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Highland Park Press, 3 Jul 1930, p. 20

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CARNIV AL Thursday, Friday, Saturday Nights July 10, 11, 12 Jewett Park, Deerfield Benefit of Holy Cross Church A 1930 FORD TOWN SEDAN WILL BE GIVEN AWAY TO SOME LUCKY INDIVIDUAL Located in the heart of Deerfield‘s business secâ€" tion, it is ideally situated for Highland Park peoâ€" ple. Five minutes ride out Deerfield Road will bring you to this fascinating game. Day Playing . Night Playing THE iny the () Refreshment of the Carnis TomM THUMB GOLF ME.OVER AND PA Y US A VISIT M Oneâ€"h on the iny othe children over mnents will be served during irnival. Real homeâ€"made pie MANY NEW ATTRACTIONS ; ildren over to enjoy the Ferris Wheel and CO alf block south of Deerfleld Road e west side of Waukegan Road. at La im Mten.::" Women, and Children Enjoy This Game expen Merryâ€"Goâ€"Round Deerkield, Hlionis ind th c (esigns. Children‘s Prizes. nt one when you see then und use Ik Sacon ful thing 8 Al the course d cakes DEERFIELD is 9e T H E PR E88 England where their loved ones have been laid to rest. During the pilâ€" grimagt these women are being perâ€" sonally escorted and cared for by the ‘Quartermaster‘s department of the Army. Congress literally handed the department the.money and said, GOLD STAR MOTHERS PILGRIMAGE NOTABLE (By J. R. Pershall) . By.~September of this year 5,000 gold star mothers and . widows will have ‘completed the journey to and from the cemeteries in France and Enuland where their loved ones have Notable Achievement by U. Never Before Attempted; How Managed "Go .;r:Jdothe job !" How the deâ€" partment is engineering the expediâ€" tion is a story for history. The true extent of the tremendous ] task encountered in handling this pilâ€" ( grimage of gold star mothers and ] widows is modestly described by Maâ€" j jor Louis C. Wilson, Q.M.C., writing I in the June number of the Quarterâ€"|, master Review, official publication of ( the Quartermaster‘s department. ./ Unique in History 4 "History fails to show that any naâ€" | tion at any time ever undertook beâ€" fore a pilgrimage of this kind <or magnitude, regardless of the extent of its appreciation for lives laid down and for the dear ones left behind to | mourn," says~ Major Wilson. / ‘"These gold star mothers and widâ€" ows," the major continues, "will, in their journey to and from this Ameriâ€" can sacred ground in foreign lands, be truly guests of our grateful naâ€" tion; for the plans, both in major items and in the smallest of details; contemplate â€" their complete convenâ€" ience and comfort." â€" Many of these women are past midâ€" dle age, more than a few are not in the best of health and many: have been overcome with emotion, due to the nature of the expedition. To see that these women are properly cared for un their journey has necessitated a vast ~series of constant, individual, ‘personal services on the part of the men who have been detailed to look after them. It has become a job as momentous as it is noble, and it has required all the diligence and efficienâ€" cy of the organization set up to perâ€" form it. Major General John L. De Witt,â€" the Quartermaster General, has called it "the biggest job the deâ€" partment his attempted since the World War." To afford an idea of the demands placed upon the Quartermaster‘s deâ€" | partment in handling the expedition, Major Wilson, in his article takes a typical war mother and follows her movements from the time she leaves home until she returns. ‘"Her name is Mrs. Brown, and she lives <. . . in the little western town of Smithâ€" l ville." The major describes how Mrs. Brown is planning her trip, to be jtuk«’n entirely at the expense of the lguvernmenl. She has been instructâ€" \‘ed as to what kind and amount of | baggage she should carry, and has ‘ ‘ received a letter telling her when her | boat sails. Furnished Transportation Before she leaves, the major exâ€" plains, the postman brings to Mrs. Brown her. railroad ticket and Pullâ€" man (lower berth) reservation . to New York, together with a check to cover her meals and traveling ex: penses while en route, She will have to change trains at Chi¢ago, but there she will be met by an agent of the railroad, who will eseort herâ€"and see that she makes connections. . Upon her arrival in New York, an officer of the regular army will take her up to her hotel, where her room, meals and high class accommodations of all kinds have been provided by her fedâ€" eral host. Here she will rest. for two days in preparation for her long journey across the "big pond." Escorted to the boat after her rest, she finds that cabin class accommoâ€" dations have been provided for her and her baggage already is in her stateroom. Every service has been extended for her convenience; if at any time on the entire trip she should become ill, medical and nursing atâ€" tention will be immediately available. Mrs. Brown‘s son lies in the Meuseâ€" Argonne _ American â€" cemetery . in France, so she ~will â€"~disembark at Cherbourg, traveling from there to Paris, where first class hotel accomâ€" modations haveâ€" been ‘arranged â€" for her. â€" After a day. of rest, she and the other women in her group, acâ€" companied by officers of the Regular Army, will attend ceremonies, such as the placing of a wreath upon the tomb of France‘s unknown soldier. Quarters Near Cemetery From Paris, Mrs. Brown will move her headquarters to a town near the cemetery she is to visit, Each day for‘a week she will visit the grave of her son and Q‘wse of the sons of thouâ€" sands of other <American â€"mothers. After a stay of about 14 days in France she will depart for home, the same diligent and personal care beâ€" ing accorded her that she was shown on the outward trip. Multiply by 5,000 the tasks and services performâ€" ed for‘ Mrs. Brown and an adequate conception is gained of what this giâ€" gantic | undertaking means to the Quartermaster‘s â€"department. "But,". writes Major Wilson, "above all these essential evidences of a naâ€" tion‘s solicitude for the mothers and widows who. will be able to particiâ€" pate in these pilgrimages, there will be the outstanding fact that each one was afforded an opportunity to visit and see the last resting place of one to her was the greatest hero of them all. What a golden field of memorâ€" ies in reflecting upon the loved one who served and fell in serving." ~ 47 Bt. Johns Avense HIGHLAND PARK §14 Laurel Ave. Telephone 555 Electric Shop GREENSLADE Electrical Contractor DR. J. W. SHEDD THOR WASHERS APEX CLEANERS Telephone H. P. 357 Thursday, July 3, 1930 DENTIST Highland Park H. P. 555 ILLINOIS

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