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Page 2 Comes a letter from Lt. (j.g.) Alan Bede, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bede of 1813 Rice!St. Highland Parkers will remember Al was the lad who had a straight "A" average at HPHS and Northâ€" western and who ran a speedy Kigh hurdle race for comches. A. E. "Deac" Wolters and "Chuck" Lauer. Alan was a supply officer with| (son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. a Seabee outfit for| 16 months in | Thorsch, 137 Beech St.) is at Corâ€" the Pacific area. He‘s a surplus| onado Cal., waiting to be shipped supply officer now and is touring| out‘ as a quartermaster aboard war plants hereabouts finding|ship. (Hmmm. 1 thought Dick was ways of selling excess war mateâ€"| slated to be a Navy pilot.) rials. ‘fRemembcr Paul Wells? (Very "I‘ve been meaning to write you for a long dmo’.kl read your column weekly dnd.get a real bang out of it.. (Well, Al, thanks, ol‘ man.) ~ Maybe this letter of ‘mine can give you some recent dope on the goings on of Highland Parkâ€" "About a month ago S. Sgt. Tom Simpson (son of Mr. and Mrsâ€" Thomas Simpson of 130 Roger "He‘s still the same old guy but probably a little quicter than beâ€" fore . :. He‘s been in the Army since ‘41 which is a long time in any man‘s language. (Righto!) "Also home at that time was Marshall Johnson (son o! Mr. and Mrs. Marshall L. Johnson of 2141 Oak Knoll Tr.) who‘d just finished preâ€"flight training.. Now he‘s at some primary school although I don‘t know where . . . â€"‘Ensign ‘Chuck‘ Rietz was home not long ago. (I‘m sorry I missed him.) By now he‘s commissioned his new LSM. (Shorter version of LSMFT? Isn‘t this a war of iniâ€" tials, though?) IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE Lt. John Benson, of the AAF, arrived in town last Saturday to spend a 22 days‘ leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Benâ€" son, 1412 Pleasant. SEES FRIENDSâ€". .. Williams Ave.) was home from Keesler Field, Miss., where he‘s in the MP.‘s. ... JOE IS OVER THERE ... "Lt. Jo Eyler (son of Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey J. Eyler, 334 Marshâ€" man) writes that he‘s been in the CBI theater for over a year, but I can‘t find out what he‘s doing. (Nor I,, Al. Last time 1 saw Jo was just after he received his comâ€" mission. We met at Ravinia Opera on opening night.) Two years in the service, Lt. Benson has served one year in the European area, performing 65â€" misâ€" sions over Germany. ‘ He possessâ€" es the E.T.O. medal with 4 batâ€" tle stars. [At the end of his leave he will be stationed at a Galifornia rest.camp. . His brother, S/Set. Rul{(-rt. also of the AAF, is now in Jtaly. The brothers were inducted in service withinâ€"one month of each other. The Fred Moons, 598 Homeâ€" wood, are ~represented ly their four sons in various areas of war. T :5 Melvin, "Bud," veteran of the invasion of Leyte, and with the first convoy to land on Luzon, is now in a New Guinea hospital, reâ€" covering nicely from wounds re= ceived in an engagement in or near Manila. _ Lt. Robert, AAF, and Pfe. Lioyd, tmember of a hospital unit, are stationed in England. They met recently for a short visit. Pvt. Verne, AAF, training at â€"Ft. Meyer, Fla., expects to become a gunner on a Bâ€"29. Rev. and Mrs, Christoph Keller, 340 Prospest, are enjoying a visit from their son, Capt. Sherman, squadron navightion officer, and Two lieutenants and one captain represent Mrs. George W. Kellner, 157 Vine, in the armed services. Recentlyâ€"ist Lt. Robert, of the army infantry, married Lt. Evelyn Eiler, of the army nurse corps, adâ€" ding a fourth officer to the family score. 2nd Lt. William and Capt. George are both stationed in Gerâ€" many. o One of the marine corps daughâ€" ters of the Hearst W. Cadys recentâ€" ly spent a 15â€"day furlough with her parents at 339 E. Park, Acâ€" companying her was a buddy, Pfc. Gretna Barker, of Lawrenceville, Ind. The young marines are staâ€" tioned at Pendletonmâ€"Ficld; Cattf:~ Cpl. Margot, the other daughâ€" ter, is stationed at Honululu, servâ€" ning in an auditor‘s office. She was one of the first of the corps to leave the country for overseas. ABOUT HIGHLAND PARKERS . . . "Seaman 1st Class Dick Thorsch Special to the Highland Park Press ‘M IN THE ARMY NOW Our Readers Write Cpl. Whitt N. Schult» (son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Thorsch, 137 Beech St.) is at Corâ€" onado Cal., waiting to be shipped out" as a quartermaster aboard ship. (Hmmm. 1 thought Dick was slated to be a Navy pilot.) "Art Hoffman, after being at Great Lakes for a while, is now at Pensacola, Fla., going to agrial gunnery school He had a tough timie making up his mind whether to be a radio technician or a physiâ€" cal training instructor . . . He‘s one busy guy\ who hasn‘t changed a bit and is still the prince he alâ€" veteran of 40 completed missions in the Pacific theater of war. The captain is the possessor of the disâ€" tinguished flying cross. & Two of the three sons of Mr. and Mrs..Joseph Earty, 214 N. Secâ€" ond, have been wounded in the service of theirâ€"country. "Remember Paul Wells? (Very well.) He‘s a dental officer in the Navy and is now aboard an attack transport in the Pacific. (Around Iwo Jima, perhaps?) Lt. Hank Wilder â€" voted the most popular in his high school graduating class,"37, and one of Highland Park‘s favoritesâ€"writes this bit from awayâ€"out on theâ€"loneâ€" ly, blue Pacific . . . f â€"** . . .There is so much that can be done to help the world â€" bo_th in our communities and in the world at large. (True, Hank. _ If more towns were as fine as Highâ€" land Park, this would be a better world, I‘m thinking.) . . â€" ‘‘There are so many answersâ€" yet so few are correct. How desâ€" perately the world needs men with foresight, â€".leadership, and | just plain GUTS! (Like navy officers who are executive officersâ€"on mine sweepers in bitter combat arcas)... Robert Wieder, coxswain, USN, 1943 graduate at Highland Park high, who left the country the folâ€" lowing ~August, afterâ€"completing his basic training at Great Lakes, writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Wicder, 1916 Hiawatha, that he is.nowâ€" stationed on Leyte. Pfc. Howard, wounded in Gerâ€" many last October, is now a patient in a hospital at Temple, Tex. ~His wife and daughter are with him. He recently spent a 45â€"day furâ€" lough at home. He has underâ€" gone several minor and one major operation, !~> ways was. (Agreed, Where‘s his wife and his baby?) Some day perhaps our old gang can get together once more. (Speed the day) I hope so. (1, too.) Best of luck to you, Whitt." (Same to you, Al. And thanks for your letter. Write again soonâ€" and that goes for the rest of you Highland Parkers!) HANK WRITES A BIT, TOO . .. Pvt. Russell, now .at, a hospital in Walla Walla, Wash., was inâ€" jured in Pgiv Guinea last Septemâ€" ber. He a furlough soon. Robert, radar 2/c, USN, has been for 15 months in the Pacific area. His wife and son live in Chicago. Campâ€" Davis, N. C. â€" Captain Charles Osborn of Deerfield, has reported here for duty as the as sistant special services officer. Camp Davis is an installation of the army air forces personnel disâ€" tribution command. Prior to reporting here, Capt. Osborn : was engaged in special services work at both Nashville, Tenn., and Louisville, Ky., at conâ€" valescent fimspihh. Before enterâ€" ing. the service, Capt. Osborn worked with the Caterpillar Tracâ€" tor company at Peoria, M. â€" He previously had attended Bradley Tech in the same city. i Coast Guard Firsts First to carry the news of Dewey at Manila was the coast guard cutâ€" ter McCulloch, which carried it from Manila to Hong Kong, where it was put on the cable. And a coast guardâ€"manned frigate fired the first shot in the recent liberation of the Philippines. Lt. Le Roy R. Haas, USMC, Writes From Iwo Jima . Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy R. Haas, 2116 Grove, Highland Park, have had several letters recently from their son, Marine Lt. LeRoy R. Haas *Jr., from Iwo Jima in the South Pacific. . Lt. Haas, former Highland Park high school athlete and captain of the baseball team in his last year, is assigned to headquarters batâ€" talion, 3rd Jasco (joint assault signal company) of the 3rd marine division. * In his first letter from Iwo, Lt. Haas said that he was writing from the regimental command post diâ€" rectly behind the firing line. Arâ€" tillery and mortar shells were still exploding all around them and the whine of Jap snipers‘ bullets was almost constant. _ The marines, however, were moving forward and crowding the Japs back against the ocean. * _u Haas, who also participated in the invasion of Guam, characâ€" terized Iwo as the "most â€"rugged action" so far as the Jap high comâ€" mand had prepared their defenses well. Moving up the center of the island to the north, he reports that while the marines suffered casualâ€" ties, especially from the Jap 150 mm howitzers, they were gaining steadily and giving the enemy a mauling. In his second letter, Lt. Haas said that while fighting was still going on, he had reached aâ€"point so farâ€"up the island that water was visible on either side and: the reâ€" maining Japs were squeezed into two small pockets on the northernâ€" most point of the island.â€"He said that what he wanted most was a shave and shower, having had neiâ€" ther for more than three weeks, nor had his clothes off in that time W. FRED GALLAGHER . at the regular Park Board Election, Tuesday, April 3rd MARSHALL JOHNSON For generations these trees have been preserved as part of the natural beauty of Highland Park. Does their destruction mean that our communâ€" ity has lost interest in protecting its most preâ€" cious asset? m E Two of our Park Board members steadtastly opâ€" posed the destruction of these trees. These two men, W. Fred Gallagher and Marshall Johnson, have consented to be candidates for reelection. SAVE OQOUR TREES T HE PR ESS Until a few days ago this was a beautiful, wooded park on Roger Williams Avenue in Ravinia. ° The volcanic ash which covers the island had seeped into his hair, clothes and food, and there was no escape from it. As he wrote, Lt. Haas said that American planes strafing the remaining.Japs were flying soâ€"~low that he could disâ€" tinctly hear their machine gun fire. Mr. and Mrs. Haas have two Japanese rifles, one a .25 calibre carbine and the other a .31 caliâ€" bze sniper‘s rifle, which their son sent them from Guam, explaining that "the guys he got them from won‘t need them any more." Lt. Haas left NorthwesterA uniâ€" versity in his junior year to join the marine corps and has been.jin the South Pacific a year. He trainâ€" ed at San Diego, graduated from officers training school at Quantiâ€" co, Va.; the communications school at Fort Monmouth, N. J., and amâ€" phibious operations school, Norâ€" folk, Va. He was promoted to first lieutenant in‘ January. Every Woman Can Help As Red Cross Nurse‘s Aide According to Mrs.>Rigchard Kebâ€" bon, in charge of nurse‘s aide reâ€" cruiting for Highland Park, every woman can find a job by alleviatâ€" ing the nursing shortage. In progâ€" ress a* the present time is a camâ€" paign to recruit thousands of womâ€" en to serve in theâ€"nursing branchâ€" es of the armed forces and civilian hospitals. This campaign, states Mrs. Kebâ€" bon, is a part of a joint nationâ€" wide nursingâ€"recruitingâ€"plan just completed by American Red Cross officials and all agencies concerned with recruiting nr?.nd navy nurses, _ veterans administration nurses, WAC hospital technicians, Red Cross volunteer nurse‘s aids and Red Cross home nursing stuâ€" dents. f and One Hundred One Girls Serve Red Cross Overseas One hundred and one girls from the Chicago area are serving with the Red Cross overseas as hospiâ€" tal workers, stenographers, and staff assistants. edonia, India, Sicily, France, Aus Staff assistants are called upon for a variety of recreational work in the clubmobiles, leave area clubs, rest camps, fleet camps, and aeroâ€" huts. tralia, Iceland, Greenland and the Middle East. â€"~Other women are needed to help them meet these farâ€"flung _ assignments. â€" Worken over 25 with college or professionâ€" al experience to qualify them for such work are urged to apply at 529 S. Wabash avenue, Chicago, personnel office, immediately. Military Funeral for Irvin Veitch, Seabee Sailors from Great Lakes naval training station assisted at the funeral tités of Irvin Fred Veitch, of the Seabees, on Monday, at 2 p.m. at the United Evangelical church. Mrs. Theima Daggitt sang two hymns. Rites were conducted by the pastor, Rev. R. S. Wilson. Irving passed away at a naval hospital in California following a year‘s illness.© He was 20 years of A brother, Willard, USN, staâ€" tioned at Ft. Lauderdale, was presâ€" ent for the services. . Also survivâ€" ing are his mother, Mrs. Lottie Veitch, his grandmother, Mrs. Elizâ€" abeth Johnson and an aunt, Mrs. August Bleich; 625 Ridge. . Interment was ‘made. at the Northshore Garden of Memories. Red Cross girls are serving in If Highland Park is to continue to maintain its prestige as a lovely place in which to live, it is essential that only those who appreciate the worth ofâ€"trees be members of our Park Board. If you want to stop further butchery of our parks, it is your civic obligation to register your disapprovat of this ruthless tree slaughter. Go to the polls and vote for Thursday, March 29, 1945 First naval force to clean up the pirates of the Spanish Main during the bloodâ€"thirsty first quarter of the nineteenth century. Coast Guard Firsts We Have a Fine EASTER Larson‘s S T A TT O N E R 37 S. St. Johns Avenue Telephone 567 Selection of for