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Bomber squa He is 22, a -a-uum local high school A brother, Richard, m /m, 3 /c, in the Pacific theater since June, aboard an LSV, was engaged in the invasion of Leyte. $ Pfc. Francis entered the service in March, 1942, and has been staâ€" tioned in New Guinea since May. He arrived home in time for the Christmas holidays. 6 : Daniel Hunt, Jr.. son of Mr: and Mrs. Daniel Hunt, 1065!‘:& o-h.mmu.hwm Lake Charles, La., airport, where adeg to Phi. Dougles Prancts, awarded to Pfe. Douglas Francis, son of Mrs. Hilda Francis, 47 St. Jo? A‘v_n.‘of the u.'g armey.. _ . A. ‘William "Bill"" Okey, NAF, was awarded his wings and comâ€" mission last week at Fensacols, Fla. A graduate of the local high, school, and for two years a student at Northwestern, he has completed 18 months of flight training. He is 21 and his parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Okey, 1021 N. St, Johns. Roland Schlabowski, son of Mrs. Fred Schalabowski, 304 Clay Ct., Highwood, who was sworn into the AAF last June, has left to begin his trajning at Keesler Field, Miss. Cadet Schlabowski, 18, has one trother and his father in the Navy, both 6f whom enlisted in the servâ€" ice on Pearl Harbor day. ‘ Jerry,. boatswain 2/c, now 20, is stationed in Chimothh a demolition unit. He is a veteran of the invaâ€" sions of North Africa, Sicily and and has since been staâ€" id at points in India, . His wite, the former Delores Carani, lives bc;wbhv daughter at 238 The:father, Fred Schlabowski, 8 /¢ petty officer, is serving aboard a transport in the Pacific. He was formerly stationed in the Caribbeâ€" Put. Matt Klemp, of the Signal Service corps, who has bheen staâ€" tioned in Seattle, Wash., spent the Christmas holidays with his parâ€" ents, Mr. and Mrs. Klemp, 310 N. Ridge. At the end of his furlough Mother would often talk to him and he‘d answer back =tâ€" quickly, politely, correctly, pleasantly . .. â€"~Mother and 1 were wiping the dishes in the breakfast nook, the room.he, "Tibbett," considered his You thought this‘ old world can‘t be so grim if this little felâ€" low â€"â€" with his limited horizon locked in aâ€"cage among ffll::::m- paratiyely gay walls â€" cou so happy, so pleased with his life, his And then he‘d begin. All day long he‘d sing. Sometimes, itseetmed he‘d swing his notes. At other times he‘d work on a song as if he was composing a symphony for birds. His shrill voice would lightâ€" ly jump from bar to bar, up and down the scale, making beautiful, melodious sounds. You felt good ‘@ll over when.you heard him singâ€" IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE PLEASED WITH LIFE ... "Good morning. I slept well. Did you" I hope this wil be a happy day for you. 1 feel like singing." When we took the cover off his home in the morning, he would greet us with a chirp and a songâ€" a song which seemed to say: ‘And he usyally did. GREETED Us ... ‘ His world was one of song. He chirped away and when Mother awitched on the vacuum cleaner, he would try to outsing the horriâ€" bie, machineâ€"made noise. > He was just a lttle bitd â€"a tiny, allâ€"white canary; _ / He was always singin@sâ€"aways gayly jumping around his red cage; always, it seemed, seeing the brighter, pleasant side of life. left to report to Washington, HIGHLAND PARK : of Special to the Highland Park Pregs I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW sSoq of Mr. and Mrs. David M. Sutâ€" tle, 807 Lincoln Ave., is now being examined by the AAF training P eetoghar aite io Sorstinine ie unit to qualifications as a m caâ€" guests, last week, of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kelly, 257 N..Second. He is stationed at Camp Rucker, Ala. Also guests of the Kellys was another of her nephews, Pfc. Paul Kortman, USMC, with his mother, Mrs. Joseph Kortman of Northâ€" brook. +. Pfe. Kortman, veteran of 30 months in the Pacific area,, where he took part in three major campaignt, was awarded the Presiâ€" dential Unit/!hflon for action at Pelelieu. i +i Paratrooper Clifford Robinson, local high school graduate, and former resident of this town, is spending a holiday leave with his mother, Mrs. Mary Robinson, os Northbrook. ‘They were dinne 19, fiteman 1/c, USN, is at presâ€" ent based in Australia, us o Frank Moran, son of the Howâ€" ard Morans, 719 8. St. Johns, for two years in the navy, has been transférred from an LST boat in the European area to office work in England with the rank of yeoâ€" man 1/c. He is 26 years old. His brother, Howard, 22, steamfitter 2/c, USN, has been at sea in the Pacific for two years, and Richard, at Purdue before entering the army spécialist training program. Cpl Whitt N. Schults Put. Robert A. Bartlett, 20, a member of the 1942 graduating class, is stationed with the 6th Army in the European area, and is a member of the gallant 399th infantry regiment which made guch a fine record in France. The son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bartâ€" lett, 1016 Oak, he studied one year ,ut Great I)lu He has since comâ€" pleted a course in torpedo instrucâ€" tionr at the same base. ~He is 18 years old. a e v Ens. Fred MusSer, 23, a brother, is now stationed in New Guinea with a beach jumper unit. An alumâ€" nus of Towa State, he received his commission at Notre Dame uniâ€" versity and has been overseas since October. i And so Tib has gone . .. and life stumbles on . . . but not as happily around our home!{. . . ‘cause we miss the cheerful songs of that little fellow . .. HARD TO EXPLAIN ... And I wondered. : ‘* I wondered how that Man up there in the bright blue yonder justified this death. . s Why had He snuffed the life from this happy singer who saw only the gay and the good? And why does He keep alive haters, killers, dictators? , .. f Trying to be gentle, I clumsily wrapped his cold body in tissue paâ€" per and laid the singer to rest in the box. ~"Are you sure he‘s dead? Are you sure?" +/ 4o us . "Yes, Mother." J . o : Quickly she went to. her cupâ€" board where she keeps old papers and boxes. Back she came with a box â€" the size of Tib. Then -l\'e looked away and left the room. ~ Mother was touched. â€" Tears clouded her bright eyes. She left the room only to return in a minâ€" ute, ”kin‘ t j p t "Mother, Tib is dead," I exâ€" claimed, wishing I ‘could have utâ€" terfed those fatal words more deftâ€" ly and with more ndeuundiqg. "ARE YOU SUREM®!. .. / H ‘arrived at Keesler Field, iss., Pvt. David M. Suttle, Jr., ‘"What‘s wrong," she said anxiâ€" ously. j Then I saw what had happened. I ‘looked at Mother whose soft, brown &yes were . knowing ‘and questioning. WITHOUT A SONG ... â€" _ "Tibbett isn‘t singing this mornâ€" ing," Mother said. : ‘ "No," I answered, glancing up at Tib‘s home. Tuesday, Jan. 32â€" ; .. Nursery school opéns. °. Wednesday, Jan. 8 s 8:15 p.m.‘ Business meeting of Kb slicg§ {)acks sls Thursday, Jip. 4â€" * 6:15 p.m."Friendship club dinâ€" ner meeting! . iss Saturday, Jan. 6 s _ 9:00 p.m. | Saturday Eyching Merchants‘and housewives are warned to ‘be particularly careful about cuhifd checks for strangers during the holidays. According to Chief Kopp,, nearly 1,000,000 checks are mailed daily by the govâ€" ernment, and about 8,000,000 go each mopnth to dependents of men in service. These cfin are someâ€" times stolen from hall and porch mail boxes, endorsements : forged and the checks cashed at the exâ€" pense of unâ€"alert, retailers. Warn Retailers Against Forgers and Thieves â€" â€", Mr. Cahal talks in a light, interâ€" esting and ‘entertaining manner and in his npeoch&.'wfll discuss the unscrupulousness ‘of "quacks", and some of the fads and fallacies of food and health of which the averâ€" age American is victim. / hal has, since 1987, been executive officer and gemeral counsel of American Co 6f ‘radio y which is the national dssociatiqn® of medical specialists in xâ€"ray raâ€" dium. : 1 es at a.40, *’ i a & Mr. Mac Ca.!{n.l is ‘a lawyer ::‘o has been inted with the mediâ€" ons ve capa or orâ€" merly an eufi:v:uotficer‘ ~for a state medical i tion, Mr. Caâ€" of Lincolh school PTA, Wednesâ€" day, Jan. 3. . Tea will be served at 2:45. °. Wb x h Lincoln PTA to Present Talk by Mr. Mac F. Cahal “Ham‘; Fads and Fallacies" ‘is the topic, of Mr. Cahal‘s talk at the first meeting of the new year Pvt. Robt. Knight, who is receivâ€" ing.radio training at Ft. Dix, N.J., is spending the holidays with his _ Lt. (j.g.) and‘Mrs. George Clark, with their small son, George Spurâ€" geon, spent a part of their 10â€"day leave at.the home of Mr, and Mrs. George Clark, Sr., 648 Vine. They left on Wednesday for Detroit, Mich., to visit the parents of Mrs. Clark, the {_ofmer .AnTe Spurgeon, after which ‘they ‘will return to New Londm'* Conn., where . the Jieutenant isan instructor in the Coast Guard academy.~ 4 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Knight, 411 Lake. _ Elight Officér William "Bill" Pomper is home from the Bâ€"24 training school at Harlingen, Tex., to spend a leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Herman R. Pomper, 320 Maple. On Jan. 6 he will reâ€" port to the air field at Stuttgart, Cpl. Higgins is 20 years old and a graduate of the June, 1944, gradâ€" uating class. _ / Cpl. Ralph 8. Higggins, who. has completed his training as gunner on a Bâ€"24 bomber at Gowen Field, Ida., was home for a week recentâ€" ly, reporting to a base at Topeka, Kans., last: Wefinesdly._On Christâ€" mas day uh:te family party was given by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Archâ€" Higgins, 693 Central, at which his grandmothergtwo uncles, an ‘aunt, and two cousins from Missouri were present,.} On Tuesâ€" day another party s given him by some young friend Mrs. Fred D.‘ Silber, of Chicago, and Frank W, McDonald, son of Mr,. and Mrs. Frank W. McDonald, Sr., 802 S. Sheridan, were among the 1023 men Ppeceiving commisâ€" siops. a] é CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM qualifieations have been determinâ€" ed he will go to the proper army air forces training command station to begin his utu:!_;lr crew training. With assistant Secretairy of the Navy Ralph H, J«Bcd as principal speaker at Pu'-: | ceremony, two Highland grs were co#nh- sioned onli:ng‘!df the U. S. Naval Reserve in )”w York City Dec. 14. David D. Worth, grandson of YWCA CALENDAR Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker may. be rokdy forrowed n purlialep C "4 fra h se ie ARE CORDIALLY INVITED To UsE 43 North Sheridan Road THE PRESS A dinner meeting of the Friendâ€" ship club was held at the Y.W.C.A. on Thursday evening, Jan. 4, at 6:15. The dinner w# followed by a forum on the subject, "The Returning Veteran and We People at Home." Mrs. Theodore Fischer led _ the forum. â€" Assistants were Mrs. J. 0. Clarke, Mrs. Warâ€" ren. Danley, Miss Laura Cross, Miss Clara Nord, Miss Aileen Memâ€" ler and Mrs. Danaver, y FEATURE FORUM AT FRIENDSHIP CLUB MEET A new year is about to begin. It will bring joy, it will bring sorrow to every. one of us. : No matter what it brings, however, let us give it our best. 'A,xd so, Happy New Year to alll©/>>~ > . In some partés of our own South, New Year‘s day is also a day for friendship, a day to exchange calls and to renew acquaintances. Great preparations are made for these reâ€" ceptions, and the home is an "open house" for those who wish to enter. In China New Year‘s day is a day of friendship, a day in which they not only pay their social debts, but their financial debts as well. Every house must be swept and cleaned, every person dressed in holiday clothes, and furnished with preserved fruits or ornamen#| tal packages J.'-of tea to give to friends. 1 ce _â€"â€"From Scotland comes the old ecustom of the wassail bowl, and the oldâ€"time ‘tradition of: "firstâ€" footers," finds throngs of people on the Scottish streets at/,mjdni:ht each carrying a box of cakes or other goodies, so as to insure his host & bountiful year, should he be the © first to enter his â€" house. "Burning out the old year" was observed in England by building huge bonfires to which everybody con'ibuteg a bit of fuel. Occasâ€" ionally one also finds the old cusâ€" tom of openin@g up the doors of the houses at midnight, to let out the spirit of the old year and to invite the spirit of the new year to en-‘ ter. w Auto Reconstruction Co. Dynamic Wheel Balancing Body & Fender Repairing Auto Painting â€" Blacksmithing 322 N. First Highland Park 77 In France New Year‘s day is the important day of the year, when wooden shogs are placed. on the hearth, when gifts are exchanged, and theaters and cafes are filled with joyous people. ie s Although the New Year has not always begun on the first of Janâ€" uary, it has usually been associated with merrymaking and festivities. gates," . Perhaps ,no‘oflnr holiday is so widely celebrated in the various countries of the world as New Year‘s day. How old this custom is we shall probably hever know, but we have proof that three thousâ€" and years before Christ the Babyâ€" lonians celebrated "The Zalimuk,‘* a New Year‘s festival which lasted for eleven merry days. . se W G N 2o | D A H L‘ S e year that for you w‘s mystical Mr, Viezbecke has for 10 years been iated with the Virginia schools as instructor of physical education, He received his trainâ€" ing at the universities of Minneâ€" sota and Wigconsin. â€" . â€" Goor}o Ekdahl, physical: educaâ€" tion director at Lincoln school, has r«icuof! his position there to acâ€" cept a (pst in Lake Forest school and community recreation. He will be suc¢eeded by Vincent Viezbecâ€" ke, B.s., of Virginia, Minn., who willâ€"asgume his new duties in Dist. 108 :rfi?ln. %,> * GEORGE EKDAHL RESIGN3 LINCOLN SCHOOL POSITION Morfl‘:han 2,000 company emâ€" ployes approximately oneâ€"half of the $ntire personnel â€"â€" planted and harvested victory gardens on company plots, neighborh vaâ€" cant l;k and in back yards\ under the company‘s 1944 gardén proâ€" gram which was directed by Arthur m We c lal .c 1 Z 3 ht on uM Efl%@‘ ts g{*m’" §3 The awarding of the plaque, which was based on number of company and home gardens, size of company plots, acreage, pounds of food grown, cost of operation, promotiénal and advertising supâ€" port,: will place at thquhck'- stone hotel i Chicago on Jan. 11 when L\esm . Norris, chairman of the institute will present the award to Britton I. Budd, company president, ¢ For its outstanding record in the encouraging of victory gardens and home food preservation during the 1944 season, the Public Service Company of Northern Fllnok has been awarded the 1944 ‘Victory Garden plaque, highest honor of the Nationa! Victory Garden instiâ€" tute. * i Public Service Company Awarded Victory Plaque NEW YEAR‘S BACON & EGG-‘»E. PORK SAUSAGE, y tc. > TELEPHONE RESERVATIONS ENTERTAINMENT De Luxe Special Breakfast _ 246 Railway Ave., Highwood Complete in Every Detail Bring Your Friends and Join .. the Gay Party i gn.w GCelebrate FAVORS FOR ALL SERVED FROM MIDNIGHT Soeduines 1 > * WHEAC rint wues ugutuzes ant stause _ No mox s + At A9 ‘ RELIABLE LAUNDRY AND _ _‘ DRY CLEANING Co. â€" Coming: â€" "Greenwich Village," ‘‘Marriage Is a Private A1fâ€" fair," "Double Indemnity," . 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