Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Jun 1929, p. 58

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S8 WILMETTE LIFE June 14, 1929 Garden club, and Mrs. William C. Fox, \Vilmette Garden club. These chairmen are urging villagers to bring or send flowers ·to the guild booth on the second floor of the Chicago and North Western railroad station, Canal and Madison streets, Chicago, any day of the week except on Saturday and Sunday, between 7 :30 and 10:30 o'clock in the morning. Attendants ·will be on hand. Flowers and plants will be r eceived and kept fresh, and will be properly distributed to hospitals, charitable institutions, sick shut-in s, and other unfortunates \\'ho need them. The three garden clubs of vVilmette and Kenilworth have agreed to see that there is a plenteous supply of flowers at the guild booth in the station on the following days of each week: Ken!l ·worth Garden cluh. Monday; VJitm·ette Garden club , Tuesday. and Kenilworth Home and Garden club , \\' ednesday. On t hesc days representatives of the club s will be at the booth to receive the contribution s of people of this region. Sponsors of the flower guild movement haYe issued the following additional statement: CHICAGO FLOWER. GUILD I BAIRD .& WARNER ANNOUNCE THE SALE OF 786 LOCUST ROAD, WINNETKA to ROBERT J. SMITH (A caucasian) 6130 BROADWAY, CHICAGO OPENS ITS 1929 SEASON · I ·Garden Clubs of Wilmette and Kenilworth Ask for Contributions On :\[onday, June 3, the people of Kenilworth and \Vilmett e who have gardet.IS assisted in the opening of thi! 1929 season of th e Chicago Plant, Flower and Fruit guild, whos e object is to get flower s to the sick and the · of poor. ~femhers of the \Vilmette Garden club. the Kenilworth Garden club. and the Kenilworth H ome and Garden dub have been sponsoring thi s wo:·k for several years. but the chairmen of the Ao" ·er guilds of the three clubs desire to impress upon res. ident.s of the villages that every person wtth. a garden is cordially invited to as !" tst in the work of bringing cheer to th e Further Disclaim Any Connection With the homes and th e sick heel s of the underprivileged who never sec a flower. Subsequent Sale of This Property. Chairmen of the fl ower guild committees are: 11 rs. 1f. \\'. Cresap, Kenilworth Garden club ; ~r rs. \V. \V. "Friend husband or some member \Vhc clock, Kenilworth Home and of the family will he glad to bring in. Rowers almost any morning. and if no one is going into Chicago, the Rowers may be· handed to members of the tra~n crew uf any rea sonably early suburban train that arrives at it s destination hy 10:30 a.m. 1 "'\ \' e are glad also to annotmce that ' tltc Bo,· Scouts " ·ill a~sist in the \rork (·f cnllrcting flowers and the manner in \\·hich the~· \rill opcrat · ,,·ill he ant.nunccd later in the se columns. ~[can " ·ltilc. anYnnc finding it impossible to takl' tlll'ir flo\\Trs tn the lllCal statio'l. I ma~· call up the lucal scultt executive i inr thi s area, \\·hn \\'ill he glad tn sc c tlt;Lt ,.,)ur tlfl\n-rs arc calkd for . ).fam· I .t.?: ard~· n nwner:; are \\'illing to share Now is the time for you to plan the investment or reinvesttht·ir garden prnducts \\'itil the Cuild ment of mid-year funds soon to Lecome available. hut dP nnt care to do thi~ fpr the inc t) 11 H' n ie 11 cc t~ f taking. them to t h c --tatillll. The n()\ " ~COttb can (. n.:rThe demand for safeguarded Real Estate securities is increasrum~.· this object ion. ' ing annually. "'It i:-. n· r~· much hoped that l' Ycryone ' intvre~tcd in shari ng tlo\\'crs · \\'ith th e There is a very evident reason for such a demand. First ~ick. th e puor. and titc hn~cly. \\'ill pa--s I the mc~sagc on to lll'tghhors and Mortgages and Bonds on Evanston and North Shore properties I fri<.'IHlS with gardens and flo\\·crs rJ) Baird & Warner JULY INVESTMENTS and REINVESTMENTS 1 are undeniably the most desirable investments. They embody a profitable interest yield; they arc stable as to principal and reliable , in prompt interest payments; they are amply secured with a wide margin of safety. The securities which we offer are First Mortgage loans made by ourselves on improved, quality properties, after thorough investigation. For thirty years our investments have been profitable and satisfactory to thousands of discriminating investors. We have an excellent list of First Mortgages and First Mortgage Gold Bonds available now. ..... · .. }OHN F. HAHN, Incorporated ESTABLISHED 1899 Real Estate ,. Investments .. Insurance ,. Renting 1617 SHERMAN AVENUE EVANSTON Greenleaf 2700 Rogers Park 5115 ""\\·,. arc f'<ltbcinu:; ofl. hc degree to "h ic h l lllr garden~ cont rihu t c jt _,. to <.·ttr li,·< ·s : \\'L' wish to ~hare St)me of lhat jm· with others not so fortunate . I as tn J.>n~sc . s gardens . h there any garden lnn;r \Yh<. has not felt t ht· ttrg ·' to do tlti:-;? The l"Jn,Yer guild i" thv nrgani7l'd exprl'ssion and fullillmcnt nf that dc:-;irc. · "The value o i fl owers to th ose w:ll) rl' cc·in· them is not to be mea s ured :n nwtH·,·. F )n,rcrs arc not needed to ietcl -t heir l)odics or to keep them " ·arm, hut flowers are priceless for th e spiritual upli it \\·hich comes from th·~ thoughts \rltich they convey. 'Say it " ·itlt flo\\·crs' is an inspired slogan. Flowers arc messenger · and the guild ;,sks the !!arden owners of this yicinity to t;~,<.: its organization to send a me ssage to those who haYc no garden. Say to them, 'The world is full of beauty ;J.nd love, enough for all of us, pi ase share "·ith me these flower=-> from m~· garden and may they bring to you. my friend. some of the joy which I haye found in them.' It seems to us distinctly worth while that this ~hould he done and we do not know pf anY method bv which it could be done so- \Yell as b)r the flower guild or- · ganization." \\'hilc garden clubs organize the collection of flowers in their suburbs, it is not intended that only members of these clubs shall contribute flower s. Everyone who has a garden is asked to contribute, and anything he brings will be welcome. !

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