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.November 22, 1929 W Ill M E T .T E. 1:. I F E 3 SHANn LISTS DEADUNES FOR CHRISTMAS MAILING Local Post Office Staff Preparing to Handle Great Volume of Mail Christmas mail is already recetvm~ ;, ttention at the Wilmette post office, and Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz is making preparations to handle a large volume of gift packages and Christmas greetings of various kinds. Mailing Guide Deadlines for the mailing of Christl:Jas parcels to foreign countries -:tre as follows, Postmaster Shantz announces: Argentina, November 27; Austria, December 5; Belgium, Decemher 12; Brazil, December 4; Bulga!"ia, December 5; Cuba, December 19; Denmark, December 12; England, Decemher 12; Finland, December 7; France, December 12; Germany, December 12; Italy, December 8; Netherlands, December 12; Norway, December 5; Poland, December 5, and Russia, Decemher 5. The Wilmette post office will make <'Ycry effort to handle the Christmas mails without congestion and. delay, hut, owing to the enormous volume of mail, this can be done only with the cooperation of the public. Post office patrons are urged to heed the "m~il ~:arty" warning and thereby expedite the handling of Christmas mail. Proper wrapping of packages and proper addressing of both packages :t.nd !etters of greetings are two important 1tems to be remembered, especiatly at this season of the year. Wrap Securely All parcels must be securely wrapped nr packed, and all articles easily broken or damaged should he marked plainly '·fragile." · Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post office box or rural route number, and typed. or plainly written in ink. A return card should be placed in the upper left corner of every piece of mail. lf a tag is used, the addrl'ss and return card should also be \Hitten on the wrapper .for use should the tag be lost. A Thanksgiving Message By Dr. Horace G. Smith Pastor, Wilmette Methodist Church accepts all the elements A COW of material comfort with no I Chairman 125 GIRLS, 82 BOYS ON 'NEW TRIER HONOR ROLL List Compiled by School for Second Month Show' Improve. ment in Scholarship Girls of New Trier High school continue to outclass the boys in scholarship, Honor students for the second month of the first semester were announced this week. Names of 125 girls appear on the honor roll, which is made up· of students having an average above "B." There are eighty-two boys on the honor roll for ·the second month. The comparative figures fqr . the first month of the semester were eightv-six to sixty-one, showing that the scholarship of New Trier students has improved in the last few weeks. On the honorable mention list, which is composed of students who have an average of .. B," the girls outnumber the boys eighty to sixty-six this month. · Window Lighting Expert to Address C. of C. Dec. 2 H.. ]. Malcomson, manager of the lighting sales division of the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, will be the speaker at the next mcetitig of the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce Monday, December 2. Mr. Malcomson will give an illustrated talk on "Commercial Lighting," dealing especially with window displayrS. The meeting will he held in the \Vilmett£> ~fa sonic temple auditorium. THJ\NKSGIVING PROGRAM Mis¥0rrel Davis' 7C room at the Stolp school will have charge of a Thanksgiving program to be presented there Tuesday of next week. -!t THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE Union Thanksgiving services arc to be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the First Presbyteri(!.n church. The service is sponsored by the various Protestant churches in the community. The Rev. Carl I. Empson, pastor of the \Vilmette English Lutheran church will deliver the Thanksgiving message. Every resident of the community is urgently inv;ted to attend this service. vVilmette churches will have special Thanksgiving services this Sunday. Complete details will be found on the Church page in this issue of WILMETTE LIFE. Turn to page 48. thought concernin~ thos~ who provide for her we11-being. A cat laps its milk with no regard for tbe maker of the china saucer or the one who provided the milk. A dog comfortably snoozes on the high priced da~ cnport, giving ng heed to either the Dr. H. G. Smith maker or the owner of the davenport. So suggests Professor Robinson in his book, "The Mind in the Making." He continues by saying · that man accepts the great glad gifts of life with something of the simple innocence of a pet rabbit, being both thoughtless and thankless. 011e cannot deny the truth of his assertion concerning the cow, the cat and the dog. It does not seem to be quite true, howe\·er, so far ~s man is concerned. Certainly at times man does rise to th(' status of a thankful being. Here in America we haYe a custom, sanctioned by long usage, setting apart one day each y~ar for the particular purpose of giving tha~tks. One must admit, of course, that bv many it is used as a holiday rathe~ than as a holy day. However, I surmise that all of us would he greatly surprised to know how much serious thought is giyen on that day to the deeper meaning of life and the source from which n9t only the creature comforts but the; moral and spiritual experiences are provided. The ordinary way of celebrating Thanksgiving is to make a more or less formal list of the occasions or reasons why one should be thankful. All sorts of lists are thus made ttl). They constitute a strange assortment of things for which folks are thankful. Most of them conclude with a suggestion that there arc other items, "too numerous to mention." for which one ought to be truly grateful. All this is very goo1!_. but there is an even better way to observe Thanksgiving Day. 'fhc better way leads us back to God. Anyone who thinks seriouslv for a little time about all the thinr!s that make life rich and ·,vonderf~tl is compelled to ask some questions concerning their source. Ultimately, most men come to recognize that these things do come from the great heart of a creative spirit whom most fol1<s call God. They see what the poet had in mind when he said something like this: "Back of the loaf is the snowy flour, back ·of the flour the mill, and the wheat and the shower, and the Father's will." Furthermore, one who i~ sincere in the matter, discovers that he cannot give thanks unless there is someone to whom he can be thankful. Thanksgiving is a dialogue, not a monologue. A noted agnostic once took a friend to her beautiful flower garden. As they gazed at the wondrous flowers. this doubtful questioner said: "Who would not be grateful for such beautiful flowers?" to which the friend replied, "Yes, but grateful to whom?" It is indeed true that Thanksgivin~ ore-supposes God. , Ten "Straight A" Pul)ils The number of students having straight "A" averages increa~. ed f~om five the first month of the semester t<? ten. the second month. Only one of the ten is a boy. Straight "A" students for the second month are : Lorraine Meister and Harriet Postle, seniors;: Ruth ] ackson, Ruth Tav and Dorothy Winzenberg, juniors; Grace Bartling and Milton Vore, sophomores; Catherine Heoburn, Jeanette PoM. a11d : Marjory ·seubold, freshmen. Three of these students~ Dorothy Winzenher~. Grace Bartling and Mariory Seubold. have straight "A" averages for the entire year thus far. Honor students for the second month of the school vear at New Trier are: SENIOR GIRLS Honor Roll Lorraine Meister, Harriet Po~tle, Dorothy Darby. Bettv Johnson, 'Rh<>a Koll, Anne Sherwin, Ruth Iverson, Ruth Scribbens, Harriet Williams. SylvR. Brnns, Helen Bosley. B~rbara 1\-flnPl" ]\if'.:lrv Nie~tadt, Helen Reinhardt, Ethelbelle Glass, Georgia ~choenthal. A udrflv B'nz G,.ace CluraE:. Allee FlPsch, Jean Forrest, Elizabeth Haack. Charlotte Hamilton, Marv Louise Hamilton. ErnPc:tine 1-fPrm<~n. Doris Hordet'. Isah~>l MacAllstPr. Florence McCoy, Mary Elizabeth McNultv. Allee Metz, Oliver Patricia, Josephine Pridmore, JanetShepard, Dorothy Smith. Lotta Stern. Jeannette Wurth. Beth Brnwer. Honorable )fentlon Betty Bayliss, Ann~> Boddie. .Tanet Brown. Dora Burrows. Elizabeth Clifford. Jean Cro!';S}ey, Edith Edmonds, Katherine Ellis. Marie ErMkson. Jean Henning, Charlotte Hoi~. Ellen Katz Marion VtnJZ"nnn . .T~net Orwie-. ·TeR-n Patter!'lnn. Mar.garet Pick, .Jean Ragsdale. Jean Th~kery. Alice Venrich, Marjorie "~.Vebster, Dorothy Weidlln. JUNIOit GlRLS Honor Roll Ruth .Ja('kson. R11th T1y. Dorothv Winzenberg-, Jane 01'r, M~trgel Small, Lnui~e Wagner. Martha , Wilen, Theda Childs, Amv Clagett, Genrg-la Llnvd, Frances Lutz, Marlon Nettleman, Virginia Preston. Anita Watson, Betty Pear- · son. Ethel Anderson, Lnra Bltughman. Patsy Boylston. Alief> Cnnhaim. Macy OowniP, Jnyne Hardwick AnP."eline Maistrovitch, Marv .Jan~> M'Pss. VirP."illi~ Nelson. Ruth Offner, Marion Poooer, Elizabeth Potter. Claire Simon, Harriet Webster, Sara Lindahl. · Honorable )Jentlon ; Helenf' Adler, Hope Carroll, Mary Ferrarini. Lois Goldstein, Dorothy Hunt, Virginia Jenkins, Agnes Jones, Bet~y .Jane Keck, Katherine Maxwell, Dorothy McDermid, Kathryn McKay, .Jean Meek, Mary . Melvin, Louise Shepard, Virginia Sprague, Mary .J. Tansill. SOPHOMORE . GIRLS Honor Roll Grace Bartling, Jane Dement, Dentrf~~ Driver, Margaret Eberling. Frances Kelly, Lucy Murdison, Ellen Sager, Cnrol~·n Yerkes, Phyllis Bosley. Martha Ericson, Helen Green, .Jane Snyder, Gladys White, Mary .Jane Thomas, Lesley Champltn. Jacinta Kampmeier, Elizabeth B!tlha·chet. Margaret Gould, Agnes Halley, Betty Hamilton, Helen Holton, Margaret Kahler, Virginia Koomjlan, MarjoriP L"'nch. Ann Boyd Lynn, Helen Orvts, Caroline Pretton, Helen Rathbone, Elsie Wade. Honorable Mention Helen Bower, Sarah Cardy, Margaret Cobb, Betty Dostal, Phyllls Dubsky, Jane Erickson, Agnes Fraser, M,adge Gossett. . Karl D. King of Wilmette, president of the North Shore Area, council Boy · Scouts of America, is to be chairman of one of the sectional meetings held Tuesday, December 3, in Chicago, in connection with the Regional Scout meeting. Councils in the . states c£ Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan will be presented at the sesions. Kenilworth Acquires Title to Remainder of Block 36 Kenilworth this week completed the ac·quisition of a holding on Block 36 in that village, where it is proposed t ') build a new village hall and a new fire station sometime in the future. The last portion of the block, acquired through condemnation proceedings, 'vas obtained from Axel Olson. Block Ju, bounded bv West Railroad avenue, Ashland avenue, Glendining road and Kenilworth avenue, has recently been cleared of all buildings, and Coventrv road has been e~tended through it to a point where it will join \\'est Railroa.d avenue when the widening and paviag of the latter street is completed. Action With Power CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING is the agent whi.ch assures speedy and sure action with natural force and · power There 1s no stronger medium. Corner store 24x44 at 507 Chestnut Street. Concession. Ph. Winnetka 1948. (Continued on page 8)