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w ·ILMETTE LIFE A Weekly News-Magazine for Wilmette and Kenilworth WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, MARCH 19. 1926 VOL. XV, NO. 25 PRICE FIVE CENTS PUT RECREATION PLAN Ask Voters to ON MUNICIPAL BALLOT Ballot on New School Tract Village Board Approves Petition for Tax Levy for Recreation Program Here BALLOT BATTLE LOOMS With Village Election a Month in the Officing There Is Evidence of Early Fireworks ORNER IN STATEMENT ON VILLAGE FINANCES Report Submitted to Village ' ' ' ·} '· t · A proposition to issue bonds for the Petition s for the vario..ts candidates Board Gives Answer to Charges acquisition of 220 feet of additional on the two village tickets which will of Extravagance frontage for the public school system be submitted to \Vilmette voters at The proposition to provide a tax for to provide for a playground, will be the annual Village election April 20 , Citizens of the Village will be vitally purpo. es of establishing organized and placed on the ballot in the annual \Vii- are now being circulated for signa- interested in the accompanying joint directed play and recreation activity mette School election announced for tures, and all preliminary work is statement issued this week by Village in \\ ilmette, as authorized by state Saturday, Apr~l 10. The property which being done for the battle of ballots President Earl E. Orner, and Trustee law, will he placed in the ballot in the would thus be added to the school which_ is only a month in ·the offing. John Clark-Baker, chairman of the FiVillagc election on April 20. properties is located north of and ad. \Vhlle . the plat form~ of botl_1 . the nance committee of the Village board, Action in that direction was tal((·n jacent to the Byron Stolp school on Commumty and Home party tickets and pertaining to municipal expendthis week hy the Village board which, Tenth treet. have been puhli~hed 111 the Wn.:-.IF:TTE itures in the past nine months. . Tuesda _v night, received a petition, Sl wu 11 4ti the several · t1 ~ c th e YO t ers approve th e ac- LIFEr and the "It has heen necessary to su b mtt 11s . personnel . . 11 k nowlt, t h e r"J)Ort," ~igned by 1113 names, ref1uesting that c1uisition of the tra t 't ·11 1 e 1 cane tc1ate~ ' ~ latr 1Y according to President Orner, · · C ! I WI ) . O )- backer:- of t 1H.' t \\"0 urou JS have been '"" the proposition of adopting the state ta 1ned )}y con<lemnat 1011 procecdmgs, i fi . tl . ,. . , 1 ff t t "because mistatements have beePl rerreation and .playground law for it i:-; C'X ,iainecL con nmg 1~tr more recent e or s o s )read abroad." \Yilmette- wbich entails a moe! st On tll(_' regular ~chool ballot this mlorel.<ff>r _les:-. secl·rct c,onfe_n.·nce~ fhor l The report made to the Village board ... 1 c 1 0 n tl 1e 1 Tl 1e n :ar \nil . appear ~ . . t 1e { 1 uswn · ht . f o 11 0\\S · t .. x- 1 H.' P a cc )a 11 o t · canchdatc:-. for pres1ff . anc exc 1ang111g· · k ' ot t e T ues<1ay ntg 10 <1 00 l·oard Yotcd to place the propo:-.ition ~knt (li the Board of Education and 1 n~o:--,t e. ecttn·. mq 1 ~ 1 · mg_ to Three Ceiit Tax Increase on the ballot. t I10 1 l 1 1 ' \"ICt(ln· tor thctr respectt\·c champtons. ; "T 0 the Board of Trustees of the · · \\·n -.c :' :oarc men~ >ers. Al,out next \\T(.'k it i~ ex >ected the 1 1 \ ..tllage of \Vtlmette l'etition" ~ceking adoptic,n of the .\ nommatlllg rommtttcc rcpre~ent - r.. . ., . I . .-..tate re .g; ulation, . were . circulated fol- 111g t} 1{. \\-(1man · :-- t nr-..t . gun .. T'or ·11formation of the 1 . hoard and of '- ' Ju 1> ot- \\'.1 1 mette, . · , fwtll .. he1 · . . nt-.. the campatgn . lo\\·in~ a ll1~"C'ting of civic authoritie:- and the C t · 1 1· 1 · d I0 I1 oo~u 1 · cliH 1 rtom t 1 l.tt ttnH on\arc th · )tthlic yonr Prestdent and the en r.l · aurc ,tn .· ~an- until tht ballot:- an: counted it i:-- an- · c ·' · · . .· . · Ia-.t \n·vk attended hy repre:;(.'ntatiH·-. Ho\\·ard Parent -- Teacher a:-.soctatte>n~ . . . . . . . Chatrman of :'-our Fmance commtttee 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 \ "' II 1 1 p k 1 . 1 . . , · ttnpatt( tH· n age \\'1 reatZl' tt h · l ll . . t t t· '" t Jt· t agr >oan , ar - >Oclrc . 1 \nll report 111 t 1 .11.· ncar 1ut ure 011 1. "ll 1 11111t t 1c 1 o owmg s a e_men · f . . 1e r .~~ · f Bc·:t rei of I·:rl ura t inn. Pian C ommi,sion candida tt:-. H ·r t he:-.c oftices. Thi :> 111 t 1 · .. Running expenses of V1ltage for 9 1 1 1 ~<,~t r m~_·nwry. t 1H' ; month.- beginning wf.:ty 1, 1924, $162.and Pla~· ground hoard. at \\·hich time nH:thod <'i nominatinn ioiiO\Y~ cu . . tc' r<: thc rern·ati(ln plan. a:- dC\·i:-ed In· a tom (li ICing -..tanding in · the rom- cant Hate:-. are a.s u 0 ""~: . 957.22: 1925. $174,210.24. . ' tJcrial Playground-. and l~ecreation munity. . H(ltnl' party-l·(l.r :r~~:-.te~·:-, t lan·nrl' 1 "Total tax rate including state. ,·otnl Iitke. "·a:- appron ·d. - ----L Dral3ycr. John 1·. \\ tedlm and John rountY. -,chonls. etc. 1924, $11.37; \\.hill· tH' rritiri . . lll "'a" \c,in'd c1i (lark ~~er. . 192.~. -$ 12.1:; . .tll\' (li t Itt· dl'tail-.. it \\'a-. -.uggt·-.tecl !:or \ tllagl' treasurer - Harry \\ · "()f this the \ .i llage le\·y was, 1924, ],~· \1 r. Cill-.on and \" C ttcd unanimou~ly. \ltl_ler. .. . . ...~2.07: 192:;. S2.10. l (J ;tl' Ccpt t ht· pb 11 in prin rip It:. thus . 0 OW· l·_o r \ dla.ge dt r k-).:1: J. :\[tiler . . I ·'lnrrrasc of total taX rate, 1925 0111 ka,·ing opportunity tCI change or t ,n~~mJty par:}.-- ·o~ tr~~~~ee-.. , 1 ,·er 1924. 7R cents. ;tmcnd (ktaib \\·hirh further eonsidcr- I ;rc_l~ll!F-\1 · J 0 - (J)h 1 · 0 Niell and 1 Tncr(.'a . e in Yilt age rate, 3 cents. 1 , \~·ilmette will follow the example of ; · r(_:( c ~~c. .· ;ttio~t or t·xpnivnn· might :-how open t. ~ "Tncrea:-(' of State. County, Sanito tnlpro\"t'11ll'llt. The cc,ntpkte plan 1 Cl11r<tt.!"n ancl prrmit the u e of hollo\\" . J·or \ tllage tr<.·a:-.urer-J·,arl :\.. l't ·- tan· Diqrict school taxes, 75 cents. "·ill lit' (Jtttlinvd in next \\'l·d.. · .... i-.sue. huildin~ tile in the construction of ttb<;>nt. .. ·'The \'illage taxes for 1924 were Adopt State Plan ~1a~cmenh it __ \,·a-, learned at the meet - )_l:CJr \ J!l;q.~t· rlvrk- \fr ~. [.('}and Y . Jeyied l)\· thr former hoard and are .\ r,,, ,Juti :) n. arJc 1 pll'd tltl.tnimous ly 1111g ?f the \ tll~~e board h~ld Tue . ct.ay I ILr~otL Village taxes 11 :1\\- being· expended. h_, thv j 11 int J,c,ard-.. n·ro 11111 t· 1Hkcl that ·, C\'Cnmg. Prestd('nt. Earl 1'.... Orner m- l j ior 192:\ \\'ere le\'ied by t~e prese~t \\ ' ilttH·ttl- elt-ct t41 t:tkl' ach·;tllt;t~(' of formed llll'111hers_ 0! .the hoard that a I hoard and \\·ill not he available unttl thl' -..tatl' J>l;t~· and Hccrcatic·ll .\ rt. Tn ! great .man~· appltcattons for th~ con- I aftn \fay 1 next. ~0 ~axes from ordn to d(l "" · it . wa:-. lll'Ce.., . . an· 10 str~trtH n nf ba~cments .from tht s ma\\'e :-;t \Yilmette arc yet avatlable. t·irrulatt· petition-. in \Yhirh thl.' ~om- I tena: \\·en· ,htn~g rccen·ed and t1.1at ··Th~'se figur.r:; show that of the lllittt'(· \\·a a:-.:-;i-.tl'd }ly the \Y (Iman\ ront1acto.r. con.tdered the hollow ttle. . . . . 1 total 111 cre::t:-e 111 tax rate of seventyl·luJ1 ;>i \\"iltilettl'. the ·Parl'nt-'1 \· ;u.: lwr (If cOt.H1mt. lHdcra:)le to oth~r con\\_-ith thl' ar~tttl!'-lt_mn .of_. n_c\\~ ter.~t- eig·ht cent~ 011 each o_ne hundred dol;t ........ ocia t ion-.. churc he:-. and matl\· in- -.t ructiOn, hemg dr.) er, .cooler m stm:- tor:'- tc '. t l~t "<- ..,t _ot tht 'tll.tgc \\ tl- 1 Iars. a ..;...,c~~cd valuat 1on, only three di' iduak Thl' requin:(l :--i.~na.ture~ m:r :tnd_ "·armer 111. wm~er. ~e . ~atd 1~c!t(_: 1-. t;~<.:cd )\'l;h . tl.1t', . p:~hl(_:m. ~~f I rent..;. Jes-. than four pe.r cent of the \H' r<' quirkly obtained and thl' peti- 1 th:tt tt ~'a~ prohahl! <;ml:'o an. O\c:stg1_1t r~:-.tclc1~b (.'.LC UJ>}Illt-, gdf,t~~ ·" <t:-. .h.th~t:t - 1 totaltn.crca~e was for Vtltage· purposes tic·n prl':-.ented to the \"illagl' ho~n·d at tk1t th<. ptesent butldm~ ordmat.lce dtd !tons,_n " (~~ .brought out .tt th(_ tllllt- · :1 1H1 thb . ltght amount was t? c~ver its regular meeting Tuesday. ::'larch l(l. ! twt allo\\" tl~c use of thts ma_tenal at:d 11~g ot tl,w \ tll~ge board Tuesday n·~- the incrtased cost of street ltghtmg. . ·(_. -1 ·<I tl 1(_. .."~c L'tat. .. .,. that murh was ) \. · t ·tt 1 1 1)1c\\groutH 11] . ·\\·asted 111 the ) 11 1 · ·~< .. ( .. t11ne was · YJI- mng. · lomplamt · · ·made } that thh Th(_' hulk Ctf the increase, all of the .-\rt. \\"hirh "'ill h(_· voted 011 · at the 1 age othcc cxp 1atntng· the ~trcum- prarttcc ts (·~J~nsJvc Ill t 1e extreme remaining . seventy-five cents, w~s gl'ncral villagl' election April 20 . pro- j :-.tanct:s to tho:'e who w_anted ttlc con- wc~t of th<: Y~lla~e and that there are divided between the state, county, samYides that an\· municipalitY wishing· to structtOtl. On the mot10n of TrtL tee sc!me ca. e~ wtt~1m the confies o~ the tary district. forest preserve, and tak(' <t(h·antagt of thi:-. ac:t. mav ~·lert 1 !'au] :\. Hofft.nat~ _the matte~ was \'lllage, exclus1ve <.:>f the ternt~1r y :--rhools. to do so hY a majoritY Yote . The act 1 ~erred t.o the JUdiCiary commtttee wtth I form<.·rly knO\:·n. a~ Gr~ss Po1!1t. 1 Expenses Held Close ;tuthorize:; ·a levY oi -a maximum tax m~tructw_n. _to dra~v up an amencl.ment ~ \fcth~d . of. elumnat~ng thts practt.ce · "Con~idering the increased re... f ont' and 0 ; 1c-third mills. \\·hich 1 to the ln_uldmg ordmance to permtt thl' ~lY " ·tthhol<h.ng pe_rnuts_gr ?Y reqUtr -1 ~pon:-;ihilities, including annexed terriamounts to onlv about $1.33 f(lr each tt:-e of ttlc. ! 111g prn;-;ptcnn' builders to sign 'dagree - tory. 11C\\. lighting system, street re~l()() ta"· <.·( 1 · WI. 11 gl\'(_· . tl 1(.' to use etc . , the expenditures have .., c · .::e~ pav· . Tl liS I menb not I. . 1 garages I l 1 as res1 ences f !>air" < · · · village nearly- $7,000 to he u:-.ed for ' Vote to Regulate Parking 1 "ere < 1 ~cussec .. an< t e success 0 heen held within remarkably close play and recreation. j , ~Hher rommunttte:-. su~h as Elmhurst limits. )J'o one would have anticipated " r 'd tl t tl L' at Woman S Club at Once 111 the matter was rec1ted by Trustee at the hcrrinning of .. he ,cear that the Th e Pia n P ov1 es 1a 1c ..,.,c 1 100 1 f> A. H 0 ff 'I'l < t--o ' .J hoard, the Park board and the Vitlage Bec~n.ts~· ot _congestion oi traffic in 1 au 1 · · _man. le matter was expenditures for the first nine months 7 trustees join hands under this gentle- t~w vtcnllty ot the, \Voman's cluh. <~t 1 rdern·.~l t~ \ tllage Attorne~ Jackson: of this fis~al year wo_uld exceed the t ' t t .d t 1 enth ..;trett and (Jreenlcaf an·nue tt \\ ho \\ <l:-. tnstructed to make a stud\ corrcspondtnrr expenclttures for the n~n. s agrcctmend 'tot pro.vt e af was de~icled la..;t TuesdaY e\'ening .h" , of the kgal aspect of the situation. - last · \·e·tr 1~- o.nl\· $11 ?S300 This mtmmum cos an w1 1 maxtmum e ficiencv play and recreation facilities the ~ tllagc hoard t? put mto ~ffcct tmmoney was spent for street work, adand te;dership that will place \Vii- t~ledJatcly th(_ park!ng :egulatton:-. out- Rev. W. F. English Will ditional cost of maintenance of new . sectJOI1 Speak at Church o.·nner li~Ihting S\"Stem ditches me tt e 111 s t ep WI·tt 1 l~ · \"ans t 011, \V.Jn- lmecl . for ·k. that T r ' 1n the ' proposed I\ ' .·. . . OJ)ening -. . in netka and scores of otb 'r progre sive n.et\' pa.t mig . orlc mlance .lno\\~·ll1lllc c r" ~~n\\est \N tlm<.'ttt·. repalnng- curhs. cut't' stc cratl()n >~ t 1e >Oarc. t age ~H<ln\I embers and friends of the First ting awa,· Sheridan road corners etc communt tes. . ager C. C . Schultz. \Yas instructec) to see l'<,ll1gregational church will join in a "It has i>cen thought necess~~Y t~ Foresee Approval that the . . e regulattons were put tnto ef- family dinner in the parlors of the · · · t t 1 '1'1 1 1 f 1 ·11 : ~ · d . ,1 sn >mlt t 1 11s report 1 >erause mtss a e1<' 1earty approva o t 1e VI age feet clunng t11nes \YIH'n 111l'etmgs at the church \Yeclncs ay cvcnmg, ..v arch 24. ' I 1 officials. the . peed with which 1,113 club cau~·{, d traAic congestion in the at 6:30 o'clock. The principal . peaker nwnt.... 1tave 1H~t·n sprea< a 1>r?a< · -.ignaturc~ were obtained to the peti- vi·r init~· . Tht· parking c i:dinance. which oi the evenig \\·ill be the Rev. \V. F. ~igned: tion, and the many favorable com- i~ a comprehen:-in· plan for the whole English, Jr., mission executive, whose Earl F.. Orner, ments of ci\'ir leaders seem to indi- hu:-;iness district. include:; provisions for ~uhject will be, "The New Plan of Mis Yillagc President. catc the mO\Tment wi·ll meet with a parking in this section 'vhich are (\X- :-.ionar~· Administration." Mr. English Signed: cordial welcotn(.' . The final test will preted to relievr the situation when the i:-. a re-..idcnt of \Vilmelte and active in John Clark Baker, ordinance i..., pa~ . . ed and hccomL's d- the affair of the local Congregational Chairman of Finance (Continu(.'d on page 43) 'fecti\·c. i church. committee." I 'r .,,.c I 1' 4 a I · ut re-. 1 p er1nit uSe of H 11 T ·1 · · t e tn Local Building ·? C. j ( I se of Garages as Homes Newest Village Problem I :c- I I ?· · · .- · · · ' · - · .. · ,- · · · I i