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r A -JllJBII $311f Bid of $71,551.25 tty aaicqo Finn · Accepted; Appove $11,110 Water Certificate luae The contract for the erectiod of the new Kenilworth water plant was awarded to the firm, Bierd, Lydon and Grandpre of 228 North LaSalle street, Chicago, on their bid of $78,559.25, j)y the Kenilworth Village board at its regular meeting last Monday night. Two other bids on the project were received, the lowest of the two 't otaling $80,349.00. Issuance of water certificates to the extent of $90,000 to cover the cost of building the plant and other expenses incidental to its erection, was also approved by the board. While it is not anticipated that the cost will reach this amount, it was considered essential that provisions be made to provide for any emergencies that may arise and to take care of legal and engineering expenses involved. Stut Work Soon The action of the Kenilworth board brings to a close several months of preliminary work, such as drafting plans, and clarifying legal questions involvea. At the last meeting of the board in December, bids were received from several contracting firms but when it was found that they were considerably in excess of the engineer's estimates, all bids were rejected and new bids were · advertised for. Work on the plant will be started in the near future and it is expected that it will be completed by the end of the year. It is to be erected on the site of the present plant on the lake front at the end of Kenilworth avenue. The old plant will continue in· operation until the new equipment can be started. Million Gallou Daily The new Station have a daily pumping and filtration capacity of 1,000,000 gallons of water. The water tank, located west of the tracks, wiU be utilized in connection with it as a storage tank, aiding in maintaining high pressure in that section of the Village. The present capacity of the Kenilworth water works is about 300,000 gallons. The existing charge of 30 cents for the first thousand gallons and 25 cents fo_r each .su~ceeding thousand gallons wdl remam m effect after the installation of the new plant. All water certificates will be retired out of the profits of the plant. Thirty tho~sand dollars has been established as the budget in the 1928 Community Chest campaign. Sunday, April 1, has 'been designated as "Community Chest Sunday" when the campaign committee, C. Miles McDonald, · chairman, will make its annual canvass in the unified drive for all recognized ch~rity and welfare enterprises which secure aid from this community. The budget and exact date of the 1928 campaign were fixed at a meeting of Community Chest officials and committees Monday evenng of this week. Some 250 workers are expected to complete the campaign within the day prescribed and plans to that end will be carefully and systematically outlined. . A dinner get-together for all the Community Chest workers is being arranged for the evening of March 29 when all details of the villagewide canvass will have been completed and final commands issued, it is announced. ..... · __ _:a ·· Ra1... m .UI'IYe ft._!_ ~o; ..Pre11,ch .Bff t1 Co·tretaliouli t& ·r· Dr. Arthur E. Holt has been secured by the First Congregational church as · guest preacher Sunday, February 19. He comes as one of the number of Qutstanding pr~achers who have been secured by the church to ·fill the pulpit until a new preacher can 'be secured to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. Stephen A. Lloyd, February 1. Dr. Holt occupies the chair of Social Ethics in the Divinity school of the University of Chicago and in Chicago Theological Seminary. He is successor to Dr. Graham Taylor in his professional positions~ He is a graduate of Colorado c~llege and of Yale Divinity school. After occupying several pastorates, he became social service secretary of the Congregational churches with headquarters in Boston. He has lectured widely and written extensively in the field of Sociology and Ethics, and was fraternal delegate to the American Federation of Labor Convention in · . Davis Signs New U rge L OCal A rt·sts 2-Year Contract to Exhibit Work at as Play Director Annual Exhibit Here Daniel M. Davis has just been given a two year contract by the Playground and Recreation board of Wilmette, effective May 1. Mr. Davis came to Wilmette in July, 1926, and was the first director of the Wilmette playground. He has organized all the recreation activities, besides acting as director of physical training in the Wilmette schools. Mr. Davis is a graduate of the Michigan State Normal college, where he was a letter man in track, baseball and socce·r. His postgraduate work was· taken at the University of Michigan, and he has studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Pittsburg. He is also a graduate of the National Recreation School of New York. For a number of years he was the director of physical education in Terre Haute, Ind., schools, and while there was also director of municipal recreation. Last year 120,000 people participated in recreation activity here. Among the winter activities offered this year are the gymnasium· classes for women, athletic leagues for men, ice skating, horseshoe tournaments and tennis, in addition to the regular summer activities of baseball, water carnivals, and others. will Improvements Board 0. K's $Z85,000 Indian Hill Job Satchel Containing Money Found in Street by Police A black leather satchel containing a quantity of money and valuable papers was found by Patrolman George Schaeffer of the Wilmette police department last Sunday at Fifth street and Maple avenue. A few hours later J. R. Christensen of Chicago, having missed the bag after driving as far as Beloit, Wis., and having inquired at each police station along the road, on the enforced return trip, reclaimed' his property and proceeded on his way. Vast improvements in the Indian Hill Estate section received the official sanction of the Wilmette board of local improvements in adjourned session Tuesday of this week. These entail an expenditure approximating ~,000 and include street paving, stdewalks and storm water sewer installation. The program, when finished will complete the improvements in th~ Indian Hill Bills Realty subdivision, one of the finest developments in the DRAW PICTURES FOR EXHIBIT Chicago suburban area. The pupils of St. Francis Xavier school are engaged in an interesting Shawnee Club Men Enjoy stunt. They are drawing pictures, thP subjects taken from some book ·they Amateur Boxing Pro...-. have read. It is planned to put the Men of the Shawnee Country club best of the pictures on exhibit at the witnessed six fast amateur boxing Wilmette Public library. · bouts Monday evening of this week at a stag dinner and sports program. STEAL SPARE TIRE A spare tire was stolen from a car Dave Barry, referee of the TunneyDempsey fight last September, super- belonging to R. C. Haws of Wilmette vised the matches. Dinner, bowling on Wednesday of last week while the and cards were other features of the machine was parked near the Natio11al evening's activities. Kindergarten and Elementary college. A play by Ibsen· · is the choice the North Shore Theater Guild for iti third ·offering of the winter seu "Little Eyolf," a lesser known but more theatrically interesting play thaD any of the others . by "the grea~at dramatist sinte Shakespeare," Wl'll be presented by the Guild early in March, following its usual itinerary. from Lake Forest to Evanston. The decision of the Guild's playreading committee to do a play by Ibsen was largely inftuenced by the fact that this year is the hundredth anniversary of the great Norwegian playwright's birth. It is felt that by so doing the "little theater" can best fill an important place in American community life, as no professional theater can. That is, it can bring to 1923. each community an accurate staging of whatever author that community finds it most fitting to examine at a particular time. This year, dramatic organizations au over the country are . devoting themselves to a study of Ibsen's works. Locally, Ibsen's "DoD'· House" is being produced at Lake The Woman's club of Wilmette in- Forest university, while the Goodman vites all local artists to display some · theater is presenting "The Wit4 of their work at the Fifth Annual ex- Duck." hibition. Paintings in oil, water color, or pastel, miniatures, etchings, drawAs for "Little Eyolf," it is distincings. mosaics and classic art or any tive from most of Ibsen's other playa original art class work, will be shown . because it ends on a happier note. at the clubhouse March 30 to April Ibsen is usually given· to trag~dy, . com12. Artists must be residents of Wil- pletely and devotedly. He is fond of mette or former residents. Nothing leaving a profound problem in the previously exhibited at this club wiJl minds of his audiences. While "Little be accepted. Eyolf" bears all the marked charac"Wilmette." reads an announcement teristics of Ibsenish ·drama, it has a relative to the exhibit, "is proud of its difference that should make it more creative ability. We invite you all. popular with North Shore audiences. Reply to Mrs. Gordon Wilson, ChairDavid Owen, director of the North man of Art Committee. Tel. Wit. Shore Theater Guild, means to make 3059." the production of "Little Eyolf" a real The Woman's club is offering an tribute to the great dramatist, and a award for posters to advertise the Art milepost in Guild history. All indicaExhibition. AJJ posters must be readv tions are that this Ibsen play will be March 15. This is open to all chil- the best thing that the Guild has ever dren in seventh and eighth grades of attempted, or is likely ever to do the public schools. again. The cast is as near professional as any amateur cast could be. Every drama lover who sees the play will go away completely satisfied, as "Little Eyolf" is considered by many critics to be one of the most dramatic plays ·ever written. The cast will be announced. later. .. ~ppro~imately 700 children will parttctpate m the second annual Physical Training demonstration to be given by Committee Or·aaizea for the Byron C. Stolp pupils in the ,., _._ .....___ D--.· school gymnasium at 7:30 o'clock this nom on aat:ater ri'Vject evening. The theater committee. ~ppointecl last The program has been arranged by week at the instance of residents at· Miss Olga Stopka and Dudley C tending the mass meeting on Koo4&y, Stone, instructors. under the super~ February 7, to investigate the feasibility vision of Daniel M. Davis of the Wit- of re-opening the old Central avenue themette Playground and Recreation ater, held a meeting the first of thii board. week. At that time the situation was Formal gymnastics, drills and folk discussed, and sub-committees were ap. dances wiJJ be included in the .pro- pointed to work out the various details. gram. The committee expects to have some"· thing to report · to the public in the u~. WJUett Concludea near future, it was declared. 700 Stolp Pupils to Participate in Big Demonstration Special Lecture Series Last Wednesday, Dr. Herbert Willett of the Kenil'!orth. Union church, ~ave another of- hts senal talks on the "Founder, of the Great Religions" his subject being . "Mohammed, the Prophet of Islam." Next week the last of this course is scheduled. his subject "Jesus, the Light of the World." ' Coagreuman Rathbone in Liacola Talk ·a t ~---L. AUXILIARY CIVES PARTY The American Legion auxiliary is criving a card party at the Wilmette Masonic temple Tu~day· Febraa11y 21, at 2 o'clock. A prize will be given at each table playing either bridge or five-hunared. - Congressman Henry R. Rathbone Of Kenilworth gave an address on "Abra· ham Lincoln" at the morning service of the First Presbyterian church Jut Sunday. Mr. Rathbone, when it learned by the pastor, Dr. George Magill, that he was in the audien consented to give a portion of famous address on LiD'COln. message was particularly approprlat in view of the fact that the se were especially devoted tq bhihday. · ~