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s * Sgt. Claude VanderBloomen, one of the three soldier sons of Mr. and Mrs. John VanderBloomen, 213 North, Highwood, aged 26, 24 and ‘23, respectively, is home on a furâ€" lough visit to his parents. 8$/Sgt. Jack is now stationed with an‘ ordâ€" nance company in India and Pfec. (novlnl. with a pigeon signal comâ€" pany in Hawail, is attending motor Pfc. Louis Crovetti, â€"19,/control communications, is spending a furâ€" lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. The former Betty Varner and her husband, Lt. Wyatt Peschman, inâ€" structor in the army air corps at Kirkland Field, N. Mex., have reâ€" Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Weber, 619 McDaniels, entertained at a family dinner last week for their daughter, Katherine, WAVE, aged 22, who reâ€" ports Oct. 5 at Hunter college, New York, for basic training. An official report from the Naval wood Ave., Highwood. ces Air technical <training center at â€"â€"â€"V._â€" } Memphis, Tenn., states that Thomas,; A/C "Bill" Pomper, son of Mr. Rollman Reber, 18, seaman 1/¢, and Mrs. Herman R. Pomper, 320 and son of Mr. and Mrs. Barvey}l\laplc;, is now stationed at â€"Camp Reber, 391 North Ave., has comâ€"| Stuttgart, Ark., where he is completâ€" pleted his course of training as aviaâ€"|ing the final phase of his aerial tion radioman. Young Reber enlistâ€"| training. ; c ign, ed at Seattle, Wash., on Dec. 10,| â€" In taking up flyin;, Bill is pursuâ€" 1943, and ived his basic training ing an old passion, for even in his at Farragut, }Ida. f _ |grade school‘ days his hobby was _ James Vaughan Clark, aged 17, one of the four speakers of last June‘s graduating class at the local high school, recently received orders to report for the U. 8. Maritime service, and left Oct. 3, destination unrevealed. He is the son of Mrs. Robert Elliott Clark, 735 S. ‘St. Johns. * < "Oh, the usual way," I said, wishâ€" ing Iwere home in Highland Park reading a good book or watching our local high school football team romp over its opponents. ‘That‘s the only fair and \honest way to pick a President of the Unitâ€" ed States, I think. § â€" (For monthsâ€"I‘ve been sounding off, opposing pinâ€"up girls and what they stand for. And now I was out to find some pinâ€"upsâ€"and to take their pictures, too! It‘s an odd world . We found ‘em. . There they were in their abbreviated costumes . . . and I was redâ€"faced. 1 asked one of the girls in an apolâ€" ogetic .manner if she and the ‘uthers would mind posing for a picture. I held my head in shame when I asked her. e "Okeh," she said. _ "Come on, goils, let‘s pose for the soldier." _ And they did. . And it was iuite a shot; _ And I‘m still being kidded about the whole affair by fellow soldiers. We arrived and went backstage, hunting for "leg art." Ballot Arrives ... «_ |cle Sam fli Like most servicemen, this corâ€"| Not bad poral received his absentee ballot, ‘Guess I the other day. C master‘s de But I‘ve not marked it‘ yet. most of m And I wont ‘til I hear what all now in uni fic‘l::.ta have to sayâ€"two ‘i:j â€" | opportunit: , 4 « Saoms# t, "Of course," she gushed, "we‘d love to have our pictures taken. How would you like us to pbse?t" Now, I didn‘t mind that assignâ€" ment. | But when I was told to take a photbgrapher and get some "leg art‘"â€"twell, I kind of rebelied a bit. â€" The ‘sergeants in our office were all "bysy" that evening . .. so I covered the show. C 13 o (Priyates were busy, too,.) The |Wac photographer and I got there early. It was dark when I told her the kind of pictures we were supâ€" posed to take so she didn‘t see my blushes. * I was picked to cover a USO show for outr camp newspaper the other night.> | ¢ ce CHANUTE FIELD, AAF TRAINâ€" ING COMMAND: In The Nation‘s Service Page 2 But she was all smiles. Mr. Covering a USO Show l‘M IN THE ARMY NOW Pyt. Richard Grinsley, 21, hus band of Mrs. Ellering Grinsley, emâ€" ployed at the Open House Tea Room, has been reported missing in action in France. <A member of an antiâ€"airâ€" craft unit, Put. Grinsley was at one time stationed at Ft. Sheridan, and left. for England last May., He was "Bill" Roush, seaman 2/c, a son, now stationed in the Asiaticâ€"Pacific area, on duty on a subâ€"chaser, reâ€" cently spent a 5â€"day leave, presumaâ€" bly in Australia, for he described the place as a "teaâ€"drinking" locallâ€" After a twoâ€"week leave with his family on 958 Ridgewood, Lt. Com. H. S. Roush has left for San Franâ€" cisco, where he will report for duty in the Pacific area. For 16 months stationed as weather observer in Brazil, he secured many .beautiful pictures of Rio de Janeiro, which he describes as a magnificent place. The pictures, in technicolor, were exhibited at the Engineers‘ club in Miss Jane Robbing, former memâ€" ber of the WASPs, has resigned from the service in order to assist in caring for the three children of her brother, James, now connected with the mining industry‘in Alaska. Lt. Peter Robbins is stationed with the army engineers in Burma. The mother is Mrs. P. A. Robbins, 100 Prospect. > 4 t My captain was telling me that if I‘m in the Army a few more months I‘ll be eligible for three additional years of college training â€" with Unâ€" cle Sam flipping the bill. In taking up flyini, Bill is pursuâ€" ing an old passion, for even in his grade school‘ days his hobby was planes, and later, in high school, his model planes boasted miniature moâ€" tors, ‘The twinâ€"engine jobs he is now handling .are. "the berries," and he states that he loves flying more than ever. . 2 Pvt. Joseph.Colo, 18, of the U.S. Infantry, who rgcently completed his basic training at Camp Blanding, Fla., has left for Camp Rucker, Ala., after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Colo,, 134 Highâ€" weod Ave., Highwood. s Gathering material for a story on soldier‘s mail I bumped into these new facts: ; @ Weekly.men at this field receive over 9,100 packages, 30,000 magaâ€" zines and newspapers, and 91,000 letters. ‘Place these missives end to end and they‘d reach from Highland Park to Winnetka . .. Tony Crovetti, 8329 Highwood Ave., Highwood, after which he will leave for a new post at Salt Lake City, U. ‘‘What does a pilot of a helicopâ€" ter doâ€"when the oddâ€"shtped plane turns upâ€"side down in flight?" ‘ Do you know? e and planning. Miles of Letters . . . I asked a dozen different mail orderlies what lgtters soldiers want most: & "Letters from their. parents!" they answered in a unanimous manâ€" ner ... ' is o One incident during this factâ€" gatherirg sticks in my mind. I overâ€" heard a soldier who hadn‘t recevied a letter in quite some time say : Original, What? , . . And it was Sgt. Rex Horton, of this offite, who asked : § ‘"My wife.claitms she writes me everyday. . How come I only get a letter once a month?" ‘ %col_um,n wants to go on record (in < with the policy of keeping‘ records straight, you know) saying that "Since You Went Away" is an excg}hent pictureâ€"equally as fine as "Going My Way,"" only about twice as long, â€" § n â€"A twentyâ€"one gun ‘sajute to pretâ€" ty Jennifer Jones, a young actress whose screen 'gortx;yah_typtty the kind of chum ‘servi¢cemen want to come home to. * .‘ > Hooray.! _ Three More Years of College . . . Seems to me a return to college is an excellent way to .once again build into the mind creative thinking ‘Guess I‘ll be able to work for my master‘s degree after all. I imagine most of my Highland Park chums, now in uniform, will have the same opportunity. Hope so. . © f Mrs. Tom Rogan, $16 othian, has a husband in and a brother in the marine co Cpl. Tom Rogan is now statioped in France, where he has ‘b¢et since shortly after Dâ€"day., He handles supâ€" plies with a truck company| Sgt. Walter Melaski, USMC, lived with his sister prior to Ded.: 9, 1941, when ‘he joined the th¢rnecks, is now stationed in Sai oins, picâ€" tures,: and a Jap officer‘s| sword are among the souvenirs (that have found their way frt:l the Pacificâ€" Asiatic area to the States.| ‘The serâ€" geant, who wears the Silver Star for distinguished service at Tarawa, being personally deeorated by Admiâ€" ral Nimitz, was also wit e first August, 1943, he left for England last May, and was lurr stitipned in Belgium before se ‘ing ection in France. ; An official telegram has |informed Mr. and Mrs. John anti, 665 Bob O‘Link, that their 19â€"yearâ€"old son, Pfe. Louis} of the y |infantry, was slightly wounded on| Aug, 29 in France, réported for diuty the same day. Entering the ice in A personal message eived last week by Mr. and orge Walz, 220 â€"Sheridan, wood, from their son, 20â€"yearâ€"old |S/Sgt. Harry Walz, tail gunner on a Libâ€" erator bomber, who was prisâ€" oner June 21 on an air missidn ovéer Germany. i /s w : He reports himself to 11 and uninjured, : and “fli;u Set. Watlz entered the service arch, 1943, and was transferrefl i year later to England. Cpl. ymond Walz, his brother, is stationed in the Pacific area, _ | *A /C Hulburd, a brother, i ingâ€"as pilot at Maxwell fiel ourfgift helps your communit ur gift helps neighbors, the s‘J o‘yiyfi‘upar'a Give and git d wie‘ll do this thial home fnl ~_THME PRESS h atoanid P of the| â€"Through the services of the spent| Cross, two Shapiro brothers, T ir. and| Jack, AUS, and Ens. Beryl, U ry. H€| were, reunited at Oahu, Hawailat n, LA.] Islands, recently, It was their { train~| meeting in nine months, both leayâ€" 4. _ |ing the Statesâ€"about two mon paeitians. ‘ag Micls "ofd . ce T 2 Official sources report that @pl. R. E. Welch, 25, husband of Maren Welch, 827 Waukegan, Highâ€" wood, has been missing in action in France since Sept. 2. Cpl, Welch wrote to his wife that he owed his life to the metal co d Bible which he carried in his b pocket last July, when struck | by fragments of sWell. He sent her‘hhe shattered remnants of the volume. Cp!. R. E. Welch Reported Missing Welch, who was born in Olmsted, Ill., served once before in the U; 8. Army, receiving an honorable flisâ€" charge in January, 1941, at Ft. Sherâ€" idan,. In March, 1942, he reeplist ed..He served several months in England and took part in the ay campaign. . § On June 2 Lt. Frost was repo missing after a mission over Belgiâ€" um, Coâ€"pilot on the Fortress "Bomb ‘n, ,Belle," he was one of six who made their way back to the lines after the fortress crashed. © Lt. Frost, overseas since Marth, was awarded the air medal last 4 He has two brothers serving in the navy. + , _He has two small sons, Ro Jr., aged two, and Richard, a 17 months. . The first direct communication from Lt. Edward H. Frost, aerial piâ€" lot, since his, having been repo: missing,. came lfl:iweek to his parâ€" ents, Mr.. and Earl R. Frost, 759 Osterman,. Deerfield. His letâ€" ter gaid that he would be home soon. ago. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Shapiro, 152 Highwood, Highwood, | > i DON‘T PA ick, the aged, the destitute. ifé'lgenerously ' ! s m io. WR yâ€" im so many ways... IL US NOW! The same band, which provides this club with such excellent music for our dances, will play for an 8 o‘clock party on Tuesday, October be obtained. At 7:00 a movie, "The Uninvited," is to be shown. Mrs.~C. W,. Allen is in charge of the supper from 6 to 8 by the Bannockburn Garden club. The 344th‘Army band is to play for a dance at 9. ~ â€" The program for this week starts with a Wives club luncheon on Friâ€" day, Oct. 6, at 12:80. A brief show will go on in the intermission of a dance at 8:00 for which the 344th Army band will play. Refrestiments at 9:30. £. M poy The weekly meeting of the Java club is at 10 Sunday morning at the USO., Riding and ‘golf passes may ninTo the ‘Johanna l;dp ‘o-& cere and appreciation of the ml’urk USO for the long period of work, time, and mateâ€" rial contributed. It is this kind of spirit, this faithful effort, ‘that makes the USO the "second home" of bur servicemen and women. \â€" to the: % USO is the fine record set by members of the Johanna lodge. ‘This group of women under the direction of Mrs. Mare Newman, has furnished and served hearty, appealing suppers one Sunday out (of each mohth, 12 month a year from the time the USO was established in 1941. * Johanna Lodge Sets â€" ‘ Fine Service Record | YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED To USE THE â€" ° > ‘CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST * HOVRSâ€"Week Days 9:30 am. to p.m. Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. w&g’mhllfl" where the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy may be r'egd.' borrowed, or purchased Authorized Christinn Science Literture in Roglish, Braille. and. . _ HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS 43 North Sheridan MAINTAINED 8y 10. There will be a show in the inâ€" termission, followed by refreshments at P#:4#80. ‘ > f Thursday, October 5, 1944 REGISTER!! 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