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Mr. Berkel had been taken to the St. Francis hospital in Evanston and was apparently improving but a re- lapse came Tuesday morning. Funeral services were held this morning at St. Joseph's church and burial was at St. Joseph s. _ # During his five years of activity in Wilmette Mr. Berkel gained many friends here. He was employed by John Reding, the florist, lived at 430 Ridge avenue, and was unmarried. "Since January 20 we have had Z8 cases of pneumonia reported in the Village Hall." said Dr. E. E. Moore yestreday. "There may be more in the Village, too, that local phy*1"*0* have failed to report to the health aU"A°state'law requires that anyone knowing of a case of pneumonia re- port it to the local health authonty within 24 hours of the discovery or suffer a penalty".continuedI the health commissioner. "We^immediately for- ward this information to the Mate Department of Public Health. "Isolation of patients is necessary to keep a check on the spread of the disease. . , . "A significant fact is that o! the 28 cases only six are attributed to the flu and all the others originated as pneumonia. Wilmette people cannot be too cautious in these days of epi- demic." ,. â-  â-  WILMETTE MAN TREASURER OF NORTH SHORE SOCIETY Young people of Wilmette who are members of the Christian Endeavor society attended the annual banquet of the north shore branch of the organization last Saturday night .in the First Presbyterian church in Ev- anston. Ralph Ambrose of Wilmette. treasurer of the branch and who for two successive years was Pr",d+e."t' announced a novel way of collecting the funds necessary for the coming year's budget. He said that he will give ten cents to every member of the north shore branch to start the fund and has written a credit of a dime to the account of every mem- ber. , i , VILLAGE BOARD CONSIDERS PROBLEM OF ZONING HERE A short discussion of the Wilmette Plan Commission's problems tooK place Tuesday night at the meeting 'of the Village Board. The question of zoning was con- sidered Paul Schroeder claims the honor of being the first man to have suggested zoning ^r Wilmette. In a letter which he published last fall he advocated zoning for the Village. SUFFERS FROM POISONING Mrs. Roy Shaw, 1500 Highland ave- nue is confined to her home this week as the result of lead poisoning on Thursday, January 29. The din- ing room and sleepingporch had been painted and both Mr and Mrs Shaw were overcome by the fumes during the night. Mr. Shaw was only sligh- ly ill. ________________ MILWAUKEENS VISITING HERE Herbert Lirtel and Henry C. Head, well known Milwaukeeans and prom- inent students at a St. Paul school, are vi«'f n* their classmate Nicholas F Schacfer, 1501 Washington avenue, this W""1-. Mr. Head's mother and sister. Miss Josephine Head, will be Mr. Sc'^*er's guests this week-end. HOLD TENTH ANNUAL DANCE The Gross Point b-and will hold its tenth annual dance Monday evening. February 16. at the Gross Point Vil- lage Hall. Arrangements are being made for the big crowd which usually attends. Children Smallpox has been discovered in Wilmette and Dr. E. E. Moore, the health commissioner, declared yester- day that immediate steps must be taken to vaccinate all children who have never been so treated or who have not been vaccinated during the last seven years. Through The Lake Shore News, Dr. Moore is issuing the warning that all children must be examined. If they are not vaccinated they will be excluded from the public schools. No ordinance has been passed by the Village Board to support this action, yet, but the notification of the health commissioner, who is acting on instructions from the state board of health, is sufficient authority. "It is very urgent that Wilmette people understand the danger before which their children will be placed if they are allowed to mix in public gatherings in a community that has smallpox," said Dr. Moore yester- day. "And because Wilmette has the disease we must take every precau- tion to prevent its spread. There is no danger of an epidemic if citizens will only heed this warning and take care of their children." BE CAREFUL "WALT" REV. LLOYD IS ON YOUR TRAIL "Sunday Morning in Gasolene Alley" is Subject at the Congregational Church DR. W. A. EVANS NEXT SUNDAY CLUB SPEAKER Chicago Tribune Health Expert To ' Be Followed Next Week by General Wood Dr. W. A. Evans of the Chicago Tribune will be the speaker at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club next Sunday, and General Leonard Wood will speak on the following Sunday, February 15. Dr. Evans' subject will be "Influ- enza," a topic of vital importance not only in Wilmette but throughout the entire United States. Few men are better known in Chicago than Dr. Evans. Through his daily coltimn"6n the editorial page of the Chicago Tribune he has done much to spread the ideas of health and right living for years. He has answered many thousands of questions in these col- umns on matters of public health. The many people who have read his articles will be interested in hearing him next Sunday evening. The special musical program will be rendered by Mrs. Marie Edwards Von Ritter, organist, and Miss Anna Nyberg, violinist. Every resident of Wilmette is wel- come at these popular Sunday even- ing services. WILMETTE WAS HOSTESS TO NORTH SHORE YESTERDAY Wilmette was hostess yesterday to the North Shore Division of the Chi- cago Association of the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior which held an all day meeting in the Wilmette Congregational church. A worker from the hospital at Teh Chow in China was at the meeting to tell something of the problems which Americans encounter in the far Eastern country. The program was not confined to Congregational wom- en and many people of other denom- inations atended. ROBERT L. CROCKETT DIES * * AT AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS Robert L. Crockett died Tuesday morning at the family home, 802 Oakwood avenue, from a hernorrage. Faneral services are to be held this morning at the late home. Burial will be in Rosehill. Mr. Crockett, who was 80 years old, is survived by four daughters. Miss Gertrude Crockett, Miss Ruth Crock- ett, Miss Grace Crockett, and Mrs. Evan F. Reed of Sterling, Illinois. A RENTAL PREDICTION Paul Schroeder, the real estate man. predicts that there will not be ten houses offered for rent in Wil- mette next May when the annual renting season opens. AT TAMPA, FLORIDA Among the visitors at the Hills- boro hotel. Tampa Florida, is Mrs. W. D. Ketchum, 1054 Linden avenue, who is planning to be in Tampa un- til late in May. Roger W. Babson, in a recent let- ter to business men and to Boards of Trade, and Chambers of Commerce, discusses the real sources of security and the fundamentals of business life and closes his letter with these sig- nificant words: "The safety of all we have is due to the churches, even in their present inefficient and inact- ive state. By all that we hold dear let us from this very day give more time, money and thought to the churches of our city, for upon these the value of all that we own ul- timately depends." This is the word, rot of a preacher, but of a keen, alert business man, a man with his business ear to the ground listening for the tramp of oncoming forces in the national business life. It is just along this line of thought that Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd is preach- ing at the Congregational church, a series of sermons on "Church Go- ing." Next Sunday morning he is to deal with Sunday recreation under the subject "Sunday Morning in Gas- olene Alley,' a discussion of com- partive values in real preparation for business success. The service is at 11 o'clock. It Was All a Joke About Annexation North Evanston and Wilmette Hear Comical Debate on Question of Joining Consolidate Scout . Troops In Wilmette Many Changes in Leadership of the Scouts Announced at Re-regist- ration Time The time for re-registration the Wilmette scouts has arrived, and the records are being prepared. All scouts who desire to remain in good standing must have their annual fee paid or suffer the penalty of being no longer entitled to the privilege of the great scout brotherhood. Owing to the resignation of Captain Rye as scoutmaster of the second troop, the t/vjn. tr/K>pf:->TF*ll'(.b<..,-CQn.spli4ated and handled as before the' division. John Hoffman has been promoted to Act- ing assistant scoutmaster and supply officer, Lloyd Quayle to Acting assist- ant scoutmaster and personal officer, both with the actual rank of Senior patrol leader. Frederick Harbaugh will continue as senior pa.trol leader of the consolidated troop. F. Arthur Karts is the scoutmaster of the en- larged first troop with assistant scoutmasters H. Warren Shaw and T. Ewart Cook as his aides. Mr. Har- baugh is continuing to serve the or- ganization as Advisory scoutmaster and attends the weekly meetings and looks after the prosecution of the applications for merit badges. It is expected that at a meeting of the Wilmette Boy Scout association, which will be held in the near future, definite plans for the building of the scout cabin or lodge will be made. It is also expected that a sketch of the building, now being prepared by Howard Bowen, architect, will soon be on view. Mr. Bowen is also pre- paring the working plans for the guidance of the boys who are to erect the building. It was all a joke. The meeting down in the Covenant church in Ev- anston to debate whether the north end of the university town should secede and join Wilmette was a prank of some bright mind in the church who conceived the debate as an at- traction to lure the people into the church. Teams had been selected to debate the annexation question, pro and con, and everyone in Evanston and Wil- mette thought that it was seriously being considered. The meeting started with all the dignity of a church affair but the bubble burst when recommendations of the chair- man were read. He suggested R. Clarence Brown, an active real estate broker, as mayor of the neighborhood and said that they ought "not to secede and should hot attach themselves to Wilmette but should just ignore Evanston and the village to their north and live quiet lives in their own little circle, not paying taxes or having anything to do with their rude neighbors". It was one of the liveliest meetings ever held in the church. Wilmette people made the trip down to Ev- anston to hear a discussion of what they thought was a grave problem and were greeted with a comedy. BOARD TO FORECLOSE PROPERTY FOR TAXES &â-  '±£; :.;•+:â-  Wilmette Village Officials Empower Attorney To Conduct Proceedings To Collect Taxes WENBAN MAKES A REPORT Says that Process Is Very Expensive and Advises that a Tax Expert be Engaged WILMETTE A. C. TRIMS GROSS POINT NINE 31-3 Gross Point Boys Make Poor Show- ing Against Superior Stick-work of Rivals' Protest Against Attack On the Justice Courts New Trier Commercial Association To Hear Defense of the Neigh- bourhood Court ^WiCs"** CRITICALLY ILL Mrs. W. J.- Hosmer. mother of Mr. Clarence E. Hosmer, is critically ill at the Evanston hospital. „' A protest against the threatened action of the Constitutional Conven- tion to abolish courts of the tu«tice of the peace is to be voiced Wednes- day night in a meetini? of the New Trier Commercial association in Lib- rary Hall. Wilmette. Amos Miler of Kenilworth. dele- gate from this district to the conven- tion now in session in Springfield, will be there to talk in defense of the justice courts. H. B. Gates, district manager of the Chicago Telephone company, who is president of the Commercial asso- ciation, will preside at the meeting. Other matters will come before the club for their attention. RECOVERS FROM ILLNESS J. M. Paterson. 1715 Walnut ave- nue, has recovered from influenza and returned to his duties at New Trier High school this week. Mrs. Paterson is very ill at the Evanston Hospital, also suffering-"from influ- enza. ' »'...,â- â-  Gross Point's indoor team was de- molished Monday evening at the Cen- tral school pvm by the batting at- tack of the Wilmette A. C. and the nitching of Smith. The score at the finish of the slaughter-fest was 31-3. The first several innings were tight as Wilmette only scored two runs to the.vio*er*rV:;o^ the game. Beginning with the fourth the locals swept the visitors off their feet with the result that Huerter's pitching wares were "knocked into a cocked hat". It is the second Wilmette victory the previous game being a tight one and ending 17-16 with the deciding over Gross Point within six weeks run scored in the last inning. PROPERTY ON NORTH SHORE FINDS READY PURCHASERS Property along the north shore" is being taken as soon as it is complet- ed, say the real estate dealers. A Wilmette woman built a house which she occupied this week. She had regiected to remove the ror sale sign from the front and ten prospective rurchpsers called at her home the ilny she arrived. STATE BANK MOVES SATURDAY The Wilmette State Bank will move to its new quarters on Saturday afternoon and evening. One half of the new building has been completed and this will be occupied by the bank while the other half is being torn down and rebuilt. The bank will not be open for business Saturday even- ing. */"., FIRE CAUSES $2ft DAMAGE The Wilmette fire fighters were called out Wednesday afternoon to Kenilworth to extinguish a blaze in the roof of the J. W. Dickinson res- idence at 637 Abbottsford road. Dam- age to the home amounted to about $200. .& s*^*?**--.: Jpl'V'" WILL MOVE SOOM^i^ William Parks, of Ridge avenue1, Gross Point, will move his con- fectionery to his new location at Lake and Ridge avenues on or shortly after February 15. ,«â-  ,*^ ff ENTERTAINS CLUB Miss Margaret Thalman of Gross Point, entertained the "500" club at her home Wednesday evening. MRS. BENJAMIN GAGE ILL Mrs. Benjamin Gage, of Evanston, formerly of Wilmette, is recovering from a severe attack of influenza. The problem of foreclosing on cer- tain Wilmete property for non-pay- ment of taxes was discussed at great length in Tuesday night's meeting of the Village Board of Wilmette. Albert C. Wenban, Village at- torney, was authorized by the board to engage the services of a tax ex- pert who lives on the north shore, to take charge of the foreclosure pro- ceedings. The problem of collecting taxes was the only matter of importance that took the attention of the Vil- lage solons this week. ;-';.,...â- '•.:â- â-  Attorney's Report l^Jgiftfr A communication from the'Village' attorney, reporting an investigation conducted during the month at the order of the board, was the basis of the discussion. It is of interest to all residents of the north shore as the sttuaiton exists in all villages between Evpnston and Waukegan. The letter follows; ; "The Villages of Glencoe and Win- rtetka. in co-oopration with all the legal taxing bodies operating there, have started foreclosure suits em- bracing all or a larcre part of the forfeited property in a single suit! of foreclosure, "The conduct of these suits is in charge of the county atorncy. Is Exnertene* Process "The collection of the data neces- sarv for the preparation of the hilF; to foreclose in this manner is an ex- tensive task that remtires consider-; able time, labor, and expense, unS I am advised by the attorney that Teited real estate showing the totalV from the county clerk of all the for-? amount of forfeitures, interest, and!) costs. The property forfeited then having been determined by legal des-l cription in each of the cases above* mentioned, the] Chicago Title and.4 Trust company was employed to giver an opinion of title as to each-parcel, in order to determine all the parties in interest, they all being necessary parties to the foreclosure. These data, that is. the description of the prop- erty, the respective amounts charge- able to each, and the names and ad- dresses of all persons in interest be- ing secured, the next step is the pre- paration of the bill of foreclosure. Tax Expert Seen "The county attorney advises me that it is desirable that a reasonable guarantee be given that the property will be bid in when offered for sale. Otherwise, if there are no bidders, the proceeding would be of no avait. "I have consulted with a tax ex- pert who is conducting suits for an- other village and his proposition is upon a contingency basis of one half of the amount recovered for the vil- lage of Wilmette, the Library Board, the School Boards, and the Park Board, he to bear all the expense. Would Be Costly ~" "There is no doubt that the neces- sary expenses preliminary to the filing of the bill, which would include the title opinions, would amount to a substantial figure. The costs of serving summons and the publication of notices, I understand would be re- covered in the proceedings as a part ?^| of the costs, and the payment of these £•;? amounts, I think, is postponed until fes* the determination of the suit. "The tax expert advised me that he would bring his data down to the present and make some sort of re- port to the next meeting as to what he would do.' A. C. Wenban, Village Attorney for the Village of Wilmette. (Sw;iSW V ?• ON BUSINESS TRIP Herbert E. Mulford. 835 Elmwood avenue, is in New .York this" week on business. Peter Schmitz, of Schiller street. Gross Point, has recovered from an attack of influenza. yf[ $&£.: KftSlfe "MIKE" IS ON SICK REPORT 1 "Mike" Weber, the handsome edi- '.-.%,' tor of The Lake Shore News, has . ^ been confined to his home this week vrith a bad cold. "Oh for the good S old days/' says he, "when a man could ^1 get the right kind of medicine for a. â- Â§ cold like this." He is exeptced back .;â- '*• on the job next week. % RECOVERING AT HOSPITAL • Mrs. John Ketter of Central street and Ridge avenue, wife of John Ket- ter of Ketter Bros. Taxi Service, is recovering at the St. Francis hos- pital in Evanston from a severe at-t tack of pneumonia. J