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Winnetka Weekly Talk, 6 Oct 1928, p. 8

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WINNETKA TALK October 6, 1928 i. --_-- CLARK T. NORTHROP Automobile, Fire, Theft and Liability, and General Fire Insurance Adjustments and Collections a Specialty R. 4, Franklin Bldg., Elm St. Phone Winnetka 1467 WINNETKA, ILL. RESUMES TREE BUSINESS George A. Barrett, World war vet- eran, incapacitated for several years by shell shock, has regained his health and is again engaged in his profession of tree expert. The firm, designated the Barrett Tree organization, is lo- cated at 513 Fourth street, Wilmette. "Well Begun Is Half Done" Beginning Piano Instruction FREDA NAKUTIN Formerly With Northwestern University School of Music LOOP STUDIO 823 KIMBALL BLDG.--WEBSTER 7360 LJ WINNETKA 288 | J 20 VISITS ON NORTH SHORE Mrs. C. Dean Klahr of Erie, Pa. (Helen Shurtleff) and her two children arrived in Wilmette Tuesday for a month's visit at the home of Mrs. Klahr's sister, Mrs. John Campbell of 815 Lake avenue. Mrs. Munroe Cole of Winnetka, another sister of Mrs. Klahr, was hostess at a treasure hunt and supper in her honor Saturday eve- ning. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Noble Gillett, 533 Roslyn road, Kenilworth returned Thursday from a few days' motor trip through Ohio. be used. store. starts instantly. operation. 723 Elm Street One lighting of a fire for the winter season. turn on the oil and drop a lighted match into the Turn the little dial to the degree of heat desired and then all you have to do for the rest of the winter is fill the tank once a day. Nothing more to it--a most simple and safe Used with an outside storage tank this heater is the last word in heating convenience. New @UAKER Heater Extremely Economical combustion chamber. HE new All Purpose Quaker Oil Heater features the Quaker perfected combustion chamber making an oil heater absolutely noiseless and safer than any other known means of heating. Burning low priced furnace oil this popularly ac- cepted heater has put new life into the word economy--it puts oil heating within the reach of everyone. wicks or moving parts to get out of order. Oi] Heat - All Purposes ERE is an entirely new method of heating for small homes, buildings, stores, filling stations, garages and wherever a coal stove can It is no longer necessary to carry coal or ashes nor to be "half froze" at home or in the Work around your car in zero weather and know that in the morning a warm motor There are no WINNETKA Ph. Winnetka 843-844 Just "ALL Purpose" means just what it says--an all purpose Oil . Heater that can be depended upon to give you the comforts, pleasures and conveniences in heating re- uirements that should be your: on't put it off but come in an check into the details and uses of this new heater. Comparison will more clearly show and prove the com- mendable features and advantages of oil heating embodied in the New All Purpose Quaker Oil Heater. Come in Today and Look Them Over ECKART HARDWARE CO. FRED B. SMITH WILL ADDRESS SUNDAY CLUB Internationally Famous Y. M. C. A. Worker and Lecturer Comes to the North Shore Oct. 7 Fred B. Smith, famous Y. M. C. A. worker, lecturer and author, will talk October 7 before the Sunday Evening Fox club of Wil- mette The meeting will be at 7:30 o'clock in the First Congrega- tional church and Mr. Smith's subject will be, "America at the Cross-Roads." Mr. Smith has addressed t he Sunday Evening club on two oc- casions. He has just returned to { TR ------ his h om e at White Plains, N. Y. before starting on this lecture tour. He has been chairman of committees on law en- forcement and on international rela- tions. Beginning his public career as chair- man of the Y. M., C. A. organization at Sioux Falls and Dubuque, Ia, Mr. Smith in 1896, turned to evangelistic work until sent by the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. to the army camp at Chickamauga in 1898. He was a missionary among the army camp at Chickamauga in 1898. In his Y. M. C. A. work Mr. Smith always urged a greater emphasis on the religious phase of the Y. M. C. A. work. He became international secre- tary of the Y. M. C. A. in 1910. Miss Anna Nyberg will complete the program for the evening with a group of violin solos. Community House Activities Open for Winter Season Community House regular activities for the season will begin during the coming week. Starting with the woman's gymnasium class Monday morning, under Harry P. Clarke, the different gymnasium classes for men, women and children, the social dancing and rhythmic dancing groups will begin work. "Friendship Circle club for girls holds its first meeting Tuesday evening at half past eight. Any maid work in Winnetka homes will be most welcome in this group, and is urged to come and join with this friendly club, and share in their happy times. ; Registration for the classes in Eng- lish for foreign born men and women will be held Monday evening, October 8. The regular work in these classes will begin the following Monday, Octo- ber 15. Miss Millicent Anderson, Miss Iivia Youngquist, and Miss Margaret Wilson of the Winnetka Public schools will be the instructors. ; It is urged that all who are planning to enter any of the activities offered by Community House register during the coming week if possible. RETURN TO WINNETKA Mr. and Mrs. E. Hubert Allen are again in their home at 1405 Edgewood lane, after a summer's absence. Mrs. Allen returned last Friday from Dor- set, Vt, where she had been visiting her brother. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Allen, son and daughter-in-law of the Hubert Allen's, who have been stay- ing in Kenilworth this summer, are now touring in the East and upon their return will take an apartment near the University of Chicago which Mr. Allen will attend.

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