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Plea to Chest Drive Workers volunteer Soliciaors Aské'd by Chest Leaders fa Make Visits toDonors Promnptly ___ Reports from headquarters of the Commu nity Chest association are that the canvass is. proceeding, quietly, as planned, but with .certain resuits, or lack of them,. that give :rise to a question as to whether that is the kind, of canvass, the villagers reallyý want Work.ers-thisyear arc of the volun-> teer clasýs, ý.recruited without high pressure tactics, relieved of ail so- .called "pep measures;" and without. benefit of s ensational f eatures. ,No, worker was asked to m ake mor e than six cails, thu 's reducing the task to a minimum of effort. In spite of these favorable conditions, say Chest officiais, the canvass is not being. pushed with the anticipated speed. *Reports are coming in slowly, show- ing that màny who volunteered are. not doing their job as expeditiously as the plan pr4vided. It istherefore' work get at it without a moment's delay. and report ba.ck to the Chest School News on page 16 'Remove Tracks on, Greein.leaf.'ý ,Plea to Board A committee of, residents on. Greenleaf aven ue .appeared before the village board Tuésday night seek- Lecturer ing the 'cooperation of the board in secuing emovl ofthetracks of Aletander Woollcott. regarded the Chicàgo, North Shore, and -Mil- -geteraU-'1-Y-asthe. moe1t -ep%1etr waukee eetri* ine from t4hat thor-~ speaker of the day in Arnerica, ýouErhfare. *will present his lecture "Folklore" E. J. Appleton, 711 Greenleaf ave- in Skokie school auditori u Y, Wi- nue, spokesman for the group. netlca, Wednesday evenfing, Octo- opened the subjeet in a manner that ber 26, at 8:15 o'clock. aroused the ire of the president and - trustees, who, however, patiently ex- Mr. Woollcott appears under the plained the situation and sought to auspices of the Graduate Teachers show that they were interested in coilege 'of Winnetka, thelecture will helping toward a solution of the be in the nature of a benefit for the problem. college's scholarship fund. It is the Amding other. things, Mr. Appleton first of a series to be given by out- charged that he and others had1 Down Project for Grade Sepa ration Citizens by 2 toô -1Malority Ballot Against Removig Railw..y-Tracks From.Surfaceý Returns: frorn- the post card refer- enclun, -as given out by the Vil- lageé board, indicate an overwheln-. ing. opposition to the 'proposition of. bonding. the village for $570,0W to defray its portion of the cost of grade séparation.' U p to noon Wednesday 1,295 -of the 3,500 Post card ballots sent out had been returned, the tabulation stand- ing as follows: Fo, 440, or 34 per cent. Against, 855, or 66 per cent. As a resuit of the unfavorable vote, there seems no posslbility that the tracks of the Chicago, North, Shore and Milwaukee elec-tric e and the Chicago and North Western steam railroad wlll be disturbed in the immédiate future, or that the tracks of the electric line will be removed from Greenleaf avenue for some time to corne. as .promptly as~ desired, and are. thus delaying çompletion of the campaigti. It. is earnestly. urged by those in charge that the letters of solicita- tion be answered promptly. Returns so far indicate that the' budget will not be reachied- unless' there is a more liberal r-esponse on the part of villagers. Local charity and welfare organizations advise that the demand upoxi their resources wifl be greatly încreased this winter, and it is therefore imperative that the the years tnat ne was,.roadcasting. over a national netwovrk he Nvas known as the "Town Crier" and more 1 currexntly as the compiler of -While Rome. Burns" and the Woollcottý.' Readers. Announcement was made this week, that, inasmuch as there are no re- served seats, ini the event the house is flot sold out at 8 o'clock Wednes- *day evening, persons flot having during rush and less busy hour.s, the speed ranging fromn 14 to 24 miles per hour. After the discussion had proceeded for an hour or more, President Kin- ne brou ght it to a close with the suggestion~ that the -group await the result of the post card referendumn on grade sep aration and further con- ferences with the receiver for the railroad. adding that it xight be well for the committee's spokesman jucigment as to the acivisability of entering-upon the grade separation program at titis tirne, and that it was not at ail concerned ini "selling» the community on the proposition. It' was explained that the applica- tion for a federal grant and loan for the project was made at this tirne because of an act of'congress whicb stipulated that such applica- tions mnust be filed prior to Oct. 1. The action of the board in holding We would appreciatey~our help. -J. A. A. Note: Economy Shop is conducted .by the Woman's Club of Wilmette. Proceeds are directed to philanthropie purposés. , of Jansson 1 who wilI be celeb ding anniverSary. their Just 89 cents and the coupon Iappearlng li an advertisernent in this issue secures your copy. - 1 i l