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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 29 Mar 1918, p. 6

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WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 1918 WAR EMERGENCY NOTES (Continued from page five.) \ promptly, as a proper obligation of the community. During the preparatory months of 1917, the Winnetka Union disbursed $2,617.66. During the year of 1918, we During the fighting year of 1918, we meed a much larger sum to keep up this work in such measure that it may be a source of pride and ad- vantage to us all. This is not the work merely of officers and committees. Not a home mor a resident of Winnetka, but should have some share in this-- our own most immediate enterprise. Everyone is urged to become a member of the Union at once. There are three kinds of membership, dif- fering only in the amounts which circumstances enable you to contri- bute: 1. Annual Membership . . . .$1.00 2. Contributing Memberships $5.00. 3. Sustaining Memberships $10.00 or more. Winnetka has responded gener- ously to outside appeals. This is our own home work as citizens and neighbors, fighting our own war, helping our. own sons at the front. Let everyone in your family stand with the Winnetka Union during this decisive year. Winnetka War Emergency Union, HORACE KENT TENNY, General Chairman. Financial Statement (Cash Receipts and Disbursements from April 1, 1917, to December 31, 1917.) RECEIPTS Subscriptions ...... $2,983.21 Jectures ........... 98.25 Miscellaneous ..... 50.85 Refund from Volun- tary Training Bnit 00 250.00 $3,382.31 DISBURSEMENTS Finance Committee Expense. ......>.. $ 76.50 Publicity, Printing Advertising, Sta- tionary, etc .....: Supplies, etc, for Winnetka Volun- tary Training Corps (of which $250 has been re- paid) Woman's Service (including adver- tising for Red Cross)s: . un wens Gardens and Food Production Military Recreation and Entertain- ment (including Jackie Party and supper each week Farewell meeting for selected men held in September Red Cross for com- fort kits for selec- ted men Patriotic Meetings. Supplies furnished Winnetka soldiers at Rockford (in- cluding sheepskin slippers, brooms, etc. Flag soldiers Grant General Office Ex- penses, (including Secretary's sal- ary) Miscellaneous cluding printing, Flag, Boards, 514.92 3195 19.00 609.42 89.15 175.53 42.54 SAA NH IY 94.69 for Winnetka at Camp 14.63 615.31 Service Bulletin etc.) a 273.35 2617.66 Balance on hand $ 764.65 What the War Emergency Union of Winnetka comprehends and how it works is suggested by the follow- ing tabulation of subjects with which it has been concerned: With the Soldiers and Sailors Extra personal equipment. Care and recreation for Soldiers and "Jackies." War Relief Assistance to families of men in service. Food will win the war Produce it Hints in Barnard's Seed Book will tell you How. "SENT GRA It also tells about Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, ete. THE W. W, Seedsmen 231-235 West Madison Street, - - - i:5 UPON REQUEST BARNARD CO. CHICAGO pm (Tec Highest Lo oo) Kool cio ofe] OWRD 5 aC "PI CN BY) or Aad : Calon y < / B 2 2 | 4 Q CLEAR AS A BELL 'Q u ES) ¢ B OR its exquisite richness and L | naturalness of rendition, for its beauty, and for its many unique | and exclusive features, you will f{ choose the Sonora, which won bi . . . 2 highest score at the Panama-Paci- 3 #1 fic Exposition for tone quality. 0 | $50 $55 $60 $90, $115 $150 $180 $200 $215 $300 $375 $500 ' _ $1000 _ _ A Vm Tee 1 a pr-- 3 Patterson Bros. : g 5 ¢ d Piano House E ~ » g 1522 Sherman Avenue 3 } : Open Tues., Thurs. ) and Sat. Evenings £ a "n we ~ : 5, V0 er GLO, mm = 5% -- O20 Se 0.9 Local State Miliatia Unit No. 307 W. T. C. and Co. A, 1st Regiment I. R. M. War Revenue Work Liberty Bond campaigns. War Sav- ings Stamps campaign. Red Cross financing. Raising Y. M. C. A. funds. Food War Gardens. Instruction in food conservation. Encouragement of canning. Red Cross Service Knitting. Hospital supplies. ments for foreign Relief. Publicity and Intelligence Work Service flags. Bulletins. Notices. Patriotic Instruction Community House meetings. Boy Scout work. Work among the school children. War organizations outside of Win- netka work with and through the Gar- Union. To secure the closest under- standing and co-operation in war matters, the official village is rep- resented on the General Committee of the Union by William D. Mec- Kenzie, the appointee of the village council. Mail your membership pledge and dues to the Field Secretary of the Union at Community House. Finance Committee George D. Wolf, Chairman. William B. McIlvaine, Thomas Taylor, Jr. IL. P. Robinson, C. B. .Fwart, ATT nn ns nnn nnn COME AND FOOL US BY ATTENDING The Second Annual DANCE GIVEN BY The Order of the "Mysterious Two" EASTER MONDAY, April 1, 1918 AT 8 O'CLOCK GROSS POINT VILLAGE HALL mE EE EE ET HT Admission 35¢ At the Door 50¢ ELE EE TTT TAL i Otto C. Butz, 5 J. Allen Haines. : Roswell B. Mason, John H. Scoville | oS He rid. Garditing Beg Aad PAN AN oRaTG I Bag E VEN the smallest of garden plots can be made to pro- 3 A duce a variety of vegetables cigs" that will be relished during the summer months. Books on gardening will help to make your garden a success. Here are just a few of the many books on vegetable gardening to be found in our store: The Principles of Vegetable Gardening By L. H. Bailey. $1.60 How to Make the Garden Pay By Edward Morrison and Charles Thomas Brues. The Back Yard Farmer 75¢ By J. Willard Bolte. Everyman's Garden in War Time By Charles A. Selden. Home Vegetables and Small Fruits By Francis Duncan. $1.00 $1.35 ba $1.40 Success in the Suburbs 3y John R. McMahon. Our books are always sold at the lowest prices. A. C. McCLURG & CO. On Wabash Between Adams & Jackson $2.00 BUR EUBVTOEOOOTONK | 1. Our system of circulati mosphere. tor. a certainty. be applied to any of our refrigerators Included in this Ground Floor Randolph 4945 of Our Refrigerators in Use in Winnetka--Why? The Users Were Convinced on the Following Points: All of our refrigerators have seamless linings, assuring 3. Our insulation is of sufficient quantity and of a quality which makes ice economy and drainage system Our refrigerators cost less--quality considered. 4. Our temperature is exceptionally low, of insulation. 3. Food compartments of sibilities of mold. 6. Our "celan out" pipe place to make cleaning without additional cost. B 7. The external finish and ) fastidious. 5» 3 = Outside Icing Doors can FACTORY CLEARANCE SALE Bohn Syphon Refrigerator Shop WHITE ENAMEL REFRIGERATOR CO. 68 E. Washington Street JORGE OOO OOOO OT EO EOTOT . ' . M ] / il / \l We Have What YOU WANT We have one of those refrigerators. Over 200 ion is best. Maintains lower temperature and drier at- a most sanitary refrigera- due to our system of circulation and method our refrigerators are perfectly dry, eliminating all pos- located in front. The one practical easy. We have an auxiliary drain to connect to floor trap construction of our refrigerators will please the most A small deposit will hold refrigerator until delivery is desired sale are a few shopworn amd obsolate pattern Opp. Public Library CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. Telephones Randolph 621

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