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WILMETTE VOL. XVIII. NO. 28 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS Published weekly by Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1212-1236 Oentral ·Ave., Wilmette, llli1tois. Entered as second class matter March 13, 1924, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, under the Act of March 3,1879. Subscription price $2.00 a year. \NILMETTE, ILLINOIS, MARCH 29, 1929 CHURCHES PREPARE FOR TOWN VOTE TUESDAY I Gives Trier Citizens' League Ticket to EASTER OBSERVANCES New Be Accorded Complimentary Vote at Music Will Feature Programs in Wilmette and Kenilworth Parishes Sunday Climaxing a Lenten season of solemn worship, Wilmette and Kenilw?rth churchgoers are preparing- for the pyous Easter observance s of so ng and prai r, e Sunday in the \'ari on:; churches in these communities. ~{u sic will, of course. p··ovide th e out-.;tand ing feature in all churches. special programs of song haYin g been planned in most of the parishes. The principal Easter ·seryices are sc hedul ed-almost without exceptionto bej!in at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. Tn a few instance s there wi\1 also he special Easter Vespers. Sunday sc hool children are to l1a ve their own obse n ·a nce s in a majority of the chur .: he:-. Scanning the Ea·.;t e r ser\'ice notic es appearing on other pages of this issne of \VH. :: eTTr: LIFE, one notes that the first Congregational church is summoning its worshippers to an Easter servicr \'Vhich wilt feature a program of ·:msic and Easter me·.;sage by the minister. There will also be a Vesper service at 4 o'clock at which the choir will offer Maunder's cantata, "Olivet to Calvary." Present Cantata Music bv the choir, an Easter nH: ssage by ··t he pastor, and a special Easter offering are announced at the ,.ilmette Pari·sh Methodist church. Tonight at 8 o'clock the choir of that church wi ll present the cantata. "Crucifixi o n" by Stainer. A Children's processional, Easter music bv the choir, sermon by the pas tor and an Ea-ster progra_m in the Sunday school comprise the program at the 'Vilmette Baptist church. The Church of the Holy Comforter in Kenilworth presents. a Choral Eucharist sung by the au~ment e d choir. There wi ll a16o be ser,.'ices of Holy Communion with addres . i.>y the rector. St. John's Lutheran church will ob.;erve Easter S und av with services at 9:45 and · 11 o'clock in the morning, both featured by programs of Easter music. An Easter offering will he taken. · Easter Flower Service St. Augustine's Episcopal church in Yites to an Easter Festival service at 11 o'clock. featured by music, as we!~ =ts to the Children's Easter Flower service at 4 o'clock. At the First Presbyterian church there is to be a special serv ic e at 11 o'clock featuring· a sermon by the minister, and music presented hy the quart~t. ang . Miss Ebba Sundstrom. nottrl violini st. There is to be an Easter offering. The Sunday school wi ll also have its Easter program. Ea ter ohservances ir\ the \Nilmette Lutheran church wi ll be at the 11 o'clock worsh ip hour , as well as in the Sunday school. An Easter sermon. program of music , baptism service, reception of new members. and the observance of Communion will feature the Easter program at the Kenilworth Union church. Easter Sermon 100 PERCENT TAX BOOST FORESEEN IN NEW TRIER Predicts Huge · Increase; Holds Revaluation Procedure Illegal Polls April 2 Tuesda \. will witness the annual New Trie:· Tm;.nship election. The following candidates have the endor sement of the New Trier Citizens' league ! for the various towns hi p offices: Justice of the Peace T. K. Calhoun, Glencoe. Ralph Sinsheimer. \Vinnetka . Hans yonReinsperg, \\ ilmette. D. M. 1v£ickey, Wi lmette. John ]. Peters, \Vilmette. Constables Charles }.filler, \Vilm ette. P ter Schildgren, \Yilmette. V 1ctor C. Faul.;tick, KenihYorth. Jacob Rudolph, Glencoe. \\'alt c: r Grerrory, " ' innetka. Supervisor Gertrude }.1. Thurston, \Vinn etka. Township Clerk ~Irs. Leland \ '. Pierson, \ Vilmette. Township School Trustee A. C. Bahize. Glencoe. Township Collector Sa nborn Hale, Winnetka. Township Assessor George Harbaugh, \Vilmette. Edward J. :Mau, of \ Vilmette, is th e only independent candidate. He is running for constable. ~ext Elect 2 Park District Commissioners Tuesday Tuesday, April 2, is the date for the \\"ilmette ~.1rk district election, when two park commissioners will be chosen for a full term of six year . Louis K. Gillson and F. L. Bateman arc candielates for post . as commissioners. Mr. Gillson has heen president of the Park hoai·d since its orga nization t\\·cnty years :tgo, ~vl~ilc ).f r. Bateman has been a ~ommJ SSJon c r for ~bout t~n years.- Pol_ lmg places for th1s e~ectton, wh 1ch w1 ll b~ tl;e sa1_11c_ as provtded hy the Board ·)1 ( ommtss1oncrs of Cook county for the election of Kcw Trier township officer s the same day, wi ll he open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. 111 . SPECIAL BOARD MEETING Because of the annua l spring banquet of the Playground and Recreation board occurring on the night of the monthlv board weeting, a special meeting of the Recreation board has been ca11ed for Thursday evening, April 4, at 8 o'clock. In This Issue Pages Automobile News ...... 49-54 Boy Scout Affairs .... 32 & 33 Book Comment ...... ..... 46 Church Items .. .. ... 56 & 57 Club News ... . .... ...... .42 Editorial-Shore Lines ..... 38 Junior Life .......... 58 & 59 Music Page .. ............. 44 Sports, Recreation Bd. . ... 60 Society News ............. 40 Travel Comer ............. 24 Theaters .............. 64, 65 Classified Ads .. ... ...... 68-71 LIBRARY BOARD MEETS The regular March meeting of the -vv·ilmettc Public library board ""as scheduled for Wednesday night of this week. Routine business was expected to occupy most of the time. ...\. tax increas e in ~ew T~ier township approximating 100 percent is forecast in a communication directed to \VIT.-~IBT'fE LIFF. this week by Township Assessor George H. Harbaugh. This estimate. Mr. Harbaugh asserts, is based on the revaluation of real propertY now in prog. " SS, ::~.nrl which, · in his- opinion, represents an unsciemi'lc, if not actually illegal, procedure. The question of legality, the assessor ooints out. re sts in the tact that the ~evaluation proceedings are being conducted without benefit of the local ?..Ssessor. the entire job having been placed in the hands of men sent out from the Chica~o offices of the Board of Assessors. The law in this regard specifically states, says Mr. Harbaugh, that the local assessor shalt do ~his \vork. Yet, as a matter of fact, the local assessor has not even been con. Dr. John Timothy Stone, pastor of sulted concernin~ the revahtc:.tion, and the Fourth Presbyterian church, Chi- his repeated appeals for recogniti.)n from the Tax commission and Board cago, and president of the Presby- of Assessors have been completely igterian Theological seminary, will give nored. the Easter sermon at the \Vilmette Mr. Harbaugh's letter to Wn~~rETT~ Sunday Evening club, March 31, at LrFE reads as follow ;. : the First Congregational church . Dr. Editor, \Vrun:T'rE LIFEStone is recognized as one of the fore"A good many questions relative to most preachers of the era. the re-assessment of property in New Trier township have been a5ked of me, and the inquirer has naturally been Methodist Church Choir s-urprised at my inability to give a Will Sing "C~cifixion" satisfactory answer, because, bein({ the Stainer's "Crucifixion" will be sung assessor for New Trier township, I at the \Vilmette Methodist church to- should be in a position to ~ive the ,-eThrough the night at a Good Friday night service. quired information. medium of your columns, I d r ~ire. The quart et and choir of the church have been in p ractice for this service therefore, to inform the people of New for some time. E lb ert Herlocker w!ll Trier township concerning the mechan· sing a tenor solo, "The Majesty of the ics of the re-assessment as I .!ave Divine Humiliation." Mr. Herlocker learned of them through inquiry and 1 . ancl ?\1 r. Smith will sing the duet, "So through the public press. Thou 1 if test Thv Divine Petition." "Owing to the order for re-assess- - -' -- ' - - - - · - - - - - - - - - - ment issued by the State Ta,x commission directed to the Board of Assessors of Cook county to re-asst:ss dll property in the county, the Board of Assessors engaged a group of expert appraisers with their staff of employes, made them all d.e vuty assessors, and this group of experts proceeded to 1 engage additional help who may or may It may be a small run not have been experts , and they were in turn appointed as deputy asse~sors or a half million im· 1nd rroceeded to measure the buildings. pressions - leaflets, In n:teasuring the buildings these men were also to obtain certain informa- . folders, booklets, tion, particularly with reference to the catalogs, blotters, age of the building, so that later when still other expe rt s, called estimators, letter heads, or took the cards from the measurers and viewed the buildi'ngs, they could know what have you? how much to scale down the value of - Whatever the Job the building account of age. Nullify Aneaaor's Authority "In New Trier town ship, many peoWe Do It Right. ple have stated to me that the measurers did not inquire concerning the age of the building. nor did they ask other questions which they were supposed to LLOYD HOLLISTER 1 ask. Inasmuch as all the data so collected is in the hands of the appraisal INC. committee, the local township assessor Telephone is unable to see tl1at th e requisite inWILMETTE 4300 formation is correctly placed upon the cards. The entire proceeding so far on the re-assessment in New Trier (Continued on Page 72) *