Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 11 Feb 1932, p. 6

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I122. Central Ave. Size 8x12% Phone Wil. 2526 The children are doi.ng* a great deal ,of reading, Miss Whitrnack states. Adults, too, are reading, more than usual, especially in history and economics. Last month's non-fictioii readifig showed a growth of twenty- five percent. over janîuary of last yéar Miss Whitmack reports'. Periodicals are' being circuilated more than ever before. Saturday, january 9, set a new high peak for a single day's circulation at. the Wilmetté library. A total of.644 books was. borrowed that day. Miss Whitmack attributes the in- crease in* réading té the depression. P oe ehave miore.tim'e to read, either ecauýse they, are out of Work or -have no money to spend for amusements. Miss jean Marx bas returned. toi Kenil%-orth from1 a week's visit withý f riends in Boston. Il .11 i e h e ~.*A' ~. Valentine. FLOER S. Lovely Flowers- a pant or cut flowers or a handsome corsage- breathe forth a languaqe ail ther own- the language of Sentiment., p p lndeed Flowers are always THE approprate Valentine gift - In our. greenhous 1es are fresh and ]ove ly flowers- a gft that SHE wiIl receive with rapture. * e $ RIDGE ROADI pp, WILMETTE 2186 SOUTH 0F WILMETTE AVE. every day of the year, 7 A. M,'ta 9 P., M. SALES- , .1 11 SERVIC1E 435 Mal.n Street WiImtte 95 Boy Scouts of the North Shore Area council, consisting of the towns from Minmette toILake Forest on the shore and f rom Glenview to Libertyville on the west north shore, will respond to a mobilization cali f romr their commis- sioners and Scoutmasters Saturday, Fe bruary 13., as part of their celebra- tion of Scouting's 22nd birthday.week. .At 8 o'clock- this Saturday morning the leaders will cali the Scouts. to as- semble . W their 'respective. districts and immediatel y check their organization for the third monthly old paper and maga-. .zine collection.. The Scouts will spend"the morning in: a hiouse-to-house canvass for the papers, ,and in the afternoon trucks do.tated by local ,bus-iness concer .ns will collect the paper placed on.the parkways by the Scouts. The money from ith 1e sale of this paper goes 100 percent to the local re- lief organizations. Already about $1 ,800 lias been earned by Scouts in; their. first two collections in December and Janu- ary. Wihnrette récently turned over à. $228 check and Northibrook an $81 check to their local relief funds. About 200 toos of paper have been 'collected so far. and is rapidly being delivered and sold. Thle voluinteer di strict -commiissio ner in each of the eleven districts, is in direct, charge Of the mobilization and paper collection..Those iii New Trie are: Wilmette-Fred S. .Rye, Kenilworth- *Roy Jarrett, Winnetka-R. B. Brown, Gleiicoe-Keitli Roberts. Proofs shown, and usual bigh, standard cf, finish. .4k For Her: 4.w We. are openg m

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