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*Amateur Air Meet Plans for the first national air meet for 'sportsman and amateur pilots to be held at Sky Harbor airport west of Glencoe on 'Sunday, July .10, were to be taken up officially Tuesday of: this week at a meeting of officiais of the airport and' represenitatives of the Avia- tion post of the> American Legion in Chicago. An informfai meeting was held on the matter Tuesday of.last week. Maj. R. W. -Schroeder, president of the, Sky Harbor Flying club, made the first announcement early in April that the air meet wouid he held at Skçy Harbor this1 summer. ît will be staged with the cooperation of, the Aviation. post of>the Legion. Amateur pilots from al parts of the country will be inivited te. take part in. the meet. The program is to be ar- ranged for the entertainment of the public rather than for thepilots. Major. Schroeder said. Suitable trophies will le awarded to the winners of the vani- ous contests,, Thrilla for Spectators Thrills ,aplenty will beprovid ed f or the 'spectators, accordi ng tg tentative plans. Contests such as iandingto a mark, racing to a given' altitude andl bàck again', a slow race 'from a, given altitude* to the, ground, an auto-gyro race, parachute jumping and many other features w iii he included in the programf.f .Detailed plans for th e meet wiil beé k niiouinced later ini tlese columns. To Pave Shermer Avenue Past Curtiss Airport Shermer avenue frein Northbrook south to Lake~ avenue is te 'bepaved this summer, but the improvement will in no way interfere with acce.s- siiiyte Curtiss 'airpert, which is hecated at Shermer and Lake ave-, nues. While the. construction work is in progress the Shermer, avenue en- trance te the airpert wiii be biocked, but the Lake avenue entrance wili be open ail summer.. Last,' season the paving of Lake* ave nue frôm Sber- mer avenue te Waukegan road and cf Shermer avenue fromi Lake avenue Two planes from Curtiss airpent near Glenview were chartered by the, Associated Press and the Internation- ai News service to rush pictures of the Kentucky derby fromn Louisville te Chicago after the running of the famous race last Saturday. ' Both plans usd were C sàfias powirred with Wright motors, one of 300 horsepower. and the other of, 240, horsepoWer. One of the. ships' was piloted, by Charles :Lehr and. the other by Joe De Cesaro. The Chicago Daily, News chartered a Laird. powered with a 'Wright J-6 a00O,-ho rsepo wer mo0tor froim Pal- Waukee airport te rus ,h the Daily News Reel pictures, of the derby back te Chicago. The.ship-ieft Pal-Waukee Friday afternioon.. A numrber cf prominent Chicagoaus flew te the derby. Among those who left fromn the. north shore airports' wvas William Boyd, advertising man-. ager for the Curtis,ý Pubiishing Comn- pany, Who teck a party te Louisville in . a Be Ilanca which he chartered at Pal-Waukee field. Mr. Boydl himiself owns a Verville Wýhich hie keep)s at P)al- Waukee. Warmer Weather Brinigs .ýAirports More Visitors Now that the north shore bas had 'its flrst taste cf real sumnier weather, Cur- tiss, Pal-Waukee and Sky Harbor air- ports, the three large flying fields nearest the north shore villages arc noticing a marked inecease in tfhe nîunber of visitors, especiaiiy on week-ends, With tbis inii mmd, the: maniagemnents cf the airports are pre- paring some form cf entertainmert for the visitors each Sunday. In addi- tion1 , ships are always availabie at ail .of the àairports for passenger carry-' ing. At Curltiss fild a bigFordplane, powered with three Wright Whirl- wind motors is being use4 for this purpose., Ourtiss-Wright Flying1 Service Absorbed May 1 lThe Curtiss-Wrigbt îvinz srvce a snail? If so, and if you are woncier- ing what to do witb the beastie, let the' iibrary solve your probiem by throwing open the glass doors, figura- tiveiy speaking, of -the new aquarium ini the children's department. This aquarium idea dates back eleven months ago--last juine to bel, exact- when -someone presented-tbe children's department with two-turtles--chistened hy their' sponsors, Tiglath-Piieser and Genghis -Khan. These two :leapêd to, faïvor.over night, and their progress througbh lfe was watched with much interest.,' Then. came tÈagedy in the turt.e. bowl--Ghengis was kidnapped, or ran away to, sea or eloped-anyhow, he disappeared, leaving neither. lete or bubble as a clue. *Theère followeddays of lonelin ess for poor Tiglath-until Big Shot arrived, Via- a ittie boy ts pocket; and it was i February tbat George Washington, Ji., (this 'being Bicentennial year) moved inito the turtie, bowl-and George, petite and witb nmuch personality, completes the placid turtie family*. The aquarium also boasts guppies- but their saga bas more tragedy in it. In October, janice Van Inwagen Pre- sented a family of- guppies te the, i- brary, with the Promise that there might be blessed-eventing soon. Inistead,' however, one-cold week-end in January, ail four guppies perished-cold feet- or fins-the neighbors said. And se the guppy bowh stood empty, save for a f ew sad-whiskered snaiis, until C. j. Murphy found some newv tenants. Soon after thesC SIX guppies moved in, the lish stork brought three additions. and so the total guppy population stands at nine right now-with bright out look, for the future. .As for the snail colony-after aIl, one. catnno sing loud and long of the prowess of' the. snail clan,; they :amible agreeably on their way, keeping:turties and'guppies happy. 'Thanks to the Book Wormf club, howevier, two aristocratic Pink Japanese snails willsnbem- gling withtheir lesser Cousins. Thus' there bas grown up a need forý hetter aquarium' housing conditions. Last week an answer to the turties' prayer appeared ini the form of a 2 lti to iis figures, it requires $900,000 a year for thec care of the 1,100 pa- tients at North Chicago. Ail of these patients are ciassed as *'insane," but on account' of the rnethods used, there is a greater numn- I-,er' cf them.who are fairly rationii most cùf the, time.- The tre.atmnent calis for the, u-se of no narcôtics or drugs, but consists largely in keeping the nien occupied as inuch as possi- bie. They are kcpt -busy v.with lawn and'. greenhouse wtork, farm work, cernent and construction work ani are allowed to play games. Some of the cases require physical therapy. \Vater, light, heat and electricity are. used wrhen necessary. There are nineteen*doctors on the staff, and one surgeon and one ev, ear,. noseand throat specialist ini ai- tendance:.always. The boys are ai- lowed movies twice a week and arc givensome form of outdoor recrea- tion every day, inciuding setting-tili exercises, with a band of inmates ;laying, every morning. .An ciosing, Dir. St. Anoteiirged us te visit the hospital and stated that hie would, be giad. to show us through any tjime. We hope to or- ganize a group to make the visit' iiv the near future. Mrs. Ruth Rogers,, stateé reliaiilita - tibg chairman, spoke te usMod, civening. She informed us that thlere are 5,500 ex-service men'.in hospitals ili' Mlinois at the present time, and tiiere is a constant increase of new pa- tients. The peak wiil probabiy not be reached iintil 1950, accordimg to governiment statistic s., Mrs., R. H. A.. Green, 4t wlinsc home' the meeting was held, fa vored us with a -group) of-,vocal sélection,, which everyone..enjoyed very mucli. Mrs. Green's voice was very sweet in such- songs asý "WNithiin the Garden, of MY Heart" by Scott. "The Star' by Rogers, and "May Morning"by' ,Penza. A.nominating comnmittee w~as nomninated at this meeting also. The Seventh district convention wili be held and a Plunkett ' lceoit Frnk J S livntea..e f he-li *i n 'ab spent 4a uiis1uerable 3U i m q rrnj j ~IIvatrasre 0 tecago Cubs play Brooklyn. He hopper' oart of his turne with the medicai staff Mr. and Mrs. E. Kearns K irchberg Curtiss-WTight Fiying service, which in his plane, a Waco', flew frei of the Peoples Gas, Light & Ceke of Evansten announce the birth of a was recently absorbed by the Curtiss Waterloo to Pal-Waukee airport company. * "son, H{enry John, Tuesday; May 3, at, Wright Airports corporation. dropped ncrthwest cf Chicago. and arrived at the Passavant hespital. Mrs. Kirch- in at Curtiss airport near Glenview ast Wrigley field i ture for the game. The Tirreil J. -Ferrenzt family of. berg, who is the formeré Cathenine Friday morning for a conference with He ;vas back i! Waterloo in tinie for 511 Washington avenue 'motcred te Crush, is the daughter cf Mrs. Louis J. W. Oonahev, manager of the Glen- work the next miorning. returning te Vermont, 1ii. las.t week-end te visit W. Crush, 710 Laurel avenue. The view base. Mr. Sullivan carne here f romn the Iewa City immediatelv after the Mrs. Ferrenî sister, Mrs. B., G. Mer- Kirclibergs *have two,.othetr chiidren,, Detroit. haàll gane.. shen. a boy and a girl. 'M