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'War Emergency Notes (Surgical Garments committee re- ports for March): 265 Surgical garments made. Mrs. Harold Snell has taken the place of Mrs. Frank Farmer as director of the work at the Skokie branch. The Wool committee of the Red Cross reports for March 1918: The following garment sent in: 2 scarfs, 21 helmets, 2 trench caps, os So -----_'" A WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1018 * -------------------- training camp (aviation Columbus, to the Signal gorps, Lak Charles, La. tenant, and is with the Supply corps at Jeffersonville. A cable has been received by th family of E. Dudley Bradstreet, the 164th Regiment U. S. R,, he is well, and is now in London. section) 2nd Lieutenant Endicott Bradstreet has now his commission as 1st Lieu- Infantry of saying Corporal Arthur FW. Hill, 932 North VILLAGE TO OPPOSE GAS RATE e INCREASE (Continued from page 1) but has as yet fixed no date for a hearing. At the last meeting of the Village council, held April 16, the Village Attorney made a report of the pre- sent status of the matter and a committee consisting of Trustee Walter F. Wallace and the Business manager was appointed to confer with the Village Attorney and take e SELECTED MEN TO DRILL WITH COMPANY "D" BOYS Captain A. H. Howard of Company "D" has received orders to afford opportunity for drilling, to the men who have been selected in the draft and who are awaiting call to the training camps. A certain number of the drafted men will be assigned to Company "D", to drill with that organization and come under the direct instruc- tion of the non-commissioned officers in the Reserve body. a "working knowledge" of the man- ual of arms and the school of the soldier. - --$--$--$--$--$§--$--$-- BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND. $--$--8--$--8--$--$--5--¢§ EMBROIDERY, PLEATING, BUTTONS HEMSTITCHING 10¢ a yard--all colors BRINGYOUR WORK IN BEFORE SHOP- PING, READY WHEN YOU GO HOME Mail Orders Given Prompt Attention 152 pairs of socks, 46 sweaters, 1 pair | 3V enue, who has been in the Gas De-| whatever action should be found The' pirdate 'of dl ind LOUIS J. WROBLE wristlets. fense service overseas, is home for |pecessary to successfully oppose any | all gh is ; pre nary 135 So. State St., corner Adams Mrs. Harold De Lay, a brief furlough. further increase in rates, either by raining is to give the selected men | over Peacocks Phone Randolph 6975 Chairman. : Ts % co-operation with other munici- : - Report of the Surgical Dressings Ist Lieutenant Roswell B. Fuller | palities, or independently. ODEIOT IOEIOL (0) -- (+) 1OEIOX oro committee. 1as been trasferred from the Avia- ane 15856 dressings were made and tion Camp at Garden City, to Avia- ANNOUNCEMENT tion work, overseas. COMMISSION ANNOUNCES CENTENNIAL ACTIVITIES | shipped in March. The work was held back a trifle on account of a temporary shortage of gauze. Our quota for April is 47,500 first line dressings, so we need a big number of workers to make these dressings which go to the front line with every man. Elizabeth Stevenson, Chairan. | William H. Merrill, Jr., and Lionel France are at Camp Logan, Ambu- lance headquarters, with the 108th Sanitary train. Now showing this season's latest creations for SPRING and SUMMER In Imported materials for Ladies' Tailored Suits, Coats, Coats, One-Piece Dresses, Sport Suits, Skirts, Etc. You are cordially invited to inspect these importations. F. A ARENDT Ladies' Tailor : : Of local interest is the announce- ment by the State Centennial com- mission of the series of activities which will be conducfed during the year in commemoration of the one hunderdth anniversary of the state- hood of Illinois. The program of events is to be as follows: August 9-26--State Fair and Cen- Dress Sidney Strotz is now a Sergeant, and is with the 65th Engineers corps, Tank unit, Co. B. at Camp Upton, N. Y. : The Red Cross Auxiliary of Win- netka wishes to thank all the women who did such splendid work in the Corporal Willis A Rounsevelle is Importer =) ----------= (J) =) ------=--={") = (a) | drive for clothes for the French and with Base Hospital Unit 11, at Camp | tennial Exhibition, ending with 402-3-4- HEYWORTH BUILDING : . ; i 1 pageant on August 26. Belgians during the week of March Dodge processional. paca ; Phone: 29 East Madi St, 18, to 25. Thanks to their co-opera- rd October 1-6--Btate Centennial Central 1449 RIDING HABITS | CHICAGO tion, 18 boxes were sent to the ware- Harold S. Strotz is with Base|pageant, unveiling of statues of Lin- house on Saturday afternoon, weigh- Hospital Unit 11, at Camp Dodge. coln and Douglas and laying of cor- | ORIEN O RIO ----JO0I0----010 TOC nerstone of Centennial Memorial building, to which President Wilson and the Governors of other States will be invited. December 3--Final observance un- der the auspices of Centennial com- mission and State Historical society. ing 4,020 pounds, and containing 3,967 garments, al inthe best of con- dition. Many pairs of excellent shoes were included of which they are in such desperate need. J. F. Al- ton very kindly and generously had all the boxes strapped with metal, before they were finally shipped. It is another proof of Winnetka's will- ingness to respond generously and quickly to any war emergency that arises. Marion L. Walker, Auxiliary of the Red Cross The Winnetka Navy Comfort com- Ernest M. Burkitt is with the Coast Artillery corps, at Fort McKinley, Portland, Maine. Food will win the war Produce it Hints in Barnard's Seed Book will tell you How. SENT GRATIS UPON REQUEST It also tells about Flowers, Plants, Sh cube. 4 ete. THE W. W. BARNARD CO. Frank J. Klauke is at Camp Grant, with the 161st Depot brigade. 1st Lieutenant Thorne Taylor, son of Judge and Mrs. Thomas Taylor Jr. of Hubbard Woods, who is in the Aviation corps in France, has been .| cited for bravery by Major Roose- velt, before the army. He brought mittee has been dissolved, circum- down his plane while in flames from stances having seemed to make a|? height of 3000 feet in the air. Seedsmen "discontinuance of its activities ad- 231-235 West Madison Street, - . . CHICAGO ~" wyisable. The record of work for . ~ March was, 124 eiderdown sweaters, No Insomnia Among © 3eiderdown helmets, 9 knitted sweat- ' os ers, 4 knitted helmets, 30 pairs of Uncle Sam $ Troops * socks, and 10 comfort kits. During > : the period of its existance, from Chester Ambler of the American i i i E D A i. E April 26, 1917 to April 28, 1918, the Fxpeditionary Forces in France, has ESTABLISHED 1871 FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE 1723 BENSEN AVENUE experienced some of the rigors of army life in French camps. A letter to. his mother, Mrs. Hubert C.- Amb- fer --o1 fU15 Wilmette avenue, scribes. vividly, Comforts committee has completed 3913 articles of various sorts, design- ed to-add to the comfort of the boys: in- the navy. _ HarrietM. Morse, Secr etar.y de- some of the trials and Winnetka report of cimmittee on| hardships of a young army private TEL.EVANSTON 955 EVANSTON, ILL. Thrift and War Savings stamps sold who is awaiting the order to take S T OR A G E during March is as follows: his place.in the. front, line trenches. ; Number of War Savings stamps 2,308 | The letter 'reads in part as follows: OSG De Housanald Goods Moved, Packed and Shipped OLIN 0. ones ahaa $9,555.12 | Dear Mother :-- Th : LSS A oe REMOVALS ; AUTO VAN SERVICE Number of Thrift stamps 36,041. ~~ | ---.-- We left our training camp € Annex Pleating pa iano and Rug Room Private Locked Bours" Totaling '170. voi avian $910.25 | on Saturday noon 'and marched : . LJ ; : fd . ' | about 5 miles and there loaded every- | and Button Shop Sa $10,465.37 | thing, and within three hours pulled 25 E. Washington St., Chicago oe : New Trier high school reports]|out for the front, spending three Above "Store for Men" Thrift and War Savings stamps sold : | miserable days and nights riding Room 1035 TOTAL vrs dais vr 8 3a $923.85 | through . the country; no sleep at ; est February... Jr aieo vy Slit 597.67 | night and during the day viewing the Buttons Mon complete styles es ass March cl i TER aa 203.34 | country from a side door "Pullman". > SE i Th th Ne Winnetka Public schools report We passed through the poorest Biston Helos Pe Do pavss a ing ac. me m e for January, February and March section of France, through cities and ee if Le 433 pupils having stamps, 13251 villages of all descriptions, big, little, uc ans y arng ores Thrift stamps sold, and 704 certi- wealthy and poor, and saw people, Best Service ConvenientLocation ficates, totaling $37,796.43. Report of the American Fund' for French Wounded: 22 day shirts, 51 chemises, 4 dresses, 68 George Wash- ington bags, 25 surgical shirts, 2 blankets, 1 scarf, 1. sweater, -1 package of old linen. : March Report Report of the North End com- mittee of the Naval Auxiliary: of the American Red Cross, March 1918. 34 Operating Socks, 30 Kits, 50 Con- valscent Robes, 80 Hospital Shirts, 13 pairs Knit Socks, 7 Sweaters, Knit, 1 mostly women and children at every crossroads. At almost every stop of any length we were served with coffee by pretty women of the French Red Cross. We passed several French Red Cross trains and one American, which cer- tainly looked like a palace in com- parison to the others. We landed at...., about midnight, unloaded and were out of the yards and on the way to a place to sleep by 3 o'clock. It was daylight before we had a chance to go in and lie gon TT A CRUD ULE | | enna HR HR H HAGTTTTTU Shoe Economy marvelous growth of Sonora (1917 sales 100 times those of 1913) is [due solely to intrinsic value. depends on what you get, not on what you pay. The Flor- sheim Shoe gives full value for every dollar you invest--- style and quality that satisfy from first to last days' wear. A phonograph merely "as good" or "slightly better" could never have achieved Scarf, 1 Helmet, 50 Bonnets for Dr. down. I did this but was routed out such results in the face of the vigorous Brown, 41 Eiderdown Sweaters. at 8 o'clock to unload some wagons and then got some corned "willy" (beef) and hardtack for breakfast, worked some more and got more corned "willy" for dinner and sup- per combined, and then went on guard that night and during the next day I had a few hot meals and then to bed for the first real §leep in four days and nights. Oh, boy! such life in the army. Ynsiatest Our camp is in a small town near the front and every night we can hear the guns a-popping and some times it sounds as though they were raising ...... up there...... With love, Chester P. The meetings were held March 4, and 11, at Mrs. Schnieble, Hubbard Woods, March 18, at Mrs. C. L. Bryon, 768 Foxdale avenue, March 20; at Mrs. William Dillon, 814 Prospect avenue. co older established machines. If you want "The Highest Class Talking Machine in the World" you must buy the mpetition and extensive publicity of Mrs. Charles L.Bryon. Recreation Fund is Mr. Eugene A. Rummler, chairman of the War Camp Recreation fund for Winnetka reports $2,357.64 raised in the Village for this work. The town was divided into six districts under the following captains, Victor M. Harding, J. Roy West, C. D. Dal-| las, A. Miller Belfield, Leonard H. Roach, Lloyd C. Whitman. A team of women workers under Mrs. J. Al- $90 $200 $500 PATTERSON BROS. PIANO STORE $115 | $215 | $1000 HHH Ambler. The Winnetka Shoe Store Billions Insure Men Shoes nnn ren TEE EEE EEE ET EERE ERE ERLE REET . : . and Tennis Goods % len Haines co-operated with this gk the whole family je i committee. Sy z so RA IR prices. Don't forget and have bi Over 200,000 applications for insur- vour Shoes soled with "Neolin- 1522 Sherman Avenue ance by officers and enlisted men of Soles." Easy to walk on. Out- Ist Lieutenant Frank C. Farmer is wears Leather now located at Camp Oglethorpe with the Medical corps. and Waterproof. EVANSTON TELEPHONE 654 Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings the naval service had been filed by| 2 March 31. The average amount of: insurance on each policy was about $7,300, making a total of more than]: $1,500,000,000. © Payments on war- risk allotments are now about $1,.- 000,000 a month. Arch-Supporters a Specialty. Polish, Laces, ete. H. LUENSMAN, Prop. Robert L. Alton has won his com- Phone 694 804 Elm Street mission as Lieutenant. He has been tranferred from the Reserve Officers' EEUU