WILMETTE CHILD INJURES EYE LIFE ' May 3, 1929 Fire Destroys AI New Arrivals In ·Correct Shoes for Dress and Sports Whitaker Baer, five year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Whitaker Baer, 712 Virginia avenue, K~nilworth, retu·r ned to his home from the Evanston hospital ' Monday, where he had been taken two weeks previous following a painful injury to his right eye. A scissors with which Whitaker was cutting the string around a Sunday paper accidentally struck him in the eye. Whjtaker is a kindergarten pupil at the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth. I Charles W. Hot..D With. Bam on Glenview Road Mercer Lumber ~ompantea Bl~ 1 A popular boys' bluchrr laced to the toe. with tough composition sole and rubber heel. · $4.50 Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Foresman 515 Essex road, Kenilworth, left rather unexpectedly, Thursday for Europe. They sailed Saturday from New York direct to Paris where they will meet their youngest daughter, Patty, who has been abroad since January. They expect to PUPILS IN RECITAL spend a week in Paris and then will Miss· Edith Ray Young of Wilmette motor through Switzerland and Eng- will present a group of her pupils at a land vi3iting the gardens. piano recital Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. I. Fisher, 1637 Spencer avenue. CHAIRS TABLES An old barn on Glenview road west of Wilmette belonging to At Blum was gutted by fire Saturday night, April 27 about 9 o'clock. The entire butldin~, which was a concrete and frame structure, was ablaze before the · fire was discovered, and only the framework remained after the bl~ze had spent ~tself. The fire was ~e!teved .to have been of incendiary ongm. Fare Chief Zibble estimated the dam.age at five hundred dollars. The .loss ts C<?vered by insuranc~. The Wilmette Ftre departm~nt recetved anoth.er ca.lf Sfiturday mght wh5e0n4 ap . r'!~bJsh pt e bre at the rear of ratrte avenue ecame uncontrollable. Charles W. Holman, 806 Elm street, Winnetka, has been secured as north shore manager of the fuel dep.artm~nt of the Mercer Lumber compames WJth offices in the Hubbard Woods branch at 85· Glencoe road. Mr. Holman was assistant manager of the service department of the ByProducts Coke company of Chicago fqr five years. He has had an all-round experience in £ue·3 and servicing of all types of heating equipment. He will emphasize servicing as an outstanding feature of his duties with the Mercer interests. ------- · MEN "REIGN SUPREME" It is the annual spring· custom for the s~nior men of Northwestern to "reign supreme" over the campu'3 for the last two months of their college ti.fe by jauntily displaying .their walking sticks. Last week Prestdent Walter Dill Scott was officially presented with a cane by Jus tin Dart, senio! cl~ss president on the steps of Umverstty hall. M~. Dart's engagement has just been announced to Miss Ruth Walgreen a Sophomore. & Renttd for all occaiona BENSCH Pbonea: Wil. 32 Univ. 7317 Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Youngberg, 428 Ninth street, left last Saturday for a motor trip to Canada. They will s~op off at Niagara Falls, and also vJstt I Mrs. Youngberg's sister in Canada. A nry favorite with boys. moccasin toe and flexible rubber sole and heel. Has crept $5.00 Does Your KITCHEN show just how MODERN you are? AKE an inventory. Electrical refrigeration, a modem range, a ventilating fan-these are indispensable ..· and now the · electric dishwasher means still greater efficiency. The really modem woman prizes an immaculate kitchen but is too sensible to let its upkeep take all her time-she lets the CONOVER do dishes for her once a day. She scrapes luncheon and dinner dishes and stacks them in the Conover, she adds the breakfast dishes next morning, turns on the hot water, and starts the motor. In less than fifteen minutes they are all clean, dry and sparkling ·· Afternoons are free for club work and soThe Ccmonr com· in 3 bandy..__ for email ldtcbenaand ~(pic cial functionstured at lift) tM-25; for average evenings can be ldtcbeae (pictured above) $139.50: for large kitchena and email tea·I'OOIDS, enjoyed with the ·185.00. Slicbtly more if 700 para.. family. "IJttle bJ IJttte·. ' Here is a scuff -proof shoe fo~ both boys and girls. The shark..; skin tip posistively won't scuff. $4.50 to $6.50. A beautiful whitt kid one strap pump with dainty Hilo heel. T A dressy Queen Quality model. $7.50 Ladies-here's a real sport shoe in good looking two-tone leathers with flexible crept robber sole and . heel. $6.00 and $6.50 LHvt vour tboea bert lot TH-DH IbM npciring. worlcmt~nahip. Finelt qulit11 m11teri«t., txpttt Puauc SERVICE COMPANY OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS 1141 Central Ave., Wilmette Phone Wit. 2899 The SuiaftJCtory Store II ZJ -Z 5-Z 7 Central Aw. Pboae Wil. 1914 JOSEPH W. KEHOE, District Mo·ofer