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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 4 Aug 1932, p. 29

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mette nealtn center ? r ave days a week an 'assistant meets at the beach with a group of about twenty under- nourished children, and 'gives them the betefit of supervised exerciýs, con- structive play and swimming lessons. The Health Center group is kept en- t:rely separate f rom ber regular sum- wer.classes, -but tbey. receive the saine careful instruction and supervision. Every two weeks the boy and girl groups alternate. We expeet that by the end of the season more thanx sikty cbildrçn 'will have benefited, by Miss Sbapker's generous gift. Ail these chl- dren. live in Wilmette. Many 'of tbemn aref romi the families of the unem- pioyed, and most of tbem are boys and girls wbose state of beaith demands that tbey receive the maximum. amount of sunshine to buiid tbemf up to escape seriou s iilness this winter. Her.'s St.ry of Mary Now take the case of Mary. Her cousins who, live on the northwest side of Chicago>bave always been a littie envious of ber because sbe lives so near, the lake. But aJthougb Mary. knows the lake is there, she seldom sees it. Her father works nights and sleeps in the daytime. The bouse must be kept .quiet. Tbey bave no car and'live sev-, eral miles f rom the beacLh. er mnoth- et bas two children younger than 'Mary, and tries to do ail the -day work she cao. A ' serious cougb last winten left Mary pale and iistiess. Her eyes were duil, and she did not care to play witb other .cbildncn. It bas always been diffi- cuit for Mary to make f iends or- to mix. with adults. She feared tbem. The first week we drove the girls home f rom the beach, we unkuiowingiy *passed ber borne every day on the way back to the Health center. Mary knew no way to teli pus that wev. were going right by ber door, and mneekly sat by, and in tbe bot noonday Sun trudged the mil e back to ber. homne uncompiaining. But finally. Maryjoined the group, and she began to change. 'At, 10:30 o'clc in thenxorning eacb cbiid is givena g,,lass of milkç. We wish that we bad been able to-record Mary's expression] when she accepted lier first glass of milk. It was a cross between JOY, thanksgivjng and the necessity of drink- ing it quickiy before. anyone discovered it was ail a mistake and took it away f rom lher. Eyez Begin ta Sbaz4cle lyeen visitiflg Mrs. Uarleton's mother, Mrs. E. E. Davidson. Dr. Carleton drove them ,to Toronto, Canada, whére thev visited bis sister, Miss Mabel Carleton, for a few days be- fore taking the train to Boston. Mrs. Caleton anid Phyllis have been. gone about a month. H. P. Gilbofer -and -daughteri Mar- tha. 347 Washington avenue, left on Wcdnesdayr for 'New York and will. sail Saturday, Juiyr 6, for Halifax, Novia Scotia, to Bermuda, then back to New York. Tbey ;I be gone about two weeks. 0o- Mr. and, Mrs. Herbert -B. Mulford and daughter4 Betty, of 835 Elmwood avenue, left on .Fridày to drive Mrs., Mulford's sister. Mrs. Howard' An- drews. to Fanibault, Minn.. Thle Mut- fonds wiii réturn in several days. -- Mrs. Paul Spodnyak, 1316 Gregory avenue, returned recently from the Weles Park hospital with blitte dauzlter. Joan Alice,. who was born jurie 27. Morgan Yost, 1016 Gneenwood ave- nue'. left necently for Dayton, Wyo.. where he will %pend two weeks, at theX XI.ranch. E.I. Bidamion, 238 Cataipa place, bas hee'n confined at bis home for ihout a inonth stifferintr fron a i-up- fiircd apell COOL 00"waxo.-fii., CLEAN 622 ion Greenleaf 7773 DONT WAIT MER Stürt SAVING with i2n *Ilectric refrigerait.orNOW *Thousands of truifty women are discovringt g!at their. electuac refrigerators are practk*aily paying for theiaselves. They save inl 80 many ways. la time and conveiojence, of course. But also ini mouey. There are no Ieft-overs, no spoiled foods to throw away. Perishable foods caû be bought in large quautities whenever prices are low. Dazeas of tasty, inexpensive salads and desserts can Le frozen in, an hour or two. Why not investigate tiow? Elet-tric refrig- erator prices have nover been so low. Se the new uodels at pour Pàu biService Store or your LàdaRefr8-eratorDealrs.' WJEBO.LDT'S DASEMENT :On- Davis St. EVANSTON Wilm.tt. 1l100 greatest confidence in the enter, and is learning ber les- right living and eating daily erness..: 11 we arç looking, forward to. fm's RRbber HLid, 25e H9*ensRabbe r Rouis, Ic 4L~ VL~LJ~V Wieboldt's Basemnent-Evanston j- I M loui à4miý4 ýL4 il lw idw, 4a - à- rlsl liLâ I....l 1 1

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