Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 Feb 1930, p. 30

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30 WILMETTE . liFE February 14. 1930 : Stop thinking ami ad You want Burglary insur· ance. Tell me so on this slip and have some peace of mind. Fidelity A Casualty Co. of N. Y. Hoyt King, Representative, IU s. LaSalle St., Chicago. Dr. Frank 0. Beck Will Address Teachers' Club What will it cost? Name ...... . ... .. .... . . ... . ... ... . Address .... .. . ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . . . The Wilmette Teachers' club, composed of all teachers in the Wilmette Public schools, will hear a talk · Monday afternoon, February 17, by Dr. Frank 0: Beck of Evanston o.n the subject, "Building Bridges of Inter-· national Understanding." Dr. Beck, who was formerly an instructor at VISITS NEW TRIER Garrett Biblical institute, is one of the G. R. Capp of Lawrence college, Apmen in charge of the "reconciliation trips" conducted each Saturday to var- pletonJ Wis ., visited Ne~ Trier _High ious parts of Chicago for the purpose school Wednesday mormng to mterof studying social problems. Several view prospective Law rence students. ·. .. ·::···... :.::. :.: . ... ... .. ... ·· ·· · teachers of the north shore go on these trips each Saturday. Dr. Beck's l~c ture will be given at 3 :45 o'clock Monday afternoon in the Howard school auditorium, instead of at , the Stolp school library, where the teac_hers usually hold their monthly me~tmgs . Parents of Wilmette school ch1ldren, as well as others who may care to attend, have been invited. Simpson, World Sprint Ace, to Compete at N. U. Track fans in Chicago and vicinity will have their lone opportunity of tl1e current indoor track season of seeing George Simpson, holder of the. world's 100 yard dash record, when he comr;etes at Patten gymnasium at Northwestern university Saturday night in the annual Quadrangular track meet hetween Chicago, Ohio, Northwest f'rn and Wisconsin. , The little Buckeye sprint ace, kn o·.,·n CIS the "world's fastest human." ha s an accepted mark of 9.4 seconds for the century run. He is national Colleg-iate champion in both the 100 and 220 vard dashes. Big Ten champion in the ~220 and co-holder of the world's record for the 220 yard run. His pr ese nce on the Ohio squad together with a number of other capable prrformen makes them favorites to cop the meet although · Chicago's well 1 ounded team will prove a decided threat. Northwestero and \Visc011SiJ1 are not sufficiently welt balanced .in aJJ events to put them on a par with the flther two although they will rule :avorites in several events, principally in the field events. Considerable interest is attached to the mile and two mile relay evc- :11 5 which will take the place of the quarter and. half mile runs. Chicago and Wi5cC'nsin are expected to place a strong r.1ile t ea:11 while Northwestern may make a hid in the h\' O mile relay. The Maroons have a number o f C'1r> ahle men available for the mile r ·~ la y including Root, Haydon, Schultz, Letz, Eas t and Tcittleman. \Visconsin will depend largely on Davidson and. H enke hoth of ·.v hom placerl in the quar ter mile run in the Big Ten indoor meet a year ago. Coach Frank Hill of Northwestern will pick his two mile team from \Volfe, ?vlcAullife, Burgess, Rapp and farrell. \Volfe and Burgess wilt als o ccmpete i1i the mile run. Northwrsttrn will 0c a heavy favorite in the pole vault with Tommy Warne, co-holder c·f both the Big Ten and National Tnter-collegiate marks on hand. The Purple also has several other capable vaulters in Klarr. Engle, Lundberg and Van Dell~n. All are capable of doing ~;ro und 12 feet six or better. A lively dual is expected in the shot l'Ut wher~ Sammy Behr, holder of the Big Ten record, will be opposed by Chuck \tVeaver of Chicago who has made a d~cided improvement since last year. Both men are capable of doing around 47 feet or better. I ~ I~ ,_........,.,..... ':.:::-:::::.::.:::-:::::::::·:::.: ... ... . ... ' .. " . · : ·· ;· ' · .. ..... ... .. .. . ·. : . ... ..... ::. .. .. :: : ·.. :. : .. ... ........ ... .. " I ,I I You need a telepho.ne in your kitchen In your home, the kitchen is the center of domestic ~ affairs. It is a combination of buying, cooking and service departments in which a telephone extension can relieve you of the many routine tasks which take up so much time when done in person. Here a telephone extension will take your grocery and meat orders. Here you can talk to friends without risking a burnt dinner. Here a telephone extension will bring you a dozen things without wasting your time or energy. Bedroom and living room comfort may also be enhanced by telephone extensions. The cost is small. Japanese Publicist to Talk to Chicago Forum A first hand report on international ~ituatioh s in the far east will be gh·en u the Chicago Forum Sunday afternoon, February 16, by Roy H. Ak?.gi, :; apanese publicist. Mr. Akagi has just returned {rom Manchuria where he ob~crvcd at first hand, last summer, tl-)e conflict between Russia and China, and from Japan where he · attended the Conference on Paci fie Relations. His ~ubject will be "The Manchurian Hot Box" and will cover a survey of the triangular relations of China, Ru='sia ;.mel Japan. The Chicago Forum meets ~.t the Adelphi theater, Clark near · Madison street, at 3 :15 P. M. Barbara Ann Behr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ]. W. Behr, 1627 Forest avenue, was hostess to twenty-two of her classmates from the seventh and eighth grades of the Howard school at a Valentine party last Friday evening at her home. I f I Call Our Business Office ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM -o- One Policy .. One System .. Universal Service Jack Nason, 733 Cummings avenue, Kenilworth, entertained twelve . of his friends at a dinner party on Wednesday of last week, on the occasion of his twenty-second birthday.

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