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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 25 Jan 1918, p. 3

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{A 1 : 1 hi ya n gos i 13 fw i i 1 $ g pl AAC Ld - v wy -were dropped ia number of children were on hand ito see the contributions made. The committee in charge includes Mrs. "Russel Tyson, chairman, and the iMesdames Alfred Burnham, W illiam | "Boydon, John Scott, Merritt Starr, "John Montgomery and Douglas "Smith. 'noon from thiree to five o 'clock. will be served. "ihave served during the week at the Gift Shop": "Smith, "Merritt = Mrs. don Hoyt. ence Capron, Mrs. Phil B: Sadler, Mrs. Thursday--Mrs. C. H. Howard, Mrs. S. H. Greeley, Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Mrs. Otto Barnett. Friday--Mrs. . Walter Dean Peck, Mrs. Otis Ains- worth Skinner, Mrs. E. N. Rhodes. Saturday--Mrs. I. Harrison Mettler, Mrs. Pullaferro Milton, Mrs. A. D. ------------ T i North Shore by Ruth Risley » HEF opening of the Dr. Alice Brown ! Gift Shop at Community House Tuesday afternoon proved very satisfactory. Articles of all sorts are 'being given, from diamond eardrops 'to baby carriages. All of the articles ;are to be sold and the proceeds de- voted to Dr. Brown's work in France. 'Old gold and silver bits of value in the pot by those 'who visited the shop vesterday, and on The shop will be apen every after- Tea Following is a list of hostesses who Tuesday--Mrs. Douglas Mrs. Phil B. Sadler, Mrs. Anita 'Willetts Burnham; Mrs: © Florence: Capron, Mrs. C. H. Howard, Mrs. Starr, Mrs. S.-H. Greeley, Walter D. Peck and Mrs. Lan- Wednesday-----Mrs. Flor- Mrs. Roswell Mason, 'Erancis Case. Edwards and Mrs. Godfrey H. Atkins. a Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harrison Den- nick of 572 Railroad avenue, cele- brated their golden wedding anni- versary on Monday, January 21." The couple were married in Chicago by Bishop Cheney at Christ Church, Twenty-fourth and Michigan avenue. in 1861. Many beautiful gifts, includ- The regular meeting of the Wo- man's Club was held at the club house Thursday afternoon, January 24 at two-thirty o'clock. During the first half hour, Mrs. Prouty and Mrs. Otis | read letters. written by two of our boys, one of whom is in France, the other on the Mexican border. Both expressed - grateful appreciation of letters and gifts received and an ap- peal was made for more letters to be written to the boys at the front, especially the Belgians, who are in such dire need of a word of comfort and cheer. A request for names of those who can write in: French was also asked. A notice was given that the lectures on food conservation would be dis- continued until February, A dona- tion of twenty-five cents was asked fronr each: member for the Rockford Camp Fund of $2,000, which is being raised by the Federation of Women's Clubs, toward the establishment of a Men's Club at Rockford. Donations may he sent to. Mrs. J..C,. West, 937 Gordon Terracg, Hubbard Woods. The. meeting was then formally opened hy the president, Mrs. Prouty, followed by the reading of the min- utes of the previous meeting by the secretary, Mrs. Florence Capron. An- nduncement was made that hereafter the meetings will be held in the de- partmental room of the club in order to conserve coal. Mrs. Prouty then spoke of the urgent call from the United Charities for funds and fuel: A patriotic meeting was announced for Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at Community House at which Mr. Daniel Reed, who has just returned! from the trenches 'will speak on food conditions in France, and Dr. Culbert- son will tell us of food conditions in the United States. The meeting was then turned over to Mrs. A. S. Alschuler, chairman of the educational committee, who' in- ing gold coin, were given the happy couple. The house was beautifully decorated with flowers 'and an 'in- formal reception to the many friends lasted all day and until late in the evening. Mr. Dennick is a Civil war veteran, having served in Company C, Third New York Light Artillery for two vears. Mrs. Dennick, who was Miss Mary Parish, is past president of the | Woman's Relief Corps of Chicago, America No. 31, of which she has been-a- member for twenty-one years. be wa de ? i The philanthropic department of the North Shore Catholic Woman's League will give its next card party at the home of Mrs. Robert J. Meh- ren, third vice-president, 1238 Scott avenue, Hubbard Woods, Wednesday afternoon at two-thirty o'clock. Charitable 'demands of this depart- ment have greatly exceeded any an- ticipation, therefore it behooves the members.and friends. to avail them- selves of this. opportunity to extend a helpful hand. Bb The all-day meeting of the Woman's Society of the Congregational Church: will be held on February 6, 1918. Board meets at 10 a. m. Business meeting 11 a. m. Luncheon 12 m. Program begins at 1:30 p. m. Under chairmanship of Mrs. I. C. Norton in charge of the local W. C. T. U. At 2 o'clock a most interesting ad- dress by the lecturer, Mrs. Alice Hyatt Mather, field secretary of the Vigilance Committee of Chicago. It is hoped the meeting will be well attended, hy 2 Through the efforts of Mrs. E. N. Rhodes, an opportunity is offered the women. of Hubbard Woods to do' Red Cross work in the kindergarten room of the Skokie school every Tuesday from one to five. It is hoped that a large number of women who find the distance too great to the Parish! House will plan to attend this branch regularly. Mrs. F. C. Farmer is in charge of the work. ---- New Year's morning witnessed the unfurling of the service flag at the Sacred Heart Church, Hubbard Woods. The flag contains 30 stars, each represent a life of a young man in the service. Of this number, five' members are in actual service, two in the navy and three in France. The remainder are in various camps throughout the country. % DE. The Skikie Red Cross chapter held its regular meeting on Tuesday with a good attendance. It is hoped the membership will increase steadily, as there is much to be done. troduced Mr. E. N. Rhodes, superin- tendent of# the Winnetka public schools, as the speaker for the after- noon. Mr. Rhodes gave a most interest- ing account of the course of study in "the Winnetka public schools. The meeting then adjourned and Miss Eva Gordon entertained those present with some delightful songs. The hostesses for the afternoon were Mrs. Charles Buell, Mrs. J. Cordner West, Mrs. John I. Hamil- ton and Mrs. Cuthbert Adams. of The North"Shore Catholic Woman's League held its regular monthly meet- ing at the Winnetka Woman's Club Thursday, January 17. A semi-annual report of the secretary-treasurer and chairman of various committees was read. Mrs. Catherine Murphy, chair- man of the 'philanthropic committee made an appeal for financial assist- ance and: also for cast-off clothing. Recent investigations revealed want and misery in our own midst among families worthy of support. Anyone having wearing apparel, * especially underwear for children can leave same at' the Hubbard Woods Parish House and Mrs. Murphy will dis- tribute to those in immediate want, Mrs. A. M. Rich of the Woman's City Club substituted for Miss Amelia Sears. She gave an interesting ad- dress on "City Finance," outlining where the city cofférs might retain a 'large' 'per' cent of its budget by a complete and thorough re- adjustment of the different bureaus, namely re- distributing garbage at a saving of .1$400,000 annually, reducing the num- ber of police stations by substituting U. S. soldiers at bridges, etc.. at a saving of one million dollars: holi- days for city employes by eliminat- ing primary and election days as holidays as. the City Hall, thereby | saving the city $14,000 per day;| standardization of law department, clerks, bailiff and municipal court clerks at a saving of $50,000 annually; centralization of pay-rolls, $200,000 saved a year. These and other reports have been submitted for consideration by the Woman's City Club to the City Coun- cil, but, no action has been taken. The Misses Ustick rendered vocal and instrumental selections. Re- freshments were served. The Host- esses were Mesdames FE. A. Tilroe, J. A. Teske, E. C. Weissenberg and FE. A. Gorham, af -- The group of solicitors for the Foreign Missionary department 'of the Woman's Saciety of the Con- gregational Church will hold a busi- | ness luncheon with Mrs. Douglas Smith on Wednesday, January 30. dred and eighty-five people were in Successor to the late | DR. O. D. SWAIN Phone Glen. 54. attendance, forty of them being "jackies." Fifteen members of the Station Band furnished the music. fe The Foreign Missionary Study class met with Mrs. Alton, 577 Cherry street, Wednesday afternoon. Eigh- teen members were present. Mrs. L. Harrison Mettler of Hubbard Woods read, and piano and vocal selections were rendered by Mrs. Brewer and Mrs. Jenkins. -- Wf In response to an appeal from Dr. | _ Bicycles new and second Ziesing Block Hours 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. Glencoe, Ill WINNETKA WEEKLY TALE, FRIDAY, JaNuAnYY 25, 1918 3 The Friendship Circle, the Work- ° rr -- ing Girl's Club of AR or a Hardware and Paints DR. We We yaner 7 successful party last Tuesda en- 736 Elm St. enue OCI al H ap Denin Ss ing at Community Hote Ove bons J, F. ECKAR Phone 484 E. S. PARR 809 Elm St. Winnetka, Ill ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES. AND REPAIRING Bryan Marsh Electric Bulbs hand Bicycle repairing and supplies NEWCOMB-MACKLIN COMPANY Factory and Salesroom Lawn Mower grinding and repairs | CHICAGO Grinding of all kinds. Baby Car- riage Tires. EN 3a bR 233 Fif Sal EYROOM o PHONE 122 Hen Aves yoRrg Mrs. Norman Anderson of East Wil- low street who was operated upon at the Presbyterian hospital on Tues- | day is reported to be doing well. a Ry The Ridge Avenue Circle met on! Monday with the: chairman, Mrs. P.! W. Bradstreet, to finish caps and hoods for the Infant Welfare station at Chicago. Commons.: A large num- ber were completed, -- fp -- . A W.C Mead of Oconto Fall®, Wis., was a week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Lieber, on Elm street, fe The Ridge Avenue Circle will meet with Mrs. Florence Capron on Friday |. afternoon. Alice "Barlow-Brown for scarfs, the Neighborhood Circles, within a few hours, under the 'direction of Mrs. Montgomery, were busily engaged in knitting scarfs. They have all been sent abroad for French relief. ( -- Eldridge Anderson, son of Mr. and | \ \ \ \ N N N RN Ny N N \ \ D Winnetka State Bank Capital $25,000.00 Surplus 5,000.00 3% on Savings Deposits Officers and Directors HENRY P. CROWELL, President of Quaker Oats Conpany. VICTOR ELTING, Attorney. LOUIS B. KUPPENHEIMER of Kuppenheimer & Company Wholesale Clothing JOHN R: LEONARD of Bridge and Leonard Grain Commission Merchants. CARLTON PROUTY, Attorney. WILLOUGHBY G. WALLING, 'Capitalist HENRY -R. HALE. Cashier. Winnetka State Bank will be open on Saturday evening from 7 to 9 to take sub- GER One of Our Stock Mirrors ; MAKERS OF % | FINE PAINTINGS, MIRRORS ZS AND PHOTO FRAMES, "BOOK | BLOCKS, SCONCES, CORNICES, LAMPS AND CURTAIN HOLDERS REGUILDING STOCK PAT- ULL E27 7 2 27 7 EZ Pi ar 2727077, N. State and Kinzie St. 1 On the way to school. Guard your little girl against these cold, damp, rainy fall days with this guaranteed waterproof outfit. To intro- duce you to our retail rubber store we will sell this $6.25 $ 00 outfit for ------ this week J---- GEN NA For Little Boys--rubber boots, rain- coat and slicker-hat outfit, $5.60. If you can't call, mail or phone giving child's shoe ength and chest size. Phone Franklin 5744. We have everything in the Rub- ber TAS fresh, live and new. ZL WH Salisbury 2, ® 308 W. Madison Street . | our order, OOOO El ORE O ECs O EO EJ O XO 'BM Between Franklin and Market Sts. | If you can't cell maii or phone your order Have You Old Clothes to Seli? A. MARKOWITZ will pay you 25 Per Cent More Than Others for Gent's Cast-Off Clothing and Shoes Avpostal will bring mete your-door Telephone, Canal 7258 1239 S. Jefferson St. Chicago oioE=======--==1 TERNS, PERIOD WORK, RE- criptions for Liberty Loans. STORING SPECIAL DESIGNS. WLLL TZ 772777777770 I ------------ dEIoE== IOEIOL= =IOCIOX IOEIO org Aspegren & Company TEL. WILMETTE 420 EVANSTON 466 Mondays--Government orders at present are that Grocery Stores and Meat Markets join in closing on Mondays at 12 o'clock. We heartily join in this request, and de- sire that our customers may be cared for in advance At best a short half day will very likely inconvenience by buying staples and supplies that will keep over. some. Advance ordering not only helps those who order, but others, too. Thursdays--Store will be open all day, and unless new developments arise, full service will be given. Delivery Service--Customers have shown much considera- tion for the young men delivering, also have given For these considerations we express our sincere appreciation. additional time in which to deliver orders. Groceries, Meats, Fruits and VV. egetables of Quality ----10X0 IOMIQES OXOr=------=1013¢ OIE SI OEIC eee OI Os me OL CEE Sms OI O os [Om GO TO CHURCH SOMEWHERE! T= Sunday School 10 a.m. Morning Worship - - a a.m. Epworth League 4 p.m. Evening Service _dis- continued for the winter for fuel con- servation (TERR All Seats Free PRT TART 'North Shore Methodist Episcopal Church JOHN" PAUL STAFFORD, Minister. GREENLEAF AND HAZEL AVES., GLENCOE a GP BG LE ETT rr ny A

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