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Yea w uzuwqced wït Washngton .Parkc sistant dci ist r ict conservtory in Chicago, andduring the c o Mi1s s ion- World7s Fair maintained an exhibit in er which. position the.. horticultural building. He is a he held' until hie graduate Of 'the University of Illinois . was a rp oi n te d and of. a leading university in Ger- Winnetka district many. He is a popular lecturer on co0miiis sio n- landscaping and plant culture.. er in 193j2. He is The location give s excellent. oppor- p , ow finance chair-. tunity for the creation of a beauty- spot man of N ort h: in the very center of, the business dis- Shore Area coun- trict, and Mr. Ratny will ta"e 'fuli ad- LS.Mmh CIL. His -record has vantage of it. The building, inow,,near- -been one of service ing completion, is in cottage style, rough té schooôls,, village of Winnetka, Coin- brickexterior painted white. Surround- inmutnity House, -Boy, Scouts, GirlSco)uts, ing goundspac willbe atistcaîycurch, and in fact, -ever-y organization lanscaedin hic evrgrenswiî wlkhhad as its purpose any thought bave'n içpoftàt pace.for the advancemenit and bettermeiit of bavean iportnt pace.voutb. The service will include decorations- Mr. Aldrich has given unti 1ringly ofi for weddings, parties and othér social hissriefryasadtecoc functions, funeral pieces, the sending of as serviceyforneacr and the clho developed on the premises. In addition,_________ Mr. Ratny will give expert counsel on the planning.and equipping of private Pierre Bontecou, 348 Washingtont conservatories and gardens. A complete a venu,-, left last' Sunday on a busi- line of shrubs, bulbs and seed will be ness trp to New York, where the1 available to retail buyers. . fa n1ly i s f0 moye in the near future.à M~M ARSHALL PISLOkC MA YImmam FIELD'S UVANSTON, STORE 15 A RIULAR FWWKWHOUR for Washington PÉ Birthday Mickey *bd Mliii. Mous. WiUI Se Hors ... Au4l the Fumaest Hore Youv. Évr Seon VISITORS' NIGHT ... * The open house visitors' night, held February 4, appears to have been successful,- as .showa by thé large turl-out of scouts sinice- that dat:'e.' A visitors' night for parents' and friends of Sea Scouting ýwill be held, once.a month. A program of, interest to everyone is planned. CABIN BOYS . .. . Boyýs 13and 14 years old are en- couraged; to attend* the regular meet- ings . of t he ship,' and if they show sufficÏent 'interest, they will be given the rank of cabin boy., Several boys now hold this, rank in the ship. -RD.H.J "Oldest Midwest Troop" Celbraes tffg Ptwty The troop comniittee held a party for Troop 1, Wilmette, Tuesdày evening of last week, at which time jîim Mooney spoke on animais and birds. Following Mr. Mooney's talk,, a court of honor gave several boys awards for advancement in the scout program. E. E. Coîburn then spoke about ,orne experiences as the first scout- master of Troop 1. Mr. Colburn or- ganized Troop 1, Wihnette, in 1910 using as his only guide the old. Brit- ish manual. His experiences inclucled some of the camping trips taken by the early troop. Mr. Colburn ex- plained that Troop 1, which hàs had continuous life since 1910, is the ldest troop in the Middle West. Refreshments were served by the roop committee, and Arthur Pe ar- son, scoutmaster, presented a ÇUP uion which will *be engraved from mme to tume the names of scouts ini ach patrol who haye been outstand- rig in their service to the troop. ( c t s t t c .Ij The Scout Leaders' Appreciation dinner for approximately 250 scouters and their guets last evening in Ravinia school, Ravinia, proved to be one 'of the outstanding highlights of the scout year.. It was a dual cele- bration. recognizing first of all the service of north shore 'scouters, to. the youth of -this communfty and secondly commniorating the twenty- fifth a>inniversary, of the Boy. Scout' 'Movement *in America'. In keeping withthe twenty-fifth anniversary the prog am *and also the annual pro- gram which was at each place, were, in silver., *Included in the evening's proceed- ings weïe the recognition of Scout James Suter's having been awarded the scout gold honor niedal for life saving at Prairie du Chien while at- tending school at Campion, and also the presentation of the Ten-Year Program award to twenty-four units of the North Shore Area council. L. Sherman Aldrich of Winnetka was presented with the Silver Beaver award for distinguished service to boyhood. The award was made by Ray O. Wyland, the speaker of th"e evening. The evening's prograrn was dli- maxed by a-masterful address by Dr. Wyland, national director of educa- tion and relationships, Boy Scouts of Arnerica. who spokce on scouting's challenge in the next f ew years, Twenty.Four Units Get 10. Year Pro gram A ward Twenty-four Cub packs and Boy Scout troops of North Shore ArÉea council receivýed the Ten-Year" Pro- grami award last night for having met certain requirements, during the past The reqi unit should ments we re that each ve an increase in meru- 1 have -at least 50 per VOU E CK 1".4.$. s m f e.llrto be deducted ý,... ' znrecap. Tisi iorning Mr. Keane is speaking to boys« at New Trier 1-figb school. This after- noon he is making another talk to a similar group at Deerfield- Shields High school in Highland Park.