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March 15, .1929 WILME'TTE Graham of Economy Shop and Philanthropy department of Woman's Club had not given assistance when appeals for blankets came there would have been many 'cold little children these past winter nights. . The employment situation has been especially difficult. Many heads of large families have been without · work and they have stormed every citadel for any kind of employment, to no avail. This means that they have been entirely dependent upon the Board of Local Charities for their daily bread, for fuel, that their innocent, helpless little children may not suffer too keenly the rigors of poverty. vVork in cooperation with our visiting nurses ; we are supplying milk to a numher of families in many homes, three r1uarts daily. The little undernourished children must have this milk to get a fair start in life that they may become better equipped for the tlntics of future citizenship. For t\\'o years many appeals have been made for " hospital fund. Thr need is great. l~mergency calls come and we have paced the floors with worry lest some one from this wonderful district suffer needlessly. Vve can think of no greater benefit to \Vilmette citizenship than restoring to normal health the less fortunate in . this, our community. The doctors give freely of their skill. May we not stand back of them when hospital care is necessary that they may have at their command everv known aid for the restoration of heaith to those otherwise unable to go to a hospital? During the past week alone I have rc :·eivcd one call for a nurse to be paid for out of a public fund (no funds available), four pneumonia cases that .;lwuld have had hospital care, one heart case (finally sent to a sanitarium because we could not arrange matters here). one matcrnit,· case. \Vc have tonsil operations badly needed. Mo st of the emergency cases must he acted upnn at once. The need for this fund is so great that I cannot stress hard enough or often enough. It is the unexpected that faces us continually. Respectfully submitted. Lillian D. Northam, social \\'Orker. LIFE CIVE:S · RECITAL SUNDAY u LOCAL CHARITIES HEAD EXPLAINS BUDGET BOOST William H. Ellis Cites Reasons Why Chest AUotment for Village is Doubled Editor's note: Needs of the WilmettP. Board of Local Charities, which is a benefi.c iary of the Wilmette Community Chest. call for an allotment of $5,000 for the ensuing year, a sum double that required in 1928. Reasons for this increased demand upon the resources of the local charity and welfare agency are explained in the appended letter directed to the editor of WILME"M'E LIFE by William H. Ellis, chairman of the Local Board of charities. Mrs. George G. Krueger Dies Sunday at·Her Home Mr. Ellis' Letter Editor, Wn,.:\fETTE LutE: \Vhile the writer was south, ·M r. Dodd of the Community Chest wrote him regarding ·the wants of the Local Board of Charities for this year, and I notice a little article ha~ been published showing that last year we asked for $2.500, the year previous for only $600, and this rear, we arc asking for $5,000. The year we asked for $600 we had a balance of about $1,500 on hand and we did not want to ask for any more than what was needed. However, with the area of Wilmette much increased our demands for work of this kind have also advanced materially. Quite a few people have spoken to me regqrding the $2.500 that we have asked for hospital and medical care for this year. It is not our intention to use this $2,500 as strictly a ch:: rity fund . There are a great many people who need hospital and medical care and can aff.ord to pay a little for it, but without this fund they would be unable to go to a hospital. This fund will he guarded very carefully, and in all cases will be passed upon by at least three members of the board. I am enclosing herewith a copy o i a letter received from Mrs. Lillian D. Northam which I believe will be oi interest to the people of \Vilmettc, giving the reasons for our appeal this year. I am also enclosing a copy of the treasurer's report for last year, and at this· writing our balance of $1,023.25 that \\'e had on hand ] anuary 1, is 11ractically exhausted, owing to the extreme we<1ther \rc had the first two months of 1929. I want to thank vou in hehal f of om Board for your untiring efforts and the assistance given us in past years. Yours sincerel\', William H~ Ellis, chairman, Loc<1l Bo;ml of Charities, \\'ilmct tc. Til. Eusebio Concialdi, baritone, will appear in recital at the Studebaker Mrs. Phoebe Ellen Krueger of 125 theater Sunday afternoon, March 17. Ninth street, Wilmette, wife of George The program is under auspices of G. Krueger, a buyer for Montgomery Bertha Ott, Inc. \Vard and company, died at her home HOSTESS TO 0. E · .S. Sunday afternoon, March 10, at the age of 53 years. Mrs. Krueger had Mrs. Richard D. Schuettge, 804 been ill since December. She 'was a Greenwood avenue, will entertain the resident of Wilmette for fourteen members of the Ea'.stern Star and their years. Besides her husband, s·h e is friends at a cara and bunco party at survived by her aged father, Frank her home Wednesday, March 20, from Bitney, of the Soldiers' Home, Hot 2 until 5 o'clock. Springs, S. D., and three brothers, Robert Bitney of Fremont, Neb., HerGREATER CHICAGO bert Bitney of Atkinson, Neb., and LAKE WATER COMPANY Fred Bitney of Grass Valley, Cal. The 1112 Bankers' Bldg., Chicaao funeral services were held Wednesday Tel. FBAnllln 117t afternoon at 2 o'clock in\., Scott's .. Filtered Lake Water for Chicago·· funeral home, 1109 Central avenue. Suburbs \Vilmette. Burial took place at RoseWatch for Announcement hill cemetery. ' Ready for . Spring Planting With spring rapidly drawing near, we urge you who are contemplating planting or changes to consult with us now. It will be to your advantage to make the best .iSe of the planting season by planning ahead. Call us today while you are thinking about it, and we will do the rest. L·. 2 Lawn Rejuvenating-Tree Surgery-Maintenance-Gardening 3 I I LAKE AVE. WILMETTE PHONE WILMETIE '· THALMANN 56 1 ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPING Mrs. Sidney Eastman, Old Kenilworth Resident, Dies Mrs. Sidnev Eastman of 255 11cl ,·osL' a\·cnne. · Kenilworth, died SaturdaY at the home of her sister, Mrs. \\' alker, in Pasadena, Cal.. and was buried ~1 onda\' at Pasadena. She ;s .; un·in.' d ll\· her hnshand and the sis ter. Ur~. · l·:asttnan \\·as one of the carlv resident s of Kenilworth and one ~f the founders of the Church of the Tr nh · Comforter. She \\·as a member Mrs. Northam's Letter Mrs. :\ortham's letter. referred to 111 of the \\'omen's Auxiliary and Rector's Aid socictv of that church anrl the abon-, rcacls as follows: also a member · of various clubs. in\Vc ar,· asking the proplc nf \Yilrlttdin~· the Kenil\\'orth Garden club mctte to give and g·ive to our fund fnr and the Kenilworth Neighbors cluh. Board of Local Charities in the Com munity Chest Dri,·e for fund s this year. PRESENT JOINT RECITAL Never hcfnrc in the history of the Sunda~· afternoon, l\farch 17, hrin~s Board of l.ne<tl l harities has the ck- two noted artists to the Playhouse, mand O!l ottr fund been so 1.rreat as Ch ira g-o. in th e pc rsons of !\ita Obars during- thi -; winter of 192R-1920. The sova. soprano, and Theodora Trot>n severity n i the snh zero \\'Cather has dle, piani~t. who will he heard in a brought fnntic ;tppcals daily, for coal, joint recital. Bertha Ott, Tnc., is sponfor fnnd and warm bedding. Tf Mrs . .;orin~· this program. NELSON LAUNDRY and Dr~ Cleanin1 ·S~stem We use soft water and Ivory soap. It's so gentle to clothes Llbettal Dlseouat on Bttlng and CaD CENTRAL AT MAIN ST., WILMETTE Phone 1800