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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 7 Feb 1930, p. 22

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WILMETTE LIFE Febr~tary 7, 1930 American Legion Auxiliary In accordance with the national program of the · Legion Auxiliary, · which stresses Americanism during the ·month of February, Prof. C. Russell Small, who heads the department of foreign languages at New Trier High school, will deliver his lecture on "The Gettysburg Battlefield" at the regular meeting next Monday night. Mr. Small, who is a Princeton graduate, is well known, both because . of the position he holds on the faculty of the school and through tbe creations of his pen. His pageant, "Enlightenment," in which the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of New Trier was commemorated, received very favorable comment throughout the north shore. He is likewise the author of several one-act plays, which have been given by the school of speech at Northwestern university. The lecture to be given here Monday night has become a favorite with the New Trier student body. Mr. Small appears at the invitation of Mrs. John Boddie, program chairman for the year. The meeting will be held at the horne of Mrs. Ernest Gould, 922 Forest avenue, and will begin at 8 o'clock. Arousing Interest in ~ an Anniversary Breakfast Mar. 26 By Cora Reynolds · With ~he many duties incumbent upon maturity, rights of. citizenship iound women facing an added duty, so new to the majority, that an edurational organization such as the League nf Women Voters had to be developt>d. Vvith the sole purpose of giving women of voting age, dependable, non-partisan ;nformation regarding government, and nolitics ·as thev effect government, a group of inteJligen~, far-seeing women gathered together some ten years ago and launched this movement for the education of their sisters. Because of misunderstanding some women have been loathe to take hold of league work, but more each year. realize the mistake they have made and the time they have lost. Because of their great faith in womankind, s\!venteen women in Washington have subscribed $43,000 each year for the . past ten years in order that this r.ioneer work should go on. \Vednesday noon, March 26, in the Palmer House in Chicago, an anniversary breakfast will be served in celebration of this ten years of succes:;ful service to the woman voter. Every interested woman is most cordjally invited and will hear the best of speakers for it will be a gala occasion. In order that the outstanding women of America and Illinois, who have contributed to the enfranchisement of \\ Omen and the political education v.' hich followed, may go down in history, a National Roll of Honor has bten established. Placed on tablets in \Vashingtcn, such names as Susan B. Anthony, Anna Howard Shaw, and Carrie Chapman Catt are of national fame. The names of our own Katherine Hancock Goode and Flora Sylv~s ter Chenev will also be there when we finish o·ur drive for the $1,000 necessary for each name submitted and :~c cepted. At the headquarters in IJlitlOis, name s of particularly outstanding ,~. omen in the state will be similarly placed and the sum of $100 will b·e subscribed. The income from these invested S'lbscriptions will then be available ·for permanent work of this educational value. Every woman is privileged to give at least $1 as an ~xpression of faith and confidence in this very necessary and tar reaching activity, for it is a privilege to be a part of this sincere effort toward uetter government for all of us and cleaner politics throughout this land of opportunity. Mr. and ~rs. John O'Connor, 143 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth, saiJed on the Bremen from New York Saturday; February 1, for a two months' vacation abroad. 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After deducting operating expenses, the net operating revenues are shown to be $12,965,337. During the year 1929 the company gained 21,611 new customers, which raises the total served to 437,928. ServIce, including all classes rendered, is being supplied to 311 communities, as compared with 302 at the close of 1928. The report states that the company's electric service was extended. to twelve additional communities during 1929 and. gas servke to two. More than fifty Northern Illinois towns completed the installation of new or improved street lighting facilities during the year. Total 1Q29 sales of electricity were well over a billion kilowatt-hours and gas sales for the same period amounted to nearly 7~ billion cubic feet. Miss Helen German of Des Moines, Iowa, was the guest for a few days this week of Miss Barbara Holden, 527 Warwick road, Kenilworth, during the mid-year exa11 1inations. · Miss Holden left yesterday to spend a few days visiting friends in River Forest. · · · · · · · · · · 0 Last Days of Our SEMI-ANNUAL SALE OF SHOES Thursday ~ Friday and Saturday Offering Established Fashions at · SALES PRICES practically un· limited choice of s h o ·e s for present w e a r and f o r the coming season. EVERY PAIR OF SHOES REDUCED A · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · Landscaping Garden Work· Tree Work Pruning · Spraying Driveway Repairing 'SIIJE SJI(I) The Sltoe· witIt a Snut Fittint Heel . RMJrSAVE.Il .Cement Work of all kinds LANDSCAPE GARDENING SERVICE 0971 634 CHURCH STREET, EVANSTON UNIVERSITY Telephone Winnetka 2764

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