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I Wil 1!1Jf81 ~ Cliari.tle$.Fitul ..~ . : ' .. ..'.). ::· ,~-.·~~~~iitY Chest Sofin:e'O/Aid . Editor's note: The· toUoWlac article Is the eighth and ·fiDal .of a ilerlea telatlnc to the funetlons ·and achleYementa of the various ·beneftclarlu · of the Wilmette CommunltT Cheat. for ·which an aunual unlfted fund campaign wiU · be conducted SundaT, A;prlll. It Ia felt that the rul· dents of the vlllap. who a~ the con· trlbutora to this fund for recosnbed charlt:v and welfare qencles, should be made thoroughiT famUiar with theee objectives of their pneroua 110pport. . The article deala · with the Wilmette Local Charities and Iii written In the form 9f a communication addreue4 to the eclltor bT WilHam H. president of the board of the Local Charities. . . . , county or take them to St. Francis hospital The latter is made · possible by one of tht noblest and most unselfish women, whose name I am not at Uberty to tell, it has been my good joy to know· .If a like sum could be deposited in the Evanston hospital to ·be checked olf as I do the one in St. Francis the happiness of the visiting nurse and myself would be complete. .I am enclosing cqpy of our financial report from January 1, 1927 to January 1, 1928, and you will note that we retyrned to the Comm.uni~ Che~t in January $500, ·. ·a s · we realized that some of the other charities were itf waiit and we did not need this money to finance us until we got the- ·new -a~ propriation from the Community Chest. The $360 r~eived from the Community Chest on March 4, 1927, applied on the old budge of 1926-1927; so that in reality we only received from the Cortt· munity Chest the sum of $2,047.50. Tnaaarer'a Beport . January 1, 1937, to January 1, 1928 u·Uan ··~J:..... vue~ -· · ._.(....,. ...... · per JPO. ) ········· · JIO.oO .r. and lin. Edward Price . . . . . . HO.OO -Hoftm&a Broa. .' (coal) .. . . . .. . . . . . .61.H Wm. :Qors(eJ4t (photos) . . . . . . . . . . . 1.00 Wm. BrlnJana.n Co. (groceries) . . lft.H Bowman Da117 Co.. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 68&41 Worthen-cal'l'lco Co. . ............,. ; tU~te Dr. W. W. Hawktns ............·. . 4.00 llr. and lin. Kartln · . llac Nicholas ................ :·. . 38.15 Earl Orner tickets for Jlr. and i: .. Mrs. Mac Nichola& . . . . . . . . . . 83. tt Dlat. Director of Emigration · .· · Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7C.58 Public Service Co. .. . . .. . . . . . . .. .. 30.00 The Central Hotel (for lin. Young) . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 14.00 Gub for ...... Br..-11 al. ··Ia, Positive evidence ·of the arrival spring is found in the interesting ,nouncements of what the well dres·d mao wiD wear this seaaon, Henry C. Lytton and Sons, '.'T,~ · ·Evanston store. Ensembles w·ll prevalent in men's wear. With a of grey as the basis, for in·tance, should select a shirt of solid ·or ···..,.,.... green, witb cravat, hose ~cl ~~ match. ·Tweeds -wiD be the : v.aau topcoats· wi~ .fh~s combin·tion. · t Z,ZOZ.71 tan suitings; olle"learns, the 19'28 llef~~d to Community Chest . . . . 600.00 Brummel wiU match with solid ~.;triped tan shirt, cri!vat of ol_"~~ge "ue. tZ,'lOZ.73 hose in heather muctures, tan slioes., . $3,451.30 hat and topcoat. ~~ Z,JOZ.73 Cash on hand . $ '148.57 R. b. ~- . f 1011 G --L.I (Mrs. c. A.) Minnie Eldridge, o ert Aenyon o reenwuuu · Treasur~r. avenue is leaving Monday for a two January l, 19!8. ~ months' bus= ness trip .abroad. I Wu.111m Lift: Last night I was reading through your last issue of Wilmette Life and in one of the editorials you sure struck the key note, where you · stated that few people on the north shore · realize the conditions of want and poverty in our village. · . It has been the writer's pleasure to be on the Board of Local Charities in our village for the la~t twelve or thirteen years and in that time we have had cases to deal with that in soaae respects equal any cases in the city. When the board was organized, a good many years ~o, it was to act as a clearing house for the churches. When we found a .case that needed attention we tried to ascertain the religious affiliations of the parties an·l turned the case over to the churcll where they belonged. It was not long, however, before the tables turned and the churches were turning cases over Editor~ RECEIPTS Cash on hand .... ................ $415.18 Thanksglvlq offering from · · Churches. J,9ZI ..... ·'· . .. . .. . . . . . 63.20 Thank88fvlng ofterlng from Churches, 19Z'I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.42 Community Cheat Karch 4 . ... . ....... . 360.00 Community Chest May . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . 75.00 CommunltT Chest June 4 . .. . . .. . . . . . . . too.oo· CommunltT Chest · June ZO . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,075.00 · Community Che~~tt · Oct. Z9 . . . . ..·.. . .· ·. . 500.00 Community Chest Dec. 8 . .. .. · · . · . .. . . 79.7.50 $2,907:50 $Z,to7.60 ~~ ~w~~ li~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~i the wayhnoo~blili~ili~~~~ a charity board in any town -=jaaaamFidmmmamEBii II should be operated. · ~ Havt a In the work of our board, we have tried to be absolutely fair with all cases and the question of color, religious belief, or any other creed, has not entered into the problem. S~ Self Reapect · Of course our big aim in Wilmette has been to take care of the children, and also to try and eliminate poverty as much as possible. In order to do this, we have tried to impress upon our people the importance of self respect. The Economy Shop has been a great aid to us in this work, as our people can go down there and buy clothing and other articles for a very small sum and, regardless of the amount, they are buying just that much self respect and can tell their children that they · purchased this, instead of saying, "someone gave it to us." As Wilmette has grown, our job has grown and we have given it very little publicity, as we feel that the work we are in is rather a sacred trust and if publicity were given it, it would be detrimental to the c;luse. We not only have the distribution of fuel, clothing and groceries to tak~ care of.J but, in many cases we have to listen to family arguments, neighborhood quarrels and, in several cases, tt) act as peace-maker between husband and wife "for the sake of the children." So you can therefore see things of thi:~ kind cannot be published. In the last year we have given aid to forty-one families in Wilmette. Mrs. Lillian D. Northam, makes the following comments regarding the above families : The abOve families ue visited regularly. I might add many more names but these serve as an example. Whenever any of the above are ill I take them to the Evanston . Hospital clinic. · They are treated free of .:h~e. Then when the iUaess requires hospital . care, I ant obliged to either send them · to Cook Far Collar on your Spriag Coat We have in stock a most choice Yari~ty of fan to be made into colbn. Now before rhe w a r m e r weather arrivn is the time to place your order. Prices for tbtse eolIan as low as EverY Facility ·For l{appy Living All that Evanston ofers in peaceful_, happy. comfortable living is most generously available to you at The Oaington. Fumisbtcl or anfumishtcl apartntmrs, with or without kitcben~tta. as you wish. Cordial service. Facilities for entertainins. Garage space. 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