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£ ‘m : â€" In the of young Bâ€"26 bomber pilots who seen action in the Medi area, and who are now home dn leave, is Lt. Harold Bloch, 607 O‘Link Rd., who arâ€" oJ who ies rek wark whi life bearable. The fogey dayy {last week were a fair sample > y weather in that location, y â€" was /‘ the worst hardship. Moran was graduâ€" ated loellhuhnj:d.n- Ceived his} basic training gt Great one his â€" shipmates.. ‘Their locauoq. , of necessity, a secret, The boys grateful for the hard Howard | Jr.. shipâ€"fitter 2/c, is a wellâ€"earned leave with his . Mr. and Mts. Howâ€" ard T19..S0. St. Johns Aveâ€" nue. Sta for a year on board a repair in the Alaskan area, young endured a long stretch of all wo | ho play, meeting no most ranean pleted the states for ordérs. Bloch, son Mr. and Mr Bloch, 607 O‘Link R&., \ rived in last Thursday. ‘"Lt. Bloch |ig; the possessor Air Medal jand several Oal clusters. | bomber, the Baby‘" has m on some In who| really been around. . Nofth "Africa, and now Engâ€" have): his bases. Among \he bas run across are R O M The number of units Anmicgmont of cmmv locker Skokie Bivd.,; has broug WATHA TRAIL t 30 days of rest he med at Norfolk, where diesel engine. But Howâ€" Your Locke ids in the Mediterâ€" now, having comâ€" i number of misâ€" A has returned to the e and reassignment This adver | the possessor of the d several Oak Leaf | bomber, the ‘"Fly in on some of the LEO J. Nati ts 4B , yeoman rould like to freexe and t a rush of reservations. blcq' réasing t at m. J. Saiglli, Sr., husband of .| Lucile elli, and the father of child: | of. 45 Burtis Ave., wood, is his le training: at G . Two erg are also in terg , Pvut. Tom Sajelli, who 4 i Feb. 7, and is now oned at! Camp erts, Calif., and Sean 1/e ‘ ert, stationed at Navy Pjer, ago, was two| years |ago. C .'.“ the . “J A d r Reservations Highland Park‘s, P TL YÂ¥ i Waih ® , Was)| | Quitting college in the middle of officer senior year, Jan., 194%, Captain '3:; fil:mma , who had‘ tlr:fly done C&AMP | gome flying, received his pilot trainâ€" Robâ€"liwhose father, A. J, Higgins served Robâ€" {in France. during World War L. qo t :.; . , meNwesin se lt >‘ yz ago. | (Two youths of: 17 who were reâ€" titia Ecently: sworn into the air‘ service, ~â€" jnot tp be called to active training m’b‘!e- He has been in the service ;) for about 18 months. A brother, || Pfe. Edward, is stationed at Lake 14| Charles, La, Both boys are graduâ€" y ates of the local high school and are »*|| the sons of Mr. and Mrs. KEdward J, .\ Brown, Sr., 648 Michigan Ave. and will next report to the Naval air station at Grosse Isle, Mich. He received his preparatory training at Monmbuth college and his war trainâ€" A/C A. Wm. "Bill" Okey is spendâ€" ing a nineâ€"day leave with his parents,. Mr.‘ And Mrs. Fired Okey, No. St. Johns Ave. Young Okey completed his course at the laval W school at Towa City, _ Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orris, 1545 So. St, 'Jz:u Ave:, experienced a joyâ€" ful sutprise last Sunday when they received a long distance telephone call from their son, Cpl James #h. USMC, ‘who has arrived in ::z States. after fiearly two years | service in .the Southwest Pacific. He expects to be with them this weekâ€"end. Cpl Orris enlisted in the Marine corps during his junior year at University of Iowa, Feb. 1, 1942. _ _A/C Kendrick Bridges, ,f" son of Mr. and| Mrs. H..A. Bridges, m Ridgewood Drive, was one of # 17) in a class of 74 who qualified| . for pilot‘s training. He is stationed | © at Miami Beach, Fla. . Charles W. Brown, AMM 3/c, forâ€" merly . stationed at Glenview Naval Station, has left for an overseas g course at University of Purdue. a J «Ves sX 0; Ens. Beryl Shapiro, recently ent a short leave m‘:‘& parents, r. and. Mrs. Edward Shapiro, 152 The North ~Suburban Philatelic Society will hoid its regular meeting on March 7 at 8 P. M. at the Comâ€" munity Center. Many. fine auction ots will be: on display. Mr. Ben Reeves, wellâ€"known stamp collector t Chioago, will give another of his nteresting talks on different phases ( the hobby of stamp /collecting efreshments ~wil ‘be â€" served./ at the home of Miss Rita 644 Vine Ave., lasi wru‘,ind. Capt. Earl Yaicmond, of Rou , Wis., who has just eighteen months of flying sery> de in the European area. .. _ â€" Brownâ€"eyed, boyish and |sixâ€"fsetâ€" Captain Hammond is, like all e heroes, modest. Wher asked fbout his~. Distinguished | Flying Cross, he replied that it was in the ket of his ‘"other blouge.‘" Not at ‘he underâ€"rates it. He admits, ith a shy grin, "I had my éye on i| from the beginning." > |) The ‘Cross was awarded him after overseas Hammond‘s nine oakâ€" clusters are in recognition of 51 t missions over Greece, Italy, icily, Germany, France, Austria nd the Balkans, each time returnâ€" ng his crew, unharmed, to its base. le says, with a twinkle: "I was ust lucky enough to ‘zig‘ at the ounger brothers, both aver six feet, 1i the Navy and the Merchant Marâ€" res, will spend several months in e ‘states, two of which will be a est period in Atlantic City, N. J. fter; that he expects to look into e intricacies of the new flying rtresses, with China in mind. Capt. ammond is 23 years of age. ; Young Hammond, who has two â€" Sicily, Said he, climbing out, ‘im sure glad you got it finished, ys. Otherwise we‘d all be splashâ€" g around in the drink." This inciâ€" nt was~ recounted via radio ‘ at > flew his battered fortress, the Dirty Gertie," in for a'!,orqu landâ€" g> on a newlyâ€"completed, runway with‘ Lieutenant "Ted" Peters, local fame, and also flew with I 1\ k &4 Rita Alders | gof yR &'fl d in *4 t a wellâ€"grown boy tdi his years, for he entered the Wlm at the age of 13, and it. was Auntil three years later, at which he hldbecmlemnt, that his true age was discovered and he was discharged from service. .. years ‘of age, the â€"lad Pvt. Jack Blake, who. enâ€" tered the RRC at Ft. ‘ an, is a remarkable man. For ‘thing it is hid third hitch in the f Put. Jack Blade _ At Ft. Sheridan‘s RRC A Seasoned V eteran where she and her ‘husband,â€" Herâ€" man, were spending the winter. She had been‘ ailing since her arrival in the south. - { ol her hus she is survived by,two sons, rt and William, both resiâ€" dents of Highland Park. / 74 years ago, and mfl;m a resideht of Highland Park, Besides her hus jrk Mrs gn'mm Denzel, of 115 No. Secong Bt., passed away ddenly Saturday ; inâ€" . Harlingen, %u. Highland Park Woman Wintering in Texas, Heart Attack Victim the Army air corps in Algiers, theirâ€" home in Emporia, where the bridegroom is of The bride, in whité satin,, carryâ€" ing nms and freegias, ;r‘u atâ€" tended <by her twin sister," Miss Frances! Neelly of Rulesville, Miss., as maid of honor, and Marâ€" gary Shay of Highland P land Marilyn (Gooder ‘of 1d, | as bridesmajids, wearing xowmh'g‘ apriâ€" cot velvet and carrying alue (iris with yellow jonquils,| Clydé Smith, of Emporia, Kansas, Wwas best man. Ushers were Truemanm Thwing Metâ€" zel and Dick Neelly Metzel, twin nephews of the bride, her brother, Albert Jackson Neelly, and Robert Church Schumacher, all of Highland Park. About 100 guests were presâ€" ent at the ceremony. â€" J7 At high noon, on Saturday, Feb. of Mrs. Richard N of Ruleville, Miss., ‘ was married to Robert G. Jordon of Chillicothe, Mo. The wedâ€" ding took place at the home of the bride‘s ~sister, <~Mrs. â€" Trueman T. Metzel, 99 Sypamore Place, and the marriage lines, were read by Dr. Miss Martha:â€"Neelly Wed fi Homeof SiL}"t Mrs. Truman Metzel U hi MAKE IT D0 appears to ha the Army air corps. an Metzel, brotherâ€"inâ€" ride, is stationed with was born in Chicago Anâ€"|lands, is never to.say and‘ fensive to anyohe. 19 k nc o menl o :il:homeatm_m he suffered |pangs }of. consciencé for not actively serving his and again volun Then, his ~Jvo ‘I don‘t," 1mwe‘red hnd reâ€" epuit. |â€"/| [ L avtf "Well, is nt GRomâ€" mander J?Pm £" 3 § The recruit| Rast, ° ‘I1; | M‘MVDS“&!}&W the line. [‘ i apeetat. oots l-wlllll-_o 420 B ‘T t. You‘re mrm lazy â€" ;oi?h!m Now around and V'.urm 'ort,," c‘ *"There‘s no one Â¥Yet; from time !tbm some indi¢ations the git refiry of‘ this and other: A an . toln are not fully aware of all that War medns, Americans‘ ‘t know | y it is io. be bombed (out jof .,k‘ homes, to s¢e and neight ‘carried ‘off as slave| labor;} th : into mmflm , han )v : or just slaughtered c withjthe fine disregard for A M the pursuit of happingss that chifacâ€" terizes both the Jap| and Naziwhr, lords. However, Wef*iAVr seenithe gold stars go up, we HAVE read of our boys dying in the far placek to Vhldhthhwurhquken heiliâ€"â€" we know there‘s a war on. _ | Soâ€"it would be nice if the tb liyâ€" achers, the moaners and the he limhuwould;lnnqmt.n Ad be true thatz; grouse ometifne: about scarcitiés, high prices, bigt The ehnt‘:ut“&nd ie\ ‘‘Do you know who this isx" don‘t know there‘s a \war on," :' and when: the answer was: hardly . be leveled| |at Highighd|"No," said That‘s good," and hung bought 190 per cent of its bond qi » | \ennormmeomniiinnniscommennqnmiememin‘a ; S in the Fourth War Loan Drive. tigh:| ~Congress has given FDR, the old> land Park, always ready to aidijin|heavho on the tax bill and any worthwhile cause, made gfnd|ever indication of an intention of its pledgeâ€""Hi | Park Will{bo| being anything but a rubber stamp. It Again."| ’ | ! [{That can be all to the googâ€"if Conâ€" Yet; from time to{t!mg'there re | gress doesn‘t louse things ‘up; some inditations m:'nm. Citizefiry | throwing ‘everything out of the of this "ld other erican tokins|dow" that comes from theâ€" White Do you know who *"Don‘t give me ud fol recruit. ‘"He‘s therd,; all AN .. UP ‘HO NOW ?{;,“'nfsa (ap d yav /E _ rLeT‘s Ail BACK THE ATTACK f WITH WAR sonos ¢ By and large, telephone service has been good â€" still the beet in the world â€" and we Ifid to stay right at that job of keeping it so.. â€"+Naturally, it takes time and ingenuity to recondition olfilmter.ill.pmmtm yubawna' and ‘do weli!" Â¥.. :=&. Héere, for example, the telephonsg man is weatherâ€" proofing an outside wire so it won‘t. get wet when it rains and shortâ€"cirenit somebody‘s telephone. With new wire device has given continued service. to many who otherâ€" wise wouldn‘t have it ~~* *,. Our program of salvage and reâ€"use covers the whole range of telephone materials. _ ‘A third son, Wm. Garnett Ne was botn last week to Dr. and Charles W. Newton,: Ann A he said, ‘"but I wavin‘ a bayonet. recuperating from wounds last . at the Ashford General Hospital White Suphur Springs, W. Ve., bréetty well indicative of their of the Tunisian campaign, who cross swords with the president. If, when they don‘t like what he proâ€" poses, they put up something detiâ€" nl&dthdrmthqwb..u’ to show FDR where the bear ran oi , 0e mEre willing. to backâ€"ont vlmvmehfinymwmh‘mu-.. That is what was, is. and will he In this dispute Congress had a | andâ€"FDR had ideas. FDR said hi demands were necessary and that the proposal of Congress was insuf> icient and a lot of other uncomplimentary. â€" Congress . that its â€" proposal was right, : just, adequate and all it should be. i * Time and events will prove who was right, but the important thing is, that in :this instance, had a counter proposalâ€"a C proposal that the members House ".‘â€" Aroxch 2 1448 Thursdoy, February 24, 1944 0 WELL!" es was, is, and will be 3 # i t