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WILMETTE LIFE A Weekly News-Magazine for Wilmette and Kenilworth \\'IL~lE'l'TE, \iO L. XV, :t\0. 32 ILLINOIS, MAY 7, 1926 TRUSTEES INAUGURATE C. W. Leggett NEW MUNICIPAL ANNUM New Head of Appointment of Committees and Village Officers Business of First Session marke~l I BOYS IN FULL GALLOP .__ _ _....;.......__ IN BIG SALES DERBY Eagle Scout Dies \·"· PRICE FIVE CENTS Local Police l'ltark!- \\·.· Leggett, chief <tf police :tt F,·a11.-.·ton for ten years, " ·ho kit that JHhition ah<t ut a year ago, \\'a s apJ·r,intt·d \\'i lntdt c Superintendent of pr.Jire by \ ' illagc Pre sident Earl E. Orner at t h<· first meeting of th e Ill'\\' \ 'i lia!.!<· board of tru stres Tues daY l'\'t·nin!.! . Cli thi.., we ek. . Lt·ggett is 110 strangtr tn \\'ilmtttt . ha\'ing a large circle eIi j r il'1H1S i11 t hi" l'Oilllll tlll it\' . Jl iS I: Xct ll e11t re-cord \Yith th e E,:ansto11 dc partm tnt prompttd Pr esi dent Orner and hi:- <Hh·i..,ors to co n ~i der th e ap]'Ointlnl·nt ~omt timt ago. He i ~ to he in . rompll'tt charge of th e local <l epartntcl1t and thi:-; \\'t('k ~tar tcd a surH:· ()j the pulire l1t'Cd :-. ni the Yillage i<1r th t purpose of making certain ~ptciflc rc comnH:11elat ion:' to the board oi tnt:-tt<::-. in tht· ntar future. it was ~<tid. ~upcrinttndtl1t "On to Europe Campaign" Well Underway; Lots of Room for More Entries Tht har s ar(· dmYn and the race is l'\'C:ning r1f thi:- \n·ck the ionnal inauguration of a new vea r in \ \ "ilml't te Ill un icipal affairs \\'ith. th e installation oi trusttl':- ;l!ld (Jthc r officia ls eirrtcd in tiH· ;tnnu;tl Village hall (I t on :\ pri I 20. Th e occasion oi th t· in stall;tti on a~ -.un lt~d the form of an (·ntllll -, ia -. tir rail~· of the I l nme party a dhctTn.t who <' canclidatt~ \\'l'r<' ~"·ept intc, offin· hy a huge majorit~·. Simph- and hrid n·remonies accompanied tlw fortnal induction of thrc t tru stee :-- J oh n Clark Baker, Clarence E. Drayer and f<,hn F. \Vi edlin , all of \\'lwtn were n ·~·kctc·d. an d oi Yillage ckrk X. J. ~1ilkr . tht· onlY nc"· official to b e ~c-at < ·el. Lending c.olor to the· proceeding-, wa.., a large gro up of chi ldren from th e C'('ntral ~rhoo l who attended the board -..<·..,-.ion to st ud,· th e operation of a rottncil "es-.ion .. TIH·\· came to in\'estigat(' :tiHl remai ned t(; c!H·<·r lo udly atHl Jon!.! (1\'l'r the festive ocra-,ion. Their < ·nt .hu-.ia·.tll prompted Pre..;idcnt Ornrr to n ·-..p(lnd with a hrid talk that ;tgain brought forth more and more cheers oi npproYa l. lue~day ~in the gr<:at contest for New Trier High school boy s. with a free trip to Europe without one cent of expense to them, as the ob jective. Chid Leggl'tt ha~ bern ~~ re si dent of E\·an..,t(Jn for 28 year..:. Prior to hi s ro~111 ect ion with the 1 ~ \'an q nn depar t nH:nt he '"as a~sociated ,,·ith the Your abilitY as salesmen '"ill deterKnickerbocker lee cnmpat'1~· anrl latn mine whethe~ YOU are to hC' included \Yith Armour an<! company in officia l a s one of the ·three. Lloyd E. Holliscap;tcities. Hl' is an expert in directter, Inc., publisher of Wtr.\n:1·n: LIFE. Appoints Committees \Vr)iN~TKA TAr.K ami Gu::-;cm: N1-:ws. Bu~int'" ' oi th.i: outgoin~ !>(lard \\·as ing 111cn and i.., rq:,rardt'tl h\· local ofcli -- ]l l' ll' t·d \\'ith in ' ht1rt nrclcr anrl. frd - ficial~ a..: a .J larticnlarh·· excvlknt New Better Government Organization ha s pro\'ided the o~portunity .to. se ll Invites Citizens to Hear Ralph Par- hi . publications-taking ~ uhscnptwns. lrmin g :1 hrid ret'("- '· tl tt llC\\' hoard cltflirl' . I lv i. . marril'd ;ind ha-.. a lette Monday . a nd th e thre e boys- one in vViltnette. Jlrnrt-vdl'd intll lt'tliatt·l .\· \\ith tlw hu~i <buglttvr \\·lw i. . ; 1 :-tucll' ttt ·at . ·orth niH' in \Yinn r-tka and one in Glencoelll'"' (\i t ltl' 11t'\\' Yt'~r \\ hirh l"< ·lllpri-.t·d \\l'"'\l·rn uniYn..:it,·. It i-. undcr-.tflcld BY W. C. R. · 1n ·c· .rdim~ the ~TI'att·:-: 1 amount of sa Jr ..:. t· r ::Jt' i]' :tl h t(t l' :tiiJ ICi itt!tt ll'tlt c1J -.tancl - tl i;!l tht· ia11 1i h· \\ill -<HI\1 ll ltJ\'(' tc· \\' il1-. \\'ilttlt·ttv in thl' l ' nitcd ~tall', ;1 \'.ill he thl' \\'in iH' r ' . i l t~ l' ti ll! ll li(tl't" , a / tJit illl( t'Olllllli"i rlt l. 111 ('\tt' . c ·J'\..:.tit in ti tJil <·i tltt' ht 1 :trd c1i lm·:t! imII the cb~:-- in gc<,graphy had 1< 1 Lists Still Open ha . . t· it-. rep],- t(l th;t t qul':-tinn tlj) (lll llr .. ,·,·tl tl'lll" :tttd :tppe,inttlllllt ni YilTlH· . . ;tlt"·11l:tn-.hi1, li:-;t" arc . ; till open. Begin Work of Widening tih· intl'l'l':-t . . [HJ\\ll h~ tn;tn~ .~i it' · l:t ~ ~ · t~fliri;tk 'l'll' 'rl' j .. Yd ti11 1L' !(l ~- et into the con'l lll· \ ' illat.:t· J,,l;trcl rn11 1 1 1t; tt·l aliL 1lrv--i<il-111.. in t'krti<·ll:th v all :"\l'f ' Central Business Streets "l lllld 1)('- "\<J . \I an, · tlf then! hra~· nn test. .\ 11_,·. h(ly at tlH' high sc ho<:l 11l t'l1! \'.:t- ;t111l·ll1lll't·d :t -- f<dlt·\\' J,~:\dual ,,.t,rk <Ill tilL' ,,-idcning ot \\Til- thl'ir 11011 _,-r, ti ng ;,acti ,·itit'.-.. ." They ' ' h(l"t' srlwla:-tir -.tanding i.; 0 . K .. 15 l't \ . . id· ·nt nrnvr: ·tt ·· ·tlt<.l ('t·lttt·.·tl , ·t,···tltll' .'· 1.11 til" · 1;ttl'C 1 t 1ll'llhl' 1\·es (Jlllll' · ·· t<, l·ntn. l·>· er~- ..:alcsman ' tll( Fi tl:t ll l' l' ('11l l1ttli ltl'< Jtd tn Cl:trk ' , ' ' ··· " ·11 - "l'l'lll t(l 1 l:l\'l' 1:-;0 ' li ·-.··ihk · paid i<,r hi -. \\·Nk accor d ing to I\:tl.;:n . Lh Ill' I' I> . 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Dt·Bt'r:trcl. n :ra\:tlitl:l prt·par;tl!lr_,. tn }a _, · 1n~ tht · alltt · ll~ the JlJ(l-.t t·tTn·tin· irit'IHI.; th < tltc corrupt pn liticians h:t\'t'. Fn·n the See Belgium and Holland t 'l:t r l' 11 r t · F.. J) r a'.,.r a 11 d I' a ul :\. IT < dT Jl it\'t'llll'lll Otl that tltm·<H1 ~ hiarc. tll;tll : l'uldic . ~l'nirl' c(lntnlitteL'·~inlu!L t i H· <·It:-.ly. Ct1i l tral'lors !~egan iact tltat till':· arc the vi ctint:-. nf th eir l Inllancl i.' \ll lliqtH·. The arc.h itecl'hrcnn· F. Dr:tn·r. Eitner D . Til'ckcr tlw \\(Irk ()11 tlH· p;l\·ing oi tht· a lle y m\·n ina ctiYit~· dew ~ not seem tn mak e tun·. the \\intlmilk canals. great ! t d \\. . \ \. . D l' n~. r :t r c1 : st r (' (' h ;[ 11 cl .\ !- hL·I\\tTil Cl'ntral and Crn·nkaf aYL'- them con-.ciou~ t·i :l ttir fnolishnL· ~s and <lain· fanlb. pt·ru li: tr customs and ]( · \' ~ Ctll1 !tllittl'('- l <lhn F. \\'~t·d li n. l ohn litH' :- . lll'gkrt . drt·s·..,. all arl' n·r:· interesting-. Tt is l. h r k I~ ;[ k l' r. p a.ll l :\. lT () rf Jl l at I : .i tl d iTht·rdnn: . ol l'<·ttr:-c. Y"ll arl' _ L(oing a nation of thriity peoplr who have T ltl' " ·idl'niltl." prr,jcrt will he in full to. lw "anHlllg' thn~c prr:-;cnt" at th e fnrn·ct;tr.' · Ctlltlmittl' < ·-Pattl A . JToiTm;tn. d the -.ca to gin' tlwm a home John Clark Bak er aJ1d J ohn F. \\ 1 it· d - '\\ i11g "ithin ;uwtlwr week. it \\'as ~.tr<'at riYir dinner tn he gi\'l'!l ttnckr and fmni:-h ;1 li n·lihnotl. One . lwuld ~aid. and thl' impn~n·n·ll'llt \\'ill haH' lin . the au:-pit't·:-; oi n al Yn tt·rs at th e First Yi~it Th e 1Ta~ue " ·ith it ~ Peace Palbeen complet ed \\'hilt> the ::;umnH'r i.., l' o ng-r t· ·..;;tt innal rhurrh ~fonday night . acr. fine ga llery and thr famous Name Zoning Boa,rd .-. till y(lung. it i:.; ~aiel. \I :t\' 10. :tt () :30 u'r lork. hrach at SrlwHningen: 'Am sterclam \ ' illaL!t' Prl'sident Orner appointed Tltnt· "ill !Jt' ;1 !t il (If n ·i dt'll t't' that \\'ith it s galll'n' an<l diamond s l 10 p ~: tl!l' ioll<1\\·ing .llH'lllht·r s to f(l!llpri..;t the· u ·rh the ca nal ~ to \\'i l111cttv is <tt·tuall)· in the C nit c<l tah· a hoat thn 1 Attention Boy Scouts! \\ ·i l tlll't t t· Z 011 in g Co mm i ~ s ion : Hoht·rt ~tocl<lard. chairman: \Villiam The H. oo~e ,· clt troop inYitcs S tates - and 111ure than that - it is lo- Brock and ~r 01111 ikendam and to the ra t ed in Cook CPUilty in the sufTcring Tsk of ~farkcn in the Zui<ler Zee . T . llap cma n. Alhcrt L. ~frKeighan. all other noy Scout troops in ..,tate of Tllinoi ~. Thi.., dinner will he A frw dav s anwn~ this interc..;ting · Dr. Lloyd C. :\~· n's and Frank Huffth e villag-e to a ttencl the mem - one oi th e most i1nportant L'ven ts of people i:-; ,;·ell worth the time. man . orial scrv ic (·:-; for Bradford if~ kind C\' ef held in thi s to\\'n hec:-tuse \ 'i ll agt app(lintt'l"- "ere ;m nottnrl·cl Brn sse b i~ tlw rhid point of inter · as fo lln\\·~: 11 uhun. Eagle Scout and as so-: it \\·ill he notice to the politician~ tkt t est in Bclg·iunl. An intcre~ting- da . " \\'ilm ctte i~ \'itall~· intere sted in tht· C'. C. ~rhultz. ~ upnin!l·I!Cltnt oi pubciatc scoutmaster of that cause o i Better Cnn' rnm en t. mav he ~pe nt ,· i~i·ini! the old ?" ttild lic \\'(lrl.:-..: ( 'l,:trll'~ I! I ark~t11l, \'ill:tgc tn.lOp. '"h o passed a\Yay TuesThe actual area of the plan: limit..: hOl;:-; cs. gallerie::;. Tir ;\ationalr whrn· :t 11 nrm·~· : l·:Cltllt"1 ·1 II KtTr, \ ' ilh L."r collector: Dr . 1·: . 1 ·:. ~f oon.>, health da,· of thi s \\·cck. to be held in the numlwr nf ti1<1 SC' prc:->cnt to 255. Edith Ca\'ell \\'a-. ···"Xcrtltccl and the th.c First Congregational ancl for tlwt reason it is " ·isc to g<'t manv in teres! in g :-ide trin-. arc the colllP,.lissinncr: Charl <·s \\·. L<'ggdt. Ftan.clers Hat tldidd . Batt k field~ of ~ ttperinkncl rnt o f polir<' : \\'a lt er II. church Sunday a ftcrnoon, l\Ia.' your rcscn·atinn..: in now if yon have \:Vaterloo . )l rtli nc..; \\'ith its ancient ;,ot a lreach- dcllll' :-n. :-\carl\' all the Zihhlt. sup trintrnclcnt (Jf th l' Fire· <k 9, at 4- o'clock. Troops will as- t irkets han· lH'<· n ~ol<l. Call up \Vii- cathedral. tlw in t er<·~tiJW old city of partment: \\" . .1. ~hilcy. chief elecse mble in the ba se ment of the met te %2- 1~ - NO\V . You will hear Burge s and Clwnt \\'ilh its beautiful trician: J. E. t.'llmnton. a..,:--i:-.tant t·h·cCongrcga tional church before one of tl1c mo st rntcrtaining talkers buildings. tririan: Erne st \\'hi tc. sup er int end e nt Both H olland and nl'lgium are of this countr~·. R a lph Parlette, dis (if streets: G<·orge .!\cithaYcr, inspec - : the se rvices. trchi tecture. cu.:;s the que~tion "Swat the Sn ake." rich in art and < tor. Bradford\\·. Hutson, a~sis t ant ~Ctlltt of Ro ose \'l~ lt Troop . \.'ongrc gational church, di ed sudd enly Tttl..':-;day aitcr an illne ss of two \\'ct'ks. ).f<.·mor ial ~c· n ice -. " ·ill he held at the Cohgre.~ational church Sunda~- aftnnoon. \lay o. at ~ o'clock ma ~tcr The race is on ly fairly begun. It is not at all improbable that among the three who finally win , may be founcl the name s of tho se who may yet enter. Can you roncctvc a more delightful su1mner' s \'acation than to be numbered among the J.loyd Hollister publicati on< victorious tri o, aboard the state ly S. S. Pr~: s iclent Roosevelt, on June 30. as . he steams out of New York harbor for foreign land s, with vour itinerary all planned, expet.l ses provided for and eve ry yout hful an ticipation for travel realized? VOTERS HOLD DINNER I 1 ; I