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hoar‘v ¢ \Give DOUBLI this Year to t‘ COMMUNIT _ c CHEST â€"â€" In The Nations Service The three sons of Mr. and Mrs. Huâ€" go idet, 439 Oakwgod Ave., Hightand are m.? ‘in ‘ the armed forces as follows: Cpl. Robt. Schneider, who entered the army on Don t Let His Ho Ensign Hatxy Skidmore, on a two week‘s leave rp-dptyin}thoot‘ west Pacific,| is visiting his wife, the former Wickersheim, 320 Cenâ€" wuil Ave, his parents,! Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Fki , 322 N, St. John Ave. Ensign $ki who was active in boy stout| work prior to entering 30 last year urned to Gulf HIGHLAND PA 24. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM " y Fo ce ; O"el * MENEAINEpCBRY. | . / FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST wherp the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy [ â€". may be read, borrowed, or purchased || _ | . : *.; [ § ol of c 1400000 . s ied Between Oct. 5th and 15th We Must Ra ‘~ AND WAR FUND OF which is $30,000 more than last year, f o Vital Highland Park Charities, the U. of Highland Park, and the National 1 Fund for 16 Relief Agencies! _ GIVEONCE AND FOR ALL | ‘ you aARE CORDIALLY INVITED To USE THE , _ MOURSâ€"Week Days $:30 am. to 5:30 p.mâ€" lays #:30 um. to 9 p.m. wwpt!.lolx”p.- s75,000 HIGHLANDâ€" PARK, ‘*LLINOIS 34 E:r. 3, 1942, is now company clerk in the. cannon company of the infantry, stationed in Alaska. â€"Chief Warrant Officer Hugo Schneider, who has been in the army since January, 1941, and who wa$s recently home on furlough, is in the : headquarters ~postal, section. Richard, ®ho was â€"inducted on Sepâ€" tember 10, and stationed for a time at Camp Grant, was moved recently to an undisclosed training basé. His wife, the former Alice Quigley lives Robert E. Morley, son of 5{ and Mrs. Edward F. Morlcy of 502 Cenâ€" tral Avenuge, Highland Park, who was graduated last June ‘from Highland Park High School, and was inducted into the navy on Septémber‘ 3, is now taking his boot training at the naval base in Farragut, Idaho. Robert qualâ€" ifed : for. radio operator‘s school, â€"and was given a first class rating in swimâ€" ming ~tests. > / y tds Leroy Haas, U.S.M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Haas, of| 2116 Grove Road, Highland Park, has completed hHis course ir. advanced training at the Marine Corps Officers‘; School at is also available hn t ty t 2t mt‘ 1$ in at it ‘\Pfc Richard Huhns, 218 V?ne Aveâ€" . Highland Park, has been agsigned to| Lehigh University, where,. as a ber of the Army. Specialized Training unit, he will begin bis study of| Engineering on October 11. The it training is given in ee 12â€" . terms. With the beginning of th¢e new term in October, over: 1300 iers will be ‘stationed at Lehigh er this AST program. Lt. Madeline Busignan, of North Tripp Avenue, ‘?Chicago, former member of the | physical tion départment of the Jiighland k High® School, was among ‘the 106 veterans of campaigns in North {frica ‘and Sicily who werée brought tq | the : army‘s Percy Jones General Woepital at Battles Creek, Mich., for to t. A special seven car train trdnsferred these ‘patients here from th¢ Halloran General, hospital, Staten o ty fu t the : conclusion of his | training iod he‘ will be given a ‘15â€"day leave ore beingâ€" assigned to duty at one the shore stations in the United tes or to a base on foreign shores. i _vâ€" + 10 me Front Down. undergoing a limited iod trainâ€" for conditioning for Navyâ€"service the U.S, Naval Training Station at ragut, Idaho. This course will give ) the fundamentals of drill, lectures seamanship, and instruction kin naval cedure. He will be given the opâ€" tunity to qualify for one q‘é: limâ€" 1 number of Navy Service"Schools. Villard August Veitch, wn}wf Mrs. tie Veitch, 625 So. Ridge Road, w. Twentyâ€"nine of them were na es of: Michigan. â€" > RK 12 chief Warrant Officer Edward K. st, of Camp Lee, Virginia, is on lough at the home of his parents, itico, Va., and has received the g of Second.Lieutenant. ? Haas rwent rigid basic training" at the ne base, San Dicgo, Calif., beâ€" taking officer‘s training. [ _ +. ho Te ts 1. ik cdns B se c 750 m fimeaie o uanr "\dv' hdms C Py en f THE PRESS Mr. and Mrs. FErnest West, of 381 Elm Place, Highland Pa ‘He is| a graduate. of the Highland |Park hikh school, where he was a member |of the school band.;)‘ He has in strâ€" vice since October, ::?:mt i has conductor | of. the Camp : Band ‘si July, 1942, | | + Pvt. Harry B. West, also: of .381 "Elm Place, brother of Edward West, spent a short furlough at home. He returned to ‘his post University of . Alabama, | where‘ hc.} studying chemical enginegring "under â€" the atmy specialist â€" training program. . Second Lt. R W. / Nichols, son of Dr, and Mrg. C. V. Nichols, 1000 Wade street, Highland Park, is attendâ€" ing. supply schodli at Camp| Lee. Prior to enteringâ€"the army, a year ago, he was employed AM§NM as production: planning) clerk. ‘On Auâ€" gust 13 of ‘this year he received his commission at quarte er officers‘ candidate séhoolTat Camp Lee. .: > Neil James Nichols, also a son of:Dr. and Mts. Nichols, has senlisted in the army reserves, and after his 18th birthâ€" day ~will \begin | his basic training ‘at the University of Michigan. Technical Sergeant Toromy Chavis, brother of Mrs. James P. Golden, 660 Deerfield avenue, will leave San Anâ€" tonio Aviation Cadet Center soon, to begin training as.bombardier, at Elingâ€" ton Field, Houston, Tex. Sgt. Chavis transferred to tITt air forces last May after completing two ynr‘r as infanâ€" tryman at Camp Wolters, Tex. : Mrs. Chavis and baby daugmér. Melodie Kay, will accompany Skt. Chavis to Houston. (24 § Pvt. John Sorsen, son‘| of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sqrsen, 547 (fny avenue, has had a change of address, and his friends may reach him by mail in care of 673rd Engineers Topo Co., APO 402, Nashvilleé, Tenn. He was transâ€" ferred here from Camp Atterbury, Ind. 'm’. H«‘s not a Mfl’. biyl He‘s a Marine Corp James 1. Rippon. And | Chanuyte Fie (exat. Why? â€"|] 3 $ L“ +4 Well Sgt| Rippon tbec ilt| wh kome on â€"furlough afte ingli pounds fighting for niel’fi $ in t Southwest Pacific area a thre famousâ€"now sunkâ€"ai t urnd the Wasp, Hornet, and | ton. | Bechuse . of sickness and | beca Chanute <Field‘s ‘nmpnil near to his‘home in Wésivill'f., . Ripy was sent here. I ’ I WBPM, PNCOTE COWT CE I « Enlisting in Jlnud‘ry'.“ the m 20â€"yearâ€"old sergeant w nt ovi seas, his first stop Being the Sam Islands : where he â€"did guard . du dodged bullets for physical exerci and ate one meal a ‘day tonsisting Spam, Vienpa sausag gpd | ta Later he did signal. c fcqti: work. Whep he‘s digcharged fr the hospital he‘ll go to a |specialis school in Chicago and |l¢atn m« about . military communi¢ations. . "After duty on the islands, I aboard ‘the carrier: Lekington," sergeant said. "I was on the grand shipâ€" when she went t I€! * plane I had been assigned to had i able to take wff the tilting! deck, would, have been far awkhy omj wreckage. Bagt as it , | I jump oger the side and was ir mirli cold water for a very * What : did you‘ think t, (Se geant ? : | d "I reâ€"lived my whole |lifqy while was in the water. I )t‘ t lfi home niostly. | Then gbout my. Then how I hoped I‘d g e. A when I did, how I‘d havr «~big part; Sgt. Rippon arrived at dalcar right after the first landing there, â€" *"‘Shoots About 20 .avenue. A!C Albert, AP in service gince July.5.] | How many Japs haye in them ? «. hB A!C Albert Matthiesen, ing with the army avial Michigan State Colle;#. C. W, Matthiesen, of ‘ . Mighty Cold Water No Lt. Comur.. J. Lioyd We need another.} orer.. The pay is plus time and ;ouel* hours. $ 3k s1 P db N4 wl By the Wayâ€" 1 E23 f T:li:i’i: Fire Pteveu‘ W:: May we suggest yo.* ald tatk o. Tad it npmone wing voed ing and fire fighting jwi h vou foagy ho mrof ht n i eseapen to d ci h e .’ i“- â€" ,A- , ’ I j a; two M of & l 4 . | ‘@ Popâ€"*"Well, I reeei from your teacher to \Sonâ€""Honest, Pop -qwndl,','?" word about it." . | Here is a . simpl which concerns_ our C tryâ€"~One.. man > un equals 514 tons of 26 oneâ€"half tors of coal most 4 tons of Coke; of Coke is needed tt tons of steel. Three quarter tons of steel« shrapnel ‘ shells â€" Three hundred and shrapnel shells equal, casualties. f of Coke at our Wauks and muck of it‘is "‘d .-'WQG'J Steel mills, 4 We make I ' 4 Coke at our Wauk d muck of it‘is * * by ir Government for use at th The Friendly TOM CLA! 1A ~AIM N M Jt TH E ARM MY N 0 W déatug w g| deck awhy| from } is, | 1 jurng in fome migl Toie fimer h lig w ho 1s st iv»e avnd Tok an ur t make n 9 Is PC 0 Brodadvigl | side place, now have three sons in 18, has service. Lt. (j.g.) Robert Sorg is staâ€" ) ~_.; WE tioned at San Francisco, where he is dskty, .labâ€" hour, f over 40 ie qroqnd ight Nazi afted" Preston C. Root, second class seaâ€" t thelf]| man, has ‘returned to Farragut, Idaho, 4 | After an 11â€"day visit with his wife at .;y | 1333 Greenwood avenue, In civil Ilife ||â€" ) igBI| he was employed in Waukezan by the sergean Thcker, ‘s) here to th;nzunnd Park Press . Yâ€"YEAlâ€"OLD VETERAN nds) bull ‘"I don‘t know exactly," said the wfl!~bm +¢r¢nm. "There were too many guys shooting at the Japs. We beat them about 206 to 1. 1 guess | shot baout 20. L "Japs I&:'fio fight best when it‘s raining. One thing I ilearned, though, Japs are marksmen. â€" If you‘re walking with your buddy and you see a Jap ai at you, you won‘t have to worry, but your buddy does." The ~sergeantâ€"who hasn‘t had <a chance to buy his new stripes yetâ€" tells his tale : "One nm during a battle I was in a fox . Thirteen hand grenâ€" ades were thrown into that hole. I threw out 12 of them and couldn‘t find theâ€"thirteenth. | I got out then." Asked mmn do in their spare time, and t inspections, Sgt. Ripâ€" "We read, slept, wrote letters, playâ€" ed cards, cleaned our rifles and quarâ€" ters.‘ Every once in a while. when 4e were fighting, Euc commanding ‘offiâ€" cér would post guards, order fighting halted, and inspect our rifles.* > Hot, humid air and temperatures rqacmg 140 kept soldiers in swamp water| most of the time. "In fa¢t," Sgt. Rippon says, "that‘s the only way we could keep cool and clean. 1 wore, one uniform for six months withâ€" out a thange." eule wilh Fox Hole Story _ And then there‘s this story ‘the ser géant itells . ... / f , "Once when some Jap soldiers were taptyred, we were standing around kidding them ‘about their odd langâ€" vage. One Jap stepped forward and said. ‘Listen, Mac, I can speak just as good English as you do.‘ ‘ He was wearing a ring from a college in the eastern part of this country." Wearing ‘stars representing nine major battles, Sgt Rippon traveled 11,000 miles to get home. NS "Home sure looks wonderful," he mused. "Yes, my girl Emma was waiting for me." y A. recent graduate from a special issi officers‘ school at Chande P M; _T Anone i of Mrs, Gi i i= ahn.oi‘;;NGtuhqmtTh } leted) mcludes: inntfucts 'h_w_mhm Washington, D.C., ‘visited his brother, Pfc. Frank Sorg, is stationed ut the air field in Lessburg, Fla., servâ€" ing in the financial department, Corp. James Sorg, a younger brother, is sta« tioned with the.army in North Africa. F. Morley, 502 Central avenue; Thoâ€" mas William Brown, 353 Bloom street; and Kenneth Frederick Wilson, 740 Ridgewood drive, all of Highland Park. Those: from Highwood .are William Edward "J!W!N. 225 Sheridan .ve; nue,, and (Jack. Allen Sheridan, 0 Mr: and Mrs. E. Shcridan, W?orth Miss Lillian Tucker, last Rfl‘ll' M. Skog is stationed at Syraâ€" cuse university, as an aviation.student in the army air corps. ; t The following. Highland Park and Highwood récruits reported at Farraâ€" gut, Idaho, second largest U.S. Naval Training ‘maon,‘for"minfi;&fil come members of the fighting f Wilson E. Rm.mm son of Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. Wilson Rich: ardson, 644 Michigan avenue; James Eugene Sheahan ; Raymondw Inâ€" man, 823 Sandwick street ; ~Edâ€" ward Morley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mrs. Allen Gerken Sr., 696 Central aveâ€" nue, Highland Park, is now ‘specializâ€" ing in enginecring. He has been trans> &mernd d;ro?luthe" ASTP adlo:-l Camp :.* Mo." 10 Grianct] calfl Grinnel, Ta~ . t ie ‘ avenue. Cpl._ Quinn, and: gon of Mrs. George Quirin, +33 North â€"avenue, Highwood, left Sunday for Fairfax Airport, Kanâ€" sas City, where he will receive his ini< tial flight training â€"orders. Inducted in to the service Feb. 2, 1942, "be was graduated from ground training sch+ bols of the army air corns at Nel (Cada Pf?- George Quinn, also son of, Mré. George Quinn, 33 Norit, avenue, Highâ€" wood, was inducted into service on Feb. 12, and is stationed. «t present; at Camp Stoneman, Calti.. ‘Public Service company. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Root, Sr., 938 Osterman avenue, Deerfield, and is married to the former Glenn Schâ€" roceder of Waukegan. 4 4 bols of the army air corps at Del Gado Tradé School in New Orleans . zad Fairfax Airport Pyt. Allen Gerken, son of Mr. Army ‘A!C Willam Quinn, formerly Thursday, October 7, 1943 . and Mrs. J. 0. Borg, 2168 Lakeâ€" Re _hx j +4