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THIS Iss~.Evanston Community, Popular CoU~se-Page 17 WILMETTE VOL. XVI, NO. 38 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS Published weekly by Lloyd Holl~ter, Inc., 1!11 Central A11e., Wilmette, IU.no(a. Bntered a 1 aeoond clan matter March U, 1914, at the poat olftce at Wilmette, Imnt»a, vftder the Act of Jlarch ~. 1819. 8ubscripUon pnoe u.oo 0 .,ear. OPENPLAYGROUNDS I FOR SUWR JUNE 20 I WILMETTE. ILLINOIS, JUNE 17, 1~7 The annual picnic for the children Absence of Village Engineer from Board Session Necessitates to he given by the Logan-Howard Parent-Teacher association, will be Poatponement held at Vattmann park, Saturday afternoon, June 18. Promptly at 1 :30 o'clock there wilt Numerous matters of business came The Vitlag-t· Playground:'\ under ::.uhe music by the school band. to the attention of the Wilmette Vil· prrvi:'lion of the \\'ilmcttc Playground At 2 o'clock the following athletic lage . board, Tuesday, but the moot and Recreation hoard 'rill :'tart its program, under the direction of Daniel question-Main street widening-was summer acttnttcs at three centers M. Da\'is. recreational director, assist- not . among th.em. That _is to say,hthde. Monday morning, June 20, at 9 o\: lock. td bY · ~[iss Ree se r, Mr. ~tone and Mam ·street ~tghway ordmance, sc e · The fourth playground wilt start one ~f r. 'i'odd, is scheduled. ute? to b~ mtr?duced at .last Tues· week later. Dash-Prt.· school ehi-ldn·n; Kindt- t·- day ~ meettt~g. wt!l not recetve further Playgrounds \\'ith a full time direcg-art<·n children, First grade girl!', First offi·ctal constderattOn by the board ungmd·· boys, ~ccond grade girl~. ~eeond til Tuesday evening, June 21. tor will be rnnductcd at the Laurel gra<lt· boys, Third grade girls, Third school ·grounds, Vattman park and the g-rade boys, Fourth grade girll:', Fourth Good news, however, was forthcomVillage Green or Howard sclwol playgTadt' ?,oys, Fifth gt:ade g.irls, Fifth grade ing from Tue sday's deliberations in the l!oy!-', Htxth g~ad~ gtrls, Stxth gradf" boys, form of an unofficial statement that ground. Tltt· grounds " ·ill be opC'n :4Pn nth grade gtrls, Seventh grade boys · · ( daily from <) tu 12 a. m. a.nd irnttl 1 1-:ig·ltth grade girl~. Eighth grade boy!-1,' th~ Dempsey condemnatton sutt reto ~ p. 111. Wht-t-lbarrow race-Sixth grad·: boys, latmg to the property at the extreme :-;;1xth g.rade girts. north end of Main street) had been C(,mpeknt itbtrurtor-; han· l>et'tl ~L· Hoppmg raee-Fourth graLlt· git·ls, I · . b . h V"l(' ttrecl for all tht' playground~ and a Fifth grade girls, Sixth grade girl!'. ended b) set.tlement etween t e t Potato race-First grade girls, Ffrst lage and the mterested property owner, program organized tt) inclucll' a \'ariety l!.l'Hfh' hoys, s;cond grade gi_rls, Se<'ond thereby wiping away the princif'~l of acti\'ities and contt.·~h hac. het' ~ l ~·rade ho~·s, hind(:rgarten C'htldren, Pre- stumblin<Y block in the path of the planned for the season. :4dwol ehtl<lren. ~ . . PiP-Eating contest s.:w·nth and proposed : M am street nnprovement. GanH:s · ~f ,·arious kinds will be grade boys. \Vhate,·er agreement was reached was Dr. Horace Greeley Smith. munster Eighth played, leagues will he fortne(l and in .. .'l'hre~·-h·ggt·d. ract'-Fourth grade giris, effected in a private conference held ter-playground con te~t s sc heduled. A oi the \Vilmettc Parish ~lethodist I· tfth gTach· gtrls. · · 1 1 b d · ('rackPr relay (ti to a t 1·am)-Thinl JUSt pnor to t 1e regu ar oar sess10n o.;tory hour for the ~mall children \\'ill Episcopal church, will preach the bac~Tadt· hoys and g-irls, Fourth g-rade boy::,~ and which consumed exactly two and calaureatt: sermon for the Northwesthe a part of tlw daily progrant . J ..dt:ts. . . . one-half hours. much to the consterna· ern unin.' rsity graduating class at the ancl ('hanot ra~e-Stxth g-radt· ~nrl:-:, St.>v- t' f St11a11 (Yathering of spectators Activities jn Great Numbers e nth gradP g1rls. ton o a ~ . . uniHr:-;ity gymnasium Sunday afterPkk-a-Rack rt·laY-Fifth eTatle he·\'!' \Yho were left to cool thetr heels tn Other actiYitics will includt· ;;,and- noon, j nne 19. at 3 o'clock. :4ixtll gradt' boy!'. · · · ' the council chambers while awaiting nwdcling, ap}Jaratus work. varioth Dr. Smith is a graduate of North- . :~ :::o P. :.\f.-30 minutt- }1eriod t'ur play,j tl e regular hoard proceedings. 1 kind..; ()f handcraft such as. poster- ,,·c:-h'rn universitv and received the c·tn·lt· g-allh'!', l'l'lays and ta~ l'!'<tmt·!'. · · , .t 1'. :\t.-J:all ,::-amt·s. kid-: hall and Action on the Mam street wtdenmg lllaking. dolt-making, " ·eaYing, con - clegrt'L' ni Doctor ·of Divinity from the . ordinance was delayed because ' of the creola work. soap-carving, wood-can·- unin' r:-.it ,. in 1924.. He is a Phi Beta long ba!' ... or dnrlgl' lJ}d~. . -t I'. :\1. -Hnr!'t·~ hot· }llt L hill!.:. tr·r :ttlult :'. I · \T'Il ]' · C. N· l!. ttc. There will be pushmobile and Kappa a;1d Delta Sigma Rho at Northin. ~ttJlJH · r-freL· period. a )Sence ot. t age !.ngmeer Harnwni<·a JH'Pgram by Huwanl !'c>hoool Roberts. wtth whom the trustees were kidd\· car contests. O'Lean· and jack- \\'t:-ittrtl. He also studied at Boston to ha \'e conferred regarding technical st<mes will be inter-playground con- uniH·r~it ~- and is a graduate of Gar harmon it-a l'las!' AL·c·ot·dtoll f;olo-(;Jt.n .\ll!'t'hl"·f·k . tt r I ting to grade and other tests. In fact a full day's program wilt rett Hihlic;il Tn~titute . He is a tru stee !4tunt:-:. 1 rna .ers . e a. . <' .. mmunity ~ing-. spectficatton s of the proposed htgln~-ay. he planned for each day of the wet·k. at G;trrdt. The picnic will he held regardkss nt Mr. Robert~ is expected to be at next Tht· !\orth Shore ~lethodi:-.t Episco Parents arc urged to send their childre;, to the playgrounds and assist the pal church ralled Dr. ~mith to its pul - thl' \\Tatlll'r. In ca:;e of rain. arrange - Tue:;day's session. nu~ines::. before the council session, pit in 1~~ 4 and he was acti\·c in the lllL' Ilt:' haYe heen mad<.· to tbL' tht· Recreation hoard in its program. ~y lllna::.inm of the Ho\\'ard sc hoo l. . which started promptly at 10:30 p. m. t·n ·r tion oi the rhttrch c:ditice there. He The playground program "·itt he in "San' the day. plan tl' cutnl.'. hnng- and closed at about 11 :15, may he sum· " ;t:- pa:-.tor of the Ht·ntulwa,· ~f ethocharge of Director of Rccreat ion Daniel ~r. Davis: 1Iiss Lucy Rl.'e ser will di:-t church in Evanston frotn 1917 to ,-~Htr ::.upper and ~.:nj~~Y. the g-ood timl' . lmarized briefly oas follows: direct the \ vrk at the \·illag·e Green; 1~24. In 1924 he "·as elected super- T·. n :ryhody wc:lcomc. '"· the challcngl'.l Village Attorney Jackson was authorized to draw up a contract provid1fiss ~fa~· \Vitcher at \·attman park, inttlHknt (If the Chicago \\'estern dis- tn· creatn .:ltld coffee wttl be sernd. trict (lf tlH: Rock Rin·r l'onfert.'ncc of ing for a Village dumping ground on Miss ~[ay \\rhitmack at th~ Laurd t hL· \1 t:t ho<list dc:tH,minatilm . He came Hold Union Services to property on Glenview road o_wned by school playground and Mrs. Alta Caldtn lltt ' \Yilmet!\' rhttrch la:-. t autumn. Mrs. 1'. Kerwin, the Village to pay at well will again be at the beach. Dudley Hear Dr. Frank 0 . Beck the rak of $100 per month for the use C. Stone will be at the beach during the ).[embers of fin~ Protestant churches of this prop~rty. The absence of a day and at the Village Green in the Secure Talented Stars ;n \Yilmette \\'ill hold a joint mid-week Village dumping ground was pointed evening. Glen Gathercoal will he at for Commandery Frolic (:ren·ice \Ycdesday evening, June 22 at out to the board in a communication the. Viriage Green afternoons and e\'e:\ plea~ant evening i~ in store for the \Yilmette Baptist church at · which from Village Manager C. <r. Schultz nings and Rigg-s Monfort will be at the beach part time and in charge of th ::>:' t' \\·lw attend the entertainment to Dr. Frank 0. Beck of Garrett Biblical who also recomme11ded authorization bt' giHn hv the \\'ilmcttc C\m11nand- Institute "·ill he the speaker. His suh- of the Kerwin contract. tcnni;; tournaments. ery cluh \Vednesday evening, June 22, iect "·ill he. "SttrYeying the Churches' The board received a communication Augment Play Staff at the \Vilmettc Masonic temple. Resources." from Manager Schultz requesting acNew members on the force this sumA tnong the features of the program Churches to he represented at thi~ tion to open the approach to Wilmette mer arc: Miss H.eeser, physical train- will he the Cook Brothers, sing-ers and ;crvice include St. Augustine's Epi:-;ro- avenue from Sixteenth street, and the ing instructor at Ho\\'ard: Miss \Vhit- ukck artists; Petite Phyllis Stepler, qaJ. First Congregational, \\"ilmette approach to Lake avenue from Sevenmack. first grade teacher at Laurel dancer: Sam 'n Henry quartet: and Parish MethQdist, First Presbyterian, teerith · street. Both Sixteenth and school, and 'Miss \Vitchcr, third grade ~{artindti, accordianist. The Sturtc- .and \Vilmette Baptist. Seventeenth streets were opened reimtrurtor at Logan school. vant orchestra will provide the music cently· by offidal action of the board. for the dancing. Bridge, Five HunAtt d 5 · · President Orner andr the trustees Dr. Hastie Odgers to dred and Bunco will be played. Tickets asons en ervlces heard a communication fl'om the newh h arc on sale at the Taylor Drygoods . at Presbyterian Church ly fo.unded Yill.ag-~ of Northfiel~t. emp reach at M · E · C urc sh)rt.·. Burns Toggt·ry. ~!embers of the \Yilmette Masonic bod':mg an mvttatwn t? the Wthnette Dr. ]. Hastie Orlgcrs, superintendent lodge will attend-rin a body the morn- offic~als ~o attend the maug~ral cere· of the Chicago Western di strict of the PRESBYTERIAN PICNIC TODAY :ng services at the First Preshvterian momes 111 the north shores newest Rock River Conference of the Me thoThe Sunday school departments of --hurch Sunday, June 19, on the occa- suburb on Saturday, 1une 18. dist denomination, will prea·ch the ser- the Fir:'t Pre·sbyterian church will en· .-ion of St. John's Day. Dr. Georg-r A request fron! . the Chan~ her ..of " mon at the Wilmette Parish Metho?\~t \oy their an~·uat' ?~ting. it~ the.. .f .orest }? .. Magill, ministe~. of .the church will' ~·Co~:m~rce e!ltph~stzmg ~l~e advtsabt!tty Episcopal church .. Sunday mormng. !Preserves at Glenvtew thts a'fternoon. nreach on the suhject, 'Acceptmg Ou"' ~~r. sttpulatllrg · a . two .hour par.kmg June 19, at 11 o'clock J:?r. Odgers' Transoortation is to be provided the ,..Assignment." There will be a special lt~tt. for motor v~htcles tn the busmess_ , appear:trtce here m~rks his anrtttal of- frolickers af the church, f1Ye. . hour of nrogram of music by the church quar- <hstrtcts of the vtllage was referred to· ·· ficiat visit to the local parish. a~semh1~· · tfi be 2:.)J o'clock. · . tet. (Continued on page 4) P ·.T. A. Group to Fete Children at ,__s_er_m_o_n_fo_r_G_ra_d_s___;, Picnic Tomorrow MAIN ST. ORDINANCE VOTE AGAIN DELAYED Three Large Playgrounds and Beach to Be Utilized for Children'a Activities I I . I J. M I 1