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A pair of gold skates donated by the druggists of Wilmette will be » thre grand prize of the Wilmette Ice Carnival to be held Saturday after- noon, .January 10, at 1:30 o'clock at the Village. Green west. of ,the How- ard-school. ~The skates w11 be awarded to the winner of -the Golden: Skates Derby, one. mile race, open to Wilmette resi- dents, as well as non-residenits. The, race is thefeature event of thé after- noon, and last year attracted skaters fromi allthe north shore towns and several. Chicago skating clubs. kt was won bya former Canadian national, chanipion. in addition to. the Golden Skates; erby, two other derbies will, be run, during the meet for Wvhich a pair of skates w111 be, prizes. The "]Biue gStreak Derby" is a two mile open J ace limited to.- men. and boys. 18 y ears of age or over. The skates to, l)e awarded as prizes w ere .donated bi- A. G. Spalding and Brothers. This -race is als~o expoected to attract a large grouip of competitors. Silver Skates Derb~y The winner of "Silver Wing Der-. b, a balf-niile race, for -Wilmette men and boys onlW, will be awarded- apair of silver skates furniished by Chandler's, Inc., Evanston. Silver and bronze medals mill be awarded to wvinners of second and third places 111 each of the "derby" events. 'f'he carnival .will be the fifth an- nutal event of its kind and is expected eut cold weather continues -wunout, heavy. snowfall, a fact that is s0 en-: couraging to Daniel M. Davis, direc- tor o f recreation, and bis ýstaff of assistants, that one of themn was heard to' remark that for once the neet can _be held- on the day' scheduled. However, the, staff stili, waits with abated breath ,because only one car- nival in the ive years' of the history. of the event bas been held without at -least one postponeinent. Schedule 13, Events uary 27. Membership of the league bas grown pbenomenally since the recent reorganization which included the re- ceipt of a state charter. Luncheon meetings, held.niontlily in the Uni- versity' club,. Chicago, have. been marked by inceainly large attend-. *ances of interested citizens. While the. nonthly meetings are attended, almnost exclusively by Wl!- mette, menwo have their businesses in . Chicago, the dinner'meetings held at: Shawnee bring.out, a large. repre- senltation of the wom.en of the vil-. lage. The'January meeting is ex- pected to attract the largest turnout in the history of the organiaztion- An important feature of the January meeting will be -the annoupcement of the completed'details of the forth- coming Village caucus sponsored by, the league. A political Actioni committee, with Arthur B. Seibold as chairnian, and comprising also Dr...Lloyd C. Ayres. Hector Dodds, Herbert Mulford, and Enoch Steen, will report to the mem- bership at the dinner meeting. Membership ini the Wilmette Civic league is open to ail citizens of Wil- mettte. Dr. Donald M. Galle ispresi-. dent of the organization. Home Christmas Lighting Attracts Wide Attention Many Wilmette residents have dec- oratéd the exterior, as wtll a h tnrougn the Village on Sheridran road and other- streets have paused so 'that their occupants might look longer at the decorations. It was reported this week> that on some evenings the traffic congestion in the 1100 block on. Sheridan road was so. bad that cars could scarcely get through. The most elaborate Christmas ighting iîs at the Samuel E. Moist residence, 1104 Sheridan road. Two other resi- dences in the 1100 block, those of avenue. NeVw duectors of thie Cham- ber will be installed' at. the srnie tîrne. J. E. Worthen of Worthen's 'De- 1'artment store, Who served as presi- 'lent of the Chamber during 1930, was reelected 'for.another-ye ar's term' at the. annual- election of officers on De- cember 1. A.'.$. VapDeusen Jr., of the A.. S. VanDeusen, Grocery company was elected vice-president, and _W. ID. rLear*, vice-president of the Wilmette State bank, was chosen 'treasurer.ý The$e three officers and the fol- 1owing direcétors who were, elected for two2.year terms- will be installed ilext Moýnday night; Leo Mickel of the Dutch OvenJohn Huzhes of MiI-, len's Hardware store, R. M. Jobriston of ýthe R. M. Johnston Realty com- pany, .F.,G.. Petry, north shore man- ager of the Illinois Bell Telephone company, and Ralph G. Blann of the Blann pharmacy in Kenilworth. Teti onBom-d of Dfretors The board of directors of the Chami- ber of Commerce is composed of ten members, five of whom are elected. each year for two-year ternis. The five Who were elected a year ago and who will continue to serve during 1931 are: A. S. VanDeusen Jr., John Schneider of Schneider's bootery, Marcus Mick of the Skokie Valley' Coal and Material company, Carl C. Renneckar of the R~idge Avenue uharmacy and Paul Rensch of the Rensch Fireproof warehouse. elected, A. E~. Nord of Scnultz arnd Nord, tailors, E. E. Cyriffis, of the Wolff-Griffis Hardware company and C. T. Fishleigh, forinerly owner of the Fishleigh Pood Products store. In addition to the installation of officers next Monday night, another important item te coine to the at- tention. of members of the Chamber will be the reading of the annuare- ports for 1930. Recéipts of the Wilniette postoffice for 'the year 1930 amountée te $68,- 495.50, an increase of ten percent over the previous year, Pôstmastèr Joseph E. Sbantz announced this week after checking over his bookcs. Seven thousand eighty-one. parcelu and. special -delivery. letters .were, de- livered in:Winmette in 1930., A total of 18,541. money orders *as issurd, during the year, an increase.of nine pericent over 1929, PostmasterShantz, reports. The niumber of insured'par- cèls dispatched, 2e2,256, was an, .in- crease of four p'ercent over 19 29. Reporn mXna» Mail Piistmaster Shantz also has com- piled somne interesting figures: regard-. i the 1930 Chriçtmas business at the Winmette postoffice, which was the heaviest in the history of the Office. From. December 15 to December 24 inclusive forty tons of first class mail were received., During t1ic, saine period twenty-four tons of paricel post came te the Wilmette .postoffice for deliveryhe. STen tonTs of parcel post were sent from Wilmette to other points, and 258,219 pieces of mail were dis- natched during the ten-day period, December 15 to 24 inclusive. *The heaviest day was December 22, when 82,014 pieces of mail were dispatched. 84 Extra Employes There are seventeen regular car- riers and t 'i regulaf clerks at the Wilmette postoffi ce. To handie the 1930 Christmas business Postmaster Shantz used eighty-four extra em- Christmas. .Despite the current business depres- sion, 1930 was a big, year for the WiI- mnette postoffice. S.John's Church, to dicateBapt .inm Font A. new B3aptismàl font in St. johin's Lutheran church is to be formally dedicated at special observances Sun-' - or Entries arc being received at the.I ber of entries wilf be filed than ever leaf avenue Tuesday night, Decem- arts college at .Norttlwesterfl univer- Playgound and Recreation office, before because that sanction will ber 23, about 10-40 o'clocLc The acci- sity. As president of bis chapter. of 914 Central avenue, a'nd wili 'be re- aliow members of varioui city skat- dent resulted, in injuries to no one,-I Alpha Rbo Chi,- he has atterided thre ceived npti 'lc ~déd~ i 1* who previously Waebenacodihg toý. :tbe WVrlmtte 'police nautionral convention of that fr îternity -afternoon, Januar.v -7.:'-AfSi thate,'-*û enter thnp.inett. cpr.- ~a .inapi I week.