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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 Sep 1947, p. 7

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September 18, 1947 W I L M E T T E L I F E Civic Leaders Hear Village Plan Women's Republican Club to Launch Membership Campaign The Women's Republican club oifNew T r i e r township will launch its 15th annual membership drive next Monday. With and a entire during a c h a i r m a n in every precinct captain in every block, the township will be canvassed the two-week drive. Huerter Post W i l l Hold Installation R i t e s o n S e p t . 27 s t a n d Tear Program Apart', Is Plea of Chairman No Opposition Voiced at Session of Club Representatives; Slate Future Meets Presidents and other representatives of the village's civic, welfare, and fraternal organizations got a detailed review of the proposed new village plan last Thursday night at the Howard school. The meeting was conducted by L l o y d D . Miller, c h a i r m a n of the planning board, who invited the 50 citizens present to "tear the plan apart." No opposition to the plan was expressed, although M r . Miller was called upon to elaborate on some details. Public Improvements The plan, as announced in last week's issue, calls for a number of public improvements, including a new library building, a community house, new public schools, a new municipal building, expansion of sewers to open up new areas to development, and an enlarged park system. 4 Installation ceremonies for Meetings were held last week by I P ° the auxiliary of the officersall the village organization chair- elect of the Peter J . Huerter post of men for their precinct workers and the A m e r i c a n Legion will be heTd this week every precinct chairman in the Odd Fellows hall, Saturday September 27, at 8:30 is having a meeting of her block evening, captains to give out material and o'clock, Anthony Peters, post adjutant announced this week. instructions for the canvass. Registration Information The new commander of the .seventh district, Walter Backer, will be the installing officer for the Legion and M r s . Irving Herring, seventh district director assisted by M r s Ann E . Hart, past director of the seventh district as sergean-at-arms, will install the Auxiliary officers One of the services given at this time by the club is a complete check-up of registration and information on registration dates and procedure. All voters were reminded that they can register at their respective v i l lage halls until October 6. and again from the third Monday in November through the third Tuesday in January. There will be other registration days in the spring :.,5 " ^ "? ° , ! . , . Ridse. Illinois, Hill, and Hibbard roads, register at the township clerk's office. 545 Lincoln avenue, Winnetka. 6 6 a b U n c e d Simple Ceremony The ceremony will not be elaborate, M r . Peters said. Following the ceremony there will be a short gettogether for the members of ihe post and visiting friends f r o m other Those who live in the unincorpor- posts. ated section of New T r i e r township. The Legion officers to be installed h y T B A C K F R O M I T A L Y -- Miss Lorraine Eisenberg (above), daughter of M r . and M r s . Louis Eisenberg, 832 Sheridan road Wilmette, recently returned Erom a trip to Italy. Miss Eisenberg, who was the representative of Mills college to the International Students Service group, spent the summer in France and Italy. Judicial Election Those who are registered m a y vote in the judicial election on No vember 4. The club at present has 3,237 m e m bers. Its general organization chair m a n is M r s . E d w a r d B Hall Vfflage organization chairmen -ire: Glencoe: Mrs. John T Windle: Winnetka: Mrs, Maynard A Cook and Mrs. T. Kenneth Boyd: Kenilworth: Mrs C. E . Carlson: and Wilmette: Mrs. Herbert J . Maass and Mrs. Bruce P. Owens. The general membership chairman is Mrs. Franklin L Rogers. Membership Chairmen Village membership chairmen are: Mrs. Lester G. Bratton, Glencoe; Mrs. Hobart P. Young, Winnetka; Mrs. Thompson Wakeley, Kenilworth; and Mrs. J . P. Bauer, Wilmette. Precinct chairmen and their precincts are: Glencoe: 1, Mrs. William S. Crosby; 2. Mrs. Thomas Cranage; 3. Mrs. J . C. Hyatt; 4. Mrs. Charles E . Price; 5. Mrs. Loren Wylie and Mrs. R. Ward Starrett; 6. Mrs. Burrs Martin; 7. Mrs. C. A. Yerkes. Winnetka Precincts Winnetka: 8 Mrs. John A. Wendt and Mrs. W. A. Kates; 43. Mrs. Dean Hope and Mrs. Nathan W. Rubel, Jr.: 9. Mrs. Melvin Veeder: 10. Mrs. Laurin H. Heoly and Mrs. Kenneth Edwards: 11. Mrs. Marvin Holdredge; 12. Mrs. Joseph Moller and Mrs. James A. Holloway: 13. Miss Ruth Brown and Mrs. O. C. Hayward; 14. Mrs. Lloyd Kollister and Mrs Alvin F. Pitzner; 16. Mrs. William F. Flogaus; 17. Mrs. Homer Robertson and Mrs. Paul Cheney; 18. Mrs Herbert Buck; 19 Miss Beatrice Lindsay; 20. Mrs. Lee Bullen and Mrs. Kenneth B. Hawkins; 21. Mrs. Maynard Welch. Kenilworth: 22. Mrs. Harvey A. Scribner and Mrs, Charles M. Redman: 23. Mrs. George Bogart; 24. Mrs. Carl Kirk. Wilmette Districts Wilmete: 25. Mrs. Carl B. Judson: 2« Mrs. A. C. Rindscopi; 27. Mrs. J . E . B. Baker: tt\ Mrs. A. "Preston" KenrinliT' 3» Mrs. Leland Spangler; 31. Mrs. SpraguiL. Chapiu: 32. Mrs. Nils P. Linde; 34 Mrs. Spencer Boone; 35. Mrs. Cromwell Bowen: 36. Mrs. Raymond Simmons: 37. Miss Alice Schnauder: 38. Mrs. Scott Greene; 39. Mrs. Hurley Ward; 40. Mrs. Arthur Schultz: 41. Mrs. Victor Sawyer: 42. Mrs. Albert I. CrlnncU: 44. Mrs Otto Webcrroth. are: E d w a r d Schleker, commander: Joseph Conrad, senior vice comman der; John Selzer, junior vice commander; Anthony Peters, adjutant; George Gardiner, finance officer and William Connor, judge advocate The auxiliary officers to be stalled are: M r s . R a y Miller, president; M r s . John Selzer, first vice president; M r s . Joseph Conrad, second vice president; Miss Rosemary Bleser, treasurer; M r s . E d w a r d We ber, historian; M r s . Helen Fischer, chaplain; M r s . Viola L e F e v e r , sergeant-at-arms, and M r s . E d w a r d Schleker. secretary. She sailed June 24, from New York on the "Marine Tiger" and left L e H a v r e August 29. After spendI ing seven weeks touring Italy, she Most far-reaching proposal inand her group were in Paris for 10 | volves the establishment of a comdays before returning home. munity center bounded by W i l Several of the 35 persons in her I mette, Park, and Central avenues | group attended the I.S.S. confer I and G r e e n B a y road. once in Arhus, D e n m a r k and made Would Raze Business Buildings special tour of Denmark, BelThe business buildings along Sium, >d Holland, Green B a y road, opposite the ChiMiss Eisenberg left Wednesday, cago and North Western railway | September 17, for Oakland to enter station, would be razed. Eventually, her senior year at Mills. so, also would the private dwellings a ;lr in that block, although this would (Continued on page 14) L W V Board Will B e Hostesses at Luncheon Monday School Enrollment Up in Winnetka; Wilmette Sets New High Record Enrollments in the Winnetka and Wilmette public schools at the end of the first week of classes were ! higher than last year's, it was l e a i n l h i s £ o U m e n t s e a n e w h l h Appoint Captains for Kenihvorth Community Chest Selection of the zone captains to conduct Kenilworth's one-night C o m munity chest drive on October 6, was announced this week by Leslie B . W'orthington, chairman of the drive. New members and friends of "the " e° Wtlmette's enLeague of Women Voters will be ' « record, guests of the board of the Wilmette Glencoe. Kemlworlh, and A v o c a leegue at a tea Monday, September districts hart about the same num22, at 2 p.m., at the home of M r s . \ ber of pupils as last year while New Trier Township High school had less Howard Reeder, president. The enrollment by school districts There will be a short program about the history of the league, its ol the township follows: policies and activities, given by 35 (Glencoe) 842 members of the board. 36 (Winnetka) 1,372 M r s . Reeder and her board are ex172 tending a special invitation to inter- 37 (Avoca) ested newcomers to attend. Information m a y be obtained by communicating with M r s . Reeder, 1125 Sheridan road, or M r s . Robert A . L i n d , 716 Ninth street. Welfare Groups to be Radio Show Sponsors The Wilmette F a m i l y Welfare association is participating in a radio program which will be heard over station W B B M on Saturday, September 20. at 3 p . m . The program has been developed for the Suburban F a m i l y Welfare agencies belonging to the Council of Social Agencis of Chicago. A dramatized sketch will be given depicting the work of the agencies. Allin H . Pierce, zone chairman for the eastern zones, has appointed the following captains: P a u l W. Hayes, Russell H . Matthias, J a m e s S. Pennington, J r . , M r s . R i c h a r d D . Culver, W i l l i a m C . M a c L e a n , H a r r y F . Meislahn, and Henry W. Smith. These people will captain zones one 38 (Kenilworth) 437 through seven respectively. I 39 (Wilmette) 1,676 The western zone captains eight 203 (high school) .2,271 through 12, appointed by Chairman F r a n k W. Guthrie, are: O. R. T o r rison, Philip C. Sowersby, Richard M . Palmer, D r . Charles L . M a c Arthur, and E d w a r d G . Bremner. In addition to these, M r s . Shirley North has been appointed captain for the business zone. Part-time help m a y again be obtained through the New Trier The captains are now recruiting High school employment servI workers for their teams. ice which will resume operation on Monday, September 22. The AT] T O R A D I O S T O L E ' N service has a large number of boys on hand willing to do any A radio was stolen from a car kind of work. The employment belonging to E d w a r d N . Krein, 335 office m a y be reached any week Sheridan road, Winnetka, last Saturd a y between 9 and 3:30 o'clock day evening, when the auto was by phoning the high school. parked near Spanish court, Wilmette. Employment Service Resumes Operation

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