Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 28 Apr 1932, p. 3

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Bradley, big game hiunter and ex- plorer, will augment the lecture te be g-iven by Mrs. Bradley Friday eve- .ing of this week in the Parish Ilouse of Christ cburcb, Winnetka. Tht lecture is given under the, auspices of tht Woman's guild of otht *parisb.' Alice made ber first trip thriou gh, Africa when she was 5. years old, and is. rapidly- be comin1g an artist' of note. Her drawings bave. beenti xhibited ini Inctease. Robinson's studio ini Chi- cago. They are being liung in the Guild rooma of tht Winnetka Parisbi House by. Mrs. John Vennemia, and will be on view immediately à.fter tht lecture. Many a fiamily,'atlas on tlie north short is being opened this wttk and tht rap of Africa carefully scanntd, so that w*hen Mary Hastings Bradley begins ber talk, exhibits her.pictures at Christ cburcb Parish House, this Friday tvtning, b fer audience c'will lnow rightwbere they are ,going mol tii vicarious Journty. Tickets 5.11 fld1y Seldom blas any lecture becii givenl tht htarty reception bting accorded Mr.Bradley's appearanice,.it is re-.1 ported. Tickets àre going . fast; loyers of advtnturt: and - those wlihoî revel ini accounts of tht strange, 1 places and peoples of' tht earth are looking forward, ittusias.tically- tô) tht treat in store for them. Tie sb ject thi1s time is "Black Kinigs," and. siice the lecturer bas waiked andl driven over 6,000 miles throuigh tht Dark Continent, bas visited tht parts least known to tht white races. and Ilas nacle> the acquaintance of real catunibal tribes, it is not liard toguess what, tht taik will be about. Nirs. Bradley, with bier li.uslandl .Herbert E. Bradiey, and their daugh-i ter, Alice, lias madle three 'trips to A-frica. On tht flrst trip, iliA 921-22, they accornpanitd :Carl Akelev nt the Belgian Congo. in quest of a. group, of gorilias for tht Aniericani Museum of Natural History in X"eW York. They wert tht first'Amiericanii, to reach Lake Kivu aiid the gorilla Mo unltains. The expedition b rougitl Iiaei< five' specîmens of tt l:ong-1 Robert Kiitgcry, execiitive' sec- retarýv o! the Chi-cago Rkegional the lvmiýcheo*t Imeeiting of the 'WiI- mette Ciz'ic leagiue Prilay of this îveek. The lWeheoit is keld j* the We'dgwood room of MlarshaIll Field and compaoiy, Ch icago., Mr. Kiiigcrv ;ill discuss the pro posed exte#ision o:f the. "ou fer drive" as well as" otlur iattt'rs affecting. the, futurc e zelOp1u 1ict of the,* nortJi horarea. WANT PERMIT The Kenilworth Village board has been asked to grant a permit to Ch'i- cago-Good Humor, Inc., to stl Le cream products froni refrigerator trucks on Ktnilvorth streets duringy the summier 'season of 1932. 111 viewv of the fact that à large nuiber of compiaints were rtgistertd against the Good Humor trucks' operatiig ni Kenilworth las t year,, the board de- c ided to: send out a questionnaire, to villiers on tht miatter.- Replies,,re- ceived.thus far indicate tliat senti- mtnt is divided as to whetheïr or net tht permit should be granttd. bas ney er sliot any harmnless àimial, even for nieat.- Sle says that any fuuly and poignany, and we express ourselves in reading their work." Al of the books inclided in the Eist niay be obtained at the Wihnette libraty: Ausiandr-Letter to Womhen. Branch-Sônlnets From a Lock Box:. Bùrt--When I.Grow Up fo Middle.Age. Calkins-Poems. Carman-April Airs. Con kling-Shoes'of the Wind. Clleni--Color. Dickitson-Poems.. fli!1on-Boy'iii the Witd. Dresbach-Wind in tht Cedars., Erskine-Sonata., flexner-Clouds and Cobblestones. Frost-Boy's Will. Gilcristc-Widîe Pastures. Hoffenstein-Poenis ini Praise of, Prac- tically Nothing. Lindsay-Chinese Nightingale. Millay-Poems. Reese--Selected Poems. Rittenhouse-Door of Dreans., Robinson-Poonts. Sarrett-Slo)w Snioke. Teascale-Love Songs. Thomas-Selected Poenis. Sears Sehool Teams Begin Basebil PIay 'With the exception of ont tie game that remains to be played' off, the soft *baIl leaglie scbedule at tht joseph Sears scbool in Kenilwortli. bas been completed, and the boys of the school are now piaying hasebaîl. There were four teams in the soft bail eague, Colonels, Millers, Mud- hens and Brewers. Thus far the Colonels are leading tht league with two games won and one lost, tht Mudhens and Millers are tieci for second with ont game won, ont lost and ont tied, and the Brewers have lost two and won. one. Tht final stand- ing depends on the outcomne of tht Mudben-Milltr playoff gamt. The boys have taken a great ini- terest in hand bail, according to Ro- bert W. Townley, athleiic director at1 tht school. Every, eveni nà after Wilniette postofice who bas been in the postal service since Marcb' 1, 1906, will retire on pension Saturclay of this week. He has been in the service 26 years, ail of wvhicb he lias spent in Wilmett e. Mr..-Sauinders' ýflrst job' with the postal department was as a carrier. Four mnonths after mail delivery serv- ice was started, in, Wilmette he landed. that job. At that time the postoffice iva.s ocated in a, frarne building on, West Railroad avenue (now M1ain street) between Wilmette and Central avesnués. Later tbe of- fice was Imoved to. the location now occupied by the Biue Goose market, ,and. stili later to its present -site. When Mr., Saunders began carry-, ing mail ini Wilmette Samuel 'Dinget, now of Wausau, Wis., ,vas the post;- mnaster. There were two carriers be- sides Mr. Saunders, Jusitce of the Peaciejohn J. Peters,. and Jack, Schaefer, deceased, and two. clerks, Miss Jetinie Shafitz, who still. holds a simlilar position at the WiJntette pas- office, anid -\rs. Honmer Cazel of fleer!- feld. Mr. Saunders recails- ow îhe trudged through the mud InR the early days of, mail deiivery service here. There were few cernent. sidewalks then. anid 1none- of tht streets wvere pa veci. * M\anyý timies7 MXr. Saunlders *said, -1 carried more than twvo hundred pounids of mail a dav, covering a large territory without the hielp of relay *boxes. Postmiaster Josephl E. Shantz, iii çommnenititîg on, Mr. Sauniders' retire- ment, states that lie was always thought of highly anmong bis fellov Workers. Ht was.a. conscientious wvorker,, anid duriing bis entire caireer in the postal service tiever rèceived anv 'demerit mnarks. This is an icx,ý ceptionally fine record, Postmnaster Shantz sta*te. HoId Baha'i ,Convention' in Wilmette This Week The Twentt-iourthi aniual conven- tio-n of *.,the 2"s of the TTn'ite Sta 2,000 miles, in tbree days! On their travels tht Bradîteys did extensive big game 'bunting. Mrs. Bradley is an expert with tht rifle, and bas brought clown many ele-1 phats, lions, tigers, rhinosý and buf- ý falo. - She ha$ neyer shot- an animal ini the, United States, and, -in fact, pacturesv counters v .pIes and: m with her spare âtme. cast .will bt on for at least a mônth, lovely-gardens- and enjoying thet hos- Ley's lectures are illus- she will not be able to-rurn to ber pitality of the beautiful old homes of lantern slides or motion studies'in-the 6A grade at the How- the south. Reports of the meetings ch make vivid ber en- ard scbool for about six weeks. Her wiIl be given. at the ôpening meeting iwild animiais, wild. peo- injuryr occurred when she was on fier, of- the> club, for 'tht seas.on -wbicbi .country. way home from school. occurs .May 6.

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