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Dr. Wheeland suf ered a nervous breakdown early: ini November a nd bas been in a sanitarium for some * weeks. He writes that it. will bc many montbs before he "Il be able to resume anypastoral duties. Has Wid. R<putatlou During the, interim, while the pas- toral committee of the- cburch -is lookinigfor a man to be permanent pastor of- the, Piesbyterian 'churcb,' the Dr. John Sh -eridan Zelie, will be stated supply. Dr.. Zelie hbas, just finishéd a nine month s" service .at. the .Lake Forest Preshyterian cburcb in. the absence of Dr. Roberts. His pastorates bave been in Clé*ve- land, Schnectady, N. Y., Plainfield, N. J., and Troy, N. Y. Between the last two pastorates he- wascbaplain w ith the'American forces in France. In 1929 he wa s one of the. ten American preachers ichoseii awiually to preacb in British pulpits and was there six months on these engage- ments. For many years lie bas preached at colleges, including Williams, Amn herst, Princeton, Smith, Vassar and. otbers. Meet at WowaII' Club Services of the Presbyterian church are held in the Wilmette Woman's club building pending the erection in the near future of a new churcb edifice to supplant the present struc- ture at Ninth street and -Greenleaf avenue which was wrecked by fire last wiflter. Geese Go For a Walk; Owner Calis Our Police Five of Village Constable ýCharles Miller's, finest, geese and his best, watcb dog.disappeared Sunday nighti f rom bis place o Hibbard road be- l tween Lake and Asbland avenues with the result that- Mr. Miller wa.s mucli "put out." He reported the mat- ter to Wilmette police, but they found no clues or~ reasons for the Both Mr. FHarper and Mr. Nygaard are serving on committees of the as- sociation.* Mr. Harper is a memberý of the exécutive commîttee of the Lake Shore division. Mr.'jNygaard is chair- man of% a spécial committee on pro- ppoed changes> in the teachers' pen- sion and retire-ment fund law and will make a report to the C'onventio n on this subject. ,The meeting wvill be'attended by superintendents of sehools, principals, and teachers frontail sections of Ill1-, nois. Business- at Postoffice Heaviest, in Its ,History Business at the Wilmette postoffice last Saturday was-the heaviest in the history of, the ýoffice, Postmaster joseph B. Sbantz reports. During the* entire pre-Christmas, mailing period. business bas been heavier this year than ever before, Mr. Shantz states. Last Saturday's record breaking re- ceipts surpassed by far the receipts for any other single day in the bistory of the office. Residents of tbe Vil- lage have not been kept at home be- cause of inclement weather, and the extreinely beavy business at the postofice Saturday is considered more unusual because of tbat fact. Breaking Street Lamps Must Stop- Brau igam Chief. of Police Henry Brautigamn reports that a number of street lamps in the Village-have been brok.- en recently, apparently by cbildrent tbrowing snowballs. Damaging Vil-f lage property in this manner is puii-1 hundred dollars. Cbief- Brautigaým 'bas requested, the c0operation of parentst in this matter. Business Men Donate Radio to Our Firemen s Business men of Wilmette havet about ttlree hundred dollars in ex- Ce58 of thé amount collected from, the sale. of the seals here last year. Besides the money, turned in fromi the. schools, Mis. Flynq'reports, that soiii of the seals were sold by be-, ing mnailéàd'Out and the money re- turned. The .1,300 includes >,sales. made in this manner also. It îs exe- pected that th ' iur Ill. reach $1,350 wben the final returna are in, K enilworthP. O. Rpot Heavy Holiday. Business, Last Saturday's business at the Kenilwortb postoffce was the heav- :est in the bistory of the office, Post- master Douglas Crooks stated this week. The.office was kept open until 9 o'clock Saturday nigbt for the con- venience of late Christmas mailers: Postrnaster Crooks reports tbat Sun- day was' the busiest Aday at the ICeii- worth postoffice this season for out- going Christmas cards and greetings The regular force at this office con- sists of three carriers and two clerks. During the Christmas rush Postrnas- ter Crooks had as many as seven ex- tra carriers and six extra clerks on- duty. Mail arriving on any single day was delivered that day, and al Christmas mail and parcels arriving in Kenilworth by December 24 were delivered bel oie Christmas. 160 Children Frolie At Library Christmias Party One hùndred and sixty cbildren at- tended the annual Christmas party given at the Wilmette Public library last Saturday inorning under the di- rection of Miss Winifred Brigbt, chiu- dren's librarian. The childrenbrought- to the party money, food and clotb- ing to be given to two needy families in wbich they are interested. Mis Stanley M. Peterson was there to'as- sist Miss Bright, and Jack Broad also belped ber. The children were glad ':ongressional district and. approved .,y President Hoover. A resident of Wilmette* for prac- ically.bis entire lifetimeë, Mr. Shantz 'Serntre n-ee-n,Gr in December, 1, dutring the Harding administration. He, "'as renpoited in December, 19&6 "-rhen 'Calvin Coolidire was President. ,Mr. Shantz is president of the 11h- 'iois Association of Postmasters. 1 .His activities as -Wilmette's Dost- miaster for -the past ieight years have lot' kept Mr. Shantz from talcing an active part in enterprises for civic improvement inu Wiliette., He is. ont i~f the Village's 'most 'disitinguished citizens. Vetera. ofThmrae Wav Postmnaster Shantz is a veteran of three wa'rs. Prom 1890 to 1897 he vois ,member -of the lst Tuf antry, fil- nois National Guard. Inlu 1898hé saw ,:erviice in Cuba on, the U. S. S. Oregon. Before the United States entered the World war Postmaster Shantz enlisted in tbe lst Infantry, Illinois National Guard, in 1916, and h.e saw qervice that year on the Mexican border. Hie became a first sergeant in the 131st Infantry, A. E. F., April 1, 1917, was commissioned a second lieutenant in February, 1918, and a first lieutenant in August, 1918. On November 8,-1918, he was prowoted to -t captaiucy. Awaraed D. s. c. Postmaster Sbantz wa» decorated by two governinents, the Ameiat -%nd French, receiving both the Dià- tinguished Service Cross and the French Croix de Guerre. On October 13, 1918, hie was wouuded in action riear Consenvoye, France; -and it was for bravery under fire that day that he received a .citation from the United' States government. Free Employment Means Helpe 25 to Find Jobs The free etuployment bureau main- .... .. .. . 'a . . . . . . of1 the two club- JIelidren at Dorca Park, this week. -£ti aonaiK4L8JIA01 ronm the members was sent to thel s Hom~e, Highland patchéd a schedule . t the nuary 1. also are r . .