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40 W I L M E T T E L I F E M a y 13, 1937 W i l m e t t e L i f e The Tax Roll PUBLISHED THURSDAYS BY L L O Y D HOLLISTER INC. 1232-1136 C e n t r a l A v e n u e , W i l m e t t e , I l l i n o i s Telefhone W i l m e t t e 4300 MEMBER OF CHICAGO SUBURBAN QUALITY GROUP Chicago Offices-- 1016-1018 W i l l o u o h b y Tower Telephone C e n t r a l 3355 S u b s c r i p t i o n : $2 p e r Y e a r S i n g l e Copies 5 C e n t s P e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y t a x p a y e r s of N e w T r i e r t o w n ship are r e m i n d e d t h a t i n last w e e k ' s issue o f t h i s n e w s - m a g a z i n e there appeared the complete personal p r o p e r t y assessment r o l l for 1936, not theretofore a v a i l a b l e except at c o n s i d e r a b l e t r o u b l e o n the part of each i n d i v i d u a l In o r d e r t o a s c e r t a i n his assessment the t a x p a y e r w o u l d have to g o to the assessor's office a n d e x a m i n e the r o l l . It is a l l e g e d t h a t the c o u n t y assessor f a i l e d t o p u b l i s h or d i s t r i b u t e the assessment as r e q u i r e d by l a w T h e i m p o r t a n t t h i n g is for taxpaj-ers to p r e s e r v e a n d r e f e r to the assessment as p u b l i s h e d , and a v o i d d e l a y i n g the filing of a n y protest t h e y m a y desire to m a k e to the B o a r d of A p p e a l s before the p e r i o d for such protests e x p i r e s . I n f o r m a t i o n is t h a t m a n y assessments h a v e been r a i s e d far above the s w o r n r e t u r n s made by the p e r s o n a l p r o p e r t y owners, and a c h e c k m a y result in a s a v i n g of considerable m o n e y . i M i n i i n i i M i M r . R o o s e v e l t is b a c k in W a s h i n g t o n , the f a v o r i t e w o n the D e r b y , there's n o m o r e s n o w t o shovel, and all's r i g h t w i t h the w o r l d . * * * T h e I r i s h free state is s t i c k i n g its pert, p u g nose h i g h in the a i r t h i s w e e k , w h i l e a l l E n g l a n d and other i n t e r e s t e d parties are engaged i n i n i t i a t i n g G e o r g e V I i n t o the k i n g business. T h o s e I r i s h e r s are busy d r a f t i n g a n e w c o n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h w i l l have as l i t t l e as possible t o do w i t h kings. M a y b e George would like to try B i s m a r c k ' s famous " s o l u t i o n of the I r i s h p r o b l e m . " A l l communications and contributions intended for publi< cation must bear the name and address of the author, not necessarily for publication, but for our files. Such material must reach the editor by Tuesday noon to be in time for the current issue. * * * Promptly and with great enthusiasm a y o u n g r e p o r t e r last w e e k p o u n c e d u p o n a " s c o o p , " o r "beat" if y o u prefer, a n d chronicled! t h e a r r i v a l of M r a n d M r s . J Robin Redbreast, w h o h a d r e t u r n e d for t h e i r a n n u a l s u m m e r visit and t a k e n possession of t h e i r r e c e n t l y c o m p l e t e d residence at a c e r t a i n n u m b e r o n a cert a i n street. H e even p r e s e n t e d a p i c t u r e of the lady e n g a g e d in her domestic duties. W h a t , in his i m p e t u o u s haste, he failed to take into c o n s i d e r a tion, or w i t h the c h a r a c t e r i s t i c p r o p e n s i t y of y o u t h to plunge ahead without thinking a p r o p o s i t i o n t h r o u g h to its l o g i c a l c o n c l u s i o n scorned, was the p o w e r of the press, a n d e s p e c i a l l y the a d v e r t i s i n g p o w e r o f a n e w s i t e m , s o m e t h i n g that n o a d v e r t i s e r , b i g o r little, has ever been k n o w n to o v e r l o o k . B u t the y o u n g r e p o r t e r d i d o v e r l o o k it, w i t h the result that t h e paper h a d not been off the press m o r e t h a n a f e w h o u r s w h e n a p r e d a t o r y cat of t h e c o m m o n , o r a l l e y , variety, was w a t c h f u l l y w a i t i n g beneath the n e w home of M r . a n d M r s . J . R o b i n R e d b r e a s t , p o n d e r i n g i n w h a t t a s t y m a n n e r she m i g h t serve a couple of fat r o b i n s f o r T h o m a s ' e v e n i n g m e a l , and m e n t a l l y t h a n k i n g the p e r s p i r i n g y o u n g r e p o r t e r for the tip as t o w h e r e t h e y m i g h t be f o u n d . U p to t h i s t i m e the i n t e r e s t i n g v i s i t o r s have escaped the fate w h i c h H e r C a t s h i p has decreed, no t h a n k s t o the y o u n g r e p o r t e r w h o so t h o u g h t l e s s l y r e v e a l e d t h e i r exact l o c a t i o n . Concurrent W i l m e t t e L i f e is this week celebrating the 25th a n n i v e r s a r y of its b i r t h . It was established in M a y , 1912, just w h e n W i l m e t t e was e m e r g i n g f r o m the h a m l e t stage of m u n i c i p a l e x i s t e n c e ; w h e n the a u t o m o b i l e was b e g i n n i n g t o relegate o l d D o b i n a n d the f a m i l y s u r r e y to the l i m b o of f o r g o t t e n t h i n g s ; w h e n the r a d i o was a d r e a m of e l e c t r i c a l l y m i n d e d i n v e n t o r s ; w h e n o n l y a f e w homes h a d telephones, a n d w h e n a s m a l l g r o u p of p r o g r e s s i v e c i t i z e n s , w i t h v i s i o n to see i n t o the future, w e r e just r e a l i z i n g that here, r e a d y - m a d e , was the f o u n d a t i o n u p o n w h i c h to b u i l d an ideal home community. A q u a r t e r of a c e n t u r y is not a l o n g p e r i o d , as times goes, but w h a t w o n d e r f u l progress has been made w i t h i n its l i m i t s ! It is a p r o g r e s s f r o m w h i c h no a t t r i b u t e to a desirable c o m m u n i t y life has been e x c l u d e d -- a p r o g r e s s i n w h i c h the schools, the c h u r c h e s , t h e l i b r a r y , t h e c i v i c o r g a n i z a t i o n s , the m u n i c i p a l g o v e r n m e n t , the p a r k s , the c o m m e r c i a l interests a n d this n e w s - m a g a z i n e have m o v e d c o n c u r r e n t l y k e e p i n g an even pace a n d giving, w h e n occasion demanded, a helping hand one to another. W h a t must be the g r a t i f i c a t i o n of those p u b l i c - s p i r i t e d , c i v i c - m i n d e d people w h o , h a v i n g envisioned such progress and h a v i n g c o m plete f a i t h i n the p o s s i b i l i t y of its a c h i e v e m e n t , look about t h e m today a n d note the m a n y fine examples of t h e i r h a n d i w o r k ! T h a t distant day also marked, we firmly believe, the b i r t h of community attributes without w h i c h progress, if possible at a l l , is t r e m e n d o u s l y h i n d e r e d . T h o s e attributes are friendliness, n e i g h borliness, unselfish c o o p e r a t i o n , faith in the v i l lage a n d its i n s t i t u t i o n s , pride of home a n d a g e n u i n e pleasure i n the success a n d happiness of others. W i l m e t t e L i f e has endeavored always, as a f a m i l y n e w s m e d i u m , t o k e e p pace w i t h the p r o g ress of the v i l l a g e . T h a t it has been p e r m i t t e d a share i n that p r o g r e s s o v e r so l o n g a p e r i o d is esteemed a n i n v a l u a b l e p r i v i l e g e . Ex-Service Women T h e A m e r i c a n L e g i o n A u x i l i a r y is p e r f o r m i n g a real p u b l i c service in c o m p i l i n g a r e c o r d of a l l w o m e n w h o p a r t i c i p a t e d i n the W o r l d w a r . N o t o n l y is this r e c o r d i m p o r t a n t f r o m the standpoint of h i s t o r i c a l i n f o r m a t i o n , but it w i l l be of i n e s t i mable value in p r o v i d i n g reliable data and a c c o r d ing due credit i n m a i n i n d i v i d u a l cases. T h e part that w o m e n p l a y e d i n the great c o n flict was on so vast a scale that there is doubt that it c a n ever be a c c u r a t e l y c o m p u t e d . N o r c a n the A u x i l i a r y hope to e m b o d y in a n y r e o r d it p r e pares the i n d i v i d u a l w o m e n w h o r a l l i e d to the support of A m e r i c a n soldiers a n d t h r o u g h R e d C r o s s w o r k , s e w i n g groups, e n t e r t a i n m e n t c o m mittees a n d o t h e r means helped to w i n the w a r . B u t if the records of enlisted w o m e n , w h o a c t u a l l y j o i n e d the A m e r i c a n E x p e d i t i o n a r y F o r c e s a n d served in the r e g i m e n t s as nurses a n d in other capacities, can be c o r r e c t l y g a t h e r e d , it w i l l be an achievement w o r t h y of that group of splendid w o m e n w h o constitute the A u x i l i a r v . The Court "Obstructs" O n c e again the U n i t e d States S u p r e m e c o u r t has d e m o n s t r a t e d that it is the final refuge w h e r e an i n d i v i d u a l m a y seek a n d find "equal justice under the l a w " w h e n a l l o t h e r appeals for relief have failed h i m I r o n i c a l l y e n o u g h , in this instance the i n d i v i d u a l f o u n d j u s t i c e b y t h e a u t h o r i t y of the v e r y t h i n g he w o u l d destroy. A y o u n g N e g r o , a v o w e d l y a C o m m u n i s t , a d i s c i p l e of a p a r t y w h i c h c o n s t a n t l y a t t a c k s the S u p r e m e court, reg a i n e d his l i b e r t y because t h e c o u r t r u l e d t h a t the law- u n d e r w h i c h he h a d been c o n v i c t e d " n e c e s s a r l y v i o l a t e s the g u a r a n t e e s of l i b e r t y e m b o d i e d in the F o u r t e e n t h a m e n d m e n t " In t a k i n g this p o s i t i o n , the c o u r t is t r u e t o the t r a d i t i o n w h i c h m a k e s it the g u a r d i a n of c i v i l r i g h t s b e l o n g i n g even to the h u m b l e s t c i t i z e n . A few m o n t h s ago the c o u r t v o i d e d a p r o v i s i o n of an O r e g o n statute under w h i c h another Comm u n i s t Had been c o n v i c t e d of c r i m i n a l s v n d i c a l i s m B e f o r e this the court o r d e r e d n e w trials for the S c o t t s b o r o N e g r o e s ; set aside the death sentence i n d o r d e r e d n e w t r i a l s for three M i s s i s s i p p i N e groes w h o s e " c o n f e s s i o n s " h a d been o b t a i n e d by t o r t u r e : i n v a l i d a t e d the p u n i t i v e tax w h i c h H u e y L o n g h a d p l a c e d o n o p p o s i t i o n newspapers to stifle p o l i t i c a l c r i t i c i s m T h i s aspect o f the c o u r t ' s w o r k is often o v e r l o o k e d by those to w h o m it s h o u l d m e a n the m o s t -- the r a d i c a l g r o u p s w h i c h d e n o u n c e t h e court as an " o b s t r u c t i o n " to social progress. A s t h e N e w Y o r k T i m e s has r e m a r k e d , the c o u r t " o b s t r u c t s , " to be sure, but w h a t it obstructs is injustice, h y s t e r i a a n d t y r a n n y . * * * T h e D e r b y is over. E n g l a n d ' s k i n g has been crowned. N o w , if Eddie and W a l l i e would hurrv and get m a r r i e d we could go b a c k t o sleep. * * * N o w i f a m a n suspects his w i f e of infidelity and shoots h e r t w i c e , w o u l d y o u c a l l that a t w o time s h o o t i n g ? * * * T'other night we barged right into the midst of a b u n c h of preachers, a n d was c o r d i a l l y greeted. O n e said : " A m a n w h o doesn't g o to c h u r c h a n y oftener t h a n y o u do ought t o get i n t o g o o d c o m p a n y once i n a w h i l e , " a n d the o t h e r s agreed. W h a t r i g h t have p r e a c h e r s t o " g a n g u p " o n a f e l l o w that w a y ? "At Long Last" T h e S h e r i d a n S h o r e Y a c h t c l u b is to be w a r m l y c o n g r a t u l a t e d u p o n h a v i n g at last b r o k e n g r o u n d for its l o n g - d e s i r e d c l u b h o u s e o n the shore of W i l m e t t e h a r b o r . I t has b e e n a d r e a m o f y a c h t s men from E v a n s t o n to L a k e Forest over a long p e r i o d of y e a r s , the r e a l i z a t i o n of w h i c h w i l l be a source o f pleasure to m a n y thousands w h o never step i n t o a boat a n d k n o w not the difference bet w e e n b o w a n d stern. A s a n i m p r o v e m e n t to W i l m e t t e ' s l a k e front it w i l l be notable, the a r c h i tecture a n d g r o u n d s b e i n g p l a n n e d t o h a r m o n i z e w i t h those of the P a r k b o a r d i n W a s h i n g t o n p a r k It is an a c h i e v e m e n t of w h i c h m e m b e r s of the c l u b m a y w e l l be p r o u d . It has come after years of effort, d i s c o u r a g e m e n t s a n d s e e m i n g defeats --come o n l y because of the d e t e r m i n a t i o n of a s m a l l g r o u p o f earnest m e n t h a t it m u s t come W h e n the club home is finally c o m p l e t e d and opened, those m e n w i l l e x p e r i e n c e the r e w a r d t h a t a l w a y s comes w i t h t h e c o m p l e t i o n o f a g o o d w o r k . M a y the days i n w h i c h they o c c u p y and enjoy it be l o n g a n d h a p p y . * * * "Idle C o n g r e s s A w a i t s R e t u r n of R o o s e v e l t , " read a M o n d a y headline. " W h e n the cat's a w a y the mice w i l l p l a y . " * * * T h a t O k l a h o m a p r e a c h e r w h o is t r y i n g to l u r e lovers to his c h u r c h is a p l u m b n o v i c e . A n y p o l i c e m a n can tell h i m to h o l d service o n some secluded, wooded road. * * * S m a l l shop o w n e r s with ruin, and may factories, a c c o r d i n g more a n d m o r e l i g h t dictatorships. in G e r m a n y are threatened be o r d e r e d to take jobs in to dispatches. D a y b y day is shed u p o n the beauties of W e poor A m e r i c a n "commoners" w h o had to stay h o m e o n the 12th of M a y , h a d one c o n s o l a t i o n . A c h a i n d r u g c o m p a n y a d v e r t i s e d the sale of fifty feet of C o r o n a t i o n "home m o v i e " film for one d o l l a r . I f k i n g s are sold at the c o r n e r d r u g store at t w o cents a foot, d e m o c r a c y must be here to stay. * * * O S p r i n g , w h e r e is t h y v i c t o r y ? T h e P h a n t o m Reporter