Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 27 Mar 1931, p. 33

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Born August. 6, 1842, at Trier. Germany, the town from wbicb Newr Trier township takes it naine, Mrs. Smith came to this country with members of ber family when sbe was eleven years', old. The family ivéd firàt in Ravinia andi later on the lake fotin kenilworth at wbatino Sheridan road and Kenlworth avenue. In 1865, the year ghe was married, Mrs. .Smith moved with ber husband, the late Jacob Smiith, to- Winneta They built. a home at the nortbeast corner ýof. Willow road and Ridge avenue. Mr. Smith died about forty- five years'ago. Mrs. Smith bas lived in Winnetka continuously since 1865. Peter Conrad, the oldest mani resi- dent o9f Winnetka in point of yýear.- of continuous residence, was born ini bier home that, year and on bier birth- daAugust .6. Mrs. -Smith is survived by seveil *cbildren, sixteen grandcbildren n * five great grandchildren. Ail of the, survivora. live in Winnetk-a or Wil- mette. The tbree surviving sons,j Frank, Jacob and Peter, live ini Win-1 netka. Another son, Jobn, who also' ived in Winnetka, died about a year ago. Three of tbe four .surviving daugb- ters, Katherine, Margaret and Mary, lived with their mother at 715 Wil- Iow rôad, Winnetka. Anotber dàughi- ter, Mrs. Barbara Smith Hoffman,i livýes in Wilmette. Mrs. Smitb took an active part ini tbe organization of the Sacred Heart parish in Hubbard Woods. For many years she had been an active worker in the 'Sacred Heart cburch. The funeral services were held ats that chiurcb Monday morning at 9:30 q'clock, and burial took place at, St.l Josepb's cemetèry in Wilmette. s JÔhn.SheIdon,;,Dgrtmàuth Junior,ý Wins High Ho nor John Sheldon' of Glencoe, wbo Was graduated f rom New Trier High scbool in 1928, was among the four- teen ~juniors recently elected to the Casque and Gauntlet. one of the three The Golden Text was , "I ami the~ Lord: that is, my name: and my glory wiIl I not kive to another, neither my praise to graven images" (Isalah 42:8). Among the citations which com- prised the lesson-sermon. was1 thé Ïollowing from the Bible: "Love neot the, world, neither theý things' that are* in the world. If atiy mani love the world, the. love of the Father is flot: in him. 'And the world passeth away,. and. the, lust thereof :i but he tliat doeth the will of God abideth for- ever"ý (I John- 2:15, 17). The lesson-sermon also includcd the. following passages from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with key to -the Scrip- turcs," by. Mary. Baker: Eddy: "A knowledge oùf error and of its operations must precede that under- standing of Trutb which destroys error, until the' entire mortalý, ma- terial error' finally. disappears, *and the eternal verity, mani created by- and of Spirit, is understôod andi reçognized as the true likeness of his Maker" (p. 252). Vacation Starts at High. School, Grammar Sohools Spring vacation at New Trier High school and at all public schools in the four New Trier township villages-. Wilmete Kenilwortb, Winnetka 'and Gencoe-begins on Friday,,March, 27. The vacation will end on. Monday morning, April 6, the day after Easter. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES- "Reality" wiII be the subject at the services in the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Wilmette, Sunday morn- ing, March 29, at il o'clock. Sunday scliool convenes at 9:45 o'clock. so T~ Y T i EASTER SPECIAL AU forw beauiful Three oe 00 Regular Price $.0 B"ERNIE STUDIO "Better Pictures--Better Values"p 1632 Sherman Ave., E&n o Tel. UNI.89 Have .Beaù'tifully Clean, " £11 le -- 'A - r' 511 MAIN ST., WILMETTE SWi1nmette 5050 University 5050 tery. Mr. and Mrs. Harry W. Mons, 157 Woodstockavenue, Keniilworth, en- tertained.at 'their home. on Tuesday evening four members of the Denison University Gice club. Beie. Captlres Charnn of Childhood-ý I I --041e% 6Z #7ý

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