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prises cornes Sunday, March 8, the day that marks the fermai opening îof the 1931 Community Cbest cam- pas.gn. Organiiation ýfor tbe communitys- ,àide solicitation. bas been completed and ail is i readiness for tbe intel- sive campaign wbicb bhas as its objec- tive the collection of '$32,500. That sumn is teO be distributed as follows: Local Chariies.......... $5,000 Infant Weîfare ......... ... 7,700 Arden Sbore ........7,700 RedCross ............. ... 2,500 Volunteeds of America..... 250 Girl Scouts........,0 Y.W. C. A............... 1,250 Salvation Army ... ....2. ,000 Administration......2,500 Emergency........2,200, "Let's not fail th'em now-they need us more than ever" ,is tbe slogan cf this year's Çbest canlpaign. The block solicitor wl visit you- Suinday. If, perchance,, you are flot te be. at. home Sunday, it is requested that you make eut your cbeck at once and pass on your contribution thus ob- > viating the necessity of a seçond ca!lI In se doing yôu will expedite tbe cani- paign and materially lessen the bur- deni placed upon those who are en- trusted with the task of making the house-to-hDuse solicitation. Thiis year, more than ever, cbarity is a duty. Will you belp by niaking your pledge promptly? LclLocal Charities' Lclcharities are maki»k an, i- creasingly large demnanfd upon* Com- m1unity Cbe st, as is perfectly obvious when one considers Wilmtte's rapîd growth in 'population and tbe current period of depression. The Board of', Local Charities functions under th.c direction of the municipal govern- Ment. Its prçsident is William H.- bMtcy as we zeei wat the woIIC cient ai In is rather a uacred trustaud zatiom city were*given it it would rehabil qbeal to dtecause." -ex-Sm dren in the congested areas of Chii- cago. This group has made drives for nloney, given many days of per- sonal service each month and regular- ly mt > 10 sew. Later there was or- ganZed, an auxiliary,,of the younger womnen in the village wbich bas car- ried on in a splendid way aIl of the plans of.the. senior group. Tbe Inifat Welfare seciety of.Clii- cago is an outgrowth of the ,Chica4go Milk commission which was organized in 1903 by a* greup of-public spirited citizens for the purpese 'of furnisbing needy mothers and babies with a sup-ý ply of pure milk. This work was car-. ried on for eight years but it ýw as found.that pure mil& alene would flot savie the babies se, in 1911, the Infant Welfare Society :was bhem wit&. the objective of reducinil the infant death rate and impreving- the bealtb of the ceming.,generatien by caring. for the mother before the birth ýof the baby and, by' teaching ber after its birth how te feed and care for it. A rden Shore One ef the well known Wilmette charities is Arden Sbore Camp near Lake Bluff. This work bas se grown that it now requires a yearly budget ef approximately $50,000, wbich ameunt is raised by campaigns in all the north shore villages and the an- nual bal! in Chicago. For some eigbt or se years, prier te the inception ef the Community Cbest plan Wilmette raised its share by means of a bouse- to-bouse canvass whicb met with an' ticeasingl gencrous response f rom Arden Sbore, a camp fer 'iothers anid children, is one of the largest fresh air camps in the world. Il, is located on a higb wooded bluff, ever- looking Lake Michigan, about thirty- five miles nortb of Chicago iThereý are sonie twenty-two, acres of, land. witb afrontage, of -300 feet on ithe lake.. The property is owned by tbe Arden Shore ýassckiation, and incor- porated body with a vbcarter fromh the l state of Illinois and is entirely free of debt. Many beautiful -buildings have, been given te tbe camp most of theni as memerials. Screened cottages are as been aoiug a great, ation service ameng-t ze men, and the atid. tr bas witnessed a ýonse on the part of this form of animal The 1930 Community.Chest drive. brought the largest number of sub-, sribers in the history. of the Chest.' Last, year aIse 'w'itnessed the. smallest number of unpaid pledges. >Those attractive .Community Cbest biliboards were installed ex- clusively. tbrough the help of XiI- mette people. Thomas Berg, comn-' mercial artist,' executed' the, de- sign. The, Public Service coin- pany donated the ighting effects. Dahnce Bros., did the electrical installation work.. A. J. Ander-' Son- set tup the signs. M. Por- tenhauser painted 'tbe posts and braces.. Ail the work was done at cost, or less. The biliboards are prominently Placed, one, on the Village Hall green, a second at the "L" Terminal, and a third on St. Josepb's rectory property at j'Lake aven~ue and Rldge rôad. dependents. It maintains, an exten- sive nursing service., About '21000 n urses are registered in the Ch icago. area and prepared for* .imm ediate service in the event oéf war or1.sotne disaster. The Junior ..Red' Cross, made up of c hildren ini the scbools, has accomplished much' in the past few years, one item being a contribu-ý tien. of $1,500 te Mississippi Flood relief. A Department of Volunteers is coanposed of thousands of women, who aid materially ini the aniual fund campaigns and ini sewing on garnients, for disabled. men. Wilmette Girl Scout organîi- paýrticipates in the Communit'y The Girl Scout mnovemnent, is ,na'ion-wide in szopé, lbas Vie zation C 1i s t. which several units or, troops in the vil- lage,. sponsored Iargely by. varidu.S> The. national Girl Scout argaliva- t'ion' is under tbe supervision cof a national. council, comprising ?. b)oard 1141 appy, useful womaniood.- It isa lheth- 'wav of living."' stres lways 'Salvation r 1 effi- Y-A/>m gani- The Salvation Army.werk e u ýtbe ,rl in .United States was oficially, opened in, &abled thée year 188. The beg-nngwa thiamall and the self-sjacrifici9g..mîi and ments ef activity are welI established tbroughout the entire country and are accepted by the American people from the president down as indis- pensable to the life of the nation. There are now more than. tw'-i thousand established centeirs of ac - tivity and 4,465 trained. commissiened officers at work. The departments of work include corps centers for evanigelistic work, general bospitals and, dispiensaries, industrial homes for bonieîess unempîoyed mien, slunj posts and nurseries, hotel for men and women, young women's boardinig homeés,'nava«-l and i military clubs, chil- dren's homes, prison workI anti-su -' cide bureaius and missing friends bw- reaus.~ T. W.C. A* The work of the Young womeîî's Christian association iisos familiar to Most.Winmette residents "a stereqùire ne detaiIedl commnxt, inthese col- umus. The Chest allotment to tbis enterprise goes te the Chicago orgain- ization of the Y. W. C. A.1 which in- c ludes in the scope of it.s, activi*ties the north shore as welI as the, rest of the suburban:area. It is universally> conceded that the Y. W. C. . A. is the outstaniding enterprise that seeks to assist girls and young wonien of the city and suburbs in securinig eni- Iarged opportunities that- wiIl. re- dound te their benefit as weII as broaden their sphere of activity in the community. It conducts training courses covering a , wide range of subjècts,' conducts sumrner camp,; provides facilities for recreational a.-, tivity, and- aids the yvoung wvoman *alonie in the" city -to secure satisfac- tory atrinliving quares nhonie like and other thorougly wholesonme. sur- roundings. -These are butt feW of the enterprises. of this A ruly remark-* able agency. The licrsOf A iierica. TeVolunteers of America is a na- ional organization underthe leader- cast- Iand Tne organizatjon recognizes .ne ereed, celor or racial lines a.nd bas the endorsement of such men as President Hoover, Calvin Coolidge, Getieral Pershigtand manly of the national leaders of *the country., Its local advisory 'beard ýis cern- posed of, some of the.meut prominent citizens of Chicago.,