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WILMETTE LIFE. FRIDAY. APRIL 25, 1924 DEDICATE NEW CHURCH SUNDAY Wilmelte Baptista to Con. elude Week of F eativity Here on April 27 BIG SERVICES D~. in . to see the completed building. B~1e.f rem~ks were made by the local' mmJSters m behalf of the various g~oup s of Christian people in the V lllage. La~t evening the church was · dedicated to the World Call for Chri~tian Se_rv.~e. The progr:'-m . consisted prmc1pally . of the ordmat10n of. ¥r. W . . J. K1tchen to the ChnstJan Mm1stry. Dr. ]. M. Stifler of Ev~nston, brother o~ th.e pastor, pres·ded and the ordmatJon sermon was preached by Dr. Frank L. Anderson, tiona} Bapti t pre sident of th I t Semin E e nO ern a N J s ary at ast range, · · I I Mrs. cation Speaker Frank H. Gallagher by Death W edneaday W. S. Abernethy Ia Dedi- Taken Mrs. Catherine Fitzsimmons Gal- Mrs. Gallagher was very prominent in \Vilmette civic and social affairs. She was chairman of the Woman's · Liberty Loan drive during the World ' wa r a nd was an ardent worker in the interest of the Arden Shore Rest Camp at Lake Bluff, · Ill. I In clu') life ~ he was particularly prominent in the Guilmette Country; club where she was chairman of the House committee at the time of her death. She was al'so an active memher of the Wilmette Woman's club . . h · · · d b h Mrs. Gallag er 1s surviVe y er husband and four daughters, Mrs. Stanley Franzen of Chicago, Mrs. Arthur Marquette, of Madison, Wis., Mrs . Mason Branhalt of Chicago and Miss Margaret Gallagher of Evanston.~ I .. . .~ Garden Helps of AU KiDCIS We have in our big w~st window an attractive showing of all sorts of garden helps such as hose, lawn-mowers, sprinkling cans, fertilizers, and seeds. LAiWN MOWERS Sharpened & Repaired There are also other things you will need-Hoea, Rakes, Trowela, Weeden, Hedge ~ abean, and Sic:klea. We are fully prepared to supply your demands for garden and lawn toola of all kinds. The edifice of the Wilmette Baptist church is to be formally,·dedicated on Sunday, April 27. Rev. B; Frank Taber of Washington, Pa., the first pastor of the Wilmette Baptist church, is to preach the morning sermon and The Comanci club met with Mrs. lagher, wife of Frank H. Gallagher, fot: merly of Wilmette but more recent- George D. Upson, 607 Washington avenue, on Tuesday afternoon. ly a resident of Evanston, passed away at the Evanston hospital Wednesday ThE' World's Greatest Wafer arrived morning, April 23, following an ex- at Wilm e tte Grocery and Market. -Adv. L30-3tc tended illness. Services will be held this morning at 11 o'clock at the First Congregational SPRING SUITS church, Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd, the pastor, officiating. Burial will be at Memorial Park. Nothing better can be had in Mrs. Galla~her was born in Beardstown, Ill. Her father wa& a welt quality, price and style. known veteran of the Civil war and Everything for the ladies. We he leading musician with the 51st llinois Regiment. He spent 15 months have everything ready to wear . in the famous war prison at AnderUnique Style Shop sonville. She was a resident of Wilmette for 1126 CENTRAL AVE. 16 year s, having moved with her Ph. W il. 2403 family to the Orrington hotel, Evanston , within the past year. l===============. . 11 /f It'· Hardware, Millen Ha· It John Millen , '- Phones Wilmette 3060-3061 1219-21 Wilmette Ave. Dr. W. S. Abernethy th e Dedicatory service is to be held in the afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock so that friends of the church from th e village and the Chicago area may be abl e to attend. The dedicatory . sermon is to be preached by Dr. W. S. Ab ernethy of Washington, D. C. Dr. Abernethy is one of the great church leaders of America, recognized as such ..Qeyond the sphere of his own denominational group. He is president of the American Baptist Foreign Mission soci~ty and for two years was the pastor' and intimate friend of the late President Harding. At the time of the Conference on Limitation of Armaments he opened the session with prayer. He is a native of Chicago, a graduate of the University of Chicago and was for ten years pastor of the Baptist church at Berwyn where a work similar to that accomplished by the Wilmette church was carried through under his leadership. Beautiful Eader Service Boys' Specials for Spring and Summer ARMER days demand a comWplete change in the boy's wardrobe, from underwear and socks to light weight suits and coats. Our careful planning has made it pos· sible for boys to be entirely outfitted here in a short time. They need not leave the store-a fact that should appeal especially to a boy's mother, when she goes shopping with him. Boy·' Ooercoat., 10 to 18 . . ·$25.00 Boy·' Saita, all unth 2 pain lrniclcera ····· , ···· · · · · 20.00 Boy·' Sport Kniclcera · · · · · · 5.50 Boya' Belt· . . · . . . . . · . · · . . . 1.00 Boy·' Blaclr Rubber Rainco«t· 6.76 Boy·' Capa ..·.· · · · · · · · · · · 2.00 Boya' Cloth Hata ········· ·$3.50 Boy·' Felt Hata ····· ~ ····· . $6.00 'Boy·' Polo Shim . ······· , · · J.SO Boy·' Sport Blouaea · · · · · · · · 1.26 Boya' Pajama., two-piece. · · · 2.00 Boy·' Athletic Union Saih... 1.00 Boy·' Slipooer Jeraeya · , · · · · S.SO Boy·' Pure Sillc Ti· . ... · · · · .SS Boya' H·aiery ········· · ·· · .50 The beautiful auditorium of the Wilmette Baptist church was not large enough to hold the hundreds that thronged to join in the Easter worship there last Sundav mo'rning and th ere was evidence of deep emotion am ong- the loyal members of the church as they beheld for the first time the realization of the dream of years for which many had made continuous sacrifice. The service offered a wealth of hea uty to the eye and ear. The impress ive chancel with its paneling of Flemish oak served as a background for a bank of ferns and palms with on e huge floral piece resting beside th e Communion table. The vested ch oir of 36 voices furnished the music ac companied by the new organist, W illiam H. Barnes. Although the ogran was but partially completed, it received favorable comment on every side. Rev. F~ancis C. Stifler, the pastor. spoke on "Loyalty to Christ" and led through the waters of Baptism a large group of children of the Sunday school. At the close of the service Mr. W. ]. Kitchen, who is soon to go to China as a teacher was received into the membership of the church .. Yountr People'· Rally At 5:30 o'clock in the afternoon a group of 100 young people representing the variou young people's organizations in the loc:iil churches, met as the guests of the Baptist Young People's Union. Mr. Kitchen , who is to go to China this summer as foreign representative of the church, spoke and the meeting was followed by an informal reception in the church parlors. The auditorium was crowded again in the evening when Dr. Benjamin Otto, superintendent of the Baptist Executive council. dedicated the Communion Service. His address was followed by the solemnizing of the Lord's Supper and a further baptismal 1 service. On Monday morninR' the church was host to the Baptist Ministers' Council which held its regular Monday service in the auditorium and were the guests of the women of the church for Juncheop. · On Tuesday evenin~ the church held open house to the community and 1 many neighbors and friends dropped