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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Sep 1939, p. 27

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In a log bouse wbich stood at wbrat is now the nortb entranceý to Indian HiII club, Frank Alles, wbose pres- ent borne is at 1836 Lake avenue, Wilmette, was born on August 5, 1861. nis father bad corne to this country fromGermany in 1839.. On May 5, 1895, Mr. Alles was married to Barba~ra Scbildgen, wbose borne was one mile west of Ridge road. At the tirne of bis marriage be was given twenty acres of land by bis father. On this land he built a bouse and other buildings, anxd it rernained the home o! himself and wife until 1913, wben it was sold to the Indian Hill club. The couple then came to Wilrnette and built the substantial residence in which the pioneer still lives. Mrs. Alles died last January. Like rnany of the early pioneers, Mr. Ailes engaged in tarming andI logg >ing, and byr bard work and thrift accumnulated a tidy competence. Hej is a cousin of Frank Alles, 1614 Wil- mnette avenue, Wilmette's only sur- vlving veteran of the Civil war. PhilIip Hoffmiann, 512 Ridge road, Wilmette, was born in 1863, in the old Hoffmann homestead, wbich still. stands at 204 Ridge road, only a few blocks from bis present borne. Early in life Mr. Hoffmann and bis brother, John A., 1922 Wilmette ave-t nue, two. years younger. formed a Maiv B. Proutv, 681. Willow rnad, Winnetka. is another native oif New trier tnwnsbiiv who bas .neyer strav'eà fromn the irmm#-diate npioeb- borhood of hè-r b$rth. She was born on Ortoher 29, 1874, at what is now 630 Willow road. After reachinrg manturtty 1e wâs engaged ti office work in Chicago, and for three yenrs wvas assistant postmistress of Winnetka. Locally she is rest knnwn for ber service as secretary of the Winnetka District Park board, and for the public sten- oeraphie service whicb she estab- Iished and conducted for a numb)er of years. Perhaps Mrs. Prouty's most note- worthy cl'aracteristic is ber philan- thropy. Sbe is an enthusiastic sup- porter 0f the Protestant Wornan's Service Club of Chicago, wbicb or- ganization cares for dependent Prot- estant bidren. , t now has under its charge thirty-three children. Oit tbeir own account Mrs. Prouty and ber busband, the late Carltont Prouty, reared in their own home and educated three adopted chil- dren. Mrs. Prouty's m ot h er passed through the Chicago fire of 1871, and personally k n e w Mrs.. O'Leary, wýhose cow she stoutly denies startedt the blaze. Mathew.Francis Photo' MTs. Glenn G.Coulter,.1176 Oak street, W:nntetkcg,1 chairman of the Wintnetkcz Chldrent's Hour, committee, announced'thf s week that the eighth annu ai series of Pro grama Uill open on Saturday morning, October 28, with the presentcztion of «"Heid f" by the Jack and JJUl players at Win- 4netka ce0rnnt (houe. jWomen Votera'I AMERICAS OPPORTUNITY In a letter received this week by1 Mrs. George G. Bogert, president of the Illinois League of Women Voters, Miss Marguerite M. Wells, president of the National league,i says: "War bas corne to Europe. At its end will corne Amnerlca's oppor- tunity to help. Whatever way war1 ends, the United States should be prepared to help witb peace plans that include a workable system of collective securîty against more war..' If the war ends in extinction of free self-governing people, the lTnit-d States sholuld bp prenared to. show the way back again. It Is not too soon for our people to make themselves ready for their role. Synibol of Hope d'Twentv veasa e the T aa u dnf * Toronto Woman Wil Address Baha'i Group "LIn Spite of War, W. Build the New World Order,11lqtl h nitbefton whicb Mrs. Howard Colby Ies, for- merly of Winnetka, now of Toronto, will deliver an address at the Sun- day afternoon, October 1. meeting at 3:30 ini Foundation hall, Baha'i Universal House of Worship~ at Lin- den avenue and Sheridan rond, Wil- mette. Mrs. Ives, a lecturer on "Chlld Psychology," is a member of the Professional Woman's clilb and bas been a înenber of the Child Labor Association of Club Women of New York City. She is a well known -13ha'i teacher andi is now a memr-' ber of the Toronto Baba'i Spiritual Assembly. The Cbildren's Hour will b. helti at il o'clockSunday morning i Foun- dation bail. Three Are Resaed by erz. Mr. Hartmann, recalls when there I ee this were but elghteen houses inIi il daughter, ring to Wil- from aeviatimg fom our cours ive a son and must pursue it the more earn An.ri "In every community where

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