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July 20, 1928 WILMETTE LIFE 19 Donald Bateman, son of· Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Bateman of 725 Michigan avenue, has left Wilmette to be an usher at Franklin Rudolph's wedding which took place yesterday in New York. TO HOLDERS OF Public Forum July 22, 1928. Editor, W II.M~TTIC Lit£: Dear Sir: In view of another fatal accident to a swimmer in a local gravel pit it might be interesting to comm~nt on just why such · accidents are so frequent. In New Trier Township, I believe there have been more accidental drownings in gravel pits than in Lake Michigan. For the past s~veral years the writer has been in the engineering department of a large insurance company and has been incidentally concerned witn the hazards around gravel pits. During the hot summer months the wet pits form an attractive lure with their warm deep water but · strange to say they are as dangerou~ for adults a,; children an.d nearly as bad for expert swimmers as weak ones. Frequently there are deaths by drowning where the water at its deepest spot is not over two or .three feet. Generally .however, the pits are very deep and the shape of the bank below the water level cannot be seen. The swimmer stands up in the water and feels his fe_ et sinking gently into th~ sand or gravel and then in his efforts to free himself starts a miniature a'valanche of sand and gravel around his feet and legs. As it continues it bends his body back and down into the water completely burying him. A rescue by going in after him is very hazardous for the second party may meet the same conditions. The best way is to throw him one end of a rope or plank to hang onto. The same action frequently happens at a drv gravel bank where the workman will be buried and suffocated before he can be dug out. In Waukegan last summer a man was working close to a dry bank about twelve feet high and was caught as described; three men were succe.;sful in extracting- him, hut each of the four suffered a broken left leg which was neare st the bank. The only safe course to pursue i3 never to swim or wade in a sand (If gravel pit whether in operation or not and h,- all means do not allow chilrlren to play around one. As to g-ravel hanks. wet or dr:v. it is never safe to walk near the top edge· or bottom level. The banks begin to get rlans:rerous at · about eif!ht feet and become more so as height and vertical angle mcrease . B. A. Schroeder English Lutheran i D.D. Wilmette, Illlnols SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY 9:45 a. m ................. Sunday School Joseph Johnson Superintendent 11:00 a . m ............. Morning Worship Sermon: "Christ's Compassion." The annual Sunday School and church picnic will be held Friday afternoon and· evening at the Glenview Forest Preserve. The committee on arrangements has planned for the biggest and best picnic that we have ever had. A full program of sports events has been arranged and suitable prizes will be given to those who compete successfully. In the evening the single men and the married men will tie up in a ball game. Every member of the Sunday School and the church and their friends are invited and urged to make this a gala day. No service August 5 in our church. But there will be a mass meeting of Lutheran people at Long lake in the · afternoon. Immediately after Sunday School, the cars will leave the church for Long lake. We will have a picnic lunch at the lake at noon and will join in the mass meeting at 3 p. m.. The Rev. R. E. Golladay, I of Columbus, Ohio, wm address the assembly. It Is planned to make this an annual custom. Those desiring to remain at the lake over night will find ample accommodations at reasonable figure. Have you seen the picnic poster In front of the chapel? It is both clever and comical. Mr. Arthur Stark, of 2008 Isabella street, is the author of this unique poster. He is also chairman of the picnic committee. Our summer attendance Is very gratifying. We have been averaging better than 60 per cent attendance through the summer months. This Is a very creditable showing when compared to the average attendance at other churches in our city. We commend you and at the same time urge you to keep it up through August. The pastor may be gone a couple of Sundays, but there will be a preacher here just the same. Let us keep up the good record this summer. The Luther league had an attendance of 17 last Friday. Since there are only about 20 members, you can see what a fine record that is. Two new members were received into the league, Wm. Winberg and Fred Abbot. Third Liberty Loan Bonds The Treasury offers a new 3~ per cent. 12-15 year Treasury bond in exchange for Third Liberty Loan Bonds. The new bonds will .bear interest from july 16, 1928. Interest .on Third Liberty Loan Bonds surrendered for exchange will be paid in full to Septem~r 15, 1928. Holders should consult their banks at once for further dotails of this offering. THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL 6t6t ALOHA" he Cream :Moulds Pineapple-Banana and }'Jgnut lee Cream Third La1Jerty Loan Bonds mature on September 15, 1928, and will cease to bear interest on that date. Order· Taken for Ftmcy - SNIDER-CAZEL DRUG CO. WILMETTE A. W. MELLON, Secretary of th.e Treasury. Washington, July s. 1928. DID SHE BUY THOSE CLOTHES' · ERE P W. W. Kerr Named Director of National Credit Ass';n Information ,h as ju~t been received in Wilmette of the election of W. Wallace Kerr oi 707 Fores't avenue as a director of the National Credit Men's association, at the convention of the association which was held at Seattle, Wash. Mr. Kerr, who has been a resident of Wilmette for the last twentytwo years, is credit man for the Cable Piano company of Chicago, witb which o nnected for twentyfirm he has been c_ s~ven years. He was elected vice-president of the Chicago Credit Men's association a few months ago. Mrs. Louise Hops has sailed from England and will visit for a while in the east before returning to st'a y with her daughter, Mrs. F. 0. Ebeling of 726 Ninth street. Martha and Alice Ebeling left this week for N eecarnis, :Mich., where they will remain at the camp for a month. -o:Mr. and :M rs. A. ]. Nystrom of 714 Central avenue are spending a week or two at Lac du Flambeau, Wis. They are accompanied by their daughter, Mrs. H. ]. Gary of Wheaton, and their grands~n, Hobart ] ude Gary. ~ B~&~ineu ROMINENT North Shor~ women are seen shopping in Uptown Chicago daily. Compare their published pictures with the offerings of Uptown Chicago shops. The patronage of a round million better..class customers enables these shops to offer these more exclusive things. Reasonably priced, too, you'll find. A tour of this district will convince you. Since we're discussing shopping generally, do you like excellent cheese? Or Bar-le·Duc? Local connoisseurs are making a shrine of a certain Uptown food shop. Others praise a certain dealer's ability.to offer rare bargains in rare rugs. No shoes, say some, compare with those in a bootery here. And so it goes. This is a shops district, you see, unique and worth knowing. Come up, come often, leam the secrets of convenient Uptown Chicago! UPTOWN CHICAGO One of a eeriea of adverdaementt for Uptown ChiCl~JlO apon. eored by the Central Uptown Chicago Auociataon and paid for coop,e ratively by Uptown Chicago'· bu.ineu men. Men-lJptown Ch£. o cago welcomes new bwinases, and is doing more than any otheT Chicago community to cusuf'e the INCCU. of ~ery enter'Pt"ise within the Vptoum Chicago area. We urge~ to int~estigate the possibalitie· lane for IUbltandal...ccea. ~ A~tCVLE ~ u MONTROSE: ~ When :you plan to trcwel, .a\ the Railroad Union Tided Otlice-buy :YOU" ticket, ,.esert~t :YOUr Pullman and ched ygw bagga_1e cu the Uptown S1ii cion.· Phone: I..onabeclch "~ Shopping Center ·~I a Million People