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WILMETTE LIFE February 11, 1927 on the third floor, Wednesday afternoon, February 16, at 2 o'clock. T~ere will be refreshments. The commtttee of the Eastern Star, which is sponsoring the party, is desirous of having a large attendance. Registration for the second semester at New Trie.r High scj10ol v.·as completed last week. About twenty freshmen were received from the mid-year graduating class of the Skokie school, \Vinnetka. In addition to this, fifteen pupils had been enrolled during the, first term, bringing the total to 1,475 students who started second semester class work Mondav. Se\'e.r al new course s have been added that \\'ere not offered during the fir st · semester, it was annom1ced. among them being courses in dramatics, college algebra, solid geometry, LatbAmerican history, hou sehold chemi. try and civics. A class in fancy cooking, never before offered at the school, has been added because of the heavv demand for it. In addition to these, special courses covering regular \\·ork have been added for the benefit of students desiring to prepare for college board examinations. About forty students have enrolled in these classes, it is said. · Jd I A d Leather Shle H ;gh S Ch00 l in . I war in Scout February Events Second Semeste r leathe.r shield which will be awardW '·th N ew C ourses edAfor the first time during the early - I part of Mar-ch, for the most efficient Mrs . Hcmy Riggs Rathbone or Boy Scout troop program carried out during February in the north shore Kenilworth, wife. of. the CongressmanScout area, is stimulating considerable at-large from Illmo1s wa.s a guest r~interest among the various troops, it is ccntly at the CongressJOnal ~tub m 1 Washingt~n, D. c., befo~e. wh1ch sh~ reported. The eight points which will Wilmette Eastern Star to be taken lnto consideration in. the gave readu 1gs of her ongmal poem s. judging are the ~1etho? of planning Sponsor Card-Bunco Party Mrs. Rathbone has been m~c!J i~1 dethe weekly meetmg n1ght program, There will be a card and bunco party mand in Washington .social CJrcle s, t.n~. emphasi.s . ~la~ed on out-door a.c- a~ the Wilmette. Masonic temple, 1010 a~c~rding _ to .'~ord rcce1vcd from th e ttvJtles, the I!lltlatJve of the patrols Ill 1 Central a\'enue, 111 the small lodge hall ~attOnal lap1tal. conducting themselves, the advancement within the patrols and the troop, the growth of the troop, the interest, the work of the troop, shown by adults, the business management, and the special events. Each troop will make a written rcport, at the end of the month, and, the decision made by a representative committee of Scout leaders. Bomb Damages Peterso~ Home: Motive Is Unknown Considerable excitement and damage estimated at several hundred dollars was caused by the explosion of a bomb, placed beneath the side porch of the ]. T. Peterson residence at 1202 Chestnut street, at about 10 o'clock Monday evening. The force of the explosion demolished a section of the porch and broke all of the windows on the same side of the house, also shattering several panes of glass in the home of C. A. Barton, next door. Peterson, who is the head of ]. T . Peterson and company, Chicago wholesale tailors, his wife and their daughter Helen, had retired shortly before the bomb exploded. Earlier in the evening a police dog in the house had become restless and it is thought probable that it was disturbed when the bombers placed t_ he charge. The motive far the blast is not definitely known, but was thought by Mr. Peterson to have been an outgrowth of trade rivalry. He has had no labor troubles in his business he asserted. Efficiency DOWN the road it travels, one of the tn ost efficient things on wheels. Coils of wire are stored inside. Tools are in the snug lockers. Pikepolesandshovels are in their racks. A big winch is bolted to its frame and there are pi pes of steel from which to forni a sturdy derrick. '" Sometimes it draws a trailer loaded with long, straight poles .. Sometimes it bears a heavy reel of cable. Often its load is men. The telephone truck gets many a glance as it passes. For whether on the peacetime job of construction. and maintenance or bound to where snow and sleet have made for it a battle ground, it tneans power, speed, efficiency, ·economy and human loyalty, united in the task of making telephoi1e service better, broader, more dependable. Mrs. Alvina Bogda Dies at Residence in Wilmette Funeral services for Mrs. Alvina Bogda, .wife of John Bogda, 1425 Central avenue, who passed away at her home late Saturday evening, were held from the St. John's Luthe.ran church, Tuesday afternoon, the Rev. H. \V. Meyer officiating. Burial was at Memorial Park. Mrs. Bogcla had been ill for about three months. She is survived by her husband, a son, \Villiam, and two daughters, Al\'ina Bogda, and Mrs. Marie Bartholomew, all of whom we.r e with her as she passed away. Mr. Bogda is a brot}ler of Mrs. Herman Herbon, 1427 Central avenue. Joseph Sears Pupils to Boost Near East Funds The pupils of the Joseph Sears school, Kenilworth, have adopted the Golden Rule policy of making other people happy and have joined the Valentine week movement inaugurated by the Near East Relief to raise funds throughout the public schools of the land. The children's donations of pennies nickles and dimes, enclosed in approQriate envelopes, will be deposited in a Valentine box to go forward in a dual capacity of a Valentine and a messenger of relief to the children of the Bible Land. ·· .- · ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy One System V niversal Service