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an Community CUan Nmmpaper for a WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIpIVY, MAY 4, 1923 WILD WEST SHOW COMING TO TOWN Wilmette Legion Benefit Cir- cus and Auto Show to be Seen Here May 14-19 clowns'n i^lirrHiNG Select Most Popular A circus, an automobile show and. a contest to select the most popular girl in Wilmette are to be the outstanding features of a whirl of activity provided for the village by Wilmette Post No. n46, American Legion, during the week beginning Monday ,May 14, and clos- ing Saturday, May 19. ^ The Well recommended Soil Brothers * circus, with the automobile show par- F i*ieipated in by the leading motor vehicle dealers of the north shore, and the popu- larity contest, will center in the large* vacant area just north of the Wilmette Illinois Bell Telephone exchange build- ing on Twelfth, street. The proceeds will be directed into the treasury of the Wilmette Post of the American Legion. The affair is given with the hearty sanc- tion of the Wilmette Board of Trustees and promises entertainment of the most refined character that will be of inter- est to both adults and children.*-â€" l,,i-Worto| Diligently Members of the Wilmette Post of the legion have been laboring with diligence for several weeks to perfect arrange- ments for the circus and auto show and predict the event will :bV;ihbv *nos£$ig- nificant 1entertainment |IS feature Clever brought to the yillagel - Many automobile dealers of Wilmette, Evanston," Winnetka atiid Glencoe have taken booth space in the mammoth water- proof, brilliantly lighted and elaborately decorated for the occasion. A score or more, of the very latest modelsf. wilt â- ; be on. displayv|ln#il». ,a^i#ofti'itoE^;;:»r^iiai Tbe various^^ USttafritii^^ â-  'â-  TlflW^Riiiilr^^rcttft- «^;-W-* Soil Brothers will appear with a three- ring circus including a Wild West show. Among the various acts will be the Silver Lakes, direct from the New York Hippidrome; the Great Arden, flying trapese; the Ferris, human fly; the Aerial Fondaw's in their up-side-down act; the Eckarts Iron Jaw artists; the Soyville family of acrobats, character- ized as the Winchesters,, America's- most daring balancing 'act.??.{Z2 | There will also be a troupe of "-laugh provoking clowns." Tiger Bill will be in charge of the Wild West show which fviH conclude ~lhe performance* There are *o be two performances each day, afternoon and evening. The Popularity contest is expected to attract village-wide attention since the Legionnaires are determined to '^crdwn- the Queen of the Village*' in a grand finale of Circus week.,' jLauds Retiring Members * of Local Library Board *^Twb Wilmette women, Mm term members of the Library board, retired last week from the board; ^They were Mrs. D. W. Gallie, 1115 Elmwood ave- nue, and Mrs. J. C. Mannerud, formerly â- â- M Wilmette and now of Evanston. 1 Mrs. Gallie was the first woman ^member of the boardliShe had served mine years as one of the. supervisors of the library. Mrs. Mannerud had been a member of the board for si* years. Both were active on the Book com- mittee* "Too much praise cannot be given their work," said Miss Sue Os- motherly, librarian, ^ui commenting oh feir ' service.' 'â- ' \^'d^^^~-^--r^-~â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"- They will be succeeded hi their places in the bpard by Mrs. J. A: Burrill, 812 fereenwod avenue, and Mrs. L. F. Gates, $23 Eighth street, who were elected /'si Jhe recent Village election. ibnette Scouts Observe Tree Planting Ceremony Troop 3 Boy Scouts of the Wil- mette Parish Methodist church, will Observe National Tree Plantthjg week tomorrow in ceremonies at. wiiich sev- eral elms will be planted in Lake Front park and one tree planted at the corner of Lake and Wilmette ave- nues. The general public is urgently invited to atterid^thc ceremonies, ';'gg: National Tree Planting week his ieen set aside by President Harding ind ceremonies similar to those ob- served hcritrwill be in evidence in commiinit^^ thrmiphout the country. ! triN; Stoki"s,"^outmaster of Troop M will directt4he tree planting,^- NINE TEACHERS QUIT D5 SCHOOLS THIS SPRING â- .':,.'.â- . : , â-  â-  â- 'â- "".""'â- .". f\ » â- v.- « . s :-*-â- â€¢". 'i:±r~s\ L3'l#Mjflife â- ... Superintendent J. R. Harper of the Wilmette public schools has been busily engaged the past week in securing teach- ers to fill the vacancies that are appear- ing for next year. Up; to date v nine teachers in the grade schools have .signi- fied their intention of not. returning next year.^#.:!'Bft" â-  ""Sffi^^^^^pilp^^"' Six 6f the Wilmette teaching staff will be married. Only three of these, how- ever, have not signed up lor next year. Six other teachers have resigned mak- ing a total of nine, the largest number of vacancies that the schools have had for a number of years. J sThe nine teachers who Jwitt 'Snot re+ turn are Miss Marie Hartman, Miss Lil- lian Anderson, Miss Olive Moore, Mrs. Helen Paulson, Miss Clara Huebuer, Miss Marie Bailley, Mrs. Edith Wallace, Mrs. Helena Stockel and Miss Helen 'Harding.. •â- â- â- â€¢â- :'. "\":t::)^Wt*"^BtW&^i Commercial Property Values Are Vaulting It is interesting to note the.!" eoh- tinued active inquiry for Wilmette business property, states a local resi- dent with extensive property holdings here. ^ha=^ale ^i^W-Ok^-T^eaftre0 building on Central avenue by Thom- as Boukidis of Evanston to John Shine of Chicago for $37,500 to be de- finitely erected within a month, has occasioned lively speculation concern- ing local business p^op^r^yvj^ prospects" of futur^r;develQpmett«il^ The seller retained the strip 0jf'1an<3 between the Dannemark and Glover- Brown building, ;pc«lding;j ;;ita..ai per foot£^r""f"~" There is a report that a syndicate has made overtures for the Gloyer- Brown building^ but the present own There "have been numerous inqui Ifitftftftt.: this â- ;â-  and ;::^acefitv;- business property, which indicates that out-of- town buyers-see a big future ahead. A large down-town operator, also heavily interested in Wilmette busi ness land (none reported for sale), oredicts $1,000 per front foot for holdings on Central and Wilmette avenues in five years. Three offers have been made within as many weeks fpr the Boulevard building, corner Central avenue and 11 th street, but the property is reported not for sale. Proceed With Lighting | Kenilworth Subdivision Bids Were let Tuesday evening of this week by the " Village: of Kenil- worth for the installation of an elec- tric street lighting system in the Mc- Guire and Orr Kenilworth Beach subdivision. The successful bidder was the Commercial Lighting^ company and the estimated cost of the entire improvement is $4379.54:1 The light standards jwill U^f&i ^concrete with^a General Electric lantern fixture. |vg Bids 'for the improvement were: is follows, according to Kenilworth of- ;ficials-ir;-:;:;">;:-:'; ;;;.^'^-:^,-.. A and A Lighting company .U$5411.96 Contract & Material company 4841.00 Monroe Electric company. az& 4594.60 A. M. Rykoff V. â- â- :............ * I 422420 Commercial Lighting Co.....".. 4075.7^ •r- Work orr ^"improvement is to be- gin at once and is expected to be completed within three months. The cost is to be borne by the owners ofJh|^o^g3r."' Permits .f^We^;-Tctti^^ $20,365; More New Homes Ten building permits' issued by the Wilmette village authirities in the past seven days authorize the construction of new' buildings valued, at $20{365^g^ The largest permit of the week was granted to George W. Pettinger. The permit authorizes the erection of a $7,500 tworstory} brick veheel house at 1424N Wlimette avehujff8â-  A: $7;000 per- mit for? a libuse bf similar construction was issued to George E. White. Mr- White will build at 833 Sixteenth street. A $3,500 addition to J* T. Seng's resi- dence at 1222: Chestnlit ff vertiie :T was authorized by the village officials.f^lfl. Permits for the construction of pri- vate garages were granted to Norman Kraft, 1S39 Highland; William Delaine, 1500 Laktr avenue; Charles g. Smith, 91«5 ElmwoSa; Gi Carlber^ 108 15th 1HrmneTy~I7re FSreit avenue; A, M.' lauermann, 852 Ridge; and Eric Morberg. 1001 GreenteaX avenue. = mi RAV1N1A SEASON Opera Programs to Eclipse III;,: Those '"of All, Previous m llll Years, Says â-  'Eckstein' â- : || SCHIPA iVILlllAPPEAR .....Opera. Already -'iStoficnte artists who have been eifaged lor the music festival to be Held! at North- western university next months will also sinjg at the twelfth season of Ravinia, it was announced this week. The Ravinia season is planned to eclipse all former years. The season will staftj on Saturday night, June 23* and continue for ten weeks and three days, closing September^ $ J © ISIS Have 'AmbiUon»J'W^i-v"'^;;"-a^ "The sad part of any achievement in the field of art is, I suppose, that it setl % r^ccffdtwhlch subsequent ef- forts must surpass if they are to mean ahythitig^ said Louis|Eckstein, director of the Rayihia opera. ^So, last season's high record, with its in- terchangeable casts of firstclass ar- tists for every opera in the long reper- toire, noyviistahds^jonly^JoxMh^ m iWCHARGiaF â- fill pose of being shattered if we^ are to carry but all our plans for 1923. n "1 h*ve tentatively listed 34 6p- eras" he added. "I jna^ gb beyond the number; I may decide as I did last year, to hold back two or three in the fisfc I will repeat both %e Ghemineau' and %'AmiCQ I^ritJS,' two of last year's three novelties; but 1 think that Chicago and vicinity has had enough of 'Boris; Godonuff' for the present. I may mount Massenet's "Sappljlo' ah4 irevive his ^Thais' if a certain international soprano I have ::'n^md^i^ai:4arr^nge ^ffair*:V 'â- &> :e«^i^ii:lJla^lni*^ai >0'A\BOfl 1; haye takert the rights hi Johft Adaiw | Hugo's *The Temple Dancer/ which requires an unusual artist in the role. When the opera was put on at the Metropolitan, this role was originated by Florence Eas- ton and my doing it depends upon her consent to take up the role again. It is a most attractive work when ornperly interpreted, I think. And 1 am considering more Wagnerâ€"both 'Siegfried' and 'Tristan and Isolde,* to be specificâ€"but here, too, I with- hold definite announcement. I have a summer of work mapped out which will mean a great deal to all who go to Ravinia and all who believe in Ravinia." . â-  /v-^m^l ;FpiaI Central P. -. T. A. :^:W 1 Meeting Next Tuesday The Central school Parent-Teacher association will hold its final meeting of the year Tuesdayafternoon^May 8, at 3 o'clock at the Byron C. Stolp school. Ah interesting" program^^ haFH&een arranged but is kept a deep, dark secret, a fact which, of course, adds to the interest attached to the event. The season's last session was post- poned one week because of. the ses-^ sions test week of the State council of the Illinois Parent-Teacher assQr ciation at Decatur, 111. li^rhousands of ^sSStfSS '3 ^......^.....J possible ||-| buyers and sellers Wit- ?i?ste dasiiFiEii Monday evening of mette Post No. 46 of the American Legion held a special meeting^to form- ulate plahs for i Memorial 3Day> ? The American Legion feels this Is an honor as well as a duty to "carry on" for the G. A. R. who have per- formed this service;:^ftQ.^i|hj^x:..Jp the years::gone;by*>|^^^^^^^, This year the graves or ex-service men of the late wrar as well a* the Spanish war veterans and G. A; R. will be decorated at Memorial Park as they were last year by the Wil- mette 'Post. -of: the ':;I^gion*^-^?:t%:;"^yv:;^ Complete details f6r the; parade And program in the park on the lake front at the site of the Memorial trjei^ill be gjven at a later date. 3P lOffl BIRTHDAY Baptists m ;?: Sunda^ vMa^g6^^11>r.be!^pted: "h the Wilmette Baptist church as the Tenth Anniversary of that thriving organi'zation.:|S|Celebr^t^ Communion and the rec#tioh"bf new members at the morning services will e Baptist Choral society, organized this winter and alrtadly Ir^cclghized ats one of the leading musical organ- izations in the village will give i spe- cial program of music for the (Occa- sion/ Thie group of singers; is under direction of E, 1. Mnnson.; i^i * & » The services will be directeicl by the pastor, Rev. I^ancis <Carr^ Stifler. Special Baptismal serviced be held in the First Baptist church 6i Evanston:::-:at'::|^o'clp|^i*S^h^aJ;*^ noon. :.';'.,;v:;^ '^y^s^/;**;^ ' "f The fen^i .-AjyiB|s|ry^|!'elili^ #illj^oniOu^;;cMWed^ : Ma;y;;i^wWi WJ^wW^mtt^:"::in^he ;:ne#-;dininlS:1ialls;- ffe^ufmgr' Wednesday's festivities wilr hie the reports of the various depart ments of the parish as well as a page ant depicting ii series of episodes marking *he ^development "oi the church from its inception a decade ago to the present wheni-M isKCOm- fortable housed in a beautiful edifice at Wilmette and Forest avenue where all departments are enjoying genuine prosperity with a bright future in f!||giQoses;R^cMrd Season â- .•.:" Sunday f evening, April -29^mar1<e the close of the 1922^23 season of t W^ilmette ^uriday Evening club, the most successful year in the history of the prominent community organiza- tion. .^^.f.^SMIi®^^^^^ â-  '.'.Plans; 'lare alr°eao^"fgisiiig "forw^ri'^loK the next season which Opens early iirOctobef and pM it- -are assured. •'^ii#|pSi^i||||^ The ::"past'^year"'jigiiini\^$Xms^^tbi the splendid leadership of W^ Frank McClure, who has been president and the aggressive active: director of Sun- day Evening club iffairl ;since the inception of the orpanization eight years ago. Speakers of the highest or- der have been heard and programs of music of unsurpassed quality have â- 1>eeh enj'Oyed*. #^ISSiH^iffiiP^lil^^ Logan .School P.-::% ^Jpinf4 Annual Session Monday The annual meeting of the Logan School Parent-teacher association will be held in Library hall, Wilmette and Park avenues, Monday afternoon, May 7, at 3 o'clock. Aside from the an nual reports, the delegates from this association to the Decatur convention will give a helpful and interesting report of the three days spent there. Mrs. Riddle of the Chicago Safety Council will give & short talk oti "The Importance of Organized Play" Miss Smith of the Central school facult ,:;:As.'":.^ii\Js::;'th^:-ialf"lB^'::o^ ai large attendance is desired^ h year, l^coyers From IhjuryiliM" Ip'^ll Receivecl In Accident ^Latest^ reports from the Evanston hospital indicated that Catherine Pier- son, 139 Laurel avenue, is recovering rapidly from injuries suffered in an automobile- accid^t-last-we^r ^MTm struck Pierson was struck by a car ^at the intersection oi- Sherman avenue- and Noyes "Ttreetr-Evanston. -Herâ€"jaw was5 fractured and her face badly la cer"at©OMSs»si#^:.i fedteis^iippsfei^is Wilmette Operatic and Dra^ matic Society Will Give ' â„¢K>f Pirates of .^.l^ettiatice^: "'"fflji........ us : 'Of ;"'?;|*enzijhce^ tttt<ffii&if&a$. rhe :loiir:Stl &;tSt o'clock |(tt4^ Wiimette'II,9w|'p!p:w|^^'d'.'lW â- hiatic.iJO^et^;;iWtll:i^ Sullivan's':': ^8t;;:;^u1iefnf;":^^U/Wt^ :Pirateii: '......'"" " ""...... 'May*!?, ; eltlh.-: The -mvmi;.:'.;.»», .• i*>»»»a v y*Vii.» f Iipi, judging by previous performances of .thej,:-society*s'-' ca:8ts*i;js»,v^reco^^lit#n|^:; |ncfe js^ .,cettain.;:;.;^s-;^ Vv':ti:,f:th^s%;;^Iys:'r:'6f"";,^uar:ah't^ he|v|'; (de^itsj..^% the;;:; #h^;;;o;||if,;|eai: iwlh, it is refreshing to .andi^^iMkciigl' ihterested;, in:":':music'*^ pa'yih|r"1lli"rowi»f way^ 5#^hc^t cotwla|it. â- ?&gjfti ^iffi help*1 Th«:; ;,happ^%tate'. tk' enjolidv by^he Witt^te;:r:*i:ia^:*hi::^ pride to all concerned. Starting withf * raemhershh? ttf twelve, it has steal*! fly ^l^^^iiiMt'^M ati'^ovt^i-.. for^:v^hthttii*ltife:^e^ers^^ cieltyTs #o productions this winter? Wg{. *he?;: , t^^^^a.).'â- * «s^-^sa^a^psjiawHajfl^ps^p .â- â-  i#f::pe|iloisiiiaf^eli^, "l^rltes^,:;: !|pi|ufe<t ^.ah1^tS%;;:;inlyj^ ne^esjar^^|or.'Wt|Siitte neliple^O; sup^;.' port their own organization and to th- .cqir»^-;th^'atilen1p^ -'m^e^thir;-^;-vfinM ":perfb^ :'tn*:Ii^spfefe^r#Man|'A^»»^i* eva^"V:wayJll^^ ;â- â- â- -, ,^;if:='â- -â- y^W!mi: ^,,'.fhe:'Sticfee1ivHp|pay;:r':" Ihrouglf:; *j&f$aail$ffi&::&/ â- at:. ;.the"'*"'l^lme!tev' Pharhtac^'^^byf'; â-  â- :.&$XXmM? â-  tS^isMFf'fWmM PiiA^'^'^^";^'- â- â- â- ' â-  ^'â- â- 'WW-S^ .-:'-v â- "C5F®)A"Jx â-  IDS ^Blil,:';,l!,»..:*f.:f."v-V:v The casflbr 4!The Pirates^of Pen- Richard, the pirate kinyrrEwirt tfooftl' .Sahiue|* his lieutenantHm-Mi^£^fim;-. Erederic, :.<i ':;:piritfeapjp^lic«;- ':^Pp»:; ^;;; ;•:.,', v^v. ^^^^^^0it^Mim^mm^ r.."'>':Geni;?":St^hjey:;;;#f:;:"ihe?i'Britis^ ^.. .-....,.. ..."A^^^ie^efiA Edward, ^;:;;serg«aht;;o;f^;,pt|l|ci;ai$:v'i;|s$i;; :. ^-vvV.;.'Ii?:^^ ;Mabelj;:<5e1^rSMhley^f:'y^ati^t:':.o^ ter .;..;..;Miss DorothyaGhillinorf .Edith,-:KateV;;.j^hel^v^P$;$t|^le^ ;:; ;daughtet-svftMri|^:. C jp^ipiiiifi" ;;; Graces.;Burrc^gh|^.:gMi^':'|5or^h^; Costumes and stage isetttftgt^v;.'. v^; .;^'.i>;Mr.;.:an<J:v:Mrs£?"ehesier^i r^asu^r'l,v>:Mi^P^'iAV?::l>e1afbhtaihl .eretaryav^|vMrs.-:,Char:le;si'.Whitehitf^ Dramatic BifectdrM rs.WvE.Beazlel :pTeMre,';':C^cretta' tot^: "The Frog 'Dance^: ;ii;chitdresn^;::^ >. eretta*b^)e presented at tlte Wilme||e" Woman's cluh |une 1 arid 2 tb swp the organ: Euttd of St. Aiigustirieli Episcopal churchy is nbvr being r#- hearsed at the Parish House Monday and Thursday afternoons at 3 J# d'clbek? ami;=viSit^r4i^;iiiwntti^^^lD- o'clOClfe«Asj^;£5ipi^P|ifi ....... a|gui one hour, arid anjr boys of |2 b^p^li-^bf^;.)I6|. ,y^a^$;: ;:interested*ft!|n: sirig^rig ? and drsimatiCfi in connection with this amusing operetta is invited to;, ioirt the least;:^mm^i-^mj^ ^^'-..^BjBtween-.'thlfer^ by (^rtruo^jenhingS, said to be one of the funniest one-act playsyjevfa' w"*4*"* wifi he-gw^:by;::ihrt£:§ii Wilmette's most talented dramatists on the same evening, it is announced. rear sals,last nig HMi?S Over-subscribe Quota â-  fi^.j||^ Annual Welfare Campaign The regular monthly j meeting of me Infant Welfare 0^1^ was held^ at. tie home of Mrs, Oscar Townsend, 1330 Greenwood avenue, Thursday; ApHl 26 at which it was reported that the Infant Welfare society* m-ive has reached:'}$$. ?The tfelittt%r reported that Wilmette's annual drive for fnmfa »n <t^nrt th^ New Trier station had been successful $4073.44 having been subscribed fbr maintenance of the station caring f|r nutrition, prenatal and infant work. I ig The Wilmette board expresses a de- sire to again extend heartfelt thanks #0 the loyal friends and-^^vorker^^ whan|o~ generously gave of their time and monegr *Hl^i;he|p:;^liii, worthy; -:ti3^^^vS^0':r^M\