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Highland Park Press, 16 Nov 1944, p. 2

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Pfc. Adoiph, 19, of the army inâ€" funtry, â€"has seen action in New Guinesa, and is at present in the Dutch East Indies. i Put. Clarence, in service sincé May, 1942, is now with a tank batâ€" talion in England. 8/Sgt. Frank> Supanich, busâ€" band of the former Helen Rosalini, who entered ‘the service early in the war, and has served overseas The John Rosalinis, 1283 High, Highwood, have three sons and one sonâ€"inâ€"law in the armed services,. Pyt. Peter, who entered the servâ€" fee in August, 1941, and left the States two years.later, has served with the engineers in India and China, and is now stationed in for Francisco. His wife, the former Marie hoa::k $16 . Railway, Highwood, is him during his Syt. Robert Umans, serving aboard a hospital ship in the Paâ€" Put. Robert Turelli, of an antiâ€" tank unit, who has been stationed at Camp Blanding, is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Olimpia Fabri, 125 North, Highwood. At the end of his furâ€" lough, he will report to Ft. Mead, Maryland. The husband of his sister, Marâ€" garet, Sgt. Fred Frimm, 10 months overseas, is now stationed in Belâ€" field Rd., have three sons in the army. Put. Willard, 18, sworn into service last month, leaves Saturâ€" day to begin his basic training. Pyt. Alvin, 21,.in the service since March, 1943, is now in England, with the army infantry. Pfe. Gilâ€" bert, 22, also of the infantry, was inducted in December, 1942, and is now stationed in France: THEY JABBED â€" y +« Well, I sawâ€"and felt, too! I walked in. Three soldiers in white hoiding long, fat needies stepped forward. "Roll up your sleeves, Soldier." I did. ‘They smiled. I winced. They jabbed. I I feel kind of sorry for all these poor people who can‘t get cigarâ€" ettes. Habit can be a painful, nerveâ€"jarring master. Smokers fail to realize their habit is like a caâ€" bleâ€"each time aâ€"cigarette is lightâ€" Seconds later I had been vacciâ€" nated and filled with tetanus and typhoid serum. 4 went to my barâ€" racks still bewildered and a bit ill. But 1 did. Three more of ‘em yesterday. â€" â€" >\ * f "CGOT A SMOKE, BUD Page 2 CHANUTE‘FIELD, AAF Train ing Command: j I was feelingâ€"kind of happy the other day and then 1 read the squadron builetin board. _ There was my name. written in capital letters. $ * â€"No, I wasn‘t being recommended for the Silver Star, the Congresâ€" sional Medal of Honor, or an honâ€" Nothing like that. 3 f Rather, I was informed that I must report to the hospital at once to get three shots in the arm: tyâ€" phus, cholera, and yellow fever. And how I hate shotst ~ wWoOwW : I remember the first time my x-"" punctured by the Army. ours after I had been processed at Fort Sheridan, I was told to go and get my shots. Bewildered, as every man is when he suddenly finds himself a soldier, I marched in a formation to the dispensary. But I got over it and recovered from the shock. _ And then the other day . . . WAITING AGAIN For 30 minutes I stood in line. Then needleâ€"wielding soldiers: in white approached me again. â€" Sudâ€" denly 1 felt typhus, cholera and yellow fever bugs rushing into me, meeting, â€" greeting, fighting, ankd "Do they give us shots here," I asked, not knowing a soldier doesâ€" n‘t ask questions like that. Y ou‘ll t:" said a smiling priâ€" vate first c whom I thought was really of a high rank. . _ pounding on the interior of my IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE The Charles Pantles, 828 Deerâ€" I left . . .a little less bewildered w«#tiimt back to work . :. felt sick ed on the job .. .. and reâ€" tJ‘d never take another of war, is spending Special to the Highland Park Presw I‘M IN THE ARMY NOW I Hate Shots! . Cpl Jack Gross, son of Mrs. Ethel E. Gross, 181 Pleasant, of the AAF, is now at a redistribution center in Miami, Fla., where he will 8458 Vine, ‘has been awarded the Air Medal for meritorious achieveâ€" ment in aerial combat. has taken part in six d bombings, as radio operator the "Miss Carol," a Bâ€"17 Fh Fortress, Sgt. Phillips, 22, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Phill 8/Sgt. Robert L. Phillips of the AAF, who has been stationed in the European area since August, Sgt. Alex McEwan, who recentâ€" ly spent a furlough with his parâ€" ents, Mr. and â€"Mrs. Alex McEwan, 256 Naida Terrace, has returned to his post at Ft. Ord, Calif. He is a member of an amphibious tank This veteran group, under Col. Thomas W. Steed, Tennessee, was given the nation‘s highest organiâ€" zation award in recognition of their highly successful attack of May 10 on the aircraft center at Wiener Nenstadt, â€" Austria. ~ In spite of adverse weather conditions, they virtually wiped out this straâ€" tegic enemy manufacturing center. Sgt. Stafford, a graduate of the local high school class of 1942, and a former student of Brown uniâ€" versity, has been a member of the AAF for two years and has served for one year overseas. Since January this unit has com« pleted over 115 combat missions over major enemy targets including Ploesti, Roumania; Munich, Gerâ€" many; Steyr, Austria, and Blechâ€" hammer, Germany. < it‘ can break the rotten habit of smoking , . . and remove yellow finâ€" ger stains, stop ~the â€".cigarette cough,. and take away the tobacco breath of men and women alike. "It‘s a funny thing about old John," one of his negro buddies was telling me, "but every time John works, he grows. So they put him to bed, and he ain‘t grown none since." * ?t. Raymond Stafford, 19, son of Mrs. A. H; Emerson, 812 8. Linâ€" den, is a member of ‘an AAF Libâ€" erator bom!’;r“group,\ stationed in Italy, which has been cited for outâ€" standing performancejof duty in armed conflict with the enemy, and as such, has been awarded the Disâ€" tinguished Unit badge. ed and inhaled a strand is added and soon that cable is nearly unâ€" breakable. $ But it‘s slated to snap soon! And just as well. .. â€" / Py In the last 10 years I figured I‘ve been offered at least 8,000 cigarettes When I was being rushâ€" ed by fraternities at Washington and Lee and Northwestern universâ€" ities, "smooth brothers" would ofâ€" fer me smokes by the carton. But I‘ve just never taken up the evil weed. And I‘m glad . of it. If I smoked, IT‘d buy all the equipment and puff on a pipe. That‘s a man‘s smoke, I ‘think. Women, it seems, have taken over the ciglntq. And this shortage might do some good along the femâ€" inine line, too. Â¥ Why women during ‘the past years have tried to be like men, I don‘t know. Surely returning vetâ€" erans don‘t want their womenfolk rough, ready, masculine. & Nope. op4 . 5 Soldiers want to see lace and silk and daintiness and smell that clean odor that lingers with a womâ€" an who doesn‘t smoke. So . . . maybe the shortage isn‘t so bad after all . . . particularly if Several momfl‘ ago something happened to His.glands and he beâ€" gan to grow, jumping six inches in 16 months â€" and he‘s still headed upwards. P Cigarettes, like booze, never did anyone any good. And I‘ll defy anyone to prove that a carton of smokes or a case of whiskey beneâ€" fited his health. | â€" OFFERED THOUSANDS â€" ._You see, this tall guy is a bit of, an oddity. When he entered the Army he stood six . feet three You meet all kinds in the Army. There‘s a soldier here who‘s six feet nine inches tall â€" that‘s three inches taller than he should be to get into the Army. e And that was okeh by Army doeâ€" tors ‘cause he was breathing, too. _~But he‘s in . . . and in the hosâ€" pital, f Top that one if you can! remain ‘for two weeks‘ rest and recreation. At the end of this time he will be reassigned to duty. He has been stationed in~the Europeâ€" an area. Ens. Jathes F. Crane, USN, who recently received his degrée and commission at Harvard university, stopped on his way west to visit his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob L. Crane, 829 Park. He will report, shortly, to San Francisco, where he will join BTs ship. Ens. Wm. D, Anderson, 20, son of the William Andersons, 434 Linâ€" coln PIl., is an October graduate of the Naval Reserve midshipmen‘s school at Notre Dame. A graduate of the local high school, class of 1942, he entered the Navy! Vâ€"12 program two years :fi, completâ€" ing the course in Ne rry, 8. C., in June. 4 «â€"T/5 Wm. J. Rectenwald, 810 S, Ridge, who served in Alaska for 14 months, after a year in the States is now stationed in England with an engineering corps, His parents areer. and Mrs. Wm. R. Rectenâ€" wald. _ Wounded ih action for the fifth time in 14 months is the record of 8/Sgt. Howard Lonngren, son of Mrs. Mabel Lonngren, 338 Palmer, Highwood . _ A member of the army infantry, Sgt. Lonngren â€"was stationed in England prior to Dâ€"day. He is marâ€" ried to the former Zola Dickenson and is the father of an infant daughter, Marjorie. Harold Connolly, seaman 1/¢, USN, is now stationed at Navy pier in Chicago, where he is atâ€" tending radio school. His wife and two children are living with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Conâ€" nolly, 120 N. Green Bay. Â¥t‘; veadtss The Treasury Department has set aside the period from Nov. 20 to Dec. 16 for the Sixth War Loan camâ€" paign. Highland Park‘s quota is $894,837 of which $744,8337 is allotted to the sale of bonds to individuals. (This advertisement was dongi Highland Park has never failed in a War Loan drive to meet the quota set for.it. The citizens of this community in the past have deemed it a privilege as well as a duty to In spite of optimistic prophecies to the contrary the war is far from over and even if the shooting ceased tomorrow the tremendous cost of this conflict would still have to be met. iâ€"p ‘ o . 32 THE PRESS Papigth uk SE m | Murray C. Sheridan, 20,| bon with one star, the preâ€"Pearl|= Lt. Greene‘s wife is amember of arrived at Army Air Forces| Harbor ribbon, the Combat Infanâ€"| the WAVEs, and his sister is a serâ€" ution station No, 2 in Miâ€"| try badge and the Purple Heart. â€" Mm*.lnhc. Beach for ul:&nfldntar; un..hcnhtono. wiit.thot son, |* {xâ€"mmn~smsst ng after comple & Darty, is now living alequah, | |»._____ . duty "outside â€" the continental | Okln, _ / __‘|Kiwanis Club to Sponsor ited States, â€"‘~ .\ 1 omm ofp _ Thanksgiving Meet at USO Medical examinations and, classâ€"| Receive Radio Message _ â€"| The Kiwanis club of Highland i oreee rndintebation smm [Frond Lt. Greare _ [Pax wil: sponsor its 4th annual e of three redistribution stations | From George community Thanksgiving> meeting ited by the AAF Personn®!| mhat a‘touch of sorrow makes|to be held "at the Highland Park tribution command for AAF T€â€"| tne whole world kin has been demâ€"| U.S.0. at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesâ€" tirnee officers and enlisted MCN:| onstrated over and over, in \this | day, Nov. 22. 11 detéermine his new mimment' navinad af Avand and anviatw MAmika Cl ME ol / C in‘s & Capt. Robert: K. Carlstons, comâ€" nder of a heavy weapons unit of e "Blue Devil" division, whose ome address is 238 Glenwood ve., had a hand in training and tructing a Brazilian unit now tioned in Italy serving with an merican army. The captain states t he found them quick, responsâ€" ve, apt and eager to learn. _ An alumnus of the Univmty of llinois, Capt. Carlstone is posâ€" ssor of the European theater ribâ€" Mona. Schupe, WAIT, who has n stationed in Rome, N. Y., was town‘this leek. looking very fit d trig in her uniform. She enâ€" ys the work, and is on her way Dayton, Ohio, to which place she as been transferred. j Ensign William Cope of the navy r corps is spending a 20â€"day leave ith his mother, lgn, Ruth Cope, 5 <~Vine. After 2A months in rvice, both as cadet and instrueâ€" r at Grosse Ile, Mich,, Ens,. Cope still convinced that there is nothâ€" g to compare with flying. : e will â€"remain here about two eeks, much of which will be deâ€" ted to rest and, recreation. , Sgt. Sheridan was a Bâ€"24 tail inner in Italy and Africa. He is e son of Mr. and Mrs, John E. reridan, 1682 Hillside Dr. tm F o 2 on ie on ce C T C it Sn eral en oo S kE a +7 Rirmeclen ue old ie ki t2an is‘ hk ig cfi tm We 00 s o Pnd ® ago « # v% W. : wblic Service Company of Northern Illinois to, the Highland Park Loan d?ozflmsh'u:WcmofWMWuM) *{h s 15 RVICE 20 2 9t Nes wobs voe COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINO!S 197 PnOP n P ‘That atouch of sorrow makes the whole world kin has been demâ€" onstrated over and over, in\ this period of dread and anxiety. Quite often parents receive letters from total ‘strangers who wanted to make sure they did not miss some message broadcast concerning a son or a daughter. The Russel Gilâ€" berts, 909 Taylor, received many such | messages â€" concerning their son, Lt. "Stan," and now MÂ¥. and Mrs. George Gpene. 504â€" Gray, have received ‘nearly 830 letters from people residing in the eastern and southeastern states, all relayâ€" ing a message broadcast last week by their son, Lt. George, who is inâ€" terned in a" Naz+ prison camp. Aside from this, their last message from him was a postcard written August 29, stating that he had been taken prisoner. This last word reveals that he is well and safe, sends his love and his address, asking them to write. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM f 43 North Sheridan Road ! FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST We strongly urge you to supâ€" port the Sixth War Loan campaign so that Highland Park may conâ€" tinue to be proud ‘of its War Loan record. Remember, too, when you buy bonds you are saving for your future and the future of your counâ€" try. *4 Mail in your Sixth War Loan © subscription to Bond Headquarters in the City Hall today. â€"~> e support with their dollars the men in our armed forces. ‘The Highland Park Sixth War Loan.committee beâ€" lieves that this community will more thar live up to this excellent record during the current drive.. where the Bible and all the writings of Mary Baker Eddy may be\read, borr owed.m’;r ;utchued Authorized and HOURSâ€"Week Days 9 _ to 5:30 pu. Saturdays 9:30 am. to 9 pm. u‘.lmv.-.blm.‘ * TE ids t e CR AT .e ud aRdainen‘t sds e n is w ts Lt 2 us . eelnih id u) t t 0 . 1 t aStg in K Y mAY w cel line es in P uintaink CE w ‘* soain # uupbtione is W o 4 sag y lpdaitie I.. (Site 5. oo hy < Aae wl s s YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO USE THE s it HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINONS eP ie MAINTAINED BY sb mR in The, fimh club of Highland Park will sponsor its 4th annual c,onmm;iz Thanksgiving> meeting to be heldat the Highland Park U.8.0. at 8:15 p.m. on Wednesâ€" day, Nov. 22. Invitations have been sent to all church ce clubs and civic orâ€" gllflttflo?l of the |.community. Anyone not reached through these clunnelsfl- cordially invited. Honâ€" ored guests will be men and.womâ€" en of the armed forces. The oneâ€"hour program arranged includes a few musical numbers, community singing â€" and â€" a short Thanksgivi talk by. the Rev. Robert B, Pierce of Glenepe. There will be $o admission or solicitaâ€" tion. ;‘ / | Thursday, Nov. 16, 1944 â€"â€"_/| Phone H. P. 178 RELIABLE LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING Co. SR ‘?"T’-% a+, wln oifi ngeig x P + oo Aante ces nt t in it

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