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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Feb 1935, 4B

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front the Seventh Senatorial. district . Mrs. Van der Vries, who returned from Springfield Wednesday evenisi of last week, said the legislature had been meeting only two days a week until. the selection1 of1 th e various standin g committees had bée en completed. That work bas just been finished, however, 'and now. that thi' stage for action, is aIl set, moreý timie is to- be devoted to the disposai of the voluminous amouint of pendingbusi- ness. ou Important Committeet Selection of the various committees *as ,uade'by Speaker John P. Devine and the m ajority and minority House leaders. The seven important- com- mittees, on- which Representative Van der Vries is given membership. follow: Charits and correction, civil ser- vice, education, efficiency and ec on- omy, municipalities, senatorial ap- portionment and visiting educational institutions. Wants Women on Juries The first bill to be introduced by Representative Van der Vries is one to permit women to serve on juries, *It went in week before lait, but, un- like a similar measure passed in 1929,. does not carry a referendum clause. The General Assembly, in 1929. Ciinili provîiçon. Governor Henry Horner, in .hii ré,- Cent message, declared that women sbould be entitled to serve on juries, and the bill whicb Representative Van der Vries introduces is, without the refèrendum provision, and is sqaid to have. the bat endorsement of the Goverpior. Puakea School Legjs1ation Bernice T.- Vau der Vri.s 1935, and upon which some doubt was thrown by a decision by the Supreme court, which made the bill inef ective. The other bill introduced by the for Edwin H-. Colegrove Edwin H. Colegrove, 1227 Ashland avenue, died suddenly of a heart at- tack in bis office in the loop about I11:30 o'clock ast Friday morning. at the age of 66 years. Services were beld Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock atý Scott's funeral home. -Surviving NMr.:Colegrove are bis to the Utyoaga' Camp vire group. Tlhat is the combined nieaning of: on thé nortb shore of Lake Mich-. :gan, and a body of -personls forming, a ,single fellowship. After a, debate of various topics, the- president ad- journed the meeting. -Valerie Mdains.- The WeIcealéafi la Camp Fire Girls *id not have a regular meetiniglast Friday. Instead they swam at the Shawnee Country club and Went to zhe home ofý Doris Sauvage, 510 Lake avenue, for refreshments. The ne'xt meeting will be beld in another .Week. Sears School Gridders Awaiting Letter Awardis Boys at the josepIt Sears, school iii Kenilworth wbo won football letters last f ail are looking forward to the auoual iatber4n-son banquet. to be, held on February 22, when the letters are to be awarded. The banquet is sponsored annually by the Kenilworth club. WaIly Cruice and AI Lind, newly elected co-captains of the Northwestern university football team last fail, will be present at the banquet, Robert W. Townley, director ,of physical educa- tion at joseph Sears, said this week. M~rs. George D. Jon es, 318 Oxford road, Kenilworth, was hostess at a Sunday night iiupper on February '3 in honor of hier brother-in-law, Frank Philo, of Hermosa Beach, Caif., who with his son, Charles, spen-t last week-end at the Jones' hom,-e. Mr. and Mrs. Carey Orr, 225 Wood- bine avenue, entertained the WNood- bine avenue dinner bridge club last Monday. L FIRST WEST Shawnee club teanms wbich started last year.' Those wbo saw the meet last year had thrilis aplenty, and since the Shawnee team won and Chicago U. demonstratel its rigbt to the Big Ten Conference champion- ship. in water polo by defeatinig Shawnee- by 'one goal, everytbing is "#even-Stevren" just now., This year Chicago bas a stronger swimming teamf than Iast,, ,and a. better balanced team ail the way through.* As usual it is very strong in the *breast stroke' events, baving a runner-up. to the Conference -cham- pion in the person of Captain Dwyer. This strengtb, is. due mainly to the ~,ddition of Sophomore swimmers who were former state or initer- scholastic titie bolders.,Chlicago also bas ,t wo Ali-Confere.nce water, polo players on the team and wilI give a splendid démonstration of the game. Dental Creçlit Group .Holds Business Meet The Kenilworth, Winnetka, and Glencoe chapters of the Illinois Den- tal Crédit association held a joint meeting Monday evening.. Dinner at the Cbimneys Tea room was followed. by a business meeting. It is ,planned.- to make this a regular monithly event. FRACTURES ANKLE Mrs. Burt A. Crowe, 231 i Raiei<,,,I road, Kenilworth, fell on the ice last Sunday and broke her ankle. She will be confined to ber home. for at least a , montb. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cul lent 1226 Ashland avenue, left last weéek on a cruise to South America and Cali- fornia by wày of Panama.'Tbey w return hime fromn California by train. SIDE SCHOOL -iic w. s* - -- - - - - --M. -.'a .Atlqua I.Lclb bbc , IJe. O Rcid's sister and family, the Martin ward J. Bradley, and Mr. Bradhey, of H. Bickhams, 429 Ninth street. 155 Prairie avenue. 0 o- Mns. Edmund Schneider, 813 Ridge Mr. and Mrs. Clarke F. Itair, 327 avcSue, wil entertain her SM0 club Foburteenth street, spent last weelc- fiext Tuesday evening. end in Wheaton with relatives. house. T'he picture, tokent about 42 years ago, is of a building th4if stood on the. site of the prescrit Logan school at 1406 Cent rai avenue. Older residents zvill recail thdat nong the pupils attending classes, under the tutelage of a Miss Morbach, zvere W. H. Zibble, Wilrnet te': fire chief; the Ludlowý rhildren, the Herbon boys, some of the Weiss children, the May childre.-, and the. tro Carroll -cildren. This Picture ùus ..ç'npitted by Mir." ibble. t

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