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_ Annual Spring Formal at = Woman‘s Club April 7 Vol. 35; No. 4 ‘Those who "are working on the committee with Mrs. Brown are Mrs. B. F. Reinking, viceâ€"chairâ€" man, Mrs. Charles E. Bletsch, Mrs. John N. Brigham, Mrs. GeorgeB. Dana, Mrs. Stanley D. Grace, Mrs. Adolph Lundin, Mrs. Lindell Peâ€" terson, Mrs. Lawrence D. Smith, Mrs. Frederick Olmsted Toof, Mrs. ‘Theâ€"Swing club dance for Satâ€" urday, March 24, at the Highland Park Woman‘s club will be a Blue Jean party. . The hours are 9 to 12 p.m. â€".The committee wishes to anâ€" nounce that the following dance on April 14, will be a Turnabout. The girls ‘will please note. and make Local WAVE Vies With Dixié Girl for Title THere will be a club table for anyone who does not join a party. Ken Kendall‘s popular dance orâ€" chestra will furnish the music. PEARL HARBOR, T. H.â€"Murâ€" iel Caldwell and Patricia_Speed, WAVE ‘yeomen serving in the 14th Naval district, were both born into overseas wartime ~environment. Daughters of :army. doctors, the young women have had parallel lives, to a certain extent, and now they are wondering who has the right to be known as the first World. War I baby born of Ameriâ€" can parents in Europe to return to the United States. A lengthy title, but the WAVEs feel it is far from an empty one, and ‘only inâ€" formation from home will furnish the necessary link to make one or the other the real "war baby." Speed is a yeoman, third class, and her home is at 530 S. Sheriâ€" dan. Her father, Dr. Kellogg Speed, served first as a lieutenant eolonel in the British army medical corps, then .joined the U. 8. army medical corps as a major in 1916. Her mother was an American Red Cross worker. _ Born in London, Speed had duty at the WAVE training school, Hunter college, New York City, before reporting to ‘her present assignment in the communications office, Navy Yard, Plans..for the annual Spring Formal of the Highland Park Woman‘s club to be held on Satâ€" urday evening, April 7, from 8 to 12, are well under way, accordâ€" ing to the chairman, Mrs. Mark G. Brown. This will be a dinner dance and the 8:00 o‘clock hour should be carefully noted as guests cannot be served later." The dinner is unâ€" der the management of the Open House and the hour is set because of the regulations on the hours that help may work. * It is hoped that all members having cocktail parties will coâ€"opâ€" erate by calling their parties at an earlier hour. > Reservations will be $5 per couâ€" ple and may be made with the chairman, Mrs. Mark Brown, HP. 3947, not later than. Wednesday, April 4, Schultz. Both arrived from Europe in their mothers‘ arms in January, 1919.. Neither is certain of the exact date of arrival. * o in Faris, France, July 27, 1918. Horf-M.Dr.GnyCdfinll?w- a captain in the U. 8. army medical corps, and her mother, a Canadian army nurse.â€" Her home is at 1640 State St., New Orleans. Living in the British Isles for several years, attending school in England and Scotland, and traveling extensiveâ€" ly in Europe, she was in Europe when World War II was declared, and returned to the United States in March, 1940. Stationed in Birâ€" mingham, Ala., in the office of Naval Officer Procurement before sailing for Hawali, she is now atâ€" tached to the district public relaâ€" HIGHLAND PARKER HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Molly Cable, 17, of 371 Laurel, suffered possible fractures to her shoulder and collarbone when the Muhh*,:-w- a passenger became out conâ€" trol and overturned, rolling over on its top, according to the report lies Table, he onty veservanr im Miss the only passenger inâ€" jured, was taken to the local hoapiâ€" Caldwell, yeoman 2/c, _ _ _ The Higblan Park Press and ~â€"Mrs. Whitt Assisting Mrs. Hixson in the morning will be Mrs. M. C. Jahn nd . Mrs. William <C.â€" Wenninger. In the afternoon the coâ€"hostesses will be Mrs. Paul Boyd and Mrs. Infant Welfare Produces A‘Blooming Hat Tree Sheridan road in Highland Park. The proceeds from the sale will be deyoted to the urgentâ€"needs of the Carr Auxiliary Rummage Sale to Be Held April 5 The annual Rummage Sale of the Helen Taylor Carr Auxiliary held Thursday, April 5th, from nine until twelve in the corner store at Central avenue and North tlement on Grand avenue in Chicaâ€" go. This simple but healthful camp provides a two weeks‘ stay in the central Michigan camp when these underprivileged city chilâ€" dren can enjoy healthful country air and good nourishing food. . When the tree is full of spring chapeaux, they will be gathered by the Thrift Shop chairman, Mrs. John Innes,â€" and added. to <the Thrift shop‘s stock of Easter bonâ€" nets Besides bringing hats, the memâ€" bers are also asked to come armed with ideas for aprons typifping the various allied nations. These apâ€" rons are to be made by the sewâ€" ing committee and sold to members at a future meeting to raise money for a codliverâ€"oil fund. .. _______ Smmp _for childrért in the nei of the Commons Setâ€" Sheridan Volunteers have brought their scissors, thimbles and sewing machines on Tuesday to the home of Mrs. Donald M. Cook on Westâ€" moor Trail in Winnetka, where work is under way on curtains for hospital wards at Fort Sheridan. Seventyâ€"five pairs of long curâ€" tains are an ambitious undertakâ€" ing and yards of target cloth roll off from bolts as the Volunteers progress toward their goal. Each week pairs are cut, hemmed and Mrs. Robert Belt, Mrs. Grant Clark, Mrs. Arthur Claghorn, Mrs. Alan Kidd, Mrs. Chase Smith, Mrs. A hat treee, the only one of its kind in the world, will come inâ€" to full flower Monday, March 26, in the dooryard of Mrs. Henry H. Hixson, 596 Kimball road. On handâ€"to witness the flowerâ€" ing, andâ€"in fact to furnish the blossoms themselves, will be memâ€" bers of the Highland Parkâ€"Ravinia juniors of the Infant Welfare Soâ€" ciety, who will deck the tree with their annual contribution of hats for the Thrift Shop as they arâ€" rive for the monthlyâ€"Infant Welâ€" fare meeting. ; Mrs. Frank Venning and Mrs. Dudley Hall are in charge of the Rummage Sale, and all the active members of the group will help in some capacity. Rummage can be left at the homes of Mrs. Venning and 824 S. St. Johns ave. respecâ€" tively, or Mrs. Venning, Tel No.H. P. 2786 or Mrs. Hall, Tel No. H. P. 356 will be glad to call for it. All kinds of things will be welcome, clothing, bric a brac, furniture, hats. shoes, and many © preâ€"war articles which may be difficult to obtain.these days. The customers can be assured of a satisfactory supply of articles in good condiâ€" tion, to be bought at a low price. Ft. Sheridan Volunteers Working on Curtains trimmed with gay colored fringe and in the near future they will be put up in the wards where they will â€" bring cheer and homelike surroundings for the sick and conâ€" * Along about 12:30 the curtains are pushed aside for a short time, while the Volunteers pool their sandwiches and discuss plans for refurnishing the Red Cross recreâ€" ational croom â€" another project which is rapidly nearing compleâ€" David T. ‘Welsh. or Mrs. Hall, 341 Woodland road. the dance at the Service club this William Highland Park; Mrs. Gilbert Scribâ€" ner and Mrs. Richaird Hoffman from Winnetka, Mrs. Frank P. Collyer and rMs. Harry N. Kerr from Wilmette have been serving on the curtain committee. ‘The Volunteers from all the Highland Park‘s NEWS Paper for 33 Years People‘s Party ~Addressing a representative auâ€" dience of about 300 last Friday night, at the Oak Terrace school, the candidates of â€" the People‘s Party of Highwood, headed by ‘Thomas Mussatto, their candidate for mayor, announced the seven points of their platform: $ 1. That the party be composed of):onu'..-ina'-nduphhâ€". 2. That the party provide the city with a peaceful, respectable and progressive administration; The candidates who among them are parents of 16 glliliun beâ€" tween 8 and 10, and who also have sons in service, stated that they are keenly interested in the welâ€" fare of the young, and wish to make the city . government, to which the service men will return, one of which to be proud. All the candidates : but omneâ€" own their homes in the community. ~_At last Wednesday‘s board meetâ€" ing held at the Community Cenâ€" ter, plans were discussed for the annual meeting of the League of Women Voters scheduled for April 18. â€" At the spring luncheonâ€"the yeir‘s work ‘will: be #eviewed by the board of directors whd comâ€" mittee chairman. § Serving for 1944â€"45 are the folâ€" lowing: Mrs. Gilbert Hardacre, .A period of questions and ansâ€" wers was then conducted Sy Nello Ori;â€" ign ~manager. and "O program ended with entertainment by Frank McManaman, story telâ€" Women Voters Discuss Leonard Rieser, Mrs. David Joseph, 3. That it coâ€"operate with Fort Sheridan andâ€" the school system; 4. That they work for allâ€"civic improvements; â€" 5. That they coâ€"operate with citizens in providing suitable reâ€" creation facilities for young peoâ€" ple; > 6. That they employ capable reâ€" spectable.men on the police force, and 7. That the party work diligentâ€" ly to raise to a higher level the city‘s reputation. . Plans For Mrs. J. Sigurd Johnson, Mrs. D. L. Clinton, Mrs. Frank Selfridge, Mrs. Orray T. Knight, Mrs. J. Stanâ€" nard Baker and Mrs. Mare A. Law. Mrs. J. Sigurd Johnson as genâ€" eral chairman, ‘has been assisted by Mrs. Richard Loewenthal, Mrs. Carroll Binder, Mrs. Walter Neisâ€" ser, Mrs. Robert Landauer, Mrs. Melvin Wolens, Mrs. Elwood Hansâ€" mann, Mrs. Douglas _Bovd. Mrs. er have been coâ€"chairmen of the social committee and Mrs. Mason Smith new member chairman. Byfield, Mrs. J. H. Cdré,â€"Mrs. Jay Glidden, Mrs. B. 8 Hugle, Mrs. the rummage sale and may be conâ€" "ncted ut H. P. $690. Contriboâ€" tions may be brought cither to the ler of Waukegan. Carr and Mrs. Van G. Ki The committee for league action includes Mrs. Ralph C. A‘rcher, Mrs. J. M. Watkins, Mrs. A. E. Patton, Mrs. Earl Wallis and Mrs. Marc A. Law. Mrs. Mildred Haessler and Miss Virginia Wheelâ€" menzi, Mrs.F. L. Venning, Mrs. T. R. Wyles, Mrs. D. C. Watson, Mrs. Earl Varner and Mrs. F. L. Venning have served throughout THE CATHOLIC WOMAN‘S LEAGUE The Very Rev. Magr. Reynold Hillenbrand, pastor of the Sacred Heart church, Habbard Woods, will be the retreat master for the North Shore Catholie Woman‘s Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 in the morning and the day will close with benediction at 3 o‘clock. Breakfast and dinner will be R. J. Koretz, Mrs. V. E. Lawrence Maria Immaculata Convent, 1041 lda’nd.'hflh,ufi-iq March 27th. Mrs. John E. McCaffrey, High land Park, and her committee will take reservations. rummage sale April 18 in the eveâ€" ning, opening at 7:00, and during the day of April 19, from 9 a.m. on. On this Wednesday and Thurs day the sale will be held in the assembly hall or the parsonage Mrs. Herman Zaeske is chairiady of "The Redeemer Guild will hold a Highland Park, HMinois, Thursday, March 22, 1945 chairmen. at Band and Chorus Present Spring Concert Mar. 25 With both high.school band and chorus . participating, the first spring concert will be presented this Sunday at 3:30 p. m. in the high school auditoriam, The band, which is under the direction of Mr. Harold N. Finch, has prepared 3 program which will emphasize the worke of American composers. The program is as folâ€" lows: s . Two new wards have recently been added to the membership of the "Stamps For Theâ€" Wounded" club at Great Lakes. An 18â€"yearâ€" old Marine, veteran of three camâ€" paigns, is one of the club‘s most ardent collectors. Concert Overture ........ Hadley Symphony No. 8 in B minor(unâ€" finished) ............................ Shubert Allegro Moderato Children‘s March ........ Goldman Mozart Matriculates .... Templeton Commando March .._..._._. Barber Collecting Grows at Great Lakes Station Word was received Sunday last by (rs. August Bleich, 625 S. Ridge, that her nephew, Irving F. Veiteh,â€"S 2/c,. of the . _Seabees, About 150 students will take part in the concert. Interest In Stamp This club, maintained by a comâ€" mittee â€" from ~theâ€" North Suburban Philatelic society, is sponsored by a recreational branch of the Red Cross. As the membership grows, there is an‘increased need _ of maâ€" terial. Many people have given wings to the long hours of convaâ€" lescence by ‘providing stamps for these young hobbyists. Donations may Bey'sent'w'the Highland Park Press, where they will be promptly turned over to a member of the Philatelic society for the Great Lakes club. * Oakland Navy hospital, California, where he had been aâ€"patient for over a vear, last June. His grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, was also with him at the last. Red Cross In Need of Church Collects Clothing In PreEaster Meetings Irvin Veitch Victim OF a Fatal Malady moved to the States in January, 1944. His mother, Mrs. Lottie *Born in this town 20 years ago, Irving was a graduate of the 1943 high: school class. He is survived, also, by a brother, Willard, MOM, 2/c, USNR, who is now home on emergency leave. Details of the funeral rites are atâ€"this time unâ€" certain, * Plenty of gauze is now on hand at the surgical unit of the Highâ€" lang Park Woman‘s Club, with days and hours of the same: Wedâ€" nesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:30 a. m. â€" 3:30 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30 â€" 9:30. An unusual combination of maâ€" terial with the spiritual is anâ€" nounced in connection with the ducted this week in the United Evangelical church at Green Bay and Laurel. â€" Clothing for the Enâ€" ,wd-’mhm&- rope is being collected under the Veitch, . Coffee served at noon. Workers may bring their own sandwiches. _ The surgeongeneral requests 43â€" large. Women are needed to help. The following women, with over 2,000 hours to their credit are elâ€" igible for the honor roll: Mrs. Gilâ€" Thomas Marks, Mrs. Otis Beardsâ€" lay, Miss Edith Daniel McLellan. sponsorship of the in class uhm-tâ€":m to the church any evening. during the series of meetings or next Sunâ€" day at the regular services. Used clothing which is clean, mended, and in shipable co sired. No rags can is also requested, and the things collected will be taken to a Chiâ€" cage shipping point operated by the Chicagoland Youth for Christ. sent to Belginm and the Netherâ€" Grand Trizumphal March Stricken in Pearl Harbor with Red Cross Goal Exceeded; Continues Thru March Urgent Need of WAC Each month there ‘return to these shores thousands upon thousâ€" ands of the sick and wounded whose sacrifices are the bitter price of victory. Adequate care for these men who have given so much is the very least a grateful nation can give,. . Yet so great is their number that the Army hospiâ€" tals, already stripped of available personnel for duty overseas, will be swamped by this swelling flood of casualties unless they have help, the helpâ€" American women can give. ' f So urgent is the need for enlistâ€" ment in the WAC hospital units, that Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff, has appealed to the govâ€" ernors of all states to sponsor a campaign toâ€" recruit women for services in army hospitals. In reâ€" sponse to a letter from Governor Green asking that civilians launch a communityâ€"wide program for enâ€" listments, Mayor Garnett appoint: ed Mrs. Wilson Kline to be chairâ€" man of a local committee to acâ€" uaint ; every home in Highland %.' rk andâ€"every woman within the age limits specified by the army, with the urgent need for hospital technicians. . At a meeting held atâ€"Mrs. Kline‘s last Monday afternoon, a commitâ€" tee of twelve began work on plans to encourage enlistment of women, who, after preliminary basic trainâ€" ing, will be assigned to duty in the army general hospitals in the Unitâ€" ed States as medical and surgical technicians or . clerical workers. Eight thousand women are needed to assist overworked doctors and nurses in caring for the men who ‘cared for America.‘ ing Schur, Mrs. Lewis Sinclair, Mrs. John VanBergen, Miss Grace Gregori, Miss Thoretta Gregori, Miss Lucille Showers and Mrs. Herâ€" bert R. Smith, â€" Mrs. . Earl . Wallis, coâ€"chairman; Mrs. George Carr, Mrs. Charles Mason, Mrs. O. L. Olesen, Mrs. Irvâ€" Official notification of the death of Pvt. Leonard C: Cowell, 25, has been received by his wife, the formâ€" er Maxine Renner, 616 Laurel. overseas soonâ€" after. Hospitalized for 14 months in Australia, with a fever, he recovered and fought in the invasion of Leyte, where he was slightly wounded. He recovered to At a special meeting of the Camp Committee of the North Shore Area Couucil Boy Scouts of America, it was decided to recomâ€" mend to the Executive Board of the North Shore Area Council not to open Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan for the Boy Scouts for the 1945 season Due to unusual conditions, the Committee found that the services of a fullâ€"time physician for Camp Maâ€"Kaâ€"Jaâ€"Wan could not We guarâ€" anteed and this fact combined with the problems of providing ndeâ€" quate transportation as well as those of organizing a competent camp staff were the determining factors in making the recommenâ€" dation to the Executive Board to forego the benefits of the camp for the 1945 season. T/4 Harold Hansen, son of Mr. und Mrs. Jorgen Hansen, Wisconâ€" sin avenue, Lake Forest, has been PVT. LEONARD C. COWELL LOST IN LUZON BATTLE Put.Cowell, a native of Toledo, Ohio, had been in the service since May, 1940, and received part of his training at Fort Sheridan. It was at this time that he met his by a two year old daughter, Sharon whom he has never seen, and his mother, Mrs. Caroline Cowell, of Toledo, 0. A former member of the cavâ€" alry he was transferred to the inâ€" fantry two years ago, leaving for in Germany, on February 22. .. . _ A graduate of Lake Forest high, class of 1987, Hanson had been ovâ€" erscas in combat with the 3rd Besides his wife he is survived for . In a little more than three weeks, this year‘s Red Cross War Fundâ€" drive, under the chairmanâ€" ship of Rev. Louis W. Sherwin with Arthur J. Howard as coâ€"chairman, has raised over $50,000, already exceeding the total amount receivâ€" ed during the ‘entire campaign last year. A total of $51,404.50. has been turned in by Tuesday night, Mar. 20, exceeding by approximately $6,000 the $45,721 subscribed in the 1944 campaign. This is the largest single amount raised for any single causeé in the history of Highland Park. To Contact All The drive for funds to provide the vital services of the Red Cross on the home front and the war front continues in Highland: Park until the end of March" or until every person, young and old, in Highland Park has.been contacted and given the opportunity to give. . Chairman.. Sherwin feels confiâ€" dent that hundreds of dollars more will swell the total by the time complete reports have been reâ€" ceived from every one of the 359 volunteer workers. Already exceeding the quotas assigned to each are all of the disâ€" tricts into which the city was diâ€" vided for the campaign; under the direction of the f:m‘di'vidon chairmen and district chairmen: ~~Division No. 1â€"Elwood Hansâ€" mann, chairman districts 1, 2, 3, 4. Division No. 2â€"Mrs. William N. Alderman, chairman districts 5, 6, 7, 8. Mrs. H. P. Pearson Jr., coâ€" chairman. Division No. 3â€"Dr. D. A. Macâ€" Corquodale, chairman districts 9, 10, 138. >>> Division No. 4â€"J. Sigurd Johnâ€" son and Herbert A. Alexander, coâ€" chairmen, districts J1, 12, 14 .and 15. . * Clark, Dr. H. E. Lang, coâ€"chairâ€" Tuxis to Hear Address On Meaning of Lent The Tuxis society of the Pr?- byterian church will meet at T:15 in the parish house, Sunday, March 25. Dr. Sherwin will talk on "The Meaning ‘of Lent." Open Square Dance son orchestra. Mr. Finnel will call. Third Spring Meeting Of Creative Writers The third meeting in the spring term of the Creative Writers will be held at the YWCA on Wednesâ€" h’.l-!hll.‘.tdld.p.-. Dr. is the instructor. The Saturday Evening club will hold an open square dance on Satâ€" urday, March 24, at 9 p.m. at the Y.W.C.A. Music furnished by Olâ€" Annual Meeting of YWCA On Friday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m., the committee for planning the annual meeting will meet at the YWCA. Representatives of all clubs and arganizations, as well as the board, make up the commitâ€" and a social hour. The annual meeting is for all members of the YWCA and its friends: It usually features a disâ€" Vacation Activities and Recreation board, in to a demand for varied activities during the Easter vacation period, has planned an excellent program Meetings for the Art club, the Craft club and regular game room play will be held at the Communiâ€" for boys and girls. be shown at the USO, three bird and nature walks will be sponsored piaces for each of these activities will appear next week. UNITED STATES WAR BONDS 5¢ a copy; $1.50 perâ€" year Y. W. C. A. NOTES for No. are being comâ€" vised â€" informal