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February 41 1927 WILMETTE LIFE NEXT WEEK IN WILMETTE (Recorded at the Chamber of Commerce) Friday, February 4 7:30 p. m. Wilmette C hapter R. A. 3 LEO SOWERBY SOLOIST WITH LITTLE SYMPHONY Eminent Pianist.:Composer to Appear on Evening Program Here Monday, Feb. 7 ).[onday afternoon and evening, February 7, brings the Little Symphony orchestra of Chicago, under the direction of George Dasch, to New Trier High sc hool for the last concert of the afternoon young people's ser ies and t he fiftl1 concert o f the eYening series. Although the afternoon series ends with the fourth concert, there \\·ill he two more cvrning concerts, March ar.cl April. The se arc lwld under the auspices of the New Trier Orchestral as_, ociation. Intere st centers in the soloi s t s for the two concerts. In the afternoon, Frances Anderson, piani st, wi ll play :Mendelssohn's "Capriccio Brillante." Opus 22. n '!\'1 in or. with the orchestra. This program will also include the sy mphonic poem. "Finlanclia." ll\· Siheliu-;: t\\'O l'XC'('rpf ---··c, .n n;,,,, ... ;,;,cl ""flllnl!an·." from thr '"fc,rciP·n T.~!HI"" Suite hv ~fo sz kn\,·~ ki: and a "Southern RhaJ~ socly" hy t hr :\ mcriC"an C"n mpo se r, Lucius Hosmer. Leo Sowerby, Soloist The eycn:ng ·co ncert will feat me for the first time on the Orchcst~al ~~so ciation programs, the appearance of Leo Sowrrby, famous American pianist and composer, and the performance, for the fir!'t time in America~ of a re. cent work by Francesco Malipicro, the most intere sting- figure amonQ' contemporary It alian compose rs. The work. which is not of great length. is entitled, "Variations \Vithout Theme." for niano and orC"hestra. The orchest ra will h~ augmented to nearly fifty players to enable the performance of this interesti ng nove ltY. Other numbers on this program incl~toe tl1e "Prelude. Chorale a nd Fugue" hy nach-Ahrrt: Debu s=-:r's "Afternoon of a Faun": the cyernop ular "Sorcerer's A pprenticc" hy Duka s: a grotto of numbers for the stri n gs. and the brilliant "Capri·ce Espagnole." h~r Rims k y-Ko rsakow. Play His Compo~ition · j.[ r. Sowerb y will he reprcscn ted on the program as composer-pianist in a "Prelude and Toccata," which he has adapt ed from part of an adagio and a complete toccata for harpsichord by the famous English composer, Purcell. The Sowerhy arrangement, which is for piano and str ing o rchestra. is modr rn izcd only as to st yle , with practicall y no change of harmonic atmosphere. ~fr. na~c11 and tlw 11ll'l11hl'f~ of till orchestra have spared no effort to make this program of unusual interest. Trustees Approve Additional Alley Paving Projects 1 SUGGESTS BOY SCOUTS BECOME TREE PLANTERS Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd to Address Pre-School Circle Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd, pastor of the First Congregational ch urch, will addre ss the Logan-Howard Pre-School circle at its regular meeting Thursday even ing, February 10, at 8 o'clock, at the home of :Mrs. R. H .. Henderson, 721 Prairie avenue. His subject will be "Fear." Miss \Vinifrcd Mickey will give several piano selections. A welcome is extended to parents of preschool age children, and to others who wish to contribute to the di scussion out of their experience. The Village board of local improve- Village Official Outlines Plan men~s, Tue~day evenin g, f?llowing a .t o Augment Beauty of publtc hearmg on the pavmg of the W t A ment, No. 177, I. 0. 0. F ., Odd central fourteen feet of th e first alley . es rea Fellows hall. north of \Vilmette avenue f rom FifSunday, February 6 7 :30 p. m. Sunday Evening club. ~ <·,·nth tn ...;.;,,, ... ntl, -;tn·e>s, pa ssed an ordinance for the improven1ent. Sim\Vilm et t c Boy Scouts may be enSpeaker, Alton Packard, Congreilar action was taken regarding the li sted to give special signi ficance to gat ional ·church. central eighteen feet of the first alley Arbor Day this year· hy conducting a Monday, February 7 8 :00 p. m. Chamber of Commerce north of Oakwood avenue from Eighth tree-planting 1 ceremony which would to "i\inth s treets. . inclt1rle thr p ;~,-;,w ~i ~eYePI trrro;; on meeting. Central Caietcria. ReTile propo.;('d pa ,·in .l! 11i the C\'ntral public grounds in various parts of the freshments. rightecn feet of the first alley south of Yillacrr. inclwlin a th~" Ptthlic lih r;~rv Tuesday, February 8 Laurel a\'cnue from the west line of premises. as well as in sect~on .; of the ..12:15 p. 111. Luncheon. \\' ilmcttc Fifth street to the ca. t line of Seventh. newly annexed territory in the far 1 Optimist club, Lake Shore ter. ; trcet, was· abandoned. west of Wilmette. race. Th l' pr t'P 1 ·:--crl p;l\·in~ oi the C<"nt-al Snell a pro~ram has been sugges ted 8 p. m. Ouilmette Council, No. 922, matter of paying the central e ighteen to Walter ).fcPeek. Nort h Shore Boy Knight s of Columbus. Odd Fe lfeet ni t hl' fi r ... t al lev north of Central Scout executive, by Clarence E. Draylows hall. a,· ·' lllH' ir"'111 Tl'n th to ElnTnth streets rr, villag-e trustee and cha irman of the 8 :Li p. m. \\'ilmette Po::;t, American Legion, St. Augustine' ::; Club and the a ll ey extending from Central Public Sen·icc committee of the Viiavenue to Lake avenue, both in blo ck lag-e board. House. W edr.bsday, February 9 twenty-four. anrl the central eighteen Drayer Outlines Plan feet oi the fir-; t ;, JJr,· w·rth ni l<ore..;t 12:15 p. 111. Lunche on, \Vi lm e t t e In a letter directed to Mr. McPeek, Hntary club, Oui lm ette Country a,· ~nue extending from the we st ~ine of Trustee Drayer comments as follows rlub. ,\ Vtlmette aYenuc t o the cast lme of on the proposed Ari)or Day program: f\Yelft h street. I · 7 :00 p. 111. Dinner, ~[en' s club. Con' "In our last correspondence you wtll grl' .L!;t!i<·nal ch ur ch. I recall I made a sugges tion for Boy Thursday, February 10 Scout civic activi· - in vVilmette. Op7 :.10 p. m. \\'ilm ette Lodge, No. 931, portunity to prcsLilt that s ug ges tion A. F. and A. M., Masonic temple. no\\' is created hy the receipt of inferR p. m. A. T Sherman Lodge, Xo. r:'atio.n fn;m !\fr . .Ben_iamin Bil.ls who 892, I. 0. 0. F., Odd Fellows hall. ltves 111 \ Vtlmette and ts developmg the R p. 111. Playground and Recreation ~he spl; t~did Jtcalt}; condition~ which Indian Hill Estates. . hoard. Village hall. ha\ e pre\ at led 111 \ \ t~m~tte clonng !he 1 "Last Year \Vilm ette a nn exed some Friday, February 11 past year arc contm um g. accordt~g \ .300 ar·~ 1 · ._ . Tt ; ~ r" , .. 1.·. .-1 <,...- the 7 :.10 p. 111. \Yi lmette Chapter, R. A. t? Dr. E~ ~fo~re, health -commts- I most part and must be developed hom~L , ~1as o nic temp le. sto.ner . . ~o mc!JC"atwns of the me~sles ! ogeneouslv with the h igh standards of Sunday, February 13 . cptclemtc, prevalent throug-hout the the existing town. · 7 :30 p. m. Sunday Evening- club, state have as yet heen found and the " . Speaker, ~I is s Jane Adams. Connumber of cases of all diseases is be·As you know._ vytlmette is known gregational churc.h. low the normal average for any cor- for the 1H'a n;,· ot .1ts ·- .. "~ V ct the respondinrr period during the past annexed terntory ts practtcally treefifteen ye~rs. less. 11 r. Bill's statement tha~ he had State Health Inspectors. who re- close? contract for an extenstve .treeccntly im·est igatcd health conditions in . plan.tmg p_rogram was therefore o~ the Village ancl in all local school-; parttcular mterest to me. It follows. Actua l usc of the new addition to the turned a very fayorah le report to Dr. . $35,000 in Trees Howard school is now being made, it Isaac Rawlings, state director of ' "'You will he intcrPsted in knowing was announced early thi s week. \Vork health , it is said. that veste :-day we signed a contract nn thL· ~lructurl' is practicall~· comFor the month of January, .according for approximately $35.000 of trees and pleted 'and the classes have moved into to Dr. Moore, only twenty-etght cases shrub s throughout this property-we their new quarters. The new section nt' c:~nta!.!'i 011 ~ disr·~ "e' " ·ere reported . planning for example, to · place 5~" will hou se two large manual training They were divided as follo·ws: chicken· to 6" el~1s every 65 feet throughout shops and four class rooms, containing pox, ten cases: mumps, five; measles, the entire property and to "Englishthl' s.evt·nth :· nd eight11 1- . ,. s. 1 t:-i ~aiu, six; pneumonia, . one; s-carlet fever, hedge" it all around, and we are p~t while the older section will take care four; and whoopmg cough, two. ting approximately 100, 7-in. to 8 m. of the kindergarten, and second, third, elm.s throughout the property on the fo urth, fifth a nd -Sixth grades. A comvarious lot s. If we just can get our bination art room and library will also sewer construction completed and he included. then still have time to plant the elms Th e \Vilm~tt e . Board of Appeals on att<'r ;._ t1' "' 11 "'" \,·i ll cYf"+ , r l' tll;:lr'-'ahle Zoning is to conYene in the council g rowth this vea r and will have all the NEW HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Howard C. Orvi s, health officer, chamher·s at the Village hall Monday ad\·antage of a splendid landscape de\Vinn etka, and newly appointed hea lth cven1ng, February 7 to consider the velopment.' officer for Kenil\\'orth, a~s um cd charge matter of iss uing a permit to David "It occurs to me that the Bo~' Scouts of his duties in Kenilworth Tuesday. Nelson for the construction of a build- might make some feature of Arbor !\o announcement has as yet been ing on the north sid e of Cent.r al ave- Day and might plant two trees on the made regarding the health program to nue, immediat ely west of the first alley Library grounds and some in the Inwest of Main st r eet. The proposed diail he followed in Kenilworth. Estates . . Such a program str uctur e would he the new home of would, of couse, have to be ably carLlo~·d Hollister, -·Inc., publishers of ried out. WrLMBffl Ln'B. "With attention called to tree plantA :i in terested property O\Yncrs have ing, I feel sure the iclea wilt lodge in bee n i1Fi ted to attend thi s meeting of the minds of some other allotment dethe Board of Appeals. velopers and thus the beginning of the planting of trees would be established in the new territory. '~[dW;)l :>!UOSBl'X: '·1,~ 8:00 p. m. Wilevansbrook Enca mp - State Inspectors Find Wilmette in Splendid Health f:. l 1 Pupils Occupy Rooms in Howard School Addition rf'- 1 Appeals Board Considers Permit Request Monday Bill ~,~u,1111\"""'"'IJ"""""""""'~""'tiJJ11111 . Movies! Stay right at home and have your own cinema productions. Watch the Want Ads for chances like this: FOR SALE BARGAIN. KEY- GOES TO CONVENTION Supe.rintendent of Public Works C. C. Schultz, was authorized hy the Village board to attend the 13th annual convention of Illinois Municipal league which is to convene in Springfield February 9 and 10. Wilmette is affiliated with the league. stone movie projector, $9.00. Extra r eels 50c each. Wil. 1735. "\\'ith referf'nu tn the tr ee" in the lib rary g-rounds, I might say that the A very interest ing windo"- display Public Service company will supply h as been arranged at the City National these in lieu of two trees killed by hank in connection with the announce- gas kab in the Village last year." m ent of the National convention of the American Legion, which is to he held SCHOOL GIVEN ETCHING in France this summer. In the center. at the rear of the display a large -card . A beautiful etching by the English carries this slog-an "On To Paris In artist, Charles Brangyn, entitled "Re1927." The display consists of varied turning From Work," has been given souvenirs of the World war and in- the Joseph Sears school by Charles cludes helmets, shells, service buttons Erwin, 615 Warwick road, Kenilworth. from the various armies, medals of all The theme deals with English miners. nations, German playing cards, glass quitting their work at the mouth of a from the windows of famous buildings mine and is clone in the characteristic destro\·ed or shelled during the \\'ar style and clever detail so typical of the and other trophies. artist. Bank Window Displays Troohies of World War