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is a F or eigrn weCks of tmat urne sne was a student in the'advanced course of the Geneva School of International Studies. Por three weeks in Septem- ber -she attended Most >Of the sessions of the council and of the assembly and committees of the' League of Nations. Mrs. Schmidt holds an A. B. and A., M.'degree fromn the. University, of. Michigan and a Ph. D.,from.the Uni- versity of Minnesota. She had the bonor -of being -the first dean of women at the University of Illinois She is the present state. chairman of. international. relations for the Illinois League of Women Voters.. Ruth Bennet of Wilmette, a fresh- man at' Beloit college, recently was. initiated into the Beloit chapter of Pi, Beta Phi, oldest sorority on tieý camupus, Harry L. Delander, 1507 Gregory avenue, who has been on a four weeks' business trip in the South and West ' returned to Winmette on.Tues,- day. -0- Peter Heinzenh returned recently to his home at 1515 Wasbington avenue, from the St. Francis' hospital where hie underwent an operation on bis knee., Cli«ford. Older, 1026 Ehuwood ave- nue, bas been ini Washington, D. C., this w'eek appearing as expert wit- ness before tbe, nterstate Commerce commission. Mr. and Mrs. Artbur L., Rice hâve returned to their home at *518 Central avenue from Miami, Fla., wbere they had been visiting Mrs. Rice's relatives couccue a Lino 'aavance over the ppuce of the low bidder, in order to avoid delay* in. getting the work -started. We resid ents who signed the petition are anxious. for the amprovements, despite opinions to the contrary, but we do dlaim that we are entitled te; a plausible. explanation. as to why we should pay $15,000. above another re- sponsible bidder's puice. Hiere's Mr. Orner's reason for the awarding of the bid to the highest,,of the threc low bidders, "because he (the low bidder) doesn't dean up after him."l Shades of efficiency 1 We have a Village Engineer, his assistant, Super- intendent of Public Works, and Vil- lage Manager and surely anong these three we .should be able to get some cleaning up done. It was incidentally, pointed ou - to -Mr. Orner that, in view of the unemlpyment situation, that men be engaged as in- spectors to see that proper work was done and that even then we would be ahead on that $15,000. Another argument in. favor of the successfut bidder was that the sewer is stillinii bis hands and is Rot yet owned by the Village. Why? The job was douie Iast suminer. The writer does flot believe that the residents of the district directly affected have been treated fairlv in lierard voted *NO," 80 there Imust- have been cause for -discutssion ,and the least we were entitled to was a hearing. Perhaps Mr. Ornier con- siders that the unofficial call upon himn by the committée before men- tioned consituted" a meeting of the Board'of Local Improvements and that we got our hearing. Yours very truly, "'The Supplicant," to negotiate the important traffic artcry. PIeadings~ and prptests were of no avail, it was said. The plow chauffeur declared be had received orders to iclear, out the private driveway first. Trucks of the Kutten Bros. Coal company, Skok'ie Valley Coal compaxly and Edinger Coal company eventually cleared the road beforetbe Village plow was rcleased f rom duty .on. private property. Thée coal' c paisooeadinClearing. the bigbway for traffic. Inquiry brought the stâtement that the order. for thig peculiar proceduire on the part of the Village bad corne directly f roui Village President Orner. OXLmUltINER REPAIRS Phione Wlnuetlka 5 NI~atovDar