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PEARL HARBOR, T. H.â€" benuy-yodim,&c.lnurau-.'m.nmieh-but&. Fritz Bakr, one of Highland Park‘s best loved citizens, for the Florists Exchange Magazine. lmomtmnfichmunlhntn-d&ntit monbuufifuflyuquuuwrdpkhnolnw'bun Yes to Life. After reading the article I sugâ€" gested to Mrs. Olson that she pub.| BRAYELY FACES lish it in her own newspaper. But, MISFORTUNE .. . 2 » being a modest person, she deâ€" *Characteristically, instead of clined. ~So I thought, if I could|allowing himself to be dependent get her permission, I‘d like to use | 9n others, he literally bent over the column this week to quote passâ€"| backwards to be selfâ€"reliant, servâ€" ages from her article. Okay, Mrs. ing his own needs, developing new Olson? Fine. MM"". r;.__‘LA n....h.'_‘..:..u..'-hi:: go. Here, glancing through a daily newspaper, he saw an advertiseâ€" ment for a private gardener at the Highland Parkâ€"estate . of Elisha Gray, of telephone fame. The job, ~he decided, was just what he wantâ€" hair, is rugged, with lines etched by the experiences of nearly 73 full and well spent years. Yet one is instantly impressed by its kindâ€" liness. Geniality and patience show in the firm lips.~ Humor gleams in the twinkling brown eyes, and a stranger would not guess they are sightless. "Yet, in the truest sense of the word, Fritz Babr . .. is a far keenâ€" er observer than the average perâ€" son. Wishing to visualize a strange object he will say: ‘Bring it here â€" I want to see it.‘~ And seé it he does, through his capable, sensitive fingers. He observes a stranger through the sound of his voice, his footfall . . . FLOWER WORLD PRIZE WINNER . .. _ "He sees those treasures, his flowers, as he works abong them . . . Competing with foremost flor ists he has been awarded, among other prizes, two silver trophies. His pansies, probably the most pubâ€" licized of his contributions to the flower world, were awarded the bronze medal, top award, four sucâ€" cessive years at the Chicago Flowâ€" er Show . . . . Page 2 "It was 57 years ago that he landed in New York City, a stalâ€" wart young immigrant of sixteen, speaking . little English, but enâ€" dowed with the capacity for learnâ€" ing . anything© and everything this great land had to offer .. .. * "But ever at the back of his mind was the urge toâ€"have a busiâ€" ness of his own and it was his beâ€" lief that the West offered greater opportunities. _ Consequently â€" in his 21st year he arrived in Chicaâ€" LOYAL HIGHLAND PARKER "Mindful of the importance of.a favorable first impression, he polâ€" ished his shoes that night, but unâ€" fortunately . he placed them too near. the stove in his little hotel room, and next morning he discovâ€" ered a hole burned through the toe of one of them. The whiteness of the sock beneath was startling. Brown came into the navy in September, 19438. "But the situation was elementâ€" ary compared to some he had overâ€" come in the past. With the shoe polish he"administered a complete blackout to the toe of his sock and made the trip to Highland Park on schedule. He took care, however, to keep his best foot forâ€" ward during the interview and he secured the job. Thus began his career in Highland Park. "Always a progressive and loyal citizen, Mr. Bahr later served his hometown as a public official for eleven years, but when in the prime of life, failing vision forced him to Thomas Brown, R, 3â€"c, Now In Philippines Before coming . to the Philipâ€" pines, Brown‘s squadron was at Hollandia, in New Guinea, after leaving‘ the States. During the Ne'! Guinea opu-umthmd- mw_"!’m fige planes, two submarines, for which they received the Presiâ€" dential Unit Citation. retire . . . Victory â€" in the Pacific found ‘Thomas W. Brown, radioman 3/c, USNKR, son of William Brown of 853 Bloom street, Highland Park, nttached to the 7th Fleet PT squadâ€" Brown speht 13 months in the Pacific and participated in 39 comâ€" bat patrols. ron 12 on the island of Samar, in the Philippines. IN THE NATION‘S SERVICE "The face, framed by soft white ‘M STILL IN THE (Official U. 8. Army Correspondent) (Special to The Highland Park Press) Fritz Bahr,. Philosopher "Especially. close to him are his two dzleghten â€" Annie, whose orâ€" iginality is best shown by the fact that, although a matron of years‘ standing, she is still known, and always will: be, as ‘Annie Bahr‘; andâ€" Mona Grant, more on the digâ€" nified side, as befits the wife of one of the town‘s leading bankers. There are seven â€"grandchildren: ‘HIS PHILOSOPHYC: .. _ "Appearifig in the foreword bf | ‘Fritz Bahr‘s Commercial Floriculâ€" ture,‘ now in its fpurth revision aad commonly Ké#own ¢fg_file ‘Grow. er‘s\Bible‘ . . . we find Kis phjloso=‘ phy of life.â€"He speaks of the mysâ€" tery of the Cine possessing within its tiny seed rmant power to dérelop anid â€" ce hunâ€" dreds of plants, beari hesbr aiyt‘s riad blossoms â€" andendleg y of shades and color combi . hardly two ‘alike, and adds: ~_" ‘I cannot look at these flowers and think of the seeds they come from without realizing how little we actually know about the pheâ€" nomena of Nature and all the hidâ€" den forces behind her . . . To be gardeners, to enjoy and appreciate the chance to work among living plants, should help to make us betâ€" ter men, with a higher conception of ourâ€"responsibilities and duties in life, a keener realization of life itself, a greater consideration for the rights of all our fellowâ€"men and a deeper sense of gratefulâ€" "One near to him has remarked: ‘He can always find something good in the worst of us‘." _ Lt John O‘Connor Awarded Gold Star He is the son of Mr.â€"and Mrs. John O‘Connor, 590 Glenciew. The lieutenant .is a survivor of the carrier USS Princeton. His first air medal was awarded for participating in acrial flights as piâ€" lot of a carrierâ€"based fighter plane ‘nssigned to strikes against enemy installations in the Marianas, Paâ€" lau, Philippines and Nansei Shoto from June to October, 1944. apan. i Why people enjoy living in Chicago and Northern Illinois PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS T HE PRESS of ... TERRITORIAL INFORMATION DEPARTMENT Information on the intustrial, agricultural and residential development of Chicage and Worthern Winais Home From Wars ant, was separated from the servâ€" ice earlier this month at Sioux Falls, S. D., with 87 points to his credit. Veteran of service in Italy and North. Africa, with the AAF, he arrived in the states two months Lt. John, his brother, is home on a terminal leave of 27 days, at the ‘end ‘of which he will report to Chanute field for discharge. A veteran of the European conflict, as pilot of a Bâ€"26 Marauder, he has 140 points. During his 69 missions overseas he won the Air Pvt. Robert D. Moran slogging infantryman who played a big but glamouriess part as the backbone of the army, but now, with demobilization in full swing, it‘s the clerk at the separation cenâ€" ter who does the behindâ€"theâ€"scenes job which will mean speedy sucâ€" cess for the army‘s last and biggest Medal with 12 clusters, and wears 4 battle stars on his ETO ribbon. At the Fort Sheridan separation center, which was one of the first five established in the country, the number of menâ€"discharged each day depends largely on the numâ€" ber of trained and highly specializâ€" task â€"â€" discharging . .its..._soldiers back to .civilian life. ed clerks who handle the tremenâ€" dous volume of records which must be completed before a man gets his discharge. The separation center clerk has to possess skills and receive trainâ€" ing which mean as much, or even more, to the success of his job as the ability to handle a rifle meant to the infantryman. During the war, it was the foot 1412 Whether you live in a city apartment easily accessible to your busiâ€" ness ... a home with a yard for the children in any of the attractive suburban communities . . . x country place . . . or a home in one of Northern Illinois‘ progressive smaller cities or towns, the finest recreâ€" ational and cultural advantages in the nation are available to you. For Chicago and Northern Illinois is truly a leading educational center of the world. Northwestern University, the University of Chicago â€" these are only the two largest of scores of outstanding institutions providing almost unlimited facilities for learning. Open to everyone are the thousands of fine churches, great Mbratics, the Chicago Art Institute, the Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of Science and Industry. The Shedd Aquarium, Adlerâ€"Planâ€" etarium and Brookfield Zoologicil Park . . . the opera, the theatre. symphony music are here for your enjoyment. f f its sindy beaches and excellent yacht harbors, 41,000 acres of parks nicking, fishing, swimming, sailing and golfâ€"more than 200 courses within 40 miles of the city. The beautiful valleys of the Fox and Rock ]. 4 % ns ' & 1“ s .| lh:hâ€"dlm -l. Two major league baseball clubs, college and professional footâ€" ball, the colorful Golden Gloves boxing tournament, the famous Mackinac Yacht races, the International Livestock Show â€" these are some of the many important competitions centering here. There are winter sports â€" skating, skiing, tobogganing, hockey, ice boating, duck shooting. Then, too, this area is within a day‘s drive or a few hours by plane of the Wisconsin,‘ Michigan and Canadian fishing and resort country. ' ‘The great diversification of opportunity in Chicago and Northern Illinois allows people to follow the kind of work they like . . . to live where and as they like . . . to play and relax as they like. This is why people enjoy living in Chicago and Northern IIlinois. Rallroad Center of the United States * World Airport * â€" Infand Waterways * Geographical Center of U. S. Population * | Great Financial Center ®â€" â€" The "Great Central Market" * _ Feod Producing and Processing Center * Leader in ron and Steel Manufacturing * Good Labor Relations Record * 2,500,000 Kilowatts of Power * Tremendous Cooal Reserves * Abundant Gas and O# * Good Government * Good Uiving Industries locating in this Mrs. C. R. Moran, 367 Laurel aveâ€" nue, is a member of the incoming records section which initistes poa-'hi:‘-lfinhalo- tered army 'l'hnnboh:fiml“ Joseph Cameron Now Aboard USS Long Island sees most of the clerks who do the bulk of the work in helping him to the success of the army‘s demobilâ€" ization program. get out, but it‘s this clerk whose efficiency plays a majer part in SsOMEWHERE IN THE PACLI FIC â€" Joseph William Cameron, 29, aerographer, 3/c, USNR, of 659 Michigan ‘ avenue, Highland faiy‘s fiest seennt afrenchy dhoriee, navy‘s first escort aireraft T the USS Long Island, now employâ€" ed in returning planes to the Unitâ€" ed States and returning. disâ€" chargees under the navy‘s demoâ€" bilization program. 3 Cameroh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Henry Cameron, of the Highland Park address, is one of the ship‘s weather men who calcuâ€" lates the "fair and warmer" possiâ€" bilities of the hours ahead. Every half hour, while on watch, he per air soundings, and enters the information on the weather charts. His brother, Don, navg flight engineer, is stationed at Alemeda, Calif. Former S/Sgt. Tom, of the paratroopers, veteran of Europeâ€" an warfare, recently received an honorable discharge from service. RECEIVES DISCHARGE Hospital Center, Camp Carson, Colo. (Special)â€"Pvt. Delmar L. Jacobs, husband of Mrs. Imbi Jac obs, 291 Laurel, recently received his discharge here under the govâ€" ernment‘s current Thursday, October 25, 1945 Cpl. Athol Bell to Get Army Discharge been spending a 10â€"day delay en route with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bell, 522 Lincoln, has left for Hot Springs where he will receive an 80â€"day recuperative furâ€" wife, Viola, accompanied him. U. S. YÂ¥ICTORY BONDS Just._dompen Ritz .chemicallyâ€".__â€" treated cloth! Wipe glass crysâ€" . tal clear quicklyâ€"easily! Rits Cloths leave no smudge. 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