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Part Metropolitan 3 Section Neighborhood News. Churches, Clubs, Schools Radio Programs. THE WORLD'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER NW APH1L 16, 1944. WAR SEEICE PROGRAM AIDS GIRLS W. SIDE TEEN Humboldt Park Hobbyists Turn Stones Into Beautiful Jewelry AGERS ASSIST R.O.T.C.

CADET INSPECTION TO START MAY 3 AT HOSPITAL Gain Experience in Leisure Time. Annual Parade Will Be Held Later. Teen ago girls on the northwest side are finding help these days lii the solution of three major problems: how they may aid In war activities, how they may utilize their leisure time, and how they may prepare for future careers. The 50 girls thus far enrolled in the program are members of the Book Worm club at Northwesttown branch library, 1615 N. Pulaski rd, under the direction of Mrs.

Helen Gordon, and two Camp Fire Girls units sponsored by Mrs. George Nelson, 2238 N. Lowler av. In opera-lion only a few weeks, the movement gives every indication of expanding Into a much larger group, and the enthusiasm with which it has been met will undoubtedly Inspire' other teen age groups to institute similar programs. Work at Hospital.

Each Wednesday evening the girls report to Walther Memorial hos-oltal. Kedzie and Haddon avs. Carlos Cossia, 2507 N. Ashland is a machinist at the Automatic Screw Machine company. He applies his trade skill when he makes jewelry in the lapidary shop, working from a solid piece of silver, and filing patiently away until he turns out an exquisite butterfly setting for a brooch, or a minute pair of scissors for a charm bracelet.

Mr. Cossia came to this country from Italy in 1917. His formula for jewelry making is time and patience," but the fact that he turned out 32 intricate charms for a bracelet during two weeks shows that by his skill he has practically eliminated the "time" element. (Story on page 4.) The annual federal Inspection of high school units of the Chicago reserve officers training corps will be held May 3 to May 23 by army officers headed by Maj. Gcorgo L.

Hudson, senior Inspection olllccr, it has been announced by Col. William F. Morrison, professor of military science and tactics for Chicago high schools. The parade sponsored jointly by the Chicago board of education and The Tribune, In which 12,000 city R. O.

T. C. cadets, representing 29 public high schools and one parochial school, St. Mel's, will participate, is to be held at a later date. Schools ranking first and second In the Inspection will at that time receive The Tribune award, two sets of flags, and will march at the head of the columns.

Flags to be awarded Include the national colors and the high school colors. Inspect Cadets Individually. At the Inspection, platoons of the individual schools will parade In review before the Inspecting staff, which will inspect the cadets in rank as a unit an well as Individually. Examination will bo both practical and theoretical that is, both on the field and In the classroom. The status of the various school R.

O. T. C. groups will thus be determined according to war department rank: Honor, excellent, or Satisfactory. Tribune Will Award Medals.

where the major portion ot ine group spends the evening making bandages and swabs for hospital use. Others have been given duties on the vlstors' desk, writing out passes and checking visitors In and out of the hospital. As the group Increases, other jobs will be found right, brought a slice of Wyoming agate, which is being inspected under the light by William Menzel, 1840 N. Austin blvd. Pausing for a moment at his task of grinding another stone is Val H.

Rutkowski, 1570 Miner Des Plaines, who also looks over the vivid colorings of the agate slice. Mr. Rutkowski, one of the most ardent of the hobbyists, has a complete lapidary shop in his basement at home. A piece of agate is not just an item for the curio shelf to members of the Lapidary club at the Humboldt park craft shop. In it they see potential rings, pins, and pendants.

The group meets each week for a session over the cutting wheels and polishing benches, making silver settings for rings, and grinding the stones to go into those settings. At a recent meeting, Mrs. George Huss, 1718 S. Jefferson for them. The hospital aid project met with much enthusiasm among the girls, many of whom plan on becoming Medals will be awarded by Tub TRinuNK, the It.

0. T. C. department, the PTA, certain American Legion posts, and the Spanish-American War Veterans auxiliary. Maj, Hudson of the 3d district, 6th service command, has been a member of the officers reserve corps for 15 years.

A graduate of ihe University of Minnesota, he has been stationed at the University of Wisconsin, Illinois Instltuto of Technology, University of Chicago, and Fort Sheridan. Schuri Inspection May S. Northwest side units are scheduled for inspection as follows: Schurz, 9 a. m. May 3 at Irving Park school, 3815 N.

Kcdvale or in case of rain In the boys' gym, 3601 Milwaukee av. Lane, 1:15 p. m. May 3 at Winne-mac stadium, Foster and Damen or in case of rain in the Lane R. O.

T. C. rooms, 2501 W. Addison St. nurses.

Impressed by tho hospital routine; they handled the jobs assigned them with a zeal and skill that has surprised both their leaders and the hospital authorities. The interest has spread like a contagion. The dining room of the hospital, turned over to the girls on Wednesday nights, was filled for the first session, and each week the girls bring more of their friends. Older girls are volunteering for assignments other evenings in the week. To Wear Service Apron.

To date the girls have no standardized uniform to wear at their work. The Camp Fire girls wear their, uniforms, the others light frocks. All have white headpieces, and all religiously remove their nail polish for the Wednesday evening sessions. The latter, leaders point out, can be Interpreted as quite a sacrifice for teen age girls who have just begun to adopt such sophistications. As the girts complete 25 hours of servlco In the hospital, they will bo allowed to wear white aprons, symbol of their faithfulness.

These nprons, of while organdy, will be matlo as a Comp Fire project, and members of that group will be allowed to wear their service emblem embroidered on the apron, while Ray C. Mitchell, 2114 N. Karlov hends the crnft shops at Humboldt1 park. Mr. Mitchell is preparing to cut a slice from a piece of semi-precious stone.

He has removed the gunrd from the saw, to show how the cutting wheel is goared to the smnll motor. ITKtnllNK 1'holim by Julilla Clnntlor.l ff. JJ Book Worm club members will have Steinmelz, 9 a. m. May 5 on the school campus, 3030 N.

Mobile nv or in case of rain In the boys' gym. Inspect Tnft May 8. Taft, 9 m. May 8 on the school campus, 5635 N. Natoma or In case of rain In the boys' gym.

Foreman, 1:15 p. m. May 8 on the school campus. 3235 N. Le Claire or in case of rain In the gym.

Roosevelt, 9 a. m. May 10 on the school campus at 3436 Wilson or in case of rain in the boys' gym. Von Steuben, 1:15 p. m.

May 10 on the Roosevelt campus, 3436 Wilson or in case of rain in the boys' gym, 5039 N. Kimball av. a red cross embroidered on theirs. PHOTOGRAPHER MADE CAPTAIN IN AIR FORCE AT BASE IN ENGLAND ANNUAL PARTY TO AID NURSERY SET FOR FRIDAY Club Started. with 200.

The Book Worm club, organized Professionally, Mrs. Val H. Rutkowski is a chemist at Presby at Northwesttown branch library early in March with-a membership of 20, has responded almost 100 per cent in the project. The club mem Lt. John Steger, 1043 N.

Hoyne member of the photographic staff of The terian hospital. But when she leaves the lab behind, she becomes an artisan in metal, spending much of her leisure time in the Humboldt park craft shop, or in Rutkowski's own basement lapidary shop. Here St. Cblumkille Unit Tribune, now on Sponsors Benefit. The annual spring card party for the benefit of St.

Columkille day leave with a combat camera unit she holds a ring over the burner, soldering it into a circle, ishe is demonstrating the proper method to Mrs. Charles Clark, 6330 Kenwood a pathological technician at the hospital, who is also one of the lapidary "enthusiasts. OUR TOWN Paragraphs About People You May Know HE ninth year of Tuesday eve of the 9th army air force in England, has been promoted to captain, his wife, Marietta, and his mother, Mrs. Tes-sle Sieger, were Informed by a 1) 1 recently. Cant.

StcEer. CPS? ning programs at North Park college, Foster and Kedzie After a ring is finished, and the stone placed in the setting, a final polish must be given on the felt polishing wheel. Miss Margaret Rcdfern, 2970 Sheridan a pathological secretary at Presbyterian hospital, shows how the polishing is done. is to be concluded this week with the traditional music festival on Tuesday and Thursday. The Colli.

fS(rer. a member of the Tribune 23 before his entrance into the service, was commissioned a first lieutenant In January, 1943. At k3 that time he was assigned to the first motion picture unit at Culver North Park orchestra, under direction of Ebba Sundstrom, will be presented in a concert Tuesday night. On Thursday night the festival chorus, directed by E. Clifford Tor en, dean of the school music, City, Cal.

He has been in England since last October. 527 N. Paulina will be held at 8 p. m. Friday in the Edge-water Beach hotel.

The party is sponsored by the nursery auxiliary. Proceeds from the benefit are used for the maintenance and support of the nursery, which takes care of the children of working mothers. 100 Children at Nursery. More than 100 children, ranging in age from 2V- to 10, are cared for at the nursery. Fifty-five of the smaller children stay there all day and 40 to 45 of school age attend classes, have dinner at the nursery, and remain here until 6 o'clock.

Sister Mary Eileen, superintendent of St. Columkille's nursery, said that the benefit party is particularly important this year because of the increased number of children whose mothers, engaged in defense work, depend upon the nursery, which was founded 27 years ago. Mrs. Flyim Hends Auxiliary. Mrs.

Charles J. Flynn, 2726 N. Francisco Is president ot the auxiliary. Chairman of arrangements for the parly is Mrs. Hiram Barber, 2730 N.

Richmond St. She is assisted by Miss Helen and Miss Catherine Clincs, '3637 N. Jans-sen av. Other committee members Include Mrs. Ann Fisher, 2201 Greenleat Mrs.

Harold A. Meredith, 3056 Lawn-dale Mrs. Edward O. Dase, 6440 Bell Mrs. G.

A. Armbruster, 2046 Hutchinson and Miss Mary E. Ford, 4923 Washington blvd. FOREMAN HIGH TO PRESENT 8TH To the uninitiated, it seems improbable that such an array of crude stones, silver wire, and sheet metal could be turned by amateurs into objects of value and beauty. But this is the stuff with which the Humboldt park lapidarists begin to work.

In the photo are pieces of rock crystal, Egyptian hematite jasper, turtle-back agate, calcite, obedite, limonite, Texas agate, Oregon thunder egg, Montana moss agate, and petrified wood, a' piece, of sheet silver, and coils of plain and twisted silver wire. bers take turns at being chairman, and Elaine Cooper, 1405 N. Harding has charge of the details of bookkeeping, recording the hours the girls spend at the hospital, and their attendance at club meetings. The two Camp Fire units under Mrs. Nelson's guidance include 43 girls, and every one of them is interested in the hospital work.

Organized five years ago under the sponsorship of the Lloyd Parent-Teacher association, the two groups are headed now by Phoebe Faulha-ber and Harriett Trapp. In conjunction with their work at the hospital, members of the Book Worm club are embarking oh a series of career council-meetings with a correlated reading program. The first forum featured an informal talk by Dr. Henrietta Katz, 2858 Shakespeare a pediatrician. Hear Business Girl.

In the second session, Cecelia Rodgers, a member of the advertising department of a large mail or. der house, conducted a forum on career possibilities in office work. Subsequent forums will fcatura workers In other fields. These meetings are held each Friday evening at the library. Girls registered thus far In the hospital project Include: Gladys Nelson, Dolores Gutzmann, Phoebe Faulhaber, Jeanine Kluegel, Letty De Clcco, Pauline Marchese, Dor-lane Hewing, Doris Wend, Lois Bi-schoff, Shirley I-Iaynes, Meryl Stange, Mary Lou Geracl, Rita Plaster, Dorothy Forberg, Joan Krleston, Joan Nallon, Dllys Gardello, Elsa Prasse, Bernice Klcckhaefer, and Evelyn Miller.

Others are Vivian Kaspu, Valerie Martinsen, Marilyn Boehm, Elaine Cooper, Sylvia Wirth, Beverly Pe-dersen, Margaret Bieiawny, Barbara Montague, Eileen Lees, Marilyn Rail, Frances Crowell, Jean Williams, Betty Roslnagel, Irene V. Check, Jacqueline Hearl, Barbara Kllsh, Shirley Holmes, Betty Ann Jepsen. Eunice Wagener, Harriet Trapp, La Verne Goddard, Dolores Barbara Rogers, Patricia Knudsen, Kay Zarantl, Dolores Chuempes, Cathcrn Dominick, Degma Domt-nick, Shirley Flashing, and Ruth Daniels. SPRING FESTIVAL will offer two itbi sununrom. short cantatas.

Marjorie Maulsby, pianist, will assist the chorus as guest soloist. Barbara E. McWhartcr, 624 N. State Arlington Heights, student at Grlnncll college, Grlnnell, Foreman High school will present Its eighth annual spring festival at 8 o'clock Wednesday evening in the school auditorium, 3235 Le Claire av. And these are the finished objects.

All the jewelry shown was is one of two seniors elected this semester to membership In Phi made by Carlos Cossia, and the settings are all in silver, a few having The choir, under the direction of Miss Helen Meek, will present "Song of America" by H. Alex Beta Kanna. honorary scholastic fraternity. trlct, who will lecture on child welfare. Other guests will include Mrs.

Norman R. Berg, president of the Cook county council of the auxiliary, Mrs. Mary O'Brien, vice president of the council, and John Bennett, commander of the 6th district. ander Matthews. Mrs.

Rose Weiss In charge of dramatic pro The Junior Women's club of Pala ductions. tine will close Its club year with gold or copper motifs superimposed. In the top row, left to right: A pendant of Mexican agate, in the box of snowflake obsidian, amethyst, opal, and Mexican agate, and a pin of petrified wood, and on the right a ring of Montana agate. In the bottom row, a heart shaped pendant onyx, a charm bracelet with 32 hand wrought charms, a brooch of plume agate, a ring of silver with a unique buckle design in copper, and rings of moonstone and opal. the annual dinner at the Tally Ho The band and orchestra, led by Capt.

Guy W. Reld, will play the LEGION WOMEN OF 6TH DISTRICT MEET TUESDAY Mrs. Ralph C. Webber, president of the Illinois American Legion auxiliary, will be the guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the 6th district council Tuesday evening at the Holy Trinity cafeteria, 1433 W. Division st.

Gold star mothers of World War I. and II. will be special guests at the meeting which will be con tearoom in Park Ridge Tuesday night. Newly elected officers of the following selections: "Victory," by club include: Miss Klsa Mess, presi- Paul Voder; a selection from "Show Boat," by Jerome Kern; "Indian Summer," by Victor Herbert, and "Jeanie with the Light Brown dent; Mrs. Gilbert Smith, vice president; Miss Geraldlne Danielsen, recording secretary; Mrs.

Leighton Garden Meeting Set Mangels, corresponding secretary, Hair," by Stephen Foster. Synagog Juniors to Hold Open Meeting Today The B'nai Shalom Junior league will hold an open meeting at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon at the synagog, 3245' Ainslie st. The cultural corhmittee will present a symposium on the subject, "Is Assimilation for the Jews Desirable?" Participants will be Ruth Levin for the affirmative, and Charlene Eisenberg for the negative. Rabbi David. Graubart and Mrs.

Lowell Haemker, treasurer. Young people of St. Stephen's Christ Lutheran Woman's Club Will Meet Thursday in Arlington Heights A war garden meeting for residents of Arlington Heights will be held at 8 p. m. Wednesday in the public school.

Arthur Jackson, junior horticulturist of the Chicago Present Wateh, Bond to Norwood Park Fireman James J. Hayek, 6504 N. Nordica was presented a gold badge and a war bond recently by members of the Norwood Park fire station, following his recent retirement from the fire department. Mr. Hayek became a member of the flro department on March 12, 1912.

Beth Israel Men'sdub to Hold Family Meeting The Men's club of Temple Beth Israel, 4850 N. Bernard will hold a Family night meeting at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. The program will include movies, community singing, and surprises for the young people. George Schectman Is chairman, Harry Graff andHarry Pick co-chairmen for the program. The women's club of Christ Lu theran church, Parkside and Barry ducted by Mrs.

William Gendrlck, 704 S. Sacramento 6th district director. Other speakers will be Mrs. Robert M. Stack, department historian, whose subject will be Pan-American Study," and William Episcopal church, 3533 N.

Albany together with th choirs of St. Edmund's church and boys from Lawrence hall, will present a pageant in Orchestra hall on Sunday night, April 30, as parbof the Sunday Evening club service for that night. will meet at 1 o'clock Thurs. day afternoon. Mrs.

Inga Moen, park district, will conduct the class 1951 N. California will speak on The Arlington Heights Garden club will act as the moderator. Helen youth problems. is sponsoring the event. burns, past commander of the dis- Schwartz is president of the league..