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Highland Park Press, 27 Jan 1944, p. 2

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_A letter recently received by Mrs. Flarence Sthmidt, 640 Homewood Ave., Schmidt, ‘of the WAC, who at last reâ€" port was stationedâ€"in New York, has Mr. and Mrs. George: W. Childs, 850 No,. Sheridan Rd., are represented 3 rimes in tht armed forces. Lt. Robert L. | Childs, [USNR, commands a PT squadron in New Gumea. Lt. (i.g.) Win: D. Clilds is on duty in the Paciâ€" fic area, and Barney, the dog, is also doing his pirt in the war at an ovéerseas m:%;y Fearing, USMR, reâ€" cently from PFC, is now staâ€" Koned at Camp Elliott, San Diego, Cal. “Did'kphe-it,pop?"ukedthehd, ragerly. | ||| * * "Yes, som, I made it." ; "What branch, pop?" o "Well,", re ‘the father, standing a bit more |¢ ‘"I am now a member of the Markne Corps." + "Aw, shutks," exclaimed the boy, "I thowht'etrid at least make the‘ Comâ€" mandos t" / }~ | ... % She is the daughter of Mrs, Grace Fearing who is associated with the loâ€" â€"~It is %"of a‘local family man who was drafted, that he returned from the ¢xiami board to be met at the door by one of his children. f Vittle fellow. If it‘l h I‘ll be mighty pleased." Said Airâ€"Wac Pfc. Irene Thompson, a grandmother=whose son, James, surâ€" vived the sinking of the U.S.S. Helena : "When I learned about Billy‘s condiâ€" tion, my heart went out to him; I‘ve never given blood before. But Billy might: have ‘been mhy â€" twoâ€"yearâ€"old grandson. I would want him to Tlive." First r to give his blgod was Pic. Abe Wyll who comes from Daltas where Billy is confined in the Baylor university hospital. He said:|; A Under supervision of Col. Arthur H. Corliss, post surgeon, nurses and mediâ€" cal officess worked five hours last week t*mg"l:i precious fluid from the soldiers &i Airâ€"WAGCs arrive first . . . 0 > Promptly at 8 a. m.the Airâ€"Wacs arâ€" rived. Fifteen minutes later there were 35 Airâ€"Waes, sleeves rolled up, waiting to" give blood. i ‘ Assigned to‘ cover the story I interâ€" viewed some of the donors. > When Chanute Field soldiers heard that Billy had been denied further plasâ€" ;_n.;t{:yoli«cdthdrfibodtom > } P Months af lite for him . . . Doetonr given up hope for the boy‘s life as the Dailias hospital‘s preâ€" the lack of special, sterile vacuum botâ€" tles, blood was taken only from those 165 danors arrived first. They reâ€" Months of life for Billy were sealed in these bottles. Chanute ‘Field, Army Air Forces _ Training Command : ; sheeg inftinee mnght reonbly oo ' time might, ibly cure by 4â€"yearâ€"old Texan Billy Meers,; 165 Airâ€"Wace and. soldiers each gave a pint of their blood last week to a "supâ€" ply of life" which was flown to Dailas in a Fying:Fortress. . Â¥ ". m Over 1,600 Airâ€"Wacs and soldiers directly volunteered, but because of HIGHLAND PARK and RAVINIA ~BA RB ER happy to give my blood to the BEGINNING SATURDAY, JAN. 29 /. HAIRCUTTING _ ‘GRADE SCHOOL CHILDREN : Week Days â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" GQc¢ ? Setein . 75e HIGH â€" SCHOOL CHlLfliNfiAND! ADBt a new post in North Afâ€" If it‘ll help him to live, Announce a new schedule] Â¥i of prices. *€" “.v. ------.â€"-.d‘&-...-..:...... Special to the Highland Park Press ‘M IN THE ARMY NoWw Blood to ‘Bi .‘Cpl. Whitt N, Schultz 75¢ . C ce & kial E. Farmer, of Mr. Mrs. John T. Farm 25 Deerfiel Place, who is in the Mavy air| co writes that he will ive the | rati of radio: man 2/¢â€" .Feb. 1. H bas beq{\i"swidned in [Brooklyn, N.Y but éu.t\;:‘e::{t' to & i: Rhodg ts yB a m tf «_ A/C John J. UI of Mr. arid Mrs. Samue! Uliman, Lincoln Ave., is | now ‘stationed at IÂ¥illington Field, ‘Tex., where he “isf navi ‘t‘a He “ :.E: h ‘verli't;‘l::':ci avintion ‘thflining school. Cpl. Wim. Kopp, statighed somew! in ‘India, writes that hé and hig bud dies i a végy‘qui Christmas, are sti )ki lrd to receivi meir%m iges, : pro | about! the last of J ty. Cpl.: who entared the servic§g}|18. months is the som of Chief of fPolice and Mrs, Martin Kopp. ¢: . P c ;.s>cf . 000| Â¥f â€" A/C Howard Ja is now â€" staâ€" tioned at| Gikeston,. Mo,[with the‘ 30 Army «Air forces, h 4 eted his army air preflight fraini ‘ Antonio, Texas. He 1 son of Mx. and Nirs: Howard M. J4 sfi.. 104 Clifton Ave. iP Nn rita. |â€" Her brother, FRHanci M 1/c l(fSN. telephmd"F;Iw (York about the same time. (He mhmeq seeing Melvin Miller ang George Plant. Bnflithfi't‘d‘ay that bo to a fine little boy. â€". He, d short and up into their faces.> . =| I «* Then h¢e said & | f "I know you. You iglit me thore blood... Myâ€" mommy told| me you/were coming." | / h y s es s L oo M f "I didn‘t lose a dmop|(@f blood on the ‘battle ?d. so T‘ 1. could spare, some for Billy." F‘} _ â€" .‘ Said Billy‘s mother Field entatives : Said Silyer Star â€"w James E. Graham, b% ilefields o Italy for training : . | F When the donations wiere completed the precious blood was. to the phne,g"l::zd on, caref ylawd‘ sa it would l:t‘:r M35 , 'waf,l';tem« peratyre of een 35 § deq»ees. Fliesto Bifty ; ;. #IL .: j * The took, P hepdediior. Tex@s, It drrived hours fater. + Billy sound : a when,, his supply of |life came.‘ 1/ °7 Ramy a warmmng Hero gives blood .. . V here was a nes. hx * ute Field solâ€" ts was joined t6 rain death T came#l life.'a e es the Chanute 4t Set. this week. Hejis‘cighteen years of oo i o s es Two Deerficld youths have qualified for the army air ferce and are awaitâ€" ing their callâ€"George Alin: Moen, ‘son of Mr. and‘.' Mrs. Albert| 0. Moen, 731 Deerfield Rd., Wf cle Intra+ nugvo, son of Mrs. ia I ie anege years of age an ‘Of / t fand Park high school. : ‘ ty will enâ€" ter service at the age of 18. \, Put. Dan S. Hunt, J¢., who, was in ‘ducted into the army in Nov. 1942,£it now undergoing training as 4 preâ€"aviâ€" ation cadet, and is stationed ‘at Greenâ€" ‘sbhoro, N.C._ He‘ is the ? of Dan S. Hunt, 1055 Fair Oaks Ave., Deerfield. _ Mr. . Alden fl‘rms. son of Mr. and Mrs. Léeon Hajrig, nq.tmm Ave., wl Zeport at Rr. Shevidh® on 2eb 7. will réport at. Ft. Sheridan on Feb. 7. He is married and has nqn of five and a daughter three | / | :* ‘Mary Fleager, daughter of Mr. ;g‘t’l Mrs.: Samucl B. Fleaget,. For Ave,, is ncei“l'%‘her h training with the. WAVES at Huntet College, New York.~ + /« t + Miss Isabetl Mann, Yeothan‘ 3/¢, of the U.S. Coast‘Gnard-Woflq;'s Reâ€" serve, has been on active duty in the ;’ ilitary Morale Office of the District [ Major Eben mf.. Wyles, fid Cav. RCN Squad., and executive officer of s umit, is Stationed at Ft. |Jackson, €.C. Battalion imajor at N. Mexico Military Institute, he becatre a;reserve fficer in 1933. tfic is marrtied and the ther of one child. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wyles, 360 Park i Lt. Edward Tonneson, of the Army air corps at, Miami Beach, Fif., receiâ€" a visit from| his parents, {Mr. and Mrs. Victor E.‘Tonneson, 2190 S. Sherâ€" d;an.,r“eceny.Lt. son, at tOne time pilot of| a troop carrier plane, was injured in Italy, but has now reâ€" \ * e || Cor Newinan Fetl, son se faity a &rmr{lved to Cpl. Bal R A s ;gatiox;éd atA((‘:'.gm : hn.be;x SL sn are Mess ioh * _Mr. and |Mrs. {Joseph H. filfl‘lét‘Ofl. 59. Michigan Avp., have three‘sons in he service. Don, AMMF, 1/c, has been the Navy for lover two, yéats. Joe, framan 1/c, USN, is in‘ the athletic epartment at Otftumwa, Ia. Cpl. Tom Gameron, para ir, has| in the army for three rs, and is at preâ€" Be stationed at {Ft. Benning, Ga. All ree were grad from the local high school, a Jo? uzflamu eorgetown Collige, Ky." | | _ _ _ |. Pyt. Ernest Harris, son of Mr. and irs. Aibert. Harrig, 852 Taylor Ave, is stationed in New Orleans, La., home ‘recently for a 1 fur~ ugh,. Put. Harrig has fined ¢ the hospital for|some weeks where he underwent an ition on his knée. :gs condition . is ‘reported L,inflproved. e is married to the former| Intz Ponâ€" zy, and has an infant gon, ‘"T |Capt. asd Mrs. Wussell Petergon have left for Nashville} Tenn,, after spendâ€" ing a furlough with Mrs. Péterson‘s parents, Mr. and |Mrs. L. A. (Wolterâ€" ding, 335 Glenwood Ave. _| |_ * A/C Howard f wlgl was graduated from the aeronapnti¢al uniâ€" versity in Chicagy in June, and was then stationed in Mississippi, and. later in Florida, is now at: Efl”‘ Field, exas, where he is receiving training a navigator. is the son of Mr. Mrs. Gust Jghpson, 1850 Kincaid Donald A. Anthanas, son of Mr. A new recruit at the U.S.| Navall Lt. Comdr. Oscar W. Goepner, forâ€"| raining Station, Great Lakes, is Geo.| merly engaged in the: N. Afric::fi, Hi‘ ] xfl'”‘ ‘of Mrs. |G. P.| is stationed temporarily in this ‘|to ay, 26 South Green Bay Rdad, Now Hetpentfihristmawithhhpamu,"l xrtomg' "boot" training, he is beâ€" | Mr. and Mrs. Lorne H. Chambers, 130| * ig indoctrinated into Navy life and is |Roger Williams Ave.| _ . = 4 ! heen brother, Liimpros, is dlregdy in V insl o seamansimngp, mili« procedure.| Soon series of aptitude hether he will be of the Navy‘s ill be assi to pon conipletion of e will be ted w 2° ie . â€"| THE PRESS 4 0 mili« Mrs. Mary Mazzetti Of Highwood Dies In Local: Hospital m: Mrs. Mazzetti, who lived at 235 Nortth avenye, Highwood, was barn in mjy and came to this country 31 yearts ago. She had lived inâ€"Highwood singe 1924. A : j s rs, Mary liat&?!fi. ‘55 yc:;n,o‘d. died Saturday night in the Highland Par}; hospital after an illness of 2 months: /‘ xub*: :‘ ho Jack Barton Steffen, son of Mrs. Ressieâ€"Stefien, formerly of Highland Park but now living at 4428 No. Magâ€" rolia!St., Chicago, has been sworn into the Air :Corps ‘Enlisted Reserve, a¢cordâ€" ing: to Capt. F. A. Wilgus, president of !#le AAGEB ‘of Chicago. Young Steffen, 17, will. be ‘called to active training at the age of 18. Prior to that g:‘e he> will serve in the Air |Corps Enlisted ~Reserve and â€"will wi;r the small blbe and silver wings on civilian parb. Mis training will consist of 13 Another young man in the Air Corps Enlisted Reservamfl Bertram (James ,A:::hnms.. son of l‘;r: and Mrs. Louis Abrahams, 2301 â€"So. Sheridan Rd. Young Abrahams, also 17, is a graduâ€" ate of ‘the local high school, class of ‘43, having returned to receive his diâ€" ploma from Chicago University, which he has attended for.1% years. . P to 15 months of a crammed schedule, heralded as the finest uviation'#dm- tion in the world, costing Unc Sam well! over $25,000. Upon graduating, Aviation Cadets are fiuidled‘ |pilots, bombardiers or‘ navigators, and are either commissioned: 2nd lieutenants or appointed: flight officers, f Miss Florence Branvald, one of the Imd ‘Park hospital‘s most mlned obstetrical nurses, who enlisted in the Army Nurses‘ Corps during November of last year, has been called ‘forf?givc duty, .and reported on January at Camp Carson, Colo..! She has been spending: a few weeks at her hoine in Wasera, Minn. j [9u Public Service Com No question about the men in uniformâ€"they‘li . go "all out." But can we afiount on you to back them all the way? Your quota is yvml"emwdrk â€"you‘ve got to buy your War Bonds and then buy more, until every last loose> cent 1418 is what we‘ve been working for all along. This is the year to hit and hurt the enemy. This is the time when everything you do counts double. If we all get together and do all we can, we‘ll be over this hurdle and well on our way to complete and crushing victory. January 18 to o+ M w ow 2e 4d BRCK THEATTACK ! Supplying Northern Illinois with CJh ELECTRICITY HAS GONE TO WAR #EDON‘T WAWSTE IT:} (An Jowelry" Has endure m as | eu#m arnment regardless of prevailing ions, according to Al | 4 ton, who will lecture before th lectors‘ Study group of: the Hi Park Woman‘s club on T y ing, Feb. 1, at 10 :30 4. m. A |rare collection ¢f cameas â€" ty royalty and gi i tcr the last war will be t hibit which Mr. Hamilton will trating the various periods is tory of jewelry. pl¢s of craftsmanship will al Mrs. Charles G. n, chai the Collectors‘ \grouy, is prepa a Jarge meeting. â€" The (meeti open |to the public‘with i the door. â€" | { Semnlo ~_TRY! | _ rrRanrs H Shoe Repalt SERVICE 8X FIRST CHURMF CHRIST, SCIENTIST J |~ . m PARK, ‘"LLINOIS | YOou aRE LY INVITED To USsE TH S CHRISTIAfi cS"’EWICE READING‘ROQM 544 Cent ‘llvAtcnu ; Highland r'lu, linotfle, I Saturdays :fi’ :rz.'.w. ."‘-.zy:.lt.“‘”; Â¥#4 was iland Park Wo ear Lecture on where the Bible: and afAfthe writings of Mary Baker Eddy | may wed, or pur¢hased Authorized | Ct 8e ‘Literature ll"m.,.. Braille, . and } Fult n is also « 1 is wor 5 ;pl'z‘j 43 Nd9Hh | Sheridan .Road gacrifice nowâ€"buy more ra $100 Bond your country rou forâ€"winning the war is rifice you make. [Besides, A aren‘t giving, you‘re ending to America! You‘ll get jack every dollar you invest War Bonds, with interest. ~An extra $100 War Bond is the minimum for verybodyâ€"can‘t we count im you for more? | _ bruary 15 ifighting. Tough? Of course, unless it is a sacrifice you‘re ‘doing your share! | â€" ; Northern Hlinois NTAJNED BY is x ho w ith for War Production / Thursday, January 27, Campbell Chapter guild will hold a dessert card party Friday afternoon, Jan. 28, in the Masonic temple at 1 :30 o‘clock.: Members are asked to bring . _ In charge of the party are‘ Mrs. George Green, Mrs. Edward Strenger, Mrs. Albert: Larson, Mrs. Fred Moon and Mrs. James Whitehouse. y Party Planned By: Campbel!l Chapter Sundays 2:30 pâ€"m. to $:30 pam. THU., FRL, SAT GLENCOE Theatre . 630 Vernon Avenue THUKS. ;: :/ Jan. 27 Theatre RKeserved for Glencoe Firemen Annual Movie FRL, SAT. > * _Jan 28 4 Wallace Beéry, Fay Bainter *SALUTE TO THE MARINES‘ Dick ‘Powell, Mary Martin, > Franchot Tone, Victor Moore * in the Season‘s Fenniest Comedy. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Y ‘ "CLAUDIA®" _ _ _‘ Stars," f'h-:?e | Co::r Home, "Guadalcanal Diary." u-aâ€"r:u.n Thrills of 11 Pete Smith Novelty, News SUN., MON., TUES., WED. .. Jan. 30â€"31â€"Feb. 1â€"2 Single Feature Program Don‘t Burn Paper "TRUE TO LIFE" M 07â€" Cqniiioine * aplte Feb. 3â€"4â€"5 a ies e tw d 4

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