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April l, 1927 WILMETTE· ' LIF~ BUIDINGPERMITSAT I~ PARENTS IlL SPEND ~~~~~H~_n_~_e_~_L_e_~_~_v_~_~_r_P_r_~_ro_m_~~ mM~~ P. T. A. Arranges Novel AD-Day. Meeting April 5 at Which Parents will Attend Classes Parents of New Trier High school pupils will take their turn at attend. ing school Tuesday, April 5, which dav has been designed by the New Trier Township High school ParentT~acher association as Parents' day at the school. On that day the students will enjoy a holiday and the sessions. to begin at 3 o'clock, wilt be attended solely by parents and such students as have volunteered to assist the . ia true:- . tors in conducting the program Otlt· lined for the day~ . ~. Parents attending· the Session follow the precise procedure, even to the eJC:tent of obtaining the "blue permit" from the registrar in the event they arrive at class after the hell rings, it is explained. · Here'~ the Schedule The day's scheduled has been outlined as follows : Fi.rst period-3 to 3 :30 p. m. Second period-3 :35 to 4 :05 p. m. William .H. Barnes, organist, and Mme. Gilderoy Scott, choir director. of Third period-t :10 to 4:40 p. m. the Wilmette Baptist church, have been engaged in the past several weeks in Fourth period-4 :45 to 5 :15 p. m. preparations for the presentation· by the Baptist choir of Dubois' sacred canFifth period-S :20 to 5 :50 p. m. tata, "The Seven Last Words of Christ."· The cantata is to be presented SunRece:-;s- 5 :55 to 6 :25 p. m. : classes day afternoon. April 3, at 4 o'clock, the occasion heing the fifth vesper pro- not meeting-. gram of the current season at the Baptist church. Mr. Barnes is to open the Sixth period~ :30 to 7:00 p. m. program with the organ prelude, "Meditation a Sr crlnte Clotilde," by James. Seventh period-7 :05 to 7 :35 p. m. Mme. Scott will have one of the p·rincipal solo parts in the cantata. Other Eighth period-7 :40 to 8:10 p. m. soloist s will be Rollin Pease, baritone, of Evanston; and LeRoy Hamp, tenor, Advisor-R :15 lo 8:35 p. m. of Chicago. Mr. Barnes is general director of the Baptise Sunday Vesper Assembh·-8 :45: General Parentprograms. Teacher a·ssociation bu<>iness meeting; Yale Film, "Vincennes," or, "'l'he Winning of the \Vest."' Exhibit Is Feature :\ ~pecial feature of Pa.r ents' day "·ill bt> an t>xhibit of the work done in the various departments of the \Vilmette':; current political feud has Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd will talk Gtt school. Several students have volunassumed the status of the calm preced- "The Religion of Robert Louis Stev- teered . to he at work in the school ing the storm, as the o.rgan:zation lead- enson" at the Church Night Service shops, laboratories, art, ml)sic and ers in both factions-the People's par- next \Vednesday at the Fir:;t Congre- domestic science and in the gymnaty and Home Party7'husied them- gational church and witt review as sium, in order that the gue£ts may ~elves with preparations to plunge illustrative material "Dr. Jekyll and vi,ualize more clearly the actual prointo the thick of the fight in the two Mr. Hyde." cc·flttre in the va.rious departments. . weeks remaining before election day "Among the later .romance writers," Supper is to be served in the school nn April 19. · says Dr. Lloyd, "there has not y·e t cafeteria. To da tc the f'ca mpaigning- has been arisen one greater than Robert Louis Thr evening program will include confii1ed to advertisements in the pub- Stevenso n, poet, e:;sayist. novelist, the annual meeting of the Parentlic prints and a general circularization traveller. and master of imagination. Teacher association at which the elecof tlie village v.·ith campaign literature. "Few writers have the distinction of tion of officers for 1927-28 will he held. The ensuing weeks preceding the elecliving long enough to see their place Following this session there will lw a tion are expected to witness a veritable in the world of literature firmly es- sho,~·ing of tlw Yale Chronicle films flood of information for the voters. tablished. Stevenson had that priv- on American history. Both factions have been holding ilege for long hefort' his death his P. T. A. .Officers numerous meetings, aligning their books were puhli:-;hed in superb ediThe executive officers of the New forces for an intensive campaign tions and read in practically ·c,·ery T.rier Parent-Teacher association are which promises to result in a record land. f.../ turnout at the polls on April 19. as follows: "His whole life was one long fight PresidetJt, E. ]. Hicks, KenilwQ_Tth; Mo.re than ever before in Village elections, the opposing forces appear to against the ravages of disease and the vice-president, Mrs. · W. C. Hughes, be giving attention to \Vomen Voters. end came all too soon. But while he r.IPncoe; secretary, Mrs. C. D. Brandwas not physically fit for travel, his riff. Glencoe; senior chairman, M~s. fancy went journeying far and his E. E. Stults. \Vinnetka: junior chat.rimagination painted with ,. admi.rable man, Mrs. George H. Pattison, Wiltouch many s~enes from the land mette; sophomo.re . chairman, Charles "Make Believe" 'and front the king- M. Holmes, Kemlworth; fr.eshman 1 dom of "Man's Soul." chairman, Herbert Paulson, Wtnnetka. "He was deeply religious hut his religion was never of the kind that could OPTIMISTS INSTALL OFFICERS be poured into a mold and allowed to John Davies was fo.rmatly inst~U~d harden · into narrowness. His soul a<> president of the Wtlmette Opttmlst soared to meet the infinite in all the ,.tuh at a dinner party of the club held far flung reaches of nature." in the Lake Shore Terrace Tues.day evening of this wee.k. About. stxty TIME TO FIND A GOOD ~ue;;;ts attended the dmner and mstalPlan Scout Troop USED CAR lation program. Mr. Davies is a well known no h shore building contracto.r. Spring is tbt timt to buy a good Plans are in progress for the organiustd automobilt. You can find tbt zation of· a Boy Scout troop in the PARK BOARD ELECTION APRILS Charles N. Roberts, 1014 Lake averight car tbroug~ tbt Classifitd Ads: parish of St. John's Lutheran churr.h. Fred Rohrman has . been secured as nue will he the sole candidate in the FOR SALE TOURING CAR; scoutmaster and a Scout committee ann~al Wilmette Park district elec· new Duco paint; new tires ; exhas been appointed including the fol- tion to be held Tuesday, April 5. Mr. cellent mechanical condition. lowing: F. Simons, chairman, Rev. Robe.rts is a candidate to succeed him· Cheap. Call Winn. 2179. Herman W. Meyer, A. Priebe, F. self as park commissioner or member of the Park hoard. Prochnow, and Carl A. Fick. I Public Works Departnient Re·' cords Requeab for $144,500 in New Homes Thirty-one building ·p ermits totaling $160,636 were issued in Wilmette during the ?Ionth of March, according to Supermtendent of Public \Vorks Schultz. Of this number, twelve were for rc~ idences, totaling $144,500; sixteen were ·fo_ r garages, valued at $5,336; one for a tool shed at the Indian Hill club, for $1,800: one for a remodeling joh costing $1,000 on the residence of Dr. ]. Burrell, 812 Greenwood avenue, and another, the only one in the husittess district, for the remodeling of store room of the Adams Electric shop, at 525 Fourth street. The latter permit is for $8,000. Of the twelve permits iss ued for residences, two we.re for $6,000; one for $8,000; three 'for $9,000; one for $10.000; one for $11,500; one for $12,000: one for $19,000; one for $20,000 and on~ for $25,000. Builders Are Activ~ Those to whom permits for residences were issued are as follows: F. H. Gathe.rcoal, two residences, each two stories, of frame and stucco, one at 122 and the other at 123 Seventh street, each costing $6,000. R W. Douglass, two story frame re sidence iti Lake Shore Highlands, costing $8,000. ' J. \V. Moore, three residences on Spencer avenue, two of brick and stucco at 1635 and 1637 and one of frame and stucco at 1631, each co~ting $9,000. Frint George, stucco .residcticc at 215 Fernleaf avenue, $10,000. \Villiam F. Blades, two story brick and stucco residence at 1004 Sheridan road, $11,500. Arthur Lee, brick veneer re sidence and attached garage, at Manor drive and Forest a\·~ nue, $12,000. Build in Billa Area Bills Realty company, brick veneer residence with attached garage, in I~1dian Hills Estate, $19,000. W. C. Hayes, brick veneer and stucco residence, at 1334 Ashland avenue, $20,000. T. G. Nicholson, tw::> ston· brick re sidence and garage, $25,000." ~ I Calm Be/ore Storm Stevenson to Be Is Present Status Theme of Sermon in Local Politics by Dr. S. A. Lloyd { ·· Shurtleff College Glee Club to Give Concert on Tuesday Tuesday evening, April 5, at 8 o'clock the Men's Glee club of Shurtleff college, Alton, Ill., will give a concert at the Wilmette Baptist church. 1'he club is managed by Kermit Bond Heasley, a Wilmette youth, v·ho has hecn a member of the organization for the past t'wo years. The Shurtleff Glee club is unper the leadership of the directors of the college conservatory of music, Prof. and ~~ rs. Daniel Jones, to whom much of its success is due. This concert is one of a series given in a number of cities in celebration of the centennial of Shurtleff college which was founded in .1827. No admission is to be chargee! for Tuesday's concert and it is the hope of the Baptist church people that the residents of the community will wish to take advantage of this :)pportunity to enjoy an evening of .really fine music. The club's instrumental tr.kt Ci>mposed of violin, 'cello and piano lends a pleasing variety to a program that promises to be highly entertaining ev~ry minute of the time. Boy in St. John's Church