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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 26 Oct 1933, p. 5

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1project now in :okie marsh, Mr. of, the work as gt tor ne ima in a tbrî might be Crash." :e of the principal; a-life story wbich 1."Trhe Alaska. Gold It was early this summner when Mr. Roberts-in Alaska to investigate a placer gold, property on the Seward peninsula-was zoomimg in an'à airpiane with three. other passenger s and a pilot, froni Valdez towamrd Fairbanks. Emgine Dms; Roberta Lives Suddenly the engine died when the plane was ýat a 500l-foot altitude. The plane tooka sickening lumch >down- ward-and, sixty seconds later the oc- cupants, drenched with gasoline and' badly jolted. started to drag th etn- selves out of thewreckage, grateful ïn a dazed sort ofway that the>- had not become, human torches following their gasoline bath. None of the persons-in the planc %vas .serious.1y injmred., In fact, Mr Roberts did flot even have his phi-~ losophy jolted, for says he: "I had no time to review my past sins-the ac- cident was so sudden and swif t." After the crash, the parte' pro- çeeded for the emaining 181I miles in a truck arrîving àt Fairbanks at i o'clock in the morning. No lights wveré used at any tume during the' tmuck journey, for Alaska was womk- ing on its 24-hour daylight schedule. (That's' why it's advisable for tourists tto rest their eyes with dark glasses ini Maska). FaiIs to Learn His Le.ueoa Two days after the crash, '-mI. Roberts boardeci another plane at Fairbanks and flew 600 miles down. the Yukon river to Nome. "Nuif said! Except to add. that Mm. Roberts soared for a total of 3,000 miles i 'n Alý.aska, including a haîf houm's extra flyinig on :account of a snowstormn August 25. One of Mr. Robemts' diversions. dur- ing bis 3 ,000 miles alof t, was to watch polar bears defy. the plane. As soon as the ship Would swoop near the bear. the latter would rear up on its lh.ind leg, ad"look t*noLyh" A hiL ere? Y ou askin' Ite October 12,, ai sO o home. Mr. Roberts, Who wais graduated, fromi the Colorado School 0.Mines,, bas been a mining engineer for eight- een years. He is chairman of the camp, committee of- the North Shore. Area council, Boy Scouts of America. His son Dave is aSea Scout, and the otherson, Bill, bas als-o won distinc- tion in Scout work. This summer while M'r. Rbet was in Alaska,, bis wife and famuly were spe nding a delightful .but com-ý paratively unteventful summer at their, camp in northern' Michigan. Corneil, Graif Will, Give Recital Nov. 27 Grace. Cornell and Kurt Graif, in-, ternational dancers, and George Sea- berg, ir!IiUant young concert 'piaist, are to give a benefit recital for Coni- munity Flouse, Winnetka, on Monday evening, November 27, at Community House. Miss Corneil and Mr. Graf were paid glowing tributes by Chica-' go critics when they gave their re- citai at the Chicago Woman's club theater ini the spring. New York and European critics have said enthusias- tically that they are in the front rank of modern interpretative dancers. Observe "Birthda Y of Pioneer Locomotive Ernest H. Meyers of Wilmette, w*hé was in the employ of the Chi- cago and:Nor th Western. railway .for 51 years before retiring, was anlong thity-nine, veterans, who served the railway for more than 50 years apiece befome retiring, invited to the 85th birthday Party of the West's AV11MYELAWE, in IwZUUie A1WU. quotéd ai; statlng, that the Krema, Trucklng c ompany wa, partly owned or.controlled by the Willett people,. 1 deemA t my duty In~ view of My more recent investigation, 'to Corrct the mIstake that -bas been made. «I have -Iriquired from reliable sources and, have InvestIgated this matter further anid 1 find thatý the Krema, TruckIng ceompanv ýis In no ,Way connected with the Willett coIn- pany and that the WilIett company does flot own any stock or have any control whatever of the Krema Trucking conipany.. The. K r e ia. Trucking cornpany .1q an Independent concerný and is. flot under the in- fluene ordiretion f h1Wlt company. ether directly or Indirectly. 'I arn sorry that. the statenient In-' volving the Krema Trucking, con- pany wlth the Willett èompàny bai received such wide. pread publicity and 1 deei it imy dutiy In fairness to you, as principal owner of the Krema TrucklIng company, to do al in>i y pow er to corrtet that is.,take.'* Editor's note: The articles referred to above werte eontained In informia- tion provided by the North Shore Property Owners assoýýciation. Article by 'Miss Packer in Teachers' Magazin e An article by Miss Elizabeth E. Packer, dean of girls at New Trier High school, on "Adjusting Fresh- men to High School" appears in the. October'issue of the Illinois Teacher.l procaur LIVUI uISweU Uy 4NVVV Amer High schQol in its program of pre-, liminamy personal guidance for grad- nates of the grammar scbools in Wil- mette, Kenilworh, Winnetka, and Glencoe about te* enter Nem- Trier, as freshmnen.. ENTERTAIN FOR GUESTS Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Hinze, 715 Ashland avenue, gave a dinner bridge for sixteen last night ini hûtor of. their house guests Mr. and Mrs. D ---------T A large. colored map served as an aid to .the audience in visualizing the different phases, of the operations, such as ditches, *dykes, dams, lagoons,, flood plains and forest plantings. He explaineèd that'large areas we re to be perrnanently under ten* feet of water, thus affording a depth su fficient to prevent, the- ranik growvth of grass and other obstructing vegetation, provid- ing for the propagation and preser- vation of fish and other aquatic life, and to- permrit. boating. A bridie 'and hiking path is a fee.ure which the speaker emnphasized,.ýýexpressing the hope that manyvisitors would-ise it, espeçially for hiking purposes, adding that the best way to see any land- scape is, on foot. * Coîtrol Flood .Waters A technical description of the man- fier' in which flood waters are to be controlled was. give~n by the speaker, and this inchided plans for mosqtiito abatement. Widening. of the--riv4er bed south of the Skokie to 100 feet is a part of the project, he said, and this work is ta- be carried on throughout the coming winter. Mr. Sauers also described in detail. the makeup of' the conservation corps, its government and discipline. Housing and feeding, he said, is in direct charge of the army division of the federal government, while the actual work and' its directioni comes under the Forest Preserve district. He spoke very highly of the men ini the five camps, and added. that the officers in charge were always glad to greet and welcome visitors. At the closé of bis address Mr. Sauersvolunteered to answer ques- tionisfrom the audience, and the ensuing forumn brought .many other interesting f eatures, or mlore,,con- plete. explanation. of certain détails. HALLOWE'EN PARTY Quimette Council No. 922 of the Knights of Columbus will bave a Ica wasappr of ýthe. tilT than 70. Bi with' lead property. about that ut hée aimost got "stung" wben he was on a gold H-e'll tel bis friends more if 'tbey asic him urgently. Mr. Roberts arrived home. Your expressions, whether of ap- proval or criticism, are always welcome. Do not. hesitate to cali or write. I -...;Ia-..J Mrs. Jay A. Colvin, 116 Robsart' road, Kenilworth, entertained ber JMondaày club at luncheon, October 23. esewing club ëf: Zwanston and .north shore girls it Wednesd*y of this week at the Moaiane ho1felin Highland Park, with Mrs'. Earl Fox of jighland. Park as hostes s; Îler LVbU in rs is ini super-

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