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Highland Park Press, 12 Jul 1945, p. 3

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Well, Wasn‘t She? In regard to lastâ€"week‘s "Potâ€" pourri of Pops‘"â€"we must say it irks us no end to hear her majesâ€" ty, the queen mother, referred to as "his wife." And we resent the Edâ€"Just charge it up to crude Yankee humor, Mary. And know which keys to fit in stubborn locks; ‘That ghosts don‘t stalk lone travelâ€" ers at night, But I say kids are smarter. Am Grownups tell time by roundfaced, Little words of kindness Warm the cockles of the heart; But little barbs of malice â€" â€" > Upset the applecart! s greenest moss, The warmest stream for wading in bare feet, And just when candy‘s cool enough Yes, jazz, with its wild harmonies â€"its pounding rhythmâ€"is for youth. Hardening u_@cflq,dennd Ed.‘s note: * ‘There are certain combinations that clickâ€"and that‘s all there is to it. Like salt and pepper, sandâ€" wiches and pickles, youth and jazz. a much milder condiment. ‘True enough the Hit Parade is not for the intelligentsia, Personâ€" ally, though, I‘d never ""snoot" a chance to be represented thereon. Kids outâ€"sharp us grownups: they â€"can tell _ How loud to holler down an empâ€" ‘The day the ice is hard enough to Where they can find the softest, come the basis for wonderful jazz, selective discrimination being used by the jazzician as to ‘ which songsâ€"will lend themselves. But Hit Parade audiences are seldom discriminating, as witness the wiltâ€" ed little efforts that come and go. ‘The few good ones I love. The many mediocrities I tolerate. The really bad I despise.**** Oh, I‘m not immune. Some I treasure for their memories, just like the other guy does. But jazz needs no memâ€" ories, no sentimental link with a person‘s past. Gathering champiâ€" ons by its vitality and its constantâ€" ty fresh outlook, jazz holds them ;y_;t;'n;l and tested value in their lives. * lar songs is O:K>~~ In fact, I enâ€" dorse the selections mentioned, with the exception of "When My Dream Boat Comes Home."* Mayâ€" be my dreams are different, or I. love. _( it in the on vocal. â€" Jeepers! or the Gallic equivalent.) â€" "June inâ€"January" to me is Crosby. No more need be said. And "Thanks for the Memory" is Bob Hope and Shirley Ross being sweet, swell and sentiâ€" mental. . Which sameâ€"brings me to my point. _ Do we like the song or the memory? Do we appreciate the clever lyrics because they‘re clever or because ‘they say someâ€" thing that brings back a good minâ€" ute of living?** Not that I have anything against remembering these good minutes, but if we‘re Now jazz is different. A good jazz record is interesting the first hearing, fascinating the second, and by the tenth it‘s a part of my life. Its vitality constantly grows, driving> deeper each time. As proof of this I cite the fact that old Louis Armstrong records are collector‘s items and priced accordâ€" ingly, but who‘d pay money for a tenâ€"yearâ€"old. Hit ‘ Parade item played by â€" well, say Guy Lomâ€" bardo? . For that matter who‘d pay money for a.Guy Lombardo record period? ~ But that‘s beside Jazz can tire me out with its flood of power, but it never beâ€" comes tiresome with repetition, as does almost any pop tune. . On the other hand, a pop tune can beâ€" the point. Thursday, July 12th, 1945 *Arrangements makes all the difference. * **The sum total. ***Why analyze a thrill? #***Amen and amen. m T right? The Greater Wisdom PAT SHANNON SLOANE. Jazz Versus Pop SHALLOWS Not Necessarily ble evidenc MARY BROWNRIDGE. ALICE CONWAY. R.B.O L.B.B. Io-hhn-‘,&-hn.fufi charge from the nayy. C Mary Lou Ann, another daugh ter, will be married July 28 to Ed ward H. Rohr Jr., Mus. 8/c, USN now stationed at Great Lakes. MARION GAIL SPENDS SUMMER IN MONTANA s Miss Marion Gail, daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gail, 1015 N. St. Johns, has accepted a position ‘Mr. Dour, Purple Heart veterâ€" an of Iwo Jima and other major engagements in the South Pacific, Ffin nim'm Weds Returned Veteran anne Lenore, to Joseph W. Dour, Jr., of East St. Louis, NL _ The wedding is planned for Septemâ€" Two Kearney Sisters To Be Married Soon acted as best man, and young Ronâ€" ald Renner as ringbearet. A reception followed at the home of the bride‘s parents. After a short honeymoon, the young couple will go to Miami Beach, Fia., where Captain Munâ€" son, veteran of 28 months overâ€" seas service with the air corps, will report for future orders. ' blossoms, and carried the groom‘s overseas prayer book with single white orchid. ~She was given in marriage by her father in the douâ€" ble ring ceremony. Mildred Johnson, of ‘DeKalb, IIl., former classmate of the bride at Iowa State university, as maid of honor, wore pink taffeta with nd.nduxfledlaflmrmdm‘ Dorothy Renner and Christine blue net and carried oldâ€"fashioned bouquets. John Munson, USN, jorie Speed of the WAVEs, to Ens. James Howard Hensinger, USNR, Mrs. Russell Dolce, matron of hom,wuwwiyhc!t_hoe- l’l‘ll"l x & ~At present, Lt. and Mrs. Cerney will make their home in Highland Presbyterian church, Marjorie Frances Renner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. V.â€" Renner, 643 Onâ€" wentsia, became the bride of Capt. Morris G. Munson, AAF, of Twin Oaks, Montpelier, Iowa. ~â€" The bride, in tightâ€"waisted, white satin gown with train, wore a finâ€" gerâ€"tip veil, fastened with orange Munson, sisters of the young couâ€" at their home om Saturday, at 5 &eâ€"rril‘.lh.iltzmeo of a small gathering of relatives and friends, among whom will be the bridegroom‘s mother and sisâ€" ter from Allentown, Pa. 4 The bride will be attended by her sister, ~ Ann, â€" and Lt Elbert Kaufman of Cincinnati, Ohio, will serve as best man. Mrs. Charles Nord, former roommate of the George E. Ulvestad, D.C., recently returned from overseas, now at Ft. Sheridan, is a former dental class~ mate of the bride. The bridesmaid was Miss Concetta Dolce, sister of the bride, who rushed here from Los Angeles,.Calif., to attend the Marjorie F. Renner Bride of Air Veteran bride at Ann Arbor, will play the wedding march. _ Later a bridal dinner..will be served .at. Exmoor Country elub. Cerney, U. S army, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Cerney of Chiâ€" cago. â€" Lt. Cerney who has recentâ€" ly returned from 35 months of service in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines, is now home on a 45 day leave. The Bronze Star was awarded to him for meritorious service in the Philippine campaign.. & & Home Weddi!gml’lanned' For Ensign H Speed Invitations have been issued by Dr. and Mrs, Kellogg Speed, 530 After a brief wedding trip, the Ensigns Hensinger will make their home in a small Navy house near their post at Indian Head,. Md., where they will resume their duâ€" Announcement has been made of the marriage, July 7, of Dr.. Ting daughter of Mr.â€"and Mrs. John Dolce of Chicago, to Lt. Florian B. The bride is a .graduate of Northwestern Dental school and is a practicing dentist in Highland Park. A military wedding was held at Ft. Sheridan chapel, the ceremony performed by Chaplain Mr. and Mrs. John Kearney, 142 Dr. Louis W. Sherwin will read for an honorable disâ€" , Joâ€" byterian church on Friday evening Mr. Emest H, Volwiler will adâ€" dress the Men‘s club of the Presâ€" Kenneth is 21 years of age, and joined the service in March, 1943. Much of the ground on which he has fought was covered by his fathâ€" er while in the British army in the tpllowing Puly 4th," He was in was in Cbm’:ithfl.hdml& fiebe‘innhgolmmqn- paign, and at that time he was givâ€" en a grandstand seat.in the foreâ€" most jeep that led: the northern spearhead. . It was in this camâ€" paign that he was taken prisoner, and remained a German prisoner of war from September 13 to Sepâ€" tember 21, when he was released by allied forces. against the floor, MG‘s blazing from both sides, they thundered through the amazed Germans who had supposed them to be 20 miles away. , As an added insult, one driver slowed down, a G.L reached out and yanked a surprised Gerâ€" man, in the midst of shaving, into the jeep, and away they dashed, the unit reaching safety without a casualty or the loss of a single brilliant coups accomplished by the amazing G.I. "Ghosts." MRS. A. C. LAW LEAVES FOR RHODE ISLANDâ€" _ Mrs. A. C. Law, the former Marâ€" World War L Pic. Kenneth Tether _ y Pfc. Kenneth Tether, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Tether, 145 S. Green Bay, is now stationed with the 15th Cavalry. Reconnaissance squadron in Germany. . A recent letter makes it possible to piece toâ€" gether some of his experiences. In March, 1944, Pfc. Kenneth left this country for overseas, arâ€" nounced that the "Ghosts," whom they termed a "crack armored, diâ€" vision sent behind enemy lines on suicide missions," had been wiped out. . And by all rules of logic, they should have been, for their veâ€" hicles were light and small and no match for the Nazi "big stuff." been in and out of so many traps that they could smell them, got caught in a very tough spot: The Germans were retreating so fast that the *"Ghosts," who were beâ€" hind their lines as usual, were in danger of being run down. After the fall of Brest, his unit, now a part of the 9th army, â€"went through northern France, Belgium and Holland. â€" When the 2nd armâ€" ored division started on its dash to the Elbe river, Kenneth‘sâ€"unit acâ€" companied them as a "Ghost Paâ€" trol," getting back of enemy lines, destroying communications and supplies..._Later he was among 13 *Participating in four of the five campaigns since Dâ€"Day, Kenneth wears four battle stars for the camâ€" paigns â€" of <Normandy, northern France, Rhineland and Germany. One unit found itself surroundâ€" ed by the enemy and cut off from its main force. There was but one hope â€" the wild scheme of racing through a German bivouae area. Assembling their vehicles, they It was during hisâ€"service in the "Ghost Patrol" that the young G.L had his greatest adventures. An infantry colonel has called these men the "tough guys of the war," and also "the loneliest men in tho‘ army." Operating behind emmy‘ lines, surrounded by enemy gunsâ€" sometimes on foot and sometimes in vehicles â€" these men carry out rugged assignments.â€" They are the eyes and ears of their outfit. Speed, teamwork and fast, straight shooting are their bywords. © They strike and vanish. The insignia on their helmets means "always ready," and their basic job is to get information about the erfemy and keep the enemy from getting information ~about _ their own forces. 1 â€" At one time the Germans anâ€" But rules don‘t count at times like these, for when the ‘"Ghosts" have used up all the old tricks they invent new ones. In spite of less than half a chance to get out alive, they get vital information someâ€" how, and shpot it back to HQ via At the time the Germans were retreatingâ€"â€" before Patton‘s onâ€" guard for Gen. Simpson, from from whom he has received a perâ€" sonal commendation for his servâ€" * In civilian life a musician, Kenâ€" neth has had an eye on the great organs in the European cathedrals, although G.I‘s are not allowed to try them out. â€" He corresponds with several friends made while he was stationed in France and Holland, yA courier or radio. This is but one example of the THE PRESS Rumor was denied that Ft. Sherâ€" idan would be closed as a military hospital thefollowing.October HIGHLAND PARK DAY were abandoned in favor of numâ€" erous local improvements planned. FORT SHERIDAN RAVINIA®S FRESH LAURELS The Ravinia program for the week included "Faust," with Mme. Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Mary Kent and Leon Rothier; Anâ€" tonio Scotti in "L‘Oracolo," supâ€" ported by Mme. Easton, Leon Rothier, Louis D‘Angelo and Mary Kent; "Barber of Seville" with a east including Consuelo Escobar, and Charles Hackett; Alice Gentle as Amneris in‘ "Aida"â€"her introâ€" duction to Ravinia â€"â€" "Rigoletto," "I Trovatore," "Rusticana"" and tlumou." MARKER AT ST. JOHNS AND CENTRAL _ â€"_ The old marker and safety isâ€" ing been damaged by a is from Georgia, plans were being made for rebuilding it more subâ€" stantially. *â€"* Robert Warwick and Lois Wilâ€" son were being shown in "The City of Masks," Owen Moore and Glorâ€" in Hope in "The Desperate Hero," Eugene O‘Brien in "The Figureâ€" head," Lew Cody and ‘Eileenâ€"Percy in "The Beloved Cheater" and Lewis Stone and Marjorie Daw in "The River‘s End." GARDENING An article by the late Jesse L. Smith appeared concerning leaf hoppers which were infesting potaâ€" to vines. Spraying with soap soâ€" lution or kerosene emulsion was offered as a remedy. SHIPWRECK ... THREE RESCUED A yacht "Peg O‘ My Heart" was SILENT MOVIES beached, and one passenger tossed overboard. The party of three, from Chicago, were suspected of giving fictitious names.â€" James Griffin, life saver, came to the rescue. 13 11 25 Years Plans for Highland Park Day is Auetync Pay im hags! Local Events North Ridge road Donald P. Robinsc 638 Carol court . Georgialou â€"Burns 559 Forrest Williamâ€" W.â€"White 1885 Rice â€" _ Alice Elliott 1545 Judson North Ridge road Sylvia C. Francisco BLOOD DONORS Mze Work Polks / T PWst I,“v i TJOToOn. 1OF Funeral rites were Thurldayinwthri A ur Galletti, daughter of * ” Mrs. _.!9Il_n Be_nuiehinl. < Mmmduhgoo"‘ldopbmllfi"mhhm’ mummmmflmmm to others. Mmdmhhplnuhmym m,wbuhnmm‘dwflnwe‘;,.‘heflucv‘- ‘lokvdv-lunmmh“hl....fldv-hhhhd Surviving are her husband, her parents, three sisters, Mrs: Albert Bernardi, Mrs. Gene Fiocchi and Miss Mary Bertacchini, and one brother, Aldo, all . residents of Highwood. a Rites on Saturday For George Gurioli Funeral rites were on 'l'hulhyilbo:nit!cmxfi- ur Galletti, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John. Bertacchini, 438 Railâ€" way, Highwood, who met her death on Sunday in an automobile acciâ€" dent in Detroit, where she made her home. Rites in Detroit for Funeral rites willtbe conducted at St. James church, Highwood, Saturday at 9:30 a.m. for George Gurioli, who passed away at his home, 1712 Burton early Tuesday morning. He was for 20 years an employee at the North Shore in Highwood. . Surviving are his widow, Settiâ€" ma, one daughter, Mrs. Peter Rosâ€" si, and one!son, T/Sgt. Lawrence, now stationed in the Philippines. CRANE BOYS MEET IN THE PACIFIC _~Lt (i8) J.â€"lCa ter not seeing each other for two years, had the good fortune to meet somewhere in‘ the Pacific. One boy is on an airplane carrier. They are the grandsons of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Crane of Park avenue, and sons of J. L. Crane of Washâ€" ington, D.C. TWO BIRTHS AT THE HOSPITAL THIS WEEK Tâ€"5 D. Baracani of the Merrill Marauders Home July 9, boy, S 1/c and Mrs. Edâ€" gar Artis, 714 S. Ridge. _ July 3, girl, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ugolini, 225 McDaniels. T/5 Dominic Baracani, a memâ€" ber of Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill‘s Marauders, in the jungles of Burâ€" Golfers! Play COUNTRY CLUB formerly a private club Now daily fee â€" CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF ~â€"AT ITS BEST Ladies Day Monday and Friday BRIERGA TE ILLINONS Bi11L ERTTUCHTCY ARTTTOTE Chicago Phone: Whitehall 6530 or Deerfield 595 TeLEPNHoNE compan‘y ma, is now spending.a 30â€"day furâ€" lough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Adoiph Baracani, 328 High street, Highwood. Entering the service Dec. 11, 1942,.Baracani has been overseas 20 months. He was one of the volunteers for a task force to work on the Lido and Burma road, now known as the Stillwell road. He is 22. t _ His brother, Adoiph, RM, 3/c, who is 19, is aboard troop transâ€" port in the Pacific. In the navy since July, 1943, he took part in the invasion of Okinawa. : GLENCOE Cut Flowers 1409 Pleasant Avenue â€" Ravinia Tel. H. P. 3612 THEATRE _ 630 Vernon. Ave. _ Highland Park 605 SUN., MON., TUES., WED., July 15â€"16â€"17â€"18 Margaret O‘Brien, June Allyson Jose Iturbi, Jimmie Durante THU., FRI, SAT., July 19â€"21 Robert Walker _ â€" _ "30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO®" Coming: â€" ‘"Practically Yours," "Between _ Two â€"Women," ‘"Thunderhead," â€" "Diamond Horseshoe." Mvâ€" ates m ie gt i encA Taylor, and 1 --._Mmhw "Music For Millions" F L O W E R S ‘‘National Velvet" Plus Dane Clark in "I Won‘t Play" All in Technicolor and Donald Crisp and Bedding Plants Page 3

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