Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 6 Dec 1934, p. 3

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Sixty-four cbldren from the Lake Bluff orphanage wiii invade Wilmette on Christmas morning bent upon spending the day in homes thrown open to them by generous villagers., This .invasion of the village on Christ.mas day has been going on for twenty years or so, more recently at the instance of the Philathea s'o- cwqty of Young women in the:Wil- mette Parish Metbodist cburcb. CliI Wilmette 700-MI Ages of these cbildren range from 6 ta 14 years.' They -are listed in, VIi.Nxime LiPE eacb year 'at this sea- so, for the. convenience of Wilmette familles who wish ta select'an orpban guest. for. Christmas Day. The chul- dren have neyer beén disappointed, and -it is' assumed this year will be no exception. Those wishing to en- tertain one or more ichildren; on Chri,,tmas, day are invited ta cal! Nirs. R. L. Haskin, Wilmette 700-M.j The children are brought to WVil- ~mette~ oi a -specil t rain, arrivin atj 10 o'clock, Christmas morning. They are then parceled out to their bosts at the Village hall. The group starts the, return j.ourney, promptly at i. o'clock. Hiereit i.the List Here is the list of names. ages , ndicated:. with .Xngel., Le-,lie (boy).........1 Allan. Ruth............1 Booth, Paul........... TJhis q uirk in. hurnan nature applies flot only to our getting but to our giving. Perhaps more to'givirig than to getting, for in the latter there is an incentive to bestir ourselves-someone else. may secure that for wbjch .we hanker. We ernerge froni iethargy long enough to .win.or lose. Several. inquirie's have corne to. us as to w>hy- the people. of Wilmette should support to the limit the Wihnette, Communiity Chest, and as somne of the reasons cater to th at attribute of hurnan nature of w'hich :we, bave spoken, weeinbrace'this oppor- tunity to makée reply. The fact that the Commiunity Chest is a local institution and' performs a ýdefinite and valuable service to the one whoGIVES ;as iveli as to the.one who RECEIVES, should be reason enough for ail civic minded citizens., But there are others., Lt is the simplest, easiest and rnost logical way to discharge your dutv to unfortuniate neighbors. You st.rely cani see the advantage to you of combining fine. solîcitations in one-'saves von tîme. and 'annovance. You wôuld unquestionably donate to several ifnfot ail of.the flirte participating& agencies if solicited by each.. The overhead-cost of securing pledges and coliection-is as micti for one as for bine. Thus the ýComnrnnityý Chest saves mionev for you. The ComrnunitY Chest permits N'ou to inake payrnents to suit your convenience-and to specifyr such participating agencies - as you desire to support. ini case vou-fiave preferences. ýWhile it wvas written that Charity is the greatest of the three graces, charitv work is not the most pleasant in which one can engage. The Conmunity Chest relieves you of contact withi things that piight- cause you loss of sleep. In these and other ivavs the Cornmunity Chest serves vou1 Activities of the Wirnette Harrnony convention, which ha.. new been or- ganized and is proceeding with' its work of choosing candidates for Vil- lage offices at the April, 1935, deec- tion, have aroused intereàti in that heretofore. anniual eyent, and given rise to 'rumnors that are !)Ieasiig or disquieting, according to the citizen's leamýning' in municipal governrnent. One rumior. has it that a straight demnocratic party ticket, isto. be nom- inated for the, Villageéelection, init'- gated by the Chicago machine as a 1 means of securing contrôl of thie Village governrnent. This. policy, it is said, is to..be followed, in ali the suburban. townÉ. Confirmnation> of- the rumor is not possible at, this time. Repont Dubbe Candidat. Another report is that President C.' P.' Dubbs- and several of the present trustees are to be candidates for reelection. As President Dubbs has repeatedly an noniJd publiely and .privately, that he isnfot and wil not be a candidate to s'ucceed him- self, lie was asked to verify or deny the rumor. Among .other things he said: "There is positively nothing to it as far as I am concerned, but please understand that I speak oniy for myseif. What 'any othér member of the board may do is for him to de- cide. 1 have no, authority to speak for anyone else. Buchaan, PggY 1 philanthropic activities are carried on at no firther cost to. you *Buiell, .Eddie8-ez.Adi ute esnasowh Butler,.Ruth'z.... ... ..c.... .. -Al th:n thehonegh evhichuyour Chaparas,, Anna .................... 12 yo should contribute liberailv to its fund are required, they 1-c an Béney Fy , rbably be found %Nitin ii ouir ovn conscience. Coy, Calvin.............sWiîrnette Comrnunity Chest, mec. Cr-aske. Geneva . . . .1 _________________________________ Crakt.John . . . . . CurnEarI ......ire Cailis AeF VISITS I NEW YORK. DeWit, Ma~y 8Duane Howard, who in recent .weeks D)eWîtt, Robert- riremen ixigioVs. ElitMae....................141 .h as acted as.,pilot on several charter Exn ~oe................ 10 'leilniette Fire department ex- trips from Cutisaroweto Exon, Bernie...................... 9 tinguished an automobile ire at Lake New York City to spend the Thanks- avenenanlMan sJani undy...................10elatves Frankl in, Betty Lou.........8 a ne about Main sk.Trethna~ f iigoia ihrltvs F-rnkln, Charles............ ternoonaot3o'lc.Tere were Gairke, Elmira.................. .... 12 no other fire -catis in the past week, iIrfbbe, Vrginia.. ........ ..:1but onu Mondnio rnine about 10-30 - .- . . .:. . . . . . . . . . 6 one ? arren................. .3 Economy Shop is open six days Mae..............~ in the week from 9 until 5ocok [arley................ -Mrs. A. L. Grinneil, chairman. .1........... Note ; Ecoony Shop Is conducted [vin............... ...0 :)v the Wonman's Club of Wflmette. state my position exactly .' Not only amn I flot a candidate to succeed my- self, but I shal have ' notb.ing what- ever to do with the selection of my successor. I do flot believe that any retiring officiai should attempt to dictate wl-o s hall follow him, or to impose his policies upon whomsoever assumes responsibility for carrying on the business. of the office. The man who cornes after me may have proprly arkeed."There are a great many men and USE CLASSIFIED women in Wiimette who owe it to Wilmette 4300. They are people of exceptional àbility j hlage wothof see l ni ecetof An Adtaker will help YOU our people. Thear should flot refuse - - - - - - - - - - when called' upon tc> do their, part."- 1 - ]

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