Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 21 Dec 1939, p. 5

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The busîest place li Wilmette this 1,a 194r).l e aleJnur week is thepost office, where thou- C. E. Clifton,, Jr., .secretary of the sands of letters and packages are association, states that the amount beig rceied, dipathed .or de- to be distributed wlll reach $10,000, beig rceieddisatcedbringing the total distribution' for liivered.. Additional. help is .b6eing 1939 to,$19,500. 'This means that a utilized in order that, even with a littie more than- $50 per day has. tremendous, increase overý normal been earned by lioldiers. of associa- busnes, teremaybe ~ tion shares of. ai types. in the service. In. this effort to keep postal serv- LtiieranChuÜrch ice running, smoothly, Postmaster Herbert L. O'Connell seeks'the C o-; VàIaII Sé~vérai operation of the public. He advises that every. letter and package be miailed at the eariiest possible Mo0- nient., Once inth hands of thie post office force, he asserts, Christ- mias Mail will be, handled promiptly. To) further facilitate the work, the +*uliowing hours will be observed for the balance of this week: Announces Scheduies On Wçdnesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday the office will be op(.ni until 9 o'clock p.m. .During* the same days the money order department will be open frorn 3 o'clock a.m. until 6 o'clock p.m. Mr. O'Connell states that much in- terest is being shown by, villagers iii hulping to secure improved postal service by bringing receipts of the1 al carriers and one clerk, thus al- fording employment to three local people. lt will also boost the Wil. mette office into a higher brackei, in the first class division. Fiscal Yéar Ends Dec. 31 'l'le fiscal year o f the post ollie. closes on December 31. Therefore, theru remain ten days in which to make uP the estimated deficiency of about $3,000. This can be easily ac-j Mathew Francis -Photo AtlItftoLwe van, JDef,nJr., Christmas Profframs Wilmette business man and sait- ing enthusiast, u'as -re-elected The Wilmette Evangelical Luther-ý an church, Seventh street at Green-, president of the Wilmette Harbor leaf avenue, the Rev. David R. Ka- ýassociation at the recent anniual bele, pastor, is offering 'special nmeeting. Christmas services this yrear. On Christmas Evé there will bc a Mid-Night service at 12 o'clocki. The association, a non-profit state Preceding thiiî servie there will be corporation, is ,a. grouP of volunte a fifteen-minute program of organ North Shore yachtsmen organized to music by the organist, Victoria Me- assume responsibility for operating Leod. - Beginning,-promptly at mid- Wilmette harbor ln cooperation with night the choirs will participate, i the Sanitary district, the Wilmette a processional, carryng lighted park board. and the village of Wi- candles and singing, Christmas car- mette. OIS. Mr. Van Deusen has for severai On Christmas Day there wilI be years also served as harbormaster.ý an early morning service at 6:30. This early service has long been a iTi custom in the Lutheran church. N l ra cs ao On Friday evening. December 22,1. 11participate. Winnetka Chu rel Plans Chrisimas Eve Service IOn Christmas Eve at il o'clock there will be a candlelight service, in the Winnetka Bible church. There will be special Christmas music by the choir, carols will 'be sung and a brief Christmas message given by Tuberculosis, 'the slxth ranking cause of death mn Illinois, is respon- sible among young people less than twenty years of age,,for three times as many deaths, as ail the other con- tagions together. This tact waspointed outto in- dicate -the. need for continuing the fight against the disease, by Mrs. WMîlam.T. Morgan,, ehairman:of the Christmas Seal camnpaign now in, progress in Wilmette. Ever-lurkling Menace "Because of the> public health ac- tivities of the Center and-similar organizations, every: child, today has five times> the chance of escaping tubèeculosis that he would have had thirty years ago," Mrs. Morgan add- ed.' "But even today, at least one out of every 240 persons is an active case of tuIberculosis, and* in Cook county the disease kills two and a hall times as rnany persons as do automobilfes. Anzd bettge 'the Ais- ease is s0 prevalent in youth and early adulthood, it is especially cost- ly to our nation, for these are the years of greatest productivity and value tô our citizens." Year-roumd Service The Health Ceriter, an affiliate of the Tuberculosis Ins.titute of Chicago and Cook county, maintains a year- round public health program of nurs- ing, elinics, tuberculin testing and afternoon, .uecember 24, at 5 o'clock, wil b e broadcast to the village from SaeS "r loud speakers placed in the tower JJteSu reme C.ourt of, the cliurch at Nlnth street and Grenlafavenue. Participating in Baelks Taylor in Suit> the program will be the ehurch choirs, a maie chorus and several (be Glnco ,C11' soloists. The carols will be inter- " /-..Jelo spersed with organ chimes selec- Clarence J. Taylor .of Glencoe was tions. upheld by the Illinois Supreme court, Friday of last week in his suit ttNhftIIII#IIIIlIIihIIIIuhIiNhIuuIIIIIifttattacking the village's zoning ordin- id..... ýme. Dareth Ch tdinavia ....Peggy ed States ......... Sue bersnxp e ier towni

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