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WILMETT ·E VOL. XVI, NO. 18 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, JANUARY 28, 1927 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS A Weekly News-Magazine for Wilmette and Kenilworth SAYS DANGER OF FLATS COMES FROM WEST AREA Disannexation of Portion of West Territory Seen by Officials as Safety ~easure By C. E. Drayer (Wilmette . Village Trustee) Recently a real estate compan y presented to the Wilmette board of trtt :-i tees for approval four plat s of subdivision of part of territory annexed last spring. The plats were referred by the board to the Plan commission which turned them down becau se many of the lots were twenty-five feet and forty f eet wide and the.rcfore fell below the \Vilmette standards, which prm·ide a minimum of fifty feet in \Yidth \Yith a minimum depth of 160 feet. Having been turned down by the Plan commis sion, the company then a sked the board of tru stees not to approve the findings of the Plan commission but to approve the plats. A special meeting was arranged of th e trustees to which the Plan commi ss ion and representatives of the real estate co mpany were invited. An Old Question A ftcr two evenings of hard discu s. ion, each taking about three hours. the iss ue emerged in a s clear outlin e as jagged rock in the path ahead of a ship after a storm at night. It wa s the old (}ncstion of flats. The real es tat e comp a ny " ·ant s flat s. \Vilm ct t c do es not. That thi s company had sent twenty-two sale smen to put the ann ex a tion election over last spring and now. ten months later, tried eli ligen t ly to hand us flat . by submitting plat s containing a large amount of commercial cla ss ification clcarlv shows that their intere st in \Vilmett e is a dollar and cent one. "\Vhen we voted to annex that ttr rito ry," said Robert Stoddard. chair man of the Plan commi ssion. "it wa s ·with the understanding that Wilmette " ·::>t1ld con·trol it, hut now it seeks tv control \Vilmctte." In that sentrnce he expre ss rd the stand of the board of tru stee s and the Plan commi ss ion to a man . Give the Answer The conclu sion " ·a s fi nat h- reached that if the owners of the. territory ~outh ·of Lake avenue. "·est of Hibbard road and north of Glcm·iew road want flats, they \YOuld hr unhappy in \Vilmette and the situation "·ould alwavs he darv~erous to the high standards of our town. On the other hand, with Glenview f.riendlv to flats and dense population, all tl{ree parties. \Vilmette, the real estate company and Glenview, would be happv with this territorv annexed to Gl~nview. The incvitahlc conclusion was then soon reached, namely, that the people \vanting flats bring in a petition to disannex the land hetween Glenview road and Lake on the south and north and '"est of Hibbard road. :Much of this property had been sold for business beforr the annexation last spring. Its ·o wners mav stri,·e to have it zoned as business ~nd through the years collect support · as the territory builds up. If they be ultimately successful in rezoning, the political bal'lnce of power would undoubtedlv have (Continued on page 50) - TALKS TO PARENTS New Trier Principal Tells Parents of System of Car_ e of Students at Special Meeting January 25 Fn:(krick Ckrk. \rcll ktlO\ni as. the prin cipal of "X C\\' Trier high chool, spok e Tue sday ev enin g- befor e a spe . . cial mcl'ting oi mother . .; and father s of seycnth and · eighth grade students, which wa:- sponscJ r ed l)y th e Central Laurel Parent-Tea cher a s ociatio n. The ntceting wa s held at th e Byron Stolp sch uol. ~lr. Clerk 's talk wa s on the preparation nece ss ary for a ~ tudl'nt who is entering high school. ]. C. Capen, father of one of the students, was in charge of the meeting. and introduced the speaker. Mr. Capen quoted a profe ssor from the University of Wisconsin, to whom he had just been speaking, as saying that the university was always glad to h ave New Trier students. They stand out beyond othe.r gi-rls and boys who enter the university in their preparation for college and in their ability to keep up \Vith their work. 11r. Clerk responded, acknowledging hi :; pleasure at this recognition, and commented that the students· from \Yilmettc took the same place in New Trier as the New Trier student s took at th e university. 11 r. Clerk did not tak e up educati onal requirem ent s, as they are well handled, but he spoke on special things in relation to student s' interests, and told of th e ~ ,·:; tcm of th e care of student s. · Kcw Trier . tr c~s c s the social life of the student. 11 r. Clerk said, because it plays a great part in building character. By giving an important place to social life, 11 r. Clerk pointed out, the school is better able to determine the ta stes of it s students. It finds out the tastes and is better able to guide the boys and girl s. By holding the students' interest in the se matters, the school can interest them in other things, .11 r. Clerk told his audience. Emphasis is put on physical training at New Trier. Everyone participates in athletics as he can. If he is unable to make the school team in a :-;port. he makes the class or club team, in which there is great interest and competition. Miss Helene Gro:-~senbacher, who is seventh and eighth grade teacher, sang a group of songs. There was a host and hostess from each room to introduce the parents and teachers. Eve.r yone who attemJed the meeting felt rc · paid for the effort thev made to att<'nd the meeting. · Dr. H. N. McCracken, President of Vassar, Sunday Club Speaker Dr. Henry N. McCracken, p.resi- · dent of Va ss ar college, will speak at th e \Vilmette Sunday Evening club. Hi s subj ect will be "Our Young People." Dr. McCracken is well known in the educational field and, as president of Vassar college, is thoroughly and sympathetically equipped to understand the problem s of a college student a s well as of a college. Each year the Sunday Evening club ha s given one evening to the subject of "Education." Its officers count it fortunate to have secured Dr. ~r cCracken for this year. ~r adam Edith Bide au Normclli will he the soloist. AMERICANIZATION IS SUBJECT AT SERVICES National Leader in Home Mission Field to Address Baptists January 20 ECONOMY SHOP NEEDS If your children are tired of their Christmas to~s and you want to get them from under your feet, send them to Economy Shop and add to the bundle some clothing for "our children" \Yho really need warm things these cold days. You have that coat in the closet? You have not worn it this winter and we .know someone who needs it right now. \Vill you give it to us? Call 'Wilmett~ 1544 or bring your dona.tion to 1147 Greenleaf avenue. --Mrs. I. R. Adkins, Chairman. Dr. Edward A. Steiner, favorite Sun~ day EveAing club speaker in Wilmette; once threw out this challenge , to his listeners: "What will these foreigne1 rs do to Ari1erica when they get the p ow e r? They will help you save it or they will aid you in 'destroying it. It is very much in your power whether they shall be leaven or dynamite." Mrs. Edwin H. Mra. E · H . K inney Kinney, who is to speak at the morning se.rvice of the \Vilmettc Baptist church Sunday, JanOrganization of the \\: ilmette Com- uary 30, is the superintendent of a munity Chest a ss ociation for the year nation-wide program of Christian 1927 \vas effected at the annual meet- friendliness which is being carried on ing of the organization last week, with by the women of the Baptist churches the election 1f the Advisory board. across the land. In every industrial Members <- the Advison· hoard of cente.r she organizes the women of the the association ·e re chosen- a - follows: churches to visit the foreign homes, Herbert K. 1 ;1 , Hector Dodds, teach the wives and mothers there the Frank R. vVag cr, Mrs. R. E. Pattison English language, a little about AmerKline, E. B. Knudtson, \V. D . Lawrence , ican standards of hygiene and the care David Nelson, Earl E. Orner, J. H . of infants, and, above all, the desire of Schaefer, Arthur Seibold , ~[r ::-. \\-. P. the Christian church to be their friend. Seng, Dan G. Stiles. Cites Typical Case Officers for 1927 are to be elect e- d at A Russian woman once said to Mrs. the meeting of the Advisory boarcl to KinneY: "I came t.o this country when be held in the near future. I was · between 11 and 12 years of age, Report of the Chest finance showed but I was 22 years old before I came an exceptional situation, it was learned I in touch with your kind of people. By at the meeting. Unpaid pIe ci g e s that time I had lost confidence. I amounted to less than 4 per cent of ju st couldn't help it. There is such a the total amount pledged. The co st of difference between an American and operation of the drive and co s t of a Christian American." collecting pledges was less than 4 pe·· Mrs. Kinney is herself the daughter cent of the amount collected. All of a pioneer home-missionary and was charities provided for in the annual born in the fastnesses of the Rocky budget were taken care of in full. mountains. After her graduation from Records of the second year of the Dennison university, she married the \tYilmette Community Chest association eldest son of Dr. Bruce Kinney, anwa s a decided success. For the infor- other home-mi£sionary, who has given mation of the 1,300 subscribers, and the more than thirty years to work among community at large, the officers of the American Indians and in Alaska. Chest wish to emphasize that the se Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kinney were at facts readily dissipate rumors in certain one time members of the Wilmette quarters that the .1926 Chest. drive was Baptist church but, in an airplane not a success. Great confidence is ex- accident in July, 1923, Mr. Kinney was pressed concerning the 1927 campaign killed in the service M his country. which wil be conducted this spring. the Shortly after that time M1 rs : Kinney exact period to he announced in the entered the great work to the directorearlY future. ship of which she quickly rose, and · is now regarded as one of the most charming, winsome and compelling speakers in the United States regarding her character of work. The officers and members of the Baptist church have extended an invi\Vith the exception of pneumonia, tation to all who are interested in this . the number of cases of contagious type of patriotic gospel service to hear diseases in \Vilmette during the year Mrs. Kinney at 11 o'clock Sunday 1926 was lower than in any cor.res- morning. ponding period for the past fifteen years, according to Dr. E. E. Moore. LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING local health commissioner. A total of The Ameri-can Legion auxiliary unit 387 cases \~ere reported for that period, of Post No. 46, Wilmette, will meet in which mumps lead with 124 cases at the home of Mrs. Lester Morse, and measles came second with 117. 505 Maple avenue, on Tuesday eveChicken pox cases we.re listed at 66, ning, February 1, at 8 o'clock. The whooping cough 40, scarlet fever 25. members have been asked to note pneumonia 14 (considered high), and the change in the time of meeting cerebral meningitis, 1. to the first Tuesday in the month. Appoint Board of · Ch est C Ommuntty fo r 1927 Campaign i Contagion at Low Mark in Wilmette During Past Year