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Highland Park Press, 21 Oct 1943, p. 1

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\ # * t it * oRkr Blood Donor Service To Be In Highland Pik. Monday, Odt, 25â€";â€"Vine avenue and north to city limits, east of tracks. Tuesday, Oct, 26â€"Vine avenue to Beech atreet, east of the tracks. * Wednesday, Oct. 27â€"Beech ‘street . to County Line road, east of the tracks. Thursday, Oct. 28â€"Central avenue to County Line road, west of the tracke. Friday, Oct. 2%9â€"Central avenue north to mobile unit to theâ€"Women‘s club, Eim place and Sheridan, to take blood donaâ€" tions. Its appearance early in Novemâ€" ber will enablé residents of Highland Park to give blood without leaving their home.community to donate at the fixed ‘center in Chicago. ; All Highland Parkers are asked to stwmzme«. GSYE YOUR $HARE â€"â€"â€"â€" mbdfiemefloflw‘fieflfi- ernment is asking, for a :nationâ€"wide campaign to collect them. If each cooperate, millions of tons.of scrap paper and metals : can be'ebllected throughout the country. â€"| The operation of the mobile unit in this locality is a challenge to all patriâ€" otic men and women. To insure its appearance the city must guarantee 200 donors per day, which number is necâ€" essary if, the facilities of the unit are to be utilized to the fullest extent. Chiâ€" cago Blpood Donor Service is charged by the army and navy with the task of collecting 5,000 pints of blood each week in order_to hold‘up its share: in meeting the national quota of, 5,000,000 pints of blood to be delivered to the armed forces by the end of 1943. Starting on Monday, Oc 25, at trucks will .collect saivage material. Newspapers and magazines should be. tied in bundles about 12 : inches high and piled on the curb the evening beâ€" fore the neighborhood‘s collection day. Anyone having an article which is too heavy to carry, such as a radiator or heater, may call Civilian Defense, H.P. 1400, before the collection date and help will be furnished. ¢ sailors on the high seas and fliers staâ€" tioned in England with Américan units Cityâ€"Wide Salvage Drive To Be Conducted Oct. 25â€"30 _ Thehloodofu{voplnillionw- cans has gone to tlie battlefronts of the ‘world with paratroops in Sicily, That blood, donated through Red Cross Blood Donor Centers in 33 cities and mobile units which visit nearby communities, has been the source of dried plasma, the lifeâ€"saver of World The Red Cross Blood Donor service was launched in Febrvary 1941, to supâ€" ply 15,000 pints of blood for the army and navy, This amount rose to 380,000 shortly after Pearl Harbor, and by the end of 1942, the Red Cross had colfecâ€" ted 1,300,000 pints of blood for procesâ€" bumin, another ving blood subâ€" of blood to be collected in 1943, bringâ€" ing to 6,300,000 the number of donaâ€" tions which will have been made to the Red Cross Blood Dénor service during the last two years following the entry (X’I‘ the United States into World war â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"GIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK Students Sell $2363 Worth of Bonds Appointments may be made by teleâ€" phoning HP. 480 ar in person ‘at the It was decided â€"at the: beginning of the school year by‘ pupils at Oak Terâ€" race school, Highwood, to raise $1,165 for the purchase of an army "jeep." ‘When the morney‘ from . stamps and bond sales was turned in this week, it a total of $2,363.30. Students have changed their goal to $3,000 and will then purchase a "flying . Give Once and for All to the Community Chest and War Fund y Â¥.35%, pb. 34 3 [ enmeracthee e e nmmammeneneimnnommecomemmenh Vol. 33, No. 40 . _ "Our) nation," he â€" continued, "has nevefiollowed the suggestion of Milâ€" ton that a country should educate for both peace and war, andâ€" consequently when ‘comes;, it‘ brings a terrific upsetting. in our| educational ~proâ€" grame |_ . . j t Ti in hages hn whin the grade [d the a ates from high school a job awaits her that pays from 67 cents to $1.04 an "The major change that the war| l-sb«.'owhtto,o'm'I:toyslmi'irhil*i a n?;mi feeling â€" of importance," | said â€" Dr. Spears. "The boy knows| that in a few months he may be| pushing a P38 through the air, or ridâ€" | "Generally speaking, we as a fa~ culty rd you as parents are for the school renl*tic recognition of the war, and for the moment is our curâ€" ricu we : must sacrifice some of the cultyral yalues for which we are fighting, in order to supply the spe+ cialization and acceleration which th¢ war . demands. Consequently, we get a~ shatp break between the war time school and the: peace time school. : Christmas~, packages will Ble| and Claude Cooper, army. _ wrapped at the U.S.0. on‘ Frida®,| Other Cities ra e tan Oct. 22, Monday, Oct. 25, Wednesda®,| | Charles P.‘ Herrick, navy ; William Oct. 27, and Friday, Oct. 29, from}8| llemm, navy, Prairie View ; Raymond to 11 p. m. ts *‘ { | Geffe, Mundelein, navy; Fulvio: Fabâ€" Orily gifts for overseas mailing fo| bri, army, Fred Lowe, army, High tnavy pérsonnel will be handled, ; wood. [A fasks 1 "The ‘brilliant sign attracting our youth of toda‘{r réads ‘Youth Wanted for M:jor tesponsibility,‘ < whereas this same sign fivesor ‘ten years ago gave :jnis cutrt message ‘Youth not Wanted. ‘This change of, status of our young ‘people is important to us today as we seek to serve these boys and girls in an educational and parâ€" ental capacity," 5 fis -'Wixhz"’thcse‘key words, Dr. Harold Spears, principal, opened his discusâ€" sion of ‘"Important . Matters That Confront ‘Our Teachers and Parents This Year" at the opening of meetâ€" ing of! the high school P.T.A. . . Fall Pet Show Held By Children At Lincoln School Student‘ Work _ During War Is Stressed by Spears hour Dogs; Anita. Radford, : Terry Lill «Joan slddflk Kenneth Cross, Patrici Lincoln school¢ falt pet show. was recently held on the school playgromd,t Asâ€" "The Grand Old. Flag" was, played over the loud speaker system, the children of the schoolâ€"héaded by the | patrol boys, who carried thcl American flsgâ€"marched to the play= ground to see the pets brought in by their schoolâ€"mates. } The list of children and the type of pet they browght is as follows: Pats Oppenheimer, Gregory â€" Koon, Jerra Dostalek, Earl May, ‘Mary Lou Clarkj Angela Scornavaco, Mary: Belle Big< gert, Jack Giegler, Sally Quigg, Judy and | Kathie Watkins, Harry Oppenâ€" heimer, Bill Alexander, John Wise Joan Cederborg, Diane B r o w n Thomas Palmer, Dorothy Budge,; Ann« Morrissy, â€" Elsie <Hocking, Fredtiq Skidmore, Jessie Hadiey, Joan f haye, George Freeman, Mary J Paul Noe, Joan Avery, Virginia Nei rerhoff, Barbara Halsted, Jack ¢ Mickey LeGoff, Winogene Sturgi Jean Wise, Pat Price, Bill . Larry Vetter, Sheila Sybeson, jorie Dean, Jane Swin¢a, Monie May Floyd, John McKennia, Peter Arm ger, Dean, . n.u,“&; Peter “‘Em“?.’i'v‘i Owen, Carl Martinâ€"~Chickens; Joh Millsâ€"pig; Earl Brownâ€"horse; Shi ley McOmber, Anna Barbara Ho turtle; Jotn McKennaâ€"rabbit; Dant Seitz, Philip Seitzâ€"Guinea pig. @ Wilson, Betty Radford, Jean Pantl Martha Anne Fontaine, Bill Waish some of the children had their do tricks. â€" > is => | Miss Winifred Nelson, Miss : trude Brown and George Ekdabi ganized and conducted the show ; S ley â€" McKee, school â€" principal, nounsed the events. ; 37 Wrap | Packages At Local U.S.0. At By ELIZABETH H. WALLIS, Chairman Publicity, P.T.A. / (Continued on page 4) ‘The Higpland Park Press of the disp! ‘Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years |for the Hallowe‘en festi 3*% : / c that â€" the g‘s enter> | fai ~will include events for | hdults andâ€" children. There . will . be tests with prize awards, raffies, es of skill, fortune telling and ingo.; George Hadlock ‘will be in rge of the bingo game ; Mrs. Verne ulmer â€" will tell fortungs; Judson MCross, Robert. Biekin and James Barâ€" Ikon will each run a eondgsnm ‘The || {professional talent includes; Koko, the liclown formerly of Ringling Brothers Barnum : and Bul? rcuses, who "Iwill act as master 0o :;cma-ia, a , itian, and a band.â€" : | |[ â€" All ticket roll sales will be for the t of the Braeside fieldhouse Iwhich will be open and in use for the tfirst time that evening. /‘â€" SE3 . : Of course you ancf | are quite sure that our boy or our girl ould not be guilty of boisterous or destructive behavior. ,gbt culprit is somebody‘s somâ€"somebody‘s daughter. «It uldn‘t do a bit of harm to make sure., : | _ A Somebody must take the responsibility for this surge of 4 klessness. Who is electedâ€"the parents? the teachers? the /gity officials? Perhaps the young people, themselves, will assu Ithe responsibility if the facts are presented to them in tTo: "light . . . . Think it over. Rememberâ€"the youth of today.,is the citizen of. tomorrow. Femrn ced t Fort Sheridan Football Team To Play Here â€" ‘ ‘The carmval will close with a comâ€" munity bonfire around which Mrs, Corrine Krasberg‘s social committee will ~serve cider, milk, coffee and idoughnuts, 008. 0000 ) . [ _ Fourteen Men Are _ Inducted Into: : < _ Armed Forces Here Fifteen < men â€" were accepted for service in the armed ~forces from Draft board No 1 in Highland Park Fort Sheridan‘s football team will oppose ‘Wilson Junior college of Chi+â€" cago in a game to be played Saturday afternoon, Oct. 30, at the Highland Park high school athletic field at 2:30 o‘clock. Admission is free. * Among the wellâ€"known players on the Fort team are Bill Stricklen, forâ€" â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"GIVE IN HIGHLAND PARK James Mooney, army ; Thomas Laâ€" hey, army; Charles Williamg army; Lampros Athanas, army, and Louis Schemmel, army; Thomas Mazzetta, army. .. i played fullback at Duquesne college in Pittsburgh, and Raiph Hursey of Chiâ€" cago, former, center on the Camp Grant team. f 3. In a game played Friday night in Chicago, Fort Sheridan defeated ‘the Gardiner Army hospital team by a score of: 14 to 0. . Â¥ 1 _ Andrew Stewart, army; Lester Hoâ€" muth, navy; Robert Stemwedel, army, and Claude Cooper, army. _ ‘ during the past week. y are : Highland Park ue Carnival time is here again for Brae» ie On Samm.‘O:-"?fl- at 7:30 o oo s ie Nee m c en s + Cl * fold esns Now we all agree that youngsters should have their funâ€" heir good time.) .‘ But a. ‘"good time"‘ ceases to be "‘good!‘ when it works a hardship on others. Di rd for the rci)?hfs f others, thoughtless mutilation! of rtyâ€"acts that often ringe on petty) vandalismâ€"â€"such ; things come outside, the, atagory of fun. \For in these times articles thoughtlessly deâ€" troyed often cannot be replaced.‘ . 4 [ oe Mell ThÂ¥ nnual Camivaq To Be eld at Braeside School irected.â€" Those glder brothers who (ordingrily exerted:a uieting influence on ‘the "younger fry‘"‘ , they had a way, [2 rightâ€"are now absent, at camp or at (the battle front. Is it t ironic that they should be fighting, or training to fight‘â€" 0 the deathâ€"for that priceless thing:called liberty, while this ounger. element. â€"thoughtlessly,. ‘|. grant youâ€"seems® often nclined td turn this liberty into something that borders disâ€" ressingly on license? || tarats . io Ae t ce o 9ls ‘â€"‘The world is passing through a crisisâ€"â€"a crisis which will the lives of le for many years to come. â€" And no tter how we feel about it, there are many things which will r‘bethcsame.‘]'r":,i," | .. But though times and standards may change, there are rtain ideals which myst remain the same if we wish to keep is country our own mrma ym3 We have given generously of our time, our money, for rrying on the war. We have accepted, without complaint, ny irksome restrictions. We have done all in our power to rther the fight:. for frepom. But in our hatural preoccupation t of us have sons orâ€"daughters, or both, in the serviceâ€" ve we given due thought and care‘ to the guidance of our hildren under military age?â€"â€" it o kz [ | ITIZENS OF TOMORROW The exuberance of youth! . . . Isn‘t it wonderful?.. Still the ct remains that there are times when it ngéeds to be restraingd ighland Park, I!linois, Thursday, October 21, 1943 sSHOW YOU CARE Acp‘oint Mrs. Pertz Chairman of WAC Recruiting Drive ; Td fapler ts Hnated tax m United States army recruiting g-nww]wmum until December is the re vapeh.: service t place the suffered. ‘On th The W : performing up to 155 services both at home and overseas.| So effective has been their work [field offices at home . and abroad are calling «or immediate asâ€" signment},oi large numbers of trained WACs |â€" i f "Your task and mine is to carry to all youi;lg women of Illinois and to their families, the message that their country needs themâ€"that they can renâ€" der real and important service to the armyâ€"that they will be given the beneâ€" fit of splendid trainingâ€"and that throughout ‘their service their heq,d: and welfare will be protected in:every way. The women who ;mpo«!‘tova:h call not only will enjoy a ue able experience, but the Iif sati faction shared by every will have served in the "forces." For further information or applicaâ€" tion blank see Mrs. Pertz at 704 Ridgeâ€" wood drive or phone H.P. 1384. f Qubt:lt:fotn Gov. Green‘s letter to Mrs. Pertz follows : ts 4 S idiers Navy Pilot â€" Training Movie . To Be Shown Here > "Eagles of the Navy," aâ€"technicolor featurette describing the Navy‘s pilot training program, will be shownh at the Alcyon theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21, 2 and 23. The film is an official navy production, releued.b‘y Warner Bros., and proâ€" vides ‘an informative account of the various phases of »infiucfion that deâ€" velops the fliers of our fleet. Cadet Gosglingâ€"a typical youth from the| Middle ‘Westâ€"is the picâ€" ture‘s héro and he is seen from the day hefirst gets the urge to fly for navy, through: trnin;.?( and the winâ€" ning of his wings ‘of gold, and into action as a topnotch fighter pilot. â€" ‘The training scenes give an insight into the type of aviation :‘:o i that will} be given youths w ‘m now in the current procurement proâ€" gram that is open to 17â€"yearâ€"olds who will ‘be graduated (from high school by next February 15. > Full details of this Vâ€"5 programâ€" which does not ]!;call accepted | appliâ€" cants for flight trai'pink!g un% they are 18 years old and gradLaie from high schoolâ€"may be obtained from high school principals or the Naval Aviation | Cadet Selection board |at Chicagh. ‘ " T :0° pnkl 0 o4 9c ml of: population, Tilinois bute 4,260 of the women timate goal of the: campaign ruiting in all states of 70,000 who would release for combat ¢ same number of men to reâ€" casualties which our army has Â¥ 2 USCPCC I & nB ! | ZMrs. Mason Smith, president of the Ravinia P.T.A., ‘and firs eâ€"preii ent of the Ravinia Woman‘s, has just located the scraj C ing the origins 6fuboth organizatigh as oneâ€"the Woman‘s‘ . Civic. cf§b, founded inâ€" 191 when Raviria waf| Community of forty families and Waâ€" vinia school consisted of t 0dfins. This: scrapbook, ":Ofi ndyâ€" five years activities, will be on £ C epstenacre=tr(tItty 2 *Mr.â€" Wilder, resident .. fflhvi since its early ‘days, and e 1 h i t d orite subject has been |Ravinia has recently given four|p intings the Ravinia school in ty of wife, Edna Higman ‘Wildet,‘ not musician and member vf the Highla Park Music, club, the | nfugicat ity SIO, and charter :né »of. Ravinia Woman‘s,club, ipassed a last . January. These\ i gether. with many: others \by Wilder, will be on Hisplay. | _‘ James Cady Ewell, fellow artist old friend of Mr. Wilder, will Di master of ceremonies M gram. Mrs..]: V. Spachner, {violi member 6f the boiard of the § Symphony orchestra, ; and | of â€" Highland Park Music club, will ply, accompanied â€" by " Mrs, | Irving N. Joseph. AF[ .( of } The Ravinia womn}sj.gclLb;‘m < Ravinia P.Tâ€"A. are joining i hon ing Tom Wilder, local artist, at a> Sunday, Oct. 24, fron}! 4 ito| 6 p at the Village house, ich * their friends and nci s are â€" Tited. * 1(0 nal isc building. | 1 the munity outgrew these ie I the present school building {was the wx:m'. Civic club th h their own efforts, raised $750 to remodB it into a .community | gathering {and home for their| tlab, sjow cé#ifed the Ravinia Woman‘s) ¢lub. It, Mrs. Wilder who ‘starte e ficg@ 1i« brary at Ravinia sthool. * i Speaker for tli"g;:ev ing |Véll be lRev. Werner T. Witkstrom, .,f or of \the Bethany . MetBodist] chm ’ Chiâ€" cago. | Rev, Wickstrom wi :4 awarded the Gustavus F/ S ;(!}ow- ship of five hundt * "his record in se id at 8 diibn; institute, Evan :H¢ is aiBorme pastor of “ige' ighwobd Mé§hodist chureh. 00 }|+ + 300 . _ The Ravinia PT.A. io iginfel theâ€" educational committee . of L; gomm'n Civic ;;?” Mrs. Raiph etcher Seymour,| als ?P ~C ffter member of the club / nd. chaififar of the educational | ce fifany years, will, be at dul t I 3 During the social hour| to f@be the program, tea will be gerv ..‘fl everyone is invited,. Artangemkn for the program and tea (have ‘. en handled by the spcial cotmmittes® of the Ravinia P.T.A:. and th¢ arts timâ€" mittee of the Ravinia Woman‘s ¢lub, with Mrs. Smith 4s chairmpan. ”’ bers of â€"the Rayinia PT.A. '_r- committee are: Mrs. Fred, B. Hanm chairman; Mrs. Kengeth Kraft, Mirs. L. H. Nichels, Mts. Lewis Stiflin Mrs. Edward D. Por u\d sf} the Ravinia ‘Woman‘s w ts cotfifnitâ€" tee: Mrs. P. B.3€ * cH ;H "A Mrs. E. E. Kern, coâ€"chairman, Mis: Helen Beach, Mts.| Liske HaWley, Mrs. Anne Hoyer, M : N. Jihnâ€" son, Mrs. Jack McDonnell, Mrs,MWerâ€" non Mortimer, s. H. I ..J 6 Mrs. Roy Olson, M hilip ‘Sparâ€" ling, Mrs. John D, Stodder.. (§ . _ Ravinia Join in Honoring Tom Wilder Need $19,500 More To Reach Communityâ€" War Fund Goal Highwood Metho Church Plans Annii Festival for Saturd Highwood Metilufi t cbm hold its annual (::ll estival basement of the te tur ning,‘ Oct. 23, at 8 p‘clock. This year the |festival r double need.: First, gach ring to attend brikg a vegetables or fruit, which, will to the Lake: Bluf gph meet the shortage du rationing program.| Sedond, help to raise y for cur penses in the churneh. â€"| [ Evénings Entertait | will be instrumentél mugic‘f Sheridan and.sev¢ral vécal by a guest soloist from Wau the Ravinia PTA. 4 : are: Mrs. Fred B. Mrs. K;-rmet‘h d ft, chels, Mts. is‘ S ard D. rges ; {and Noman‘s club at c P. B. l- Kem, -* man each, â€"Mrs. e e Hoyer, . Mr N. Jack McDonnell, M imer, M L. N t Olson, M hilip + + John D' ""‘ b&fi Lour®l Are., â€" HigHlendiPark, I11. brikg a of hick, will HF sent ph help due Bo the ond, & will § | * mM | the (+ < Never before in the history of the Community Chest has as fing a yecord of :d:i’em:tdb;q:madciqaokshm I period."" sai ident Ri /. Kebbon of the Community aaeukd?nddk- cussing the campaign outlook last night. ?‘Opf campaign ~chairman, Earl E. Sproul, chairman of the general camâ€" paign and J. M. Maxwell, of the specâ€" ial gifts committee, have built a splenâ€" ‘did : campaign organization, which is making every effon_ to complete this mzsmy_umo-itn,u pFomptly as possible, and T know every worker will keep at the task until Highland Park has raised its allotted share of the War Fund," ; i Campaign Chairman Sproul as also gratified at the work done by his group, and the response of ; most Highland Park citizens. "To date, howâ€" ever," he said, "a review of our subâ€" scriptions indicates that too many peo+ ple are forgetting that this is a double campaign to raise not only the necesâ€" sary money for our local Chest agenâ€" cies, but, Highland Park‘s quota of $18,000 for the U.S.0. and ‘$12,000 for the National War ReJief agencies. We are sure many who gave gen~ erpusly to U.S.0, last year want to do una-i 'bythisyurn 'l'l‘:;n‘linylhey can is increasing t} ormer supâ€" portâ€"of the Comminity Chest Too mtnymiailin(lodon.Wewinbavg to: reâ€"solicit these people unless they voluntarily send in their additional supâ€" port. I, therefore, urge any ¢itizen who has already subscribed but has not inâ€" make that extra subscription at once. I!memvfi.msulwn- port can be t or left at campaign headqtarters, 11. S. St. Johns avenue," The final "cleéanâ€"up"â€"report meeting for the general campaign ‘will be held next Tuesday at 8 p.m. at campaign headdvarters. It is hoped that at that time that the total goal may be reached. weâ€"â€"GIVE IN HIGHLAND PARKâ€"â€"â€"â€" : With a total of $55,490 in subscripâ€" ‘tions from 2,810 gubscribers, in hand (ollm;m: Tuesday night‘s report incetâ€" ing of the United Community Chest and War Fund campaign, officials of the campaign were. enthusiastic‘ over the ‘record ‘made jby the several hunâ€" imistic of raising before the month‘s end,, the $19,510. still needed to ‘meet the $75,000 goal. > % 5,000th Baby Is Born At Hospital Little Linda N. Giles has the distincâ€" tion of being the 5,000th baby born in the Highland ‘Park hospital in the 25 years that it has been in operation. She is the daughter of Cpl. Technician and Mrs, James E. Giles of 209 North Green Bay road. Cpl. Giles formerly lived at Monterey Ky., and Mrs.. Giles previous to her marriage, was a resiâ€" dent of Glen View, where her family has lived for many years. * ; & Ravinia School 'M&Afrmhambficmhiz Linda is much like other infants of her age. She was born Friday, Oct.15, and weighed, about 6 pounds: Book Fair to Be ‘Ravinia P.T.A.‘s annual book Tair will be held Nov. 1, 2 and 3, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m, Opern house will be held Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 9 am. to 5 pm. A‘special inviâ€" tation is extended to parents and alumni to attend. Doughnuts and ‘cidet will be served. _ , + ‘â€"Mrs. Toos of the Book Box in Emhm&:‘hd-'ul arranging the displays At the Monâ€" day, Nov. 1, school assembly, Mrs. Held In November i t% J y the books. Books will be sold on a cash and carry basis. This year‘s.fair is under the chairmanship of Mrs. Samue! R. Réonth\landtbemh.'uupl go to buy books far the school libraty. * i % "Bud" Smth.‘N::&Shprem:‘, ill,j some of his arrangements l:u,lb‘:s’faw.byveflhu'nhpa hlhwoffl:cw restaurant located at plan a party for Hallowe‘en night for its patrons. * s huudge > 13 Highlander Plans Hallowe‘en Party Party ireservations must be placed before Oct. 25. our U.S.0. to get in touch with the Give Double This Year to : Community Chest and _ Wor Fund Nov. 1, school assembly, Mrs. will talk to the children abput E1 a Copy, $1.50 a Year . Â¥+ * ht yorgyâ€"Ad s /s mt m «4 £L_VI §4» 4f

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