Illinois News Index

Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Dec 1936, p. 3

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SUNDAY. EVE CLUB The annual Christmas Eve Midnight service in tihe Church of the Holy Comforter, Kenilworth, will beat,10:45 this (Thutrsday) evening.gin Slim Williamrs, Famous Wolf:During the fifteen minutes, precedDog Musher, to' Lecture on ing the servicethé vhurch.will be in "Alaska, Our Last Fronier" candle. hght and the choir will sing. carols in the.choiir9rom. The service will be sung, by. the vord-famoulqAlaskan WolfThe members of the boys' and girls' sixty dog musher, _Slim Williams,,will'speak choirs, as a unit. be-. on "Alaska, Our Last rrontier" .A new festive chasuble will be Worn fore theNew Trier Sunday Eenn the first time, having; been given for club December 27, at 7 :45 o'clôck in. for this service as a memorial. New Trier flzh, school auditorium. The Rev. Leland H. Danforth, recHe, bas spent 32 years in Alaska, go- tor of the parishi will preach a short -ing in as a pioneer, miner. big gm sermon, on the ýtheme, "The Glow of.ý hunter, and trapper. He. bas carried the First Christmnastide." mail .and mushed, dog-teams andexAt 10:30 o'clock Christmas morning perienced every adventure that can there wiIl be a plain celebration of come to one in the northern wilder- the Holy Communion for those unPicturesqueigure Like a character out of a book by jack London. Slîm Williams is picturesque and colorful, as rugçged ai the couîntry where he bas spent his life. Wlhen A Century of Progress exposition opened in Chicago in 1933, the Alaskan commercial interests sent Slimn Williamis to it via dog-tean. 'He The pre-Christmas treasure hunt covered 5.600 miles between Copper by the Wilmette Chamber Washington, and sponsored Center. Alaska. D. C., in order to dramatize the ne- of Commerce ended' at midnight Sat.- As Applying to Bicycles Globe Theater Players9 S Coiîng to New Trierý The New Trier Sunday EVening club will. present the- Globe Trheater Playrers in January. The comnpany. played in Chicago for A Century of "Progress,ý and since then has appeared at bothý the, San Diego,, Cal.,,, and Dallas, Texas, expositions. They are. returning for a short tour in .Chicago and will be at New Trier, january 13 and 14, giving twyo matinee and two evening. performances each day. . "Hamilet"' is billed for, one night, and two short plays, the 111 titles to be announced later, w Ie .prsente4 the other night. Thirty-four players make up the casts of this famous company. Saf ety -CôMMi t teée Makes Recommuendations te Village Board; Action Expected. Name Winners Special of Awards in Announce Christmas Services Treasure Hunt at St. John's Church the Wilmette. Traffic and Safety committee, of iwhich G. W. Barton,, 1612 Forest avenue, is ýchairmnan, met Monday evening to .discuss the problem of bicycle control, and to -make suc h recomendaions as it mliht determine to the Village board., There appèared'.before the comnmittee Chief of,.Police Cloyd C. mcGuire, who had previously submitted plans. for- the solution Of the problem. These Were. taken' up point, by point and ôfficially passed upon. Most important was the proposition ébicycle tMlÎiÉ to te sideto confine ,walks, thie outside 18 inches of which are. to be designated as a "bicycle path," and to be marked with à painted line in the commercial areas and the vicinity ofschools. Racks or painted areas were recommended in favorable spots in the commer cial areas, where bicycles may Tliree special services in observbe parked. These are to be. placed 111 ance of the Christmas festival w l be at the outer edge of the sidewalk, The purte +1iae uh .line. Mu i miles.. were through fromen, uncharted Interviews President N\Vlejii Slim N\Va si nigtofl sih WiTlliams arrived in is wýolf-dIogs, he mrâs received withi distinction IbY the hiigihcst officals of tlhe canital, beforel w-boni be laid thec plan of the.Internationail Association of Alas ka afid the Yukoni for a national highway to Alaska.. Presidelit Roosevelt gave At the road.. him several interviews oectfoulnd World's Fair 'Mrs.. present the story ot the Natlvlty. in iage board pass an . oui uuance r i Christmias carols and recitations. A quiring registered. be bicycles that aIl slngthe be will service the of featuire. Ridge ý 1006 Scheuber, l nd-Betty at the Village hall, and thàt they be ing of the Christmas cantata. "Aid equipped with a warning signal, headroad.. to Pass," by the Sunday liglit and rear reflector. 3rd-Mrs. Susan Blaha, 106, Fourth It Cam school and choir. street. Mr. Barton paid high compliment ea ayteew bita O 4ti-Mrlis. J. Prochinnw, 106 Fourthi a Village officials on the manner in -t street.OnCrsmsDyteewl o'clock. :30 6 at service mnorning early abrasives are spread on the road. which .th-Helen Janaes, 715 Ridge Gockel, streets wbien coated with ice. He H. J. Rev. the paslor, The Ridge 715 Janaes,. Cti-Certruide will base bis Christmas message on stated that "ice control" is better road. "Unto u the prophecy of Isaiah,: Ridg, 521 White, in Wilmette tlian in, most H. 7th-George Child is borri, tinto us a Son is given." exercised lst-Lavern Schneider, 1813 Ridge road. Iick, 24à 3VViitnete ANNUAL D.ANCE The Tenth District Young Men's club held its annual members' dance last Saturday eveninz at the Shawnee Country club With 125 couples In attendance., The music was sup-y Vn' oc'Islà.Chicago, plid M. Becker, 2031 Lake avenue. group -of ladies sponsored the party. Thle money wilI be us, purchase additional equipmen the Health Center, now located Ridge road, and. afiliated wili Tuberculosisinstitute., veuean Miss Baker will receive at the tea for 905 with Mrs. Allan Melicbar. of Riverthe side, .who is the new.president of the . Aluimnae association. to Chist LPild." 2034 Chestnut avenue ment fire, wthh minor Lorin Bower home, avenue, on Sunday.

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