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Highland Park Press, 16 Dec 1943, p. 1

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i faxK* A% # W consumption of buibs durâ€" .\ ~.â€" meat a ier scarcity later on." es ‘Poit 4C to To I Contitte Christmas Ligh Decorations ‘l\eAr- people have been asked by1J. A. Krug, director of the trees inside private bomes. Mr. ~asked that street decoraâ€" tions, Christmas . trees, day school Will present a program honâ€" For Christmas E ica#@ Lyutheran church is dividâ€" ing its Ch program ; the, smaller contribhutia® on Christmas eve at 7:30 p. m. in t} rch as a part of Christâ€" special services ; that of Christâ€" mas day, Rlec. 25, at 8 a. m., and that of New s eve, Dec. 31, at 8 p. m. ‘The N ‘y eve service will be devoted of the Lord‘s Supper. ssi service will preâ€" play as i# their program for preâ€" sentation ;&y , Dec.. 26, at 4 p.m. by Mari ith will be presented mofnuuhyldd- Bethany Church The spisifiof Christmas will prevail in the {;rvieetoheheldinthe church \of the Bethany Evanâ€" will presidefint‘ the tea tables Mrs. A |S.‘ Baver, Mrs. R. U. Baughman, . George L. Boveroux and Mrs. HByt L, Roush will be hosâ€" resses at t opr, Mrs. Edson R. Rice, Mrs.: Jame@ T; Moffitt, Mrs. Waiter E.: a d‘ Mrs. John Crompton Vespen Service At This Chr as arranged . r chairman 0 e the ‘fine de ving Schur cly known mus p sical bac P A touch ic will furnish exâ€" citement when Bob Lotz, maâ€" gician, pre his ‘fantasy, "Snow White i " to. young guests and ?f the Highland Park Woman‘s |at 2‘¢p. m. T’esday, Dec. 21. | , "I am the American i mmfim’;:t & as a part of that camâ€" rign. light buibs are parâ€" at present and: strict Vol. 33, Fantgsy, Fun And Magic, Fill Woman‘s Club Party Program The oldfi thildren have prepared a A pageat® "Everywhere Christmas," «t Give Ante and for All the Colhmunity Chest and rinunity Christmas trees,| Citz A. H. Rehorst, K. J. Robinson exteriors of . comamercial One hundred persons "attended ;w-mh_dw.‘pw__‘ feam weare a nationwide conservation y school of the Redeemer Laure! and McGovern, | 7 raditional Christmas as novelty has been rs. B. F. Reinking, e drama committee of department. Mrs. Irâ€" club member and well ‘n, will supply the muâ€" 42 Dec. 19, /at 4.-.10] Candle Â¥4 " is built All matgrial for next week‘s p lication imust be in this office Tuesday noon of next week, as g;perwiubein‘d;nyw&t. account of Christmas ay Sat 'll!-' & hi PS moli lt Week‘s Dead Line w ' I ! I' "’ I th §Dilu' :flu.l‘fln nm ‘.‘"l meeting, <at which members of th ;.:kgum ......m:.‘....c‘::l't; 1 high school football team were r-.cnuhn...“..........l..-w ored t::t:h:rch Dave |Floyd Ki eeproreenonpeecer en Aeepagai ons 1 P duced of ‘the team and : P e o innmrnmincrname! 3 sidelights on each player‘s history. || Other children.._Judy Hose, The :ib‘_of the N pormimenmmemniemt in | Je Lakes football game, which was w The Young home, take by Great Lakes, 13 to 0, was , "The Gift o:‘the Magi:" | F. ‘J. MéDonough was reelected president of the Chamber of Comâ€" merce at the -clt::dd Tuesday cvgi;u.n_?_m«,? 1 .elqbon__e. C McDonough Reelected New President of Chamber of Commerce coa.& officers elected v:cix;:::“ Kine, Karl B. Hangen, Marvin Lawrâ€" The â€" Silestroms have two other sons in the serviceâ€"~Lt. Donald, a bombardier in the army air corps, now stationed overseas and James, nearly finished with his training at Pensacola, Air Corpy. | £ 4C# The message was brief, but added up to: "Treatment fair. Morale poor." Although he has not been receiving mail, it is hoped that letters and pack ages will reach him by Christmas. Word Received From Gordon Siljestrom > In Jap Prison Camp . Mr. and Mirs. Henry Siljestrom, 266 N. St. Johns Ave., ‘received word last week from their son Gordon, now inâ€" serned in the Philippine Military prison camp No. 3. | { Gordon, gunner‘s mate 3/c, was takâ€" en prisoner at Corregedor while servâ€" on USS Tanager, a minesweeper. has Neou;eit;ufied with the holiâ€" day season at the USOâ€"SALVATION ARMYlt'Hi#w'ood' â€"again i ~ dence. iageih in Avi This candle has (burned steadily throughout &: Christmas season for eight years, during six of which it has been i:tre possession of â€" Maj. Ira Fitzpatrick, Directot of the Club. Each‘ year the melted red wax acâ€" cumulates yo form a ‘base for the added candle, so. that the. structure, from tip to base, now measures about four feet, exciting considerable , inâ€" terest among/the. guests of the unit. Mrs. James: Stannard Baker and Mrs. Theodore Osborne, members of the executive board of the, Coâ€"ordinâ€" ating council, are in charge of arrangeâ€" Paul Mallory, choirmaster at Trinâ€" ty Episcopal church, is in charge of the carolling ‘and the Trinity ‘choir will: help lend wolfume to the singing. The Girl will attend in their red Christmas hoods and capes. Since Santa Claus will pay his annual visit, all Highland Park children are especialâ€" ly urged to come. The carolâ€"singing bas been scheduled to meet the conâ€" venience of those attending the white gift services at the churches Sunday afternoon. +295 For the fourth season Highland Park children and their families will sing their community carols together next Sunday evening, Dec. 19. This year, as last year, the carol singing will be shared with the servicemen at the U. S$. O. It wili be held at‘ 6:15 p. m. around the U. 8. 0. Christmas tree inâ€" stead of the children‘s tree on the cornâ€" er of .Lanurel gnd St Johns avenue, This event is sponsored annually. by the Coordinating council. ; 1 Annual Community Carol ArV.S5.0. The new date for the Highland Park high school winter concert, recently Jm. To because of iliness, is Sunday, an. Date of High School Annual Winter Concert Sunday, January 16. _ $ it é&,‘ t on n *A c Sjoids fac‘s The Highland P Highland Park‘s NEWS Pap ~ The Moore home, taken from Cleâ€" ment Moore‘s, "The . Night Before o d perainch Ciibind "eacion, # ve & ; afternoon members of the th aelke will pronint in amsomeiy thew "Fre ‘packed and sent by the memâ€" e o(' 't?o phllnkh‘:»”“o:'--{uu'c!‘;o h.h: o;'h:hbb.«‘ll th);mfi ursday ev s . Ad » children from ‘wm four tlln“: will meet: in V house their annual Community :t‘:r'.hd. and by tlo: Anfieli‘s Attendants .................. Jean ? Graham andâ€" Ann Davidow Ca PB NNE .â€"â€"sos se 1x ie cctrenscevafcerstons : TAKE w An Alt Ric Â¥You Singing ..............Grades 4, 5, 6 ,7, 8 Plays® Why !‘h Chimes Rang...Sixth Grade Pri Be We children will be dismissed> for th B Christmas boh';i:r on Friday, Det] 17.‘ Schools will reopen after thlid:ys on Monday, Jan. 3, 1 8 follownig® are the programs by s chiibls : 4 [alger, a peasant suviels KKE Le Goff teen u'- nnn‘gm.mkg Athanas ertel, their younger b ....Larty Vetter t- old mdc‘a .~..... Barbarn l‘u::hm . lord ..f...._..m..'....'.'.'......'.'....'..flm ‘Rhett : OOREEINE sc coennentpnaniecarerccimcciorane ml'h. o King Lenoclcliccs"" s Sitey nhhv o fhtmu prige to the closing m:m: y, Dec. 17. | Each school holds its own Christâ€" mas| program with the program pl e‘dbytbeteuhmofthntlchool. he Bracside program was held on Weilfiesday night, Dec. 15, at 8 o‘clock. Th¢ |Ravinia carol sing will be held on (Thursday night, Dec. 16, at 7:30; the! Lincoln school program on Friâ€" day lafternoon, Dec. 17, at 1:30, and the| West Ridge . program, Friday night, Dec, 17, at 8 o‘clock. vel edâ€"slides depicting the Nativity. On Friday, the play, "Why ‘ the imes Rang," will be presented .unâ€" ef the direction of Miss Helen oyce. .. to ul The cast includes : PS 4 All the children and teachers have tked together under, the leadership ‘ Mrs. Ruth Gutsche, supervisor of Schools Present Christmas Programs Lenora â€" Bruno, â€" Jane; lancy Turner, Helen m arker, . Barbara Bhuil’.v . Janet inch, Marjorie Fuler. Janet Skidâ€" ‘Children of the ochq[ol will particiâ€" te.in an assembly and present the y, "Why the cmér. Rang." On rsday, every child of the school ill . sing Christmas ¢tarols and see omes will be depicted at West Ridge hool as follows : . : & ‘The Cratchit home, taken from ore and Jeanne Wise. . feat Ridge School | â€" : Christmas as observed in various k~«Oheir:Boys _ C |_ <9o4p L0 ... _ enneth Amb«‘ Bob Plummer, James lgr%ghcw«mfi'.muu llaie Jorgensen, Mary . White, |Elia: Ma E:‘lr'd‘; "Tecly _ Nm’-z.m'n"q‘. Davie, Long, Shirle . Barbara 7:5"1?.2-‘.»,.' n M-‘ Chorue Holy Night ...___._â€"___[.. ‘Girls‘ Chérua m en Llen .Smart, | Margaret King m arger, Ronalid Danicieos. Einmett Kige: Eii.' l:li!‘-‘g imfi'f"ffiiii-'i"fi&m't. wliar Christmas Songe..|.Enjiré Audience sic, and Mrs, Virginia Curtis, diâ€" tor of dramatics."| || â€"(~/‘~ la in Excelsis Déo......... 101 Chorus leauâ€"Angels before Cn:i‘ghc‘w jean . Carol ',.i.. Dick Godfrey.. C m ie A 74 +4 [ MEME: is ca, coreeciyrctamnrammencrinediecy MUHKE Miteach w G‘M' r ..u.,.x.‘ Ann lno'tl.\ fi;;;:;:‘:::::::::::::::::l:;::"fim.‘fio'f“'.. ts ham Kinney, . Eb oan. nton, .'l,::.n Rnb"on.. lnh"g::'nh -«‘ # ‘........Jean ‘Barton, Sheils McDonnel!* las Wiggin‘s "Birds‘* CWG;;F‘ bers of the dramatie| ; aday, _‘the . clothing And toys | that e Ravinia sehool Christmas celebraâ€" last Friday aftern when the ally was ‘the dramntichoat of Knate been collected "'iSFTb.Whu:r"" Comâ€" were ‘packed and sent by the memâ€" hy maritsontesi csitisrreare~momprces. BOb GOlfFO nnmrgmemonnmono.â€"â€"idll Marbara ‘Tuetk :’ rother ............... Charles '!'hofion esloiniamesiont lender, Ann Davidow, | Jean #:hn the Pegzy Graham Highland Park, IHlinois, Thursday, Dec esc School wip. mial & < 0. Tomine :gg â€". School Chorus i Bill Smitr Jean Weiss, . Audience trucks from Fort Sheridan will facilâ€" itate in rapid delivery of gift parcels. There is 10 deadline for the mailing wf Christmas parcels, except to solâ€" Sugar plums....Judy Blevins, Disne Wing sll” c”' q y Paul Peterson, David Lasier, John Sears and Bill Mooney. i country: is 70 lbs. and 100 inches. First class parcels not exceeding 8 oz. can be d overseas without request tonsoldiers; no request is needed from Engage E Extra h Only Deadline on f Mailing Packages â€"â€" > is for Qverseas . frd The Highland Park post office will »e open this Saturday afternoon unâ€" til 6 p; m. for the mailing\ of. parcels, the purchas; of stemps, money orders . The post office will also be open for the mailing of parcels from 1 to 5 Sunday Afternoon and next week every evening until 8 p. m. . It is écted by Postmaster Daniel Cobb that the .mailing of gift parcels and Christmas‘ greeting cards will, be neavier ever. Patrons are urged to seal their Christmas cards this year and mail i first class, since inâ€" structions have been received to hanâ€" dle 1%c i cards as circular and U. S. war savings bonds, th;vwfi-‘% t has _B.T;Tn:&mea[‘):f & du h went into effect‘ It doesn‘t mattér in the least whether Re e e ie t kind o it grease burmrigmadt vep Bb in memaint m ertrie n solid. fat or any other source. "â€"/ . [ education for handicapped chie And finaliy, it doesn‘t matter how [‘A more adequate cal \idue png it takes to fill your can. A tableâ€" | program. 4) An improved a > spoto:aty‘romev;rybmcwill;e; g;finmpmedmmflut; ) us: throug t guard every drop o home arts y An as though you Reld a soldier‘s life. â€"| | proved mnflulmb) uwil t || | and ground repair, such as mbre ; Publié-{ sked for _ l l rapimgigensinn s enure ; on oo y . 1"." fil... rrOn Describes Difficulties is charged with building up our niaâ€" tional ‘fat supply.‘ And the facts have led to this new iplan of free ration points for used fat._ : "This is not a premium on patriotâ€" ismâ€"or merely a spur on your gonâ€" sciencé. <It is a way of bringing home to all women the urgent néed of that gunpowder ‘of the kitchen fats to mu F4 L ' . "Moreover, it seems only just to reâ€" turn points to the housewife for this service, : fats are scarce and ~_"To make the mountains of ammuniâ€" tion we must | have, the government wants the use f‘nt;youcanuveit your kitchen,. It wants them also fo medicines, synth¢tic rubber and other battlefield néeds. _ ‘*These are the facts as they have been pointed oyt to OPA by the Wat Food Administration, the agency that "Behind thosé few words lies one of your country‘s most serious needs. Fats used to be imported in huge quanâ€" tities from the islands of the Far FEast, ndow in eneémy 3. Cl Chester Bowles, administrator, Ofâ€" fice of Price i tion, asks evâ€" ery patriotic 'finefim wife and moâ€" ther to read this statement. Free Brovgn Points Given In Exchange For Cooking Fats Publié:f Asked for Skates for USO : Send old |skates to the Highland Park U.S.0. Any resident of Highâ€" land Park faving ice skatés of any size: or can add to the happiâ€" ness of setvice men or women by loaning ‘ot giving them to the U.S.0. ny . skating parties are planned for the winter if slqte? are available. | tra Help i § ablmbshputonwgin ndow service; and army ) TCH bA CIDGLD a. :+ , | I e t ark Press t t Â¥r for 33 Years iear glycerine fOf | Price, He outline “""m"!fwm- 16, 1943 mmlm last year out of 35," glycerine for | Price, He outlined the Â¥44."+ Teacher Collects Airplane Prints gdern anitery arcrete in be m mili f ‘ is 'filedbyHu“r;wau:dtho Park high school faculty. .. ) _ f %egmmdv% Havoc, Avenger, Mitchell, L Hudson; Lancaster, Baltimore ar Moraine Plans Da For New Year‘s | \ Dining and danting will be on New Year‘s eve at i . ‘Mr. Spears described the difficul uof the school board in employing i ers at the salaries they are able to 5 The ayerage school teachers‘ sala Highland Park is $1,930, which is | siderably lower than the average | in Winnetka, Glencog,. Lake Forest the comparable communities like | Cale, N. .Y., and Shaker Heigh Mr. Spears pointed out fll:‘m penses here are high for teac $ that a dissatisfied, maladjusted tea canmot be expected to settle the‘ type of teaching and gui that her= background : and: would indicate. . . . â€" A provided by Eddie Shaw a piece orchestra. T\f:'il tainment and favors. | ~Mr.‘ Price told league menm! District 107 and 108 spend | year per child, whereas communities spend from â€" a year more per child. Our are divided thusly for t 35 per cent for instruction ; 4 for school operations; 5 per general control; 6 per gent tainence, This is a higher instruction than most difficulties taused by state c tional limitations. Bx_pro?e : we ‘could . save $13,000} of money to schools, which now to $11,26 per child per year. tional average state aid is $26, ever, an increase in the c nelrg: f 1 Y‘hfi;:‘h",dtw tremend im the last tem n-g'-ul that it now be raised again. done about finances, we lost ‘The lyn‘?;mum on â€" educatibn‘ w arranged Mrs. . Leonard |BReise chairman of the department o : gover ment and education, and her tpâ€"ch: man, Mrs, David Joseph. r Rinxe# presided© andâ€" introduked | t speakers in Mrs. Reiser‘s absctike, T# speakers were" Dr. Harold ,Q. uy principal of the Highland P <hig school, Dr. R. H.,‘ Price, superifitende of schools in District 107,‘;‘ McKee, principal of Lincoln} sthoe and Arthur Swanson, menibe Al school board. of District 107. $ Money Spent [( s 1P #Rd Underpaying tends, to result in iffâ€" fyerior personnelâ€" and a fast t t Mr. McKo# explained how we chidd get more money and. described also cities throughout the goun which; are comparable | to ghlar Park, four Highland Park ed told members of the League of | ome Voters on December 8. i > The cause of our schools‘ infdequ cies is that there is too little mon available to them, and the only is an increase in taxes, _ [ League W omen V . Hear School Prob Ourlocallcboollmhj those of neighboring: mmyi § | Vital War llfia Impeded > By Waste Paper Shortage _ Reservations may be made: Gentlemen Higniland Par; VUN K L l V E: 4cA Music (f $¢ the Sc iy C ( I ( | of_the The | | «hurch t | by Dr w BA C .. Bs +AE |Night classes offering high sthool credit have been arranged for soiâ€" diers in Anchorage, Alaska, through the cooperation of. U.S.0. the army Newspapers. and magazines should be taken to, the sthools each week on their collection days. Amounts as small as ‘twentyâ€"five poundsâ€"but no smallâ€" erâ€"of newspapers, magazines, cartons and â€"boxes which must be flattened, and bundles of waste basket scraps, may be sold to the waste paper comâ€" panies, even if not tied. A twelve inch ‘high bundie of newspapers folded in half weighs twentyâ€"five pounds. :{ Dr. Louis W. Sherwin, minister the church, and the musical proâ€" gram is in charge of Helen Abbott Byfield, the director of music. Following this presentation, theâ€"chilâ€" dren of the church school bring their White Gifts and place them about the manger, at the same time the congreâ€" gation is given an opportunity to share in the offering. The gifts and the White Gift Service At Pmbghrian Church On Sunday hopd houses in Chicago, Laird house QOne hundred pounds of paper, tied in bundles, or metal scrap will be picked up by the city Atrucks, phone H. P. 1400. Householders with smaller amounts should put itâ€"in the salvage bmfgtthenflmdmmu their‘ junior captains, or give‘it to oné of the charity trucks, ‘unless they sell it to the waste paper ‘companies. + Chrilua‘s»m,allhtbembo.( the Scripture, with the scenes enacted in tableau form and all accompanied by Clhiistmas music sung by the choirs of the church.â€" © f : "Millions of paperboard containers rrying food, ammunition, blood plasâ€" and medical supplies art being mipped overseas weekly to American and. Allied sources," Nelson wrote the blishers. "Waste paper is one of the ef qcaw materials from which these tainers are made." f ‘And until more waste paper.is colâ€" production ,.is being sabotaged st as effectively as if it were plarined y enemy agents, according to WPB nd Salvage officials. â€" 4 ‘"Our current paper inventory is less 100 tons," states the paper comâ€" any‘s telegram, "and our daily conâ€" ion is approximately 350 tons. We have lost three and one half days‘ to the shortage of waste paper. "We have had one machine shut down since yesterday noon, and are ing down all machines tonight un~ . we receive adequate supplies We for food, drugs, shells, projectiles and offerings are dedicated 'Il“ll 7 _‘. Ww 4 $ Rules (for newcomers in this vit part of winning the war) follow : $uf In keeping with a custom of long standing, the White Gift service at the Presbyterian church will be held. on Sunday hfternoon, Dec. 19, at 5 o‘clock. The form of the service, which has been developed: through the years, holds to the simplicity of the Christâ€" 1: Jr.,. salvage chairman. ~ , «War Production board officials are ; copies of it to all towns the area, as the plight of this one is typical of paper companies <~Figures revealed by Donald M. Nelâ€" ion, WPB chairman, in a letter to newspaper publishers, show that the 6 million ton waste paper collection of he past year must be boosted 33 1/3 er cent, to 8 million tons, if the shortâ€" ige is to be overcome, L hip Qverseas P any of Monroe. ‘{:fi_d rele?:ip:;y Mrs. fiuhu That the waste paper situation is beâ€" ming more Critical every day is emâ€" ar TLX . arrying thei ‘d â€"received â€"here today from a E. Leigh, director of the overseas division. â€" LC Production board by the River Give Double This Year to Community Chest and a War Fund "k . 4# Classes for :as Soldiers a .CwYt 5'.50 o Yea PW 2C ced CMivcts $ o .,u’ ghghs . us yelg & * i *4

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