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WILMETTE VOL. NO. XVIJI, No. 6 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, NOVEMBER, 2, 1928 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENT~ FINISH MAIN ST·.JOB; ARRANGE CREBRATION Chamber of Commerce and Village Heads to Join in Formal Opening November 17 Paving of Main street in Wilmette from Elmwood avenue on the north to the village limits at Isabella street on the south was completed this week. The improvement, which has been called by Village President Earl E. Orner one of the most important in the history ·of the village, marks the climax of several years' discussion and planning on the part of village officials and interested citizens. The new pavement, which takes the.! place of the old brick roadway, is of concrete and is fifty-two feet wide. The cost of the improvement, according to President Orner, was approximately $145,000. Formal Opening Nov. 17 Sunday Club Speaker Voted for Honest Abe; Strong for Herb Hoover Then it was Abraham Lincoln and now it's Herbert Hoover! The Rev. W. W. Anderson, who will be 89 years young Tuesday, November 6, will have double cause for celebration. Coupled with the fact that Tuesday is his birthday is the interesting circumstance that he will be privileged, by way of extra celebration, to cast his ballot for Herbert Hover. That it is a privilege to vote for Mr. Hoover, especially on one's birthday, Mr. Anderson will readily admit. But that's only half the story. Here's something to think about! Mr. Anderson cast his vote for Abraham Lincoln on his 21st birthday. The next presidential election to fall on his natal day was in 1888 when Mr. Anderson went on record as supporting the candidacy of Benjamin Harrison. Mr. Anderson is the father of Mrs. ]. R. Harper and Mrs. S. B. Groves, and resides at the Harper home, 719 Park avenue, Wilmette. He was born in 1839 when Martin VanBuren was serving his third year as President of the United States. VOTE TOTAL HERE TO SHAmR ALL RECORDS l ~ Ii Hoover Destined to Receive Overwhelming Majority in New Trier, Say Dopesters ... Plans alr~ 1dy are under way to celebrate the openmg of the thoroughfare in a matmer befitting the importance of th~ project as a factor in the growth of the village. The Chamber of Commerce has been assured the co-operation of vilJage officials in arranging for the cdebration, and a committee composed of ]. M. Budinger, chairman; Dr. Charles B. Blake, Lloyd Hollister, and D. E. Allen, ] r., has been appointed to work out the details. Saturday, November 17, is the date tentatively set for the celebration. The part of the newly paved street from Wilmette avenue north to Elmwood avenue has already been opened to traffic. The section from Wilmette avenue south to Oakwood avenue probably will be opened tomorrow, President Orner announced, but the street will be closed to traffic from Oakwood avenue to Isabella street until November 15. The fifty-two foot paving extends along the westerly right of way line of the Chicago and North vVestern railroad the full length of the village, except for one block at the north end from Elmwood avenu~ to the village limits. Condemnation proceedings against the property in this block are now filed in the County court. Part of Throuth Highway Photo by Moffett ] ane Addams, founder of Hu U House, Chicago, and world renowned settlement worker, will address the Wilmette Sunday Evening c~ub on November 4. Legionrnaires Make Arrangements /or Armistice Program A busy two weeks are in prospect for Wilmette Post No. 46, American Legion. Saturday, November 3, at 3 :30 p. m., they will participate in the Seventh District parade and entertainment, which will be held at Morton Grove. Those who cannot be there to meet at the at 3 :30 are requested _ "Lighthouse," Dempster street and Waukegan road, as early as possible. For . the first time since 1918 Armistice Day falls on Sunday, and, as has been the custom in the past, the Post will attend the Wilmette Sunday Evening club services. November 13 a joint meeting with Huerter Post at its quarters will tak~ place of the usual meeting, which will be held a week later on November 20. An invitation is extended to all eligible and prospective legionnaires of the village to attend these gatherings. Wilmette's new stretch of wide pavement through the heart of the village is to be a part of a proposed through highway extending along the entire north shore. Winnetka has already completed a part of its link in the highway from Winnetka avenue to Elm street. Evanston is planning to pave north from. McCormick boulevard to connect with the new paving in Wilmette, and other north shore villages have under discussion tentative plans for their share of the work. In This Issue Automobile Section ........ Page 49 Church Notices .... . ..... . . Page 14 Boy Scout Activities . . . Pages 32-33 ] unior Life ......... . .... .. Page 16 Society News . . . .. . . . ..... . Page 40 Football Contest . ...... . .. Pa~ 68 Editorials-Shore Lines . ... Page 38 Book News . . ..... .. .. ..... Page 46 · Kenilworth Happenings . .. .... . . .. . ... . ....... .. ..... Pages 18-19 Theater News . . ..... ... .. .. Page 69 Real Estate Section ... Pages 56-66 Classified Ads . . ........ P'ages 70-72 Club Events . . .. ... . ... .. .. Page .42 LIBRARY IS CROWDED In commenting upon the crowded conditions at the Wilmette Public library this week, Miss Anne L. Whitmack, librarian, emphasized the need for an addition to the library build,.Something must be done in ing. order to take care of the library work which has increased forty per cent over what was done . last year at this time," Miss Whitmack said. · With another political campaign drawing rapidly to its close, voters in New Trier township are destined to shatter all previous high percentage voting records at the polling places Tuesday, November 6. That this unprecedented ballot will register an overwhelming majority for Herbert Hoover is universally admitted by local political dopesters. Virtually all of the campaign activity in the township has been confined to the state and county tickets, the only marked exception being Winnetka's very own battle over the relative merits of the two Presidential nominees. In that village the women have taken charge of the campaign during the past few weeks, established Hoov:er anrt Smith headquarters and solicited support under the banners of the Women-for-Hoover and Women-forSmith clubs, respectively. It has been a merry fight with the Hoover adherents obviously destined to have the better of the deal when the ballots are counted. Wilmette launched considerable activity in the final weeks of the campaign, the Republicans and Democrats each estab !1-,hing headquarters. Several Orner Addresses Meeting meetings have been held, the speakers on McCormick Project being, for the most part, state and Village President Earl E. Orner was county nominees. See Big Hoover Majority one of the principal speakers last That New Trier will roll up a tremThursday evening at a meeting of the endous majority for Hoover is a foreNorth End Improvement association g-one conclusion, according to local of Evanston at the Haven school. The Republican leaders, who also predict chief purpose of. the meeting was to that Glenn, Emmerson, and the entire discuss plans for the completion of Republican state ticket will not be far McCormick boulevard through Evans- behind the standard bearer. The only ton and the north shore towns. Work exception noted in this connection :s on \Vilmette's share of the project, the the recent movement toward Floyd E. son, Democratic candidate for widening and paving of Main street, Thomp. governor. Mr. Thompson spoke before was practically completed this week. a crowded house at Winnetka last week and appears to have a sizable fotlowing from within the Republican ranks along the shore. Of especial interest to New Tri.er voters is the tetter sent out this week ·by the New Trier Republican committt~e. cGmprised of precinct committeemen and other leaders, making unqualified endorsement of candidates in the county election who ~n the primaries were .1ligned against the CroweGaloin-Etler faction which suffered all but complete obliteration at that time. The letter shows the New Trier Republican committee as endorsin~ Herbert Hoover for President and Louis L. Emmerson for governor. It · however points to the "~ritical situ:ttion in Cook county.'· The April nrionce again to the metro· maries. it indicates. was a fine start .in politan facilities ·of a the direction of obliteratinl!' the Galpin-Crowe-Eller faction, b'ut onl:v a complete suburban start. stressing the ·necessitv of carrvprinting plant ina- throuv.h with the candidates cho~en last Soring in oooosition to the "political-criminal alliance." LLOYD HOLLISTER Cro.. Party Linea . "To that end, the letter continues, INC. we arP sendinJY vou a samnle of the oart of the ballot coverinfl the county WILMETI'E 4300 · offi.('es. markNl for the ~anditlate~ "" beli_ e ve to .bP rte('iderl1y hest' .fitte_ 'f fn~ . _ {.Continued on o;a~~e 12l---- 1 Calling your attention