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18 WILMETTE LIFE February 11, 1927 Society for Shut-Ins Grace Kee Becomes Bride Selects Its New Heads of Edwin Balmer, Author Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Grace Kee, daughter of Mrs. James Wilson Kee of 521 Barry avenue, Winnetka, to Edwin Balmer of 1714 Asbury avenue, Evanston, Saturday, February 5. Miss Kee was a teacher in the fi.rst grade at the North Shore Country Day school up to the time of marriage, but will not continue in her work. Mr. Balmer is well known as a novelist and short story writer, having also written f.requently for the Chicago Daily Tribune. At the annual meeting of the Vocational Society for Shut-Ins, held M::>n day, January 31, at the Fortnightly club in Chicago, and the Board meeting held February 1, officers and director for the coming term were se lected, reports made and plan s outlined. M.rs. James \Valler Marshall of 674 Prospect avenue , vVinnetka, has h c~ n re-elected president of the society, Mrs. Eris Suclder, fir st vice -pre sident , Mrs. Charles S. Dennis, second vicepresident, Mrs. William S. Kline, treasurer, and Mrs.'] ame s C. Jame son, secretary. New directors for the year will be Mrs. Stuyvesant Peabody, Mrs. Ed ward Price Bell, Mrs. Bruce Scott, Mrs. Frede.rick H . Scott, Mrs. Henry H. Hilton, Miss Elizabeth Baker, and Mrs. Albert Gardner. The first announcement of particula r interest to north shore friends of the society is a sale being planned in Winnetka for the latte.r part of February . The place, exact date, and patronesses for the sale will be announced later. Mrs. Marshall said that "The Voca tional Society for Shut-Ins" serves the handicapped of Chicago as no other organization attempts to, and as you all know trains the Shut-In to produce a salable article which is disposed of during the year at the shop or private sales. All instruction, help and material are furnished the Shut-In f.ree of charge and a monthly check is mailed on the 30th for all articles or work completed during the month, regardless of when sold." PUBLIC LOSES HEAVILY FROM CARELESS MAILING Postmaster Receives Report o~ Vast Sums Lost Through Dead Letter Office By JOSEPH E. SHANTZ ABRAHAM LINCOLN whose birthday we shall all remember next Saturday, relished the pleasures of everyday life such as eating, joking and meeting his friends. .. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Knickerbocker have rented their home at 906 Greenwood avenue and have moved away from Wilmette. Mrs. Knickerbocker is now visiting in New Orleans and her husband and son, Kenneth, are at the Orrington ho!el. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,~ M.Portenhauser Painting Decorating Estimates given without obligation Phone Wilmette 2764 1030 Greenleaf Ave. The Wilmette Cafe Opposite Village Hall Meals that satisfy WILMETIE (Wilmette Postmaster) A good reason why mailers should have their return address on letters and parcels is shown in the following stati stics -compiled by Postmaster General New: "The dead letter service received during the fi scal year ending June 30, 1926, 24.056,928 undeliverable letters, while 10,800.000 undeliverable circulars were destroved during the year. Letters contai~ing inclosures of value, such as mone y, stamps, money orders, checks and commercial papers of similar importance numbered 974,758· Money found in dead letters and loose in the mails amounted to $109,623.22, of this amount $75,626.86 was restored to the owners. . The nominal value of drafts, checks, etc., found in dead letters was $5,530,256.08. The. dead parcel post service handled a total of 535,376 un-claimed parcels and articles of ·merchandise. Of the total number of parcels received, 349,538 were addressed and 185,. {8 were unaddressed or found loose in the mails. Of these 161,406 were delivered, 52,582 were destroyed as of no value and 321,388 were disposed of at public auction. The amount derived from the sale of unclaimed merchandise (parcel post) was $164,967.55. The total revenue derived from undelivered letters and parcels, including fees collected for letters returned and postage Mrs. Charles M. Burlingame of 812 stamps remov_ed from letters or found G.r eenleaf avenue and her son, Rob- loose in the mails, amounted to $301,ert, left Sunday for Tampa, Fla., to 477.88." visit Mrs. Burlingame's sister, Mrs. Ben F. Renick, for two months. They Mrs. George Barry and her daughter, will visit also Palm Beach, Daytona, Mrs. John MacLean, have returned to and Miami. Wilmette from the Orrington hotel. I . First ·Church of Christ, Scientist The WILMETTE, ILL. Tenth Street and Central Avenue - · · dDECKER BLACK an metb od of Valve~ · SERVICES SUNDAY SERVICES-11 A.M. - - Wednesday Testimonial Meeting-8 P.M. Sunday School Exercises . 9:45A.M . Regrinding ts A Sure Method. Saoes M onetJ Come tn . L"ER & MlLL"ER }AlL · . 1 Mainterlflll"" u -----------fot February 13, 1927 - Subject: "SOUL" READING ROOM-1163 WILMETTE AVE. HOURS: Daily (except Wednesday and Saturday) 9 A. M. to 6 P. M. Wednesday 9 A.M. to 7:45P.M. Saturday 9 A. M. to 9 P. 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