Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 20 Jan 1928, p. 16

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One of d1e brightest lights in the field of Southern journalism, Henry W. Grady, editor of the Atlantic .Constitution, once painted· these two pictures: Wednesday, Janu~ 25, Is the day set · apart by the Universal Church to celebrate the · Conversion of Saint Paul. There will be Holy Communion at St. A1u;:ustine's at 8 o.. m. · The annual parish meeting will be held next Wednesday evening, January 25 In the Parish Houae at 8 p. m. Reports wtll be given by the omc..-rs of the various organizations of · the year's work. Wardens and Vestry wlll be eJected for 1928 as well as the delegates to repre~~ent St. Augustine's at the Diocesan Convention In Chicago, February '1 and 8, next. The vestry met In the rector's office on Wednesday evening and transacted the regular ·buslneBB preparatory to the closing of the church's year. The financial statement of the year was adopted, ready to nresent to the annual meeting, January 25. The annual meeting and dinner of the Church Federatk>n, consisting of representatives from the dltrerent churches with their wives will be held In St. Augustlne's Club House, 1126 Wilmette avenue, Tuesday evening, Janu;~.ry 24, at 8 p. m. There wlt1 be a dinner for thP men of the parish held In the Club House Tuesday evening, January 31, at 6:30. This dinner Is given solely for the purpose of developing friendship and goodfeltowship among the men, especially newer members of the church. At .the annual meeting of the Women's Associated Guilds last Friday reports of the year's activities were presented as well as the financial statement, showing the Guilds to have had a very successful year. In addition to the payment of various ··ledges to different outside objects, $175 was directed to be sent to the treasurer of the church for missions and !300 was voted for repairs at the rectory. The speaker at the . Sunday Evening club next Sunday evening, January 22, at 7 :30 p. rn. In the auditorium of the Congregational church will he Sir "VUfred Grenfell, who has accomplished such wonderful results among the fishermen of Labrador. Sir WlJfred ls a clergyman of the Eplscou·:tl ·hurdt. His address will be illustrated with colorell slides and wm be worth hearing. - HI went to Washington the other day, and as I stood on Capitol Hill, · my heart beat quick as I looked at the towering marble of my Country's Capitol, and the mist gathered in my eyes as I thought of its tremendous significance, and of the armies, and the Treasury, and the Judges, and the President, and the Congress, and all that was gathered there. And I felt that the sun in all its course could not look down on a better sight than that majestic home of a Republic that had taught the world its best · lessons of Liberty. "Two days afterwards I went to visit a friend in the country, a modest man with a quiet country home. It was just a simple, unpretentious house, set about with great big trees, .encircled in meadow and field rich with the promise of harvest. Inside was quiet, cleanliness, thrift and comfort. Outside there stood my friend, master of his lands and master of himself. There was the old father, an aged trembling man happy in the heart and home of his son. And I saw the night come down on that home, falling gently as with the wings of the unseen dove. The old man got the family around him, and, taking the Bible from the table, called them to their knees, the little baby hiding in the folds of the Mothert s dress, while he closed the record of that simple day by calling down God's benediction on that family and tha'l home. And while I gazed, the vision of that marble Capitol faded away. Forgotten were its treasures and its majesty, and I said, "Oh surely, here in the .homes are lodged at last-the strength and the responsibilities of the Government, the hope and the promise of th~ Republic." Mr. Grady was right. If we had scenes like that in every home and at every fireside everywhere, we would not need any big armies and navies; we would. not need criminal courts and penitentiaries; and it is just such an idealism as the one pictured above that the Churches of Wilmette are trying to bring about. ; Board Denies Rezoning of Dempaey Tract Lots The Village .board Tuesday denied, upon recommendation of the Village zoning commission, the "petition for the rezoning of the two lots, owned by ]. Edwin Dempsey, located at Greenwood avenue and Fifteenth street, from Class "A" Residential to commercial designation. A public hearing on the matter was held by the Zoning commission January 9 in which a majority of interested property owners opposed the proposed change. Purchase of a new adding machine for the Village offices was authorized by the board. Superintendent of ' Public Works Schultz was authorized to advertise for bids for the purchase of a two-ton hydraulic hoist motor truck for use in that department. , The board voted to co-operate with the villages of \Vinnetka and Kenilworth in securing extensions of the Sanitary district's inter-cepting sewer at Sheridan road in order to relieve the congested condition of the smaller intercepting sewer on Winnetka avenue. ........................... a-m Directory of Churches: Tile \Yilwtte B.ptid Fort~~ aad Wilmette A·naaa /W. FNIXil c. Stiller St. Jolm's Lutheru Ouarch Wilmette and Park A venues R111. Human W. M~tr 1\e Fnt ·Preslt,teria Oaarch Niatb Stmt ud Glftlllraf Avrnur RnJ. CHor111 P. Jl.,;u w-.t.tte LIM Lutheran O.~cb GremlNI Awnut and Srwntb StrHt Rn1. C11rl I. Empaon Fant (A,qretatiollll Oaarch Lake and Wilmtttt A RnJ. Sttphm A. Uoptl Stamp and Coin Club · Popular at New Trier The Stamp and Coin club of New Trier ·High school met Tuesday, January 17. The club, popular from its start, has a lar:ge membership. Packets of stamps are distributed among ~he me~bers at. the meetings followmg thetr 'donations, and lectures are given on topics of interest to the m e.m b e r s. Several magazines on stamps and coins are available in the school library. The club was founded by. stude~ts interested ,in .stamps and coms, thetr study, and their collection. ·man 1he Fust Methodist Omrch Lake aad Wilmette A ·nnua R·. HortJtt G. Smith 1140 St. -..-·. ~al Oaarch Wilmette Aveaae Rru. Hub«t Ccdtton ,.,.,., btl tbt lntncbuftb Adwm.int CommittH, Wil1111tte Chrutb Fl!lnmon

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