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We suppose that when the Pos at their automatic portables to k before, they‘ll surely mention th click" type; those that write under carbons perfectly. * Or, are they all the same? WE‘RE FUNNY For awhile, you‘ll recall, it was yoâ€"yos. â€" Then peeâ€"wee golf coursâ€" es. Then Benny Goodman "platâ€" ters." ‘Then saddle shoes. Then Frank Sinatra. *‘ Americans are funny folk. . We have fads.â€" And we go all out for them. o Take a certain pen company in this area. It netted over $1,500,â€" 000 in the first few months. . It had a grip on the "writeâ€"forâ€"twoâ€" years â€" without â€" refilling" _ marâ€" ket. But now it‘s pens . . . and how we‘re buying them. But fast! TERRIFIC EARNINGS ... Now others are squirting the field. +A We stopped at a big Chicago stationery store the other day and looked over all these wonder pens. They‘re quite unique, you know. And: if our Preâ€"Atomicâ€"Age pen wasn‘t working so well, we‘d purâ€" chase one of the streamlined jobs, complete with just about everyâ€" MEETS SALESLADY ... "Golly," she said, "do you want to see our pens, too?" A pleasant, biâ€"spectacled salesâ€" lady waited on us . . > . (Understand, she was weary afâ€" ter showing all the pen models to hundreds of curious cugtomers) "The American public has gone crazy over pens," she began, sighâ€" ing * ‘"They just can‘t get enough pens. _ Why some of my custoâ€" mers come in every time a new one is advertised. They‘ve got all the models. They seem to get a curious: delight out of scribbling with them." > Are these pens really so efficiâ€" ent? we asked. "Yes," she replied, "they _ do write well. _ But now and then they get stuck, or something; then they won‘t write for a while." Who do you suppose wants to write with a pen underwater? we queried, apparently . very . ignoâ€" rant> "Men _ in _ submarines," she snapped. _ "And people who work in aquariums, too." "Oh," we said. Ancona, Mrs. Charles E. DeLeuw, Mrs Howard F. Detmer, Mrs. C. Longford, Felske, Mrs. Leslic R. Gage, Mrs. Edwin M. Hadley Jr., Mrs. Robert H. Herbst, Mrs. W. J. no&oillr;'ln Lazard, In.& , Mrs. George A. ni.'“"ln Willard Medway, Mrs. EFFICIENT? ... Highland Parkers Support *"Seeing Eye" Project Highland Park Seeing Eye comâ€" mittee members _ received upâ€"toâ€" date information on the Seeing Eye Tuesday, May 7, when Herâ€" bert Geisler, prominent | Chicago attorney, spoke at the Chicago Woman‘s Athletic club on his reâ€" cent visit to Morristown, N. J., school. Mr. Geisler, who is accompanied everywhere by his handsome dog guide, Tina, graphically described the work of the Seeing Eye in proâ€" viding the means of independent travel for blind men and women. He explained the progress the school has made during the p-nt‘ year, and the importance of the fact that five _ new _ apprentice trainers have been added to the staff since the ending of the war. *This means," said Mr. Geisler, "that more ddgs can be trained to guide blind people. With increased production," he continued, "more blind people benefit from the inâ€" depo.den:e the Seeing Eye dog Committee members from Highâ€" land Park are Mrs. Ellsworth L Mills, chairman, Mrs. Gordon Adâ€" amson, Mrs. Ralph C. Archer, Miss Jean Butz, Mrs. Robert M. Cobb, The nation suddenly has gone ad over pens â€" yep, the "clickâ€" We‘re confused. W HIT T N. SCHULTI ‘s Take a Look Conley, Mrs. H (Bpecial to The Highland Park Press) This Fountain Pen Age By CAN‘T RECALL FILLING TIME ... We explained that we could t Atomic Age historians sit down nock out a recordâ€" of â€"whatâ€"went at this was The Fountain Pen Age, never remember when we filled our pen last. We added that we believed it‘d be awfully difficult â€"if we had one of these new, writeâ€"75,000 words â€" without â€" reâ€" filling pens â€" to recall whether we filled it this year, or last. She brushed over that one, sayâ€" ing: reok ‘"‘These new pens are hard to fill; the ink is messy; I got some all over my dress yesterday." And so it goes. DOUBTFUL ... Now we don‘t know whether to buy one of these pens, or not. We guess we‘ll wait â€" until we can get one for 12%e; or 15¢c.. It‘d be hard to single out any person to praise at our post ofâ€" fice. _ All the workers there are doing good work. s Bn;t. by then, we‘ll demand that it write for a lifetime without reâ€" filling. > ys PRAISE WHERE IT IS DUE ... For a long time we‘ve wanted to write a piece about Highland Park‘s efficientlyâ€"run Post Office pany _ ‘Most: post offices we‘ve used in other towns have been drab, unâ€" happy spots. HIGHLAND PARK POST OFFICE IS DIFFERENT ... Not so in Highland Park. Here the postal employees are a happy, pleasant group, always willing to help ... We just wanted to let you nice folks around our post office know that we Highland Parkers. surely appreciate ~your â€" courtesy . and friendliness. â€" 3 Ye;. and it must solve algebra problems. e L. deserved raise, too! .â€". TELEPHONE COMPANY ... Nowâ€" we‘ve never met any of those sweetâ€"voiced Highland Park telephone operators; but we‘ll waâ€" ger they‘re a keen group of womâ€" They‘re alert; quick to underâ€" stand; quick to assist.. . They‘re polite, too; and patient. s Here then is a word of thanks to you telephone operators who do such a splendid job of taking our numbers and completing our calls so promptly and efficiently . . . Baldwin Newman, Mrs. George W. Ross Jr., Mrs. W; H. Rutherford, Mrs. Jackson W. Smart, Mrs. John T. Snite, Mrs. J. K. Tyson, and Mrs. R. R. Wible. May 18 Is Date Spring Play "The Man Who Came to Dinâ€" ner" will be presented in the high school auditorium Saturday eveâ€" ning, May 18, by high school stuâ€" dents under the direction of Miss Marquart. This threeâ€"act comedy has been a universal success on the stage, on the screen and on the air . Scenery will be constructed by the drama class, with Nick Bertoâ€" lini in charge. Anne Smith is stuâ€" dent director and Harriet McNeal and Joan Sheahen will act as prompters. There will be a sixâ€" boy choir, under the direction of Chester Kyle. o THe complete cast is as follows: _ Mrs. Ernest W. Stanleyâ€"Anita Van Auken. Miss Preenâ€"Gretchen Wiltâ€" berger. ; Richard Stanley â€" William Mcâ€" Culloch. w June Stanley â€" Mary McNeal. John â€" Charles Baker. Sarah â€" Barbara Bailey. Mrs. Dexter â€" Barbara Weil. Mrs. McCutcheonâ€"Laurel Rosâ€" enthal. Mr. Stanley â€" Richard Kaufâ€" mann. Maggie Cutler â€" Gail Whiteâ€" head. And have a radio in the case, And we hope that youâ€" get that Dr. Bradley â€" George McNutt. and the local teléphone comâ€" Nath. # Sandy â€" Stanmore Bennett. Beverly Caritonâ€"Robert Smith. Banjo â€"â€" Michael Bertolini. Prof. Metz â€" Bert Wells. Expressman â€" William Casey. Westcott â€" Dean Dickenson. Choir boys â€" Tom Athanas, Frank Casario, John Sears, Victor Lubke, Edmond Nickols and Pal Santi. Robert Schumacher is stage manager and Dick Bauer radio technician. & "Pretty As a Picture" Will Be High School Play suits, house coats, dresses, coats and formals will be modeled by girls of the home economics department of the high school at 3:30 on May 22 in the auditorium of the high school. All garments to be displayed were designed and fashioned in the home economics department. i. The style show is an annual afâ€" fair. In charge of stage and lights are Rosalie Marquart and Mike Bertolini. Music will be furâ€" nished by Mr. Harold Finch, direc= tor of music. _ Programs will be designed by Ruth McNutt and printed by Erwin Stuart. In charge of the program are Ruth McNutt, Phyllis Owen, Lorâ€" etta Werhane, Nancy Rabattini and Jean Troxel,; under the superâ€" vision of Miss Dora Dean and Miss Gladys Cairneross. Tea will be served in the home economics departmnt to mothers, faculty members and guests, preâ€" ceding the show. Wilson Richardson Joins Peacetime Navy The recruiting rate for the reguâ€" ular navy must be increased to meet the navy‘s peacetime obligaâ€" tions. â€" The United States navy needs thousands of men to man its ships and shore stations. Young men enlisting in the navy have an opportuity to serve their country, and at the same time learn a trade or complete their education. Men can now ~enlist for two, three, four Among the latest to respond to the rallying cry, "The Peacetime Navy Is a Great ,I,‘i!f:”. was Wilâ€" or six year hitches. Investigate the opportunities _ in _ the peacetime navy.â€"Go to 321 S. ]’Iymonth Ct., U. S. Navy Recruiting Station, Chicago 4, or telephone Harrison 6886. NORA BATTAGLINI WILL TAKE NURSE‘S COURSE Miss Nora Battaglini, 208 Burâ€" chill avenue, Highwood, is one of six senior cadet nurses who enâ€" rolled May 1 in the threeâ€"month course in orthopaedic nursing ofâ€" fered by the University of Illinois. The course is given in the Orthoâ€" paedic ~Surgical institute of the university‘s research and educaâ€" tional hospitals in the Chicago Medical center. e Miss Battaglini will receive specâ€" ial training in the treatment of deâ€" formities and of injuries to the bones, joints, muscles and nerves. The university‘sâ€" erthopaedic proâ€" gram for cadet nurses started May 1,‘1944, and is the first of its kind. in the country. + ‘Miss Battaglini received her basic training at St. Joseph‘s hosâ€" pital in ‘Alton. Present May Day Program Ravinia School Children * On Wednesday. afternoon, May 1, a May day program was presentâ€" ed by the Ravinia school children in the Village house. ‘The stage was banked with <a variety of colorful spring blossoms for the special assembly, and two children from each grade were chosen to read their original Highlighting a program â€" of songs and readings, Co Co Clogue, an 8th grade pupil, was chosen, with due ceremony, as queen. At the close of the program she preâ€" sented the poets with awards of This is one of the seasons of the year when people living here are happy to be in â€"a small community surrounded by beautiful _ trees, shrubs, flowers, birds. _ Only a short drive west from the city are dense woods filled with trilliums, violets, wild crab apple trees fragâ€" rant with a profusion of blosâ€" soms. flowers. If you are interested in learnâ€" ing more about nature the Highâ€" land Park public library can supâ€" ply books of all sorts, inspirationâ€" al books, Lost Woods by Teale, Many Happy Days I‘ve Squanderâ€" ed by Loveridge. Mention of the name Teale reminds me, don‘t miss his book about bees. Now that the foliage is not so dense, it is easier to see the birds. Helpful in distinguishing the difâ€" ferent kinds are many different Harriet Stanley â€" Pat Nall. Bert Jefferson â€"â€" George Hiller. LOrraine Sheldon â€" Marjorie ilu.:ia-rd';l;,â€" él;fiachipn aveâ€" f H E PR ESS many different guides. One book alone would inspire one to further study, the work of a life time by Walter Rogers, with drawings from nature by Olga Smithâ€"Tree Flowâ€" ers of Forest, Park and Street. Knowing Your Trees by Collingâ€" wood is an excellent guide. Perhaps in a walk through the woods you have seen a mushroom which you dared not touch for fear of its being poisonous There are guides with.colored plates, among them Common Edible Mushrooms by Clyde Christensen of the Uniâ€" versity of Minnesota. kinds of trees. ‘The library offers llgnmolhb-rmn.i-ulfl- tion a book about the fish of this part of the country, Northern Fishes by Eddy, there is a fascinâ€" ating life of the salmon, Return to the River, a story of the Chinook Run by Haig Brown. One might go on at much great. er length, enumerating books on all sorts of subjects from the life of a mere ant by Maeterlinck to a description of the largest telescope in this country. Better yet, come to the library and look over the shelves, including the valuable colâ€" lefiction on the Venning Memorial shelf. f Announce Engagement of Jean, Steward Cady Mr. and Mrs. Hearst Wadham Cady, 339 E. Park, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jean Steward, to Ortwin Schimâ€" mel, son of Mrs. Rudolph Schimâ€" mel, of Toronto, Canada. _ Miss Cady was discharged in December from the Marines, in which she served for two years. Mr. Schimâ€" mel has recently been released from duty in the army, in which he served as captain, with 25 ‘months of, overseas service. He atâ€" tended the University of Toronto. Rites Held Monday For Highwood Resident Rites were held Monday at St. James church, Highwood, for Deâ€" siderio (George) Cassai, 216 Railâ€" way, Highwood, who succumbed to a sudden heart attack last Saturâ€" day, about midnight, as he was goâ€" ing on duty at Great Lakes naval training station as night watchman. The wedding will take place in August. Friendship Club Allâ€"Day Trip on May 23 Surviving are two sisters, Rosie, living in Argentina, and Candida, in Italy. A cousin, Joseph Cassai, lives in Highwood. The Friendship club has planâ€" ned an interesting allâ€"day trip for May 23, including visits to Bowâ€" man Dairy in Chicago, the Planâ€" ‘etarium, Chinatown (including the Temple) and dinner in Chinaâ€" town. Born in Italy 52 years ago, he came to Americaâ€"in 1910, and to Highwood about 25 years ago. Ravinia Gardeners to The bus will leave at 11 a.m. for the trip. Contact Miss Agnes Gunlan, H.P. 4877 for reservaâ€" tions. Enjoy Program By Mrs. Dudley Crafts Watson ‘The May meeting of the Ravinâ€" in Garden club will be held at the home of Mrs. Frederick Mudge, 160 Deere Park court, May 10 at 2 p.m. The program will be given by Mrs. Dudiey Crafts Watson, who will show kodachrome slides of "Flower Gardens of South, Ameriâ€" ca." Dr. and Mrs. Watson spent several months in South America the winter of 1945, when he took many pictures of historical imporâ€" tance and rare and unusual beauty. Heâ€"uses these pictures to illustrate his wellâ€"known and very popular lectures at the Art Institute. . Mrs. Jack McDowell will arâ€" range flowers for this meeting, and assisting Mrs. Mudge as coâ€"hostess will be Mrs. L. F. Harza, chairman, Mrs. Robert Brown, Mrs. Arthut Durand and Mrs. Robert Prosser. The club is proud to announce that Mrs. Willard Ewing won a blue ribbon at the recent "Fashâ€" ions in Flowers" show held by the Order Your Brushes, Mops, and Polishes Now! Stanley Home Products, Inc. 840 Taylor Ave. Fresh Poultry â€" Meats â€" Fish Vegetables â€" Monarch Finer Foods We Déliver 410 Railway Ave. H‘wood 2426 qQUaALITY ALWAYS Ann Jacks 8â€"11 clubs at Marshail Field‘s. Emilio Almada, consul for Mexâ€" ico in Chicago, is assisting Mrs. ll-yl_lnbln.fi-oehi-n.h perfectingâ€" plans for the Mexican Fiesta which the club will sponsor Map 25 at Ravinia park. 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