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Highland Park Press, 11 Mar 1943, p. 3

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professor of botany at Northwestern university, will speak to Alpha Gamâ€" ma Delta aimunae on the subject of "Victory Gardens," at their regular monthly meeting, Monday evening, March 15, at the chapterâ€" house in Evanston. Dr. Carlson is chairman of the Vicâ€" tory Garden committee of O. C. D. of Evanston. She will discuss the entire procedure of planning a Victory Garâ€" den, and answer all questions in the general discussion, following her talk. Mrs. Eward F. Schmidt, of Evanston, president of Lambda alumnae of Alâ€" pha Gamma Delta, cordially invites members and their friends. Alpha Gamma Delta Alumni to Hear Victory Garden Talk The ties of love are strong, and homeâ€"keeping hearts are happiest. Middy apparently quite forgot his deâ€" termination to enlist,â€"which is probâ€" ably just as well, for he is several inches under the regulation army height. â€" But no one seemed to understand. There were exclamations of "Good ol‘ pooch !" "Hiâ€"yah, fella!" and the like. The headâ€"pattings and the neckâ€" scratchings were very agreeable. Midâ€" dy‘s ego soared. .. : <:>. .00 _ _ + ‘Then a feminine voice cried: "Why, the poor little doggieâ€"he‘s lost. Look, here‘s his name on the collar." Sometime later young Bruce Patterâ€" son rushed into the unit and clasped his pet in his arms. Mutual reconâ€" ciliation followed. But all Middy sensed was atmosâ€" phere. Up came his head and his eyes flashed. He snapped (figurativeâ€" ly speaking) his fingers. "Aha, I have itâ€"the army! It needs_dogs . . . I‘ll join up and help in the fight for freeâ€" dom ... . That‘s one place," wistfully, ciated." _ 2 He dodged in between khaki legs, advanced to the front of the room lan:dfanin figuratively speaking) saâ€" ut c 4 + â€"â€"â€" ie WeE oa‘ _ Qn- could do was to yipe and escape through the open door. Completely sunk and utterly outâ€" raged, Middy paced the darkening streets. The indignity of it allâ€"a dog of his breeding! He wandered aimâ€" tessly about, caring nothing where he went, until he came to a brilliantly~ lighted building, the door of which was continually opening upon uniâ€" formed figures. If Middy could have read, he would hvae seen the sign: USOâ€"SALVATION ARMY. He couldn‘t say, "I was doing it for the creature‘s own good . . . I didn‘t intend . . . I wouldn‘t ‘ve for the world . . ." The only thing Middy about the busiest fallow at New York‘s Bronx HZooe these days. Suddenly the room seemed filled with humans. Middy hung his head and tried to fit his bit of tail into a groove between his legs, but he eodh'lmrthciuc.hn_sud angry tones of his beloved family. ‘Then the incvitable happened. A switch was brought and Midy was sharply chastised, never been able to do anything about it except glare haughtily and grow! deep in his furry throat. Until that day when the cage door swung open and one of them fluttered to the floor. Always na opportunist, Middy proâ€" ceeded to administer discipline on the spot. "There, you silly fowl," he yln;d. "take thatâ€"and thatâ€"and that Tragedy stalked upon the heels of the final "that!" Middy‘s black eyes buiged, his legs stiffened and his curâ€" ly white hair straightened with disâ€" may as he realized that the object of his contempt lay inert and lifeless, a pathctic little heap of green feathers. Middy just hadn‘t realized his own strength. Middy had always despised those two silly live birds with their incesâ€" Thursdoy, March 11, 1943 Dr. Rolling pennies into his private Life Is Like That hohun-rld.‘ letter & hh“mm‘ lege, Appleton, Wis. David Aubrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Aubrey, 234 Central avenue, has been â€" awarded the Lake Porest academy varsity letter for basketball. His excellent playing at guard contrib= uted largely to the team‘s success and helped it to finish this season as champions of the Midâ€"West Prep conâ€" Swimming Letter At Lawrence College Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, leading educator of the colored race and one of the ten outstanding preachers in this country will address the Chicago Sunday Evening Club in Orchestra Hall Sunday, at eight. Dr. James W. Clarke, popular Scoth preacher of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. whose informal talks have attracted hundreds to the early seven o‘clock programs of the Club, will begin a new series at that time. Two large choruses will take part in the music program, the Sunday Evening Club ‘dioil' of 125 starring Mark Love at eight, and the Elmhurst Woman‘s Chorus in its 12th annual spring conâ€" cert at seven. Since 1926 Dr. Johnson has been president of Howard University in Washington, D. C., where he has done singular work in advancing the cause of the Aemrican Negro. Former proâ€" fessor of English, economics and hisâ€" tory, one time student secretary of the International Y.M.C.A., and Bapâ€" tist preacher in eastern and southern churches, he is one of the influential members of his race. John S. Brockâ€" smit, a trustee of the Club, will introâ€" duce him. The program of music arâ€" ranged by Director Edgar Nelson for this meeting includes Grieg‘s "Lnd- sighting," "Come Holy Spirit" by Wolf and "Thou Who Sendest Sun and Rain" by Chadwick. »Mark Love will sing his most popular number "The Holy City" by Adams, _ _ _ 8:30 p.m. ference Dick Nelson W ins Amfimndmdchuial selections has arranged for the Eimhurst women at seven. Their proâ€" gram, which is ome of the highlights in the round of visiting choral presâ€" entations at the Club, will be directed by Helen Lecfelt, with Elsa Chandler â€" Admission is free. Dr. Johnson‘s talk will be broadcast by WIND, at Fischer David Aubrey Awarded Basketbail Letter Noro Educator Will Address Chicago Sunday Evening Club Miss Johnson, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. 0. E. Johnson, 1122 Linâ€" coln ave., is a sophomore in the School of Speech at Northwestern, and a member of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Active in YWCA work and a group leader on campus, Miss Johnson was graduated from the Highland Park high school. Nearly 300 students have been orâ€" ganized by the Student War council as a part of the campus defense sysâ€" tem in case of air‘raids or other disâ€" orders. Each fraternity and sorority house possesses its own fire warden and fire watchers, as do also the reâ€" gular college dormitories. . In order to qualify for one of these positions a student is required to take three courses including Fire Defense, Gas Defense and a general course coverâ€" ing the functions of civilian defense. drafting work. Miss Venning casily met the reâ€" quirements for the course in drafting. Joan Johnson Completes Civilian Defense Gourse at N U western university students who sucâ€" cessfully completed a three months course in civilian defense and were awarded certificates as fire watchers by the Evanston Defense council at a Miss Venning completed a war trainâ€" ing course Friday, Mar. 5, in indusâ€" wial drafting at lllinois Institute of Technology. She is going to work imâ€" mediately in a war plant, where she will draw plans for weapons of war. For ten weeks Miss Venning atâ€" tended Iilinois Tech eight hours a day, five days a week. Besides this fullâ€" time class schedule, she had homework New classes in industrial drafting open regularly at Iilinois Tech. Apâ€" plications for training in them can be made at the War Training for Women office, Room 211, on the institute‘s west campus, 1951 West Madison Training Course ‘Miss Lois Venning, 341 Though she cannot fight at the front with a gun, she is possible for Americ on oinnt . Joan Edith Johnson, Highland Park udent, was among the 123 Northâ€" or art Jent for Red Cross War Fund Poster created by Frederic Mizen, well known Chicago illustrator, "'."fl';iili'.dt.-r-‘"'_“ | throughout tomnpu-l.ou-:duvkhlh .1?0?000.00” o-o-::lpmm 1. An army of 50,000 volunteer workers seck gifts of at least one day‘s pay from all those gegulariy employed and to others = P o en oooey Pete n t i "Hon tan‘t gine oo Buy U. S. War Bonds! The wounded ive now Mass Production of Uniforms calls for In miaking uniforms for the millions of men in Adu'nl-lhu-hh.filv.i the Marines â€"electric power is a vital force of mass Electric cant wait... Electric knives and trimming machines cut out a smber of uniforms at one time. Highâ€"speed electric ible, longâ€"wearing uniforms, And clecrric n*-lu.-u-u-un :,â€"u.:-#lw ’-'.r production of uniforms : speeds the production of tanks and ships PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS Supplging Vital Elucttic Power for War Production in Northern IWlineis_ _ Power i y . 2 l e We rrsilae wok s i. @ { * . * 1 .. ) z . 3 E 4 # P w w o e l P e pr d J To keep wich the mass production speed clectric sewing machines in purting uniform pattern pieces together. zation. Several met last week and the following officers were elected: Mrs. B. J. Bevan, President; Mrs. Clayton Sandel, Secretary; and Mrs. J. Dunâ€" can Morgan, Programs. A "Who‘s New Club" to enable new women in Highland Park to get acâ€" quainted is in the process of organiâ€" tan area Y.W.Ct. r'.‘ at the Young Women‘s Christian associaâ€" tion Tuesdayâ€" evening, March 16, at 8 o‘clock. For years Miss Barnes voiunteered her services as a full time student secretary in Chicago. She has had experience with students and indusâ€" trial girls as a regular secretary, and been a member of many national and international committees. Her subject is "The Y.W.C. A. Around the World in Wartime." In addition to Miss Barnes, there will be special music, brief reports and election of new members of the board of directors. At the close, there will be refreshments with a social hour for members to meet Miss Barnes and other Y.W.C.A. friends. YWCA Will Hear Miss Lilace Barnes of Lake Forest Miss Lilace Barnes of Lake Forest president of the Chicago Mectropoli Miss Barnes comes from a family actively interested in vital community service. Her father, Clifford Barnes, was founder and has been a long time director of the Sunday Evening club in: Chicago. "THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR 391 Central Avenue Has been extended through Saturday, March 13 Constructive Journalism as presented in THE FREE EXHIBIT OF Daily 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. Afla-dh.flu-l:h.- are clothed in uniforms made at record speed with the hid of Electric Power. at Renslow P. Sherer, whose painting ‘I"l-::tun."dog"g:‘mw fo.mmh.«-.-'uhm»m of Chicago and Vicinity at the Art Institute in Chicago which opened toâ€" ry (Thursday) in the east wing galâ€" ries. Mr. William Fleming‘s canvas on exhibit is entitled "Wood, Sand and Snow." Mr. William H. Savin, third % land Park artist, is nhfi painting "Waukegan Boat Yard." The exhibit will continue until April 4 mar

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