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Area -Wide Fundof Boy Scout Council. Requirebs Sieparàte C-ampaign Announcemn'ent was macle-this week by -George - H. Redding, retiring pres- ident of the Wilmette. Communityý Chest' Association, Imc., that be bas receiveéd a letter notifying him, that tbe Wilmette district .of the .Boy Scouts need. not be included in the Community Chest's budget- for, 1931. The North -Shore Area council of the Boy, Scout organization, of wbich Wilmette is one of the eleven dis- tricts, basstarted a special campaign., to raise«a fund to cover the 1931, operating budget for the entire North - Shore- council: area.*---Singe thé Wil-ý -mette district must*provide its quota of this. fund, it. cannot contiue to. be a beneficîary of the Comnmunity Chest. Following is the letter, dated Jan- uary 12, which Mr. Redding, received concerning the withdrawal. of the .Boy Scouts as one of theChest benie- ficiaries: The Letter. M r. George H. Redding, President Wilmette Comniunity Chest Assný, [nc. My dear Mr. Redding: The Wilmette district of the Boy Scouts bias been a beneflcîary under the' Community Chest for several years .past, but will not ask to bc included for the year, 1931. This withdrawal is made nIecessary because tbe North Shore Area. couni- -cil, of wbich Wilmette is one of :the: eleven districts, bas entere*d, upon a spec.ial campaign to maise a fundc to cover the 1931 operating budget for the entire area, and to provide, addi- *tional funds for capital expenditure for the Ma-Ka-ja-Wax camp. Theý *Wilmette district niust provide its A. C. Pearson Heads Credit Assocdation August C. Pearson was elected president of the Wilmette' Credit tMen'% association at a meeting of the organization's board of- directors. last Friday. OffI-ý cers of the asso- ciation are elected. in à January 1 of eabyear by the directors. Other o ficers who, were çlected to serve for 1931. are Paul: Rensch, vice-pres- ident, and D. 'W.* Leary,, treasu rer., Directôrs of the credit men's asso.-1 A- C. PeAsOn ciation are elected by the'immbers of the organization by mail ballot., EFach of the .eigbt directors is chosen for a twn-year term, four being elected each year. Paul Renschi,Lloyd Hollister and. A.S. VanDeusen, Jr., whose- terms as directors expired at the end of 1930 were reelected. F. D. Anderson was elected for a two-year term to take the place of J. H. tIughes, whose term also expired at the end of 1930.î The four directors who werè -elect- ed' a year ago and who still have another year- to serve arè: John Hoffman, Jr., A. C. Pearson, C. E. Renneckar, and 'William Taylor. Attorney WiIl Condemn Structure as Nuisance. Village Attorney Charles H. Jack- son wvas instructed by the Village. board- Tuesday night to take the 'lecessary steps to bring about the condernning as a public nuisance of a smiall f raine building at Fourtli street and Laurel avenue owned hy Benjamin Ehrlich, Chicago attorney. Trhe building was damaged by ire sÔmetime ago.. Thirty-flve cases of ýcontaios i- eases were reported in Wilmnette dur- ing the mùoth of Decemnber, while twelve cases were Aeeased in. the saine period, according to ýthe month- ly report of Dr. W. -W. Hlawkins, Wilmette heal th. 2commissioiner. The contagious. diseases reported in December were listed' as follows: scarlet fever, 12;. mumps, il;-whop ing cougb, 7, pneumonia, 2; tuber- culosis, 2, and, diphtberia, 1. The number 'of cases released was as fol- lows:, whooping' cougb, 4;. scarlet fever, 3; murnps, 2; pneumonia, 2, and chicken pox,. 1. 'Dr. Hawkins stated. in bis report that scarlet fever was much, more prevalent than for-several years, but that-4vy~ the end of the mnîth a thieatened epidemic was checked. Tbere were 274 absences in the public scbools last month because of upper respiratory infections and 22j absences becausé' of gastro-intestinal disturbances, Dr. Hawkins reportéd. The enrolîment in th'e public schools is 11,670. Mrs. Le Heads, F. Gates -nmnitvC, tion, Inc., for the- ensuing year at a recent*rmeeting of tbe associations advisory board. Mrs. Gates served as secretary of the association, last year. George, H. Reddïng is the retirinS president. Clarence E. Drayer was chosen'tQ succeed Mrs. Gates as sec-' retary, and George W. Chaffee was elected treasurer, succeding F. Dewey Anderson. Ralpb H. Durbam was reelected vice president. Dinner Session of Wilmette. Organization to Hear TaIk by -S. J. Duncman-Cark Representative, men asd womnen of. Wilmette will attend -a dinher meet- ing of the Wilmette Civic league 10 be beld'at the Sbawnee Country club on Tuesday evening, january 27. S. J. Duncane-Clarkt well known, citizen of Wilmette and a leader in civic affairs in Chicago- will be the principal speaker. wilmette"s civic and politi cal fu- ture will be tÉe chief topicof dis-, cussion. The Civic league has bad plans under way for several weeks to > rig before. a large..group. of- civic-minded Wilmette rsdnsat tbe dinner next Tuesday a concrete outlitie of the ideals and policies of the ýleague. In addition to the talk by S. J. Duncan-ClIark, several reports by committee cbairmen will be heard. These reports will outline the prog- ress made to date in such matters as the organization of a Village eau- cus for nominating candidates for political office in Wilmette, the gen- eral line the leaoeue's nrngrains will In speaking of some of the Wil- mette Civic Ieague> 's civic and politi-' cal plans recently Dr. Donald M.. Gallie, president of the organization, stated tbat the league does not pte- tend or.,desireto be a reform ergan- izatio2n or a political party but wishes to be known simply as an organized group of Wilmette citizens bent upon the care~ful study of- the, civic prob- lems, of the conlrunity. dcuonaldp,'A.* L.: G on VanInwajg'n 'nell. ana Stan- I imiglor lSE. aNews ôî Jimor if .... . ..1 ,Music Page ....... Recreatiçu ........ Society page .3 +hi$ paper. Springer, 724rorest' avenue, WiI- mette, has been namedi-a* vice-presî. dent of the bank.