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Eightyâ€"nine years old and confiâ€" dent she will reach the century mark, Mrs. Oscar F. Bell holds court for grandchildren and 11 great grandâ€" children, she has a train of 72 deâ€" Because her father was of a rovâ€" ing disposition, Mrs. Bell lived as a young girl at Lancaster and Carâ€" lisle, in Pennsylvania; Hickman, Ky.; Cincinnati, Ohio; _Athm, Als.; and Columbia, Tenn. In Lawrenceâ€" burg, Ind., she met Henry Ward Beecher, then prominent as a New York preacher. In Dayton, Ohio, an admiring family at 379 North _ Born Wilhelmina Mayer, she came to this country when eight months boat from England propelied by steam and sail, the Jacob West erfield. The Mayer family, starting out on Oct. 8, reached New York on Thanksgiving day of 1850. Mrs. Bell‘s father recorded his reasons for emigrating in his diary, " . . . I made up my mind to journey to America, partly of dissatisfaction and the political situation in Gerâ€" her father became the first to inâ€" troduce music into the public schools. In Winchester, Tenn., she attended Mary Sharp college under the tuteâ€" lage of Alexander Graham Bell‘s teacherâ€"brother, who, so far as is known, is not related to the Highâ€" land Park Bells, although both Bell families are of Scotch descent. It was while she resided in Winâ€" chester that the Civil war broke out. Mrs. Bell can recall the Sunâ€" day bombarding of Chattanooga, ridâ€" Evanston eventually became her home, then Glencoe. The first time she saw Highland Park was by misâ€" take, because she forgot to get off the train at Evanston. Married in 1873, she finally moved to Highland Park to her present residence, as Mr. Bell was stenographer for the Chicago and North Western Railâ€" way. _ At that time there was nothing but dense woods surroundâ€" ing the location save for one other house and the oneâ€"track railroad that lake. garden onions because the Yankees were coming. Her father was neuâ€" tral, but, when he moved his family north, he found that Confederate money was worthless, Mrs, Bell still has some of these counterfeit bills. "I ean‘t do much wandering around now, but I still wander with my mind," she states, so she goes traveling every Saturday in the roâ€" togravure travel section of the newspaper, armed with a memory keener than us "young ‘uns," as she picks out of the past memories of ing in a freight train when the pasâ€" wounded soldiers, and hiding the pcraonaéty p review uids s::: UsUAL PEOPLE .?T’A MANNA RRA[ Skokie Valley Laundry ended in a brick yard at the MODERN WOMEN KNOW THE SECRET! 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Poetry and trees are hobbies that live always with her, perhaps beâ€" cause "Trees watch generations with reams of other poetry, She still has a hand in the Thanksgivâ€" ing dinner with her special apple pie and teaches the grandchildren how to count, for all her own chilâ€" dren are grownâ€"up now. Of her ten children, eight are still living. They are Mrs, George Shelâ€" Albany, West Point, Annapolis, and ton of the same address; Oscar Bell and John Bell of Highland Park; Mrs. John Osborn of Elyria, Ohio; Mrs. A. E. Wheeler of Libertyville; Mrs. Lillie Forest of Lancaster, Penn.; Harry Bell of Hamilton, Montana, and Mrs. Harry Sampson of Joliet, Ill. Educational and technical consultâ€" ant in curriculum problems, $5,600 a year, Office of Education. Appliâ€" cants must not have passed their 53rd birthday. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the poâ€" sitions listed below. Applications must be on file in the Commission‘s office, Washington, D. C., not later than August 14 if received from states east of Colorado, and not later than August 17 if received from Colorado and states westward. Inspector, ordinance material, $2,â€" 300 a year; and senior, $2,600; asâ€" sociate, $2,000; assistant, $1,800; junior, $1,620; Ordinance Departâ€" ment, War Department. Applicants for the junior and assistant grades must have reached their 20th, but must not have passed their 48th, birthday; applicants for the other grades must have reached their 21st but must not have passed their 55th, birthday. Federal agent for home economics education, $4,600 a year, Office of Education. Applicants must not have passed their 53rd birthday. Principal extension agriculturist, $5,600 a year, senior extension agâ€" riculturist, $4,600 a year, and senior extension home economist, $4,600 a year, Extension Service, Department of Agriculture. Applicants must U. S. Civil Service Exams Announced Â¥EKB PRI48 £ s not have passed their S2rd birthâ€"| Judge Â¥. E. Eldertâ€" of Northâ€" h“b&&-% ‘1.’. brook, who for seven years headed | Capt. Kitts will his great ecologist, $8,800 a year, and | the Northbrook club, last year‘s | school . hfl.__L_ an Lady, the three highest must not sociate grade they must not passed their 45th, and for the asâ€" sistant grades they must not have passed their 40th, birthday. Forest economist, $8,800 a year, and principal, $5,600, senior, $4,600, associate, $3,200 assistant, $2,600, a year Forest Service. Applicants for the three highest grades must not have passed their 53rd, for the asâ€" sociate grade they must not have passed their 45th, and for the assistâ€" ant grade they must not have passâ€" ed their 40th, birthday. 25th, but must not have passed their 58rd birthday. ant, $2,600 a year. Applicants for the two highest grades must not have passed their 53rd, for the asâ€" sociate grade they must not have Assistant industrial counsellor, $2,600 a year, Federal Prison Indusâ€" tries, Inc., Department of Justice. Applicants must have reached their passed their 45th, and for the asâ€" sistant grade they must not have passed their 40th birthday. Full information may be obtained from R, F. Seiffert, secretary of the U. S. Civil Service Board of Examâ€" iners, at the post office in this eity, or from the Secretary of the U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners at any firstâ€" or secondâ€" class postoffice. Shore Land Kennel Club to Conduct Dog Show Sept. 17 The annual dog show at Onwentâ€" sia Country Club in Lake Forest will be conducted this year by the Shore Land Kennel Club, an outgrowth of the Northbrook club, it was anâ€" nounced this week by Mrs. Bernâ€" dalyn Kewley, secretary. Engineer, $3,800 a year, and senâ€" cet an avtomatic GAS water HEATER FOR GERMâ€"FREE CLEANLINESS Dishwashing is an important job. Disease gerns must be killed. Restaurants fight germs with constant HOT water. They use the automatic Gas Water Heaters for inâ€" stant hot water at high, safe temperatures. That‘s the secret of sanitary dishwashing. You need the same protection in your home, because your family eats more meals there. M@-â€"MMIW&.Mhn chased in combination with Modern Gas Range or Electroluz. NORTH SHORE Gas CO. many North Side dog fanciers have already signified their intention of making formal registration in the sponsors of the show, is the presâ€" ident of the new club. Set for September 17, the allâ€" breed show is expected to draw an -h,d-nfi-fldtal& estimate is based on the that close to last year, plus plans of the sponâ€" sors for a more intensive canvassâ€" ing of North Shore owners. Capt. Isaac Kitts to Judge Events at Fort Horse Show near future. Among them are Conâ€" way Olmstead, Lake Bluff; Hulburd Johnson, Lake Forest; Harold Florâ€" sheim, Highland Park; Mrs. Myrtle Falcon Cooper, Evanston; Mrs. Janâ€" et Henneberry, Golf; H. F. Pulfer, Winnetka; Thomas E. Halpin, Glenâ€" an opportunity to witness a wide choice of canine companions. Sevâ€" eral dogs expected to be entered have pever before been on exhibiâ€" tion, Mrs. Kewley explained, adding Inasmuch as this will be an allâ€" breed show, dog lovers will be given that the list of approved judges is expected to be received from the Further information may be had by writing or calling Mrs, Kewley, Fort Sheridan horse show officials are quite elated, and justifiably so, over the acceptance of Capt. Isaac L. Kitts as judge of the military events at the show to be held Sept. Capt. Kitts gained international fame at the 1932 and 1936 Olympic games as a member of the United States Army military team, speâ€" cializing in dressage riding. 1055 Granville avenue, Briargate T. P. CLARK, the Sheridan horse show proâ€" gram. Maj. Paul H. Morris, show manâ€" ager, announced this week that five performances will be presented, with matinee and evening programs :-:-:-:':‘-"-:': l-fi nfizd&o :-.fl-” run at Camp Logan On August 9, 1939, the water area to the east of Great Lakes, IIL., to a distance of 8% miles off shore, will be subject to missiles of 3 in. L. N. G. to Conduct antiâ€"aireraft gun and machine gun Effective July 1st to and includâ€" ing August 1ith, the 2024 Coast Artiliery (AA), Illinois National Guard, will conduct its service pracâ€" tice at Camp Logan, III., located north of Zion, IIL, and the water area to the east thereof to a disâ€" tance of 8% miles offshore will be subject to missiles of 3â€"inch antiâ€" aireraft gun and machineâ€"gun firâ€" ing between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily, Saturday and Sunday Formal notifications sent out to 4$ NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD Open: WEEK DAYS 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. 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