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WILMETTE nu VOL. XVI, NO. 34 WILMETTE. ILLINOIS, MAY 20, 1927 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS ~ublished weekly by Lloyd Holli8tm·, Inc., Central Ave., Wiln~ette, IUittoia. · Bntered aa second claas matter · nrr.l· "'· 191-J. nt the fJ03t otrlcf! at Wtlmette, 1Uinois, utuler tl·e Arf ,, Jfnrr.h ·'· 1R1fl Rt·b~mipt·,. price lt.OO a year. AWARD CONTRACT FOR Sunday Evening Club Enjoys Its ESTATES WATER MAINS Greatest Season Village Board Abo· Hears Ofli. c:ers' Report and Authorizes New Police Ambulance The \Vilmette Sunday Evening club closed its twelfth season on April 24, and will open again on the first Sunday in October. The financial report for the season of thirtv weeks was as follows: . ., 1 ua anet· on hand Octobtr 1 ... H.83 Amount rt·ceiYt>d from plt!dg.:s .. 2609 .25 Amount rt'ecived from <:olleetions 2116.57 OutHtanding un plt.'dgcH . . . . . . . . 130.00 ARRANGE F I E L D DAy Wilmette Public School Children to Hold Annual Competition at Parka Tueaclay, June 7 STAGE GREAT MUSIC FESTIVAL NEXT WEEK Final Rehearsals With Complete The date for the Annual Field Day Orchestra and All Soloiata of the Wilmette Public schools has Open to Public: Sunday been set for Tuesday, June 7, and will :\t a regular meeting of the Village be held at Vattman park and the ViiFinal rehearsals, with complete orhoard, held in the council chambers lage Green, the morning program at ..:.t Tuesday evenl'ng, the COittract for the former place and the afternoon chestra and all soloists will be started h la ... the laying of water mains in the Indian program at t e latter. at Evanston Sunday afternoon, May 22, Hill Estates was awarded the Badger Plans for the daY have not ~et by the North Shore Music Festiv!J,l, unbeetl completed b ·t the 1 norn 11 1 rf' Construction company of ~~ ilwaukcc. u b der the baton of Dean Peter C. Lutkin, 70 6 4 The project, which will cost $32,805.50, $ 8 · 5 program will probably consist of a musical director. The rehearsal Sunincludes the laying of 2,800 lineal f $2572.50 thoef day afternoon will be open to the genof 12-inch main and the installation of ~lm;ic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S6fl.OO '11 · f k d · f 11 all valves six inch mains and fire Adwrtising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741.11 noon program wt constst o trac an cral pubhc, upon payment " o a sma ·d ant 'W k . t t d . . Church Rtntal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480.00 field events with chil~ren from eve:y ad~ission fee. Seats are selling rapidly 1 1) r s. or w.t 11 . 1 >e s ar e Wit 1 un r:t-nt.'ral Exvtn:--t· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n2.79 grade represented. G1rls and boys wtll . . k . . h 't the next ten days, 1t 1s understood. Yt·ar's Dt·ficit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2~8.00 be separated in every event and the 1 thts we~ as tt 1s. t ~ 1 ast opportum Y 1 Last providing for the a<h·ercontestants wilt enter according to the to obtam a selection m_ advance of the . Ordinance . f ~5019.40 ttsmg or bids on eight alley paving \Yith the $130 in outstanding pledges grade they are in, that is for example, opening of the series of concerts, contracts, public hearings for which collected. the deficit for the sca"on will fiftl~ gra?e ~irls will compet. c only which will take place in Patten gymwere held on April 26, were also pass- be $148.75. agamst g1rls tr:om the fifth grade, and nasium, Evanston, May 23 to 28. Sing··rl. From the standpoint of program it so on. ers and players are all letter perfect in. Bids on the proposed installation of was one of the greatest seasons in the The en~nts for the first grade will he their parts. The final rehearsals are for a stop-and-go signal system at the in- club's twelve years' history, accordin~ a 25-yard dash .for girls, and a 25-yard the purpose of perfe-cting the ensemble tcrsection of \~'ilmette and Cl'ntral to President \V. Frank McClun~. dash for boys. The second. third and and making sure that everything will a\·enue. consisting of four tw::>-war The average attendance was consid- fourth grades will have the same pro-· mqve smoothly at the concerts. They ,· i~ion lights, were rejected and tlw crahly larger than in the previous sea- gram of events as the first. The fifth correspond to the final dress rehearsal . . uperintendent of public works in- son. grade will have a 25-yard dash for of .a p}ay. ~tructed to advertise for hids on a girls, a 25-yard dash and a 50-yard dash The concerts of the North Shore system composed of four t\\·o-waY I for boys. Music Festival have won a prominent Yision signals. Thiii action was takr;l The sixth grade will have a 50-yard place among musical events of national a iter considerable discu~sion. it hcing ~tash, a high jumt~ am! running br?ad importance, for they are among the contended that the two-wa\· vision JUmp for boys. For stxth grade g1rls greatest of their kind. The programs :-.i~nals would. be impractical· !)l'C(l\J..;(' I tl~ere will b~ a 50-Yard dash and a run- for the coming series are of such ex01 the pecultar angle at wl11ch tht :\ t t f tl T K' mng broad Jump. ceptional character and the ten assist1 ~trects intersect. : sc 1 l"C C(1 cas .rom lC · ru.c mThe seventh o-rade witt have a jQ- ing artists are .~f such outstanding exdn:d lodg-e, a chanty orgamzatton af,., f Receive Repo-·ta i filiated with the ~fasonic fraternitY, is vard dash high jump broad jump and cellence that the prestige of the cs!<cports for the fis~al yea:- wl·rc n·- ! to pre:;ent a musical comedy enthled 8 pound ~hot-put fo; boys and a 50-~ tival is certain to be in-creased. Open with "Elijah" Ct:tvcd from the supermtendent of puh- \ "How Could They Do It?" Tucsdav yard dash. high jump, running broad lie works, the chiefs of the fire anrl l eYening. ~lay 24, at 8:30 o'clock in the jump and playground hall throw for 1 "Elijah" has peen chosen for the police departments and tht Yisitin,~.; 1 auditorium of the \Vilmettc .\la:-;onir girls. opening evening largely because of the nurse. ' tl'mple. 1010 Central avenut. The eighth grade c\·ents will be the opportunity it will afford to bring to Supcrintendtn_t Schultz r<.'comn~l·nJ- 1 . :\dn~i~sion. to t.his cven.ing,. of g-enuine same for both boys and ~irls as the notice Horace Stevens, who is general~d that the enttrc second flo::>r ot 11H' tun \nll he JUSt ·one snulc, those who seyenth grade. ly acknowledged to be the greatest of I 11 b d t 1 1 I 1 · cl f tl t Ot.le additional e\·ent for hoth sev- all. interpreters of the role. of "Etija~." 'll e re ccora C( atH. t 1at I arc 111 1arge o 1e prog~am asser.. H 1 d V 1 ~ge 1a secttons of five street::. be resurlacerl. i The only requests made ot the audt- cnth and eighth grade boys will he a IS unusua powers as a su~ger a.n mStreets included in the proposed prn- I cncc an· that all "keep their seats dur- ten minute team race. This is a novel· terprcter are now at thetr pomt. of gram, the cost of which ""ould total inr. the t.'ntire act." and that "hou- e\·ent, corresponding somewhat to a six fu.llest development. The other so.lOtsts 1 $7.480 are as follows: quets he omitted." A handsome prize da,· hike race. Each room will be al- wtll.also he ! oteworthy as they .wtlt be, ' is otfered for the 1)crson u-iving the loV.·ed to enter three men on a team. I Lomse 0Lonng, soprano; Dons Doe, Fourth street from Lake tn Isabella·. best answer to the query contained ·· in con t ra It · at1(1 P a ul Althouse , tettor · Sixth street from Elmwood to IsabelThe regular Festival chorus of 600 la: Seventh street from Sheridan road the title of t 1 le prpduction. yoiccs will be increased to 800 for this · announce d A NEW KLONDIKE 1'1 le cas t 0 f c 1 to Laurel; Washington avenue from larac t ers 15 concert. The instrumental parts will be "S · The latest money-n:~aka' ng ac:heme · follo' · · plavecl b_ ,. the Chicago Symphony orF ourth to E ighth street: Laurel from aS · 1 1 to c:ome to the attention of WILJ 1 r Fourth to Eighth street. ,otta :-;crate · lt:>ac wr · · · · · · · · · · · · · · METTE LIFE works chestra. which will also be heard on ............ :\li~~ Lois Lt·non' Bailt>y out somel Th '11 1 Mr. Schultz also called attention to DolL\.· Hooke,.· .... :\fi~H Doroth'-' h. ot 1cr progran.s. e organ " Kuelzow t h.anc l'k 1 e t ··: -' A 11 1 WI · '>e 11 the fact that the dumping rrround for Letta 'Varblt· . . ........ )[r~. Ida Birr Th · bl heel d f used anu the appe a c 101r WI '"' Art>mathusalem (:iggl(· . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ere 11 ella i1 , rea ers o · village rubbish is now practically filled ................ i\Irs. ~linnit:> Kuelzow LIFE have inf11rmeel ua, "The Winsmg. f and that some other place will han? to :\liss ::\Iiranda \Vig;glt>l';. ~frR. Ali<'e Bailey netka Newa Bureau," giving ita adEdward Johnson, tenor, who is a abc procured in the near future. The :\[ary Leteego ........ Jlrs. Hdt' n Cook dreu as 882 Pine atreet, Winnetka. vorite with North Shore audiences. will survey of garbage collection and dis- Ptreival "·hatnot ·,~:.1·1: ... ·;.,· .... ·c·. k Th·'s amba·t·"oua enterpr·'·e maa'la sing "Adelaide," · · · . · · · · · ·· · . . . · ., 1 1a1n £J\\'art oo L I the ·aria · "N · " by W Beethoven. 1 position now being conducted by the Gustave Diddit ........ Arthur H. Cook poatc:ards to varioua reaidenta of the o 1engrm s arrattve, agner, am Health department of Cook count_,. and Cutie · Twinkletot>s .. l\Irs. Anna Sanders aria from "Carmen" at the second conSi G M community, bearing t h e legend , f the fact that in all probability within J im·me nger . . . . . . . ... . . . uy organ " 1 cert, May 24. Mischa Levitzki, the gi t~i<'k Tonio ............ Emmett Yarian An interesting news artie: e c:ond R · · · t · t 1 · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ed w· · you appeared in a news- e young G usstan IS o pay 1se c:ern1ng · prams , 22 S · a tlle llext Year t hi.s department ,,·ould c a li F orma ·orbl'(} the dumping of rrarbage within :\Irs. Cali For.nia . ..... Mrs. Alma Wise A . . f h concerto in mmor, opus , by ,.. paper recent1y. . c:11pp1ng o i e T · 1 1 · amt'11 t ~cveral miles of am.· village. was al.so Hilda Yonson ...... )Trs. )fart~Ja Yarian arti'c:le w·'ll be aend to you upon reSaens. he mstrumenta se ectlon WI Johnnie Jump . . . . . . "rmiam Shellman b · B 1 ' "L t N me tio e(l. e eet 1oven s enore over ure, o. l~>tta Black ................. Mrs. Hooper c:eipt of 25 cent.. In reply refer to · f "L G' " 1 C 11 11 11 3, ; SUite :\Irs. ~erYa Concern .l\lrs. 1<:. Lee ){organ fil be , rom a tara, >Y ase a, e num r. and a Slavonic dance, by Dvorak. To Reelec:orate Hall Acting upon these recommendation s, The conc:ern thu· proceed· to aend the board authorized the advertising Troop 1, Boy Scouts in out c:lippinc· from WILMETTE HEAR REGIONAL PLANNER ior bids on the contract for the redecLIFE of newa · items c:oac:erning Robert Kingery, secretary of the oration of the second floor of the h:}H Campaign for Recruits Wilmette people. They are expectChicago Regional Planning association, and refer.red the resurfacing proiects Troop No. 1, Boy Scouts of America, eel to pay 25 c:enta for the privilege addressed the members of the North to the committee on streets and alleys. sponsored by Wilmette Post American of reading aomethinc about themShore Real Estate board at the May President Orner stated that the plans Legion, is -carrying on a campaign for aelvea whic:h baa previously appearmeeting of that organization held at now being worked out for an incinera- members. Boys 12 years of age or over, eel in LIFE which sells at five centa the Lake Shore Tetrace in Wilmette tion plant would be completed before not already in a Scout troop, are ina c:opy, or $2 a year. Monday evening of· this week. His any action would be taken by the vited to get in touch with Stephen WILMETTE LIFE pa11e1 thia subject was, "Regional Planning as Afcounty and appointed a committee to Brownlee, Scoutmaster of Troop 1, information alone for the protec:· fecting the Realt-or of the North confer with the owners of proper~y 1624 Spencer avenue, phone Wilmette tion of its Yeadera. Shore." (Continued on page 6) 2300. ·* e~t ~~~-~t;!.~~s ......................... ~i~~o~~·~t;:t~~n s~heoJ~l.ysi~~~e e~~~~: T K· J d rue tn re to Present Musical Show on Tuesday c