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52 WJLMETTE LIFE November 30, 1928 Enjoy a Winter Vacation in Chicago, in Carefree Luxury ··· Here! Over the Winter-move to Hotel Sovereign. Let us assume for you the endless responsibilities and all the constant worries of housekeeping: Hue you will· find. carefree luxury at surprisingly modrrate cost, with complete apartments, suites or single hotel rooms available. Here is every convenience that one can expect to find in the most perfectly appointed home. Here is genuine service · from manager to bell boy. And a cuisine that is justly famous. . . . Live at Hotel Sovereign this Winter . · . there's no servant problem here! The Central council of Childhood . education has ·secured Miss Lucy Gage, associate professor of education at Peabody college for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn., as the speaker for 1ts December meeting. Miss Gage will speak on "Evaluating Units of · Work in an Activity Program." The meeting will be held in the Eleanor Club Tooms, 17 North State street, Chicago, on Saturday morning, December 8. at 11 o'clock. The· members of the council being interested in the nursery school, kindergarten, primary, intermediate, teacher training and supervision-coordinated divisions of the councilhave been offering programs from month to month which are a challenge to every person interested in progressive education. Lucy Gage Will Address Two Families Akin Child Education Council· Lose Husband, Wife by Death JfithinHour Fate dealt strangely with Cliff B. J acobs, 1302 Scott avenue, Hubbard Woods, and his sister, Mrs. Walter Harvey Lee, 1209 Astor street, Chicago, Wednesday of last week, when, at almost the same hour of that day, death claimed the wife of Mr. Jacobs and the husband of Mrs. Lee. . Mrs. Jacobs passed away at 5 o'cl_?ck in the afternoon, at the Grant hospJtal, Chicago, the' very hour in which Mr. Lee died at the Mayo Brothers hospital Rochester, Minn. Both had been ill 'about a month, and death, in both instances, followed surgical operatione, Mr. Lee having submitted to a second operation only a few days b~fore. Mr. 'Jacobs was with his sister, at the bed5ide of her husband . when he died. being unable to reach the hospital in Chicago in response to a message that Mrs. Jacobs had suffered a relapse and was dying. Following her operation Mrs. Jacobs had recovered sufficiently in two weeks to permit Mr. Jacobs to return !O R~ ches·ter to spend a few days wJth hts sister and Mr. Lee. whom he had accompanied to the Mayos a month previous. Hold Double Funeral A double funeral was held at the Jacobs residence, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, with burial following at Grace land. Mrs. Jacobs was 44 years of age. Before her marriage to Mr. Jacobs she was Mrs. Ada Valleau Clark, of Grinnell, Iowa, where s~e was reared and graduated from Grmnell colleg~ . She had been a resident of the north shore for the past seven years. Mr. Jacobs is president of the Ogilvie & Jacobs company. retail clothiers, 20 East Jackson boulev~rd, Chicago. A daughter, Angie, aged 7, and two sons, Henry Clark and Albert Clar~, also survive. Her mother, Mrs. Angte Valleau, and a sister, Mr.;;. S. P. Brainard, both of Hotlvwood. California, and a brother. Frank Valleau. of Kansas City, Mo .. were at her bedside when death came. Noted As Benefactor Mr. Lee, 66, was president of the Plymouth hotel, 22 \Vest Van B 1Jren street, Chicago, in which city he had lived for many years. Back in the early nineties he was engaged in merchandising, under the firm name of Koch & Lee, on West Van Buren street. He was a native of Toronto, Canada. He was a man who had done much for charity, and whose taking will be sadlv m:ssed not alone hv his familv. but ·by a verv wide circle of friends. and particularly those who had experienced his kind, heloful ministrations and generosity. He is survivecl by his "·idow. 'Mrs. Jessie W. Lee. and a daughter. Virginia. aged 4. Theodore Lee, of Chicag-o, is a brother. Mrs. Lee and her daughter wilt now reside at the Jacobs residence. William A. s ·chrei Dies While on Business Trip 8!00 KENMORE AVE. BBIABGATE 8000 PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS .. BARRY'S BIG CARPET, RUG and LINOLEUM SALE Optn Saturday Evenings Until 9 P. M. Starting December lat· aacl continuing all month. William A. Schrei, 327 Cumnor road, Kenilworth, died suddenly Thursday, November 22, at Gainesville, Mo., where he had gone on business. Mr. Schrei was 61 years old. He is survived by his widow and five daughters . Dorothy, Betty June, and Jean, of Kenilworth, and M n. M. C. Van Alyea and Mrs. George Gardner, of Chicago. The funeral services were held at the residence Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Burial was at Memorial Park. A total of 566,702,00 kilowatt-hours of electricity was generated during September in Illinois. The utility plants of only three states showed greater production. A total of 11,011 corn picking machines was operated in Illinois during the 1928 harvest-about one for each 20 farms. ' DAVm G. BARRY Established in. 19!0 806-810 GROVE ST. · · · · · - · Private Parking Space Phones: University 5712 Greenleaf 2300 The Largest Exclusive Carpet, RUIJ and Linoleum Store North of the 11Loop" Easy to Re~ulate Another Ad'J'antage of Genuine Quick response to draft control-whether the day be mild or extremely cold you are assured an even temperature. Smokeless-Sootless-Few Ashes. University of Illinois tests show the ,actual heating value of by-product coke to be lllhS greater than hard coal. And furthermore it costs much less. Phone your dealer today -~ ""· Skokie Vallev Coal Co., Obse~es 2nd Birthday The Skoki~ Valley Coal and Mate· rial company, located on west Lake avenue adjacent on the west to the Northwestern railroad freight line right-of-way and operated by Marc'..ls Mick, celebrates its second anniversary December 1. The Skokie Valley company was the first industry to locate alonJI the railroad right-of-wav at the west extremity of the village. The concern ha::: enioved a phenomenal succes5 under Mr. Mick's supervision. ~ington hotel. formerly of Kenilworth , GUARANTEED We demonattate to your atisfacrion chat It 18 to your advantage to heat your home widl this fuel, or it ie removed at our apeo1e and your 1D0DeJ refunded. t FREE SERVICE Our Service Man is in your neighborhood every day; phoQe ue and he will call and inspect your heating plant, advise the correct size coke to Ule and the beec method for operating your heatio& plant. EdJnger & Sons, Wllmettt", 111.-Phone Wilmette tU Kutten Brothers, 111 Main St., Wilmette, Ill-Phone Wilmette 1 Wilmette Coal .t Building Material Yard, 1101 Lake Ave., Wllmt>tte. 111.-Phnn,. Wflmatt,. .t~tnn ... Mrs. Frank Cheeseman of the Or- has returned from the east where she was called because of the death of her mother:.