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Jlnutew OHfctmg. THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER Neighborhood News; Churches, Clubs, Schools Radio Programs. SW FEBRUARY 4, 1945. 14 VALENTINES MARK 3 YEARS More Southwest Side Fathers Will Get Pictures of Their Babies TO GLADDEN 14 OF OPEN HOUSE wmm TO 5,000 YANKS IPari- Metropolitan 3 Section tan I FIGHTER DADS They're V-Mails of New Babies. Frank H.

Whites to n-vVjy A NUT Mrs. Malcolm Fogle and Karen. Mrs. Elmo Vignono and Judy. Mrs.

Robert Kimpel and Jacqueline. Mrs. James Norman and James. Boyle and Michael. Mrs.

Michael Busic and Michael. and Suzanne. Mrs. Frank Decker Mrs. Louis Hollatz and Nancy.

twt 'frr' zr i i Hold Celebration. For three years tho door at lh home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank IL White, 1716 W. 103d st.

has been open to service men. Shortly after Pearl Harbor an army officer told Mrs. White what the average service man needs most during his frea time Is a place, similar to his own. home, in which he can relax. Relax is all that service men havs to do at the Whites unless thex want to sing, play pingpong, listen to tho radio, raid the Icebox, or attend ono of the monthly dances given nt tho nearby st.

field-house, 1518 W. 102d pi. Pnrfrv nf. ITtalrlrinllsp. The 'fieldhouse will be the scena of a party and dance at .7:30 p.

m. Saturday in celebration of the third anniversary of Frank White's open house plan. Members of Mrs. White's girls committee will present a floor show to the music of an orchestra composed of Morgan Park High school students under direction of James Webb. Betty Mirrielees, Mary Lou Sorna, Marilyn Olson, and Louise Mohr will give comedy impersonations of radio artists; Arleen Gillespie will do solo tap dance, and a dance team composed of Jean Testin and Joseph Coates, a sailor, will perform a tango and a jitterbug dance.

Will Provide Dates. Dates will be provided for service men by Mrs. White from her com mittee of .350 girls. More than 5,000 men have been entertained by tha Whites, many of whom have stayed at the Whites during their fur loughs. Several neighborhood families hold rooms open for the overnight guests the Whites cannot accommodate.

Such hospitality Is not new to the Whites, says Mrs. Roland Allen, a neighbor who is on the women's committee which helps to round up food and generally aids Mrs. White. Mrs. Allen relates thrt a neighbor, confined to bed many years ago, had difficulty sleeping and, instead counting sheep, she counted tha number of persons coming in and out of tho Whites.

Others Aid Whites. Other members of the Women's committee who have been active all three years are Mrs. Alex Robinson. Mrs. Robert Kraft, and Mrs.

Kings-ley Coleman, who spends her weekends playing requests ranging from classics to boogie woogle on tha Whites' piano. Officers of the men's committee who help to flnanco tho program are Eugene Schoblnger, president; Harry Wulflng, vice presi dent; Paul Behrens, secretary, and Marvin Mowatt, treasurer. Mrs. White says she never has had to ask for help when her neighbors found out what she was doing the offered both time and money. White, who is supervisor of industrial power sales for the Commonwealth Edison companyyet has to find a service man who can beat him at ping-pong.

In addition to providing the house, he raises a halt acre of vegetables for the three square meals availablo daily to service men. Mrs. White Civic Minded. Mrs. White, who was born In Russia, is president of the high school council districts 1 and 25 of tha Illinois Congress of Parents and Teachers, board member of tha Ridge Civic council, vice president of the Ridge school, and former president of the Vanderpoel Art gallery.

The many close friendships gained are ample compensation for her hospitality, she says. "Some boys have confided things to me I couldn't -tell anybody," she explains. "Like Ono of Family. There was a lad who told her. "It's not only the food and hospitality that I appreciate.

It's the fact that you trust us to come and go as one of your family." What danger could there possibly be with a gang of husky soldiers. sailors, and marines around all tha time? asked Mrs. White. Lawn Manor Men to Hear Address on "Teamwork" Loring B. Moore, attorney and member of the speakers' bureau of the Chicago Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, will speak before the Men's club of Lawn Manor Community, center at 7:30 p.

m. Wednesday at 6641 S. Troy av. His topic is "In Peace As in War Teamwork." BUCK PRIVATE KILLS BUCK AND DEER, TOO, WITH ONLY ONE SHOT Pvt. John H.

Keizer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Keizer, 46 W. 109th. has bettered the "killing two birds with ono stono" by killing two deer with one shot.

On a recent hunting trip In one of the Indian jungles where Keizer is stationed with an army engineers battalion, he lev- eled his sights on John H. Reiser. a large buck and pulled the trigger. Not only the buck but a deer besida the buck dropped dead. Keizer bullet had passed thru the buck's head and entered the head of tha other deer.

Keizer also has bagged a 9 foot tiger, a mountain goat cheetas, and other deer. Mrs. Marshall Brown and Marshall. Paulette. Mrs.

Robert Mitchell and Robert. Mrs. Maryn J. Porrey and Maryn John. Mrs.

Pcrhnps the most cheering valen tines 14 southwest side service men ever will receive are V-mail pictures of their wives and babies which The Tribune has sent to homes for remailing overseas. None of the fathers has seen his new son or daughter. Mrs. Malcolm C. Fogle, 1340 Campbell Chicago 'Heights, and her husband, a navy petty officer in the Pacific still joke about the birth date of their daughter Karen Jean.

Pumpkin is a nlcknamo the Fogies have used for each other for a long time and Karen Jean was born on Oct. 31, 1943 Halloween. Father In Navy. Jacqueline Kimpel, almost 2, and her mother live with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.

Paul Davidson, 10501 Wood st. Her father, Storekeeper Robert W. Kimpel, has been In the navy four years and overseas one. Jacqueline is a great-granddaughter of Gov. Goodland of Wisconsin.

The father of Marshall E. Brown 15 months old, is a petty officer in a naval construction battalion which has received five Presidential citations. He wears three battle stars and has been in the South Pacific for 19 months and in service two years. Mrs. Brown lives 13118 Artesian av.

and also has a daughter, Jean Ellen, 3. Also living with them is their grandmother, Mrs. Eileen Ayers. The navy officer's parents are Mr. and Mrs.

William M. Brown, Blue Island. What! A Girl? With two children named Tom and Dick, Seaman Louis W. Hollatz and his wife expected to name their next baby Harry, but instead it's Nancy Lou, now 4 months old. Mrs.

Hollatz, her three children, and her mother, Mrs. L. J. Witkowski, are waiting for her husband's return at 5722 S. Winchester av.

He is a radioman with the navy in the South Pacific Mi. Hollatz's brother, Lt. Leon Witkowski, is a surgeon with the army in England. Waiting for Pvt. Michael J.

Boyle of the infantry to return from Europe are his wife and 8 month old son. Michael Joseph III. They are living with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerich Dietz, at 4432 S.

Shields av. Pvt. Boyle has served in France and Belgium and has received the Purple Heart and the combat infantryman badge. His father is Capt. Michael J.

Boyle, 4901 Princeton of the Chicago lire department. Dad In Service 4 years. Judy Rose Vignono'rj father, Sgt. Elmo Vignono, has been in service four years. He has taken part in two major battles on Guam and Leyte.

His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Vignono, live witl. his wife at 7610 S.

May st. Paulette Natalie Rahn was born on Aug. 15, 1944. Her father. Pvt.

Paul Harry Rahn, is overseas with the army military police. She is living with her mother and sister, Patricia Jean, 3, at 15911 Loomls Harvey. Sgt. James C. Norman, will receive his picture at an air force base in Italy.

His wife and 7 month old baby. James Alexander, live at 3305 W. 161st Markham, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O.

O. Ewing. Sends Skirt, but It's a Boy. Pvt. Michael S.

Busic, stationed In the Southwest Pacific with the air forces, thought his baby was going to be a girl, so he sent home a small hula skirt. Instead, Michael Stephen Jr. was born. He and his mother live at 2447 W. 63d St.

with Mrs. idna Woodward, his maternal grandmother. Suzanne Louise Dunne, 3 months old; her brother, Edward, 2, and her mother are waiting for daddy at 233 W. 108th home of Mrs. Dunne's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Horace Griffith. Suzanne's father, Storekeeper Joseph Dunne, recently sent his daughter native sandals from Hawaii. Dunne's brother, Bernard, is a paratrooper with the army in the Philippines. Mrs.

Dunne's brother, Russel Griffith, was killed In action while serving with the navy at Guadalcanal. Harry Griffith, another brother, is stationed at an army school in Madison, Wis. Has Three in Service. Mrs. Rudolph Anderson, 1006 W.

77th mother of James Duncan Anderson, 5 months old, has a husband and two brothers in service. Her husband, Petty Officer Rudolph Anderson of the Seabees, is. stationed on New Guinea, where recently he met his brother-in-law, Sgt. James Angus, a technical sergeant with the army air forces. Sgt.

Frank Decker Jr. was sent to England with the air forces on Sept. 3, 1943, just five days before the birth of his daughter Bonnie Lee. She and her mother are wait-igfor him at 5254 S. Princeton with Mrs.

Decker's mother, Mrs. Rose Loughran. Her brother. Pvt. Arthur Loughrnn, has seen her husband in England.

With Medics in England. Pvt. Robert Mitchell will receive his picture at an army medical corps post in England. His son, Robert Lee, and Mrs. Mitchell are living at 5329 S.

Paulina st. Mrs. Mitchell's brother is with the army paratroopers in Europe and has been awarded the Purple Heart. Tne fatner of Maryn John Porrey recently returned to Holland, his' native country, as a corporal with the 9th air force. His wife and 1 year old baby live at 312 W.

52d pi. Corp. Porrey has been recommended for the soldier's medal. His twin brother, John, was given a medical discharge after six months of overseas service. Tribune V-mail pictures of wives and babies of 14 southwest side service men have been sent to the warriors overseas.

None of these babies has ever been seen by his father. tribune Photos. AMERICAS FIGHTERS Mrs. Joseph. Dunne Mrs.

Paul Rahn and CORP. LYNCH RETURNS ON FURLOUGH AFTER 33 MONTHS IN, PACIFIC Corp. William J. Lynch, son of Mrs. Sarah Lynch, 8024 Lafayette was home re cently on fur lough after serving 33 months in the South Pacific.

He wears the Presidential unit citation badge and has taken part in the East Indies, Papuan, and New Guinea campaigns. He entered the army Corp. W. J. l.7nco.

in January, 1941, and before going overseas was sta tioned at Fort Barry, Cal. His brother, Walter, is stationed in the South Pacific with the navy. Both attended Tilden Technical High school. 9 SCHOOL CHOIRS TO SING AT TEA OF S. W.

COUNCIL Nine southwest side public school choruses will perform at a musical tea to be given by the Illinois Congress of- Parents and Teachers' southwest cpuncil from 3 to 5 p.m. next Sunday in St. Stephen's church, 113th and State sts. Participating are choruses from Calumet High school and Bennett, Brenan, Cook, Fort Dearhprn, Fern- wood, Foster Mount Vernon, and Shoop elementary schools. Mrs.

Velma Miles will direct the massed chorus with Robert Meany as accompanist. Miss In-grid Andreason will play a piano solo and Mrs. S. J. Lawrence, council homemaking chairman, will be in charge of the tea.

DISTRICT LUTHER LEAGUE TO HEAR PASTOR TUESDAY The Rev. William J. Hyllengren, pastor of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church, will speak at the quarterly meeting of the Southern Chicago District Luther league at 8 p. m.

Tuesday' in Calvary Evangelical Lutheran church, 62d st and Kenneth av. Mrs. Edwin Karhu, contralto, will sing. Gwen Moreen, 8223 S. May is president of the league.

rne kcv. jonn a. Meivm is pastor of Calvary church. Jr. and Bonnie Lee.

GROUND CREW CHIEF WINS A PROMOTION, BRONZE STAR MEDAL William D. Martin, son of Mrs. Agnes Martin, 7940 S. Morgan recently was pro. moted to techni- sal sergeant and awarded a bronze star medal with the 9th air force in France.

He is a ground crew chief and has been overseas a year and in service three years. He is a graduate of Calumet High wnum Martin. school. His brother, Thomas, is a radioman of a Fly ing Fortress crew in the 8th air force in Belgium. He is a graduate of Leo High school and the University of Detroit.

TWINS GIVE AID TO WOUNDED IN ARMY HOSPITAL (Picture on page 3.) Among the first four 'enlisted members of the WAC to be as signed to Bushnell General hos pital, Brigham City, Utah, are Pri vates Louise and Jacqueline Cad- well, 22 year old identical twins, and nieces of Agnes Hogan, 6407 S. Campbell av. Both are graduates of the Illinois Institute, of Technology with bach elor of science degrees. They also have attended the University Mexico's summer session four sea sons and In 1942 attended Mexico City Junior college. Both speak Spanish and some German.

St. Gall's Club to Hold Two Parties This Week The Altar and Rosary society of St. Gall's church, 55th st. and Sawyer will sponsor parties at 8:30 p. m.

Tuesday and Wednesday In the school auditorium, 55th st. and Kedzie in honor of the 11th an niversary of the -Rev. James D. Hishen's appointment as -pastor. Proceeds be placed in a post- war fund to erect a convent for the Sisters of St.

Gall school. Mrs. Michael Rudolph Anderson and James. Master Sgt- Joseph E. Nanista, son of Mr.

andN Mrs. Vandeline Nanlsta, 4711 S. Avers has been awarded the bronze star atNan air service command station in France. He is senior noncommissioned officer in charge of the secret war room where strategic bombing experts gather to study latest reports and Joseph Nanlsta. to plot future aerial operations.

He entered service in June, 1942. He married the former Doris May Wil-kens of England before he went to France. For aiding in the capture of 400 Germans during the invasion of Nor- mandy, William Black, carpenter's mate, 3604 S. Damen has been awarded the bronze star. He previously had received the Presidential unit citation.

Black and four other men entered Cher bourg naval ar senal as a spear- Wllliara Black. neau ierauuoi-sance group. Approximately 400 enemy were cleared from the arsenal by these men altho the area was- thickly infested with snipers. In addition to the huge capture, 50 imprisoned American paratroops were released. For the rescue of a wounded man on Salpan under extremely heavy jnemy fire In dis-regard of his own safety, Marine Sgt.

Willard Bunyea, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Bunyea, 5138 S. California has been awarded the bronze star medal. The action occurred as Sgt.

Bunyea's rifle platoon was patroling a wood- St. W. B. Dnnjea. ed ridge.

He ordered the rest of the platoon to take cover, then with one marine he moved across the terrain under fire to the wounded man ana carried him to safety. G. I. OF S. W.

SIDE TERMS FRANCE 'HELL ON EARTH' Ready forHomeWhen Job Is Done. BY LARRY RUE. Chicago Tribune Tress Seirlee.l PARIS. We've seen enough dead Americans on the battlefields of Europe to last us a lifetime and we hope to go back home and stay home as soon as the job is finished here." That Is what a Chicago G. who recently spent two days in Paris, told The Tribune recently as he, sat leisurely in the Red Cross club.

Rainbow corner, sipping coffee and eating doughnuts. Wears Purple Heart. He is 26 year old Corp. Don Bailey, 720 W. Marquette who wears a Purple Heart for wounds received when the troopship bringing him to France was torpedoed.

Bailey, who strings communication wires at the front lines, said he thought this is one of the most dangerous jobs in the war because most of the time he and his buddies are only a mile or so from enemj lines and they are subject to straf ing by German planes, snipers, and mortar fire. "Real Hell on Earth." Before being sent to the German border he. saw fighting around Brest where, he said, he had a tough time. "I was real scared one night," he said, when perched up on a hillock laying wires 1 suddenly became the target ot a barrage of machine gun fire, snipers' bullets, and mortar fire. My position seemed hopeless but the job had to be done.

The combat boys, however, quickly got things under control and I did finish the job. Then I crawled back to the rear." He wants his father to know that life on the battle fronts of Europe is "real hell on earth." Beverly Service Aids to Meet Tuesday Noon The Beverly Service Council aids will meet at 1 p. m. Tuesday in the home of Mrs. James Stokoe, 1660 W.

102d st. Brunch coats for girls who will attend Camp Algonquin next summer as guests of the council is the current project. New members are Mrs. Merritt K. Martin, Mrs.

Harold D. Sederlund, Mrs. J. George Friesinger, Mrs. Edgar E.

Fleshner, Mrs. W. T. Olson, Mrs, William P. Hoffman, and Mrs.

Rob- ert Stitt CAPTURES NAZI MACHINE GUNS, GRANTED D.S.C. S. W. Sider Wounded in Daring Exploit, The distinguished, service cross, second only to the congressional medal of honor, has been awarded Staff Sgt. David Lopez, whose wife and baby daughter live at 4548 S.

Justine st. The award was made at Mayo General hospital, Gales burg, 111., where Sgt. Lopez is undergoing treat-ment for leg David Lopez. wounds. He saw action with the 34th infantry division at Anzio, Cas-sino, Volturno, and at the Gothic line.

During an attack on a strong enemy position Sgt. Lopez's com pany was pinned down by fire from two well placed enemy machine guns. Lopez voluntarily advanced up a knoll to a point 30 yards from one of the emplacements, opened fire with his submachine gun, wounded the enemy gunner, and forced four other members. of the crew to surrender. Still under fire from the other machine gun emplacement, Lopez and another man advanced toward it and killed four Germans of its crew.

But in neutralizing the second enemy machine Lopez suffered a shattered leg. Unable to move and unwilling to become a burden to his comrades, he remained behind and was captured by the Germans In a counter-attack. Despite his painful wound he obtained valuable infor- mation. When his company attacked again Lopez rejoined his comrades with this information, which aided them In repelling another German counter-attack. Chicago Conservatory.

Phyllis Charles, pianist; Mildred Novak, soprano; Phyllis Wotroba, pianist, and Georgia Bettes, soprano, all of the Chicago Conservatory of Music, will present the 10th weekly concert at Hamilton parK, za sr. and Normal at 8 p. m. Tuesday. lMsT Corpl James C.

P. Murphy, son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Murphy, 5445 S.

Christiana recently was awarded the bronze star at an army air force base in Corsica. Murphy already hae been awarded four battle stars and the unitcitation badge. Miss Louise Mealiff, 431 Win-neconna James Murphj. recently was notified that her brother, Maj. Arthur E.

Mealiff, former nublic relations officer at Camp Grant, has been assigned to Fort Lewis, in a similar capacity. Maj. Mealiff is a former Chicago magazine editor. The distinguished flying cross has been awarded Lt. Rolf F.

Haller, husband of Mrs. Helen M. Haller, 6229 S. Paulina and son of Mr. and Mrs.

Albert E. Haller, 1334 W. 52d st- Following an. air raid over Florisdorf, Austria, Haller, a pilot with the 15th are force in Italy, was forced to crash land in friendly territory. He escaped from his flaming Liberator but plunged back into the flames to help rescue three men.

After five weeks in a hospital as a result of burns he is back in action. He also holds the Purple Heart and air medal. Staff Sgt. Marion G. Martin, son of Mr.

and Mrs. George Martin, Chi cago Heights, has been awarded the bronze star at an air force service command base in Italy. During operations in Italy Sgt. Martin vol unteered for service on a beachhead to help coordinate o.v e-ment of supplies and onnel. Set.

M. O. Martin. AlthO Subject to constant and heavy bombardment, S.t. Martin lived on the beach nine days, watching every boat as it landed both night and day and reporting all arrivals of air forces per sonnel and supplies.

He also wears the sliver star. Staff Sgt. Jerry Kamper, son of Mrs. E. C.

Kamper, 6530 S. Peoria has been awarded a second cluster to the air -medal at an 8th air force bomber station in England, I.