Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Jun 1939, p. 21

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1. RespQnsibility of citizenship., Jury service is a form of partcipation. in the procesis of governmnent,, a 'social responsi- bilitythat should be shared by' ail citi- zens-men and womnen alike. 2. Better balanced verdicts. The coin- pIementary viewpoînts of women and men. tend to result n, better balantced jury VérëieS. - .:_4 2, ease availablenuwiber ofquali- fidjtéors. The number of persons avail- able.would be doubied and, many womnen would. flot need 'to be, excusecd because of1 business responsibilities.- _'- 4. Why flot? Women are in the couýrts in the capa.city of lplainitiffs, defendants, judges. Iawyers, clerks and stenogra- phers. Whyshould the -jury box be closed to thern? John Kelly Mathison, -aon of -Mrs. John Herbert Mat hison of Evanaton, formerly' of.84,,Ab- botta ford road, Winnetka, ,Laat week iasawanirded n £'llowsh4q, Map Tlis toryof $600 from Princeton Graduate A "Women on Juries", map of the colle ge, where he has been a. atu- United States, showing states where dent the past year. such service is compulsory, states where service is permissive, and Mr. Mathison is- a graduate of states where women are stili barred s hôwevNrw Trier Hgh ichool, 1934, and from jr evc a nlddwth twsenuiversity, 108.In lits howeerthis footnote: "At the time Df publication many state legislatures senior. year at Northwestern, he-re- were stillinh session, and therefore ceiveci the Bonbright scholarship for chanes ay hve een ade in linguistie attainment and was eleçt- some states regarding jury servicee oPiBt apa e lo~ Smember of Eta Sigma Phi and Phi for women. EaSga ooar rtriis The state of!Ilinois did pass a law Eadigofth Wraers, aer stied, con May 9 ta gvewamen jury service, n.o h rnlr.H tde altering the just-published map -by music under Walter Knupfer of Wil- one state and marking the half-way mette. point ini the achievement of jury Mrs. Mathison and her other son, ~.'i~ nt h~ ome o!theentreRobert, left Monday,. drivang to >IIbC & n&I a $Ie o,»i awSa je Permanent aii, fi"n Ivpa, la 4ctuât blocks of sterling hiver Inl&a5 iat bacs Of bowl and hande of thewMost ise. Practgcal servcesfor 6 ad .. M OPen sock. ads.^osm At Promptt - quaais imt«jý, an d tfiis aven t lOnt b. îPeafflf of Womnen of the Illinois League of Women Voters, local leagues of!111i- nois bave for years made an active.1 cam paign in behalf o! the jury serv- ice law. They observed a "Womnen on Juries Day" in March. Before the Illinois law was passed. 23 states and the District of Column- bia, provided for the service of women on juries, 25 states barred womner fromn jury service. Now 24 states and the District of, Columbia Wili Study Aviation ý .Harrison L. Storms, Jr., of Wil- mette, bas just received his M. S. degree from Northwesterri univer- sity where he is majoring in me- chianical engineering. A graduate o! New Trier High school, he took his B. S. degree in engineering last year at Northwestern.. During his Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Grimes of Niles, Mich., (Dorothy Wiedlin of Mrs. R. H. Palenske, 226 Te Wilmette) announce the birth o! a street, is home from a two wet daughter, Nancy Margaret, on June trip, to Toronto, Canada, where 8. vIsited firends. DAVIS STIREET EVANSTON ope, - ocl

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