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March 22, 1929 Wilmette Village Board Receives . Draft of Measure at · Session This Week A proposed Illinois assembly bill 'that would enable cities, ·villages, and incorporated towns of Illinoh to provide for defraying whatever portion might be imposed upon them of grade separation costs, and which would provide for a direct annual tax for such purposes was presented before the Wilmette Village board Tuesday night by Paul A. Hoffman, secretary of the North Shore Grade Separation committee. Francis X. Busch, legal advisor for thi-3 committee, prepared the proposed bill,. which, if passed by the Illinois legislature, would provide a legal means for cities and towns which . contemplafe grade separation to raise their share of the expense of such separation. North shore villages from Wilmette to Highland Park, inclU'3ive. are engaged in a campaign to have the rail~ road tracks which pass through these villages elevated or depressed_, and a committee composed of representatives from Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Glencoe, and Highland Park has been working on the project for some time. \Vith the exception of Wilmette. all of these villages are experiencing difficulty in finding means to finance a grade separation project by the bond issue proce~ure because they have already practically reached the limit of their bonding power. The proposed bill drawn up bv Mr. Busch would enable the villages to raise the necessarv funds by a direct tax levy, subject · to the apprO\·al of the voters. .. ·-=~==~=-===========~============~==========~ Gillson and Bateman ·BURTON HOLIES IS BilL PROVIDE 1 · Nominee Are Candidates for SUNDAY CLUB SPEWR GRADE SEPARAnON TAX Park District Posts lnternationaUy . ~Famous T~·el ~------------------------ WILMETTE LIFE 3 ·wou .": r Petitions have been filed in the interests of Louis K. Giilson and F. L. Bateman, candidates for posts as coinmissioners of the Wilmette Park district. Mr. Gillson has been a member of the Park board since its inception twenty years ago, and has served as its president since that tim'e. Mr. Bateman has been a commissioner for about ten years. The commissioners are elected for a six year term. Announcement of a Wilmette Park district election to be held on April 2, for the purpose of electing two park commissioners for the full term of six years was posted recently by Harry W. Hopp, secretary of the district. The polling places for this election, which will be the same as provided by the Board of Commissioners of Cook county for the election of New Trier township officers the same day, will be open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. Lecturer Comes to Wilmette Sunday Evening, March Z4 Burton Holmes, outstanding travel lecturer in America, will be the speaker at the W.iJmette · Sunda}' Evening club March 24. His subject will be "Motoring Through Spain from Gibraltar to the Pyrenees-the Spain of Today." The Burton Holmes travelogues have been an institution in seventeen of America's largest cities for as many years. Mr. Holmes appears every year in Chicago and gives his complete series of lectures in Orchestra hall. In his particular line of work, Mr. Holmes is an international figure. Each year he visits some far-off corner of the world, gathering material in the form of remarkably fine motion and still pictures. Because of his reputation as the dean of travelogue men both here and abroad, he is given entree in places that are inaccessible to others who seek rare pictures. Throughout all the years of his lecturing in the metropolitan centers of America, Burton Holmes has maintained a very high standard of excellency in his pictures and, what is equally important, in his fascinatingly interesting talks. He is popular with all classes, and draws large crowds wherever he appears. Stant~n Vanlnwagen, 308 Seventeenth street, former commander of Wilmette Post of the American legion, was nominated by the People's party Wednesday of this week as a candidate for Village trustee. Mr. Vanlnwagen has been active ·in community affairs for several years. Board Considers F~uture Plans for Health Service The resignation of Dr. E. E. Moore from the office of Wilmette Health commissioner, received by the Village board this week, has left the village without definite plans for the immediate future with reference to the funcioning of that department of the municipal government. However, while the village is without the services of a health commissioner, health matters will be under the general supervision of a committee of physicians .who have agreed to co-operate with the village in this respect, President Orner announced at Tuesday's board meeting. Meanwhile the matter has been placed in the hands of the Public Service committee of the board, Trustee Hans vonReinsperg, chairman, which will bring a report before the next board meeting on April 2. It was 'suggested by President Orner that the village may be availed of the services of Dr. H. A. Orvis, Winnetka, Kenilworth and New Trier township health officer, who~ is said to have established remarkably efficient health departments in the neighboring communities. Dr. Moore resigned because of failing health. CommunitJ' Chest Solicitors ·Find a Ready Response The 1929 Community Chest drive has proved very satisfactory thus far, it was stated this week by Hector Dodds, presid«.~nt of the Chest association, as reports came in from drive captains and solicitors on the campaign for charity funds conducted in the village last Sunday. Return calls were made to various residences in the village this week, where solicitors found the families not at home, owing to the pleasant weath~r of last Sunday. The dinner and rally of the Community Chest workers last Friday night, which preceded the drive for funds on Sunday, was accounted a huge success. The drive captains and solicitors decided to practice what they preach and pledged an averge of twenty-five dollars. · A stirring appeal to support the Community Chest project was voiced bv Dr. Frederick F. Shannon, minister of Central church, Chicago, in · a S\J Lech especially prepared for the purpose. Mr. and Mr s. Vv. E. Williams and . their family, residents of 711 Linden avenue until the first of the year, have moved to California and have purchased a home at 1130 University avenue. Palo Alto. New Trier Group En Route to Visit Eastern Points One hundred New Trier High school students and faculty members left this Friday for the third spring vacation educational tour conducted by the school. The party will visit many points of current and historic interest in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. Plans for the trip were outlined last Monday afternoon at a special meeting of all those who registered to go. Party groups were announced and Pullman assignments made at another meeting at the school on Thursday. The party is traveling in. a special train equipped for the purpose. Donald Frisbie, New Trier faculty ~ember, is in charge of the tour. Acquire Permit to Lay Lakenton Sanitary Sewer The Village of Wilmette has recei,·ed a permit from the Chicago Sanitary District to install sanitarv sewers in the Lakenton subdivision ii1 the. far .west section of the village, whtch wtll find outlet in the sanitary sewer at Lake avenue and Romona road. The ultimate outlet for the sewers is the ·Sanitary District sewer. The territory in question. which is controlled hy the Midland Trust company, lies between Lake and Washington avenues from Romona road to Hibbard road; also the Second Addition to \Yilmette-Laramie on the we3t side of Hibbard road from Washington a\'enue to Central avenue. Plan Permanent Memorial for Miss Nellie Decker An appropriate memorial for Miss N eltie Decker, teacher in the Logan public school for twenty years who died last Friday, is being planned by a committee of the Logan Howard Parent-Teacher association and the Wilmette Public School J\,rt league. It is believed by these groups that parents will welcome this opportunity to express their appreciation of Miss Decker's devoted service and her genuine and lasting interest in every child who came under her care. The children may bring , contributions to Principal L. F. Todd at the Howard school or to Mrs. 0. H. Bersch, 419 Prairie avenue. Dr. D. W. Rapp Is Elected Optimist Club President D\. D. W. Rapp, dentist, was elected prestdent of the Wilmette Optimist club at the annual meeting of the luncheon group Tuesdav of this week at the club headquarters in the Shawnee Countrv club. Dr. Rapp will succeed Dr. George P. Magill as chief executive of the club. Officers chose·1 to serve with President Rapp are: Edward Petrie', first vice-president: . Charlt:s H. Brandt. second vice-president: A. C. Pearson, Jr .. third vicepresident : A. R. Eddington fourth vice-president: R. M. Burns, s~cretary. and Clarence Braun, sergeant-at-arms. Directors elected last Tuesdav were Marcus Mick, Joseph E. Shatitz. and Arthur Lee. The installation of offirers is scheduled for Tuesday, April 9. In This Issue Automobile News ...... 49-53 Boy Scout Page ...... 32 & 33 Book Comment ........... 47 Church Items ........ 58 & 59 Club News ................ 42 Editorial-Shore Lines .... 38 Junior Life .......... 54 & 61 Muaic Page ............... 44 Sports, Recreation·BeL, 56 & 62 Society News ............. 40 Travel Comer ............ 48 Theaters ............ 64 & 65 New Trier Arinoun~es Gym Exhibition for April 12 Preliminary plans are under way for a gymnasium exhibition to be held at New Trier High school Friday, April 12. The nhibition, which will be a demonstration of the indoor gymnasium work at New Trier, wilt take the place of one of the regular New Trier Parent-Teacher association meetings. Since gymnasium work is required of all students at the high school, several hundred boys and girls will take part in the exhibition. Drills, tumbling, and demonstrations of work on . the gymnasium apparatus will be fea· tuted.· - ~ .. CALL VILLAGE ELECTION The Village board Tuesday evening adopted a resolution providing- for the annual Village election which ·this year falls on Tuesday, April 16. Filing of petitions in the interest of candidates was expected to beiin late this week. ES, rou' re wasting a lot Y of t1me and money, too,· if you don't use the Classified columns of This Paper. There's no better medium · for results. Claaaifiecl Ada .......... 68-71