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party last Thursday afterncon and stopped for a party at the Russell Batt home with George and Betty Lou Batt as host and hostess. Mrs. Ira Gardner will be hostess to members of Presbyterian Circle Three tomorrow at luncheon at her home on Désrfield road. Mrs. Mildred Love Gunekel. _ Mrs. James Gray will be hostess Announcement of the marriage of their daughter, Jean Burnett to James Jerome Standau of Pittsâ€" burgh, was made recently by Mr. and Mrs. George Burnett of Greenâ€" wood avenue. The wedding took piace in Miami, Fia., on January 26. Mrs. George Sticken Jr.. Mrs. Russell Batt and son, George, visitâ€" ed Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Arnold in Arlington Heights on Saturday. Twentyâ€"five children of the Wilâ€" Robert Greeman of Sacramento, Calif., formerly of Deerfield, visited Mr. and Mrs. Thayer Batt on Thursâ€" day. The Victor Carlsons and Roy Claâ€" veys were among those from here who attended the bowling tournaâ€" ment in Glenview on Sunday eveâ€" ning. Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Jacobson returned home on Sunday from Nauâ€" voo, III., via the Denver Zephyr, from a double funeral of Mr. Jacobson‘s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Almon Northup, ages 83 and 78, who passed away three days apart. Funeral services were held on Friday. Mrs. Albert Henry of Jefferson, Wis., is spending this week with her daughter, Mrs. Carl Frick of Hazel avenue. Mrs. Otto Trute, Mrs. William Diener and Mrs. Ben Siljestrom are supervising the lunches at the Wilâ€" mot school this week. Lyle Klotz of Fredericksburg, Iowa, who is a student at the Bethâ€" any Biblical Seminary in Chicago, spent the weekâ€"end at the home of his sister, Mrs. Oscar Schwab, and sang in St. Paul‘s church, Deerfield, on Sunday morning. RUTH PETTIS, Representative Telephone Deerfield 485 YOLUME XXIX Library in the Deerfield Grammar school. Mrs. Chester Wolf will have charge of the program during the absence of the book review departâ€" ment chairman, Mrs. Kenneth Weir. Mrs. Donald Easton will review "Let the People Sing" by J. B. Priestly; "Priory" by â€" Dorothy Whipple will be reviewed by Mrs. Carl E. Bates; Miss Irene Rockenâ€" bach will review "Escape" by Ethel Vance and "Magna" by Zona Gale is being reviewed by Mrs. Irving Brand. Mrs. C. W. Boyle is presiâ€" dent of the club. DEERFIELD WOMAN‘S CLUB The Deerfield Woman‘s club will meet on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. in the West Deerfleld Township Public Mrs. Frank Altman, chairman of the Red Cross and Social Service deâ€" partments of the Deerfield Woman‘s club, is inviting all women who are interested in sewing or knitting for the Red Cross, to come to the Deerâ€" field Grammar school each Thursâ€" day. The women are meeting each week from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and a much larger group is desired if the class is to continue. Circle Four of the Deerfield Presâ€" byterian church will present Mrs. W. C. Perry of Antioch, on Wednesday afternoon, March 6, in the church. Mrs. Petty, wife of the Lake Counâ€" ty Superintendent of Schools will give a book report, the subject of which will be announced later. Alfred Gastfield, local garbage man, broke his left leg and his nose, Friday evening, when his truck skidded on an icy patch of pavement south of Northbrook on Shermer avenue, when he was returning from the refuse dump near the Mike Osâ€" terman farm. He was taken to the Highland Park hospital by the Northbrook police officer Roy Lee, and is now at his home. It is reâ€" ported that his truck was completely wrecked. Mrs. Kenneth Weir and son, Keith, with Mrs. Weir‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E .A. Cromer of Union, Ia., are spending the month of Febâ€" ruary in Florida. Teddy Clavey entertained at a dinner party Tuesday evening in honor of his birthday anniversary, at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Harry Clavey of Forest aveâ€" Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brandwein of Chicago will move from Chicago next week to one of the R. E. Pettis apartments on Chestnut street. RED CROSS SEWING BOOK REVIEW Mr. and Mrs. Howard McDowell flean[ in ;beer/ée/c/ ride The Deerfleld schools will be closed on Thursday (today) and teachers will attend the educational conference in Chieago. The Wilmot school will be open tomorrow, but Deerflield and Bannockburn will reâ€" main closed so the teachers may atâ€" tend the second day of the conclave. Seth M. Gooder of West Deerfield nd.i-h-::-u.mch a material lock tunnels. Mrs. Henry Nielsen of West Hazel avenue has been in the Lake County General hospital in Waukeâ€" gan the past week. . . Mr. and Mrs, W. S. Alexander of Chicago were dinner guests at the home of their son and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Alexander last Saturday in honor of the first birthâ€" day anniversary of the Robert Alexâ€" ander‘s daughter, Karen. The Wilmot Mother‘s club will meet on Tuesday afternoon, March 5, at the school. The club has been very active this year and have been purchasing many things for the Objection was made last Tuesday evening at the village board meeting that a man was being allowed to sleep in the fire station. Because of this objection and the fact that he is now employed, Marshall Pottenâ€" ger, mayor pro‘tem, advised the fire chief, Conrad Uchtman, to have the lodger look for another abode. Otto Olson returned home last week from Kentucky, where he had been called because of the death of his brother and sisterâ€"inâ€"law in an auto accident. â€" to members of her bridge club on Wednesday at her home on Chestâ€" nut street. Mrs. Joseph Korenin entertained at two tables of five hundred on Sunday evening in honor of her husband‘s birthday anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Carl E. Olson were dinner guests on Saturday at the Allen Johnson home in Chicago. Mrs. M. O. Olson, Mrs. Earle Harris and Miss Louise Huhn acted as hostesses on Monday evening at the monthly meeting of the Deerfield unit of the American Legion Auxâ€" iliary at the Holy Cross Catholic church. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Gloden were hosts at dinner on Saturday evening in compliment to the Oscar Schwabs, who were observing their third wedâ€" ding anniversary. Guests were Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vines and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Frost. The guests presented Mr. and Mrs. Schwab with a bouquet of flowers. The Evangelical Daughters have a novel method of increasing their treasury. They call it the "Covered Wagon." A member bakes or makes a gift and covers it, then takes it to a neighbor. This person deposits money in the coin box which accomâ€" panies the gift and in turn she makes something and passes it to another friend. When the coin box is filled it is returned_to the treasâ€" urer. A group of men from the Deerâ€" field Presbyterian church attended an everyâ€"memberâ€"canvassâ€"conference on Sunday at the Evanston First Presbyterian church. Dr. Guy L. Morrill of Philadelphia, an outâ€" standing authority in church fiâ€" nance, will make the address. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Seiler of Chestâ€" nut street had as their dinner guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. C. Beltens, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Thurm and son, Charles, Mr. and Mrs Allan Smith, and Mr, and Mrs. Rolâ€" lin Seiler. Phil Johnson, of the restaurant on County Line which bears his name, showed colored motion picâ€" tures of his trips to the Gulf of Mexico, Canada, and the North Woods, on Monday evening at the fatherâ€"son banquet at the Masonic Temple, sponsored by the American Legion. Motion pictures of the Legion parade last fall in Chicago were also shown. The Boy Scouts also were invited and put on their hobby show and court of honor. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clavey atâ€" tended the funeral of Chancey Thompson in Libertyville on Monâ€" day. Mr. Thompson‘s wife, a sister of Mrs. 0. G. St. Peter of Waukeâ€" gan, is very critically ill. Gerry Thompson returned home on Friday from the Lake County hospital and is much improved in health. The annual chicken dinner will be held at the Bethlehem church on Friday evening, March 1, in the church. ‘"The Romance of the Book," a sound motion picture, will be shown under the auspices of the Chicago Bible society, on Sunday, at 7:30 p. m. in the Bethlehem church, The Deerfieli Page Mrs. John Reeb of nue, before going to for Dr. J. H. Lundstrom. Mrs. Mrs. Johanna Grenning of Glenâ€" view, mother of Mrs. Christ M. Willâ€" man, is recovering from pneumonia. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Goodman, Rusâ€" sell Potterton, Mrs. George Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. William Cruickshank, Dan Hunt, Mr. and Mrs, W. A. Tenâ€" nermann, Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Pottenger, and Miss Genevieve Card were among those from here who attended the Legion meeting on Friâ€" day evening in Highwood. Lyons, Kansas, to manage a farm and the two children, Carol and are vacationing in the south. _ The Junior group of the American William Johnston was host to the Neighborhood club on Saturday eveâ€" ning at his home on Fair Oaks aveâ€" nue. Legion Auxiliary will meet on Satâ€" urday afternoon at the home of Miss Ruth Marie Tennermann. The hostess‘ mother, Mrs. W. A. Tennerâ€" mann, will give a talk on the boyâ€" hood of a famous American. (Eleanor Sey!) of Highland Park The children of the fifth grade in the Deerfield school gave a surprise party on Friday afternoon, for their teacher, Miss Irene Evenson. _ _ The Deerfield police car travelled about 2300 miles last month in paâ€" trolling Deerfield streets. The reâ€" port was made last week by Edward B. Crush, village trustees and chairman of the police committee. The average per day was about 80 miles. Kenneth Hunter, director of the Stagers, and his sister, Miss Doris, entertained at a buffet supper for fortyâ€"five guests who are members of the dramatic society after the play, "Kind Lady" on Friday eveâ€" ning, in compliment to the cast of the play. This production is the secâ€" ond of the fourth series produced by the Stagers, and the house was packed to capacity, at the Deerfield Grammar school gym by a most apâ€" preciative audience. It was the most finished of all the productions. Mrs. Earle Harris will be hostess to members of Circle Four of the Presbyterian church on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 29, at her home on West Deerfield road. The Harris family*will be moving to Milwaukee in June, as the John Carlson house which they occupy, has been sold. Mr. and Mrs. William Stem Jr. were hosts at a party on Saturday evening at their home on Deerfield road. The Bethlichem Woman‘s Auxilâ€" iary is meeting on Thursday at the home of Mrs. Leslie Christensen of Chestnut street. Mrs, Raymond Dobbins is attendâ€" ing a party this evening at the home of Mrs. Wilson Richardson in Highâ€" land Park. Mrs. Alex Willman is entertainâ€" ing her contract bridge club at luncheon today (Thursday), at her home on Waukegan road. Tickets for the annual benefit dance for the Deerfield Fire departâ€" ment will be put into the mails shortly. The dance will be héld on April 27 at the Briergate Golf club. This is the only opportunity that local residents have on showing their confidence in the fire departâ€" ment and the cost of the tickets is small. Ardyth Meintzer is in charge of the Variety Show which is being planned for Friday evening, March 1, at the Deerfield Masonic Temple. The vaudeville show is sponsored by Job‘s Daughters, the junior girls of the Eastern Star. The public is inâ€" vited. Mrs. John A. Hoffman has returnâ€" ed home from Peoria where she went last week to attend the funerâ€" al of her sister, Mrs. Rachel Snedâ€" don. The Sewing society met Thursday afternoon at St. Paul‘s church with Mrs, Frank Jacobs and Mrs. Edâ€" ward Juhrend as hostesses. Mrs. Charles V. Steiner will be hostess to members of her bridge club on Friday at her home on Roseâ€" mary Terrace. Miss Frances Brown, a former teacher in the Deerfield Grammar school, and now at Northwestern university, visited Mrs. Clarence Anderson on Wednesday. _ Miss Brown had been at the high school that day to tell seniors of the adâ€" vantages of Northwestern univerâ€" sity. Mrs. Clarence Anderson <was hostess at bridge on Thursday eveâ€" ning to a group of Highwood and Deerfield teachers. Mrs. Anderson‘s sister, Mrs. Joseph Mele, and little daughter, Patricia, of Chicago, spent the week in Deerfield. Mrs. Mele, the former Audrey McCusker, substituted in the Oak Terrace school for Miss Donna Belle Jensen, who was absent all week because of the death of her father in Chicago. Miss Jensen, who formerly taught in the Wilmot school, Deerfield, sucâ€" ceeded Mrs. Mele at the time of her marriage several years ago. from Raymond F. Seiffert, Secretary of the U. 8. Civil Service Board of Examiners, at the post office in this tity, or from the Secretary of the U. 8. Civil Service Board of Examâ€" search and in developing advertisâ€" ing techniques, including or suppleâ€" mented by experience in designing informational media concerning edâ€" ucational publications and their disâ€" tribution. Applicants must not have iners at any firstâ€" or secondâ€"class son (Jeannette Reeb) are proudly Announcing the arrival of a daughâ€" ter, Joan, on Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Highland Park hospital. The Fredericksens have two little sons. John D. Schneider was given a rising vote of thanks last Tuesday evening by his fellow trustees at the Deerfield Village board meeting for his artistic designingâ€"of the vehicle tags. The licenses, which are now on sale at the village offices in the Masonic Temple, have a mod@ernistic Distribution of Exucational Publicaâ€" tions, $3,800 a year, Office of Eduâ€" cation, Federal Security Agency. Applicants must have completed a 4â€"year college course and must have Specialist in Exhibits, $3,800 a year, Extensiocin Service, Departâ€" ment of Agriculture. Applicants must have completed a 4â€"year colâ€" lege course leading to a degree in architecture and must have had proâ€" fessional experience in planning and designing exhibits. Applicants must not have passed their fiftyâ€"third birthday. Specialist in Social Group Work, $3,800 a year, Senior Specialist, $4,â€" 600 a year, Associate Specialist, $3,â€" 200 a year, Children‘s Bureau, Deâ€" partment of Labor. Applicants must have had certain responsible experience in a social group work agency, must have completed a 4â€" year college course, and, except for the substitution of additional exâ€" perience, must have had postgraduâ€" ate study in an accredited school of social work. Applicants must not :nve passed their fiftyâ€"third birthâ€" ay. The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations for the positions listed below. Applications must be on file in the Commission‘s office at Washington, D. C., not later than March 18 if received from states east of Colorado, and not later than March 21, 1940, if reâ€" ceived from Colorado and states westward. William Johnston, village water commissioner, had four stitches taken in his hand last week when he injured it while repairing a bad water leak in front of the T. J. Knaak house. Mr. Johnson was on duty for over 36 hours and did not stop to have medical attention until Trustee Jirah Cole insisted that he leave the job. Mr. Johnston, also was commended by the board for faithful service. The Independent Social Club will meet on Wednesday at the home of Mrs. James Gray of Chestnut street. Mr. and Mrs. George Harder were hosts at bridge on Saturday evening at their home on North Chestnut street. St. Paul‘s Guild members have changed their name to St. Paul‘s Sodality, as the entire woman‘s orâ€" ganization of the church is to be known as St. Paul‘s Woman‘s Guild. The next meeting of the Sodality will be on Friday, March 1, at the home of Mrs. Raymond Goodman. Bannockburn Garden club memâ€" bers and the Deerfield Woman‘s club members and husbands hase been inâ€" vited to attend the program of the Highland Park Men‘s Garden club at the Highland Park Woman‘s club on Tuesday evening, at which time the speaker will be Harry R. O‘Brien of Worthington, Ohio, who conducts The Diary of a Plain Dirt Gardner" in the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. Frank Hrdlicka and son, Frankâ€" lin, have gone to North Dakota to visit relatives. The sermon on Tuesday evening in the Holy Cross Catholie church lenten service was preached by Father John Gallery, pastor of St. Joseph‘s church, Manhattan, 1. Father Gallery has been coming as a lenten preacher since the year Father Charles McDonough arâ€" rived in Deerfleld as pastor. Rev. J. V. Murphy, pastor of the Holy Cross church, has announced that Rev. John W. McGuire, who preachâ€" ed the closing sermon in the Forty Hours in this parish last year, was buried last Friday. Competitive Exams Open for Several Government Jobs The Euge;)e Engelhard home on Wilmot road is being remodelled. Full information may be obtained Technical Expert in Design and Mr. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940 powerful short wave statoin. Read about the fastest mail service in the world, in the American Weekly, the magazine distributed with next Sunâ€" day‘s Chicago Heraldâ€"American. District Meeting of Mrs, W. A. Tennermann of Deerâ€" field, Tenth district director, conâ€" ducted the second quarterly district meeting of the American Legion auxiliary held at Libertyville last Wednesday. Legion Auxiliary Held at Libertyville Let us remember this: When you hit a stone wall or other immovable object when driving at 60 miles an hour, the force of the impact is as great as if you were to drive off the top of a ten story building. Can you imagine that shock? A mailman who travels 10,000 miles in a secondâ€"but he doesn‘t do it on foot. It‘s all done through a However, inattention to traffic conditions, recklessness or thoughtâ€" lessness in driving, and the many other driving faults we all have, make 60 miles an hour too fast a The 111 women present heard the reports given by the district chairâ€" man. The Tenth district is the first in the state to report one hundred percent membership, a total of 1080. Mrs. Tennermann presented a gift to each unit‘s membership chairman. Mrs. A. E. Budde, district music chairman, presented the Skokie Valâ€" ley trio of Libertyville, banjo, cornet and accordion, in a group of instruâ€" mental and vocal numbers. Mrs. R. E. Thomas sang "When You Wore a Tulip and I Wore a Big Red Rose." An invitation was extended from the District Legion to the auxiliary to attend the joint party in Highâ€" Lester B. Ball, superintendent of the Deerfleld grammar school, was the speaker for the day using the topic, "Education and Citizenship." Mrs. Joseph Mieczynski of Noerth Chicago, first vice president of the department of Illinois, spoke on "National Defense." At the close of the meeting, Mrs. Edna Orsborn of Deerfield, accomâ€" panied by Mrs. Dwight Merrill also of Deerfield, sang "O Beautiful, My Country." The Unit voted $12.50 toward the grade school dental clinic. It was also voted to send the president, Americanism and National Defense chairmen to a patriotic conference in Chicago on March 26. Mrs. John J. Welch reported that eight quarts of ice cream had been sent to Dorâ€" cas Home on Valentine Day. The American Legion Auxiliary met Monday evening in the Holy Cross school, Deerfield, with Mrs. C. C. Kapschull, presiding. Guests were there from Highland Park and Highwood. The Deerfield Unit anâ€" nounced its participation in the Americanism program Wednesday morning at the Highland Park high school when Attorney William D. Saltiel, well known lecturer, was guest speaker. Mrs. Conrad Uchtman, social servâ€" ice chairman, gave out 39 articles of clothing last month valued at about nine dollars. It was voted that this year cash prizes would be given for first prizes of the various groups in the poppy poster contest and ribbons as honorable mentions. Mrs. E. G. Jacobson, Mrs. George Jacobs and Mrs. William Tennerâ€" mann, who attended the birthday party at North Chicago Veterans hospital on Feb. 9, when Libertyâ€" ville and Deerfield Units acted as hostesses, gave an account of the party. Many of us drive along at 60 miles an hour feeling perfectly safe and assured that nothing can hapâ€" pen. If weather and traffic condiâ€" tions are favorable, and the vehicle is in the best possible condition, this does not present such an unusual problem. Deerfield won the attendance prize. The Libertyville unit memâ€" bers were hostesses and served little Valentine cakes at a table decorated in the Valentine motif. Mrs. Milton Diese and Mrs. John Mitchell, both of Libertyville, poured. Mrs. Raymond Goodman, junior adviser, told of the meeting of the girls at Enith Uchtman‘s home and that they had made valentines and cookies for Dorcas Home. Mrs. Harold Norman Of Deerfield Unit Speaks at Meeting Following the business meeting Mrs. Harold Norman of Bannockâ€" burn showed colored pictures of her trips through the white sands of Mexico, Bryce Canyon, Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canâ€" yon. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Milton O. Olson and Miss Louâ€" ise Huhn. SAFETYGRAMS The following letter from the road and bridge committee of the Deerâ€" field Village Board tells what has been done; what is being done; and what will be done in the future by this important part of the Deerfleld government: The source of money for the upâ€" keep of our roads and bridgesâ€" other than state highways â€"comes from : Deerfield Board Sends Open Letter Concerning Roads voolunn-d-b,Dr.N.cw first vice president, will Members are inviting their wives and friends to attend this meeting. A special invitation has also been extended to the Highland Park L4â€" 1. Motor fuel tax; to be used for arterial streets. week, Mr. Kapschull has chosen "Americanism" as the topic for his address. In the absence of Otto Mr, Charles C. Kapschull of Deerâ€" field, former state commander of the American Legion, will be the guest speaker at a dinner meeting of the Highwood Lions club to be held on Thursday (today) at 6 p.m. at the nation celebrating rededication 2. Vehicle licenses, traffic violaâ€" tions and other moneys earmarked for_ road and bridge work. Besides many miscellaneous jobs improving your village, during 1939, the following accomplishments were put into the class of past history : At present, the work under way consists of the reâ€"surfacing of Elm street. This is in accord with the arterial highway improvement proâ€" gram, the cost being entirely borne by Motor Fuel Tax funds. 1. Greenwood avenue (arterial street) was graded and completely reâ€"surfaced. 2. Oakley avenue was made into an arterial street and regravelled. 3. The East End bridge was reâ€" paired and a sidewalk put in on the south side of the bridge. _Planned for 1940 are the followâ€" ing projects: 1. Resurfacing Pine street (arterâ€" ial). The maintenance of thoroughâ€" fares in our village other than state or arterial highways is paid out of a specified percentage of the general taxes. Inasmuch as the latâ€" ter are appreciably in arrears at the present time, our functions are somewhat limited in this respect. Respectfully submitted, Your Village Road and Bridge Committee. Construction of these new postâ€" offices still is on the "project list" of the public building branch of the Federal Works administration, unâ€" der estimated costs of $70,000 for Grayslake, Deerfield, and Antioch, while the estimated cost for Barâ€" rington is $95,000; Highland Park $170,000 and Zion $76,000. Chas. C. Kapschull To Address Highwood Lions Club Tonight 3. Resurfacing Cedar street (arâ€" terial). Washington, D. C. (Special) â€" Anyone who still hopes he will live to see the government build a new postoffice in Antioch, Barrington, Deerfield, Grayslake, Highland Park or Zion, can resign himself to waitâ€" ing at least two more years. It will be the spring of 1942, at the earliest, before any earth will be turned for a new postoffice in these towns. However, this agency now is enâ€" tering the third year of its three year program, involving $130,000,â€" 000 for construction of new federal buildings. All of this $130,000,000 has been allocated, though some of And, of course, there is no assurâ€" ance that these towns will be among those selected to get new postoffices the next time congress appropriates more money for federal buildings. it remains to be appropriated. An economy congress has just refused to appropriate more than the $15,â€" 000,000 necessary to carry on this authorized program, without expanâ€" sion, in the fiscal year 1941. Officials of the public buildings branch said today that they did not intend to challenge the will of conâ€" gress by asking any special approâ€" priation this year to provide for additional new postoffices. Even if such an appropriation is granted next year, it will be at least six months after the appropriation is made before the contract could be awarded for a proposed postoffice in any of these towns. 2. Resurfacing Arbor Vitae street (arterial). Possibility for New Postoffices for Six Towns, Far Removed With Lions clubs throughout the NUMBER 62