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Highland Park Press, 11 Apr 1946, p. 3

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H.P. 1834. Further details will appear in next week‘s issue. with little children gripping their akirts and whimpering. Bert seemed painfully eager to recall our gay childhood days. His folks had lived close by, and we had been as much at home then in the one house as in the other. Make Reservations for Woman‘s Club Luncheon Reservations for the Woman‘s stickingrour fists into the jam pot and greedily licking our fingers. our need to be alone â€" even Meg‘s youngsters. War, somehow, sharpâ€" were all forewarned to do our bit Monday, April 15â€" 8:00 p.m. O.E.S. meeting. Tuesday, Aptil 16â€" T :30 pm. Painting class. Wednesday, April 17â€" 8:00 p.m. Agnes Daly dancing. 8:00 p.m. Great Books. Thursday, April 18â€" 10:30 a.m. Creative Writers. should be phoned to Mrs. Garficld the handsome blond giant I had ly. I was so achingly proud of him â€" knowing he would do or die for England â€" and for me. 1 kept busy, too, while he was away. No chance for idle hands for the women left at home. I had counted out the hours of his promised three day furiough as I stacked rolls of bandages, and planned over and over just what we‘d do with every previous minâ€" ute. We‘d go down to my mother‘s was glad for the use of our furnâ€" platform waiting for Bert‘s train. It was too suffocating to wait inâ€" side the station. I don‘t know whether it was fog or tears of exâ€" suddenly there was Bert playfully pcolding "Want the sniffies for our holiday*" â€"and almost cracking my ribs with the force of his emâ€" _ Almost in a dream we journeyed down to Mum‘s place.~. Our conâ€" live a lifetime in each split secâ€" key," Bert reminded me. "Always saying the wrong thing and emâ€" barrassing people." "I was not!" I declared hotly. "People just took me up wrong." "Well, how about the new viâ€" car‘s tea? Hey? How about that?" Bert goaded me, knowing it would ruffie my feathers. We were resting on a fallen log: and I turned to fetch him a clout, but had to laugh, remembering. Mum had wanted to entertain the Beauty." All went well unti} the line "I live, and am immortal" . . . only I didn‘t recite it quite that way. Our days of grace soon came to an end, and I went back to London with Bert and down to the station to see him off. Other women were Thursday, April 11â€" 1000 a.m. Red Cross. 10 30 a.m. Creative Writers. 12:30 pm. Creative Writers * luncheon 3:00 pm. Agnes Daly dancing class. Saturday, April 13â€" 9:00 a m. Saturday Evening It was almost time for Bert to leave me and rejoin his regiment. Such a short furiough â€" but we had done so many gay and foolish things: â€"~Childish perhaps, with so much sadness all around us. I was determined, though, that not a sinâ€" gle tear should haunt Bert when once more he picked up the grim threads in the horrible pattern of war. We had been married only six months when war was declared. War â€" with all its devastating imâ€" cottageâ€"poor Mum had her hands full with my sister Meg and her four children â€" but she‘d be glad day. ‘We‘d given up our cottage across the moor like puppies too long under leash. _ We sang and laughed at nothing . . . and everyâ€" Mum asked me to recite I was reaâ€" At last I was standing on the 9:00 Agnes Daly dancing. Deeps and Shallows "Cross My Heart . .. 14, There‘s the wisdom of the ages, Unrevealed on printed pages, Quite amazing in the gaze of a personage so young; And ingratiating giggle, s When pressed with leading questâ€" was so full of happy memories, â€" and then I had to wipe them all out with one foolish remark. My only excuse is that it was another of our childhood habits and it just slipped out. Bert took my face in It was in the good old days. A long line stood waiting their turn at the cashier‘s desk in a cashâ€"andâ€" carry store, and at the very end was a small boy. At long last came his turn. to.pay. "For three candy bars," he said, tendering a dime. â€" "But â€" where are they?" asked the cashier. "The candy bars?" floundered We joked up to the last minute about the things Mom had stuffed stricken eyes, the train arrived and â€" no!" into the fog of London. ate them * Holds her tongue. All Day Convention At Community Center Al}l members of the" Highland Park League of Women Voters are being appointed "delegates" to a dayâ€"long local convention to be held at the Community Center on Wednesday, April 24. To this efâ€" fect, a letter of notification has been composed and mailed to evâ€" meeting usually held on the third Wednesday of April, the convenâ€" tion is scheduled for the fourth Wednesday so as not to fall during the spring vacitions of the local chairman, and Mrs. George Carr, Mrs. Orray T. Knight, Mrs. Maurâ€" ’-H*hmn"m tion," has been headed by Mrs. Van G. Kirk, and the other memâ€" bers of the committee are Mrs. Russell Abrenis, Mrs. D. L Clinâ€" ton, Mrs. Robert Koretz and Mrs. George W. Ross Jr. Goodâ€"nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit, and gives a said, "If we eat all the sweets we‘ll need the remedies, won‘t we, monâ€" key?" His arm tightened around me, and I pressed my face into the roughness of his cost. But oh! if only I‘d been strickâ€" en dumb when the moment of partâ€" trustingly into my eyes, suid "Cross my heart â€" and hope â€"" ery Leaguer, and a real convention spirit will soon be infecting the enâ€" Mrs. Richard Loewenthal appointâ€" Mrs. Frank Selfridge, Mrs. Mason tion of officers. which is more amiable than beauâ€" ty.â€"Joseph Addison. shaping up ever since the March 10:00â€"10:30â€"Registration. 10:30â€"11:00â€"Opening session. 11:00â€"12:30â€"Group discussion. 12:30â€"1:00 Recess. f 1:00â€"1 :30â€"Luncheon (reservaâ€" tions taken by Mrs. Carol B. Sumâ€" mers, HP. 1140, or Mrs. Eric Molke, HP. 4144 before April 22.) Sustaining the Inner Man THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM Maintained by First Church of Christ, Scientist Highland Park, Minois A place for quict thought and study, where the Bible, and Christian Science Literature may be read, borrowed, or purchased Hours: Week Days Sphinx â€"RB.0 â€"A.WM. latter included two memorable enâ€" gagements at the celebrated Wagâ€" Miss Sincere started the tour in the famous cathedral city of Charâ€" ’cout," at their monthly meeting on Thursday, April 11, at 8 o‘clock. Highland Park Girl, . Miss Jean Sincere, Reports On USOQâ€"Camp Show Tour New York, N.Y., Mar. 27â€"Miss Jean Sincere, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Sincere of Highland Park, recently returned on the Army transport Sea Perch followâ€" ing a nineâ€"months tour of Euroâ€" in such places as Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; Saizburg, Linz built as a memorial for the noted Not the least interesting aspect of the tour was meeting familiar across Canada from end to end, with stopâ€"over along, the scenic and historic points in that fascinâ€" ating country. . While the Canaâ€" dian Rockies and Lake Louise are perhaps best known to American tourists, the audience will be taken to some of the hidden spots which member of the cast of the USOâ€" GIs everywhere received the show enthusiastically, Miss Sincere said. ‘"The Show Must Go On traâ€" dition was as important to them as mented. "Once when the lights failed completely, the soldiers imâ€" mediately played dozens of flashâ€" lights on stage and we continued the performance without interrupâ€" tion. You can‘t nonâ€"plus a GI," she continued laughingly. Asked her opinion of how conâ€" tinental women compared withour own, Miss Sincere observed that Feature Travel Film On Fathers‘ Night At Green Bay School Prior to the USO tour, Miss Sinâ€" cere had been connected with both the national and Broadway comâ€" panies of "Arsenic and Old Lace" for 2% years, as actress and stage tion that starred Erich von Stroâ€" heim. She received considerable publicity when it was discovered that she was the youngest stage "I consider the entire European trip something I‘ll always rememâ€" ber," said Jean, "and it would be a privilege to go out again with another USOâ€"Camp show, this time to the Pacific and Japan!‘. This is the last evening meeting of the season and all parents and friends are urged to attend. ter the meeting. Highland Park high school‘s froshâ€" soph baseball team this year. All except Pettis played on last year‘s team. The nine, conched by Mr. Bishâ€" op, is booked for the Suburban lqunhhh‘l'uthtollv('- opponents : at vdâ€").lql;m(u} Highland Park), May 3; Evanston (at Highland Park), May 9; Morâ€" ton (at Highland Park), May 13; Proviso (at Highland Park), May 16; Oak Park (at Oak Park), May up, preferring a sunâ€"tanned, outâ€" door look, but that Viennese wom. én were chic and beautiful. But she added, that, in her opinion, manager of a Broadway hit. She has also had considerable experiâ€" ence in radio and has appeared in Froshâ€"Sophs Start Practice For Season _ Ed Pacenti, Bob Plummer, Frank Members and friends of ‘the Green Bay P.T.A. will be treated Wickersham and Bob Pettis will 980 am to 580 pm 980 am to 9:00 pm 2:80 pm to 520 pm of an i will be served afâ€" TWE PRESS vinia Village park., ‘Fhore will be be m-h.vulmnul-fihr sale in flats; also potted plants, und donations." Luncheon featurâ€" ing Mexican dishes will be served. _ Mrs. Clifford Makelin, general chairman for the "fiests," has anâ€" nounced her committee chairmen as follows: Mrs. C. Longford Fels. ke, coâ€"chairman; Mrs. Remy Hudâ€" son, theme chairman; Mrs. Willard James Barton, cashier; Mrs. John Wilbor, assistant cashier. h For securing and assembling *..h-l:fihmhmh :m.lni!t-‘i.l‘lfi-. vegetables, with . Haynes, assistant; Mrs.. Mason Smith, herbs; Mrs. Henry Fordham, donaâ€" tions; Mrs. Sherman Clough, gadgâ€" Ravinia Gardeners Plan "Mexican Fiesta" For May 25th ‘The Ravinia Garden club invites its friends to sttend a "Mexican luncheon: Mrs. Gerald Stone, food soft drink chairman High School Cast to Present "The Man Who On Saturday, May 18, at 8 p.m., members of the Highland Park high school wil} present the spring play, "The Man Who Came to Dinner." _ The cast includes the following students: Anita Van Auken, Bill McCulloch, Mary McNeal, Dick Kaufmann, GG:?!:-I:NMMN.I. G“I“‘ Hiller, Bert Wells, Marge Nath, Bob.Smith, Bill Casey, Mike Berâ€" tolini,~ Chuck Baker, Barbara Bailey, Barbara Weil, Laurel Rosâ€" enthal, Gretchen Wiltberger, Stanâ€" ley Beninett, Dick Bauer and Dean ed April 8, at Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, members of the WMMan two prizes this week. > An award of second prize was given for a dinner table arrangeâ€" ment, done by Mesdames. Robert Mahan, Samuel H. Bingham Jr., Harold O. McLain and John B. Casey and Bob Schumacher. Mike Bertonlini and Bill Casey will have charge of the settings. Guild Wins Awards in Club of Hlinois, Inc., which openâ€" Mrs. Francis F. Patten also car. ried away a second prize for her "Fashions in Flowers" In the 1946 "Fashions in Flowâ€" ers," an exhibition by the Garden , â€" _ We still need help! . . . So please see us! cet ue SHELTON naert wHY COOK EVERY NIGHT? 11 South St. Johns Highland Park 5558 WANTEDâ€"PRESS GIRL Top Wages . . . Good Working Conditions. . . . Hours Arranged to Suit the Individual Phone Winnetka 358 Shelton‘s Fountain Grill OR WRITE TO BOX 16, HUBBARD WOODS Get that needed lift with our A Highland Park Buzz will have a "TAKE OUT ORDER" Ready in a jiffy JUST PHONE 5558 Which are Strictly Fresh! 1048 Gage, Hubbard Wooeds < 12:00 M. Chancel service conâ€" ducted by Mrs. L. B. Sinclair. 12:30 p.m. Luncheon. 2:00 pm. Program. Speaker, Major M. A. Funk program. Major Herring is being Woman‘s association of the Highâ€" Major Funk has charge of the final ceremonyâ€"of the separation center at Fort Sheridan. He is an operational officer of artillery of the 35th division and spent much charge of the food sale. _ Mrs. Tupper‘s group is in charge of the luncheon. Presbyterian Women‘s Association in Allâ€"Day Meeting April 15 be held on April 15 at th¢e church. Mbh-&: Welfare Members to Enjoy Buffet Supper, May 3 Lent from 10:30 to 11 30 a.m. at April 25 in the parish house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. . The Bible study classes conductâ€" ed by Mrs. Arthur Tylee are conâ€" ‘The telephone of every Infant Welfare member in Highland Park will jangle within the next two weeks as invitations are made for the buffet supper May 3 at Counâ€" since before the war, the supper is being planned by a committee comâ€" posed of new members of the junâ€" made to junior group members and their husbands, and to those of the mm-‘th'!.“h_ Parkâ€"Ravinia center of the Infant Welfare society‘s auxiliary is about must be made by April 29, and no date, according to Mrs. Henry C. chairman of tickets, assisted by Mrs. T. J. Connelly, Mrs. Kenneth Mrs. Gustavus Babson and Mrs. R. H. Brownlee are in charge of the Nothing except what flows from the heart can render even external Major Funk is taking the place ‘The first purely social event to to Friday â€"â€" 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday â€" 9 am. to 6 p. m. During the school year the juveâ€" mnile department is closed in the mornings, as the children‘s libraâ€" rian, Mrs. Boye, spends much of her timé either ut the schools or having classes at the library. Durâ€" ing vacation time, which includes the spring vacation, the room is open in the mornings from 9 until 12 noon, as well as in the afterâ€" Change Date of The date of the junior prom, the high school‘s only formal dance of the year, Ph- postponed to June 8, when it will be held at the Woman‘s club. ‘The main event of the evening will be the crownâ€" Varsity Bascball Tcam The varsity baseball team of the high school played its first pracâ€" tice game, against Northbrook, on the nine are reporting to Mr. Kelly, 22 â€" 24 No. Sheridan Road For a Courteous Routeman Most Modern _ CGLENCOE THEATRE â€" 630 Vernen Ave. Highland Park 605 Kiddie Show Sat. Morn, Apr. 13 Open 9:30 a.m. Show starts 10. 15 color cartoons, all tickets 25¢ SUN. to WED. April 14â€"17 day to Fridayâ€"9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday â€" 9 am. to 6 pm. "Leave Her to Heaven" Dick Powell, Walter Slezak ALCYON Academy Award Winner Joan Crawford in Attentive House I Live in" SAT., Apr. 11â€"13

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