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â€"â€"_Carol .Bauer,â€"USN, son of._Mr. Snd Mrs. A. F. Bauer, 154 Lake View terrace, having completed at Del Monte, Calif., is now receivâ€" ing secondary . training at Navy Pier, Chicago. Prt. John Erikson, 1944 alumnus of the local high school, who enterâ€" M/Sgt. John Duffy, son o?‘ Mrs. Mabel Duffy, 126 8. Green Bay, and nephew of Judge Henry Hansen, local police magistrate, is again at the front in France, havâ€" ing recovered from. head> wounds received a few months ago. Joinâ€" ing the army over two years ago, he has been overseas since July, and is now supply sergeant for an infantry division. . P ‘Thomas E. Stenger, former loâ€" cal plumber, has joined the Navy Seabees as steamfitter 2/¢ with the rank of petty officer, and is reâ€" ceiving his basic trainingâ€"at Camp Endicott, R. I._ His wife, Edith, and his small daughter, Mary Jane, live at 132 S. First. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Fucik, S. Deere Park, are entertaining their son, Lt. Frank, USNR, veteran of 18 months‘ service in the Alouâ€" tians. Lt. E. M. Fucik, a brother, is stationed in Panama.. Pfe. August Bernardini, 23â€"yearâ€" old paratrooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adeltmo â€" Bernardini, 113 North, Highwood, is now hospitalâ€" ized in Battle Creck, Mich., havâ€" ing received his second wound in action in September, in Holland. Overseas for one year, his first injury was sustained in France, during July. His wife is the forâ€" mer. Dorothy Sherony. of Highâ€" Sgt. Helen Crawford, first serâ€" geant of a specially trained WAC group on duty at AAF service comâ€" mand headquarters in Italy, has been awarded the bronze star for "outstanding initiative during eneâ€" my bombing and raids" during the last year.â€" Set. Crawford is a forâ€" mer Highland Park high student and also an alumnus of ‘the Uniâ€" versity of Chicago. Her mother, Mrs. Ruth Gaddis Jeffries, a forâ€" mer North Shore resident, is now living in Tucson, Ariz. INâ€"THE NATION‘S SERVICE We met Wally‘s finance â€" pretâ€" ty, petite Sally Brooks from Northâ€" brook, IIl., and made a date with the couple for a future weekâ€"end. GEORGE LYMAN ... Later to the George S. Lyman home to see George, Jr., his new bride, Florence, angd George‘s likeâ€" able mother and father. We found all well and happy, enjoying the boundless energy ofâ€" little "Rickâ€" ey," an attractive youngster. _Later we visited the homes of other friends. . We found Mrs. Herbert P. Beers and her son, Burt, not at home and we want it known that we‘ll visit there again. NEW BABY ... To see and to congratulate Lt: Up early Sunday, breakfast with my folks, a few quiet hours by a blazing hearth fire, then a trip to the George Wailace Carr residence to visit exâ€"Lieutenant Wally Carr who‘is looking better daily. We toured northward on precâ€" jlous "A" gas to the Edgewater ‘There we found e e We danced, dined, departed and headed â€"â€" hooray! â€" to Highland From the movie to the Latin Quarter, Paimer House, Blackâ€" stone, Stevens, and then, in desâ€" peration, we pleasureâ€"seekers went to the Drake‘s Camellia House. But there was no space for us. (Aside to Mr. Byrnes: You‘re "drinkout" campaign and your orâ€" der to close all night clubs, booze dens, and so on has this columns‘ stamp of approval. Now why don‘t you close all the bars, saloons, and taverns for 24 hours a day, seven days a week? . A lot of coal and manâ€"hours would be saved.) ‘ DANCE AT EDGEWATER ... off and he proceeded at once to Chicago and, later, to Highland Park. To the Blackstone UpOR AFFIVB â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€" to meet Harold "Bud" Pfister, his| Commander and Mrs. Leslic Maiâ€" lovely wife, Kathleen, and a friend.| men over the birth of their adoraâ€" From the Blackstone, by cab, to| ble, redâ€"haired baby, Patty. Here, a movie, Irene Dunne‘s "Together Page 2 Special to the Highland Park Press CHANUTE FIELD, ILL.â€" ‘ After a score of 18â€"hourâ€" days, this corporal was granted a day ~*__*~ Pleasant T wentyFfour Hours ~â€" Sgt. James Rozzoli, 26, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominick Rissoli, 1845 Burton, has served in the Euâ€" ropean theater of war for 17 months, during which time he has been stationed in England, France, Belgium and Holland, and is now secingâ€" action in Germany. He enâ€" tered the service in ‘April, 1941. [ Raymond H. Anthony, USNR, one of the twin sons of ‘Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Anthony, 270 Ceâ€" dar, has been commissioned an enâ€" sign in the NAF. He received his pilot‘s wings at Corpus Christi, Tex. ‘The brother, A/C Joseph, USNR, is receiving â€" advanced #raining at the same base. . Miss Jane Robbins, former memâ€" ber of the WASP, addressed the at the local high school. Receiving her training at bases in Texas, North Carolina and Ohio, . she served as commander of her trainâ€" ing group and was graduated at the head of her class of 49 memâ€" bers. * Capt. Edward Loewenstein, son of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Loewenâ€" stein, 192 Vine, with headquarters construction service, is now staâ€" Two sons of Dr. and Mrs. G. Q. Grady, 529 Forest, are now stationâ€" ed overseas. _ Pfc. Grover is in Pearl Harbor and Sgt. Daniel has been for the past 16 months staâ€" tioned at an English base. Pfc. Gilbert, 23, with the army infantry in â€"France. recently esâ€" caped a nearâ€"casualty with only a "eracked helmet." He writes of having recently met Pfe. John Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Brown, 897 Deerfield Rd. ed theâ€" AAF last July, has transâ€" ferred to the army infantry and is stationed at Camp Robinson, Ark. Hisâ€"parents are Mr. and Mrs. Axel Erikson, 589 Central, in a patient corpsman H Yes, the soldier was her brothâ€" er. "Yes, he was seriously woundâ€" ed. No, he was not able to talk or move his arms. And his chest was torn by shrapnel. is But he was alive! And back in America, â€" And he will get well. She‘d call a doctor friend in New York who knew her brother well. _ The doctor could go i diately and identify the serious;â€" wounded young veteran. She called the doctor. He said he‘d go at once. He did and called her. > Would she come to New York to see if this man was her brother? Of course, she replied. + But she happenéd upon another idea. Then, one morning, the teleâ€" phone rang. New York was callâ€" ing.. A commanding officer of a port of embarkation was on the wire telling her a soldier had just arrived there who could not speak or write. But her name was stampâ€" ed on his identification tags. * _ _A telegram came one bleak morning from the War Departâ€" ment bringing the tragic news that her brother was killed in action. _ Brokenâ€"hearted, she wept for His wife had no parents. They had died early in her life. She was, therefore, ~her brother‘s closest kin. + Then, unhappily, by North Shore to Chicago where I once again said goodbye after a happy 24 hours at home. WHERE THERE‘S HOPE . .. This experience happened to a friend of mine . . . Commander and Mrs. Leslic Maiâ€" men over the birth of their adoraâ€" ble, redâ€"haired baby, Patty. Here, too, we found all well and a very pretty home. A pleasant chat with theâ€" Maimens, thence to Crabtree Point for Sunday evening dinner around the fireplace., A Nazt 1 eart for . th e in the h: harles Pant 17 in his hospital are two 1d pals, "Bud" Staak, nd Glenn Gersdorf, a ullet and a Purple c wound it inflicted nds of Mr. and Mrs. c. 828 Deerfield Rd., e.â€" Alvin, 21,â€" is ®eâ€" : a hospital in Engâ€" Edward Warren, S 2/c, USNR, returned to his base at Memphis abdard an LCT boat in the South Pacific. He is the son of Mr. and Ens. Julio Campagni, alumnus of the local high school and of Carâ€" rol college, Waukesha, Wis., and commissioned last May at Abbot Mrs. E. C. Campagni, 312 Highâ€" wood Ave., Highwood. His brother, Edward, S 1/c, whose wife, Wilma, lives in Chicaâ€" go, serves aboard a troop ship in the Atlantic area and has completâ€" ed sever round trips in that area and one in the Pacific. a Lt. Joseph Daly, naval intelliâ€" gence officer, is now aboard an air craft carrier in the Pacific area. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edâ€" ward Daley, 2407 Indian Tree Dr., and his wife and two small daughâ€" ters live in Chicago. Pvt. Charles Hull, alumnus of the June, 1943, high school class, who entered the service the followâ€" ing November, is a member of a ground crew of the AAF,, and is now stationed in the South Pacific area. _ He left for overseas last December. â€" His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hull, 1306 Pleasâ€" and is now hospitalized with‘& foot eal high school, he joined the army in June, 1943, and left for overseas last April. > Pfe. Joseph Cortesi, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Cortesi, 648 Deerfield, was wounded for the tioned in the Central Pacific area. service for four years, Graduating in 1942 from the loâ€" PUBLIC Power went to work in hundreds of war plants to produce fighting tools for it makes the workâ€"day easier . .. life the biff&est and most important job in its histoty. .cR When America entered the war, Northern Illinois answered the call . .. and found that it had the power to do In Northern Illinois . . . in business and home .. . in war plant and on the farm TH E PRESS SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINO!Ts A good report card ... /~*> Pfc. Dick Griffin says he is stayâ€" ing pretty close to the house these days for Highland Park weather strikes him as "pretty chilly," afâ€" ter Tinian ‘‘and all those creepy places." Wounded on Tinian, last and Mrs. Edward ‘Williams, 672 Deerfield. 7 * » PFC. DICK GRIFFIN VISITING IN TOWN T /5 Leslic Williams, former emâ€" ployee at the Sunset Valley golf club, is now stationed with the medical corps of the First Army in the European area. Enlisting in June, 194%, he was dismissed later, being over 28, and reâ€" called in January, 1942. He has served overseas for three years, in Ireland, England, France, Belgiâ€" um and Germany. He is now again in Belgium. He is the son of Mr. Pvt. Gene Fiocchi of the army infantry, whose wife and three childrenâ€" live at 239 Sheridan, Highwood, is now serving in France. Inducted last April, he is a former Highwood alderman. family until recently lived in Deerâ€" field. T in France, Belgium and {Germany since going overseas last May, is now hospitalized at Camp Atterâ€" bury, Ind., suffering from serious wounds in the legs. â€" He entered the service in August, 1943. The Sunday after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Warren, 1547 8. St. Johns. _ His basic training finished, he will now engage in an aviation radio course, ~* Pvt. Frank Warren, a brother, is now stationed in Leyte, having survived the sinking of the troop ship he was aboard en route. Pfc. Harold B. Peterson, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Peterson, 819 N. Green Bay, who has served D Northern Illinois area. In the homeâ€"city of countryâ€"elecâ€" tricity proved ever the faithful servant ... helping in a handred ways...working round the clock to give war workers extra time for added activities. Electric power is proud to report that its dependable, lowâ€"cost services are available to 86% of the farms and a/l of the homes and wat plants in the days off...and at the lowest wages in Farmers found electricity the ideal hired man to hdr_in':';m @u!ngkdfsfipgm'mgfi Thursday, Mar. 1â€" 10:00 a.m. Red Cross. 6:15 p.m. Friendship club din ner and play. with the First Army in combat duty in Germany, has been stayâ€" ing with her mother since last Noâ€" vember. Mrs. Wm. J. Van Cleve, the former Lorraine Weaver, with her daughter, Patricia, arrived last Wednesday from Texas, where her husband, Capt. Van Cleve, has been stationed for three years. The captain is being transferred to Camp Crowder, Mo., â€"where his wife will join him in a few weeks. Reunited With Mother Mrs. Mildred Weaver, 415 N. St. Johns, has her two married daughâ€" ters at home again. Hazel, whose husband, Lt. John Pensock, is now Lt. Smith was taken prisoner last November, Lt. Hansen in July and Lt. Gilbert has been imprisoned for a year. * Army Officers‘ Wives from a German prison camp, three local fliers are imprisoned at the same warâ€"camp in Germany. They are Lt. Homer ‘"Pee Wee" Smith, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer Smith, Sr., now living in Chicago; 2Znd Lt. Richard "Stan" Gilbert, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs, Russell Gilbert, 909 Taylor, and Lt. Harry Hansen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hansen, Sr., 645 Chicago. Three Highland Parkers At Same Prison Camp September, he was hospitalized in Honululu, and is now spending a 30â€"day convalescent leave with the Everett Inmans, 812 Ridgewood, and his sister, Mrs. Florence Japâ€" port, now living in Chicago. Y.W.CA. TPmthogcePrognm The members of the Highland Park lodge, L. O. 0. M., their famiâ€" lies and friends were privileged to hear an unusual entertainment on the night of Feb. 26, when stuâ€" dents of Lake Forest college preâ€" sented aâ€" musical program under the direction of Miss Hiscox, diâ€" rector of the music department of the college. Singing by a group of eight girls, readings, and violin and cello solos comprised the proâ€" gram.. The lodge is grateful to Thomas Stillwell, who made this program possible. > Thursday, March 1, 1945 as city clerk in Highland Park, is reported to have been a prisoner of the German government since last November, according to a comâ€" munication received by his mothâ€" er of Arcadia, Calif. â€" He was preâ€" viously reported missing. Sgt. Rubly is a graduate of the local high school and of Notre Dame university. His aunt, Mrs. H. D. Kratzer, lives at 111 Mcâ€" Govern. Lake Forest Students s S$.â€"Sgt. Paul Rubly h&awu 8(8(‘. Paul E. Rubly, former star and son of the late Fred W. Rubly,â€"who for 23 years served 9:00 Saturday Evening club regâ€" ular meeting. Monday, Mar. 5â€" 3:00 Agnes Daly‘s dance classes. Tuesday, Mar. 6â€" 10:00 a.m. Interfaith group. Wednesday, Mar. 71â€" 8:15 GSO business meeting. T :80 GSO business meeting