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January 17. 1930 WILMETTE LIFE 3 CONDUCT INITIATION TRAFFIC BIG MENACE Le,ion Post to Hold First TO YOUNGER CHD.DREN Wilmette Formal Induction of New Members Survey by School Head Shows Next Tuesday Night The first formal initiation of new members ever held by Wilmette Po!it No. 46 of the American Legion will take place at the January Post meeting Tuesday evening, January 21. The Post, anticipating a large attendance, has engaged Odd Fellows hall, 1217 Wilmette avenue, which has a seating capacity of 250. Commander William Richmond announces that the initiation ceremonies will be conducted bv a select team from the Lake Forest Post, whose reputation for this work is well known. A class of some twelve first-time members of Wilmette Post will be initiated. Ex-service men residing in \Vilmette who have been planning to join the Legion, still have the opportunity of being included in this class of initiates by notifying Adjutant Orville G. Dailv, 618 Tenth street, phone Wilmette 1973. The program also includes a veriety of entertainment presented by PaLtl Petro, famous double-barreled accordian and piano artist, and Andmar, internationally known magician, whose art of conjuring has, it is said mystified even the most perceiving. Other features of particular interest to Legionnaires will have their place in this mammoth program, which has been planned by the ofiicers of Wilmette Post as a special appeal to its many members who do not regularlv attet1d the monthly meetjngs. Prominent Legionnaires from all the neighboring posts in the seventh district also will be present. Statesman to .Speak IENILWORm REALm REPORTED "EXCEUENT" Remarkably Low Incidence Of Contagion in ViPage Health Officer Declares .. The annual report of Dr. H. A. ·Orvis covering the health situation in Kenilworth during 1929 was read at a meeting of the Kenilworth Village board Wednesday ·night, January 8. Dr. Orvis is the health officer for Kenilworth and Winnetka. He reports that the amount of contagion in Kenilworth during 1929 was greater than in 1928 but less than in 1927, the comparative number of cases for each year being 55, 29, and 67, respectively. "Any one of these figures," he says in the report, "is a remarkably low incidence and equalled by few villages of comparable size." ' Small Children Face Constant Danger on Streets Ten automobile accidents in which children were injured or killed occurred on the streets of Wilmette in 1929, according to a recent study of Wilmette police records by Supt. J. R. Harper of the Wilmette public schools. Of the ten children involved in automobile accidents in the village last year, two were killed, one had a leg broken, one suffered a fracture of the skull, one had his jaw broken, and the others were badly bruised. "The automobile today is a greater menace to the lives of our children than any one of the children's disease s such as diptheria or scarlet fever," says Supt. Harper. · All of the accidents in \\T ilmette mentioned in a preceding paragraph v1·ere cau sed by children starting across or running out intd the street with-. out looking to sec whether a car was approaching. Contagion Distribution The distribution of cases by diagnosis in Kenil'worth during 1929 was as follows: Measles . ....... . .......... . . . . .... . 14 Whooping cough . .......... . .. . . ... 13 Scarlet fever .............. . ... : . . . . 4 Mumps . . ... .. ...... . ... . .. ... .. ... . 3 Chicken pox . . .. ............. . ...... 14 Pneumonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 German measles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Diphtheria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Tuberculosis . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 All Under 10 Yeara The ages of the ten children hurt or killed in automobile accidents ]~ ere last year ranged from five to eight years. Not one of these children was heyo!td the second grade in school. K o accident of this type was reported in which older children were hurt. The police records indicate, according to Mr. Harper's survey, that elder children are able to take care of themselves. This is · probably due to the fact that they have formed the habit of hesitating to see if the street is safe before starting -across, he ~ays. Supt. Harper then puts the question "\\rJ tat can we do to help our children' form this habit?" J. Hugh Edwards, noted Welsh statesman and member of the British Parliament, will address the Wilmette Sunday Evening club January 19 on "\Vhere Is the World Today :md Whither Is It Going?" Mr. Edwards Total .............. . . . . . ..... . 55 is regarded. as one of the most brilliant No reports of typhoid fever, smallpox, speakers in the House of Parliament infantjle paralysis, meningitis, or rabies and is sometimes termed "the ambas- came to the attention of Dr. Orvis. He sador of international good will." states that the high incidence of rabies in 1927 and 1928 has subsided. Masquerade J;>ance Among February's Gala Events February, which is essentially a party month. is annually made more tnteresting in Wilmette by the masquerade dance given under the auspices of the Auxiliary of Post No. 46, American Legion. This vear the affair is to be held Friday evening, February 7, in the Masonic temple auditorium. Mrs. T. L. D. Ha11 is general chairman and. Mrs. D. C. Leach is in charge of the ticket sale. The committee V\;orking under the slogan, "Bigger and Better," promises even a more deligl~t ful affair than was enjoyed last year bv so many north shore residents. The oth~r members of the committee are Mrs. John B. Boddie, Mrs. C. W. Edmondson, Mrs. Ernest Gould, Mrs. Russett Johnson, and Mrs. George A. Stone. Dr. Beatrice Hawkins is president of tre unit. Mrs. Anthony F. Merrill . Teachers' Club Speaker Mrs. Anthony French Merrill will speak at the monthly meeting of ~he Wilmette Teachers' club Monday afternoon, January 20, in the Stolp school library. Mrs. Merrill is well known here, having addressed the Wilmette vVoman's club many times. Teachers at the Joseph Sears school in Kenilworth have been invited to attend the meeting next Monday. Examine School Children The annual examination of · school children in Kenilworth was completed in October, and the general physical condition averaged very hiv.h in com· parison with school groups elsewhere. Control of the milk supply in the village was carried on as usual. The general situation in Kenilworth in 1929 showed an improvement over that of 1928, according to Dr. Orvis' report. This, he said, was due to the absorption of some of the dairies which gave the health department trouble by larger and better managed plants. Two hundred and fourteen samples ·of milk collected from wagons delivering in Kenilworth and Winnetka were analyzed. and thirteen of the lfnmples, or about six percent, were below standard. During 1928 there were 179 analyses made, and 30 samples, or about 16 percent, were below standard. Offers Some Suggestions ,I ( ( He continues with the following facts and suggestions: "Let us analvse the situation a little more carefully; Up to the age of five the child is not on the street except with an adult and the adult takes the responsibility of deciding when to cross the street. Then the child starts to school and has to carry his own responsibility. He is warned repeatedly at home and school to h~ careful. In fact, he is told so often that eventually it falls on dull ears. However, he is frigh~ened by narrow escapes from being hit, and gradttally in the school of experience learns to take care of himself. "The tl}ing that we should do in this instance as in many other instances of child training, is to see that a habit is formed-that is that Burglars Rob One Home the child reaches the place wh~re he And Flee From Another automatically stops and looks both Three burglars, surprised hy Richways before crossing the street. ard F. ~·inter as they were jimmying a window of his home at 105 Fourth Teach Safety Habits! "How can this be done? In this street last Saturday night shortly after case, as in every case, habit-s arise out 10 o'clock, dropped two suitcases conof the activities of children. We must taining the loot of an earlier burglary see that our children are mentallv as and fled. Clothing in the suitcases was well as physically active in for~ing identified as part of the wardrobe of this very important habit. It can be Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Dearborn, 739 done by 1eting the child be the leader Ninth street, whose home the burglars in your walks around the village. Just had enten·d earlier in the evening. Y to him, 'Now I am going to let ~ · b~ .the leader today and decide Librarians Will Attend ·If t ts safe to cross the street.' ·He Meeting at Lake Forest . 1· .gerly assume full responsibility :u see to it that you are guided Miss Anne L. Whitmack, librarian, / across. Miss Winifred Bright, children's libra1 eep this up until he automatically rian, and Mrs. James Weber, assist.nes the position of leader without ant at t!1e Wilmette Public library, r mentioning it. He will be bossy witt attend a meeting of north shore J; .imes and will make you wait when librarians at Lake Forest Thursday Reading lists will 1 t will think you could just make it. night, January 23. , .n't interfere; let him be a real lead- be the specific problem discussed. A \ 1 1.· and you will be surprised to seq dinner win precede the . discussion. Lio f. row quickly he will become capable of brarians in all of the north shore towns i., ? guiding himself and others safely from Evanston to Lake Forest will attend the meeting. . across our busy thoroughfares." RENEW GARBAGE CONTRACT At a meeting of the Kenilworth Village ·J~oard last week the contract was renewed with Henry Eggert for the collection and removal of garbage, ashes, and waste in Kenilworth for the two year period ending December 31, 1931. . Inspect Food Place1 Thirty inspections of food handling establishments in Kenilworth were made during 1929, Dr. Orvis reports. The proposition of posting sanitary ratings in such establishments has recently been outlined; , and the system will be in operation soon. There arc still several food handling places in Kenilworth where .the sanitary conditions are unsatisfactory, Dr. Orvis inclicated in his report. Firemen Answer 2 Calls; Damage Reported Slight going South? Could Mr. and Mrs. Jones go to Florida and leave little Ruth and Charles? ~ YES! :· Jrhey Tinade use of Classified REL. WOMAN WILL CARE for home and children while parent}! are away. Exp. as nractlcal nurse, best N. S. ref. Add. Glencoe News A-140. Wilmette firemen were called to the residence of James F. Byrnes, 808 Ashland avenue Monday morning about ' , ' 8:20 o'clock when the Byrnes automobile cau~ht fire. There was no damage. The fire fighters received their second call of the week Wednesday morning at 5 o'clock when an over· heated furnace caused a fire in the basement of the Norton auto washing establishment at Lake avenue and Ridge road~ The blaze was confined to the basement and the damage was slight. SODALITY MEETS TODAY St. Agnes Sodality of St. Joseph's church will hold its next regular meeting today in St. Joseph's school hall.