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:M$^^$^iSi^'A The Lake Shore News VOL. VIII, NO- 48. The Timely Record of Community Events n.iii'r'" 1- "tThi"'imi' i i in n i ......... .11 iii -i i ■ WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1921 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS "No Industries": West Side Battle Cry RAYMOND ROBINS AT SUNDAY EVENING CLUB Great Social Economist and Authority On Russia To Speak On "World Disarmament or World Ban- ruptcy—Which?" GREAT AMERICAN LEADER Has a Message That Every Resident of the Village Should Hear; Meet- ing Starts at 7:45 P. M. The largest audience ever to attend a Sunday Evening club season open- ing braved a driving rain last Sunday night to hear Prof. S. H. Clark of the University of Chicago give his re- markable interpretation of Gals- worthy's "Strife", at the launching of the seventh season of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club. Those who were there felt well repaid for the in- convenience caused by the inclement weather. No resident of Wilmette interested in present day problems, particularly as they relate to International af- fairs and the approaching Disarm- ament Conference called by President Harding and to which representatives of every nation in the world are in- vited, can afford to miss the Sunday Evening club meeting of Sunday, Oc- tober 9, when Raymond Robins, re- cently Commissioner commanding the American Red Cross station in Rus- sia, social economist, industrial ex- pert and strike arbiter of internation- al renown, will be the speaker. Mr. Robins' timely subject is "World Disarmament or World Bankrupty— Which?", i topic that will command TENTH ANNIVERSARY FOR PRESBYTERIANS Interesting Programs Planned to Be- gin Sunday, October 9, Commem- orating Ten Years of Success- ful Work SEVERAL NOTED SPEAKERS Rev. Edgar P. Hill of New York To Deliver Anniversary Address; Special Music Programs It was in the month of October, 1911, that the Wilmette Presbyterian church was organized. In commemoration of this event the congregation is planning for the ob- servance of the Tenth Anniversary be- ginning with Sunday morning, October 9. Dr. Edgar P. Hill, of New York, will deliver the anniversary address. Dr. Hill was the Secretary of the Pres- byterian Church Extension Board of Ho, Ye Dancers! Community Dance Classes Resumed the attention of every student of mod- H . h of greeting by Chicago and officiated at the time of the formal organization. The second feature of Sunday's cele- bration is to be a Vesper Musical ..errs- history and t*\£____ ternafional situationr**™*' Remarkable Career With the experience of news- boy, country town clerk, miner, social service worker, strike arbiter, leader in politics and of the Progressive par- ty, and more recently Lieut.-Col. U. S. A. Commissioner commanding Am- I erican Red Cross Mission in Russia, and special unofficial representative of the American government in Rus- sia, Mr. Robins has determined to spend an entire year interpreting so- cial conditions, moral and economic, national and international, upon the American lecture platform. Wilmette is fortunate in its opportunity to hear this great leader of whom Theodore Roosevelt once said, "I knom him in- | :4CoH:rtiii«*u' vvliHaW rbur'T Zip f Is A Poor Press Agent But A Real Booster President Edward A. Zipf, is a poor press agent for Edward A. Zipf. Con- sequently when he set about with his faithfu1 Board of. Trustees to rebuild the Village Hall, the world heard little of the plans and asked no ques- tions. Last Tuesday evening President Zipf and his Board of Trustees quietly «matVlv."lV can Touch* forTis"integ-! ?scen4el a new fairway at the Vil- Dost aspire to the sylph-like form, and the undulating grace of a Terp- sichore? Very well, then, let us journey to the land of the dance. For practical purposes this "land of the dance" is located' at the Byron C. Stolp school, in the auditorium, where on Tuesday evenings Miss Jean Rich- ardson, an artist in her vocation, di- rects classes in "up-to-the-minute dancing. These dances and social features attached to the classes come under the designation "Community Dancing Classes". The classes open Tuesday evening, October 18. Miss Richardson has been engaged to again take charge of the class lessons beginning promptly at 7:45 o'clock, and Arns orchestra has been secured to furnish the essential ac- companiment. During the season 1920-1921 con- cluding last April there were 3,228 paid admissions to Community Danc- es. Divided into twenty-eight weeks it is to be noted there were ap- proximately 112 dancers each Tues- day night. The dancing classes and parties are open to all residents of Wilmette. The dances are not for profit, the admis- sion being sufficient simply to defray expenses so that every resident can jffford to enter into the venture to en- joy the social and instructive features of this wholesome entertainment. AH the latest dances are taught in the classes at 7:45 o'clock. Better try it on the 18th! Your neighbors will be there! PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING IS MARKED BY REAL SENSATIONS Many Other Petitions Filed by Groups and Individuals at Public Hearing on Zoning Ordinance: Object Strenuously to Apart- ment Houses and All Industries; 300 Property Owners Voice Sentiments Displaying Encouraging Community Spirit Wonld Widen Streets In Terminal District Increase of Business at "L" Terminal Necessitates Improvement Says President Zipf rity, and his disinterestedness, his courage and "his common sense". The Sunday Evening club executive committee has been successful in se- curing for its programs many of the nation's most prominent leaders. Of particular interest is the appearance on Sunday evening, October 16, of Mrs. Helen B. Montgomery, President of the Northern Baptist convention, the first of her se-*- to achieve that distinction in the Baptist denomina- tion. Mrs. Montgomery, who is an authority on the Orient, the condi- tions and customs of its people, will will speak on the subject, "Higher Education of the Women of the Orient". Other speakers to be heard in the n<*ar future are Ex Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. Fred B. Smith, Bishop Charles D. Williams. Dr. New- ell Dwight Hillrs and Roger Babson. The Sunday Evening club is a Com- munity cltib, open to every resident of Wilmette. Kenilworth and the north shore. It is non-denominational in character but enjoys the endorsement and active support of she leading Wil- Wftte churches and the Nnion church of Kenilworth. The meetings are. held in the First Congregational church auditorium beginning at 7:45 o'clock. NAME THE FIRE STATION! Wilmette's Fire station on West Railroad avenue is forlorn and name- less. That is to say, we have a mod- ern and altogether attractive station but no one, except the most observing, knows what that red brick structure Is. Therefore, suggests Village Trus- tee Hoffman, the station house should bear the label, "Wilmette Fire De partroent, Engine House No. 1. The suggestion was offered by Trustee Hoffmann at the Tuesday evening session of the Village Board. lage Hall, as unostentatiously entered a large, beautifully appointed room, and proceeded, without formality, with the hum-drum business before them. As a matter of fact the Village Board Tuesday evening occupied, for the first time, its new Council Cham- bers, the finest, without exception, in this section of the state. It's a revela- tion and isthe "child", so to speak, of Mr. Zipf's Versatile and alert brain. One of the trustees remembered to bring along some nice bouquets for the president and Village Clerk Orner and Village Attorney Wenban. You'll have to see the new Council Chamber to in any measure appreciate what it's like. "A FOOL AND HIS MONEY- PASTOR'S SERMON TOPIC Widening'.of pavements one .block each way from the Fourth street and Linden avenue street intersection was suggested at the Village Board meet- ing Tuesday by President Zipf. The press of traffic at that business cor- ner, it is explained, necessitates im- mediate remedial measures. The work, it was stated, could be accom- olished at moderate expense and with Mttle inconvenience to property own- ers and business places in that vicin- ity. Suggestion for widening the streets in that location brought about a gen- eral discussion of parking conditions there and throuehout the village in general. Village President Ziof stated the nolice were under strict orders to enforce the parking ordin- ance stipulating that all parking must be with the traffic. The press of traffic at the intersection, it was tvnnted out, had reached the stage where it was dangerous for passing traffic to negotiate the intersection Kecause of the parking congestion. Widening of the streets, it is expect- ed, would orovide the only permanent remedy. The matter of widening the streets in question was referred to the Streets and Alleys committee of the Board. Rev. Stephen A. Lloyd, pastor of the First Congregational church, will give the second of a series of ser- mons Sunday, October 9, on the gen- eral theme "Fools". The subject for this Sunday's sermon is "A Fool and His Money". The church soloist will be Miss Mary Welch, noted contralto, recently secured as permanent soloist for the Congregational church. The Congregational church officers are to meet in the church parlors on Tuesday evening, October 11, for an important meeting. Church Night meeting meeting of the church is announced for Wednes- day evening, October 12, at 7:4S o'clock Rev. Lloyd wiU speak on "Building a Community". The Tatapochon Camp Fire group "will met* at the church next Thursday afternoon a,t 4 o'clock). The Boy Scouts troop under direction of Mr. Gilmore meets at the church play- grounds at 4 o'clock on Friday, ST. AUGUSTINE'S WOMEN CELEBRATE MISSION FETE Wilmette is in favor of Zoning, unalterably opposed to Apartment buildings and positive that it shall not have industries. Wilmette, above all things else, does insist upon continuing as a community of homes nestled among beautiful shade trees in a setting of flower gardens, per- fectly kept lawns and all the 'trim- mings' that go to make up the ideal suburban community. These facts were gleaned from the public hearing Wednesday evening on the proposed Wilmette Village Zoning ordinance prepared by the Village Zoning Commission. The hearing, at the Byron Stolp school and attended by upward of 300 in- tensely interested property owners, was replete with interest. The meet- ing ran the gamut of human emotions. There were fiery tongued orators, cold-reasoning lawyers and practical business men. There were spontan- eous outbursts of 'enthusiastic ap- plause every time a citizen "made a particularly good point" and shouts of disapproval at the faintest sugges- tion of the unfortunate terms, "apart- ments" or "industries". Homes, and our Village of homes, was the para- mount interest of every villager, from the chairman, Edward A. Zipf, down to the meekest of the very few meek listeners. - -"V >'-7&{4tfaiiMl"-!lt|| r*etf*»crti■■-■■• j The most impressive moment of the | evening came when S. J. Xordorf, a I director of the Wilmette Improve- ment association, presented a peti- tion signed by an even thousand property owners of the West Side as evidence of the unanimous objection from that portion of the village to the proposed establishment of indus- trial areas on West Railroad avenue and in the 14-acre tract at the ex- treme north of the village west of the "tracks". The submission of this petition provoked a storm of ap- plause. Another sensation followed the pre- sentation of a petition by residents in the vicinity of the "L" Terminal, pro- testing, in particular, the possible en- World Rene wn€ d Musicians Call Wilmette Home Women of St. Augustine's Episco- pal church, interested in the semi- centennial of the Woman's auxiliary to Missions of the Episconal ch"rch in the United States, which is r^eiiffr celebrated this month, are "planning a corporate Communion, especially for the members of the auxiliary, on Sun- day morning, October 23, at 8 o'clock. St. Augustine's Sunday school his opened this year with the largest at- tendance in the history of the school and is looking forward to its most prosperous year. Rev. Hubert Carle- ton, rector of the church, is superin- tendent of the Sunday school. Members of the associated Guilds of the church are working diligently in preparation of a bazaar to be given soon. * Rev, Carle ton is spending part of next week in Norfolk, Va., where he is to address the National convention of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, fer Did you know that Wilmette is be- coming a mecca for noted musicians. There is something in the atmoshpere of our village particularly suited to the temperaments of artists, as may be appreciated when one considers that this village possesses a veritable Musician's colony. For instance: Howard Wells, world renowned pianist and teacher in piano, with studios in Chicago, has taken a home at 1514 Walnut avenue. Mr. Wells was for many years assist- ant to Leschetizky in Europe. Then we have Arthur Burton, a leading vocal teacher, who re«ides r-j 818 Sixteenth Street: Frantz Prosch- owsky, also a teacher of voice, who spent many years studying and work- ing in Berlin, now calls Wilmette his home. He lives at 1514 Elmwood ave- nue. Also, there is Arthur N. Granqu- ist, noted pianist and instructor in piano, who resides at 1002 Central ave- nue. , There are many other leading musicians who have chosen Wilmette as their permanent home. When boosting your home town do not fail to include the above. INSTRUCTOR IN GERMAN Miss Grace M. Buchwalter has been added to the faculty at New Trier Township High school as instructor in the German language. Miss Buch- walter is a graduate of the Univer- sity of Illinois and a post graduate of the University of Chicago, She has had several years' teaching exper- ience. - i^^^^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^I^ croachment upon that district of the forever damned apartment building. It was an evening of thrills, remini- scent of the town meetings of yester- year when political factions locked horns in desperate strife. Chairman Zipf made an admirable gavel-wield- er and a competent bucer between the Commissioners, on the one side, and the objectors on the other. The procedure of securing the names, addresses and property desig- nations of objectors, decided upon by the commissioners at the outset of the meeting, soon encountered con- siderable opposition with calls from the audience of "Star Chamber ses- sions", "steamroller tactics", and the ilk. Words from Commissioner Jud- son F. Stone and attorney A. C. Wen- ban, however, soon put the audience at rest on this point when it was an- nounced that all would have an op- portunity to speak before the meet- ing adjourned. Hear Many Objections And many did talk, some briefly and others at considerable length. A few wanted to hear none of the pro- posed zoning, even suggesting that a vote be taken to determine the sen- timent of the meeting in that regard. The vote was not necessary after Chairman Zipf, Commissioner Stone, Attorney, Wenban, a'"*;*! severs I ■«•»' .*.'.*" spirited citizens soon convinced the audience that such a step would be a grievious mistake. Wipe out the oh- , iectionable features, they declared, but do nt kill the whole thing, which in its principle features is designed to preserve Wilmette as a Community of Homes. The vote was not again suggested. N Later came the suggestion for a vote on the proposition to designate the now celebrated 14-acre tract as an industrial area. The chairman de- cided the vote was unnecessary since the objectors would take care of that matter before the finished ordinance becomes a law. . Chairman Zipf opened the meeting by calling upon Attorney Wenban to present a history of the legal features attaching to the State Zoning law and the pronosed Village ordinance. He next called upon Commissioner Stone to describe Zoning as applied to Wil- mette and depicted in the proposed Zoning ordinance. Copies of the or- dinance and accompanying maps were, meanwhile, distributed through the audience for minute and exhaus- tive study. The ordinance provided the delectable food for the discussion which continued late in the evening. Hearing' Great Success It can be confidently stated that the Public Hearing was an unouali- fied success. Above all the individ- ual objections to the proposed ordin- ance and the suggestions for omission or modification of many of its fea- tures, there was apparent the encour- aging evidence of a Community Spir- it, at which Chairman Zipf, who is ako president of the Village, express- ed extreme delight. *r-,Wh£you al1 are interested in your Village , he stated at one point in the discussion. "I had sometimes thought you didn't care about the Wilmette beyond your doorsteps. This is the most encouraging evidence of, Com- munity spirit it has ever been my privilege to experience." "We want every objector to file his protest with the commission", said Commissioner Stone. "We want eveiy objector to have a full and fair hear- ing. We want to do, in this matter, what the Village as a whole wants and needs." ♦ Petitions and individual objections filed with the commission will be class- ified according to districts and each individual petitioner and objector gjven due notice of the time when his particular objection will be heard It w the purpose, say the Commission- erA* to ,dev,8e a zon«ng law that will redound to the benefit of the Village a* a whole as against the selfish in- terests of any mdividual. M? ""* \%J^" mm* ;";B'-"\\ *w'\"J'MM^M^Mmd^P;^m'..'^"'"' -"".'"*" ■'