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June 28, 192~ WILMETTE LIFE KENILWORTH PLANS BIG TALK CELEBRATION ON FOURTH Patriotic Exercises, Parade, and Athletic Events to Fea, ture Program Announcement was mad~ this week of detailed plans for the twenty-seventh Fourth of July celebration given by the Kenih,·orth club for all residents of Kenilworth and their guests. The program will begin in the morning with patriotic exercises and a parade and will extend through the afternoon when an athletic meet and ball game are · to he held at the New Trier High school athletic field. The parade will form at Kenilworth avenue and \Varwick road at 10 :~0 o'clock in the morning and proceed h\' waY of \Van\·ick road to \Voodstock avenue. then west to Essex road. north to Kenilworth avenue, and west to Fountain Square. The onler of march has heen announced as follows: fifteen . piece brass band, Boy Scouts. Girl Scouts. Camp Fire girls, decorated vehicles, comic entries, alld. school children. Harry Olin and Jack Byrne will he the parade marshals, and ~.f rs. Tra Darlilw, ~f rs. CYrus A . Barr, and Mrs. Alfrc·< ·l T.. 1f cbougal \\·ill act as judges. Prizes will he a\Yarded as follows: grancf· ·· prize for best entry: second grand prize; prize for best costumed hoy: prize for best costum ed girl: prize for hc st comic entry. and prize for best child under fiye years of age. Patriotic Exercises at 11 At the patriotic exercises to he l1eld ()11 the Kenih\·orth club grounds following the parade Harold 0. Barnes will lead in the singing- of "The Star Spanglrd Banner" and the Kenilworth Bm· Scout troop will give the sa ltt te :liHi pledge of allegiance to the flag. llllmediately after the flag ceremony the parade prizes \\'ill he awarded. More than 150 · ribbons and medals will he distribut.ed among \rinners of the fortv different athletic contests to be held- in the afternoon at the N cw Trier athletic field. The medals will go to the three highest point winners in each class, while first, second. and third place winners in each event will recei\' e ribbons. "A rac e or stunt for evervone, old · and young" is the promise of the committee in charge of arrangements . for the athletic meet. Forty Events for Children Besi(h:s the list of more than forty ~vents for children from six to fourteen \'Cars old inclusive, there will be a fathers-vs.-sons relay race a horseshoe pitching contest for the fathers, anri a special contest for women. Follo\ving is the list of children's races and contests: !iiehNinle of Events CIVIC AFFAIRS Chamber of Commerce to Hear Chicago Asaociation Leader Monday; Mar Discuaa Picnic Program Dru1n-Bugle Co·rps to Have Part in Legion Festival Members of the Drum and Bugle corps of · \Vilmette Post No. 46 American J:,.egion and their families will journey to Crystal Lake at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, June 29, where the corps. will participate in the opening festivities of Crystal Lake Legion post's two-day festival. "Shorty" Olin, former commander of Wilmette post and now a member of the Crystal Lake post, has promised his old friends a gooc} time. The Seventh District American Legion posts will hold their next meet-ing- July 13, beginning at 4 o'clock ;n the afternoon, at \N'ayside Inn, Morton Grove, v·ith Sisterhenn and Niles TO\vnship posts C:S joint hosts. Plans are progressing f'Or the grand American Legion jubilee and drum corps contest to be held Saturday, July 20. at Farwell avenue and the lake, Chicago. BIG DEMAND FOR SEATS , BRINGS OPERA 'REPEATS' · "Manon Lescaut" and "Marouf" to Be Heard Again at Ravinia Early Next Week Owing to the unprecedented· demand for seats at the opening of the Ravinia Opera season of 1?29 last Saturday night and the fact that hundreds of persons 'were unab'le to obtain tickets for the performance of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut," which had been been chosen by Louis Eckstein as the season's inaugural, it has been found necessary to present this work again on ¥ond~y night, July 1. Instead oL~c!;rotmg thts time to a concert program, 'Manon Lescattt" will be given by exactly the same cast that was heard at the beginning of the season inc1uding Mme. Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Jose Mojica, Desire Defrere Giordano Paltrinieri, Louis D'An'gelo and Paolo Ananian. Mr. Papi will again conduct. "Marouf," Rabaud's fantastic ultramodern comedy opera which . was the offering on Ravinia's second night, likewise proved to be so great a success that popular demand has made its earlv repetition desirabk, and it bas bee,; scheduled for vVeclnesday night, July 3. This has come to be regarded as one of the "wonder operas" of the H.avinia repertoire, in view of the fact that the more it is given the more popular it seems to become. The house was completely sold out for this work last Sunday night, just as it was C\'ery time it was presented last season. \V hen it is repeated next Wednesday night Mario Chamlee will again have the name part and Mme. Yvonne Gall will repeat her success as the Princess. Others prominently cast are Mme. Claussen, Leon Rothier, ] osc ~1 ojica, Giordano Paltrinieri, George Cehanovsky, Louis D'Angelo, Vittorio Trevisan, Paolo Ananian, Ruth Page, Edwin Strawbridge and the ballet. Louis Hasselmans will conduct. Symphony Program July 4 As Independence Day comes on Thursday this year, there will be no children's concert on Thursday afternoon, July 4, but in its place the Chicago Symphony orchestra, under the direction of Eric DeLamarter, will present a prograt:n of American music, much of which will be of a patriotic nature. There is no place in the vicinity of Chicago more popular than is Ravinia on this national holiday and preparations are being made to take care of a record breaking crowd throughout the day. AJfred Wallenstein, 'cellist, will be the soloist on this occasion. There will be no charge for reserved seats at this concert, the general admission at the gate covering everything. Ravinia's second week will open Sunday afternoon, June 30, with a concert by the Chicago Symphony orchestra, Eric DeLamarter conducting. Mr. DeLamarter has arranged a splendid program for this occasion, and Jacques Gordon, violinist, who is ever popular with Ravinia audiences, will be the soloist. All seats will b! free for this concert, the only charge being the general admission at the gate. James J. McGuire of Chicago, field secretary of the Chicago Association of Commerce, \\'ill he the speaker at the regular ] uly meeting of . the vVilmette Chamber of Commerce Monday night, ] uly 1. at 8 o'clock in the Central cafeteria. His subiect will be "Civic and Business Deveiopment in Chicago and Surrounding Communities." Mr. McGuire is considered an authority on this question and has been in gre,9.t demand as a speaker on the progress of business and civic affairs in this area it is said. He has had many years experience in his particular field of work. His talk will follow the business session of the Chamber \: v hich is scheduled- to - start promptly at 8 o'clock. · \¥hethcr or not \Vilmette dav is to he held this year probably will . he decided ln· the Chamber of Commerce at its 1~1eeting next Monday. Strong likelihood is expressed that the usual \\'ilmette day festivities "-ill he abandoned. Instead of holding a villagC-\\'icle celebration, the plan is to have a picnic for members of the Chambrr and their families in one of the nearbY forest preserves. Tf this plan ts adopted hy the members. an effort will he made to choose a spot close to a golf links so that those who wi sh to nlav golf may do so. Ball games and other sports "·ill feature the pronosed outing, and. J)lemhers of the Chamber \Yill take along thrir 0\Yn lunches. A definite decision nn the matter is (' xnected to he ·made next MnndaY nil!ht and committees appointed to make arrangements for the affair. North Shore Trio Finds Fishing Good "Up North" A very successful fishing and camping- trip is reported. by three north shore boys \\·ho have just motored through the north \\·oods . The campers were Alan Hoagland of 416 \Villow road, \Vinnetka; Robert Kershaw of 325 Woodland avenue , \Vinnetka, and Burton Bruse of 1335 Ashland avenue, Wilmette. Included in their catch was a 140 pound pike, caught by Alan Hoagland. Early in tlw week he went to Big Bay, Mich., whe~· e he \\·ill be a counsellor at Camp Sosowagaming this summer. The other boys returned home. Garden Club Receives Present of Jardiniere Hold Hearing Tuesday in Alley Improvement A oublic hearing \Yilt be held in the coun~il room of the Village hall Tuesday evening, July 2, at 7 :30 o'clock Ol'· the paving of th_ e first alley v\·est of \~Toodhine avenue from Gregory avenue to Isabella street. The Board of Local 1J11provements has passed a resolution providing for th~ improvement, the es timated cost of which is $2,236. A large, concrete jardiniere for flowers recently was donated to the civics department of the Evening- Garden club of \Vilmette bv Mrs. Charles D. F.wer of 1111 Ashl;md avenue to he given as a ~ift to the Village of Wilmette. The \Vilmette Park hoard selected the plot at the intersection of \.Vilmette CREDIT BODY MEETS .t\"enue. Eleventh street, and Lake The \ Vilmctte Creel it 11en's associaavenues as the location for its erection tion wilt hold its regular monthly meetand will provide for its filling from ing tonight at R o'clock in the office season to season. )f the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce. It is now installed, filled with geraniums and greens, and the surrounding ground planted with flowers. Fin~l Warning to Put u., Mail Boxes West of Ridge Jones, Paul Bradley, Clayton Burch, Ward Starrett, Harry Olin, Herbert Taylor: and ] acques de la Chapellc. Jack Byrne \vill judge the horse::. hoe pifching contest. The Kenilworth cluh's Fourth of July committee is composed of the following: Harold Tideman, chairman, \Valter Knoop, field marshal, Herbert Taylor, Clyde Ross. Clayton Burch, \Varct Starrett, Frank Ketcham, Harold Barnes, Wendell Clark, Jack Byrne, Harry Olin, Paul Bradley, Ralph Starr, Jacques de la Chapelle, Leon Allen, · Judges Are Named ·The athletic events will be judged by Walter Anderson, Louis Jones, Lee De\Vitt Stillman, Wendell-Clark, Louis Ellis, and Craig Ketcham. Boys nnd girl:-; a~e six or underbroom Rtick raC'e, twt·nty-five-yard race, potato race, a nil ball throwing cont... st. Junior El·ents Bo:vs ng-e st-\·en and eight-running brond jump, hig-h jump, fifty-yard race, sack race . and ball throwing contest; ~ii'}S ag(' S'YC'n and eight-running broad jump, high jump, fifty-yard race, sack race, and bnll throwing contest; boys age n'ine and tt-n-standing broad jump, sl'lck race, high jump, sixty-yard race, and ball throwi.1g- C'ontest; girls nge nine and ten - running: hroarl jump, sack race, high jump, sixty-ynrd r:1.ce. and ball throwing contest. Senior EYents Boys n g e elen·n and twelYe hurdl me , hop, skip and jump, high jump, sixty-yard race, and 100-yard race; g-irls age el \'en nnd twelve-hurdle race, hop. sldp and jump, high jump, :-;ixtyynrd rnce, and spoon and egg race; boys nge tldrteen nnd fourtN:n-hurdle race, hop, skip and jump, high jump, 100-ynrd race, and 220-yard race; gil'1s age thirteen and fourteen-hurclle race, hop, skip and jump, high jump, sixty-yard rnce, and ::;poon and egg race. A final inspection of the new mail delivery district west of Ridge avenue will be made this Saturday, }'me 29, Postmaster Joseph E. Shantz announced this week. ~{ r. Shantz has issued a. last warning that unless both mail boxes and street numbers are provided. in the district, the delivery of mail, scheduled to start next Monday will not be made. LITTLi E ADS BRING BIG R : ESULTS Have you something to buy? Have you something to sell? Have you something to trade? I ..: _ -..,.··-f.l'~·· -· · . The classified columns of this paper offer a satisfactory means of solying your problems and the cost is small. "Barber of Seville" Sunday Sunday night, June 30, that amusing and tuneful old comic grand opera, "The Barber of Sevi!le;" will be the offering. None of the lighter operas is more popular than is this Rossini work and none contains a more lavish wealth of tune. Miss Florence Macbeth, coloratura soprano, will have the role of Rosina, and Mario Chamlee will be cast as Count Almaviva. Mario Basiola will have the name part, Virgilio Lazzari will be Don Basilio and Vittorio Trevisan will be Dr. Bartolo. (Continued on page 10)