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Vol. Amlnwhohumrrzhedhisowngarden stuff will say that no ever tasted better. Somehow, the ‘taters from your own mtbemmdfywrownplants,mepus,buns.amand it that you can grow in your own soil have a flavor all their own that never can be equalled by the stuff bought at the store. The trouble with most of us is that it has been easier to "do the marketâ€" ing" than to weild a spade and hoe. Thisspring,however,thereis a wholly different feeling in the air. Railroad facilities being taxed to their utmost in the movement of steel, lumber, coal, oil, military aqppfiuandmxzfl:'erwfllwbeavaflabletohanldelicadufrom ‘Texas, Florida, California and other spots that have contributed so lavishly to our tables. Hence, if we want fine fresh foods for our families, a Victory Garden will be the logical (And Only!) answer. ‘That Highland Park appreciates the Red Cross and its tremenâ€" dous service to the nation is evidenced by the fact that up to Wednesâ€" (hymhgflufléhhndhtkdivisionofdnafimgochapt«of the American Red Cross reports having received $15,734.50. We do not have the right to consider the job finished, for the need for funds will continue while the war is on and for some time after. But for aâ€"communityâ€"of this size, we aren‘tâ€"doing. badly. Wiciponnaitiaiibines e CIVIL AIR PATROL e > e APPRECIATION °. One of the lesser known activities in connection with Civilian Defense is the Civil Air Patrol, described elsewhere in this issue of ‘The Press. There is a feeling of comfort in the knowledge that the skies above our home are being patrolled by Americans, keenly alert to possible danger. There are many Highland Park men in the Patâ€" rd,mhqmqgoifidyofhhmfinemdefim ‘These men andthdrfmru‘ns be known to the communityâ€"they are de, serving of much commendation. .. » One of the advances made in medical science since World War I is the blood bank, wherein blood contributed by patriotic donors has the plasma extracted and made available to war wounded. It is surprising, how many men and women, without saying a word to anyone, slip down to Red Cross headquarters in Chicago and donate a pint of blood. Mmzwbgfeelt:nauewaEn’butemo:wygntl}'e a pint of blood,. Many who fee! unable to comnnmite muntcy w:teffoflmmret{nndoingtheifslnrebygivingflmr Are you one? % The latter part of this month, March 25, to be exact, the Eduâ€" cation Committee of the Highland Park Civilian Defense Committee is sponsoring a oneâ€"day consumers‘ conference at the YWCA. We are all buyers of one kind or another, but many of us do not know HOWtoh?,flutis,lnwmtbemutforonrmoqer{ifromthe supplies of food stuffs and materials available. is conferâ€" ence will be a revelation to those who attend, and it is suggested that the mothers of Highland Park, who are in most cases the secreâ€" taries of the family exchequers, make it a point to attend the conâ€" & LEARN TO BUY Much of the material that goes into the trash basket in the avengehmor.phoeofhuioeuoouldbesaved.andwouldbeif there was sufficient need. The Highland Park Chamber of Comâ€" mmmqymtm;.&wubloc%‘pughmm‘yukingmh to conserve in every pos . is is pa i i at this time. â€" This week‘s Snumy Evenin‘Pouurfium mryofhowfllefmSelfridgeswrehhndonhuafliedon in spite of the war. ‘Their salvage efforts make ours seem childâ€" ish, we can learn much from them. There is an employee who does nothing except unknot string. Others collect worn cartons and take them to a department where they are ‘cut down in size to make them available for further use. These are only small examples, but they show the extreme to which the war effort may take us unless we mwiflingtomnnowtosaveaeryxnpoiluuem e THERE IS NO WASTE Pfister To Speak At Meeting Of Chamber of Commerce ‘The regular monthly dinnerâ€"meetâ€" ing of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce will be held this comâ€" authority on m% his colored pictures if the countless varâ€" :d:;::firu.;'flwm g&'. is out just what the business man can do it‘s road by THE Pooplc! STRICTLY LOCAL saw the beginning of a program of unprecidented at @ iÂ¥ C yersity of Illinois LÂ¥brary The Higplandt Park Press Condition of Jess McGinnis Remains Same The condition of Jess McGinnis, président of the Deerficld State Bank, who suffered a heart attack at his muwmmh..n- about the same. He is a paâ€" HP HMelich twem « Comfoguble wight Wednesday and his condition is reported to be fair. member of the local Park Board and President of the Men‘s Garden Club of Highland Park. «Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 31 Years" Writers Victory Book Pa USO Open House March 15 _ At the opening meeting of the 5 week spring term today menibers of the Highland Park Creative Writing group will read a letter from the naâ€" tional directory of the Victory Book Campaign, Miss Althes Warren, in thanking this hostess group for the 982 books turned in as tickets, Miss :‘uv.ny“'ui;h-uunee: single meet have heard of". ‘henpoflolt:.llwhrkm came to Miss Warren‘s desk in the Empire State Building, New York, through the national office of the V.S.0. In Civilian air Patroi Robert K. Illinois and Heery Do MbyReRâ€"Mipranator to Frog Mise Group as She Reren are two Parkers active in C. A. P. Highland Pork, south and west of the Highland Park business section is the home of the First Group of the Illincis Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, an official actiâ€" vity of the Office of Civilian Defense. Sky Harbor conceded to be the finest private flying field in the Uniâ€" ted States is operated by the Turâ€" geon Flying Service, a veteran organiâ€" zation of some fifteen years flying ting under theiuvmtpto'g‘a- for the past year and a half, training many students for the army air corps. number of private flyers under the supervision of Civil Aeronautics Auâ€" thority who maintain an office at the airport staffed with qualified inspecâ€" The personnel of the patrol group includes a number of residents of Highland Park who have had a sportâ€" ing and recreational interest in aviaâ€" tion but who are now turning their experience and training to furtherâ€" ing the war effort of the nation. Among others may be mentioned Robert K. Belt of 1919 So. Sheridan Road who is serving as Adjutant at the IMlinois Wing Headquarters, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, I!I. and Henâ€" ry D. Lioyd.Jr., of 1131 Lincoln Ave. who is serving as Adjutant for the First Illinois Group at Sky Harbor. There is a growing convictions on the part of those who are taking the necessity of ‘total victory seriously that such an end can only be gained by a singleness of purpose, a devoâ€" tion to duty and a unity of action beâ€" yond _ anything hitherto â€" contemplaâ€" ted. It is therefore necessary and thoroughly in line with the American traditions that those citizens of speâ€" ,cflwum“rhndy and willing to pool several abilities that the end sought be not too long deferred. Such might be termed the credo of those who ‘have volunteered for service in the Civil Air Patrol, standâ€" ing ready to te with the civil -“.Eulhu-dlw- ces of the though exactingly carrying forward all asâ€" signments and performing all tasks. The Civil Air Patrol was established by order of the Director of Civil Deâ€" ::Nl“hm“ ‘ h ‘ Mfi.flmhfl-&mnfl of three nigihths over twonty thousand per cent of them pilots. into nine groups, the first of which is as, stated, based at Sky HMarbor. This group is responsible for the terâ€" ritory bounded by a line running east and west dnz‘m Road in Chicago, to a running north and Sky Harbor Is First Ilinois C.A.P. Port Highland Park and Highwood Service Men‘s Clubs to Welcome All Visitors Missionary Film At Highwood Church Saturday ‘Touching the Untouchables is the utle of the missionary film to be shown at the Highwood ‘Methodist church Saturday might at 8 . p.m. ‘There will be special music. Free adâ€" mission. Rev. W. T. Wickstrom is the pastor. outh through â€"Woodstock, I!!. on the north,. The boundry is the Illinoisâ€" Wisconsin line and on the east the lake front. It can be readily appreciaâ€" ted that is one of the most. imporâ€" tant defense areas in the state inâ€" cluding as it does the great naval training station at Great Lakes, the famous army post at Fort Sheridan and the naval airport at Glenview. Also many defense industries in the Waukeganâ€"No. Chicago district, also public utilities, transmission lines, pipe lines and central stations serving this district are of no less importance. The rules of military secrecy preâ€" vent detail discussion of important mission assigned the C.A.P. However in general it may beâ€"stated that their work may include such activities as patroling pipe lines, serving municipal offices, conducting: detailed : surveys, areial mapping, ‘Etc. Major â€"Reed G. Landis, world war ace and now aviation aid to <the director of civilian defense said reâ€" cently, after an inspection visit to Chicage, that Illinois â€"ranks fourth among the states in potential pilot strength, but ‘above the average in actual enlistments. Educational Committee To Hold Conference We are all consumersâ€"but are we all intelligent in our consumer buying? bc;urmy_buyin(thematd-tit can . m to educate consumers u-f‘odand will" be "held. Wednesday, March 25, n‘th.‘.Y.W.C.A.*&elade'n:: 6/ Culmhhco cil. The morning session will begin at at 1:30 pm., both being open to the one day, the education committee has arranged to bring experts to Highland 10:30 am. and the afternoon session subject of consumer buying, classes can be formed locally through the Ci vilian Defense Council, The Education Committee directing this conference is composed of Dr. Harold Spears, chairman, Mrs. Charles Leonard Rieser, Mrs. Lee Supple, and A. N. Thurston. A one day Consumers‘ Conference Since the conference is to be just Nick Young, Roy Bedore and Major & Mrs. Fitzpatrick, Hosts Held Tuestay For Carl Pf:lml Memorial services for Carl Pfanâ€" stich1, for 46 years a resident of Highâ€" land Park and known the world to metallurgical sci as a leader in that field, were Tuesâ€" day afternoon in the Presbyterian Church of which his father was pastor for 12 years.) _ _ __ C Mr. Pfanstich! collapsed from a stroke Saturday evening in the John u«umh%wu aid of his secretiiry, Bernice Frarices of Highland Park, he was taken to St. Lukes Hospital where he died early Sunday morning. _ He was vice president and director of research of the Pfanstichl Chemiâ€" cal Company, originally founded in Highland Park and later: moved to Waukegan where it is today, Mr. Pfanstich] had more than 100 patents taken out in his name. f ‘Three menâ€"spoke briefly at the memorial service. _ They were Rev Louis W. Sherwin, pastor of the church; Henry Yuen, brilliant young Chinese research chemist and a memâ€" ber of the. Pianstiehl Chemical Comâ€" pany reasearch staff, who talked of his scientific. achievements and his relations with his fellow workers ; and Hiram L. Kennicott, 335 N. Linden avenue, who spoke of him as a friend and aâ€"member of the community. _ David Geppart, family friend and graduate student of music at Northâ€" western university, played piano seâ€" From a makeâ€"shift laboratory in his mother‘s sewing room in the manse of the Presbyterian church, to highly specialized research for the government in both the first and the government war, program. To deâ€" welop this metal the Illincis Institute bf Technology frequently set up a ecial department under his guidance, present world~ wars.© His research extended through the circles of chemâ€" istry, metallurgym, physics, and phyâ€" sicalâ€"chemistry. His inventions included the first highly efficient spark coil for gasoline enginesâ€"the "pancake" style of windâ€" ing ; the process of refining and makâ€" ing tungsten malleable (capable of being cut, formed and moulded), thus réleasing precious platinum during the last war ; a.new radio circuit and the there had been three separate dials to tune; a line of rare.sugars vital in medical research and once only availâ€" able through Germany ; a tooth paste; and, most recently, a new metal alloy, ainazing hard, tough, and ‘ smooth, which is replacing jewéls in‘ ‘mdny precision instruments. This alloy is bunt . used in phonograph needies, and is finding many secret uses in the _ His survivors include his wife, Cary! Cody Pfanstich1, his eldest son, Cody, 28,; who immediately returned from: Sheppard Field, Texas, where he is in the oA': kC:pl; Aun‘.hz;. m im s training, in riApril;M. 19, a sophomore stuâ€" dent in music at Northwestern; and The ashes were interned at Rose Hill cemetary, The family and friends have started a Carl Pfanstichl Memorial Fund to in Fon it t build at an Aâ€"ray -Jt-tol-:‘:.n. Highland Park, Highwood and all the other north shore U.S.0. Clubs will be thrown open to the general pubKe on Sunday, March 15, as part of a nationâ€" wide U.S.O. open house. More than five hundred U.S.O. operations throughout the United States and in overseas bases will participate in the Nick Y .Royn-?-lhl! Lnrmp::k.)odup.m an invitation to all residents of Lake and Cook County to visit the clubs and to see the facilities and activities proâ€" vided for members of the nation‘s miliâ€" tary forces. u The clubs will be open to the public frmlb&p.m.itis.no‘t&’ all facilities of the centers on C of Facilities at the clubs include showâ€" games, music, checkrooms, personal and spiritual service, dancing, movies and plenty of comfortable chairs. and sofas for those wishing to relax. According to information received from national headquarters, U.S. O. 150 other units, providing recreation and service facilities for the nation‘s armed forces and war industry workers in the United States. Twentyâ€"three }cmh‘ml United States, Attendance at the U.S.O. centers now totals more m] fugh %fln ii ig Paru" wiaals Young, director. given by the merchants in a business district canvass and by special gifts made to the Red Cross fund boxes distributed about town. H. F. Kelly, general ‘chairman of the Highland Park chapter, is in charge of the busiâ€" mwm.mufi Mrs. Julius Lackner and Mrs. colm Vaile, have turned in $12734.50, 1epresenting a house to hause canvass in the various precincts and in special gifts. Most of the precincts have reâ€" ported in, but if you have been missed in the drive and wish to give, or if yoit bave given and would like to increase ckner, Mrs. Vaile or the captain of $15,734.50 â€" Collected by Red Cross The Highland Park chapter of the American Red Cross has to date $15,â€" 734.50. $3,000 of this amount has been _ Workers of Precinct 5, Of 1 Mrs. Robert F. w;hk*i.g: just completed their work Workers were ll;:. l';::nlénw. I(u::.‘]l. J. Allenby, Mrs. ames Murphy, lln.lmr:}MHn Herbert Smail, Mrs. Harry Sellery, Mrs. Myron Hexter, Mrs. C. E. Jones, Mrs. Mildred Hacésler,. Mrs:: Louis Haller, Mrs. Stanley Strong, Mrs. Daâ€" March Tire Allotment. Announced bin, ‘Mrs. Leonard Riesser, Mrs. Rob» ert Jefferies and Mrs. Arthur Raff Walter Meierhoff, chairman of the Highland. Park. Tite rationing board today announced the March tire allotâ€" ment and also the February distribuâ€" tion. Highland Park has been allot ed 14 passenger tires and 12 tubes; 25 truck tires and 29 tubes and 11 reâ€" tread truck tires for March. & Dnrln.!ebmr,thehnfifl: issue any passenger tires as there no request. fot them. tires and 12 truck tubes . They were allotted to Highland Reâ€" M‘M‘m:h‘h"a 4 tires, 4 tubes ; . Builivant, 2 tubes ; Laurence Gambiner, 3 tire mmm:m% Luckse obtained 2 obsolete tires obsolete tubes, The new tire rationing board offit a.-mamc-wn: 5c a Copy, $1.50 a Year