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Highland Park Press, 13 Jun 1944, p. 2

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Of Seéden Topics .4tmeran Church with its pidpy tragedies will make the “{ :soldier is extra> conscienâ€" tious indg grh he hews to that old line tq § ..we.ca.llhiman.ucer bea 43 bnchufofuothet stripe ¢ omotion, or a 30â€"year man. Justiit other day I met a REAL 0â€"yearâ€"nfinâ€"that is, this old soldier h : éfily been conscientious, he‘s acth 3 nin the Army 30 years! magi int ! He‘s it first 30â€"year man I‘ve ever 11,000 |riÂ¥iés since I enlis 1,000 | rfe. ® ted. And «‘:” 300 meals in Army mess uy jqi- the ‘world. And all "’M ng and all this eating hn 18 mtl::‘ofham I feel . PAE > M * iling, shaking Mis gray head. his which e 5 Teddy Mkqsevelt gave him a medal. subject fing from * sense ho a m com| knives, A residbt of Highwood for about 10 yea '!'- ili was employed as gardâ€" ener b j' TP. Boynton, 204 No. Sheriâ€" dan, Ro g ighland Park. He is surâ€" vived bH Riniece, Mrs. Ciro Gilbertini, 422 Fu s Aye., Highwood, a cousin in Det: ‘! ind three brothers and two sisters in Italy. ING buc ue m‘ hanks |@ Imillion ! â€" Re ‘:: We have a few copies for collectoff@bf the latest shoulder patch charts. [Mi#r own collection has grown considetiily this week.. If you want to "swafféwe have several duplicates. Gem O We now have on hand a small Wiéply of the following stones â€"Amet Opal, Amazonites, Lake Superiog BTFexas and Polkadot agates, Jade, A ‘ hite and several others. First co first served. Antiq@Biâ€"A 600 year: old Borgia Poison ie which had been passed down fro@@ generation to generation in the famfllwas fitted with a new Jade stone in Hobby Shop. recently. This week Q seem to have the preferâ€" ence. i « L * Loseg‘Life As He f Missé® Moving Coach On Shore Train ing as Por ollection corner â€" "Old Sarge," . John Meyer, gave us an :L revolver {and Philippine ife up with" the others. f Newâ€"We now have a black 1 outfit and a small collecâ€" tion of : scent stones for those inâ€" terested ying minerals under the ultraâ€"vi light. â€" 8 Highw He \T/5 Ignacius Cyzewski, imade one of the first knives Shop to send to his broâ€" overseas, has received e knife has come in handy of times in handâ€"toâ€"hand the enemy. Some of the in the Hobby Shop, have lfor the days when the felâ€" Sgt. Luther Longworth, 65, Iton, Ky. ir. When he reached that suggested he take it casy, lid. 1906 he went to Panama point to be presented will ‘God is helpful where men "_The assumption is that acles were recorded to emâ€" as a fact. It is hoped that inties of the warâ€"period il, 57, of 15 Prairie Ave., lost his life Friday mornâ€" ipped while trying to board rain at the Highwood deâ€" E FIELD, AAF TRAINâ€" ain go hunting and fishing, ority *&re shaped for more I‘ve walked and marched é'c_hewgoii;omfot ining every day up until in front of the second heels of which passed over series of seven topics on es of Jesus" will be the iscussion for seven Sunâ€" ig June 18 at Redeamer utheran church, 587 West several years helping to "Christ Restores Two Blind #:27â€"31. , "Christ Helps an Outcast." Series golly, he still looks in ation Army ND, JUNE 15â€" old fellow with a keen or.. We talked a bit, "Christ Heals the Leper." T:1â€"10, Child." Luke 9:37â€"48, I ~training. at 63! l‘M IN THE A 30â€"Year Man! and â€"special craft show and at 9:30 refr Wednesday, Juhe 21,) the Married Couples club will 6 for supper at the U.S.O. ies follow and then Mrs. : Woods inâ€" It was made out of brass from the old machinery the Frenth had left. . When he came back|to the States, he couldn‘t find , o he enlisted. He was in the Inf for awhile, and that‘s where he the marchâ€" group will serve ref: Tuesday, June 20, band will play for a Miqu overseas JM <@%% Sunday, June 18, the ther‘s club will pro e Java club breakfast (at bowling and horseb leave the club in the dfte fet supper will be: rwed At 8 there will be a feak at 9 the 344th army bank "I missed going qffrseas in the last war by one"mn.. ' remembeéred. "Our officer told us to line up, which we ‘did. Then he said 1“1 ‘ou men from here down, you‘re,; &0 tig to France: You other soldiers ;“a ving to Panâ€" ama.‘ I went to \" Chayss "I recall the dnyli, e. Armistice came," he went on. "-' was drilling some recruits ‘and at about 11 a.m. one morning a messéniger came runâ€" ning up and yelled a,x; the war was over. (Our officer “!Fi issed us and we all stood around talking and makâ€" ing speeches.> Thenm |weâ€" went and really celebrated." ||| We Take His Picti We took the old | ture holding a <fis seemed right please was smiling all month. I‘m going tq those cold streams long." : â€" And he lefts o 00| He had served hi fully for 30 years it "Old Sarge" . A Familiar i" ure At The Railway USO Smitlt starts the regular Monday dance ni(ht'mnm. At (8, the Braeside "Yep, I‘m going: they retire me ‘at Saturday, June 17,5Ft 6 p. m., there will be a "Da'wood pecial" supper served t;{ Mrs.‘ Biddle‘s Winnetka ll'(?lfl- eno, a gingâ€"song, and inforâ€" mal dancing completé‘ the evening. Overnight sleeping is avai as well as Sunday morning bréakfast. | Quite a character )2( tired 1st Sgt. John miliar figure in Ft.) S wood and the Railr The Club‘s liaison off many Sheridanites, an hand to keep the i activities of, the Cit special occasions, in if galia, with medals, | Friday, June 16, at,” P]:JO the Wives‘ club luncheon will b¢ served. In the evening, the Kenilwgrth G.S.0. will sponsor a special part) ot the 0.G.U, at Great Lakes. The B#ith army band will play for dancing (At 9:30 Mrs. Rooney‘s group will s¢rve cake: and coffee. Â¥ ut db Lt . ‘ Deerfield Pargent Receive Chegrin News of Avi*i or The boys and girls It his exploits in : the | M skirmishes, and his ¢K1 Spanishâ€"American . Mexican Border.â€" Dancing, Bfifige "Old Sarge" tried: to and again in 1941, content himself ‘with‘ seeing that the GI‘s I More recently, , a personal lettet has beenâ€" stating â€" that the entire ¢rew of fmann‘s plane was seen to bail out t the craft was crippled. ! f Wt | f Mr. ‘and | Mrs. MitHian Ho{fmann, 748 Waukegan Av il‘ serfield, have received th¢ Air/ Meflal and a certifiâ€" cate which stated m ir son, '{_{Sst Hof{fmann, |aerial engipéer on a Flying Fortress,â€" réported 1 ’”l is entitled three , leaf clusters. They had not:that their ‘gon is missing.| ©. *~>{{[ â€" ‘ ‘ T/Sgt. Ho{ffmann, writtenâ€" that he was neatly due fqr &A leave. He has been with the air fhtte in England since last November}}|\ Yeay He‘s in the Air Fo i o threé (0al en notil | t ml&, owe! cch" ,g"?. rew of Moff ail out alter. )ifmam:' y due fof W1 he air fork ovemb -fli}% * nds nig Gountry fai q"&if:rtg. fetk: pf Highwood, tenlist in 1917 | is obliged to )ing his bit by e fun. when end of this for trout in there. So from 7 to 9. movie and will play for Service Moâ€" and serve the 10 a. m. The n. A bufâ€" â€"yearâ€"old reâ€" s, and a faâ€" idan, Highâ€" tleman‘s picâ€" pole. ~He t this and is always on ormed on the appearing, on military reâ€" ats to hear about tana â€"Indian i in the er, he knows nette G.S.0, be a variety Ave. USO Don Farmer At T fear. And we are told that fear is a good thing in battleâ€"it stimulates the adrenalin \glands the : blood supply heavily wit in. Pfc. Don "Muscles" Farmer, USMC, found a new use for fear mt T a. "I shook so," he ‘writes, "that no| bullet could possibly have hit me!" But that‘s his story. ts | Every truthful |v admits that when he first goes into he knows Back in June, 1941, the Highland Park high school graduating class inâ€" cluded a group: of stalwarts from Mr.Finch‘s advisory gtoup whimâ€" sically known as , "Finch‘s‘ Fairies." Several of ‘the group, including young Farmer, are now members of that "toughest outfit," . the ines. > Young Farmer receiv is / basic training at San Diego, C@ 21.\. in Janâ€" uary and F of, 1 Then for a time he dropped out of sight. sently we learned that, among other bases, he had been stationed in Zealand, Australia, H was u'f H famous "fitst wave" at |Tarawa,! &nd is now at an undisclosed camp reâ€" cuperating from his expériences. Girls? Don hasn‘t seen any ‘white ones sincd he left ‘New but he is firmly convi that | nowhere are there any like those in the good old U.SA., and often s ‘of his old friends in Highland Par! j _ Soon to reteive his kilver pilot‘s wings and officer‘; bars is A/C Howâ€" ard Montague Jackson, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M.‘Ja 104 Clifton Ave., according to a repott from Pamâ€" pa, Army Air Field, Texhs. An alumsus of the Highland Park high school, A/C tad: was appoinâ€" ted to flight training in November, 1943, receiving his primary flight trainâ€" ing at Sikeston, |Mo., his basic flight at Winfiew, 3. He is the son of Mrs. Farmer of Chicago, and of Mrs. Dennis Driscoll _ At the completion of 4 gid course ‘at the twin flying school at pa, signed to duty as an instr bat pilot, : :( > + ©| James Golden, husband den and father of . youn ing at 660 Deerfield A enjoyed a brief leave fr. Naval Training Center, recently graÂ¥luateil as 3/c. Before entering t served for seven years ‘ carrier. 1 ; Put. Robert den, U stationed at iantown mthmoa, sor f,&%\ ; So. First pEf Recently returned td Atlantic area Lt J and Edward P. Daly, the U. S. Navy, after s days on leave at hom ents, Mr. and Mrs.. E. Indian Tree Road. Bot and Lt. y an daughter, Judy, | In The Nation‘s Service THU,, FRI, SAT. June 15, 16, 17 Joan Fontain¢, Orsor Welles Joan Fontain¢, Orsor Welles "JANE EYRE" â€" SUN., MON. > $ 18, Lionel Barrymore, Van Johnsc "DR. IE‘s * 'CR!MINAL E" '"Mt'mfl?s' n3 Theatre +. 630 Verf GLENC "SOMEWHERE I‘LL FIND : "Miracle of Morgan‘s Creel:," "Cg‘gbvoc. "Lady in the Dark," "A|Guy {oc," "Heavenly Body," | "In Our Times." | ulsnt Clark Gable, Lana Turner , WED. / \June 20, 21 alif., in Janâ€" Then for sight. among other 1 in‘ was in t\ i. es n £ this town. duty in the ph J; Daly 1/c, of ding several of their parâ€" F .Daly, 2407 are married, 18â€"monthsâ€"old s present riâ€" ine advanced will be asâ€" ctor or comâ€" of Kay Golâ€" Sherry, livâ€" .. last week Great Lakes here he was it Specialist, . service he local mail OE Mary ‘Agnes S. Al’fll}'. is ap, Pa. They on Avenue s Golden, 126| * e TpF e Ti 19 in cannten o+ Lt. Daly, formerly at a Naval Air base in Maryland, is now aboard an aircraft carrier, Edward has been on duty in the Pacific for a few months, on a troop transport. f Dr. and Mrs. C. B. Nichols, 1000 Wade St., have twoâ€"sons in the servâ€" ice. Lt. Robert, who is 23, is serving with the 102nd infantry of the Qm. Corps at Camp Swift, Tex. #lzeia :Pvt. Neil, 18, a 1942 graduate of the local high school, who, has been transâ€" ferred from the A.S.T.P. at Ann Arâ€" bor, Michigan, to the air corps, is now attending gunnery school at Harlingen, Field, Texas â€"â€" _ Anotherâ€"local boy to enlist in that rugged branch of the service, the Merâ€" chant â€" Marine, is 18â€"yearâ€"old . David Meddaugh, a 1944 graduate of the local high. school. He will report fot officer‘s training to the Maine Mariâ€" time Academy at Castine, Maine, about September 1. He is the son of .Mr, and Mrs. R. C. Meddaugh, 524 So. Sheridan Road. John Wilder Bowden, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bowden, 95 Ravinia Ct., who is attendinrig the Merchant Marine Corps training school at :San Mateo, Calif., writes that, thanks to his excellent high school tflini:f, his work there is not at all difficult for him. He has passed 7 out of 10 of his athletic tests, so far, but dreads the rope â€"climbing contest (40 feet in 40 seconds), on account of his ?ncreued weight, which has reached an allâ€"time high of 200 Ibs. Pyt. Charles E. Enstrom, U.S. Arâ€" my, son of Mr. and: Mrs. G, E; Enâ€" strom, 121 Central Ave., Highwood, is now stationed in New Guinea. Enterâ€" ing the service on Oct. 15, 1943, he trained at Camp Ord, Calif., until Apâ€" ril of this year. He is 18 years of age. Another contest which claims his atâ€" tention is the inâ€"coming mail race. So farjromgBowdmhasbeenlymbleto catch the top man, with a record of 15 letters per day. | Among the selectees claimed by the Navy last week were several sons of local officials, one of whom was James E.. Thompson, son of Postmaster James Thompson, Ravinia. Young| Thompâ€" son recently completed his s’?phomore year at Purdue University. The other Navy recruits were two of tzis year‘s high â€" school graduates â€" in E. Kopp, Jr. son of Police Chief and Mrs. Kopp, and Frank H. Musser, son of City ‘Clerk and Mrs. V. C. Musser. . THE FIFTH WAR LOAN GOALIS $16,000,000,000 The First Natio HIGHLAND PARK, iL . This bank sells bo service without compe gladly take your order formation on the subject And buy all the bonds y . Your Block Cha "PICK UP SERVICE" â€" It is hardly necessaty to repeat how urgently the money is negded to drive home the present great offensive on Hitler‘s soâ€" called European fortress, â€" op a In the Highland Park drive which will run from June 12 to Juné 26, emphasis will be placed on the sale of bonds to the indiâ€" vidual. This is in line |with the governâ€" ment‘s policy of striving to obtain nearly one third of the total 5th War Loan goal from individual buyers. |â€" â€"â€" # Highland Park’s,qug#fibf this 16 billion dollar national goal is $925,000. â€" in the service, with the long: invasion of the Fortress Europe In. full swing, and with an already im ive list of Highland Park boys or wounded on the farâ€"off fronts, the naâ€" tural assumption would be that the only problem facing the locat Red‘iCross bandageâ€"making program, d be that of finding â€" sufficient riki space for the voluriteers. CA % Just what duties or attivities, dF such paramount : importance . as> to } over> shadow such a need, are eng: the time of Highland+ Park‘s worken ‘to such an extent that they cannot idevot even a few hours a week to this work, is hard to imagine. oR Of course;* rolling bandages lis not glamorous. Neither is a piece ofishrap nelinthebellty‘c'uievenlhoun o hndi; ing over a/ rolling banddge: not as pleasant as an afternoonitea on a shaded suh porch Neither if lying in the mud on Normandy batiefield hoping a medic shows up befote you bleed to death. However, therde is no mud and no sniper or shellfire in eviâ€" dence at the Red Cross project here i1 Highland Park. _ _ 1*> Every afternoon at the Secong Genâ€" eral hospital in England (and thk same thing happens in other army hospitals) a ward boy would appear with huge sheets of cheese cloth used inf casts. They were distributed among the paâ€" tients, boys back from raids ofb Gerâ€" many, from the battlegrounds 0%â€"Tunis and Bizerte. Almost all of . pa~ tients took part in preparing the bandâ€" ages, Some of them, although #illing, didn‘t. They tried, but found: that without the arm <they had & few months earlier, they couldn‘t‘ «o the work. Even so, they went frdaim bed ._ Such is not the case. A 1 -I tively: small handful of faithful = ers: are doing their best to . gét out Highland Park‘s share of :cight. million bandages needed from tife Chiâ€" cago area during the months . Sune and July.. Inevitably, some of â€" ; millions of bandages are ‘to be: neededâ€"desperately neededâ€"by Highâ€" land Park boys. e e 1,??.‘@».:‘ Aapmer CHRISTIAN SCJENCE READING ROOM Seturdeyt 2199 am. to 9 pat .‘ * bucigs 2100 pic.‘to 6186 pax * MAINTAINED 8Â¥ i FIRST cuug_c_d ‘OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST UP TO NOW where the Bible and writings of Baker Eddy FAy3s~+ »guyhm YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED To usE THE ies ful{workâ€" got out ds as a patriotic isation and will râ€"supply any inâ€" ou want. Be sure u can. j Will Give You ‘our Subscription. to bed collecting the bandages rolled by others, who still had two hands, whatever else they might be lacking. The Red Cross meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays : at <the Highland Park Wmoan‘s club, from 9:30 a. m. to 3:30 p.m.md%"l'uuf day evenings, from 6:30 to 9:30; July, 1944, and ending the thirticth day .‘d" lu:..‘hmuflnhfioofln“ of th:ienury. and is conveniently avail« BOYS GRADVATF FROM LAKE FOREST ACADEMY NOTICE Is HEBREBY the Md‘lmflnolmk 118, Lake ty, lIllinois, that a public hearing will be held on the tentative budâ€" m.umu..mnm hmmfimafsxi nm’ n‘-mluol'o.tut‘-um triet, h&‘.!nuuuhu:m 1944, at on » 1 90. arelock P.M., Cektal. Wat Savinks The tentati bu.a-um-whd- mm':dluhulfi for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of Every Highland Park woman who has a member of her family in service should be afraid not to go. She should be. haunted by the fear that perhaps HER BOY MIGHT«NEEZED THAT BANDAGE C nb h ag Highland Park boys who graduated from Lake Forest academy Saturday morning were David Aubrey, the last of four Aubrey brothers to graduate from the school, Bruce Kay Goodman and William Hamilton Sihler. The annual meeting of the Comâ€" munity Chest will be held Monday evening, June 19, in the Co-::z center auditoripm at 8 o‘ Annual reports of offiters will be made and seven new members will be elected to the board. Ag‘ubg scribers, who areâ€"members of the Chest, are asked to ‘be préesent. Dated this 29th day of May, 1944. BOARD o; EDUCATION of Deerficidâ€" mlo.‘ut. County 5 Lake, State 3 COMMUNITY CHEST MEETING Thursday, June 15, 1944 GBORGE T. Li af e 37â€"9â€"9â€"10 { ty Â¥44

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