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============~============~==~========~==========~ June 18,1926 WILMETTE LIFE 3· GIRLS' SPORTS HAVE AT BANKERS' MEETING Springfidd · M. Appel, Preaidebt of Firat NaGOOD YEAR AT N. T. J. tional Baak, Attends Sessions at At Convention ·NORTH SHORE STUDENTS AMONG U. OF t GRADS Wilmette, Hubbard Woods ancl Glencoe Represented in Commencement This Week Practically every nook and corner of the great state p{ Illinois ha<i one or more of its young people obtaining degrees from the University of Illinois this sp ring. The total number of degrees conferred hv the universitv at this time on those. young vvomen ·and men who have finished satisfactorilY the work ref!ttired of them will approximate 1890. The first of these \\"Cre conferred la st Fridav at the commencement exercises held i;1 Chicago for the graduates of the Cnivcrsity's College of Medicine, College of Dentistry, and School of PharmaC\·. These totaled 3-1-l. By far the grra'ter number was granted Monday, lunc 14. at Champaign. when the fiftyfifth annual commetlt:ement took place. The total to receive degrees from the l·rhana-Champaign departments of the university approximated 1550. The baccalaureatf' address at Champaign Sunday, June 13, was given hy Bishop Edwin H- Hughes,. of t~e Chicago area, of the Methodist Eptscopal church, who is a resident of \\.ilmette. Korth . !Jore students who were among the graduates included: Wilmette-\Vinifred J. Adkins, A. B.; Elizabeth B. Cullen, A. B.; Albert L. Rand, A. B. : Raymond A. Seng, A. M.; Marv E. Sprague. B. S.; Robert Swa~m, LL. R.; Vivian F. Weedon, A. B. Hubbard \Vood s-Jack H. Hazlehurst, B. S.: Helge B. Norain, B. S. Glencoe-Max D. Englehart, M. S.: Frances M. Wright, A. B. Paul B. Bass of Wilmette received the degree Ph.G. in the university's School-of Pharmacy in Chicago. . More Than 200 Girls Have Taken Part in Swimming, Soccer and Other Sports . The girls' athletic · department at New Trier high school has just compl<.:ted the most successful year of its history, it was announced this week. ~tatistics show that of the 600 girls 111 the school one-·third have tak~n part in the various sports offered at ::t\ew Trier. It is the aim of the department to increase this tlumber to one-half, and finally to reach the point where even· girl is participating in sonic game at least one night a week. Their plan is to hare e\·cryonc enjoy the games and take part in them, because of the pka surc they derive from the sport. ft i:" vny interesting to t1ote how lllany girb have recci,·ed recognitiC!n i11 the paq y.:-ar for their part in athletic:" and approxilllatt'h· how manY han participated in each· sport. · Thtre \\'ere 43 girls given numcrab fnr 111aking l10ck\· teams and ten rec(:in:d points to.\rard Girls' Athletic a~:-.ociation mcllll>crs!Jip. There were about 25 Clt!Jer.., who participated in the game. hut did not receive recognition, IIJaking a total of 75 girls interested 111 !Jockey alone. Many Sporta Popular ~occer was represented equally well, 45 receiving numerals, 28 G. A. A. credit with 25 other participants, making a total of 98 girls. In swimming 12R were given numerals, and 82 G. A. A. credit. It wa~ e~timatrd that nearly 135 girls in ali' took some active part. Life saving also had a :-;uccessful sca~on, 19 rcceiYing their em hlems and 22 G. A. A. credit. Ba;;;ketball \Yas probably the biggest ~uccess it a sport is judged by the numhcr participating. Out of the 250 that ;;;igned up 29 rccci\·ed numerals and 124 G. A. A. credit. Baseball followed with 100 girls taking part of whom 43 received numerals and 46 G. A. A. credit. The department has many plans for improvement next year and one of these will he the addition of archery, volleYball and track to the activities. A -second assistant, Miss Iris Baulton, a gra<luate of Northwestern university, will be added to the department. t .... '-~ I , ~I ,· I President ]. M. Appel of the First National Bank of Wilmette, accom panied by Mrs. Appel, left for. Springfield, Ill., Wednesday of this week to attend the thirty-sixth annual convention of the Illinois Bankers' association in session there this week, with headquarters at the Hotel Abraham Lincoln. An elaborate program has been prepared. ~1 r. App~l is the leading candidate for the nfticc of \'ice-president anrl, it is expected. ,,·ill he elected on Frida\'. He entered the ronYention with the endorsement of nine ni the ten official groups. ~rr . .\ppel is a nati,·e of Illinois. H(' is president of the Highland Park State Bank. the Fir:"t Xation<d Bank of \\ ' ilmette and Dniad\\·a,· Xational r. an k of Chicago. He has been fol" .n·ar~ arti\·c in l,anking association \\·ork and. in ]()!-L \\·as Yicc-pr·e sidcnt ior lltinois of the .-\merican Banker~· :t:"~(lciatic·n . He is also a director of the nankers' \futual Ttburance compan~·. For fourteen yl'ars ).f r. :\ppcl w<1s . ~· connected with the :"tate hankiwr de]. ).f. Appel, prestdent of the hrst partrnent and he is h~· prnfrssf~m :1 ~ational B~nk of \\'ilmc.tte~ is attend~ certifted puh.lic accountant. ltng the sesstons of the flltnots Bankers association in Springfield, 111., this I \Yeck. ).[r. Appel is receiving- a strong hacking for the office of vice-president of the association. j .. I Held to Grand Jury 1f7hen Taken With Stolen Car Kenilworth Field Edward Fa he~·. of EYan~ton, "·as held ·D ay W tnners · G et to the grand jun· on $2.000 bonds bv _\olic-e ~fagistrate D. E. ~1~_cke~: la~t Cups and'· Medals r ue:o;day on a charge of l1av1ng l11s . 111 Engraved si!Yer loving cups were presented to hoy and girls in each of three classes who were the high point ·winne rs in the annual field dav of the Joseph Sears school, Kenilworth, last week. Those who received the cups were as follows: Arthur ~{cl ntosh and Jane Scott in class A (over 100 pounds); Boh fiutchens and Marjorie Thorsen in class B (RS-100 pounds): \\·oodrow \Yilson and Ruth Johnston, Juniors (under RS pounds). Sterling si lver medals for second This .Sat11rdav will he picnic day for high point winners in the various classes were presented to Carl Schroe- t\\'O Vvilmette Chur~;h schools-providder, Charlotte Hamilton. Hilda Swan- ing the weather man holds off his reson. George Scott, Marjorie Smythe, cent weekend specialty of cloud-bursts -and the Glenview Forest Preserves Claude Phirtips, and Jane Mcintosh. will be the scene of all the frolicking. Bronze medals for third high point The First Presbyterian church will winners will go to Tom Hicks, Eunice nainted and the eng-in f.' and ho<h num- \Vilson, Hinman Bisbee. Agnes Fraser, hold its annual Sunday school outing hers changed, the police said. . Alexander Newton, Teallie \Vilson. The in the Preserve and has plans for an afternoon and evening chock-full of cups and medals are donated by Kenii- fun, with games, competitive event.sr. The six weeks' summer school ses· worth citizens and were presented by plenty of in-between eats, and a btg Robert 'I'ownley, director of physical U t ~don of the \:Vilmette schools will open education in the Kenilworth school. supper at 6 :30 o'clock on the list. The Monday morning, June 21. One of the Resurfacing of streets in the village This was the seventh annual field day u-;ual lemonade will be in evidence and special courses added to the usual cur- that have become outworn with many held by the school. all the families in the parish have been riculum will he manual training for ~·ears' usage was a suhject of discussion urgently requested to participate in hoys of the fourth grade or higher brought up by President Orner at the the festivities. grades. This will be in charge of Villag-e board meeting Tuesday evening Children in the Sunday school of t~e Lester Ball ~nanual training teacher at of this week. \Vilmette Parish Methodist church wtll the Logan and Howard schools. AnIt was President Orner's ~xpressed also eujoy their annual outing this Sa~ other special course will be a kinder- oninion that stens to repatr these Several alley paving . projects were ur<lav in the Glenview Preserves. Thts garten and first grad~ in charge of thoroughfares, of which there are sev-~ approved this week hy the Village party begins in the morning and will Mrs. Hoi las Gilbert. The regular rate 1 eral.-including important highwa~·s- hoard of local improvements. Resolu- include dinner and supper in the outof $2.50 a week for the course will be: must he taken without delav. In most tions for paving were adopted by the of-doors. An extensive program of chargerl and a child may be registered instances, he said, it would . he neces- hoard as follows: first alley west of games and contest features is planned for any length of time, it "ras an- sary to level foundations and relay Broadway from Isabella street to for the day. nounced. hricks. He asked that the hoard mem- Crescent place: first alley south of hers to consider this impenriing · ioh Greenleaf avenue between $ixth a_nd ~eriously and to make inf!uiries re. g-ard- Seventh streets: first alley south of Ltning the best method to pursue in se- rlen avenue between Fourth and Eighth curing the most effective improvement streets: first alley southwest of Park Dr. Gilbert Stansell, pastor of the of the streets. avenue from \Vashington avenue north Alfred Walberg, living at the Central Wilmette Parish Methodist church, will to Vattmann park. hote'l 629 Main street, fell from the give the sermon at the Community LEGION MEETS TUESDAY roof 'of the George C. Kroll residence Sunrlay Evening service to be held in \Vilmette Post of the Ameriran ASKS GAS STATION PERMIT at 1023 Greenwood avenue, Thursday that church this Sunday at 7 :30 o'clock. Legion will meet in re,:rular session Lachlan McLean, owner of the prop- morning of last week, while repairing This service is one of a series held at Tuesday . evening, June 22, at 8:15 ertv on th~ southeast corner of Wil- some metal work and sustained a fracthe Methodist church and in which o'clock in St. Augustin,.'s club house. mette and Ridge avenues, which is tured skull and tw0-1Jroken wrists. He several churches are co-operating. Dur- 1126 \Vilmette avenue. This will be the zoned commercial, requested the Vil- was attended by Dr. Lester E. Mee ing May similar services were held at final Post meeting of the season, or lage board, at its meeting last Tuesday and taken to the St. Francis hospital, the Wilmette Baptist church. Everyone until next September. Special entertain- evening, to permit him to instal1 a fill- where it is thought he will recover. in the village is cordially invited to at-~ ment has been announced for the occa- ing station. The matter was conferred Walberg was employeri hy A. Koch, tend the worship. sion. to the Zoning Board of Appeals. 511 Fourth street. had apprrhenderl him earlier rn the week with an aut(·mohile alleged to have been stolen in April from A. T. ~f urph~·. 332 Elder lane. \Vinn etka. The car was parked in the front of St. Francis' church. Xinth street and Linden a\'Cnue. \vhen it was stolen. Sf.'veral daYs ago ~f urphy sa,,· the machine on Sl1eridan road ncar the drainage canal bridge. He notified the \Yilmette police and Fahey was arrested. He asserted that he owned an automohi I~ repair shop anrl that the car had been brought in hy a Rogers Park man for repairs. According to the police he · Ia ter changed his ston· and sa id that he had hought the car and that he had a hill of sale. The machine had been re- po~session a stolen automobile. Police Picnic Time on Tab for Church Schools Tomorrow Afternoon Wilmette Summer School Offers Special Courses Must Fix Up Streets Omer T eIIs T r s ees Board Approves Several Alley Paving Projects Methodist Church Scene of Community Service Suffers Skull Fracture in Fall from Residence