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September 24, 1926 WI L M E T T E. L I F E NEXT WEEK IN WILMETTE (Recorded at the Chamber of Commerce) Friday September 24 7 :30 p. m. Wilmette Chapter R. A. M. Masonic hall. Tuesday, September 28 12 :15 p. m. Luncheo.n, Wilmette Optimist club. Lake Shore Terrace. 8 :15 p. m. Guilmette Council No. 922 Knights of Columbus, Odd Fellows hall. Wednesday, September 29 12:15 p. m. Luncheon, Wilmette Rotary club. Guilmette Country club. . Thursday, September 30 7 :30 p. m. Wilmette Lodge No. 931 A. F. & A. M., Masonic hall. 8:00 p. m. A. T. Sherman Lodge No. 892 I. 0. 0. F., Odd Fellow~s hall. Friday, October 1 7:30 p. m. Wilmette Chapter, R. A. M., Masonic hall. 8:00 p. m. Wilevansbrook Encampment, No. 177 I. 0. 0. F., Odd Fellow's hall.· · , 'ANNOUNCE TICKET SALE FOR MATINEE CONCERTS Firat Program to Be Given by Symphony Orchestra on Monday, October 18 REUGIOUS EDUCATION . "Need Your Help,, Chief Tells SCHOOL OPENS OCT. 26 Police Local Rotarians "It is the business of . the police to keep people out of jail, not put them there," Chief of Police Charles W. Leggett declared in a talk before the · . , Wilmette Rotary club Wednesday of The Wilmette School of Religious this week. Educ.a~ion,· under auspices of the WitI!1 substantiat_ion. of his statement mette· Council of Religious Education Cht~f Leggett . mdtcated t~at of 500 and approved hy the International statton com_Plamts of vaned assortCouncil of Religious Education will ment reachmg the local department open ·at the Central school, Tenth since he .b ecame its .directing : head street and Central avenue, Tuesday la~t M~y, all were adJus~ed sattsfact.evening, October 26, and will he in ses- only wtthout once resortmg to arrest. sion each Tuesday night for six weeks. A~tual arrests, most of them on very The sessions will begin at 7:45 and mmor o~enses numb~red 126 over close at 9:40, it is announced. that penod. These mcluded traffic The following Wilmette churches are rule .infractions, he said. · co-operating in this venture: Baptist, \htef Leggett appeal~d to the RoCongregational, Episcopal, English tana.ns to. co-operat~ m every way l.!Jtheran, Methodist Episcopal and posstble wtth t.he poltc.e rlepartment to and Presbyterian. the end that tts ser~tce to. the ~omF our sp Ien tl .d t courses WI'11 t... ·Je o f - munitv ffi . · may become mcreasmgly more fered, it is explained. Dr. W. Edward e "cWtent. t , h pla'n 1 -f Raffetv, editor of the International " e are your servan s, ek ex ·1 f R 1· · Ed t' ' 1 1 ed and we want you to n1a e use of J ourna o e tgtous uca ton, wt '. · , · · "Ch urc h S c h oo 1 us m .furthenng t 1 1e oest mterests o d. tree t tl1e courses m · Ad · · t t · " D R ff t ·n 1 our vtllage. The department ts not t mml~ ra ton£ tl r. ha le Y wt a so operated for revenue, but to be of ser1e sc 00 · ac as ean Q vice t.o the citizens. \Ve need your An interesting course in "New Testa- co-operation." ment" will ~e offered by Prof. W. D. Five burglaries have been comSchcrmerhorn of Garrett Biblical in- mitted in \Vilmctte since last April, sti,~ute. . . . , . Chief Leggett informed the Rotarians. The Pnnctples of Teachmg wtll bel Four of these were nerpetrated in the t~ught by Mr . Johnson, w~ll ~nown ! afternoon or early evening hours, and dtrcctor of .Reltgtous Educat10~~ 111 Ev- I one took place after daylight in the ansto~~· ':·hllc the study of Adoles- i morning. . cence w1~l be offered by Prof. Nor- j An average of eighty homes a man ~· .Rtchardson,. of t.he department month reported unoccupied by their of relt.glou~ education 111 Northwest- owners leavii1g the village for exern ttlli\'Crs1ty. . . . tended periods on vacation, were The . e ~ourses. wtll he of spec1al m- watched day and night by the police. terest t.o all chur~h . w.orkers and all ; Not one of these homes was molested, adults mtercsted m Btble s.tudy and the chief stated. modern methods of aggresstve work, ------it is pointed out. Special folders, giv· II ing- more detailed inf6rmation, are be- Baptists Hold Ra Y at in~ printec~ this week and will be ~isServices September 26 tnhutcd 111 all the co-operatmg R ll D . d · the 1 a y ay wt 11 1 )e o )serve 111 . 1· c IHtrc I1cs next S · un d ay. A coreI1a mr· B · h S d , Se )1 vitation is extended to all adult church tlmette a~ttst c ltl~C un a)' l members to a,·ail themselves of this temb~r 26, ·with specta.l pr?grams apopportunitv for advance along spiritual , propnate to the occas1on 1!1 the Sun. , day school at the mornmg church 1mes. hour and at t h e young peop le ' s mee t · · · ings. "The First Rally Day" will be Wilmette Legton Ctted tl1e theme of the sermon given by the for Membership Increase pastor, Re,·. r-:rancis C. Stifl.er, at tl:e · r· Approprtate mus1c 1 11 o'clock servtces. 1lmc~te Post 1 will he given by the choir under the . At the mcetlllg ~o. -+11. of the Amencan Lcgton,· h~ld direction of Uadamc Gilderoy Scott. T'u~day. September 21. former dtstrict committeeman Fred V. Maguire nre:;ented the Post with a citation for REORGANIZATION DAY incrl'asing its 1925 membership h~· Reorganization Day will he ohscn-ed March. 192o. 1 The Post now has 102 in the church school of the First Conn~emhcrs; the . tate of Tllinois now gregational chur.ch Sm~rlay nw.rni~1g, leads the countr~· in Legion meml)er- September 26, w1th sessions bcgmnmg ship. having I 0.000 more members than at 10 o'clock. Preparations will be last vear: the . cventh district, · of made at this time for annual Rally Day whicl~ \\'ilmctt~ Post is a part, show~ in the sc hool, -which is scheduled for an increase of about six hundred. Sunday, Octo'D~r 3. Fred Lippcn reported on the State convention. whose vote ::tgainst holding the 1027 national convention in Paris was almost unanimou". Following the business session. Prof. E. Ago"ton entertained the membership with a demonstration of mental telepathy and 'some excellent card tricks. The ;,lecting closed. as usual, with cats from 1f ac's Bo\ding lunch. Six Wilmette Protestant Churches · Co~operate in Venture; Dr. Raffety Is Dean. I · ~ i ' I\ o! \ Announce Parish Dinner at St. Joseph's, Sunday Members of the St. Mary's society ::.nnounce a Parish dinner to be served in the Parish hall of St. Joseph's church Sunda:v evening, September 26, beginning at 5 o'clock. .Dinn('r will be served from 5 to 8 o'clock. Reservations are to· be made with Mrs. John Hoffman, telephone, Wilmett e 1945. The Parish dinner is to be the first of its type in the history of the parish. It is planned to make it an annual event. Tell theN orth Shore To let a few know about what you want, · tell your friends. But use a want ad like this (on today' s classified page) if you want the whole North Shore to know. YOUNG MARRIED MAN WAN'fS work as chauffeur or generai houseman. Tel. Glencoe 326-J. Mr. Michael. Tickets for the matinee concerts by the Symphony Players of Chicago, under the direction of George Dasch, are now on sale at the various grammar schools in the· 'township. These concerts are sponsored by 'the New Trier Orchestral association and are held at the New Trier High school auditorium. The afternoon concerts are planned especially for children, but the programs will be quite as interest.ing to adults as those of the evening series and mothers or relatives of children are in~ited to attend them. The first concert will be held Monday . afternoon, Octobe.r 18. The program will be as follows : Overture-The Magic Flute .. .. Mozart ~ndante from Symphony No. 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beethoven Dance of the Nymphs and Satyrs .. . ... . ... . . G. Schumann Waltz-On the Beautiful HOLD RALLY BANQUET ·Blue Danube . . ... . ...... . ]. Strauss Marc he Slave .... . ... . .Tschaikowsky Young People's ·Groups of Baptist Second Program Church Hold Reorganization MeetThe program for the second matinee inca Thia Week concert, to be held in November, is as follows: The Rally banquet of the young peo- Overture-Oberon . . . . . . . . . . . .. \Veber ple of the \Vilmette Baptist church to- Scherza from music to "A 11idsummer Nighfs Dream" night is the opening gun of the work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mendelssohn of this group in that church this year. The Young Prince and the After several years of noteworthy Young Princess" from the achievement, the old leaders have gone Ballet Scheherazade (third and this year presents the necessity movement . . . . . . Rimsky-Korsakow of reorganization. Preparations have Valse des Fleurs, from the been under way throughout the sum"Nutcracker" suite . .. . Tschaikowski mer under the direction of Harvey N. Humoresque ... Dvorak Bowen, chairman of the sponsor's Dance of the Hours, from group of the church, and plans have "La Gioconda" ........... Ponchielli been proposed for the organizing this These matinee concerts have proved year of three societies, a Junior, an very popular in past years, especially J ntermediate and a Senior group. for younger people, for whose conLast night the Juniors met at the venience thev are arranged. The same church. A snappy program of games orchestra which plays at the evening was followed by an address by "Rail- performances is used. · There are to road Jack," and refreshments. The be four matinee concerts during the Juniors will hold their first regular season and a large attendance is exmeeting Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. pected. Tickets are on sale at the · This evening the Intermediates will New Trier high school book store and meet with the High school group. Din- mav also be purchased from any of ner will be served at 6 :30 o'clock by the. music supervisors in north shore the women of the church. Miss Ethel grammar schools . Flcntye will be in charge of the music, there will be brief remarks bv two or Hold Funeral Services three of the leaders oi forn1er \'ears for Edward Struggles and the program \Yill close with an inspirational address by the Rev. Grant Edward Struggles, 86 years old, who F. Huey, minister of educational and lived with his- daughter, Lillian, at 1620 young people's work at the Korth Spencer avenue, \Vilmette, died last Shore Baptist church, Chicago. ~fr. Tuesdav morning after an illness of H ucv is the son ·of ~1 r. and ~{ r:;. A. P. two vears. Funeral scnices were held .Hue~ of the \Vilmettc Baptist church, Thursday afternoon from the home, now. of Lemon City, Fla. Rev. James Austin Richards of the The Intermediate society, under the \Vinnetka Congregational church ofsponsorship of 1li ·s Elizabeth Buethe, ficiating. and burial was at Memorial will meet for organization Sunday af- Park cemeterY. Mr. Struggles had ternoon at 3 o'clock and the high been a reside;1t of Wilmette for the past three years, and before that reschool at 5 :30 Sunday. sided in \\'innetka for t\.venty-five vears. He is survived by one son, Invites Merchants to \Villiam G. Struggles, 609 Cherry street, \Vinnetka. and three .daughters, Aid Storm Sufferer£ Lillian, with whom he live·d, Eva, of \Villiam Taylor, president of the Los Angeles, Calif., an~ Mrs. Alec McWilmette Chamber of ~ommerce, has Nab, of Cleveland, Oh10. requested \VrL~I£TTE LIFE to sound an appeal in the name of that organizaWILMETTE BOY SCOUTS tion for contributions from \Vilmette business and profes-sional people for The first general assembly of all the relief of the sufferers in the storm . troops will be held at the Byron . stricken regions of Florida and AlaStolp gymnasium Saturday evening, bama. September 25, at 7 :30 o'clock. Completion of the tree survey and. a Any such contributions will supplegeneral survey of troop conditions ment the $250 dispatched this week by and prospects will be the order of the Wilmette Community Chest assothe evening. It is important that ciation to the Am~rican Red Cross for every officer and scout in the viirelief in the storm area. Contributions lage be present. are to be directed to F. A. Andrew, George R. Harbaugh, treasurer of the Community Chest Act. Dep. Scout Commissioner. association, Mr. Taylor advises. I'-----------------'