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[r J. R. Pershall of Public Service Co. Goes to W ashington _ J. R. Pershall, director of advertisâ€" ing, Ras been granted a leave of abâ€" sence by the Public Service Company of Northern IMlinois in order to take a temporary assignment in Washingâ€" ton 3t ‘the request of the War Deâ€" partméent. An informal luncheon served by Milâ€" dred Haessier and her luncheon comâ€" with Mildred North Slater as a specâ€" ial guest speaker. Mrs: Slater, who is the wife of a Ft. Sheridan officer, and «ontribator to "Cosmopolitan" : and mw&*x‘mmu: <urrent novel . the setting laid in Manila. Other writings are based on her experiences in Shanghai. Living in both places while her husband was engaged in business there has given her the "international angle". Reservations for the Iunckeon may be made by callâ€" ing the "Y" at H.P. 675 before Jan. 12. .. Among new members planning :to join the group are Mrs. Geo. H. Brown of Highland Park, and Mrs. Francis Baldwin of Ft. Sheridan, one of the group of officers‘ wives interested in a hobby that adjusts itself ‘to time and Associated . with | Public â€" Service Company for the past twenty years, Mr. Pershall is well known in adverâ€" tising circles haying been a charter member and past president. of the Public Utility Advertising Associaâ€" tion. Wiflhn!.fie?tvmheh;t: charge of thg acompany‘s advertis adivilu;‘:m( Mr. Pershail‘s abâ€"~ Civilian Defense . Presents Inhalator to Fire Department _ Lessons in the coming semester will pe devoted alternately to prose and poetry. Tickets are interchangeable, and unused "punches" may be used for His new assignment, the nature of which, was not revealed, is his second civilian assignment in the »War Deâ€" partment in the last year. KEarly in 1943 he served as civilian director of WAC recruiting for the Sixth Service cmd under Maj. Gen. Henry S. Mars t M â€" A present for the city fire departâ€" a'cu wa[s). uifered ‘by the Office of feuse at y‘s meeting d;.anConuanAnd;dlyneeded purchased by the civilian defense ofâ€" fice and given to the fire department. A motion was made and passed that deductipons: from ‘salaries of city emâ€" ployes for pension funds be paid, while the ¢employt is on leave of absence u'wc_fluWW fun", tooâ€"is ‘"pffered by the North Shore, Creative Writers‘ Group with the opening of the spring term, Thursâ€" day, Jan. 13, 10 a. m. at the Highland Park , Y.W C.A. : The session starts with 4 "free lesson" to which the pubâ€" lic‘ is invited to ‘hear Rowena Bennett discuss ndqqnd prose writings of today. Representative work of the preâ€" ceding class will also be read, and a prize presented for, the best poetical and the best prose writing of that seâ€" mester. A prize offer will also be outâ€" lined for all rdgistering in the new Spring Session of "Creative Writers" To Start Jan. 13 Although the majority of the group classify as "creative listeners", the reâ€" cognition of such members as Mrs. Fred Giesecke and Mrs. E. W. Froheâ€" lich, who emerged as collaborators on a "First Nighter" program, adds to Preâ€"school children ‘of regular regâ€" icuabanbe.an}forut,he"?" playroom during class if the secretary, Miss Laura Cross, is notified in adâ€" Regarding . the instailation of a ’ndu.,mem railroad crossâ€" hl-ntufindmathcndmdbe contacted . asked to send a repreâ€" sentative to Highland Park to discuss the <matter beforé any further steps Jane Scarbrough Entertains Friends At Dinner Party An eléctrical code for the‘city was instructed to ‘draw up an ordinance and submit i; to the council. s the University of Missouri, where she is «majoring in journalsm, gave a holiday dinmer party last week for twelve friends at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. %% 2339 Lincolnwood Road. Society ry 6, ts m Oh, yes, I did read the books they got lor-Fmghmi;.‘Oi. was it one of them that i that "First Nihter" play about U.S.O. housing? . . . wl yf*" Well, I }ththiuk I‘ll go t« January | meeting ant types over. I heard they ey around the table like rein Christmas "luncheon. _ I. you‘d like such things, M ble, but I always have ancestors ‘to combat. get terrified at that & can Gothic" look on my I need that group. I j might try. . . . Oh the plumber is com 1 won‘t keep you. Happ to the Wild Scrambles t . What I‘m really calling‘ifor is to see what you know about| (thi . Mys. Will Write, -éno‘ phoned hbout that North Shore Creative W outfit. 1 can‘t help, wondering ut these women who certainly have families to jlook after, and ought to be doing something about the war. | But you tell me some time when ypur bathâ€" room isn‘t running over. .. . _ listen‘ to The ardent T can‘t be sure that ] Or that in zeal I‘d get But 1 would like: a m Like Joe Rossini had So feed me verses, ple I fain would emulate I What 13, that rushing n Goodness,| don‘t you want to call the plumber? . .. 1 lucky he ‘could come. . . . Your dog is barking so, tould that be the plumber? . . . Coll§ktor? . .. Oh garbage collector. . . . T An opal sky against the snow . .. +« The n"i:_ frost that tit“ and nips. . . . H Gaunt trees, their pati limbs upthrust ~â€" | Totoo% the moon with 1 tips.| /. p | So he, at quite an early Quit writing for the of Bought him a house and On ‘the proceeds, Heâ€"® Hello, Mfs. MWd Seram is Thinka! Mightâ€"Try. _ In farâ€"off tropic lands; this So unattainable, aloof a: Bends low, with brea (About th«e poet, ‘it in‘t say ; Presumably he got pay). So feed me verse, my Rowenie, 1 fain would live like Jbe Rossini, How Opera Nearly Gel ‘.p.:;c" ue l Writing tunes for op‘ra: At the end of such a He‘d write to his libre Hurry up:and send ‘mor Don‘t wait until I‘m in : Each work that proved Brongit"’him in just And those that came Causettr& no empty d (His "Tell," as opera, But tlt.c overture ‘ma His ghost collects â€" tree: of remorse. . i}. I have | d Judas to my | I have sold her into sprrow For paltry kisse§! And ‘ $ dream. 4 ® ‘14 ‘ H. E. Johnsons 4 to %ake Honi f In Kansas City _ Mr. E .. E. Johnsor} ,1255 Judson Acetna J Co., to Kansas City, Mos, the Judsong will now make their ic k. 2t N Feed me:verse, oh fair ! For I would fain be liki He wrote opera music, Some v{n grand, and mfi Friends called on him, : He served them wine, | 5 'a‘fl- v } Meanwhile bis Hand A I have stranger ? o l Rovalties from the Lon North Shore 0102. She ) That Party Line & sews fine la¢es } To trim a fir tree! { shelf. : 1e doesn‘t thread a needle. °: She simply threads h ; Rowen@ Bennett. ltm'-c«l of rem SHALLOW: nt whisper of â€" DEEPS | Spider Vors Atmosphere! ged myself remorse. .. Lament AND C1 on d fhout that Nriter outfit. n'( i thc"’ navé families : tor be doing ar. | But you a you! bathâ€" fan,)) : .:. Ob, t wWrote that bout U.S.0. 0, Fould that ollgbtor ? . . . 4 > t that free m,‘iook the eve¢n pranced indeer at the caf see how . Scramâ€" ~ fhky: puritan ometimes .I niflg "Ameriâ€" face. ‘Guess jubt think I $ € â€" stage, {v.ed'in Passy 4s classy. > be a honey of money in the mail ner pail Bat up for that. t could . be ist* ((Hey, *verse; .: ‘ ty hearse!" id ; E‘D;J. ‘vapid. t and conâ€" nie, ‘\Rassini. e, Rowenie sink w o‘er the tages. Ranger). nt, barren very moon, deadâ€"white uld do, it in to it, . ze classy ittle finger ig2 Well, ew Year yelt :; les, ‘creaks the Written fed them im ise? ... he phone h, you‘re le. This friend ELFE. Olson Irma 1B black it Mary Jane Clausen © iM;grried on Dec, 81 | to Ralph Hawxhurst F‘gfrm'er Resident To Wed Sergeant Mr, Hawxhurst and his bride left after the breakfast for a honeymoon trip., | | £it k Miss Rose Smith â€"Mt, and â€"Mrs. Niels Clausen, S.&re* Park drive, lmmfi marriage, of their »daughter, Mary Jane, to \Ralph ; Reynaud Hawxhurst Jr., U.S.N.R., son: of Mr. and Mrs. Hawxthurst of Wilmette, former Highâ€" land Park residents, on Décember 31. A wedding breakfast was held at the Orrington hotel, Evanston. _ â€" A‘reception from 8 to 11 o‘clock will be held at the home‘of the‘ brideâ€"toâ€" be‘s broth:r and sisterâ€"inâ€"law,: Mr. and ms-mw S. Smith, 864 Ridgewood Attendants for the young© cougle were. .the bride‘s sister, Mrs. ‘J. B. Collinson, and the bridegroom‘s brother, Stephen., t Miss Rose Smith, daughter of Mr. and : Mrs, Joseph Smith of ‘«Chicago, former Highland Park residents, and Sgt. Louis Telpner of Chicago will be married Sunday cvemug.}hn. 9, in the North Shore Congregation Isracl in the presencé of the immediate families. A miscellaneous shower will be given fo{mu Smith tonight h(’l‘hqud‘ay) at the home of rs. Milton Horwitz of Chicago, the former Doroâ€" thy Glass of mg%m bridal inng ill lbe given Friday evening at Sgt. Telpner and his ‘bride will live inl Get Neb., as he is stationed at Féifmont Army Air base. _ _ : 39 es NVMomens News § P3 ie e it it sn 3,::::{"7:; $ ,'E:j;' * F "’ es tm re tC 3 : + Tmmnciiuentage,, m "at _al en talle . s # hS & . __ fral 7. s yag L s f“â€"“‘“tp{l o s o 8 } aus! w e « > e 9 . é < e «Resu t t 8 9 ie j Me + t q k is as.. n i % C to ai ; 1 _ 1e iss ~ M ; y 4 s 0 c * t 1 moapts t C( M We =â€" 5We s ut T magnan yoese | | "Thal P d i"x :“5‘..?»', F J p 4 * _._,\ ~ â€" Mn mt i Lh , a 3 ¢ \ FML .w “W;r * t,;,- t } i i8 :¢: i‘vgz , "wi§l W 44 * 8# We [ ‘ mt } " e t $ Puae , Ks $y : mand m Electric Power supplies the air pressure for the paint t Part of the heatâ€"treating process given many pare of | l g Peamaait Toread snieavancrems in t\ back,reoten Â¥y Flying 4 built ~ ‘Electric Power Fifeeen months after first of the Câ€"54!series xolledol’h’en«nbg.flmdmem‘ Lr” transports were NonhA:hocr:.edsm %MMM tic to India, the h ific to Australia, and the Northeast Pacific to Alaska, carrying vital war equipment and material to all battle fronts.. k s The speed with which these Skymasters their appearance in all parts of the world h't tribute to the men and: women producing these flying f_m}ht trains . . . a tribute also to glead: Poer. For it takes this dynamic energy to make t,hetbouu-diofpms...rdtindze huge cnn:n:g‘ conveyors that bring the motors, bodi gs and propeliers together on ‘the assembly line, iA ul ; Electricity has gone to war â€"don‘t waste it! y PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN I |. Supplying Notthern Iilinois with Vital Electric Power for War Prod With cabin dimensions approximating the size of a $ h-a!.tblibx mnhddnmpmhumhn-dbm'mum x 24 fats > t â€" ‘THE PRESS â€" Miss Sherwin was educated in Oxâ€" ford, England, and in Washington, D.C,, graduating from Allegheny Colâ€" lege. After serving on the staffs of Westminster . Presbyterian, church in Minneapolis and the First Presbyterâ€" ain church of Brooklyn, she served as eastern district secretary of the board of national missions of ‘the Presbyâ€" terian church in New York City, Mr, Black is a graduate of Ogciâ€" dental college in Los Angeles and the Union Theological semingry in New York, and was for several years a member. of the ministerial staff of Madison Avenue Presbyterian church of Brooklyn. f Miss Ada Sherwin _ And Rev. Henry Black Will Marry in June ‘Dr. and Mrs, Louis W. Sherwin, of, the otar Presbyterian: church, whose home is at 295 Prospect Ave., have announced that the wedding of their daughter, Ada Pflm,-m Rev. Henry Howard Black, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Wrapâ€" pingers Falls, N.Y., will take place in June. 1 * Harold McLains Welcome New Year With Midnight Supper The Harold McLains, 639 Montâ€" gomery â€" Road, . entertained . thifty friends at a New Year‘s Eve supper at jtheir home. The young: folks, Dofothy and Harold Jr., have: given sevtral holiday parties at the Exmaor Club® during the ;Christmas vacation. ‘It is said that many women use less than 850 words of Basic English, but of course there‘s a terrifc *man’r.-â€" Punch. ; ( Pays the ginot Câ€"54 "‘Skymaster plang. Scene aboveshows cautt C e i As the‘ store is small,; the st space is limited so the .books ‘had to be equally ‘books {for ‘adults and children | young ) to go to sthool. . Older ¢ dren have access to books in nearby school libraries. old + A ‘li?lef more than a year ago the day that gas rationiing went effect, | in December, m Hwng Park Put{nc library installed in vinia, a library station for the | of the Legple living in the south ‘: of the city. It is located in a st on Stt.lgdhm avenue next to Gse drugstore, e DL W p Mrs3. David Kelly, husba stationed at Fort Sherid: cently come from the Rockford‘ library, to be assis in the dept:gment. s 4445 .33 If‘one were to judge by the nj t . is ber of books leaned to these yo@@k henâ€"“g\i?.::# should childreén or nt‘he.ych:vdm parlance, it "‘d" 4 /s school age, . will develop . Sn | . day, 10 a m., Anyone most a thusiastic and intelligent e : M’ {:“ 13 ing is whiâ€" ers: During the year they have 4 "'““‘w u“fi@"m"é’-m. * rowed| about 1,200 books. Some of MB § | : owfmd\e ive Wri dub.-emmh parents object to reading the sWÂ¥\ Iinc} ing the ing, Milâ€" stories over and over again, but 8B ! dred Sia °“°' wink m” this 1 childrtn know their favorites by s | uns i w‘mmwm oC the ‘_‘_ illustrations, and insist upon 7 C. CORW_ Jor the "‘k‘ * thera home. 124 h > s o e e e o 9e e s o euncine & wn S3 The collection of, books for a covers‘ a ~wide rang¢e of subj philo&vphy. art, music, travel, graphy, useful books, collection music; good novels. | Every m sometimes every week new book: added to the collection. f2] Higo.qj Park PUBLIC LIBRAR While the Skymaster passenge most important ud:m.::«vhcaf y aircraf one cki¥éur wartime assignments from Uncle Sam bt byre in Notbare Mincla Maizmitir s INOIS E98 Wednesday, Jag. 12, 6:30 p.m., Miss Priscilia Dole will‘ be . the: guest â€" speaker of Pi Delta club. Miss Dole kthe,:lgeunl secretary of the Lake Forest Y.W.CA., who recently * came from four years work with the "Y" in the Hawaiian Islands. She will show pictures of Hawaii and the life there before and after Pearl Harâ€" Thursday, Jan. 6, 6:15 p. m., The reguâ€" hrflw:egfiwo!theFr'nmp club will held at the "Â¥". The hostesses ‘will â€"be: Katherine Kléasoâ€" ner, Viola ‘Poore and Carol Fujiâ€" ili 1 is 12. B will be given out for the $100 priz¢ play contest sponsored by the national: Y.W.C.A.: and the U.S.0. come to «to the open: meeting of the ive Writers club. At the luncheon following the meeting, Milâ€" tn s Comtgpeomm, will be the apethe *s Cosmeopolitan, will â€" er. Reservations for the luncheon should be made at the "Y" by Jan.: ie citticas lsnt aERomtent C YÂ¥. W. C. A. Notes [s C wE \| ns ns