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May 18, 1928 Bower Buys 193310RLD'S FAIR TO Mrs. A. W. Hodgkiss · Dr. Ri~~ard Residence in Wilmette President of · FORMALLY OPEN JUNE 1 Named Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bower and Pre· School Circle (Contributed) Experience of Columbian ExpoAt the annual meeting of the Logansition's Too Early Opening Howard Pre-School Circle the followGuides Trustees' Deciaion ing officers were elected for the cornProfiting. by experience gained in 1893. the Trustees of the Centennial Celebration in 1933 have announced that the gates will open June 1 instead of Mav 1. and continue until December · 31. Bernard E. Sm~py, chalrman of the · board of directors of the Illinois Bell Telephone company and trustee of the centennial. furnished the information and recommendation that led to this early decision. Mr. Sunny was also one of the directors of the 1893 World's Fair and vividly recalls what · the weather man did to that great exposition during its early days. Said be: "The Columbian Exposition was opened on ~ay 1 and we soon realized that we had made a mistake, for the reason that the weather was cold and rainy, and. furthermore, as the schools were still in operation the attendance was very small. "It would he very much better to havt· the Fair operate from the first of June to the end of December. We are fairly sur·e of good weather almost up to the holidays." Truatees Make Deciaion Present at the meeting when the decision was made were President Rufus C. Dawes ; Treasurer George \Voodruff; Secretary D. H; Burnham, and Trustees Floyd L. Bateman, C. C. Carnahan, Oscar G. Foreman, D. F. Kelly, Charles F. Glore, Stuyvesimt Peabody, and Col. R. R. McCormick. Prompt decision on various questions dealing with the \Vorld's Fair is necessary because of the splendid enthusiasm mal!_ifested all over Chicago in response to the call of the Enrollment committee for $5 subscriptions. 7,MI Volunteers at Work More than 7,000 volunteers had been enlisted in this campa.ign up to last Saturday. "Enrollment pledges, checks, and money orders to fill a bushel basket are coming into headquarters," said Elmer Rich, vice-chairman of the Enrollment committee. "Despite this however, it is important that our peo~ pte, in general, understand how to go about enrolling. "Every bank in the Chicago area is now acting as an agent of the Enrollment committee, receiving subscrip, tions and issuing certificates of enrollment in the \Vorld's Fair legion. "Or you may send or bring your ~ubscription directly to headquarters 111 the Burnham Building, 160 North LaSalle street, and promptly receive your certificate in the legion. "Bear in mind that every subscriber receives a guaranty of ten complimentary admission tickets to the Centennial Celebration in 1933 in addition to the engraved certific'ate of enrollment." Form Divisions Stuyvesant Peabody is chairman of the Enrollment committee. with Mr. Rich as Vice-Chairman: David Grant is chairman of the North Side division: Isaac X. Powe'tl. the South Side; Mark Shanks. the \Vest Side and Philip F. \\'. Peck, the Central' Division-the Loop. Supplementing the work of the thousands of volunteers who are covering the entire city, arc the 508 volunteers in the Speakers' bureau, who have already addressed more than 250~ people at more than 1,600 mee;mgs. ing year: president, Mrs. A. \V. Hodgkiss; vice-president, Mrs. H. J. Brandt; . s ecretary, Mrs. S. M. Peterson; treasurer, Mrs. R. B. De Vinney. A note of appreciation for Mrs. Henderson's earnest and efficient work as the first president of the Circle in making it a live and growing orgamzation, was read by Mrs. Brandt. The speaker of the evening, introduced by Mrs. Maxwell, was Mrs. Cole of Winnetka, an ardent advocate of the nursery school experiment be-· ing conducted there. She gave a brief outline of the origin of the pre-kindergarten idea, it having its inception in England before the war. She stated that the movement . has become so successful there that the British government ·now helps in financing it. Mrs. Cole spoke on the object of the nursery school in Winnetka, which is now COJ!!pleting its first year in one of the public schools in that town as being to establish habits of health ~nd orde_rliness in the child of two or three, and in helping it to enjoy group J?lay with its sharing of toys. The tunds needed for operating the school for one year, $5,000, were raised by the Woman's Club, and its future depends on the success of the club in ~gain securing subscriptions. She beheyes the nursery school· to be as inevitable a part of the public school ~ys~e~ as is the kindergarten, which m 1ts t~fancy had just such a struggle for existence. Her talk was most interesting, and the moving pictures taken by Mrs. Clark, also of \\in· netka, of the tots in action added a most realistic touch to the picture already conveyed in words. lyn Lawuitson of Winnetka are entertaining tomorrow at luncheon and ~Ir. and Mrs. Frank \V. Church of bridge at the ~Iidland club in Chi610 Maple avenue. returned last Sat- cago. -ourdav from a three months' motor trip -through \Vashington, D. C., AlaWalter L. Bermingham of 718 Laure I bama, and other southern states. . . avenue .and hi3 brother, John L. Berm-o. ingb~m of £,·anston, have returned Mrs .. \V:~.lter J. Gough and Dorothy ·afte~ a . busi~ess trip which took them and J1mm1e Gough motored to Ken- to Kansas Ctty. osha, \Vis. last Sunday to spend - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mother's day with l\frs. Gough's mother. --o-- small son have recently . established their home in Wilmette, having purchased the former residence of George Payne a~ 330 G'r eenleaf avenue. Dr. Bower. for the past seven years, has practiced in Madison, \Vis., where he was connected with the University of Wisconsin medical school as associate profe·~sor in the ear, nose and throat department, being also head of the department, and came to Chic<;lgO to he affiliated with the Northwestern university me~ical school. He will have offices in the Pittsfield building in Chicago and also in the Rockhold building, Wilmette. He is a graduate of both the dental and medical schools of · Northwestern university. PREACHES TO 'M ETHODISTS Dr. \Villiam R. Schermerhorn of Garrett Biblical institute, Evanston wi11 preach at the \iVilmette Parisi; ~fethodist church Sunday morning, May 20. at the 11 o'clock services. Dr. Horace G. Smith, pastor of the . church. is attending the sessions of the Qitadrennial Conference of the ~fethodist church at Kansas City, ~fo. Miss Eleanor Thayer spent the las! week-end at home from Illinois university with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. ~. C. Thayer, Jr. of the Linden Crest apartments. -o-- . Miss Juliet Schuster and Miss Eve- Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Lewis of 610 \Vashington ayenue. spent \Vednesday of last week at Crystal lake visiting the Duff family, formally of Wilmette. Costs le88 to operate tbaa eoal, aad le81 tbaa otber oU b·ners. lUI Sbermaa A. Te. Greealeaf 7H + ~· Board of Education Now Two Standing Committees A.t - the first !11eeting foUowing the recent electmn m School Di·.strict Xo: ~9. the bqard of education organized ttself yor the coming year by the ~orm~tmn o! h\'O standing committees mstead of s1x as formerly. The two committees are known as the finance and educational. Henry E. Cutler wiU serve as chairman of the finance committee. The other members of this committee are Mrs. Edmond Simonds and Gale ~[. Bro,oks. This committee will have ch~r~e of financial and legal matter~, hm!d~ng aiJd grounds, and operating poltc1es. Ralph Durham was appointed chairman Qf · the education committee with Mrs. Wi1liam Durgin and Mr. Lincoln C. Torrey as members. This committee takes over the duties of the former textbook and course of studv committee, speci~l studies committee, and the teachers committee. Mr. Torrey is the School board representative on the board of recreation. It is believed hat the simplicity 0£ havine- two committees instead of six overlapping committees witJ simpliiy procedure (!nd expedite the conduct of school affairs in general. ~f rs. Molly K: Foreman of the fac~ WHOLESOME foods-firm crisp salads- appetizing frozen ices and desserts-viands savory and fresh-these are joys ofElectricRefrigeration!Always cool, always dry, it maintain· a constant low temperature which preserves food a surprisingly long time ···. Come in and select from several de' sirable models. !.~ .__ ~~ TE .. CHER HURT IN FALL *29s Dellftred Sped·l W.:J:J ServelSS --- · Purchase the "Little by Little" way, if ,ou prefer. ulty of the Joseph Sears ~chool in Kenilworth sustai1wd a hatllv wrencht'd kneP in a fall while alighting from a North Shore Line train at the Kenilworth station earlv this week. She has heen confined to her home hv the iniun· but exoects to rPtttrn to her classroom todav. Her nlac-p wa ~: taken during her absence by ~fiss Ethel Drynan of Wilmette. Esh-a.f#N PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILUNOIS JNO. S. REESMAN, District Manager · 1141 Central. Ave., Wilmette, Wilmette 2899