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~£) WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1918 5 ocial Happenings! on the ' North Shore by Ruth Risley VERY PRETTY WEDDING was soleninized last Tuesday afternoon, when Miss Jean Hopkins became the bride of Robert P. Lamont, Jr., at Christ church, at 4:30 o'clock. The . . - " | youthful bridegroom wore the uniform of the French army, | in whose service he drove an ambulance for a year, and on his breast were fastened the croix de guerre and the French Military medal awarded him before his discharge from the service, which followed the loss of a hand. ; The bride wore a girlish frock of white crepe meteor with a tulle veil, and carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. The maid of honor, Miss Ruth Hopkins, wore orchid color chiffon and the brides- maids, Miss Sylvia Shaw, Miss Dorothy Lamont, Miss Louise Thorne and Mrs. John Holabird, wore frocks of ciel blue chiffon. Both the bridesmaids and the maid of honor wore mauve velvet hats and carried lavendar orchids. The flower girls, Gertrude Lamont and Frances Shaw, wore white georgette dresses and white hats.' Mr. Jack Cowles was best man and the ushers included Russell Kelley, Donald Stewart, Henry Coe, and Richard Mabbatt. The Reverend Dr. Arthur Rogers of Evanston, read the service. The church was attractively decorated with American flags. Following the ceremony, there w as a reception at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Hopkins, 940 Sheridan road. Among those at the wedding were Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Robert P. Lamont of Evanston, parents of the bridegroom: Miss Lolita Armour of Lake Forest; Mrs. Ira Couch Wood, Mrs. Phelps 5. Hoyt, Mrs. Earle Zimmerman, and Mrs. T. Philip Swift. Mr. and Mrs. Lamont will live on a ranch in Lackspur, Colo. Pr. v The opening meeting of- the North Shore Catholic Woman's league was held at the Winnetka Woman's club on Thursday, October 24. The board meeting took place at 1 o'clock and plans for the coming year were out- lined. The general meeting which was preceded by a reception was one of unusual interest It was opened by an invocation by Reverend J. J. Haarth. This was followed by the Star Spangled Banner, sung by the assembly. The president of the league, Mrs. H. A. Morin, extented a cordial welcome to the members and their guests and introduced the speakers of the afternoon in her usual gracipus manner. Mrs. Marie Cassin, representing the Chapel's Aid association gave and interesting account of the work that organiza- tion is doiig at the Great Lakes naval training station. By citing several ifi€idents; "she gave her talk "The Human Touch" and through her sincerity - created a real desire to assist in the noble work that is be- ing carried on. Father Haarth, mo- derator of the league, in a brief ad- dress set before the members the important position of an organiza- tion as the league and urged that during the coming year a united ef- fort be made to further its work. The speaker of the afternoon, Col P. E. Holp, official rector of the San «Francisco exhibition, gave a most en- ioyable address on "War Questions". He displayed a wide range of obser- vation and delivered his material in such an interesting manner that all present felt it indeed was a privilege to have Col. Holp on the program. ee On Wednesday, November 6, there | will be an all-day meeting of the Woman's society of the Congrega- tional church, opening with a busi- ness meeting at 11 o'clock; luncheon at 12 o'clock, and followed by an interesting program at 1:3 o'clock in charge of the W. C. T.. U. The speaker of the afternoon will he Miss Margaret Wintringer, who is a newspaper correspondent, em- ployed by the W. C. T. U., to speak on the ratification of the prohibition amendment. She has recently re- turned from France and will tell of the condition of women and children and of our boys over there. Luncheon will be served at a small cost. Children will not be served unless their mothers are present. nl Mrs. Charles S. Thorne, assisted by her daughters, Mrs. Ellison and Mrs. Windes, entertained the East Willow Street circle on Tuesday afternoon. The members worked for the Red Cross. Mrs. iWindes entertained with a pleasing program of solos and patriotic songs. A vote was car- ried to continue the serving of light refreshments at the meetings. Mrs. Harry Orwig invites the circle for its November meeting. a .s, Kent Tenney Healy, formerly of Winnetka, now of Wellesley Hills, Mass., has entered the freshmen class at Harvard university this fall. Ho Mr. and Mrs. Edward Page Smith have closed their home in Winnetka, and gone to Washington for the win- ter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Magie of Winnetka, who are making their home in Chicago this winter, are ex- pecting their daughter, Mrs. Chester Alan Wardwell and her baby, of Brookline, Mass., to come some time this week to spend the winter with them. Mrs. Wardwell had planned to come sometime ago, but both she and her baby have been ill with in- fluenza. The Magie's eldest son, Lieutenant Frank Ogden Magie, Jr. is in France; the second son, John Q., is at home on leave from the Great Lakes, recuperating from an attack of mumps, which was preced- ed by influenza-pneumonia: and the youngest son, William, is at Mercy hospital, where he was operated on for appendicitis last week. L The regular meeting of the Catholic Woman's league will be held on | November 7, at 2:30 o'clock at the gram will consist of a lecture by Professor Henry Walter Graham, musical selections by Professor Bourget, musical director of the Archdiocese of Chicago; selections by Mrs. Napoleon Picard, soloist; and an address on "Catholic Women of Illinois" by Miss Sally Gaynor. --f As is customary at the opening meeting, "Bundle Day" was observ- ed and the chairmn of the Philan- thropy department received many contributions. These will be distri- buted to the needy forms and are a small beginning to the work which this branch of the league has plan- | ned 1 ERT { Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCue of 631 Washington avenue, were among the guests at the wedding of Miss Winifred Sheldon and Lieutenant Eugene S. Thornton of the medical reserve corps of the United States | . " . | evening at the Congregational church in Muskegon, Mich. Mrs. Thornton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sheldon, formerly made her home in Wilmette. Lieutenant Thorton will report for duty at Camp Custer the first of next week, and the young people will reside there until he is called for overseas service. =) Merriman Hess, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hess, 837 Forest avenue, is reported to be convalescing from a shrapnel wound in a base hospital in France. iin One of the Tuesday luncheon and Bridge clubs met this week at the home of Mrs. C. LE. Rennacker, 1022 Eleventh street. Sa Miss Katherine Beebe and Mrs. M. K. Valentine of 900 Bryant avenue, have closed their home and taken an apartment in Evanston, for the win- ter. Mr. A. A. Beebe will remain in Washington in the subsistence di- vision. b ade The W. M. Hoyt family are spend- ing the winter at Green Cove Springs, Florida. ---- Lieutenant Walter Brown is spend- ing a ten day furlough at his home on Prairie avenue. Winnetka Woman's club. The pro-' | army, Jrhiey took place last Saturday | t 1 Conservation Needs WELFARE STATION NOW RECOGNIZED THROUGHOUT STATE State-wide recognition of the Mrs. Gardner Read announces an exhibit of HUE, Reports coming daily from all over the world are giving definite shape to the program of the United States Food Administration for vic- tualing the armies of Europe the people of the Allied countries and the hungry nations behind the battle lines. [ It is imperative that each house- hold should remember these facts las its members gather around the dining table. In 20,000,000 homes {there will soon be new Home Cards | from the United States Food Ad- ministration, showing how food may Ibe systematically saved for our boys and our aliies. There must be more lion tons additional shipping to Furope this year. The largest item in the program of food exports is 100,000,000 tons of bread-making flour and grains, more than 400,000,000 bushes. A substantial part of this sav- ing will come from the conscious, deliberate effort of one hundred mil- ion American citizens men, women and children. Concretely, this means that each individual must allow himself four bushels of grain instead of the five he consumed last year for bread. Consumption of substitutes for wheat flour is not enough, saving grain means saving of substitute flours as well. Finally each person must eat his bread "on his conscience." than a mil- Funeral at Winnetka Miss Clara Stauber, an Evanston hospital nurse, who died there Wed- nesday night of Spanish influenza, was buried Saturday from 'the Sac- red Heart church, Winnetka. The funeral services were at 10 a. m. Miss Stauber had just begun to take nurses' training at the hospital and had formerly been employed at the Evanston telephone exchange. Her sister, Miss Elsie Stauber, lives at 1239 Maple avenue, Evanston. Buy Early, Warning The reasons why Christmas shop- ping must be done early are stated concisely on a placard which appears in many of the stores windows. The reasons given are, 1, Shortage of mer- chandise; 2, Retailers cannot add to their sales force; 3, The congestion of railways; 4, Fuel shortage makes longer hours impossible - Buy now! Draft Boards Report Six hundred and twenty-seven lo cal boards this week reported to the provost marshal general that they are 90 per cent through the physical examination of class one men be- tween the ages of 19 and 36, regis- tered on September 12. Ten thousand and seventy of the local boards are 60 percent through their physical examinations of class one men and 1,329 are 30 per cent through. To Meet Purple A. C. The Ouilmette A. C. football team has scheduled a game with the Purple A. C. of Chicago, to be played at the local grounds at Third street and Linden avenue. The team has had no games for several weeks ow- ing to the "flu". | Mrs. A. H. Weeks, 1501 Washington avenue, is confined to her home with influenza. Election at Bob O'Link The annual meeting and election of directors will be held at the Bob O' Link Golf club, Highland Park, Sa- turday, November 9. Dinner will be served at 7 o'clock' and a "good time" is promised by those in charge of the evening's entertainment. W. C. T. U. Meeting The Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union members are invited to join the ladies of the Wilmette Methodist church in their missionary meeting on Tuesday, November 5, at 1 o'clock, in the Methodist church. The W. C. T. U. members are also invited to meet with the ladies of the Winnetka Congregational church on Wednesday, November 6, at !:20 p. m. How Dangerous Insects Are Watched The extent to which the principal crops of this country are attacked by injurious insects is known almost from day to day for the entire United States by the Department or Agri- culture's Bureau of Entomology through its "war emergency ento- mological intelligence service." Co- operative arrangements have been made with the entomologists of the State agricultural colleges and ex- periment stations, | How the Kaiser is confounded it As your int'rest is compounded. Buy War Savings Stamps. establishment of the Infant Welfare station in the Zeuschel building in Gross Point is insured by the follow- ing laudatory article which recently appeared in an issue of the "State Council News", official bulletin of the State Council of Defense. Gross Point's Good Example "Gross Point, Ill, is following up its baby weighing and measuring campaign by maintaining an infant welfare station where the children may receive regular medical atten- tion. Mothers are requested to bring the government weighing and meas- uring cards, and the record of the child's gain is the evidence which is used to impress the importance of the work upon the mothers. Mrs. V. C. Sanborn, New Trier chairman, started the station." ULE TT Natalie children's hand-made dresses, boys' suits, sweaters, etc, at McPherson's Millinery Store 610 DAVIS STREET, EVANSTON NOVEMBER 4-9 nn Can You Wear? A 16, 36 or 38 SIZE ; COAT, SUIT or ) DRESS 'f so, we can fit you in a wonderful sample garment at wholesale prices Fall and Winter Showing Sample Cloak and BRASSARDS FOR WOMEN WORKERS A distinguishing mark for the woman or girl who is a worker for the Woman's Committee of the State Sult Shep x $ Fifth Floor Nerth American Council of Defense, is the arm band Blde., 36 So State, Chicage which has just been adopted by the Centtral 1830 committees. It is of golden brown embroidered in a device from the Illinois state seal around which is the name of the organization. The brassard may be worn only by those who have satisfactorily quali- fied as workers in the organization, the qualifications to be passed on by OLDSMOBILE the local representatives of the E rt ALL CARS Woman's committee. X P e --_-- William Dupee Sidley, who has been a student at Williams College is now in the officers' training school at Camp Zachary Taylor. Repairing STORAGE Card of Thanks PARTS 1 We wish to thank our many friends from the Evanston Hospital, Chicago Telephone Company, and from Win- netka and Kenilworth for the lovely floral tributes and notes of sympathy in the recent bereavement of our sister, Clarice Stauber. Her sisters. --Adv. T33-1tc R. D. Cunningham | 810 Church Street, Evanston Phone 4884 i FORD SERVICE | 723 Oak Street, Winnet! a TELEPHONE WINNETKA : Repairing Li 'Monarch and Red Tubes WINNETKA TIRE SHOP Vulcanizing - 'Hood, Mason and Firestone Tires luiiuiiaddddillllllaaiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis Vollman's Market 796 ELM STREET We sell cheapest because we sell for cash. Only the best of Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats at the lowest possible prices. FISH A SPECIALTY WZ TZ 2 727 2 2 7 ZZ Td 22 2 2d 2 rl iliirididey 277 Zirrdiiiiziizzzziiiiriziiiiirizz; ISLSSSLSSSS SSSI 224 7) 777% 722% Aspegren & Company TEL. WILMETTE 420 EVANSTON 466 7 Z, Z% A 7 Saturday Deliveries By order of State Council of Defense 72 7 Z The same rule applies as on other days Only one delivery over each route 70 7 24 7/7 7 Z To insure delivery same day orders for West side and Kenil- worth must be in store before 10 o'clock. Wilmette, east of tracks before 12 o'clock. Co-operation in planning and plac- ing orders will assist us in giving the best service possible. CANNED MILK--Very scarce in wholesale market. stock on hand is a profitable investment. SWEET POTATOES--Are very good now. SOAP--Purchase early to avoid further advances. KARO--BIlue Label, 5's 45¢c; 10's 85c. Red Label (white), while supply lasts. INSTANT TAPIOCA--Dromedary, package 12c; ¥ dozen 6°c OLIVE OIL--A healthful product that can still be bought. Either imported or domestic. Variaties: Antonini, Cen- torbi, Avanti, Beech Nut, Heinz, McNally, Ehman's and 777 pz \ litte 700 Ire, p22 7 \ Red Lion. \ BROOMS--AIl indications are that present purchases are good A investments. % SOAP CHIPS--20-Mule Team Borax, large package 45c; small package 15c; 12-oz. package 20c. Crytal White, large package 35c. Wool Flakes, Swifts, large package 41c. Ivory Flakes and Crystal White Soap Flakes, to intro- duce their quality, package 9c. LOBSTER--New pack, Ferndell or B. & M., can 36c, doz. $4.25 WAX PAPER ROLLS-- 4 rolls 25c. % 2