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WI LM ETT · E VOL. XVIII. NO. 14 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS PubZl3hed. weekZ11 bJI Lloyd. Bolll3ter lno., 1ZJZ-1ZJ6 Central Ave., Wilmette, IZHnola. Bntered as second. class matter Jlar,ch JJ, 19Z4, at the post of/ke at Wilmette, Imnoia, under the Act of March J, 1119. 8ubacnpti0ft. price sz.oo a year. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 27, 1929 Install C. of C. DR. G. c. STEWART AT I Officers Jan. 6; SUNDAY EVENING CLUB ,_._!V_ew_Y_ea_r_M_e_ss_ag_e__, Famous Rector of St. Luke's Church, Evanston, to Give New Year Message Dr. George Craig Stewart, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, Evanston 1 . will deliver an address appropriate to the New Year season at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club December 29. Dr. Stewart was given the degree of Doctor of Letters by Kenyon colle~e in 1914. Northwestern university, of which he is a graduate and · a member of the board of trustees, conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1917. He is a member of the national council of the Episcopal church a11d of the Chicago diocesan council. He was one of the seven Episcopal delegates to the world council of faith and order in Lausat1ne, Switzerland, in 1927. Dr. Stewart was secretary of the Episcopal war commission and was the chaplain of Evacuation hospital No. 6 of the A. E. F. Dr. Stewart has been rector of St. Luke's church for twenty-five years. He is always a favorite speaker with Wilmette Sunday Evening club audiences. Joel Lay will be the soloist next Sunda y evening. Special Program POSTOFFICE HANDLES HOUDAY MAIL ON TIME Sixty-NtinRe Extr.a E~ployTes Au·g~ men . egu1 ars m. ransmitting Heavy Rush The largest Christmas .business in the history of the Wilmette postoffice was reported this week by Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz after a preliminary checkup. Some idea of the enormous Christnas business done at the local office this year may be gleaned from the fact that Postmaster Shantz used sixty-nine extra employes during the Christmas rush, whereas the regular force num .. bers only twenty-five. As many as 3,8,000 two-cent stamps were sold in one dav. Five 3-ton trucks were used to de.liver parcel post. Ordinarily only one truck of three-eights of a ton capacity is used. Deliveries on Schedule In spite of the big snowstorms last week which dela,yed incoming mail, and regardless of adverse weather conditions, the Wilmette postoffice made the regular deliveries. All parcel post and fir st class mail that would have been clr.liverecl on an ordinary day was deliverr d on schedule time. This could not have been done without the splendid cooperation of the regular and. substitute employes, who worked from 10 to 19 hours daily, Postma-ster Shantz states. The incoming mail this year was the largest in the history of the office. On Sunday, December 22, 360 bags of parcel post were received, all of which were delivered on the same day. 'fhe postoffice was open for regular business all day last Sunday from 9 o'clock in the morning to 5 o'clock in the afternoon for the first time in the history of the office. Get Fine Cooperation Outgoing mail was likewise unusually heavy during th e pre-Christmas season this year. On December 19 a total of 43,198 pieces of first class mail were dispatched. The following day 52,575 pieces were dispatched, and the peak was reached on December 21, when the total was 58,198. Total figures for outgoing first class mail on December 22 and December 23 were 38,123 and 45,192 respectively. Patrons of the Wilmette postoffice have been praised by Postmaster Shantz for paying attention to the "mail early" warnings. Many parcels were being mailed out as early as December 1, and the cooperation of the public in this matter relieved somewhat the rush and hard work which is experienced by postal employees at this season of the year. j J. E. \Vorthen, who was recently elected president of the Wilmette Chamber of. Commerce for 1930, and the other new officers and directors of the organization will be installed Monday night, January 6, when the next meeting of the Chamber is to be held at the Wilmette Masonic temple . D. E. Allen, Jr. will serve as vicepresident of the organization during 1930. Dan G. Stiles will be treasurer. Directors for the coming year are E. E. Griffis, R. M. Johnston, Leo Mickel, A. E. Nord, John Schneider, Art Van Deusen, Marcus· Mick, Carl C. Renneckar, and Paul Reilsch. . One of the interesting · features of the program planned for the installation will be a talk by Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz on his war experiences. Mr. Shantz, a captain of in fantry, was awarded a Distinguished Service Cross. A quart et from the North Shore line railroad will 'also be on hand to entertain. (Matzene Photo) Kin of W. C. Shurtleffs in Gift to M. E. Church A gift of equipment for the inner chancel at the new Wilmette Parish Methodist church, now in course of construction, was announced this week by Dr. Horace G. Smith , mini ster of the church. The gift is from the children of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wilford C. Shurtleff who were deeply devoted to the interests of the church. The donors are Mrs. Munroe Cole of Winnetka, Mrs. John Campbell of Wilmette, Howard F. Shurtleff of Wheaton, and Mrs. Dean Klahr of Erie, Pa. Dr. George Craig Stewart, rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church, Evanston, will be the speakerA t the Wilmette Evanston Pastor to Speak Sunday Evening club December 29 at which time he will give a message apat Optimist-Rotary Meeting propriate to the New Year season. Dr. The Rev. E. G. Pearson, minister Stewart is welt kno·wn to Sunday club of the Immanual Methodisf church of audiences whom he has add.res sed on Evanston is to be the speaker at a several occasions. joint me ~ ting of the Wilmette Optimist and Rotary clubs in the Shawnee Country club Tuesday noon, December Judge Hill to Lecture 31. The meeting marks the regular on Christian Science weekly luncheon hour for the Optimist club which has invited the Rotarians The First Church of Christ, Sciento be -its guests. Mr. Pearson was a tist, in \Vilmette announces a free lecdelegate to the Rotary International ture on Christian Science by Judge convention at Ostend, Belgium, a few Frederick C. Hill C. S., of Clinton, Il.t., Friday evening;,. Janluaryr, 3, at years ago. 8 o'clock. Judge Hill is a. member of the hoard of lectureship of The Mother Clear Streets of Snow; Church, The First Church of Christ,· 4 Trucks Haul It Away Scientist, in Boston, Mass. The department of public works has been kept busy the past week and a ENTERTAIN FOR VISITORS half removing snow from the sidewalks A number of luncheons and teas have and streets of the village. In spite of been given this past week in honor the 14-inch snow of last week and a of the Misses Elliott of Ithaca, N. Y., few inches more early this week the who are guests of Mrs. J. C. Carpenter, streets have been kept open and traffic Essex road, Kenilworth, in honor of has not been ·seriously delayed. Three Mrs. Howe, mother of Mrs. Tom Dix caterpillar tractors with snowplow at- on Oxford road, and Mrs. Hunter, tachments, four big trucks, and. a force moth er of Mrs. E. John Hicks of Melof twenty men have been at work re- rose avenue. Among these affairs were moving the snow. the luncheon given by Mrs. B. C. Hawkes at her home in Kenilworth which was followed by bridge and sewConcordia College Glee ing, and. the tea given by Mrs. John Singers Here January 6 Wilds on Thursday. Mrs. Albert ·Web .. The Concordia college Glee club is ster will be hostess at a tea today in to give a program in the New Trier their honor. High school auditorium Monday evening, January· 6, under the auspices of the Junior Young People's society of A SPECIAL SERVICE St. John's Lutheran church, Wilmette. Miss Electa Austin, organist of St. Application blanks for Illinois John's church, will be the soloist. State Vehicle License plates and free services of a notary public are availHOME FOR VACATION able to motor car owners of the north · With the closing of the Missouri shore without charge at the busin ess Military academy at Mexico, Mo., Deoffices of Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1232 cember 19, Edward A. Kunz, son of Central avenue, Wilmette. Just anMr. and Mrs. E. A. Kunz, of Wilmette, other of the many ways in which has returned home to sp~!nd the ChristWILM~TT~ LIFE serves its readers. mas holidays. DEDICATE WOMAN'S ROOM The Woman's room of the Wilmette Parish Methodist church Community hall is to be formally dedicated Sunday afternoon, December 29, at 5 o'clock. HAVE HOLIDAY GUESTS January Is Reinvestment Month The north shore's leading financial insti· tutions offer in this issue suggestions for your 1930 investments. Mr. and Mrs. Charle' Holg, 250 Laurel avenue, are entertainin~ thirteen house guests, relatives and friends, from River Forest, {)J k Park, and Chicago durm~ the hotida:v~. Amon)! the guests are Mr. and Mrs. Jack Island, Mr and Mrs. E. Hartman, M1ss Rvselle Bohr, who attends Northwestern university, Dr. John Bohr anrl Dr. Don Bohr all of Chicago, and Dr. Louis Young of Taylon·Hh\ Ill. Stoddard J. Small, 411 Maple nue, who is a sophomore at the versity of Chicago, came home Friday evening for the Christmas days. ave .. Uni· last ho~ .,.. :