Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Nov 1934, p. 60

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WILM&EJ6. &VA JNovember 1A, 1934 Legion A uxiliary Peter J. enrer unit No., 669> 'Meeting of the 'Auxiliary was heldl Monday evening at the Legion club rooms. Our guest for the evening w as Mrs. Carnie Walser, Seventh. district memhership chairman. A Plunkett luncheon will be spon-7 sored by the Seventh district Wednes- day, November 21-also a district meet- ing. The social hour will be spent in playing cards. This will take place at the North Shore club rooms, Brvn Mam-r avenue, Chicago. The auxiliary1 at the Vterans' cago, Thursday , o'clock. A large since the patients1 dances. will sponsor a dance hospital, North Chi- November 22, at 8 crowd is Iooked for look forward to these The sewintg.circle is busy working on dol clothes for the doils to be sent to Cook County council. Mrs. Anna, Leis bas the dolîs at the store. Every.meM-ý ber is welcomne, to p articipate in. thi s work at any ine. Mrs. John Huerter entertained the Oak Leaf club at her home Tuesday afternooni. ANNOUNCE BIRTH Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Kerr of Glen- dale, Calif., are being congratulated oÀi thbirth of a son, Kenneth Rowan r, on Sunday, November Il. l'hc habv s grandparents are Mr. and(l Mrs. W. WVallace Kerr of 70Ïi ore.si avenune. - LUNCHEON HOSTESS Mrs. Bentley McCloud, 338 Kenil- worth avenue, Kenilworth, entertained two tables for luncheon and bridge, yesterday in honor of Mrs. Charle s Ames of Rochester. N. Y., who is visiting her sister ini Kenilworth. Observe Book- Week By Placing9 New Books. in School Libraries. Feast'of Reading Provided ai >Stolp, Howard Schools l'hle Wihmette public school libraries at the Stolp and Howard buildings are receiving a large nunîber of new books and manv of these volumes are being placed at the disposaI of the children for the first timne this week, whiých is being observed throughout the nation as Book week. During Book week this year spe- cial emphiasis is being placed on children's hobbies. The Book week exhibits at the school libraries in- clude iniformational books which supply the young hobby rider with thé basic material, things to do, see and learn. as well as the books which carry him afleld, or perhaps f rom his first interest in ship. model building, to stirring tales of the sea, and into A4 large g!ronp of Wilmiette resi- dents gatliered on the lawn of thic Village hall Monday morniîîg a.t il1 o'clock to pay fribute ta flic men '«'ho made the sitprcnic sacri- fice ini the Warld W'ar. The sixie iihiiniversary.of Ar- mistice Day eas observed by Ce>rc- mhonnes sponsored by Wilmnette Post, NTo. 46,. Atiierican& Legiani. .ollow.. ingý the rit ual at the Village hall, lhe ýassemblage -w'en-t to the Wil- mette- theater foi vie filmns renfîn - isccîît oiflhe laie uwar and heard an ArîiiSticc Day message.. A4 large group of children from flhc public- schools. parî'icipated ini flic. cercîiîî es. An impressive fea- turc t'as flic souîîdiîîg of Taps by J.egioîz buylers. <the fascinating bywaysof- the history of navigation, or from simple in- structions on basket weaving to.books about Indian art which will continue as a mnajor inte'rest through his whole hf e. Present PIays Special emphasis is being placed on Book week also through the me- dium of plays which ar-e being pre- sented at the Howard and Stolp scbools under the direction of Miss Mildred Flaskered. Included in the shipment of nle% books received recently by the iI- mette schools are volumes covering the fields of science, music, social- science and English, as well as many~ novels. There are books for children in ail grades-lower, intermediate and upper. Following are the naines of a few of the books wbich have been re- ceived for littie "tots": *"Kalr's Wooden Horse," by Lois Donaldson;,"Gooseberry, Garden," by Lois Lenski; "Odie Seeks a Friend," by julius King and Kurt Wiese; "The Little Auto," by Lois Lenski; "Ask Mr. Bear," by Marjorie Flack; "The Train Book," by William Clayton Pryor; "Cinderella," by Helen Sew- ehl, and ."Let's Go Round the World with Bob and-Betty," by Phyllis Aver Sower. Cover Music Field In the field of music three new books in the school libraries which are worthy of special mention are "Artists in Music of Today," by Helen L. Kaufmann and Eva vB. Hanisl,; "The Art of EnjoyingMu sic," by Sigmund Spaeth, and "Music Through the Ages," by Marion Bauer and Ethel R. Peyser. .The field of science also is wvell represented with such books as "Wonders of Science," by Eva Marcli Tappan; "The Boy Chemist,":by A.* Frederick Collins; two books pub.- lished by Popular Science magazine (The Home Chemist and Wonders Through the Microscope) and "Secrets 'of the Stars," by liiez N. McFee. "Everv Boy's Book of Hobbies," by Cecil H. Bulivant, is of special interest at present because of the emphasis being placed on hobbies. The books already mentioned are only a . few of thos.e whichi have been ordered for the school libraries. Other shipments will be coming ini freim time to time, Miss Grace. Ga3*- ton_ the scbool. librarian, announces. Lista Ne, Fiction Children, as well as aduits, are ah- ways interested in, new books. of fic- tion, and Miss Gayton has listed the following as a few of the new novels which have been added to the school library collection or which were purcliased to replace old volumes worn out from constant usage:, ."Martin Pippin in the,,Apple Or- chard," by Eleanor Farjeon; "Mys- tery Gate," by Lucille Morrison; "A 'Girl of, the Plains Country," by Alice, .MacGowan>; "The Boys of Wildcat Ranch,". by ýHaiold Bindloss; "Jack, the Young Trapper," by George B. Grinneli1; "Blowing- Weather,". by John T.1 McIntyre; "Skyward," by Richard E. Byrd; "Janice Meredith."' by Paul Leicester Ford; "A Maid of '76." ;bv Emilie Benson Knipe and' Alden. Arthur Knipe; "The Gold- Laced Coat," by Helen Fuller Orton:; "Days of the Discoverers,"' by .- Lanprey; "Hepatica Hawks," by Rachel Field; "The Fortunate Dayvs.' by Ethel May Gate; "The Book of Bravery," by HenryW. Lamer, and "Anytbing Can Happen on the River," by Carol Ryrie Brink. PA Y TRIB UTE TO WA R DEA D ON A RMISTICE DA Y Nove'mber 15, 1934 ýWILMETTE LUE

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