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WILMETTE LIFE December 20, 1929 Legion Auxiliary Has Busy Program of Yule Activity Members of the Wilmette Post No. 46 Legion Auxiliary are enthusiastic over plans ·for this year's Christmas work for the hospitalized ex-service men of the state. Aside from a check with which to purchase gifts for the children in the or~hanage at Normal, Ill., and anotha to the special Department fund which provides a sweater for every man in the hospitals, the unit has interesting projects of its own which have kept its members busy for several weeks. In co-operation with the Legionnaires, the auxiliary will participate in three holiday parties at Great Lakes and North Chicago. Two of these are district projects, to which the Wilmette unit will contribute one thousand home made cookies. The North Chicago party is planned for December 21, and the Great Lakes event for December .23. The regular bi-monthly party is to be held December 30. Mrs. George Leal~ with her committee, acts for the un!t in planning these evening parties. Under the direction of Mrs. Randolph McCandlish, the members will make their own ward happy by assembling with their children in the ward on the afternoon of December 24, when tht~ y will decorate the tree and distribute gifts to the patients. A bathrobe, to be the property of the ward, has been made for each man, and utility bags, each containing ten gifts donated by members and friends of the unit, wtli be the personal gifts to the men. Dr. Beatrice Hawkins is pre sident of the local Auxiliary unit. -and NOW lS · the ttme to buy · Pick Nominees for 1930 Credit Bureau Offices This Week Ballots listing the names of ten candidate s for directorial positions in the \Vilmettc Credit Men's association for 1930 will be mailed to members of that organization soon, and the new directors will be announced as soon as the ballots have been returned and the votes counted. The ten men whose names appear on the ballot are: C. T. Fishleigh, John Hoffman, Dominic Pagliarulo, A. C. Pearson, Paul Randlev, C. E. Renneckar, Louis Redke. C. L. Rogers, William Taylor, and Art Van Deusen. The four nominees receiving the highest number of votes will automatically become directors of the Credit Men's a ssociation for a two year term, wh!le the one receiving the fifth highest number of votes will be elected director for a one vear term. Nominations for the directorial positions were made bv the present board of directors, consisting of A. C. Pearson, Dominic Pagliarulo, Lloyd Hollister, Paul Rensch, and }. K. Hughes. The terms of Mr. Pearson and Mr. Pagliarulo expire at the end of this month. The three other directors, who were elected last year for a two year term, hold over. When the new board of direttors convenes for its first meeting a pre:ddent, vice president, and treasurer for the coming year will be chosen. Miss Mary Elizabeth Townsend., who is attending school at Briarcliff. N. Y., arrived December 19, to spend. the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Townsend, 1337 Ashland avenue. A very unusual real estate condition, plus the recent stock market crash, is forcing many north. shore home owners to· sacrifice their holdings for immediate cash. Want ads," clipped from last week's WILMETTE LIFE_, WINNETKA TALK and GLENCOE NEWS, reveal some of the unusual opportunities now awaiting the prospective home purchaser. The following 41 -a- Look to the want ads · in this paper as your guide to the ~~best buys.,, Frank Knoop, youngest son of \{r. and Mrs. Walter A. Knoop, 221 Warwick road, Kenilworth is confined to his home with chicken-pox. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stevens, ~30 Abbottsford road., Kenilworth entertained a few friends at tea at their home last Sunday evening. -o-