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THE LAKE SHORE NEWS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1921 NEXT WEEK TO BE A BUSY ONE AT COMMUNITY HOUSE Community Center Becoming Popu- lar Mooting Place for Groups Community House will be'the scene of extensive activities during the coming ten days. Practically every day will witness an organization or group occupying the rooms for a meeting or social gathering. - t The Wilmette Physicians' club will hold its regular meeting this eve- ning. Tomorrow morning the viohn class conducted by Wm. Glenn Halich will meet. The Finnish society will convene on Sunday. " This society is com- posed of working girls of the village who hold two sessions eaqh week at the Community House. * Mrs. Peterson's cooking class will assemble Tuesday evening. The ex- cellent work of Mrs. Peterson is proving profitable to many house- wives who are taking advantage of instructions in the culinary art. Tuesday is the date for the meet- ing of the Young Woman's Auxiliary -, of the North Shore Catholic Woman's _league._ The regular monthly meet- ing of the Royal Neighbors of Ameri- ca will take place Wednesday eve- The Finnish society will meet Thursday. ______ SKOKIE TRACT CERTAIN TO BE FOREST PRESERVE Cook County Forest Preserve Com- missioners Pass Effective Ordi- . nance; Residents Help. North shore residents are perhaps the most keenly interested in the ac- tion of the Cook County Fores^Pre- serve Commissioners this week in passing an ordinance authorizing purchase of the Skokie to be added , to the County Forest Preserve. The ordinance-^sQ-injititutes condemna tion proceedings to acquire proper- tv where price agreements, cannot be reached. The-tract extends-through- out the entire north shore lying im- mediately west of the villages. It begins with the. Avoca Road and ex- tends north to the county line. Its western line is the embankment of the Wisconsin division of the North- western railroad. The action of the commissioners is expected to effectively block a re- ported movement by pronerty own- ers in the tract to have the land drained and cut up for commercial and residencepU£p_oses^ _ Sevefar^oTtTPihore leaders were Kenilworth Happenings A. lecture course will be given by _ihel Educational department of the Neighbors starting on February JO at 8:15 p. m., in the Assembly Hall. On this first occasion. Dr. Shailer Matthews will lecture on "The Am- erican Spirit in Action." On February 23, Mr. R. E. Pattison Kline will lec- ture on "Who Owns Your Business? and &n March 2, Mr. Kline will give an address on "America and the Orient." Further information re- garding tickets and particulars may be obtained from Mrs. Mark Cresap. . Mr. and Mrs. Grant Ridgway of 207 Cumberland avenue, announce the engagement of their daughter, Har- riette, to Mr. Samuel Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis A. Clark, of Wil- mette. The announcement was made at a largeâ€"runcheonâ€"given by Mrs. Ridgway last Tuesday. In the eve- ning Mr. and Mrs. Clark entertained for Miss Ridgway with a dinner par- ty at the South Shore Country club, â€"♦â€" Mr. L. M. Allen arrived home last Saturday from a trip in his private car, Mrs. Allen, who stopped oft at Santa Fe, New Mexico, returned home on Wednesday, Miss Miriam Shattuck and Miss Priscilla Allen have also returned home. The Kenilworth Club will give a dinner-dance this evening at seven o'clock. Husk O'Hare and his or- chestra will furnish the music. Mrs. John P. Oleson and Mrs. Ed- win Hedrick will entertain for Miss Frances Steven^ ** *he home of Mrs Social fiappenings Oleson Saturday afternoon. â- .â€"+â€" Miss Dorothy Taylor left on Wed- nesday afternoon for a short visit with her sister, Mrs. Frank A. Ger- buld of Milwaukee. ... .........ITorth . directly instrumental in influencing the action of the commissioners. MID-SEASON RECEPTION FOR COMMUNITY DANGERS Executive Committee Announces a Feature Program for Washing- ton's Birthday Tuesday evening* February 22, Washington's birthday, is to be the occasion for a mid-season reception to be held at the Byron C. Stolp school under auspices of the Tuesday Night Community Dancing class, ac- cording to " an announcement made this weelc by the Executive commit- tee of the class._____________â€"__^ „ Theâ€"usual lessonâ€"is- scheduled for 7:45 o'clock. Dancing for the even- ing begins at 8:30 o'clock, and will continue until midnight. Light re- freshments will be served. The regular Tuesday evening dance, which closes at 11 o'clock, will be held Tuesday evening, Feb- ruary 15j_ UNUSUAL MUSICAL HELD AT KAUMEYER RESIDENCE Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Osgood enter- tained several-of their Wilmette neighbors at bridge last Thursday evening. â€"*â€" Mrs. Fred C. Littb? entertained at an informal supper party last Sunday evening. â-  , . â€"*â€" Mrs. Sanford Holden gave an in- formal tea last Tuesday afternoon. â€"*â€" Miss Patty Foresman has been confined to her home for the past week on account of illness. â€"*â€" 'Mrs. Sidney Corning Eastman is convalescing at her home following her recent illness. Public Library News and Reviews BY THE LIBRARIAN *»»«* If you are a parent or teacher you are vitally interested in juvenile edu- cation and recreation. Do you real- ize that if the chiId is given good -An interesting and novel musical -was held at 'the- jiome. of Mr. and. Mrs. JSdward A. Kaumeyer, 601 Lin- den avenue, Tuesday evening, Feb- ruary 8. , . ' â-  The program consisted of violin, 'cello and piano trios, violin and 'cello solos and several piano num- bers. Mr. Xarleton Kaumeyer was the violinist and" Mr. Edward M. Weisert. the cellist. The playing of Godowsky, Rachmaninoff and Oern- stein was reproduced on the Aiapico reproducing piano which also played the accompaniments for Mr- Kau- meyer's and Mr. Weisert's solos^â€"=â€" It was reported a_ novel and al- most uncanny experience to hear Rachmaninoff play one of his own compositions and yet not see him actually at-the. piano. NEWMANS TRIM OUILMETTE K. OF C. BOWLERS TWICE Books to read his education is broad- ened through wholesome recreation? Booksâ€"may^have^ an^in^sTimabre in- fluence on ,your youngster's career and you cannot afford to let him or her read poor or even mediocre books. The Public Library is an in- tegral part of Wilmette's education- al system and you should demand of that library access to the best there is in children's literature. The Juven- ile department has its monthly al- lowance for new books and every effort is being madjejto^buiM up an adequate" collection. Try out your Public Library, see what it has for the ch ildren and:feel"'aTTTiberty to make suggestions for they are glad- which has recently been added to the children's collection follow. In main- cases they are not books which have recently been added to the collection, follow: In many cases they are not books recently published, some are dupli- caies~of those already in the collec- tion but in each case they are books recognized as being Worthwhile. Alcottâ€"Under the lilacs. • Armfieldâ€"Wonder tales of the ^wrrrtd Mr. and Mrs. Louis. A. Clark, 716 Lake avenue, entertained at dinner on Tuesday evening at the South Shore Country club, in honor of Miss Harriette Ridgway of Kenil* worth, whose engagement was an- nounced this week to Mr. Samuel Clark. â€"*â€" The Wilmette Public School Art league will meet Tuesday morning February 15, at 10 o'clock, at the res- idence of Mrs. F. L. Joy, 812 Central avenue. Miss Margaret Thompson of Tor- onto, Can., formerly of Wilmette, is spending a fortnight as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J, Kincaid, in Evanston. â€"*â€" Mrs. Frank Merrill and small son, accompanied by her brother, Mr. W. G. Mcintosh, 1106 Greenwood avenue, left Tuesday for an extended sojourlTTn Orlando, Fla. â€"j»â€" Mrs. A. E. Senseney, mother of MrsTDonald H. Maxwell, 1414 Forest avenue, left Wednesday for an ex- tended visit with relatives in Fair- mont, W. Va. â€"*â€" Miss Frances Cutler entertained sixteen guests at dinner on Satur- day evening preceding the Alpha Phi dancing partx at the Evanston Coun- try club.* _*_ Mrs. William M. Raignel who is moving to Philadelphia, is here with her two children, visiting at the home of her parents. Dr. and Mrs. Milton R. Barker, 929 Central avenue. An all day meeting of the sec- ond division of the Ladies' Aid so- ciety was held on Tuesday at the hnrnp nf Mrs Abraham W^JLcvy^-826 Chestnut avenue . « â€"*â€" Mary Agnes Melville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Melville, 1022 Greenwood avenue, is confined to her home with mumps. Mr. T. E. Thompson, 1311 Ashland avenue, left Wednesday on a business trip to Washington, Brooklyn and Ned York. - •â€"*â€" Mr. and Mrs. Frank T. Cutler enter- tained the Fellowship club at dinner on Friday evening at their home, 1001 Lake avenue. â€"*â€" Mrs. Kurt R. Beak and small son of 343 Washington avenue, is leav- ing tomorrow to spend the coming six weeks in southern California. - ,-J^F=r~ == One of the Tuesday Luncheon and Bridge clubs was entertained at the home of Mrs, Frank T. Cutler, 1001 Lake avenue, this week. â€"*--------------------------â- â€" Miss Alice Shurtleff returned to Milwaukee on Sunday evening after spending the week-erid at her home, 815 Lake avenue. Miss Jessie Shurtleff, who recent- ly underwent an operation for ap- pendicitis. has returned tn her home. 619 Greenleaf avenue _â€"*â€" The East End Circle of the Con- gregational church met Monday af- ternoon in the home, of Mrs. Henry j. Hurt, 1029 F.Imwood avenue. __*_ i T ,.•â- â€¢. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Crane and three sons, 1000 Michigan avenue, are leaving this week for California, to be gone until after Easter. â€"*â€" Mr. and Mrs. Xouis A. Clark and son. Gordon, 816L Lake avenue, â€"left WOMEN TO SUPERVISE BIG BIRD HOUSE EXPOSITION Members of Wilmette' Woman's clubs affiliated with the Illinois. Fed- eration of Womens' clubs are inter- ested in the approaching Second An- nual Bird House exhibit to be held ort the ninth floor Marshall Field and Co., from March 14 to 19. The exhibit is to be held under auspices of the Conservation committee^ Second dis- trict, Illinois Federation of Women's c,ubs- - L ...j^j Bird houses to be exhibited are to be made by Cook cdunty school chil- dren, each school to submit its prize bird house. The, bird houses accept- ed for exposition are to be placed in the Forest Preserve. Children in the schools are also to submit posters announcing the event. T he McAllister Store Wh ill For Monday, February 14 JJleached Muslin, good quality, 1 C^ 36TnclTspecianor this day - - I ^^ speci One lot of BleacfcecT Muslin, good quality while it lasts, yd. B^isrHong^^ suitable for underwear. 5 yds. VJ'Jy* SILK PETTICOATS Our entire stock of silk petticoats including all silk, silk jersev top and taffettasjthat-Sold -d^y-^^y up to $9.50, reduced to - - - â-  «P -* e * J The McAllister Store 1148 Central Avenue, WILMETTE, ILL. I Why not express Your Valentine Gift with a Box of Homemade Candy? You can choose any assortment. Candy Boxes Filled or Empty 'iiiliMiiiiDHiim.iiii.tniiiniiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.....iiiimininimiiii.......iiinuiiiiiiiii........minim........itiiiinii.....unii.......iimiiiuiiiimi THE PAPPAJOHN CANDY STORE Phone Wilmette 1688 Village Theater Bldg. Wednesday evening for a short, rtip to Miami and Palm Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Skillin enter- tained sixteen guests at dinner on Friday evening of last week, at their home, 1019 Sixth street. The Manukat club will meet on Thursday of next week at the home of Mrs. George R. Harbaugh. 1219 Forest avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin F. Affleck are spending their honeymoon at Palm Beach, Fla. â€"*â€" Kniphtc r'* rnlnmhnc of Onilnrgt+e- council were defeated by Newman's â€"tffatkr^5o-WTingâ- " <1 it!illt-t^rir^rvnnston ^-^totidax^evenln.g in twd-Tsf~three= games. UniversiTy dropped three -tilt s-4e-€ol u m b u s. The first game was a one-sided af- fair, Th~e~ livanstonians -winning by more than 100 pins. In. the second affair they repeated, but victory was only attained by a 3-pin margin. The third game resulted in a win for Ouilmette by a safe margin. Ouilmette vs. University and New- man vs.-Columbus is the schedule for Barbourâ€"Joan of the island. Collinsâ€"Boys' book^of model aero- planes. - • • â-  â- ~x° Eatonâ€"Boy scouts of Berkshire. Gcenfellâ€"Adrift on an ice pan. Jacksonâ€"Nellie's silver mine. Johnsonâ€"Stover at Yale. Londonâ€"Call of the wild. Montgomery â€" Anne's house of dieaiTTs *â€" RobertJFuchs, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. E: Fuchs, 607 Lake avenue, is ill with the mumps. NEW RESIDENCE St. Johnâ€"Things every boy should know- about wireless. Sanforei=^o^eTn^ftmencans^ Schultzeâ€"In the great Apache for- next Tuesday evening. est. Shuteâ€"Real diary of a real boy. Streetâ€"Most interesting American; ERECTING NEW HOME ___George Balmes of Washington avenue is erecting a new residence at 1721 Washington avenue. It will be completed early in the spring. u ,,7. , y;"r;/;„."-.i? /:""Tli;------A-new-and attractive residence with 1L°r.^.n~WireleSS telegrl*gfeQ^ :ffh tingli-rr-^rr basement, Colonial entrance, frame construction, siding on the first floor and shingles above, 4& -beingâ€"erected- at T5Q+ Highland avenue by Roy Shawt 1500 Highland avenue. IN SUNNY SOUTH Alfred C. Wolff, proprietor of the Sheet Metal and Furnace works at 3-Electric place, is out of the village on a trip through- Texasâ€"an4 Okla- homa. JBe is expected backâ€"within a week. â€" "^^^ Do YouKtxow^- That greater mileage calTbe covered in a FRANKLIN in one day, with Jess fatigue, ihanjn any other car? That in a FRANKLIN it is absolutely i impossible to stall or kill your motor? Your Starter is Constantly in Operation TTOTOH 1629 Phone SALES Co Odri ngton Ave: Ev ©j^stoja-5TCMX !,i