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A third brother, Sgt. John, AAF, is stationed in China, and souvenâ€" irs from that country include silk stage a reunion, unsuccessfully, as among which are a luncheon set and & rosary blessed by the Pope. Sgt. Alfred Stratford, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Stratford, formerly of Highland Park, but now a resi« dent of ~California, has received his fourth battle star and fourth gold star overseas chevron for servâ€" ieohthtumnm.eeord- ing to letters ived by his sizâ€" ters, Mrs. Ruth Koppman, 395 North, and Mrs, Margary Kempke, 215 Evarts, Highwood. «Thirtyâ€" one months in the service, Sgt. WW&hfi'MW‘ gagement in d * 30. : the army engineers, is ‘stationed in Italy, from which place have Sgt. Winfrey will spend Christ mas with his mother, who lives near St. Louis. ~â€" and: family, â€" 625¢ Central, with whom he made his home before enâ€" listing ht:‘ service.. â€"A close friend of late Sgt. Geo; Bowâ€" den, he enlisted with him in the Marines and was with him in the tragic : engagement | atâ€" Tarawa: Twentyâ€"seven months in the Pacitâ€" ie area, he has seen action in vari< ous engagements, and was most reâ€" cently stationed at Saipan. . â€" lough with: Mrs. George BRowden foAn-le..n-qmm, He returns to duty‘ Dec. 26. â€" â€" © * Set. Vluh‘WinfnyJ USMC, is apending a part of his 30â€"day furâ€" recrossed the Atlantic in convoys ‘Home for a 30â€"day furlough, Don Seguin, of the U.h?; Maritime service, is spending y and Christmas day year with his parents, Mr. and | W\ J. Seguin, 661 Central. ‘was 24 on Dec. 19. * .4 With the Merchant %‘M.I October, 1943, Don has ér and Afinvhobap’ofemrof&nc- lish at Munidelein College for womâ€" en in Chicago told her students IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE > reading flc novâ€" el %e:“m holdi;cnighfll, oto That‘s .the spirit that will win the war for us.: But it seems strange to me that a library, a place of learning, has to close when beer halls, taverns, night clubs, and the like stay open around the clock. | + TRUE sSTORY ... lr‘dulhonnwfistoryintln Press a ‘few weeks back which stated Highland Park‘s excellent li~ brary "was to be closed on Monâ€" days during the wikter to save SEEMS STRANGE . .. . The last part of hisg letter kind of l?mught a lump in my throst, . It went like this .. ; ° 2 _ "Christmas isn‘t far off. ‘I‘m surely going‘to miuteing hozo. There is always such a‘swell Christâ€" 3‘ in Highland Park, what with the dances and gay things. But all I have to do is forget about beâ€" ing home and think of the millions of other fellows that won‘lt be home â€" and some of them who‘ll never be home again . . ." ‘Yes, Punth, you‘re right. | A_ndb!l'n,too. .r; LA L + We‘re proad of and all your young friends. You) fellows gre going to deliver that allâ€"important knockout blow to th¢e Axis. Good luyck! , _ , And take care of yourself. "Punch" is the/son of MÂ¥. and Mrs. Walter M. Heymann of 115 Park Lane Ave. . At present the young -oldigri: in gunnery u?n- ing at Harlingen, Texas. _ TOO FAR AWAY FROM 'B'fcn- LAND PARK, DEC: 14»â€" | , . A letter from Pvt. John "Punâ€" chy") L. Heymann, popular Highâ€" land Parker, the other day. \ : Cpl. Whitt | N. fd-h I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW . Count Your Blessings ! to the Highland Park Press Further details await the lifting of the censorship. _ | JA local‘ survivor of the escort m.it-.la.u. (j.a).de Larson, is spending holidays withlhvflond»-on,hnt..tth home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Larson, 188 8. Green Bay: Lt. Larson was rescued after being in the water for over two hours. .. Daniel Murphy, seaman 2/c, USN, recently.took part in the batâ€" tles of Surigo and Leyte. In. servâ€" ies since March, Seaman Murphy shoigd ® digtsager"" o ap ife a : . ~He is sonyof Lyman Murphy, now enâ€" (u‘d in dvl: service work in fi Aleutians, and the nephew of Enéa Picchietti, 447 Glencoe, whom he has lived ir recent years. USN, ";E“ of the invasions of Africa, Sitily and France, and of many months of sea duty, will agnin report for duty after spendâ€" ing the holidays with his wife at 125 N. Green Bay.© \ . Pvt. Robert Christopher, / 19, USA, who has been in the service for the past.year and a half, is now stationed :at Pearl Harbor. He is the son of Sgt. and Mrs. Walter Smith, 321 .Oak Ter., Highwood. BSgt. Smith is a patient at the Madiâ€" ga hospital, Fort Lewis, Wash, Put: Walter Oweiss, \Jr., parkâ€" trooper, formerly oned at Ft. Benning, Ga., is now receiving gliâ€" der training at Camp Mackall, N. C. is parents nr; Mr.~and Mrs. Walter Oweiss, 12215 Dell. m Donald G. Carr, P.O.2/c, USN, has arrived home from the Pacific area to spend the holidays> with his mother, Mrs. Clara A. Carr, 916 Lincoln. . At the end of his leave he will report to Washingâ€" ton, D.C., where he will attend adâ€" canved fire control school." f From time ‘to time friends ask me when I‘l} leave this country; and whentI do depart, where will Igo!? 7 ‘ There is no way‘to answer. Where are the snows of yesterâ€" year? war . ". No one knows. ; ; And no one knows what goes on in the big, clutteredâ€"up mind of the Army. ‘ 1st WHEN? WHERK? ... Louis .Wacnc_r,__ Ygomsp 1/¢, ‘As she opened it, a housewife sat down beside her.s _12: houseâ€" wife, not noticing the nun, took a and began reading. s ; The book was the Holy Bible. The sister said she smiled and then gecretly returned the novel to the sanctity of her sleeve. ° ¢ Bhe ‘boarded the train, seated herself in the back section of the car, looked ;t the passengers, then casually and cautiously slipped the hovel out. s x After school she went to her ofâ€" fice, slipped the book under the sléeve of her flowing habit, and walked to the nearby elevated train station. t se a o 400 her interest. * pno morning, just before classes began, she stopped reading at a particularly thrilling part of the story, All day she was anxious to return to her reading. LATER ... {~> f § GREETINGS Irfllkg $ 46 +4 A A oiX Pfc. Joseph Cortesi, 19, of the army infantry, son of Mr. and Mrs. Domenic Cortesi, 648 Deerfield, is now in a convalescent hospital in France recovering from wounds reâ€" ceived in battle on October 1. A graduate of the local high school, he entered the service in June, 1948, and last April left the counâ€" try for overseas. . The blood bank isâ€"located at 5 N. Wabash avenue, Chicago. If you haven‘t eéxperienced the thrill of thinking you‘ve saved a life, call to make your appointment. ... Be gure and keep your appointâ€" ment at the blodd bank if you have one. If you wish to make ar apâ€" pointment, call Wabash 7850,. Your blood: made into plasma will help save the life of one of our fightâ€" ing men, * . & # A local high school graduate, Jackson attended school at Deep Springs, Calif., for two years, and Northwestern two years. £, YOUR BLOOD MAY SAVE A LIFE ried to the former Alite Hodges of Apalachicola, Fla., ?d is the father of little Kathering, born on Thanksgiving day, and of whom he has not prob@ably even yet heard. He entered the service in August, 1941.© Mrs. ~.Jackson and baby daughter are living in Apalachicoâ€" la, which, next to St. Augustine, is the oldest town in the state ‘of Florida. e t Coast Guard Chief Sees * Action in the Pacific . Coast Guardsman Robert G. Jackson, chief boatswain‘s mate, son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Jackâ€" son, 1516 Westview Rd., is seeing action as a gunner on an antiâ€"airâ€" craft gun aboard a Coast Guardâ€" mannéed supply "ship ferrying supâ€" plies to our invading forces in the far Pacific. (Jackson, 24, is marâ€" MORE WARWORKERS . OR MORE war ? _GET A WAR JOB! KEEP IT! Sbelhuem' rationed on some fronts. . duction Board hu'l&mu cafldhtvemnkenmenldan::ow, cut back mote tha and many ican lives could been . Germany is â€"bed saved, if we had had more shells...other ‘ need so much 8 materials and equipmentâ€"suich as tanks, sodd-tm jfeeps, big guns, small arms ammunition, : Help stforten the wat~ Mw- also needed and it Call o . Susty by o Retaaes Soe ce O "emee : Sod dnb lt Call your mtaaest U y mnmanegencj.Neadfotvmkm in certain key industries has suddenly 41â€" amazi â€"and fighting actually ammunition and supplies Mfu?&mmm # MEN! WOMEN! Provide firepower for Eisenhower THE PRESS PRODUCTION URGENCY Sgt. and Mrs. Joseph Lenzini, %8.: ;i:ilnay. Highwood, a girl, Sgt. and Mrs. Harold Tobin, 917 Thylor, a boy, Dec. 16. ~ Capt. and ‘Mrs. Robert Heelan Fogt Sheridan, a girl, Dec. 19. ~â€" __‘Upon successfulâ€" completion sof the ‘tests, applicants will be eligiâ€" ble to be sworn into the navy for this training which offers approxiâ€" mately fourteen months of instrucâ€" tion, equivalent to two years of college in such subjects as radar, mechanics, and ordnance. J C ‘. Upon graduation, each man will aso, be.awarded the coveted‘ Navy‘s Silver Wings and a petty bffleen Eflng. As . aviation â€" specialists ey will be equipped to team, with the finest airmen â€" the nayy piâ€" 1ots â€" in the greatest aid force in the world. f M § «+ Mr. and Mrs. Myron Turngquist, Chicago, a girl, Dec. 16. j â€"All those interested should make application" and definite appointâ€" ment by writing to the Naval Aviaâ€" tion â€" Selection ‘board, Room 301, Board of Trade Building, Chicago. Transportation to Chicago will be mailed to applicants and meals and lodging will also be furnished if. necessary. ; io use _ ‘The Naval Aviastion Selection board in Chicago announced today th?);lt ::yoin:h. men interested in applying for navy‘s topâ€"notch airâ€"crewman training program are urged to take the physiâ€" cal and mental onmin:gou in Chicago during the Christmas holiâ€" day vacation. > The board will procâ€" ess applicants each day except Christmas day and Sundays, beâ€" tween 8:830.:a.m. and 5 p.m. 1 Naval Aviation Board BIRTHS duction Board has Enu it ‘announced that wat ducti ill probably not be cut back o more thas 15% v;b; Germany â€"because we need so much and equipment need for war p tion is nearly at an ead. THIS 18' NOT TRUE War Proâ€" The warworkers of this area have already done a ; prodaction Jub. But now, more production than ever is needed., U , our military successes t l 1c o Reabuc & m»:ffi-m’;ig; Only nt magazines are deâ€" sired by/the American Red Cross to be distributed at McIntyre hosâ€" pital} Great Lakes. No women‘s magazines are wanted, but a sugâ€" gestion to those contributing magâ€" azines is to include any type of geographical reading matter. Magazines may be taken to the Red Cross center in the Public Service store, 521 Central. They are taken to the men at Great Lakes by Gray Ladies,. _ . CURRENT MAGAZINES ARE WANTED FOR HOSPITAL . The intensified pace ‘of military operations everywhere is reflected in continued firm controls of civilâ€" lan, economy and further official steps to concentrate »needed manâ€" power and â€"materials into war proâ€" duction, Thus Americans, as they celebrate Christmas day with apâ€" preciation of the fact that their fighting men have enabled them to keep lighted the Christmas spirit, are aware that they are about to open a new year of hard, incessant l work with victory still to boi earned. ¢ « g WAR‘S PACE REFLECTED ON HOME FRONT _ Lieut. Udell passed through Chicago Sunday on his way to spend a furlough with his wife in Qrange, N. J. Upon his return to ‘San Marcos he will be an inâ€" structor of navigation. _ . ‘Lt. Udell served one and a half years as ‘an aviation engineer in England, .. Nathan L Udell, son of Mr; and Mrs. John L. Udell, 102 N. Sheridan, | graduated from the school of navigation in San Marâ€" cos, Tex, Saturday, Dec. 16, and received his wings. Nathan Udell Gets His Wings laborers + Aircraft Assemblers + Weiders Machiniste + Torret Lathe Operators : Radar Equipment Assemblers + Mechanics APMY ToObaY at your mearest I U, 8. EMPLOYMENT SErvICE OorrICE thousands of lives." â€" Tool and Die Makers + inpectors I *“Mo* g eb M ""Your increased work will _ . Thursday, Dec. 21, 1944 â€"â€"GENERAL EISENHOWER The Married Couples club will meet for supper at 6:80. ‘The dupâ€" licate bridge and tournament will continue at 8 p.m. There will be dancing to the juke box. Refreshâ€" ments will be served by Mrs. Holly. ~ _ The 740th MP band will furnish music for a formal dancing party sponsored by JWB. Men from the outâ€"going unit at Great Lakes will be special guests. ‘There will be entertainment during the band intermission. Refreshments served at 9:80. Wednesday, Dec. 27â€" f Dance instruction by Mrs. Lucy :ninlft:.vfll begin at 7 p.m. '!\cx: dancing to the juke box an a homeâ€"like Christmas party. Reâ€" freshments will be served by Mrs. Early; Tuesday, Dec. 26â€" The Java club will meet for breakfast at 10 a.m. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 by Mrs. Newâ€" man and other members of Johanâ€" ha lodge. â€" At 7 p.m. the movie, Holy Matrimony," with â€"Gracie Fields and Monty Wooley, will be shown. From 9 to 11, there will be dancing to the juke box. Monday, Dec. 25â€" pj 2 There will be dancing to the juke box and aamovie at 8 p.m. Reâ€" §ruhmenti will be served by Mrs. ohnson, i s-".’p D.G‘ 24â€" The Wives club will meet for luncheon at 12:30 aat the USO. There will be music by the 844th Army band. During the band interâ€" mission there will be a variety show. Refreshments will be served by Mrs. Carlstone and her comâ€" mittee, s‘hl’h’, Dec. 23â€" Highland Park USO _ â€"â€"â€" * . _ There will be a juke box dance at 8,p.m. Refreshment sat 9:30, served by Mrs. Jester and her comâ€" mittee, ; _ "MusSsT*