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WILMETTE LIFE SEW FOR HOSPITAL March 12, 1926 GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY Telephone Company Employes Wear Buttons Signifying Fifty Years of Service WINNETKA BUILDING NEWS Vol. I Winnetka, Ill. No. 8 ~~ r. B. P. Kiefer is plastering Mr. Glase-r·~ new home in Glenco~, we arc furnishing Centerville cement pla!-oter and wa~hcd plastering sand to b used ior this work. It only takes a wedding To mak~ a feller learnIlc thought that she was his'n, But found that he wa . her'n . \ Y c have ju t received a shipment couple of oi Di xie F ir e Kindlers. This new an automobile leading a inn·ntion is a mixture- of ground horse behind. We felt sorry for pine knots and pitch put up in brickthe horse. ett form. 1 dozen in a carton. and is indi:-.pen:-ahk for lighting , fire s in ~f r. R. E. Cro~hy is 110\\. putting grates, also for motorists. campers, the fi 11 i:-h i ng touches on the E ,·an s or any time when a fire is needed·. job at Sct>tt and Greenwood aYeFurther in formation may be had n_ uc- . . ·All lumber and millwork behy calling \Vinnetka 734: ing ftirnished by the \\~ innctka CoalLulllher company. The old overcoat must stick v,:ith · us a little while longer. "To t~ll how many pi~ct~ of macaroni on your plate." explains R. H. ~·trandherg Bros. are pr(lgressing Schell. "count the ends and divide by t\YO." rapidly with the concre-te work on Glencoe's ne\\. school building. ReMr. H. Edmund Scheerer has re- inforced floors going in for which ce ntly moved into h is new home at we are furnishing Universal Port250 P oplar st. T h is \>vas built bv Josep h Wolf, who is now working land Cement. I on another beau tiful home at 615 \\ · e k no\\ :-c H'r;il men 111 Hill road. Creo-Dipt shingles bein~ u sed. our most popul ar stained shin- commnnit~ whose Y ~b and g le. buckle . don't meet. this htlt lliuurtltu atnul -i£umbtr Qtn. 823 Spruce Street Employes of the Illinois Bell Tele phone company and telephone workers g~nerally throughout the shte and the l~nited States are celebrating the compll'tion of fifty years of the telephone . This week all telephone employes are Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Webb have \\·caring a button in honor of the annireturned to their home on Hibbard versary. road after an extended stay in Biloxi, It was on ~1arch 10. 1875, that Alex~,fiss. ander Craham Bell. inn:- ntor of the tel -o, ephone. ~poke in to the crude telephonr Mrs. Clayton Burch, 163 Abingdon in . trumynt -in Boston the sentenc(:: avenue, entertained at supper and "\f r. \\a bon. rome lH"r<:: T "ant you . This " ·as heard ln· , bridge Saturday evening. · Tlwma" :\. \Vat . . on. his assistant. \Yho was s tationed at an other telephone in an adjoining room . i This " ·as the firs t complete sentrncr eYer transmitted hy telephone. The' !two telephones tlS{'d in that conYer-.a tion ha\'t' increased m:til toda~: then· are near IY 17.000.000 1T1 use tn t hcVnited States and about 15,()()(),000 in all (Jther cmmtric-s cc,mhinc-(1. The telt: nhnnf· indtt-.t n · rtpn· . . ent" mor<: t ha 11 j~3.000,000.noo in :,."'lrn~ll'rh · value. 1'hC' teJt.nhonL· \\·;, . . introdnrt'd in lllinoi . about otw Yt·ar aitc·r the p(·rft·ct<·d in . truments "· e~t' exhil,it('d ;,t the Cen tennial Exposition . The fir-.t excham!f· service hegan ahout one- year late . Tn Illinois there- ;,rc- no"· more- than on{' and a half million telephonC' . . Tnclurl inl! tl11· ··t"nlr,,·t· ' ,.; l;tr<rf· lll"!lll; ~,ctll r i n f! l'-.. t rt h 1i . . h 111 t ·n t ... 1n r ~~~ t · d in Til in (I i.; . there arC' mnr(' th:1n 70.000 teiC'Jdl(tJ1t · worker!' in this state alone. r·o;,,.:rlt ·nt ,,·ith th·· cekhr:1tinn. hr rr ·nl·'aTl' . -,nnr~nn· · ··rl ;h -,t it had in-..tall C'cl thC' ROO.OOOth t_elenhone in C'hicagn I an(l thr 200.000th in tl1e C'hiraQ'o Suhnrj h~n Division. · Friday. March 19, is the next occasio{l o f t h e a U-day sewin g m eet ing held for all women of the village who a re interested , by the philant hrupy departme n t of the Woman's club oi Wilmette at the clubhou e from 10 o'clock in the morning until late afternoon, with a luncheon served at 12:30 o'clock. The women arc at " ·ork this month on garments for Cook County hospital. , l · Winnetka 7 34 I : LEASE WILMETTE HOME T bat we know how to serve is best determined by the many whom we have served \fr. ancl \frc; . Rnhnd r. \fillf'n \\· h n no\\· rec;iclr in F.Yan . . tnn will mm·c· t0 \\?ilmette ~fav 1. haYitH! rent(·d the nroperty locateci at 11S ' xinth ~tr<'et . The leas(' wac; neQ'0tiat{·d 1hrough the· \Vilmette offirr of the- E. E. Stultc: Realty company, 424 Linden avenue. ~41 Temnl<· · \fr ;l\Hl \fr . . . Thom ·,, \f:l1hi<' nn , ,; a,·enttC'. KC'nilworth. an nounce th<' hirth of a son. Thom:J.c; Mathieson. Jr .. Mondav. ~farch R :1.t . the Evanston hospital. · I -o- UNDERTAKER Our Sitnple Creed To strive constantly to establish ourselves high in the estimation of those requiring our service To perform our tasks in such a way as to lighten the burden of sorrow that the bereaved must bear. Bradlc-<' Pruden retttrll<'(l frctm he · the Univer. ity of Tllinois to snend the· past week-e-nd with his fatlwr an( mother. Mr. and ~f rs. H. R. Prud<' n . of 631 Central avenue. Thc sewing- club mrt ~f 0nd;l\· io·lu ncheon at the home of 1-.f rs. (hark 11. Holmes, 220 Wa rwick road. -o- MONDAY AND TUESDAY March 15th Cc 16th, 2p.m. EACH DAY AT OUR SALESROOMS AUCTION REMOVAL SALE We are moving to a new location our entire Our Litnousine Hearse Its beauty, simplicity and quiet elegance. together with the entire absence of depressing and sombre atmosphere has made a tremendous appeal to the discriminating public. We have served in our profession and have lived on the North Shore 19 years. 62.4·630 South Wabash Avenue 1124 Central Ave., Wilmette Phone Wilmette 654 sto.ck. of Antique a~d Mode':~' Furniture, Oriental Rugs, Pamtmgs, Engravmgs, Bnc-a-Brac, Vases Bronzes Marbles, China, Glassware, Ornaments, Dra~ries Solid Silver, Curios, everything to be sold absoluteiy. Dealers invited. $500,000.00 · WILLIAMS, BARKER & SEVERN CO. ---" AUCTIONE:ERS