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Public Library., . 280 Laurgal Ave.. ‘ Highland Park, Il11. t Hours: 1;:30 to \4:00.; All grades. BRoys and girls. i : a Thursday, DOc.‘Z‘l- (xSe *3 F'Mflimiahfi s wwfiri Boys and girls are urged to come to these activities as often as posâ€" Carrado "Tom" Piazzi, m/m/m, 3/e, whose wife and two children live at 283 Ashland, Highwood, is now stationed at the U. 8. m repair base at San Diego, : His father, Louis Piazzi, lives at 214 Highwood Ave., Highwood. Beginning Jan. 3, 1945, the Raâ€" vinia branch of the Highland Park Public library will be closed on Wednesday. mornings. It will be open the regular Saturday hours: 10â€"12 a.m., 1â€"5;:30 p.m. This liâ€" brary is located at 1541 S.> St. Johns Ave., next to Gsell‘s drug store. j RAVINIA LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED WED. MORNINGS Those officers to serve the seeâ€" ond year of their twoâ€"year term are Mrs. George Greene, president; Mrs. Frances Schneider, financial secretary, ahd Mrs. Louis Schultz, cording secretary and Mrs. Virgil three new officers were elected: Mrs. John MceCaffrey, 1st viceâ€" president, Mrs. Ernest West, reâ€" At the annual business â€"meeting of the Service Mothers‘ club, held on Wednesday of last week, at the Highland Park USC building, SERVICE MOTHERS ELECT THREE NEW OFFICERS Friday, Dec. 22. 9:30â€"12, Wed., Dec. 27. 9:$0â€"1Z. / _ Friday, Dec. 29. \9:30â€"12) > Art Club; Craft Club > Thursday a.m., Dec. 21. 9â€"11. Saturday, a.m., Dec. 43. a:00. Tuesday a.m., Dec. 26 9:00. Thursday a.m., Dec. 28. 9:00. Saturday a.m., Dec. 30. â€" 9:00. â€" Boys and kirls are welcome at these times and are urged to bring sible. Hobby Clubs Continue During the Holidays _ The meetings of these clubs will be as follows: Airplane Clubâ€" During the Christmas holidays the Community Center will hold special meetings of the Model Airâ€" plane club, the Art club and the Crafts club. Jack DeSchmidt will be on hand to help the model} airâ€" plane builders, Miss Ella Rasmusâ€" sen will teach the Art hobby club, and Paul J. McLaughlin will inâ€" struct the Crafts hobby club. Friday, Dec..22. 5 +4 Saturday, Dec. 23. | * Tuesday, Dec. 26. 6 Wednesday, Dec. 27,° # Thursday, ‘Dec. 28. $ Friday, Dec. 29. : Saturday, Dec.. 30. . Hours: 9 to 11:30. All grades. Thursday, Dec. 21. p s Friday, Dec. 22. : ‘ _ Tuesday, Dec. 26. . Thursday, Dec. 28: 4 f « Friday, Dee. 29 . Hours: 6th and 7th grades, 9 to 10:30; 8th grade, 10 :30 to 12:00. Tuesday, Dec. 26. . J Thursday,; Dec. 28. j Friday, Dec. 29. . Saturday, Déc. 30. * Tnudayl.hn: 2. f West Ridge | Dec. 22. } x‘ Saturday a.m. Dec. 23. > Tuesday a.m. and p.m., Dec. 26. Wednesday: a.m. and p.m., Dec. 71.\ .‘ f ,My a.m. and p.m., Dec. 28. Friday a.m. and p.m., Dec. 29. Saturday a.m., Dec. 30. > j Lincoln Schoolâ€" + Hours: 9 to 11:30. All grades. Thursday, Dec. 21. The Playground and Recreation board has arranged with the Eim Place, Lincoln, Ravinia, Braeside ‘and. West Ridge schools to have a Christmas vacation basketball program for the boys and girls of the 6th, 7th and $th grades and high school. f and . high school. wls. Thuorsday morning and afterâ€" noon, Dec. 21., ; . e Sehoot Gyms Open 4 During the Holidays â€" Vol. 34 ; No..43 The schedule follows : Bon_s, 2 to 4:30. 8th grade morning and afternoon; is no charge for this. 9:30 to 12. > 6tX and Many more volunteers are needâ€" ed in each one of these units. All women between the agesof Z1 and 80 are urged to apply immediately for the ‘class. iR ' After, completing the training course, â€"Red Cross home service volunteers will work under the diâ€" rection of members of the home service department staff and will be assigned to one of‘the followâ€" ing units: Wires, telephones, forâ€" eign ahd war inquiry, prisoner of war, or to one of the district ofâ€" cises for home visiting. i 23 at 616 S.. Michigan, Chicago. The ‘classes will be divided into two weeks of lectures, three days a week, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The following four weeks, two days a week, will be devoted to actual practice work supervised by a trained home service worker. Class for Red Cross Home Service Volunteers _A new Red Cross home service training course for daytime volunâ€" more Gray Ladies is greatest in civilian hospitals and at the blood The new class will meet from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Tuesdays and Fridays and will last two and one half â€" weeks. â€" To reégister, call at ters, 529 S. Wabash, or phone Waâ€" bash 7850.. . This ~community is asked to aid the Red Cross to meet its increasing demands for dayâ€" time volunteers. R also are on duty in the Chicago chapter Red ‘Cross blood donor center. . At present, the need for To meet the growing demand for Red Cross volunteer Gray Ladies in civilian _ hospitals, . the‘ Chicago chapter Red Cross hospital and recâ€" regtion corps will open a class on Tuesday, Jan. 9, to train more women .for daytime work. e _ Red Cross Gray Ladies do much to build up morale among sick and convalescent patients in both miliâ€" tary and civilian hospitals. They Tuesday Class for _ Volunteer Gray Ladies in es mc uiL lt c id sn » i i Sb egptims No as i ts es s "oreec n Wce oh. ie S cme ut ieb Highland" Park Press Your good will has been a priceâ€" less asset to us during 1944 and: . other years We thank ‘you{/ fon .: the confidence you ’,hqve p‘!ucéd f in us and wish you the manifold > blessingg of a happy Yuletide. â€" * The message of good wgl that emanated from Bethlehem 2,000 years ago not only frons_?or;ms the world at Christmas but.is the foundation of every honest transâ€" action. We depend upon yoor good will; you depend upon ours. Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years J:n alumnus of! Notre Dame, where he also starred in track, Sgt. Rubly entered the service in 1941, and has been overseas for over a . His father, the late Fred W. Rubly, served as city clerk in this for 28 years. â€" An aunt, Mrs. ‘. D.,‘_x;:t_spr. lives at 111 Mcâ€" n w * : rs. Margaret Rubly of Arcadia, Calif., has received official word t her son, S/Sgt. Paul E. Rubâ€" ley, a former track star in the locat school from which he was $ uated, is missing in action in y. . k fal + Track Star Missing Mr, and Mrs. Gerdes live at 591 Glenview. .A member of the army for some 12 years, and for nearly three years a veteran of World War II; Gerdes, 32, has served on m"opun .fro:a.td with the l.{’. tly he regeived an honorable discharge aom the army. The local police force has been brought to its full peacetimé quoâ€" ta of 16 with the appointment of Robert P:= Gerdes, who ‘replaces Bill Thomas, now civilian editor of ucznicgl handbooks for the AAF in e o Yop Local Police Force Now at Full Quota Maintaining offices for a numâ€" ber;of years in Ravinia, Major Treâ€" maine.was examiner for boys enâ€" rolled in the local high school. Late in 1942 he was reported prisoner of war in the Philippines. Aboard a Japanese freighter wWiith was sunk while transporting American prisoners from the Philâ€" ippines, he is among those not ac< counted for. .. Somé of the survivâ€" ors«reached the American forces; others perished or were recaptured. Major Tremaine is believed to be in the latter group. ; â€"â€" ; H. P. Physician Believed Lost Near Philippines â€" & â€" Acceording to a message received by the Leamings, 1540 Dean, from Mrs. Clara Tremaine, of Palos Verdes, Calif., Maj. Eugene Treâ€" muiqe. he_r son, is reported missing. Highland Park, Mlinois, Thursday, December 21, 1944 4 PP L saa 2 R P nE hok B e ts it P iz . Sore ‘f."*-y"‘. 4 "';.‘ s engra sn s * uen es 1 ith 4 Ever, and forever, the practical joker, Art Olson, is taking advanâ€" tage of the cigaret ghortage (he smokes cigars) to give away a new type of cigaret case as Christmas presents. . . m How Could. You . . ~Highwood has quicted down, it appears, for the time, but the inâ€" stitution which, many observers believe, set off the fireworks continues to flourish inâ€"its new (not so new now) location: Perhnq:one of the Boys were riglt when they said that the only reason bookie ludtonwe.wul;t:’nu Fort Shetidan didn‘t want it there, even though Hli in uniform were not admitted.. Well, anyway, no one seems to be interested, now. Nt . { According to the government release on this subjéct, investigators have foundngmt many, relatives receiving either class Bâ€"1 or class B allowances were not actually elilitlea-(o them, as neithér their chief support ‘nor aâ€"substantial portion of it came from the serviceman. In most cases,‘it was stated, this condition has occurred only :through a misunderstanding of the law, but it was emphasized that the govâ€" ernment will prosecute if it is found that deliberate: misrepresentaâ€" tion has been made. | . _ NS Tok 1 Class B dependents are qualified only if they are dependent upon the soldier for a substantial portion of their support, and are allowed $87. â€" However, this money is payable only if there are no allowances being paid to any class Bâ€"1 dependent orâ€"dependents. ". Hoqwever, this automatic eligibility does not extend to other relaâ€" tives. ‘Parents, brothers. and sisters may be classified as either Bâ€"1 or B dependents. To qualify as Bâ€"1 dependents they must be dependent upon the serviceman for their chief support. If such relaâ€" tives are chiefly dependent upon the serviceman for support, the folâ€" lowing Amonn": are payable: one parent, $50; two parents, $68 ; one parent and one, brother or sister, $68; two parents and one brother or sister, $79 ; one b: r or sister, but no parents, $42. â€" For each ddltioml‘bmtg::'e or, sister, an additional 811 is allowed _ ‘ ~One thing that should be â€"understpod clearly is the distinction made between wives and other relatives. A soldier‘s wife may be selfâ€"supporting, independeritly wealthy, ‘living with her family, or for some other reason not dependent upon her soldier husband for support ; nevertheless she is Entitlcd to $50 a month if they have no children, to $80 a month if they have one child and to $20 a month for each additional child.| This allowance, the first $22 of whichâ€"is taken from the soldier‘s payj, is dne‘ her without regard to her actual need for it. ~_ x hoii q s Of particular intctst_td relatives of servicemen is a recent reâ€" lease from the. War department chrifying and defining conditions under which money is paid to relatives of servicemen. The Soldier‘s Dependents,. . . ib Jusf Simmering . . Pfe. Fritz Bernardi, recently st:q;:ed in New Guinea, is now in the Philippines, according to a letâ€" ter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sante Bernardi, 342 Wauâ€" k%“ighwood. Pfc. Bernardi entered the service over two years 8o sharpen up your skates and get in some practice at your neighâ€" borhood pond or Sunset park for the n‘ineet. Then get your entry bla } from your pond director or at the Community Center, 549 Central Ave. Mail your entries â€" ‘. un ,, n‘ ;:t*,""“ "i‘,,‘,;.; re p " “fi; The ice meet is to be conducted and otponooud by the park board, school ice rinks and the Playâ€" ground and Recreation board. 8 and 9 year olds â€" one lap of rink. Boys and girls,. .. 10â€"11 year olds â€" one lap of rink. Boys and girls. ‘ 3. 12 â€" 18 year olds â€"â€" two laps lof rink: â€" Boys and girls. _ 14â€"15 year olds â€"â€" two laps of rink. Boys and girls. > | igure free skating â€" high -ch_'ol:in Boys and girls. _> Fourâ€"man relay. For 6th, 7th, Sthmndeo and high school ages. Boys and girls, « .. Figure . free â€"skating â€" n:ldn schopl. | Boys and girls, _ * Over 15 years old â€" three laps of rink. Boys and girls. 7 years old and underâ€"straightâ€" away race. Boys and girls. ~â€" Prizes will be given to all winâ€" ners in each event. Medals are to be awarded to 1st and 2nd places and ribbons to 3rd and 4th places, _ There will be individual speed skating events, fourâ€"man relays, and ‘ free flfi' skating for both boys and gi List of Entries j 'Current Buyin»/g TIre JumPs 3 Bond ' Sa; Skatinig Meet at Sunset Park December 31 ~â€" Boys and girls of all aa-il* Highland Park are invited to enâ€" ter the ice skating meet to be held Sunday, Dec. 81, at Sunset park at 2 p.m. ; Dec. 29. UNITED STATEs WAR BoNDS BUY THEM , . . KEEP THENM:! U. 8 .Marines used amphibious tanks in the Panama Canal maâ€" neuvers at Culebra Island in 1924. These tanks made 10 miles an hour in water and 80 miles on land. > USED TANKS 1N 1924 Registration for tliese courses will be held on Monday and Wedâ€" nesday, evenings, Jan. 8 and 10 from T‘nndlzo p.m. lar last year and they will be ofâ€" fered to the public without charge under the auspices of the Highland Park high school adult education Beginning on Feb. 5, Mr. A. G. Humphreys will again offer a seâ€" ries of three or more lectures op the problems of the income tax. These lectures proved to be popuâ€" Classes in Americanization and bookkeeping will be offered if Wm'fllm'ph The following courses will be ofâ€" fered during the second term: Beginning and advanced. typing, review shorthand, beginning .and advanced business English, interior decorating, wood . work, public speaking, beginning and advanced Spanish, ‘badminton, upholstery, sewing and arts and crafts, Many Profit By Adult Last week the first term of the adult education classes at the high school came to a close. During this term over 300. people took adâ€" vantage of furthering either their hobbies or education. 5 Already many people have regâ€" istered for the second term which begins on Jan. 15. â€" scÂ¥ * â€" _ The campaign committee sent out word this week to all block workers to make a final check of their districts to see that no prosâ€" pect has been overlooked. It is felt that as much of this job as possible should be done this week to avoid conflict with the holiday period when it will be more difâ€" ficult to make the necessary conâ€" byithe block workers and the divâ€" isional and sector chairmen. + While it is still too early to make an accurate estimate of the value of the "mail in" feature of the curâ€" rent cunp.iFn. the committee does believe that it did save much needâ€" less footwork on the part of the block workers. Claog t " To u. The 6th war loan committee unâ€" der the coâ€"directorship of J. . M. Maxwell and George R. Ross is highly gratified at the city‘s showâ€" ing to date in this campaign and strongly urges the citizens of the community to keep up the work g:‘ring the final 10 days of the ve. The telÂ¥phone follow Aip after the nfm.:m of solicitation was tion of sales. thh.thonoctdi{fle-udmz of the campaign. ‘This statement should also hold true of the "F," *G," and. "C" bonds, sales rent drive up until Jan. 1. _ â€" abated until the end of the month, the city should make its quota in Reports from Highland Pu;': 6th war loan headquarters in City Hall indicate that if the curâ€" 5e a copy; $1.50 per year Konds continues unâ€" eS BsA Ends o5 £