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sions over enemyâ€"occupied Europe. loh”.y.o%d._ 4 CPO Russell Hansen, of the Seaâ€" ‘~â€" bees, will be able to impersonate B/Sgt. Evo Mini, son, of Julia Nardini, 321 Grove, Highwood, recently enjoyed a : sevenâ€"days‘ leave at an air service command rest home in England, The Amerâ€" ijcan Red Cross, in conjunction with the English air service command house to provide relaxation for American air men of the Allied This home supplies every type of recreational and rest facilityâ€" including a butler and tea served Medal, and has completed 19 misâ€" Bâ€"17 Flying Fortress, "One Man‘s A happy Christmas is insured for the Amendola family, 1759 Pleasant, for S/Sgt. Frank, who has been stationed for 28 months in the Aleutians will be spending the holidays with them. He will alâ€" so célebrate his 25th birthday, which falls on Christmas day. â€" _ The sergeant was, no doubt, greeted joyously by his pet dog, lfln.wuehbmttoq&tnmfly fi-thoAlufimvlllhlum‘ atationed there. Amendola entered the service in April, 1941, and serves in the medical corps. ‘ Also serving with the army medâ€" ies is a brother, Earl, who entered the service in August, 1941. He is now stationed in the South Paâ€" world . . . Rubies and sapphires are used by the Army and Navy in delieate instruménts®. . . That est noise ever heard in the world earried 3,000 miles: the eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883 . . . The Amazon River basin is the largest tropical jungie in the IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE finest mink coats worn by Highâ€" land Parkers weigh only 75 ounces » ; . _Wrestlers in Japan sometimees weigh 350 pounds . . . That 19,000 deaths occur yearly from suicides « . . In preâ€"war days, Belgium‘s trade with the United States averâ€" aged more than $1,000,000,000 a n...anlyounillionpcr-‘ sons leave their homes because of debt, amnesia, boredom, wanderâ€" lust, and wifeâ€"nagging . . . Loudâ€" A goat lives 10 years and gives a quart of milk daily . . . Turkey and chicker dark meat are good sources of iron . . . Some of the I NEVER KNEW ... Two weeks ago there were two misspelled names in this column. Both men are friends and if nothâ€" ing else, they deserve correct speliâ€" ings of their names. So here, Sirs: Low Sarett, CORRECTION, PLEASE . . . Sgt. Mini, waist gunner on the "By golly! There are a. lot of things we like!" As one Highland Parker said the other day: .‘ A Highland Parker who read the piece sent in some more "I Likes" the other day. w Here they are .. . { The 20th Century Limited to New York . . . Wellâ€"done meat ... Riding a partiallyâ€"filled North Western train FROM Chicago TO Highland Park . . . Joan Fontaine . « . The Waitzes of Strauss ; . . Orchids . . . Fresh vegetables from victory gardens . . . The clicking sound made by North Shore trains . . . New golf balls .. . A train whisâ€" tle late at night . . . The smell of hotcakes, bacon, and coffee blendâ€" ed together . . . Roast beef . . . That swishing sound when a basâ€" ketball passes through the hoop . . . Barry Fitzgerald . . . Soft carpets .. . That invigorating sensation you get when you take a deep breath of this fresh December air . . . A warth bed on a cold night . . . Eatâ€" ing apples and fudge while sitting around a ‘glowing fireplace in a cozy living room . .. Trimming a Christmas tree . . . Listening to the symphony on Sunday afternoons; Readers will remember a column I wrote two weeks ago wherein I listed some of the "things" I like. TOO FAR AWAY FROM HIGHâ€" LAND PARK, DEC. 72â€"‘ Special (to the Hi Highland Park Press Notes from My Notebook I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW base, Dec. 8, he will receive orâ€" ders for the next phase of his trainâ€" ingâ€"â€"primary flight. Eugene is 18 years of age. Ho.:v::c. A member of the 1944 grad class, he completed his work in January of this year, and mod to San Antonio, Texas, whete he completed his preâ€"flight Eugene Peddle, “mmdr corps, hvidfin.h!m Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Peddie, 619 rank : of chief petty officer, has visited with his old friend Roger Peddle, somewhere in the Pacific area. Now she is anxiously awaitâ€" ing a photograph of CPO Francis in his new uniform. _Mrs. Francis and baby daughter, Jean, recently visited at the Schmidt home. Cpl. Betty, wbnb ly the only Highland Park WAQ to be staâ€" tioned overseas, is happily situated in an Italian town. _ Next to the thrill of seeing some dear one in the service is that of knowing he or she has contacted some old friend in his particular corner of the earth. So Mrs. Florâ€" ence Schmidt, 640 Homewood, was delighted to hear that her son, h'ucn, recently promoted to the ’ Santa Claus to his family this year, at 204 Hazel avenue, the family consisting of his wife, 14â€"yearâ€"old Russell, Sharon and Karen, two years apiece, and Gail, aged nine months, CPO Hansen is a veteran ‘of the invasion of France. His sizâ€" ter, Mrs, Arthur Bess, lives at 108 McGovern. In after life you may have friends â€" fond, dear friends; but never will you have again the inâ€" expressible love* and gentleness lavished upon you which none but a mother bestows. â€"Macaulay. PARTING THOUGHT ... __fnsign Pennish has seen a lot of war. ing." 6. War isn‘t just bombs and buiâ€" lets, but imore often boredom and griping. Fighting is the dull counâ€" terpart of reading about the fightâ€" being chewed by fleas, chalking up the weeks between mail call, and worrying about the morale back &’WARi‘vurh‘l-.“or-.‘ stripes, ribbons, . and wondering what the price is of an oldâ€"fashâ€" loned gray flannel suit with two pairs of trousers. 3. WAR is the dramatized misâ€" interpretation of a lonesome guy on a desolate, bombâ€"plastered isâ€" land wandering around the debris searching for the Fleet Post Ofâ€" 1. _ WAR is being on an LST hauling everything from donkeys to doughnuts, traveling turtle speed through two continents and four countries without frosh water and then getting a shower whether you need it or not. 2. WAR is protending to play cops and robbers and wishing you John (No Middle Name Accordâ€" ing to Navy Records) Pennish of the USS LST 988 says he doesn‘t know about other Américans overâ€" seas, but he‘s the kind of guy who thinks : This letter, from a North Shore ensign overseas, was prompted by a bit he read from this ccfxlumn pubâ€" lished recently in the cago Sun: But I wish I could get a bar of candy a day as easily as I can get smokes. Candy, I‘m sure, would do me more good. * WHAT IS WAR? And so on payday I marched up to my officer, saluted, received my monthly stipend, and an orangeâ€" colored ration card, good for one month at a pack a day. It‘s a fair system, I believe. .. So far as the record shows, Chaâ€" nute â€"Field, where I‘m stationed, is the first post in the country where cigarettes have been rationed â€" a pack a day to soldiers, officers, and War Department civilian emâ€" ployes working on the field. ‘ CIGCARETTES RATIONED ... I could miss Highland Park so much ; . . . ' 4. WAR is cating canned chow, And, anyway, I don‘t smoke. aat ho He is in good health and appeâ€" tite, having come through, his ‘"baptism of fire" without being too scared, he says. a Tom is 21 and has been with the navy since September, 1943. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown, 353 Bloom. a PT boat in Leyte Bay, having taken part.in the battle of Suriâ€" gao straits and in the invasion of Leyte. His boat is called the "Galâ€" loping: Guillotine." Censorship has allowed Tom W. Brown, S1/c, (RM) USN, to reâ€" veal that he is now located aboard ‘"The ground crews and mainteâ€" nance men have done their jobs well, and have won the respect of all who had an opportunity to work with them," said Colh Murray A. Bywater, commanding officer of the group, in his commendation. of a Tth AAF medium bomber group, keeping the Bâ€"25 Mitchell bombers flying over the vast Paâ€" cific area. « â€" veteran of engagements in the Gilâ€" berts,; Marshalls, Marianas and Carolines, has been commended, with the others of,zuh outfit, for outstanding â€"duty. Pvt. ~Riley serves with the maintenance forces Roger, bugle master 3/c, USN, his 20â€"yearâ€"old brother, is aboard ship somewhere in the Pacific area. He is about a three hours‘ trip from John Schwalbach, of the Seaâ€" bees, son of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Schwalbach, 600 Central, he writes but transportation is difficult. Recently he received a surprise visit from CPO Francis Schmidt, son of Mrs, Florence Schmidt, 640 Homewood. Roger is a graduate of the 1943 graduating class., Pvyt. Wm. Riley, 186 Edgecliff PVUBLIC THE PRESS Duty in the States must seem "cushy‘‘ to the young fighter piâ€" lot (borrowing a term from World War I) for he has spent a rugged éight months in the Pacific theaâ€" ter, with 275 combat hours to his credit, his F6F Helleat often carryâ€" ing 500â€" and 1000â€"pound bombs for blasting enemy installations and shipping. .‘ During this time he personally accounted for five eneâ€" my planes over Guam and Negros Islandâ€"the latter at a period when the whole Philippine hipelago was enemyâ€"controlled. |These acâ€" complishments won fof him the Distinguished Flying Crfm and the Air Medal. ) | During his eight months in the ‘Pacific theater, Lt. Zneske was a pilot in Fighting Two, one of the navy‘s crack Hellcat squadrops, which rolled up a score of 506 eneâ€" my planes destroyed, 2050 lorfintn and 1841 strikes, with 50,000 tons of enemy shipping sent to the \botâ€" When Lt. Zaeske reached home on a 30â€"day leave, recently, for the first time in 13 months, he made the acquaintance of a very special stranger â€" his son Miâ€" chael, just 21 1/2 years the junâ€" ior of one of the "fightin‘est" dads in the navy air corps, and unâ€" doubtedly lost ‘ho. time in estabâ€" lishing a beachhead in the affecâ€" tions of the young fellow. | Lt, (j.g.) and Mrs. l:rlingln.- ke, the former Bereath Nelson, with their son, Michael, returned last Thursday from a trip to Wisâ€" consin Dells, and left the followâ€" ing day for the lieutenant‘s new base in Jacksonville, Fla., stopping in Missouri, Kentucky, Georgia and other points en route. 1299 A Wellâ€"Earned Leave At one time, during the first SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHIRN ILLINOTS The welcome mat ¢ . _ Service actually is our middle name. To live up . _to it, our store is located right in the heart of Highâ€" hz:dPurk,atSZlCentn!Annue.- i | You are invited to make full use ofâ€"its features is always out at your Public Service store fHiere too you may pay your service bills, exâ€" change burnedâ€"out lamp bulbs, bring appliances for repair, transact other business, or just drop in for a j Your Highland Park Public Service store is open daily except Sunday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for your convenience . . . and the welcome mat is always out. many other helpful homemaking topics â€" services for better living for you and your family. A comic strip entitled "Private Pete" has done its bit as a factor in training Uncle Sam‘s unlettered nephews in the use of the three R‘s. "Rrivate Pete‘s" experiences in G. I. life correlate the student‘s immediate surroundings and interâ€" ests with his studies. Ninety per cent of the trainees, taught in small groups, are said to absorb the equivalent of a 4th grade schooling in eight weeks, this acâ€" complishment proving a dofiniu‘ boost to morale. 4 Private Pete Boosts Morale of Unlettered _ _A former track star at the local high school, Lt. Zaeske holds two county records for the halfâ€"mile run, and during his two years at lowa State, was a member of the freshman track team. He won his commission and navy wings in Apâ€" ril ,1948. ~His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Herman iz:uke, 534 Lincoln seven fighters of Znmeske‘s squadâ€" ron, facing vastly superior enemy odds, nevertheless accounted:; for 17 Jap planes with no loss to themâ€" selves, | carrier attacks on the Philippines, less than 500 miles from Tokio, the FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM where the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy may be read, borrowed, or purchased * Braille. Authorized Christian Science w .h w and odations, get the free literature on cookâ€" HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOHS 43 North Sheridan Road MAINTAINED BY Cpl. Melvin: "Bud," with a light pontoon unit, is "dodging bombs n‘ bullets" in the Philippines, His duties include the occasional drivâ€" ing of a bulldozer. Pvt. Lioyd is stationed in Engâ€" land with the motor pool of a hosâ€" pital unit. It. Robert E. Moorn, who has been stationed as flying instructor at George Field, IIL., left recently for an overseas base. A/C Verne A. Moon, AA:.& who enlisted in the service on tember 6, 1943, and has been imâ€" patiently awnaiting his assignment and uniform ever since, is now on his way. He reported to Ft. Sheriâ€" dan on Dec. 6, and expects to train at Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss. He is the fou% son of the Fred}: Moons, 598 Homewood, to don the uniform of his country. Four Moon Brothers Are Now in Uniform Phone H. P. 178 RELIABLE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING CO. Thursday, Dec. 7, 1944