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M ~TROOP NO. 3 WThe Girl Scouts of Troop à at tbefr meeting Monday discussed and prac- ticed knots, signalling and first aid for the m'eeting which was given on Tuesday for the mothers. They also practiced songs. 'Peggy Marsh, scribte. TROOP NO. 4 Today (May 18) we divided into groups, for signalling, rope tying and first 'aid. We bhen formed our Girl Scout horseshoe and did our flag çeremony. Then we praeticed knots, MenisEnd Sail ut SiIk Hundreds ofyadsofbeautiful quality Ilks ià 1%'to 5yrd lengths including every conceivable weave and color.- Corne early.for first choice. Fiat, Camion and Satin Creépes: Beautifuutpriuted erepes Tub, siiks plain 'and faney 59e e. two. pi d'inig roo ms exert a magnetic influence flot only upon guests of the hotel but Chicagoans as well. Mr.,and Mrs. J., Clark Gapen, 919 Elmwoodý avenue, spent last week-end witli their son, Clark, Jr., who is a student -at- thé University of Wiscon- sin. Sunàday V as Mother's and, Fatber's day at the university. The Gapens had, dininer with Clark Sunday at his frater- nity ýhouse, Alpha Tau Omega. rounds. Then the people who, got their work done were dismnissed early., -Joan Ross, scribe?. North shore reýidents. have been *witnessing the unusual sight of Sko- kie fires in May. The unprecedented dry season bas so thoroughly baked the marsb, that'ý the :spontaneous comibustion which usually 'starts it burning in August. and later, is now, taking place in vani- ous sections. With normal- rainfali, the- Skokie at this time wo'uld either be- flooded. or at 1l'east so tborougbly soaked there would be no poýssib.ility of fires. Burns De*opite Rasa Even the rainfall Monday evening did not have the sligbtest effect on. the burningarea, where a large force. of men-has been Working throughout the week 'in an effort to extinguisli the fire. The area particularly affecteà lies betweent Tower road on the south and. Scott avenue on the north, and Grove street on the, east and the river branch about.midway across-the Sko- kie.. Little puifs of white smoke begau shooting out of, the, ground through- out this area about the middle of ýthe month, indicating that the "ground was burning." Buras In Park Are& This section lies within the patb of the Skokie drainage plan, but only preliniinary work on this project has been done in this section'. A force' of workers front the CCC camp bor- rowed hose from the Winnetka Fine department and, with connections with hydrants on Grove street, at- tempted to 'exltinguishi the fires. The watèr, it appeared, only supplied fuel to these smouldeing embers and, on May 19,, George:M.. Hounen, chief of the, Winnetka. Fine department,' sent trained 'men and additional equipment into the area. At the same tinte the CCC camp sent a force.of about fifty men into the district to dig ditches designed to serve as a fire break between the E5t igar A. -Steveusq lac* EV1ANS TO0N of osi The ground, it is reported, even outside the Skokie area, is dried out to an ufiprecedented4 depth, for this Jtime olf :the year. -Horticulturist's gay it is.36 inches to moisture., PIRE OIL:SE VICEý UAS A FUEL SILI STOI Te T M&EL s.Page 37 STAMWP COLLECTORSI H ave you vsited the North 'Shore's newest Stanp Shop ? Files cf Phltefic fiterature f or your convenience-and a cOmplcte. stock cf U. S. and forcxgn, Issues, ilbumts, hingea, and ali accessories. Open Thursday îrnghts f rom 7 ta 9 p.m. C. HAHdN for STAMPSJ, -sit 1 Opposite f.te Norths Shore Station) 646 Lincoin AVenue, Wlnnetka. T/it lWeek's Special: First Day covers of Penn, Webster, Ogiethorpe, Newbaargh, Byrd feu- peri:., Mar'yland and Mot/e's 1>.y roary-hs cents. Bloc/s:, 25 cents. Mot/ser': Day fiat plate., jingles 1î cents, /4ocks îo cent.