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July 6, 1928 W·ILMETTE LIFE Zl I Public Forum ·1 SeD · t' .·. . ( · I · . " .__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.......~ A RESOLUTION Whereas, a petition is i·n circulation which pu~ports to req~est the Trustees of the village of Wllmett~ to ~all a Refe_rendu~ on the quest~on: Sh~ll movmg Pt.cture theaters, m the V1llage of Wt!m~tte, County. of Cook and s~ate ofS Illdnots, b~ pernut~~d td opera tvo:ere:: ~1~r! i~rnaonon~ =~ent or. d ff' t t PP h gamze e or o secure SU'C permission for moving picture theaters by ·certain citizens and business interests in the Village of Wilmette, and Whereas, the historical nature of the Village of Wilmette has been preponderantly residential, rather than commercial, and Whereas, permissi~n granted to one commercial amusement institution to operate . on Sundays implies a tendency to grant like permission to other commercial amusements, and Whereas, it has not been successfully proved by authority that a moving picture theater could not operate with a reasonable profit on six days of the week, and Whereas, it is our firm conviction that the best interests of our youth are hazarded by Sunday movies; that the Churches of this Village have made. and are making ample provision for the needs of the people of this Village on Sunday, and that much of the work of the religious bodies of this Village would be defeated by Sunday movies, therefore, · Be it resolved, . that the First Congregational Church of Wilmette in a regular Quarterly meeting deplores this insistence by a few of the residents of Wilmette on permitting moving picture theaters to operate on Sundays; that it urges its members to exert every effort to defeat such a proposal, and that it go on record as being unalterably opposed to any attempt to open the Village of Wilmette to commercial amusements on Sunday, and Be it further resolved, that representatives be appointed to the Church Federation Committee to perfect ways and means of securing a large ex4 pression of sentiment against the said proposal ; that this resolution be spread upon the records of this Church; and that copies be -sent to the local papers, to .the members of the Village Board of Trustees, and to ·the President of the Wilmette Church Federation. Unanimously adopted, June 'lJ, 1928 Olive F. Singleton, clerk, E. H. Burge, moderator W. E. McCormack John Patterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Patterson of 918 Linden avenue, Robert Norman, spn o~ Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Norman of 618 Greenleaf avenue, and Leroy· S. Moran, son of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Moran of 924 Greenleaf avenue, attended a week~end house party in Miiwaukee, Wis., and returned Monday night. -o' Word ha_s been received from Miss Edith Ray Young, who teaches music in Wilmette, that. the condition of her mother has greatly improved. Miss Young disbanded her music classes some time ago when she was called to her home at Vincennes, Ind.,. on account of her mother's illness. She will return in August. PLAY FOR PRESIDENT'S CUP PURCHASES TAYLOR HOME The Qualifying round in the PresHill and Stone report the saie of the Robert B. Taylor home at 423 Central ident's troQhy event, 16 to qualify, will The property located at the south- avenue, to J. B. Grommes of Wilmette. be played at the North Shore Golf club west corner of Oak avenue and Crain Miss E. Hazlett represented both par- ~aturday, July '/. street,' Evanston, size 100x126, impr~ve- ties in the deal. ments consisting of two·· two- story -------""""~ Mr. and Mrs. Fred Briet of Kenilhouses, which has been in the Magill Mr. and Mrs. W. A .. Knoop of Kenil- worth are giving a dinner party to, family for the past thirty years, has worth entertained a few guests for tea morrow evening for a few guests. The been sold by the heirs to John F. Crooks on Sunday evening . in honor of Mrs. party will be held at Crystal Lake. of Evanston. The property will be im- Carol Ridgeway of California. -oproved with a high grade apartment -oMr and Mrs Robert Burns of Kenilbuilding some time next year. John Mr. and Mrs. A~thur Mcintosh and worth have ret~rned .from a motor trip Schrock of the E. E. Stults Realty com- family of Kenilworth left recently through Wisconsin · They were gone pan t d 11 · · d f '· '· · · Y represen e a parttes conceme . or the1r summer home m Barrmgton. over the week-end. I for Apartment House Site I Old Evanston Estate I I To Stockholders of· the Orrington Hotel Corporation: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that by due action of the Board of Directors all (being 7500 shares) of the outstanding preferred capital stock of the corporation bas been called for redemption on August 1, 192.8, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. From and after August 1, 1928, the holders of preferred stock, as such, wiU not be entitled to vote nor to receive dividends. Please present on Wedne1day, Augwt 1, 19z8, at the office of the corporation, 6 3 6 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois. your certificate (s) evidencing your ownership of preferred stock of THE ORRINGTON HOTEL CORPORATION properly endorstd in blank. Upon surrender thereof for cancellation you will be entitled to receive S8o for each share of preferred stock evidenced by such certificate ( s) ( 2 J1 o share having betn heretofore redeemed) plus dividends at the rate of 6% per annum on S8o per share for the quarter beginning May 1, 1918. In accordance with his undertaking, VICTOR C. CARLSON will on August 1, 192.8, cause to be cancelled 7500 shares of common stock standing in bis name so that the total outstanding capital stock after rtdemption of the preferred stock will be 15,000 shares of common stock having a par value of S5.oo per share. PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a special meeting of the stockholders of The Orrington Hotel Corporation will be held at its offices 636 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois, on August 1, 1918, at 3 :oo o'clock P. M. for the purpose of considering the proposition of reducing and rtel.tssifying the authorized capital stock of the corporation to the 15,000 shares of common stock which will then be outstanding and to change such common stock from shares having a par value of S5.oo each to shares having no par value. Such no par . s ham will be exchanged, share for share, for the prestnt outstanding common stock. By order of the Board of Dirteton. Illinois, June 29th, 192.8. Done at Evanston, E. A. HElDMAN, Secrettug -oMr. and Mrs. E. B. Horton have returned from a two weeks' visit with Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Buckman of Madison, Wis. Kenneth Horton, their son.. has gone to Po!_t Lake, Wis. ---oM is~ Jane Burrill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Burrill of 815 Greenwood avenue, has gone to Bryon Afon camp in Wiscon_sin. of The Orrington Hotel Corporation. 636 Church Street, Evanston, Illinois. i - , I o