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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 13 Oct 1938, p. 5

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*for May 1 Nexft ear Seretary of State Edward J. Hughes has announced the distribu-, tion of automobile driver's license blanks, which may now be securgd from village- clerks . notaries public, police stations, and other easily ac- cessible places. In common with ail drivers of the state, North 'Shore motorists will want to. get their licenses. before the rush is on, and well before the deadline, which.is, next May 1. In releasing the blanks Secretary Hughes, gave out some interesting and informative suggestions in , re- lation to 'the requirements and.,ad- vanta ges of. the license. Among other. things,.,he advised that pres- ent drivées are flot 'required to take an examination, unless the case be an unusual one and drivers are not required to attach their- photo- graphs. SWîiI Be Simple Matter The secretary continued: Secuinga driver's license will for the present be a 'relatively sim- çContinued on Page 7) J. G. McKibban N ext Townsendite Speaker J. G. McKibban of Waukegan will be the speaker at the weekly meeting of Wilmette Townsend club Friday evening, October 14, at 8 o'clock, at clear and forceful exponent of the Townsend natienal recovery plan. Everybody is urged to attend this meeting. There is no charge for admission, it is explained. Kénilworth Pupils WiII Be Given Taik on Color- Karl S. Bolander will speak at an assembly of Atudents of .the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth, Friday scnool; and xin reply LU PresicWien Otto R. Barnett of the School, board, I1 would like to know ,if President, Barnett, bas personally interestçd himself enough to find. out the real facts; or bas he-takensomeone' s word for, it? Does«he-corne in daily conitact with 'the students either during* school hours or before. or alter? Has he, personally interviewed or had in- tervlewed students Who* might'ecorne in thé category >of those mentioned in the articles? It is ail very -well for a business man whose days are spenit in Ch!- cago, to tàke someone's word for thirigs but that does not prove.that someone else sees conditions as they, really are. The 'gentlemren who have taken their time to expess. -heinselves to try and bring somne reform, should not be ignored with the statement that whenever hie (President Bar- nett) bas appeared before the stu- dents of New Trier that he bas been ixxpressed by their "alert, happy, amnbitious, full of pep, inspining" looks. Suggests Interviews If President Barnett will go fur- ther. and interview the rank and file of they speak. I personally have liad three daugh- ters who have bad mnany heart- They'11 Be Our Guests at N. U.-Ohio State Game Nortliwesterfl's stùrdy gridders will el ash with Ohio State in the first« Conference gamne of the season Saturday afternoon, October 15, at entered college, but coflege lite cre-, ated and gave them the Position of equality and comrtadeship in'which New, Trier is so sadly lacking. I have rnany acquaintances,,who have or have,. had sons and daugh- ters in. New Trier, and they, too, condemn this very thing. The entire environiment is wrong, notý only to, the ones who are humii- ated, but to those who humiliate as well,. for the, reason that neither 'side is gaining a truer 'and better side of life, the very thing: that we f athers and mothers are striving 'and work- ing, for, to brinig up our sons and daugtersto make better citizens and better- men and womnen. Wants S ocial Chairm an CREATE a position of social chair- mani and- give it tô someone who urndei'staxids - hiii'n - nature an an x express kindness and consideratiofi. CREATE a position of director of et hietics and place ail athletics on the menit system in which the win- ners in competition will be the ones selected to try out for thé various athletic positions, thereby doing. away with the present plan of allow- ing cliq4ues and groups to pick the. ones in their own circle without re- gard to athletic ability, to the detri- Editor, WILMETTE LIFE: Not long after my first article ap- peared, "A Challenge to the Schoo~ Board," I read nurnerous items pe- taining to this subject. Sometimes it becomes cifficult to explain a statement like the above in print anc' i t becomes just as difficult to defendi it. Not knowing if there are public heani ngs before the School board (Continued on Page 8) Rteports from the office of Wil- mette Comrnunity Chest association are to the effect that the 1938 can- vass no* lni progrees is going for-- wardý with both speed and pr-eci- sion, and .that. workers are dolIng their job early and making returns promptly. In no formner. year, it is asserted, has the work progressed 5sm rooth- ly, and the beliet. of Chest authori- fies that -ballyhoo methods. are ntot required for a Éuccessful campaign appear to be justified. Depenidence is Placed lni the response of villagers to., a personal sol1icitation, i the' quiet of their own homes, by neigh-_ bors. whose interest in charity and. welfare enterprises is -i d e n ti c a i with their own,: and whose r-esponse Ini pledges ,wfll be o'nsistent with their abilities to give, Cut Overhead tfo Be The fact is also emupbasized- that this year a greater proportion of the gift-dollar will go into the coffers of the participating organizations. Overhead and administration ccists have been cut to the bone, and flot even one penny of needless expense is incurred. Even the administra- tion is being conducted by civic- minded citizens without compensa- tion other than the .grati.fication that cornes from a public duty discharg- ed. it is, statodi. Reserve Off icers'to Hear Col. Thornton., Pershing Staff Man Col. Earl Thorniton .will speak on the subject of "75,000 Miles with WINNETKA 2000 WILMETTE 4300 ted Lutheran Cu whichi he attended. ris fora lime Imornang, His subý Of God.'

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