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left me. My fingers told me what it was. I grinned again. * Grand person â€" Barbara. Oh, of course there‘d been other girls, * but somehow their images always blurred and wavered before the leve] gray of Barbara‘s clear eyes. Swell of her to come to"the airâ€" port to see me off on the first leg of my journey.. Tomorrow I‘d be in Newfoundland, awaiting a fay orable opportunity to take off with one of those new army bombers for Britain. :u‘;;i{ ‘falleth as the heaven‘ "â€" goutle Salute To Uncle (l’mfl’-dwuq. Syndicate.) Published July 4, ‘41. "You‘ll miss the Fourth, Red," I broke off abruptly and half turned away. What was the use? A footlooge, soldierâ€"ofâ€"fortune sort of a fellow like me â€"had no right to a girl like Barbara.â€"Suddenly I whirled and, hands on her shoulâ€" M.Hhflib_: "Barbara, when I come backâ€"" and tucked a little package into the pocket of my woo! flying shirt. Thursday, June 26th, 1947 I appreciated deeply this gestâ€" ure of Barbara‘s _ Especially as there was no one else â€" close. My mother‘d never been more to me than a pictured smile â€" that, and the look in dad‘s eyes as they rest: c adfonnantivemen : tanirvdnenti se en ed upon it. And after my second year at collegeâ€"I‘d missed, also. the firm feel of dad‘s hand on my shoulder, and the deep rumble of his, "Well, my son?" _ Sincé then I‘d been entirely on my own. . Treating, Pruning, Spraying . Dangerous Trees Removed 322 Highwood Ave. Highwood, III. Mh’nofls ; Tel. H. P. 2653 ‘The way she said it â€" well, you T investigated the package she‘d Phonographs and Electric Apâ€" !lhtqu-dmhehkh. will call at your home and give you a free estimate. The day we took off fromâ€"Newâ€" a penny postcard will bring us to your door. . Write: RETTIG BROS. Boiler Repairing Tanks ... Machinery Any Type Welding Portable Equipment 281 EAST ILLINOIS ROAD RPHONE H.P. 676 Deeps and Shallows Donald R. Christman G.EANEt;"bn Your .. Own Floors! _ Re ady for u i s e CALL H. P. 4766 Cle a n e d foundland â€" my partner and I â€" in one of the quintet of bombers, Barbara‘s face went with me. It was there as the cabin door closed with a depressingly final thud. It stayed during those . paralyzing moments ~which detract from the normal pleasure of flying. ‘When # subtleâ€"vibration told ofâ€"ice formâ€" deâ€"icer take care of it?â€"and we climbed into the murky ceiling in search of a stratum of warmer air, Barbara‘s eyes steadied me, When we emerged from a cloud bank to realite by how slight a margin we‘d missed the wing of a comâ€" panion plane, I was heartened by We roared into a fairy world of midnight : blue, studded by dia~ monds and floored by motherâ€"ofâ€" bara could only see this! . Finally came the indescribable beauty of the dawn â€" such as the earthâ€"bound _ never witness â€" lighted by a ball of orange. fire, gradually fading to a faint blush. Suddenly my heart skipped a beat, My glasses hait picked up a group of Nazi bombers, scouting for unâ€" ‘armed Britainâ€"bound planes. Their pearl and foam. I thought, if Bar &..vifm-mv-hmdlhlo. We got which meant for himself," and m turned over as we spiraled franticâ€" ally in the hope of reaching a high cloud bank,. Miraculously, we made it. ~ But not before we‘d been sprayed fore and dtby% shower of uchint;.m bullets. We snuggled into Then, -m.mmt-m-m.â€" but was, of course, minutes â€" we dropped into the clear air to find we‘d shaken off the enemy and were actually in sight of the Irish shore, Barbara‘s voice sounded in Somewhere over England we nosed down into a long glide. There were no imposing airdromes â€" just scattered, camouflaged sheds with sandbags strewn about. Came the blessed bump as plane touched ground. With all my. passion for flying, I still retain a profound respect for terra firma. Red . . ." I touched the package in my breast pocket. the Fritzies," they observed, calmâ€" ly regarding the bullet holfl_ in what?" â€" I thought of the good, safe country I‘d just left â€" safe, please God, from the iron heel of that miniature atrocity referred to by a British statesman in a marvel of understatement as "that bad man." There was a welling withâ€" in me that demanded expression. I decidédâ€"to give the Tommies a part of it.. ~ ,"Got a match, buddy*?" I asked "Eh? Oh, quite!" He seemed to be wondering what this craty Yankee was up to now. _ _ 4 I drew from my pocket the packâ€" age Barbara had given me and tore away the paper wrapper. Applyâ€" ing the lighted match, I tossed her gift into the air. As the fireâ€" crackers ignited, their tiny pop popwas almost lost in the surâ€" rounding confusion. © The Tommy Fourth of July â€" but of course that may not mean much to you." I stood at attention, facing the ountry to which I would presentâ€" _ "A salute," I said reverently, "to my Uncle Sam!"‘ ROSS BARGEY (R.B.0.) Imperturbable British Tommies Launderalis _ Thor Automagics "G. E. Freezers: _ ‘General Electric and Hoover Vacuum Cleaners Conlon and Thor Sherony E LE C T RILC APPLIANCES 'Bkycls AVAILABLE NOW 314 RAILWAY AVENUE Easy Terms Charles Sanborn Retires From Active Service After 35 Years able retirement from service with the company after 35 years. PsP PVOMs PORE PMAPTE ECE O farewell party by his friends and branch of the Metropolitan Life continuing service with the comâ€" pany from June 16, 1913, until the present time. attended by 70 friends. . Music was furnished by the Saxophone sextet of the Zion City band. Afâ€" ter several complimentary speechâ€" es which covered Mr. Sanborn with which took place at the Country Side golf club, nesar Ivanhoe, was blushes, his fellow workers preâ€" sented him with a handsome wrist~ watch, ‘He was also presented al, with certificate, by his comâ€" During hisâ€" work it Highland Park Mr. Sanborn has made many warm friends, who will miss his of wellâ€"deserved rest, he will conâ€" duct a limited insurance business friendly visits and efficient servâ€" Herb Holt‘s Orchestra Furnishes Music for Teen Agers‘ Show Herb Holt‘s orchestra ‘had the honor of furnishing the instruâ€" mental music at the benefit show staged by the Teen Agers at the Alcyon theater, Wednesday afterâ€" noon, playing accompaniments for June Christy, College Inn vocalâ€" ist, and Lois Patton, “w Junior America," _ who _ were honored A stage show, consisting of acts by many local performers, was presented, as well as a Warner Brothers â€" film, "Rhapsody in Proceeds of the performance are to be donated for the purpose of furthéring the conquest of cancer. The Teen Agers, a new organiz~ ation in Highland Park, is directed by the following officers: Ramona retary; Carky Rubens, publicity chairman, and Joan St. Cyr, soâ€" Wins Distinction in Golf Pro Ramsey, of Northmoor Country club, won distinction last week in the first match of the Naâ€" tion held in Detroit, when he edged out Bobby Locke, golf champion of South Africa. Locke led in 4 out of the 6 first tournaments held in bowed to Dick Metz, of Kansas, to the tune of one up on 18 holes. In the recent National m tournament. held in St. Ramsay led in the first round with 67, one of the lowest scores, tyâ€" ing with Harry Todd and Cick A gift of $50 was made to the Highland Park high school PTA by the graduating class to be used to ward a public address system for the high school. The class also provided tassels for the graduating caps to be retained as souvenirs of On Saturday evening, June 21, maries A. Samborn. 817 Ridge The CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM 43 North Sheridan Read Through it, countless thousands have been healed of all manner of discord and disease. The BIBLE, the CHRISTIAN taining testimonies of healing may be read, borrowed or purchased at You can learn at no cost to yourself what reveals the power of this healing prayer. OPEK DAILY â€"+YOU ARZE WELCOME Prayer That Heals THE â€"PRESS Gloria Crain Makes o-.x:-s.a-ucuâ€"'n be ied to her fiance, Edward J. Barthen, who is stationed there. From China R The Charles B. Crains, 2172 Dell communication from their malities, the wedding had not yet rious place, reached only by foot froin the base of the hill." being one day at home and four days later in China. As the plane came down in Shanghai, she could see her fiance through the window, but had to wait ten minutes for checking ‘of baggage and pass‘ ports before joining him. Everyâ€" thing was satisfactory, she report Reviewing points of the trip, the brideâ€"elect found Okinawa a "gruesome place" where they were greeted with fanfare, but where the men stood aroundâ€" and eyed them wistfully. . A:Red Cross girl was stationed there. ‘Guam she found beautiful. She had breakâ€" fast there in a summerhouse on a hill overlooking the beaches and and there was some taik of making it a resort. â€" Among the lunches und dinners in swank places the White Horse, in Shanghai, stands out on account of its "superiative food." Schnitzel with potatoes, apple strude Viennese coffee â€" served ic out of this world, made by a "anything :from . Tschaikovsky‘s violin concéerto to the Chattancoga Choo Choo," to the latter of which dejitwbn’tql'ithnn-vy comâ€" mander. ~~~/; 8 +Money in China has to be carâ€" ried in a brief case, the legal rate of exchange being~$12 to every American dollar, and the black Miss Crain declares that .she likes China more every day, in spite of the dirt and the childâ€"like attitude of the people. Relatives of Actress (Continued from page 1) ing two years spent as a field Cross she was in New Guinea, the Philippines and Japan. The next daughter, Patricia, also joined the Red Cross and went overseas with New Guinea she met and married John R. Fawcett. She and her husband are now living in El Paso, Texas. Patricia has always had and producer, is very much interâ€" ested in the play she just recently did. William Patrick is a gradu« ate of Northwestern university and was a pilot in the U. S. army air corps during the war. When he returned he met and married Stella Janatta, a Kenilworth girl. it An interesting highlight of his career in the air corps was meetâ€" ing his sister Frances on Okinawa when his bomber command was the capture of the island and satâ€" progress on the mainland of Jaâ€" tina, is a typical American outdoor ginrt' s‘b.-um,m N. Y. She has made several trips to Scotland in the last yew years and is a tennis and swimming enâ€" thusiast. She has played in numer of the U. S. Lawn Tennis associaâ€" tion. The Kellys are members of tions to be a playwright, and is a member in freshman class for next Septemâ€" ber will consist of approximately 243 students. This number is drawn from the 11 grammar schools in the, township. In orâ€" der of number, students from the "d,lug_n_p_cvgunmnhnlnonu follows: Ravinia, 52; Elm Place, September High School Freshman Class Will Number 243 Students The Highland Park high school Mrs. O. 8. Turner of 2432 N. Deere Park drive, has returnedâ€"to the United States aboard the light cruiser USS Dayton, after an exâ€" tensive tour of the Mediterranean WPV vge While on the cruise, the Dayton visited Istanbul, Souda Bay, Crete, Alexandria, Naples, Trieste and Gibraltar, MIXED EVENTS AT SKYCREST GOLF CLUB With real June weather to help, Carl Gran, of Evanston, and Grant Clark of Dell place, Highlind Park, swung into midâ€"season form to take first place in the annual Red and White golf event at Skyâ€" crest Country club on June 21. . The winners in the four ball mixed foursome, also held on the past weekâ€"end, were Mr. and Mrs: Donald D. Warner, Evanston, and Mr: and Mrs. F. T. Teuteberg, Ey Ens. 8. Turner, son of Mr. and I RE D A L E MOVING & PACKING of HOUSEHOLD GOODS Northshore GardenofMemories 374 Central Ave., Highland Park. H. P. 181 S T O R A G E A Surprise Awaits You if You Have Not Visited THIS BEAUTIFUL GARDEN CEMETERY GREEN BAY ROAD & 18TH ST. PHONE MAJ. 1067 Telephone H. 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