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%’ Efi x .:;fd;;. ‘.5“‘?‘:% w io. t w t e A . fengifyg enthusiast, Midshipman Sheahen" won | the| Naval‘ Academy Regime Saber Championship and the NJ y "N" this year, During his course! ag held various offices and 0 ‘been active in radio. Mr. agd Mrs. Lioyd Sheahen, acâ€" compnn"' y. theit daughter, Joan, Mr. a compani left â€" tow their so on June| 2. t Franci Sheahen, $81 Central Ave., wil one the ss of 918 midshi to be gtaduated from the U. S,. N Academy at. Annapolis, andâ€" right Will uate From Annapglis on June 7 could continued his study and been def But Pill wanted to get into the [fight. And so enlisted. And he plajp off into th¢ wild, blue youder. hsn Francis‘ L. Sheahen It was and Bill from then on. 1 used rive thent to college. 1 was ki to hive ‘em along. They wefté !â€"gr friends . . . «~Bill tell me he‘d like to be a doctor.! For two years he took a td hatt eommmne and . . . gel . . . you! sat" the ones out. It was and Bil Annic abf} Bill were the No. 1 couâ€"~ ple at H | during theit senior year. 1 believe won the coveted honor of being best looking, most popâ€" Harvard . She too, outstandâ€" ing at H , She and Bill married, you know d they have‘a fime little He met ly young hfiy at Highâ€" land Pretty ie Millér, daughter ‘the Hcrmm(‘ldm of Ba;lku Pukluhm was ings) t you know. If fi%y, he Bob K \ He played Pou! right good : football, too. And ‘his grades / K [E FIELD, AAF) TRAINâ€" ING COMMIAND, June 1â€" : hrough I reme: Annie in high school. Yep. ed. We had lots of fun, But thept Bill carme along . . . ‘|There will be a shortage in ev@ry line of plants long before the end of the bedâ€" ‘».fj_ ‘segsm*, but at present wet'"f' =ffer &A ip§t complete assortment of bedding and 1 ether you are ready now lant later. on, we suggest your order as soon as possible eit!] our store ‘phone or better still, pa to l our greenhouses, Ridge Road : west end of Park Avenue. °_ _ â€"Plants for Your Garden Wednesday to attend aduvation activities. . your‘ correspondent $8 |â€" ~@@#00 J ¢! I‘M IN s a . ecovery On Saturday, May 27}, Mt: Edward ing, 327 E.. Vine: yenue, gave'..n irthday . party in hogfor | of Dennis ichael Castelli, aged j;, Aon of %- nd ~Mrs. Joseph, "i ti. Fift tn ttle guests were pres U t the pu‘?ty chich was held on the fliwh, and eath uest received a gift. ifrmest Joseph, rounger brother of H nis, was just: ix months old on the bame day." . The father of the boys, Pvt. Joseph ‘astelli, reported thre § eks) ago to e gravely ill at his po j in Ft Knox, (Â¥., is known to <‘be J ng a rapid SvOrY a ++ 5 j I I +044 Readers will remember ;Lory writâ€" in this spacte about the mother lark who proved her motherly e by protecting her purlg: against ing odds. . .. || | Friend .and‘ fellow worker Air Wac . Theima Fitzgerald, \keeps our blic relations clippings lup to date, lis me that the bird sthry appeared 1 over the country. [ Editors, too, like a,rfi if from war This column‘s censor, Lt. Joseph H. uckles, passes along tWis story . .. When he was at offiger‘s candidate hool there was a T. gt1‘ Robert J. anson, a Spokane, Wisk, lad who as the radio operator &n the famous ying Fortress, the. Memphis Bell¢. Sgt. Hanson flew 25 imissions with azi fighter pilots firitlg 'h&E , thousands it.{&pt»‘t' the air. | Then‘ he went to o t One day "he was bver the |obâ€" ticle course. He climbed an 18â€"foot bstacle and then jumpdil. / fo4l He sprained his anl;d and was otut f action for several daks. 6 k Bit Startled . . . ~ This corporal had afi elping him the other istributing the camp ney he job was done, detait d if we would drive| We did. * | f The driver said, "I 3| I‘ll seeif got a letter, too," and "e jumped guat f the truck. : Seconds b;:r he teâ€" "Hooray!" he exclaimeit "I got two tters. One from my wife.| One from y girk" ; s }} ‘ I always thought they were the same _As he finished different : of light training, ‘he was Assigned to Good luck,‘ Annie an:lfl?l, and I ope ‘you .come back. to tie North hore, to Highland Park to live. You‘re always wel ’ ~_know ! * % #| ennis M. Castefli onored on Birthday ead Bil!‘s Story ... But let Bill tell you Hi} t ere. Read what he has‘to ypical, I think, of w tJ ark lads all over the 1 bers, where the best fhe: For 49 at [ ears the Best i and|| r wish »lpcing r over a visit ar the Le#!bers askâ€" tail of men . |‘We were m over to § xLliq‘ ry from say. It‘s Highland are doâ€" usually wPicl ‘Among pthéer reupions of local boys in the sfiu; Seasrvns that :of the :5"“ friends,; Pfc! â€"Eugernie Ugolini, USMC, son of" Ms. ‘and Mrs: Emilio Ugolini, 316 Palmer Ave., Highwood, Cpl. Albert Maurigi, son of Mr. and NMrs. Gust Maurizi, 837 Thylor Ave:;, id Sgt. Ditk Balrini, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baldrini, 1107 No. Grifâ€" h Ave., Lake Forest. "We always send the names <of friends® in the _A letter recently received from Pyt. William "Willie" Carrief,| ‘informed his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant. Carâ€" rier, 231 No. St. Johns Ave., that he had â€" contacted H‘trbert Chambers, Pharmacist‘s | Mate, USN. on, the island base* where he has| been staâ€" tioned: for several: months, Herbert i4 the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry éhgmbers, fi McDaniels |Ave. Both ds are graduates of the local high sthool, both are.21, and arg friends of long standing. J y } engagement to> Miss i‘Jm"t" Wilson, daughter of Mrs. William Wilson, 275 Laurel Ave., was an ounced last year. He has completed his b‘fiT training at Farragut, Idaho. | + Jack Petry, Seaman 2/c, USN, forâ€" mer member of the local fite departâ€" mert, recently visited his mother, Mrs., Elizabeth Perry, and his wife, Dorothy, at 26 So. Green Bay road. ~/A/Câ€" William "Bill" Poi:er, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pomper, 320 Maple Ave., who entered the service in September, 1942, has completed his basic training at Miami, his college work at University of Buffalo, N.Y,, and "is now receiving prinrry pilot training at Decatur, Ala. Enlisting the services of the Red Cross, Cpl. Mervin and Pyt. Warren Goldstead, sons bf ‘Mr. and Mrs: Jacob Goldstead, 108 High . Ave., Highwood, recently succe in getâ€" ting together at an lish base. > |Pvt. Warren is a member ‘of: the Armiy Infan ,johifi“ the service in November, ’t:z,y‘wbile;Cpl. ervin, of the Signal Corps,; was inducted <a month later. £7 | â€" Cpl. Grace L.‘ Fearifig, WAC, d&ug‘hter of Mrs. G. C. Fearing, direcâ€" tor of the local USOélub.ia ow seryâ€" itla in the Woman‘s Reserve Battalion at Camp Elliott, San Diego, Calif., as company clerk. E» 3 | The Purple Heart, a medal ‘and specimens of Japanese morey are among (the keepsakes : wh Mrs. Helen Wygal, 340 Bloom St., received from her son, Pic. Tom Wygal, now stationed in the m?t:welt Pacific atea. Pic. Wygal spent 3 months in the Hawiian Istands, recently, conâ€" valescing from wourds récgived in combat. Lt., Lawtence Wygal, a brother, is sta;‘ionedt with the U.S. Air Force in Italy, | | This war is not without its lighter side. ~A soldier from a nei ing town writes that he received the surâ€" prise of his life recently when) accomâ€" panying a force to a Britishâ€"mandated island in the Pacific. Bp’l‘bey re met by a group of natives who |greeted them with a burst g the {familiar song: "You Are My Sunshine." window box ; flats of annu: n loioils Sn For your ® 6000? pot iÂ¥ Victory. Garden ‘we offer Led tomatoes of such varieâ€" , Improved Pritchard, John Baltimore, and 8 others, all § ertified seed. Also,.we have . iflower, broccoli, eggplant, ) parsley, chives celery, red . flants, also â€"perennials and is . Y‘ .. ie Tel.: Herbert rs. Harry jAVe. Both local high friends of 1942, His the Red Warren d ~Mrs: Ave., if . getâ€" tion‘s Se Lt. Thompson is the son of Roy Thompson of Decrfield and Mrs. Willâ€" iam. Hughes of Chicago.. | _A telegram received. Wednesday i formed . the parents of Lt. Rich "Plug" Thompson that he is a prisoner of war in Germany. A coâ€"pilot on a Flying Fortress, Lt. Thompson reported missing on his> twentyâ€"s mission during the first week of May. Lt. Richard Thompson Prisoner in Germany _ Flight ‘Officer Edward T. Car of the famed "Winged Comnyando$" who was called home by.the iillness of his father, and spent a fiveâ€"day furâ€" lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel / Carrell, 123 Pleasant Ave., Hightwood, has returned. to his presâ€" ent base at Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Also presert was his brother Milton, now living in "Chicago.. i A brother, Pic. John M. Seyfart of the Army Signal Corps, t';u tioned at.a base in the Pacific area. F. 0. Edward Carrell Home on Furlough Lt. Seyfarth, a Princeton man, has been manager of Midwestern Sales, Dunbar:Glass Corp., Chicago. His wife the former. Mary Kelton Grubbs, liv at 542 So. Sheridan Rd. + 2nd |t. Hugh Martin Seyfarth, fi of Robert E. Seyfarth, 542 So. Sheriâ€" dan Road, who received his:commisâ€" sion on March 2, 1944, joined the U. 8. Marine Corps at Quantico, March 22, 1944, graduating on May 24. His present dutics are with the Aviaâ€" tion Ground Officers‘ Service. \ Lt. Butler was valedictorian of the class of 1940 at the local high school, and was. a student at Harvard Uniâ€" versity at the time of his enlistmént in the U. S. Navy, 1942. | His wife, the former*Dorothy Miae Johnson, ‘is living at 2003 Kane S§t., LaCrosse, Wis. 4 2nd Lt, John Joseph Butler, 22, of 1410 Western Ave., Highwood, who was ctommissioned on June 16, 1943, at the U. S. Naval Training School at Boulder, Colo., reported on Mar 2 at Quantico, Va., for the indoctrination course with the U. S. Marine Corps, and was graduated on May 24. / Shis Eu1P ‘Word ‘has been received by Mrs. Edward Wing, 327 Vine Ave., that Her husband, Edward M., of the Seabees, has been promoted to the ramnk of Petty Officer, 2/c. Petty Officer Wing, who is an electrician‘s mate, has been away from home for nearly a year, and is stationed in the Aleuâ€" tian Islands. ) mervice," says Mrs, Ugolini, "hoping he will J‘ day run at'.mslL someone he knows." â€" > | ¢ Frank FEreberg, USN, whose wife and‘ two children, 9 and 13, Bve at 905 Taylor Ave., will complete ‘his basic training at Great Lakes in two weeks. *‘ Norman _ Freberg, â€" the , youngest, seaman 2/c, USN, who entered the service in September, 1942, is staâ€" tioned at Glenview. His wife and baby live at 136 No. First St. ; * Mrs. Maty Flinn, 136 No. First St., has three gons in the armed services. John ~"Ike" Freberg, rmacist‘s Mate,â€" 1/¢,, USMC, who received a back injury some time ago whak“m the service, is still at the San Diego base, ree&éring from the accident and Jooking forward to a !}nlonap in the near future. . 384 ELA 1187 Greenhouses oo in c ns ie Eie Nee 9 o 2o % Ki 9e Â¥4% 55*" ce Wt Mianp ol i o on snn rden s Mss DC ioh fls ce l i. 1. â€" akag n t ds Te sn oo Afos T Aecof ieal ces e 1 *E un l Private First Class Walter C.) 578 Homewood â€"avenye, has â€" been promoted to th‘rrank,;’ol nician fifth grade, according to John T. Rhett, Fort Sheridan, commander. ~ He is attached: : 1632nd Service vg'it.. ’hmuink, tion center at Sh oc 183 Following the W.» ting," there w !ie a "penny social." !: Members are, diki to bring small articles which wilf be offered for sale..~ M d Camphell chapter, Order of Star, will observe‘ worthy ma _ worthy patron nfimr on : W evening, June 7, at the Masonicâ€" ty at 7:30 o‘clock. |. | | ~U| Mr.and Mrs .Frahk Shelton, Prairie Ave,, havé fro fourâ€"day trip to $ Bay, W over Decoration Da h $ Campbell to Observ Patrons, Matrons Ni Alicé. Andérson of| Milburn_ wilk. be worthy, matron and William Wirtg of Wauconda will act as worthy % The Frank Shelton: Enjoy Holid{zp Trip Mr. ‘and Mris FrakLk Sheimn, | Ens. Milton C. Pitkens, who Was stationed at Glenview Naval Air > tion, died instantly last Friday, the plane he was flying crashed }i} a Deerfield garden.. rently unkble to gain altitude ,the plane ‘catap to the ground, ingâ€" itsgelf in n garden where | shortly: before (Mt. Stanley Antes had beqx working. i( / Ens. Pickens,â€" c.efm, m‘ Hopston, Texas. | [\ 4A Formerly a resident of Portl: Oregon, the deceased is ‘survived his wife, the former Cecile Reinl of Mt. Vernon, ;g.. to whom he married about six months ago, . who is employed ‘by the 111. Bell T. phone Co,, of this city. } It. Wilson ‘met his death Thursday at the Central A crossing, being struck by a fast northâ€" bound train. It is believed that, linâ€" tent upon catching his train for the Fort, he ran directly in the path! lof the flier, and wis unable to clear the Naval Ensign Dies In Plane Crash â€" CHRISTIAN SCIENCE REAbiNG room Military funcral rites were Keld the chapel at Ft. Sheridan, l‘riJ May 26, ‘for the late Lt. Robert W son: of the 1622 5,8 Military Pof unit at the Fort. Interment was m1 in the Ft. Sheridan cemetery. â€". She speaks of "Japan‘s 0 portunity. to deal America a A blow," and adds that all the Marin who attacked the: Marshails & killed. ~ Then, to the at! the listeners, she follows this sta ment, inâ€"a clear, pleasant vonre. the threat: "If the Marines do leave the Marshalls in four d*ys. ' pan : will send the, largest ugr,fl ever®..", " H io es s al Military Rites Held For Lt. Robt. Wilson ]“’rol:io‘l‘iflh.f"J-pi-lf‘b commentg}] | Within ‘the ‘next few weeks new tor, is Bob Hope‘s riul mvhm from the Highland! Park :arinendiohnhiathe; school as well as high schools arshall: Islands, . according jto thi jall over the country will leave ‘pchool official combat eormwndentl In z ito move on to new fields. For many of good ~middleâ€"western American ap.| them those new fields will be battleâ€" cent "Tillie" bro.dcuts fantastic 3 | fields. T wentyâ€"five ywl. ago, High counts of dire disaster to Americdk | *Ch00! MWMMA:Wed troops in the Marshalls, and ma J | that "never again" would erican terrible predictions as to A#e je4} | youth be called on to sally forth to ultimate downfall. | 1| | foreign fields. J > :. Where the Bible and all the writh *.: Thed of } "Soap Operas"? l Then hear my | FIRST ". _ The Dinning Sisters +‘ The Boys in the Bowman Band _ Every Morning : NhE ~A jon * WG N ERL . VW Aam *_FEATVURING «* "sownman 2 MUSICAL \ MILKWaAcon" | C444 Skip Farrell Off the epâ€" it le Their recruit training ¢ ¢ these men m’l‘;tpend a m at home. They are: ]w .f' Jones, 32, husbad of Pearl ‘M. Jpnes, â€" 1701 Greenwood avenue, and Lg:: Santi Jr., 28, ‘husband of Ida Banti, 520 Ravinia : road Two Local Men Now At Great Lakes | Two Highland :Park men are reâ€" ceiving their initial mw. tion at the U.S, Naval Training cenâ€" ter, Great Lakes. i " Reider M. Skog, son of:Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig Skog of Crofton avenuc, is a member of the newest chuofudetstobe'umtotln bombardier schoal at Mi Army Air field, Midland, Tex., for; J&wet schooling as a bombardierâ€"havigator, Upon the completion of hig training course, he will receive his silver wings and commission u,eitlu:i?: stcond lieutenant or flight officer in the armiy. dir forces. 1 4 | Skog Assigned . to Air School , Two such bloody lessons as the last éarnqd.thisongsbonldbeh. â€" After :‘l:e last war, organizations such as the American Led#. which advocated universal ufi!fi trainâ€" ing and a strong army and navy, were denounced as jingoist.> !â€" / : A gold star mother, whos¢ son, if this nation had been obviously able to put a strong, wellâ€"trained atmy and #fivy in the field on .no.? notice, might now be home instead‘of lying inanxlienmve,ismgm refutation of these policies, as well as their strongest indictment. â€" t * The mistake, however, was not fatal ‘â€"that. time. We are vhnm the war, through at a terrible toll in blood and treasure. ~But with Ameriâ€" can blood sniaingiishpds w a few y&n ago most ‘of us never heard of ,it is disheartening to see evidences that the same type of demâ€" tmt; who préached strict f&-- ism, then, is again, starting y» ing. They nevertlearn. T xvn years ago . they fidod thie same doctrine that they are dustirtig off now, only now they call efforts at integratâ€" ing international | relations "globalâ€" oney." .~ . 4 | No thinkingâ€"person wants to see the United States take over the job of policing the world," orâ€"to "play Santa Claus to everyone except: the Ameriâ€" can," but thinking people ‘lgo know that taking a responsible adq | in the affairs of a world which, as was demonstrated at Pearl , does‘ not recognize isolationalism, involves neither of these principles. . ; i Thurs., Fri, Sat.â€" â€" ; Jube 1, Z 3 Margaret O‘Brien, Marsha Hunt "LOST . ANGEL" | Bomething went wrong. pet theory that if we, as the tld:: and most envied nation:â€" on earth, mainâ€" tained only a tokeh army, and inâ€" adequate navy, and took no ffi" in foreign relations ("Let ‘em :3: their owh troubles"), all, wopld be well; It just never occurred to us that some nation !wt r us as a plum just wai to be picked. The fact that the nations that did 30 regard us are fi:i&u the tldnn‘ a very distressing project i , in no way justifies the shortâ€"sightedness that prevailed in that era." | » GLENCOE â€"< Mort., «Tues, _ June 4, 5; 6 . _â€"__ Myrua Boy . | ; "TME RAINS CAME" "LIFEBOAT") .. Talluiah Bankhead ~ | * Thursday, June 1, 1944 UP TO NOW 630 Vernon Avenue e t iA dn 4 }