared and served 90 cakes, coffee and other refreshâ€" The course will consist of a total of 320 daytime hours devoted to the folâ€" lowing subjects : Another unusual program was at the Highland Park U. S. O. during Auâ€" gust. This was a formal affair and the garden committee received flowers from various private‘ conservatories and spent several hours preparing 150 corsages for thé G. S. O. girls present. Refreshments this right included a special feature: A contribution of 75 pounds of prepared barbecued beef. â€" dancing and light entertainment in the main ballroom of the club, while the entire basement floor was devoted to To provide training by means of which women may qualify for Junior Engineering positions in Federal Civit Service, THlinois Institute of Technolâ€" ogy and Northwestern Technological Institute will offer courses beginning Monday, February 8. were entertained on the North Shore J. W. B.U. S. O. during 1942, accord~ ing to a year‘s end report by Horowitz, program director for the muflmhfl. providing entertainment, girls, and in most cases orchestras for more than 100 parties in various U.S.O. clubs loâ€" eated in Highland Park, Highwood and Waukegan. As recreation chairman for the North Shore committee of the J.W.B.â€" U.$.0., Mrs. Roy E. Wyle of Highland Park is in charge of this effort and her working committee of 350 women ccntributed 210,000 sandwiches, 4,200 tem of control has been effécted so that no donor is called upon more than. once each month. Entertainment, also, is under Mrs. Wyle‘s supervision and her "scoop" programs have included a quiz show at the Waukegan avenue club in Highâ€" wood. Miss Joan Bishop of "Quiz Kid" fame participated in the formal program and in impromptu micrephone Tar hn n ie Highiend Tt an informal "County Fair" arrangeâ€" Elementary Mechanics of Materials Engineering Drawing (Theory a n d

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