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I intended to forget Caleb. That is if you can forget a hand or a foot that has been suddenly lopped off â€" or someone you‘re bound to stumble over at almgst any moâ€" ment in a small â€" New . England #own. But there was his face alâ€" ways before me â€" white and amazed, one square, capable hand stealing up to touch the red marks my fingers had made when I lllppod‘bht His eyes, those funâ€" ny little curtains gone, for once, staring as though he were really seeing me for the first time. not going to church with you this evening," I told her. *You de look sort o‘ peaked, Ottilie," she said, scrutinizing me, remembering, no doubt, that mothâ€" er had been bedâ€"ridden for years. But she went on, leaving me there d-nohthduk:lnunvho-eo:- ered vgrandah. hear Caleb‘s bought ‘himself a car," she flung back over her shoulder, the very tilt of her head saying, "Remember what I told you!"" â€" And I sat there hating myself. Hating myself for what I‘d done to Caleb; and hating Caleb, too, for being as calm, as imperturbable â€" and as inscrutaâ€" ble â€" as the Great Stone Face. Of course I couldn‘t ‘ve married | Caleb years before, when we first started going together. There was mother. I remember her looking him over the first time he walked me home from church, and remarkâ€" ing afterward, with her little seâ€" cret smile: "Not a one to set the East River on fire â€" but dependaâ€" ble â€" safe and dependable . . . And with a mother and two si ters on his hands he won‘t be getâ€" ting ideas in a hurry." It was, indeed, a nice, convenâ€" ient arrangement â€" that friendâ€" ship of ours. Strictly platonic, of course. Kisses? From Caleb? You‘d as soon have expected a Bronx cheer from the Statue of Liberty! As I looked back, now, it seemed that those nine years, colorless and uneventful, just ticked themselves off one by one and dropped into oblivion. _ Mother was sweet, of course, about allowing me out an evening or so a week. _ I think she sort of got a boot out of having Aunt Beulah come to sit with her occasionally, _ Aunt Beulah, with her snapping black eyes and unâ€" sparing tongue. "Call aâ€"spadeâ€"a spade," she‘d say. And did. me.~ ‘"Your life‘s your own, now, Ottilie," she said,. "Lord knows you‘ve done your dutyâ€"and more. I suppose," archly, "that you and spoken. â€"But my heart softened as I thought of the way he had taken ever{l::pn-’bimy from _ my shoulders during those first griefâ€" It was after mother left us that Aunt Beulah began working on I‘d been wondering about that, myself. Both his sisters were marâ€" ried by now, and only Caleb and his mother were left in the old homestead. It puzzled and emâ€" barrassed me that Caleb hadn‘t some reason for his silence. 1 "Two women under one roof, Aunt Beulah?" _ I answered her, erisply. "Caleb‘s too smart to conâ€" sider it." It was common knowlâ€" edge that Caleb had never spoken a harsh word to his mother, and pulled him around by the nose. But after Caleb‘s own mother passed away, it left me with no alibi at all. Aunt Beulah gave me no rest. It didn‘t look well, she told me, for me to go on livirg by myself. So finally I went to stay when you can‘t see past the cur tains in his eyes!? "A man has to show decent respect for his * "Tain‘t right, Ottilie. _ Why, he‘s never given you a ring. And he‘s kept others away all © these I wanted to say, What others? It was the custom in our communiâ€" ty 40 marry young, and few boys ceared to become overâ€"interested in a girl whose life was not her own. ""Caleb has never looked at another and wharpened, and the white hairs had begun to show. ""Tain‘t fair, Ottilic. _ He just takes you for granted. Why," with a snort, "you‘re only.a habit with Thursday, Sept. 12th, 1946 Pn: wenly. ':fi'" 7.4 Ottilic." Aunt I knew it. My face had thinned The Inscrutable Caleb You‘re Beulah eame out of the rerainded girl him. T‘ll bet he don‘t even know you‘re alive!. Not that I‘m blamâ€" ing Caleb, entirely. A woman with any gumption aâ€"tall would‘ve egged him into declaring himself long young think"l} up and take his eye and he‘ll be getting young ideas . .. Where‘ll you be then, Ottilie?" I flared up. "Aunt Beulah, I‘ll never ask a man to marry me!" Then I got to thinking, Why not? Perhaps Aunt Beulah was right. Easyâ€"going and settled in his ways, Caleb had gotten into a rut â€" all he needed was for someone to jog him out of it. I did a lot of thinking, and one night, standing on Aunt Beulah‘s front porch, the street light full on Caleb‘s face, I led up to the point. Wasn‘t he lonesome in that big house with only Mis‘ Kitchman coming‘ in to "do" for him? Then with my cheeks on fire and my hands like ice I managed it. ""aâ€" l:lb,‘iti-l'tfidltlormtobe one.*" and cleared his throat. Finally, he said, "Well â€" I guess a fellow gets sort o‘ used to it, Ottilie." I caught my breath.. So! . . . It was the way Aunt Beulah had said. I was just a habit to Caleb . . . A traditional Old Faithful. . . . Didn‘t know I was alive, huh? Without my even willing it my hand swept up and slapped him â€" hard â€" across the cheek. But as I rushed And now, sitting there alone unâ€" der the vines I was so deep in my thoughts that I started violently at the sound of .Caleb‘s voice. "Your Aunt Beulah says you‘re feeling poorly, Ottilie. Maybe you‘d like to take the air in my new Ford . . . It rides real nice . . ." ~I looked, and there it was, new and shiny and tempting. I‘d alâ€" ways wanted to ride in an automoâ€" I watched him sharply â€" saw those little curtains drop at the back of his eyes.: He squirmed Caleb‘s face, stricken and amazed, went with me â€" and there it stayed . . . And there was a froz én lump where my heart had been. In that one week I‘d aged ten bile. But I remembered my resoâ€" lution. I opened my mouth to say, ‘"No," then I looked . at Caleb standing theré, every line of his posture saying, "Please, Ottilie." . Well, there couldn‘t be any harim in making a concession â€" just this once. into the house and up to my room It happened on the way home: We were passing the old churchâ€" yard, when Caleb gave the wheel a quick twist and in we turned. I made out that we were stopping by his family burial plot I stole a quick glance at Caleb‘s profile. It told me nothing. But, unacâ€" countably, that lump of ice in my Typewriters for Vets The first 60 pocket sized braille typewriters, which will be off the production line and ready for disâ€" tribution next month, have been earmarked for blind veterans in Chicago, the Illinois regional ofâ€" fice of the Veterans Administraâ€" throb. _ And Caleb was saying. "Ottilie, here lie my mother and father . . . and their parents beâ€" fore them . . . I‘ll rest here, myâ€" Ottilie, just you say the word . . . there‘s room here for you, too." Not a very romantic proposal, certainly, but somehow everything suddenly became different. I didâ€" n‘t fee} old and lonely and unwantâ€" ed any longer. I felt warm and happy and secure. 4 need sooner or later." ‘The ceightâ€"ounce machines, ¢@â€" pable of being operated at a speed of 120 words a minute, wil} be sent free of charge to blind veterâ€" Franklin Dean, blindâ€"consultant for the Veterans Administration in tion will be made automatically; the veteran is not required to subâ€" ing in the development and design Costume Jewelry â€" Diamonds §50 Central Avenue Highland Park 3905 â€"HIGHLAND LASSIE. Havé You Visited Ow NEW ADDRESS? All Repairing Done*in Our Own Shops We Have a Big Selection of bound to R.B.0. George Rosie Attends Reunion of 506th Paratroopers in K. C. of the old Company C of the 506th take part in a reunion which promâ€" ises to become an annual affair. This gathering was held in reâ€" sponse to the suggestion of their commanding officer, made after the invasion of Normandy, and during the struggle for France and Germany. _ > The colonel who made the sugâ€" gestion was lost during the ensuing conflict, but under the guidance of a Red Crossworker, present at the Eileen Risjord Enrolls At Carleton College time plan was carried out. Surviving members of the company were notâ€" ified of the reunion to be held in the form of a dinner dance in Kanâ€" sas City, and from all over the country men gathered to renew old friehdships and strengthen old ties. George Rosie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosie, 1215 Burton avenue, was present at the reunâ€" ion, Leaving this country for ovâ€" erseas in 1943, he was captured by the Germans on Dâ€"day in Norman. dy. . their daughter, Eileen, left yesterâ€" day for Northfield, Minn., where Eileen will enter Carleton college as a freshman, in the course of libâ€" eral arts. A 1946 alumna of the Highland Park high school, where she was an honor student, Eileen won the D.A.R. award as outstanding girl student of her class, She was alâ€" so president of the Girls‘ club, and served as class marshal. DÂ¥. and Mrs. Risjord will spend a week in Northfield before returnâ€" ing to their home at 133 Elmwood drive. Mrs. Stanley Grace Is New President of Ravinia Garden Club In civil life he is assistant golf professional at a country club in Kalamazoo Mich. Rubly to Spend 5th ‘The annual session of the Ravinâ€" is Garden club, to be held at Hearthstone _ House, _ Hubbard Woods, is scheduled for Friday, Mrs. E. V. Lawrence, president, has called a special board meeting at her home for Friday at 10:30 a.m. At the club meeting she will present her gavel to Mrs. Stanley Grace, the new club president. MOLLY SMITH ENTERS LAWRENCE COLLEGE Sept. 13. Luncheon will be served promptly at noon. T Molly Smith, 379 Cedar avenue, has been admitted to the freshman class entering Lawrence college, Sept. 12, at the beginning of the institution‘s 100th year. The Lawrence enrollment this fall will Thomas Pickett Jr. Stationed in Hawaii than an average year. Orientation for freshmen will begin on Sept. 12, upperciass regisâ€" tration will take place Sept. 16 and classes begin Sept. 19. Christmas in Service 8/Sgt. Paul Rubly, son of the late Fred Rubly, former longâ€"term city clerk in Highland Park, and spend his 5th Christmas in service. He has been hospitalized since he was wounded in both legs and the left arm while serving with the 834th infantry in the ETO. At that time he was captured by the He is the nephew of Mrs. H. D. Kretzer, 11} McGovern. school, who joined the U. 8. navy last March for a 2â€"year term, is now stationed in Hawaii. He holds the rating of seaman 2/c. He is the son of Mrs. Carl Hutâ€" ton, 614% Vine avenue, PLANS TO ATTEND John M. Keim, son of the Melâ€" ville Keims of 510 Maple lane, was recently separated from service at Great Lakes after 13 month= in the navy, 10 of which were spent at Guam. He plans to enter Forman Dr. and Mrs., N. C. Risjord and THE PRESS ALLâ€"SARETT PROGRAM ‘ IN WILMETTE The poetry of Lew Sarett, sever. al of his short poignant numbers and two of his longer Indian legâ€" ends, "The . Squaw Dance" and ‘Tamarack Blue" was the only theme of the program Gaile Groves of Evanston gave for the Round By ALICE TABEL $ Telephone Highland Park 2064 Table Drama club of Wilmette, on Sept. 5, at the home of Mrs. E. S. Wells of Glencoe. Dr. Sarett of 1782 S. Green Bay, professor of speech at Northwestâ€" ern university, is well known as a poet, lecturer, educator and text book author. Carl Sandburg, in his foreword to "Collected Poems by Lew Sarett," says, _ "Sarett brings us the wisdom of things siâ€" lent and things garrulous, He brings us the sand and the syllaâ€" bles, the loam and the lingo of North America." HAROLD JOHNS« TAKES A BRIDE ON VACATION On Thursday, Mr. and Mrs. Daâ€" vid Sanders of 1547 S. St. Johns avenue and Mrs, Sanders‘ mother, Mrs. Jesse R. Jones of 324 Roger Williams avenue, left for a few weeks‘ vacation in New York. Announcement â€"has been made of the marriage of Miss Marian Vetâ€" terkind, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Vetterkind of Withee, Wis., to Harold W. Johnson, son of Mrs. Alvin Johnson of 597 Vine aveâ€" nue on Saturday, Sept. 7, in Chiâ€" Mr. Johnson served for three years in the United States army, during the war. He andâ€"his bride will live in Wilmette. k VISITS PARENTS Miss Florence Patterson of Bosâ€" ton, Mass., is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Patterson of Saunders road, Deerfield. She will return to Boston Monday. NEW DAHLIA WINS PRIZE A new dahlia, not yet on the market, which was exhibited by Lew Sarett of 1732 S. Green Bay, at the state value show, in Milâ€" waukee recently, won the Ameriâ€" can Home.achievement prize. ATTENDING ; : "THE PLAYHOUSE* ; Miss Gwenyth Bingham has reâ€" turned to her studies at "The Play. house" in Pasadena, Calif; She and her parents, the Samuel H. Bingâ€" hams, and sister Diana, of 612 N. Sheridan road enjoyed a six weeks‘ vacation at Saddle Strings, Wyo., this summer, Diana has returned to the Country Day school in Winâ€" netka, where she is a high school Here‘s what we‘ve done since Vâ€"J Day and all this is only the beginning! Now, we‘re well into our $160,000.000 construction and. improvement proâ€" . gram. We‘re bending all our enerâ€" gies toward completion of this huge supply we‘re making steady progress. in spite of disturbed Placed in service 205,000 miles of wire, mostly in cable, Added 197.000 telephonesâ€"aimost double the previous record gain for any similar period. Installed enough central ofice equipment â€" despite serious TRUDEâ€"ROSS _ The bride was given in marriâ€" age by her father. She wore a traditional _ white © satin gown trimmed with seed pearls, and made with a very long train. She was the fourth generation to wear the rosepoint lace veil, which beâ€" longed to her great grandmother. carried a bouquet of white orâ€" chids and stephanotis. At 4:30 o‘clock on Saturday, Sept. 7, Trinity Episcopal church was the scene of the wedding of ter of the Alfred"S. Trudes of 700 Forest avenue, and George H. R. Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Ross of 1413 Wildwood lane. The Rev. Christoph Keller heard the exchange of nuptial vows. Mrs. Richard Blackburn (Alice Claghorn), a.,cousin‘ of the bride, attended as matron of honor. Her gown was of green velvet and she carried a bouquet of white flowâ€" ‘The bridegroom‘s father served as best man, and Princeton classâ€" mates, Lt. Benedict Duffy, and James Green, both of New York, and Robert Walker and Hurburd Wampler of Highland Park, usher. Another cousin, Mrs. . William Bromstedt (Ruth Henderson) of Chicago, Mrs. Joseph Brown (Cynâ€" thia Howe) of Chicago, Mrs. John Fowler (Joan Holden) of Highland Park and Miss Carolyn Shearon of Wilmette _ attended as bridesâ€" maids. Their dresses were of broâ€" eaded ivory satin, and they carried yellow flowers and ivy. . The bride‘s mother wore a gray dress with brown accessories, and a corsage of brown and green orâ€" chids. . The bridegroom‘s mother was in royal blue, complemented by pink accessories and a pink orâ€" chid corsage. . like hers, were also worn by the bridesmaids. The bride is a graduate of Highâ€" land Park high school and she atâ€" tended Penn hall in Chambersburg, Pa. _ Her only brother, Pfe. Alâ€" fred S. Trude III, a member of the army air force, stationed in Puerto Rico, was unable to be here for the wedding. Mr. Ross, a graduate of Princeâ€" ton, class of ‘41, served as a lieuâ€" tenant in the navy for almost 5 years, most of the time in the Paâ€" cific area. A reception at the Exmoor club followed the ceremony.. 3 Mr. Ross and his bride are now on a northern wedding trip for the remainder of the month. â€"They have taken an apartment on the south side of Chicago, so they may be near the University of Chicago, where Mr. Ross is a law student. Added 9,000 employeesâ€"a 30% increase over the total force we had on Vâ€"J Day. Green head bands, enough telephone lines, central office equipment, instruments and the thouâ€" sandâ€"andâ€"one other items that are that you have ever had. ILLINO!NS BELL TELEPHONE comrany WEDDING ATTENDANTS CHOSEN When Miss Evelyn Ardith Fay, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Fay, 700 Central, becomes the bride of Jerry McCaffrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. McCaffrey of 180 Elmwood drive on Saturday, Sept. 28, she will have her sister, Mrs, Ben LaBuda (Mary Fay) as matron of honor, and Miss Elva Bolle, Miss Irene Gerken and Mrs. Marshall Williams, sister of the bridegroom, as br Little Marsha Williams, niece of the _ bridegroom, will be flower girl. Donald McCaffrey, brother of the bridegroom, will be best man, and Marshal) Williams, Alien Gerâ€" ken, and Emmett Moroney, all of Highland Park, will usher. A reception at the Woman‘s elub will follow the ceremony, which will take place at 4 p.m. at the Imâ€" maculate Conception church. DINNER HOST A dinner party was given on Sunday evening at the home of Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Berg of 290 Park avenue. ‘Their son, Bob, was host to several friends who graduated with him in June from the Highâ€" land Park high school. . Bob left on Tuesday for La Fayette, Ind., to enter Purdue university as a freshman. DAR DESSERT.â€" > BRIDGE AT EXMOOR The D.A.R. will hold a dessertâ€" bridge at Exmoor Country club on Tuesday, Sept. 24. Mrs. Kellogg Patterson of 210 Vine avenue is chairman of th ecommittee. Mrs. G. O. Strecker of 338 N. Linden avenue is this year‘s regent. Fresh Poultry â€" Meats â€" Fish Vegetables â€" Monarch Finer Foods Dynamic Wheel Balancing J Body & Fender Repairing . R Auto Painting â€" Blacksmithing 322 N. First Highland Park 77 S H A RP E NIN G QUALITY 115 No. Second Ph. H.P, 4510 Knives â€" Scissors . Tools (Continued on page 4) QUALITY ALWAYS Henry M. Doty D A HL S Page 3