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Highland Park Press, 29 Apr 1943, p. 1

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While Highland Park tested some «of its sirens individually some weeks ago, this will be the first official test of all sirens throughout the city being operated in unison and as they will sound during an actual emergency. A free Christian Science lecture wil| _. ""°* * 3M09f wil‘ pBy 4 umdbymnmnxm'm':'::::fi',fi C.S.B., of Detroit, Michigan, Thursâ€" u:'?h“rwn day evening, May 6, under the ausâ€" | PM irst, ", pices of First Charch of Christ, Scienâ€" W:_:-A-w uâ€".mumu-n-m"‘*"_.." nw-lhhh.‘lh auditorium at 8 ofcleck. Bowler Hat," was specialh Mr. Kilpatrick is a of the| A. A. Milne for produc h-udhu-fibdg‘u‘- tgho:.hhuum‘ Ti Oe o Oe * tmmk c _ n mt he d mm Christian Science Lecture On May 6 The public is cordially welcome to at th Shore Congregation Israel every Sutarday and Sunday morning at 11 o‘clock. The temple is located Chaplain Shulman To Speak At Temple E. Shulman, rabbi of North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, to be with his congregation on May 2 and to deliver the sermon at the services that Sunday morning at 11 o‘clock. The subject of his sermon will be, "The Chaplain in the Navy." o doctrination course at the Clll.o-h-’ Training school at Williamsburg on April 25, and has the rank of Lieutenâ€" ant (1g.) in the United States navy. A short furlough before going on to assume the duties of his new naval assignment will enable Chaplain Charles ter by keepinig their dogs confined and settling any discord among themselvcs instea? of turning the attention of the police away from important war work to a much lesser problem. As the department is busily engaged in checking affairs for the governâ€" ment, it cannot spare time to settle these problems. Neighbors should be able to settle any arguments that could arise from dogs running loose, but if dog owners would keep their pets conâ€" fired or under supervision, there could E_e.n.o cause for dispute, points out Chief of Police Kopp. 'fl'nmare urged to cooperate h the police department in this matâ€" Chief of Police Urges Confinement Of Dogs Chief of Police Martin E. Kopp is asking all dog owners to confine their pets to their own yard. The police department has received numerous complaints of late as to the damage and destruction caused by dogs ruhning loose into neighbors yards and Victory gardens. Aithough there are over 700 air raid wardens in Highland Park, almost 500 of whom have completed the required 20 hours of training only those warâ€" dmmthgfimanddirecfingthe test will actually participate in this alarm practice incident He explains that, due to the fact Highland Park has individually operâ€" ated sirens, it is necessary that each siren be manned for operation. In the event of an actual emergency, the warnâ€" ing is received by telephone at police headquarters and a telephone fan out system has been established to five key points which in turn each make a given number of phone calls whereby the siren wardens and heads of emergency service units are notified. Harry Aiston, chief air warden, states that the test will begin with mdingofthemai-litawfid:is on top of the city hall building and will be picked up by adjoining zones fanning out to city limits. The alarm signal he adds will be sounded at 10 a. m. and the all clear signal seven to ten minutes later. The test will be conducted by the air raid warden organization and will be operated by the siren wardens under the direction of the division wardens and Robert Patton, assistant chief warâ€" den, to determine range of audibility throughout the city.â€" . The city of Highland Park will conâ€" duct its first official test of the fifâ€" stalled on Sunday morning,‘ May 2, at 10 o‘clock, according to an announceâ€" ment made by Donald Trumbull, coâ€" ordinator of Civilian Defense Air Raid Siren Test Is Scheduled For Sunday, May 2 Vol. 33, No. 5 corner of Lincoln and Vernon tation of an Irwin S: Cobb short stoty and the second play, "The Man in the Bowler Hat," was specially written by **[AA:pe t : . m will be a amail donation the Skokie players in a public enterâ€" tainment for the benefit of the Highâ€" land Park U.S.O. Friday evening, Apâ€" ril 30, in the West Ridge school audiâ€" torium at 8:15 o‘clock. Ruth Wood Meyer, former WGN contraltof®and Olga Sandor, prominent Chicagoland teacher, concert pianist, organist and accompanist, will assist M f negro spirituals. The Skolde payers will offer two plays. The first, "And. There Was All of the Nurse‘s Aides who are graduating have completed 85 hours of training, including 45 hours practical experience in hospital wards assisting graduate nurses. to women who. are interested in beâ€" coming nurse‘s aides, making it posâ€" sible for North Shore women to join the corps without making personal application at Chicago headquarters as has been the rule in the past. Musicians Join Skokie Players In U.S.0. Benefit Program Sylvia Kurtzon, 329 Cedar avenue, will be among the 28 nurse‘s aides who will be awarded caps at a graduation ceremony Friday, April 30 at 3:30 p.m. at the Evanston hospital, it has been announced by Mrs. Arthur H. Spiegel, chairman of the Red Cross Volunteer Nurse‘s Aide corps for the Chicago chapter. Many more Aides are needed in the North Shore area, and a branch interviewing office has been set up in the North Shore depot, 1109 Chicago avenue, to speed recruitment. Interâ€" views each Tuesday are giveh there Graduates As Nurge‘s Aide Blankets cannot exceed 84 inches in length, except for white cotton sheet blankets, which may be 95 niches long, according to Order Mâ€"298 of the WPB.‘ Furthermore, â€" no line of blankets can be made in more than four colors, plus white. In general, only rose, blue, green, and cedar are permitted for solid color blankets. Sylvia Kurtzon Rumors of a ban on manufacture of bobby pins are false, WPB officials have declared. Even though the pins are made of vital high carbon steel their production will be permitted. . _ Coal users are reminded again that stocks will be low and transportation inadequate during the winter of 1943. Coal producing capacity is definitely limited and the user who has inadeâ€" quate stocks on hand may be caught short next winter by a tight market and delays in shipments. . "Play" shoes not ordinarily used for street wear that are manufactured, packaged or shipped after April 15th 1943, go back on the rationed list. Such shoes, if they leave a factory before April 15th remain non-rationed,‘ even though they.may reach consuâ€" mers months later. After May first, there will be no restrictions on the number of certiâ€" ficates that may be issued for recarpâ€" ping truck tires. Because recapping takes <>#ly oneâ€"sixth as much crude rubber as a new tire, the OPA has removed quota restrictions so that the tires will not be driven beyond the recapping point. a new supply of stamps to take the place of those now being used up. He said if any more rationing programs were necessary there would be official notice by the Government. War Ration Book No. 3 will be disâ€" tributed through the mails to more than lm_hfividuak beginning late in June and ending July 21, the OPO has announced. Mailmen will leave postcard appiication torms. at every home between May 20 and June 5th. ‘The postcard, properly filled out by the head of the house and mailed to OPA, will bring Ration Book No. 3. Prentiss M. Brown, Price Administraâ€" tor, emphasized that Book No. 3 is a replacement book only, containing War Ration Book 3 Will Be Distributed Through The Mail Miss Sandor will play a number of Te Higblam® Park Press Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years Campbell chapter, Order of the Eastâ€" erm Star, will meet Wednesday eveâ€" ning, May 5, at the Masonic temple at 7:30 o‘clock. Sororis Amicae night will be held with initiation of new members. OAK TERRACE P. T. A.. PLANS LAST MEETING Campbell Chapter Meets Wednesday St. John‘s Church Will Hear Fort Sheridan Chaplain listed men of the battalion. The pubâ€" lic is cordially invited by the Réev. G. A. Pahi, pastor of the church, to atâ€" tend this evening service. On Sunday, May 2, Chaplain E. J. Melchert of the 397th C.A. Bn (AA) of Fort Sheridan will be the guest speaker at the St. John‘s Evangelical and Reformed church evening service at 7:45 p.m. Special music will be furnished by a North Suburban Philatelic Society To Meet Tuesday The final meeting of the season will be held on June 8, at which time an auction will be held. Those interested in the hobby of collecting stamps are cordially invited by the group, to atâ€" tend this meeting. * The deadline in receiving auction lots will be the May 18th meeting. Mr. Walter Rice will be in charge of the auction. At the following meeting which will be held on Tuesday, May 18 at the same place, Dr. J. P. O‘Connell, presiâ€" dent of the stamp club, will conduct a quiz program. Prizes will be given to the member with the most correct answers. On Tuesday, May 4 at 8:00 p.m. at the Community Center, the North Suburban Philatelic Society will hold its regular semiâ€"monthly meeting. Charles Hahn of Winnetka will adâ€" dress the group on U. S. cancellations used abroad. Mr. Hahn, a wellâ€"known North Shore stamp dealer, will give a blackboard demonstration and memâ€" bers are urged to bring paper and pencils. A group of songs by Mrs. Eugene Singer who is returning from Florida in tin:* for this meeting will be a special feature. Refreshments will be setve‘; at 3 o‘clock with the first grade and kindergarten mothers as hostessâ€" es... Kighth: grade. girls â€" willâ€"care for younger children during the program. . In addition to the summer recreaâ€" tion discussion, there will be an an nual business meeting with Mrs. Marâ€" garet Freeman, principal of Lincoln school commenting on the school year, and the retiring and incoming presidents outlining what the local P.T.A. can mean to parents. Not only does "Mr. X" as the Comâ€" munity center leader is popularly called, know the local boys and girls and the facilities available but he is an expert trained in this specialized field. A physical education student of George Williams college with a masâ€" ter‘s degree from Northwestern uni‘ versity, his experience has included being dean of the Red Cross swimâ€" ming instructors‘ school at Lake Geâ€" neva, head swimming instructor for the Chicago Boy Scouts teaching both beys and girls, family recreation leaâ€" der at Lake Lawn on Delevan Lake, Central Y.M.C.A. Chicago secretary, in charge of dances as well as discusâ€" sions. This variety of group work with all ages is augmented by actual grade school teaching experience as well as later instructing teachers in recreation at the St. Cloud, Minnesota Teachers‘ college. One of Mr. Scheuâ€" chenpflug‘s most interesting groups was at the Chicago Lighthouse leading recreation projects for the blind. J Recreation Program For Lincoin P. T. A. Vacation fun for parents as well as children will be outlined by George Scheuchenpflug, director of Commuâ€" nity center, at the May 5 meeting of the Lincoln school Parentâ€"Teacher @ssociation. Since the recreation tax has just been passed by Highland Park citizens, there will be an added interest in the picture of what the community offers now and what it might offer this summer with the new cityâ€"wide plan. *X" to Outline Highland Park, Iilincis, Thursdaoy, April 29, 1943 A rummage sale will be by o ns o hn ms ern * , 29 and 30, at 59 S. St. Johns avenue. ;)mwillbeomhm,n.-.b p. m. Rummage Sale To Be Given By Campbell Anyone wishing to donate articles fortbe.lemflllyalllf.mm or 3146; and they will be picked up. dore James Loesch, navy; Frederick William Coleman, army; Taylor Wright Peters, army ; Richard T. Ronâ€" zani, army; Steven Wood Meyer, army; Albert Crnkovich, army; Gerâ€" ald William Sasch, army, and Robert Louis Lautmann, army. Highwood Walter Leonard Naggatz, army, and Leo Henry Schafer, army, Barrington; William Ervin Baker, army, Palatine; Orval August Stancliff, army, Prairie View; Lester Anthony Storm, army, and Samuel Rizzo, army, Lake Zurich ; Raymond Carl Johnson Jr., navy, Deerfield, and Jacob S. Miller, army, Los Angeles, Cal. Mario Pagliai, army; Louis Joseph Crovetti, army; Mario Ugo Sirotti, army ; John Pagliai, army; Charles F. Barnes Jr., army, and James Jcseph Antonctti, army. c Evanston Thomas Gilbert Parker, Richard S. Glidden, army. Twentyâ€"five men have been accepted at the armed forces induction station recently, according to Draft board No. 1 in Highland Park. Included in the list is Theodore James Loesch of the Highland Park police force, who has joined the navy. T wentyâ€"Five Men Are Accepted At _ Induction Station am a Wehadg i tak eP p.im., Monday through Saturday. . P up n ogk you 1yA A LIBRARY ON REGULAR SCHEDULE In order to comply with the govâ€" ernment‘s requirement in to the use of fuel oil, the Park Public library has been closed on Mondays. Beginning Monday, May 3, the library will resume its regular schedule of twelve hours a day, six days a week, 9 1. m. to 9 1. On the West: The Skokie Valley road in Highland Park and the city limits of Highwood. 2. On the North: Sunnyside lane in Highland Park and Washâ€" ington street in Highwood. 3. On the East: The railroad tracks in Highwood and Exmoor avenue in Highland Park. 4. On the South: . Onwentsia avenue in Highland Park. If you live within this area, this notice applies to you. Dr. \M. D. McNeal, . _ .« H}:‘m.d Park Health Deépt." and 5, 9 a. m to 5 p.m. Children are especially susceptible to typhoid fever and should by all means be immunized. Further details will be given you by your block captains of O.C.D. The boundaries of the area are as follows : Therefore, it is strongly urged that the residents of the area desigâ€" nated below be immunized against typhoid fever. See your private physician or, if you prefer, visit Oak Terrace school in Highwood where initial typhoid vaccinations will be given free of charge to the residents of this area on May 3, 4, Edward J. Brown Jr, army; Theoâ€" To all residents of the City of Highland Park and the City of Highwood who live within the boundaries of the area designated >elow, this notice is urgently brought to your attention. A sewer line in the center of this area bas broken and is discharging h-lmvmmthemrolfi. land. A potential menace to the health of the residents of the area exists. With warming weather, flies will increase the hazard. The disâ€" ease to be feared in this regard is typhoid fever, for there may be certain unknown typhoid carriers whose germs may be discharging ind polliting the land. So far the wublic water supply in the immedâ€" ate area of the sewer break is safe ut a potential hazard exists. Your city officials are doi; »verything possible to do away with this danger and repair the break, but it will take time. Dr. N. C. Risjord, o Hi(hxood Health Dept. Dr. L. M. Schuman, III. Dept. of Public Health WARNING! MAECHTLE MEMBER OF HONOR SOCIETY Donald Maechtle of 381 Roger Willâ€" i-m-v:‘m..-m-mu-; Harold _ A. West, sales manager for Lighting Products, died suddenly Tuesâ€" day morning in his home at 234 N. Green Bay road. He resided in Highâ€" w':"fif“fi'!mflmd‘m“ years of age. Surviving are his widow, Eleanor, a son, Andrew, who is living in Medâ€" At this time three ministers who have been singing together since their college days will offer a program of sacred music. The singers will be Rev. H. R. Zager of Ashton; Rev. Members and friends of Bethany are invited to hear these singing clerâ€" gymen. Rev. H. R. Zager will bring a brief message. An offering will be recéived to defray expenses. Harold West of Lighting Products Dies Suddenly R. F. Joop of Bensenville, and Rev. Lester H. Laubenstéin of Bethany church. ‘They appeared in a similar program at Bethany two years ago. This trio has for years been proâ€" viding the special music at the annual Conference of Evangelical ministers in Iilinois. The latter part of May this trio will sing on the day when Dr. E. Stanley Jones will be the guest speakâ€" ¢r at the conference to be held in Washington. The Woman‘$ Army Auxiliary Corps organized a year ago in May, is the only uniformed corps of women exclusive of the Army Nurse Corps, privileged to serve with the army at home and overseas. Allu* more than 70,000 strong and with a 12),000 memâ€" bership goal to reach by July 1943, the corps is showing what «; vital job it can do in the continental Lnited States and overseas as well. + People who are" partial to h Wikle voices in songp:z‘jbe intx:: in the program g be given in the sanctuary of the lany Evangelical church, Laurel and McCovern, on Wednesday, May 5, at 7:45 p.m. Trio of Ministers \ To Present “K At Bethany Churc Lieut. M. B. Hastie and Lieut. Eveâ€" lyn Berry of the WAAC Headquarters in Chicago as guests of Mrs. B. E. Newman present at the Junior and Se-ic‘grd meetings of the Inâ€" fant Welfare Society on Mon d ay. Lieut Hastie and Lieut. Berry are serving with the recruiting unit and will be guests of several club groups in Highland Park during the month of May for the purpose of interesting women between the ages of 21 and 44 to enroll in the WAAC. On Tuesday Lieut. Arline Hall spokee to the Highland Park Woman‘s club. The League of Women Voters heard Lieut. Harriet LaBarbara on Wednesâ€" day. Lieutenants Hastie, LaBarbara, Berry and Ledwith will be at the Y.W.C.A. on Thursday and Friday, and will attend the American Legion Auxiliary meeting on May 6. . Several women from Highland Park have joined the WAALs and include Auxiliaries Betty Schfidg}lt;ilnda Rolâ€" lery, Dorothy Aldridg:, Helen Jeffries Crawfurd, Adelaide Kamond, Sergeant Annabel Whecler, ‘and Lieutenants Margaret and Elizabeth Clarke, ‘and Madeline Bushman. Second War Loan Drive Sales Go Over The Top, $878,839 During the month of May, the first anniversaryâ€" of the organization of the Woman‘s Army Auxiliary Corps, the W_AACv‘rmlmn:hnnauifi'dfin All recruits are em%lled as auxilâ€" fariés. However, following basic trainâ€" ing everyone is privileged to make apâ€"~ plication for gfiioer Can e School and become a commissi officer. WAAC Recruiting Officers Guests of Local Organizations * WAAC companies are being sent out from training camp centers to army camps, posts and stations to release trained soldiers for combat duty.. â€" University â€"f Urbana, Il1l1. ‘ tilineis Ciprare, tral Betty Einbecker, 325 E. Park aweâ€" t!:__oe. and Roger W. Rnbigé.‘l N. irst street, are among the outâ€" scholars at the U; of e ns w special recognition mmhum-u Mr. and Knm Cohan, 1 Shelâ€" M * 3 __N:';dh;lr; Donald Bartoli. 300 Miss Einbecker is a junior in agriâ€" culture and Mr. Rubin is a freshman in liberal arts and sciences > Two Honored At U. Of Illingis ie Fip h s 0 Local Persons Donate Blood in Glencoe, Lake Forest The Highland Park Drive was part of the nationâ€"wide campaign to raise thirteen billion dollars through ‘the sale of war bonds in the threeâ€"weeks period. J. M. Appel was hondrary chairman of the local drive and George H. Hartman was general chairman, in charge of completing: the organizaâ€" tion for the drive, and carrying it forâ€" ward to a successful completion. Local residents who have signified their intention to buy bonds but have not yet purchased them, are advised that purchases can be made today or tomorrow at the First National bank. Raymond Erskine will supply recesâ€" sary information, and complete deâ€" tails. United Air Lines _ Gives $10,000 to Red Cross Chapters The $70,000 contribution of United and its employes this year compared with $20,000 given in 1942, according to W. A. Patterson, president. William _ Aiston, 918 Ridgewood drive; Marion A. Kerrihard, 14 Oak lane; Alwene Wendell, 1218 Burton avenue; Joan Giacobazzi, 917 Waukeâ€" gan avenue; Louise Zahnle, 310 N. Ridge road; Edith Ringtiahl, 347 Hazel avenue, and Philip Abrahams, 1547 S. St. Johns avenue. The local contributions included funds given by United‘s employes in the ®Chicago area plus a proâ€"rated share of the company‘s own contriâ€" bution of $50,000, which is being disâ€" tributed to cities all along the airâ€" line‘s nationâ€"wide system. With the deadline of the threeâ€" week Second War Loan drive apâ€" proaching at midnight tomorrow night (Friday), Highland Park ‘this week was rushing to buy bonds to send Joâ€" cal purchases high Mg mark reâ€" corded at the time this issue of the Highland Park: Press goes to press. Wednesday purchases totaled. more than $878,839, including $400,000 of bank subscriptions. More than 236 individual sales had been made at the First National Bank, exclusive of sales in the post offices in Highland Park and Highwood. An additional $50,â€" 000 in sales at the minimum were exâ€" pected before the close of the drive. The following persons from. High land Park gave their blood when the mobile unit of the Re& Cross: Blood Donor service visited during the period from April 16 to April 17: No oo {geudh ooniniieptniiel he wie en cmsoan 4412Pleasant avenue, third time donor ; Ruthâ€"Moon, 1416 Pleasant avente, third time donor; David Wilson, lfimbeu field road; Pearl Ellis, M hoâ€" tel; Ethel M. Pick, Moraine hotel; g;rm N:;d;n, ?) Laurel avenue, ird ~time r; Irving Rosenberg, 245 Cary avenue, and Florence Hirsch= feld, 268 Woodland road. Checks totaling approximatéely $10,â€" 000 were given today by United Air Lines to American Red Cross chapters of Chicago and suburbs as part of approximately $70,000 contributed by the company and its employes to the 1943 Red Cross War Fumd. The following persons from Highâ€" land Park gave their blood when the mobile unit visited Lake Porest during the period from April 20 to April 21: Stephen Sordyl 649 Driscoll‘ court ; Lila G. McKinney, 1231 )hngl-a‘ven: BIRTHS AT THE HIGHLAND PARK HOSPITAL Mr 5¢ a Copy, $1.50 a Year 21 671 Cen

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