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Dece~ber 27, 1929 WILMETTE LI .P E 3 LONNQUJST.PROMISES . WILL REBUILD CHURCH K enilwortli Mail Preabyterian Edi&ce De· Rush Biggest TORRID BAUOT FIGHT Wilmette atroyed By Fire 19; Fire· D~mber Candidate for County Board Presidency Declares Era of Waste and Graft Must End men Fight Blaze In Blizzard Plans for the rebuilding of the Wilmette Presbyterian church, the interior of which was destroyed by fire early Thursday, December 19, during one of the worst blizzards experienced in this vicinity for many years, are already being discussed. A definite announcement of rebuilding plans is expected to be forthcoming when insurance claims are adjusted. Meanwhile the church is holding its regular Sunday morning services and all other activities temporarily in the Wilmette Woman's club auditorium. The Rev. Clyde Randolph Wheeland, the pastor, states that the church's program of activities will be carried on as usual. "Fighting that fire was the most difficult job in my 24 years' experience on the Wilmette Fire department," said Chief Walter Zibble this week in commenting on the blaze which threatened to destroy the church. The fire was fanned by a terrific wind and the firemen were hampered by a blinding snowstorm in their efforts to check its spread. An overheated flue pipe is believed to have been the cause of the fire. There was no explosion, Fire Chief Zibble states. The fire in the church furnace had been banked by the janitor about 10:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, and the strong wind is thought to have caused a draught, which, in turn, caused the overheating of the flue pipe. Wilmette firemen received the alarm ab<;>ut 2:15 o'clock Thursday morning. (Continued on Page 4) on Record in Village · ANNUAL ICE ·cARNIYAL SET FOR JANUARY 11 Competitive Evellla for AU Area Pl"ovided'in Reereation Board'a · Big Winter Meet With the advent of the ice skating seasoQ, the minds of the Playground and Recreation board force automatic .. ' ally t1,1rn to the principal event of the winter season, the annual Ice Carnival. The date for this year's carnival has been set for January 11. It will be held at the Village Green pond, with the final date of registration announced January 8. Events on the program have been considerably changed from the progra!tl of last year, Daniel M. Davis, director of recreation, announces, and this year's program will include only twelve events with only one event for the boys and girls of various ages. The one m·le open race for the North Shore championship will again be the major event of the afternoon, and together with the two-mile race for men and the fancy skating for both men and women, will be the outstanding feature of the program. Entrance eligibility for boys and girl$ under 15 years of age will be deter.:. mined by the age of the contestant on the last day of 1929. Which means, Director Davis emphasizes, that if a boy or girl is 15 years old on January 1, he mqst compete with 14 year olds in the races for his age on that afternoon. The following events will be held for boys: l I Action and plenty of it is promised by Axel Lonnquist, 500 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette. candidate for the office of president of the Board of Cook County. Commissioners in the campaign that wt)l reach. its climax in the April Republican Pnmary election. Mr. Lonnquist, who is a candidate at !he instance of prominent Chicago busmess men and other leaders in the metropolitan area who, through the mediu_m of the Business Men's OrganizatiOn, were largely instrumental in the overthrow of the Crowe regime in county P<;>litics a few years ago, declared thts week in a statement to WILMETTE LIFE that "the fight will go on," and that, insofar as he is concerned, there is to be no quitting "no mater how hot the fire becomes." High Time for Change "It must be apparent to everybody that it is high time for a change in the governmental agency which underlies all other tax spending bodies-the Board of Cook County Commissioners," the candidate said. "The latent powers of that board can and must be used for the purpose of bringing order out of chaos, to say nothing of formulating a policy of practical and permanet{t relief beneficial to the tax payers. "I am told that the tax bills will not he sent out in the suburbs before the Primary election. I hope this is not a part of sinister politics. But the main thing is to keep an eye on this issue. Scorea W aate and Graft "The waste and graft of public money, the padding of payrolls, the obvious mismanagement in general must go and investigation or surveys do not appeal to the public at the present time at all. The fight wi11 go on and, as far as I am concerned, I will Mrs. Hannah A. Drury, pioneer resicertainly not quit no matter how hot dent of the north shore, died Monday the fire becomes." night at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Mildred Spear McAllister in Robert Malyon Haas Dies; Kenilworth two days before she Brought Here for Burial reached her . eightieth birthday. S!le Robert Malyon Haas, 19, son of had been failing in health for several George E. Haas, of Cleveland, formerly years and had been confined to her bed of 726 Elmwood avenue, Wilmette, since the day after Thanksgiving. Mrs. Drury was horn near McHenry died last Sunday at Ithaca, N. Y., where he was a sophomore at Cornell in Lake county December 25, 1849. She university and a member of Sigma Nu was married to Edwin Drury, pioneer fraternity. The remains were brought north shore real estate man, in 1871. to Wilmette, where funeral services Mr. Drury died 17 years ago. Two years ago Mrs. Drury went to were held Tuesday afternoon at the home of W. 0. Haas, 621 Park avenue, Kenilworth to live with her grandan · uncle of Robert. The youth djed of daughter, and prior to that time she meningitis. He was taken to the uni- had lived continuously for 53 years in versity infirmary Tuesday of last week. Wilmette, 50 years of which she lived His mother, who died eight years ago, in the 1100 block on Greenwood avenue. was a charter member of the Wilmette She was a charter member of the WilBaptist church, while Robert was a mette Woman's club, a member of the member of the Baptist Church of the Shawnee Country club and the WilMaster in Cleveland, where the family mette Old Settlers' organization. Surviving her are her granddaughter. moved from \Vilmette in 1920: The only immediate survivor is his father. Mrs. Mildred Spear McAllister, of The Rev. George D. Allison, pastor of Kenilworth, and her daughter, Mrs. the Wilmette Baptist church, conduct- Myrtle Drury Ling, of Wilmette. Dr. George P. Magill, former pastor ed the funeral services. Burial took place at Rosehill cemetery, where Mrs. of the Wilmette Presbyterian church, George E. Haas, Robert's mother, is conducted the funeral services which were held yesterday afternoon at 2 also buried.. o'clock from the McAllister residence, 719 Cummings avenue, Kenilworth. GOES TO OHIO Miss Suzanne Gage, who has been Burial was private at Rosehill cemetery. spending the winter months with her father and grandmother, at their home. SEEK C. OF C. MEMBERSHIP 1134 Elmwood avenue, left last Friday The F. W. Woolworth five and ten to spend Christmas with her brother- cent stores has applied for memberin-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Charles ship in the Wilmette Chamber of ComFox Beeler of Hamilton, Ohio. She merce. The application will be voted on will be away from Wilmette for two at the next meeting of· the Chamber. weeks. Kenilworth's postoffice has done more Christmas business this year than at any time in its history, Postmaster Douglas Crooks reports. More than 88,000 pieces of first class mail had bP.en dispatched this month up to Tuesday December 24, while the total sale of stamps for the same period amounted to $2,600. Last year the total sale of .s tamps for the entire month of December was $2,476. Last Sunday morning 70 bags of mail were received at the Kenilworth postoffice, an ·unusually large number for the _size of the village. Every parcel commg to the office up to Christmas Day was delivered without delay, Postmaster Crooks states. In order to handle the Christmas business Postmaster Crooks more than doubled " his force of employes. The usual force numbers six. Fifteen have been on d.uty during the Christmas rush. . The Kenilworth postoffice will be closed all day on New Year's, next Wednesday. There will be no collections or deliveries of mail. as Village Chocolate Shop Will Be Fine Tea Room John "Johnnie" Pappa)ohn, who has dev?ted himself to the interest of purveymg delectable foods to a discriminating north shore patronage for many years, is passing through the throes of remodelling his Village Chocolate shop in the First National Bank building. Johnnie has developed such a lucrative sandwich and light luncheon business in recent months, that he is ~eterm_ined to go into the enterprise tn a btgger way. Henceforth he will serve complete dinner courses, in addition to meeting the demands of the luncheon and tea-time clientele. In other words, Johnnie's Chocoilte shop is rapidly shaping up as one of the finest tea rooms in the vicinity. Mrs. Hannah Drury, Pioneer Resident, Dies at Age of 80 HOLIDAY GUESTS Mrs. Arthur Trimble and her daughter Margaret are the guests of Mrs. Edwin Hedrick, Melrose avenue, Kenilworth, for the days over Christmas. Among other guests for Christmas dinner at the Hedrick home were Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bar- V. Harding Recovering rett and Roger Barrett, of Kenilworth, From Football Injuries Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leimert (Virginia Hedrick) of Surf street, Chicago, J. Word has been received that Victor C. Loftis of Evanston, and Miss Sarah Harding, son of the Victor M. HardAdams of ·Pittsfield, Ill. ings, Burr aven!Je, Winnetka, who was severely injured during the HarvardYale football game when he played end on the Harvard team, is now almos~ fully recovered from his ·injuries, and is passing the Christmas holidays with his family in Winnetka. ; At the annual Harvard Victory banquet held recently at the university he was presented with a gold football. He is also a member of the Hasty Pud.. ding club, Delta Kappa Epsilon, and . the Institute of 1770. Victor will not return to college after the holidays but will spend the reDoris had a little dog, maind.er of the winter on a ranch in Arizona. And doggie loved her ·so, He followed her to school one · day, Thistlethwaite Speaks at But home he did not go. Coach Glen Thistlethwaite of the University of Wisconsin football squad and formerly serving in the . same capacity at Northwestern university, will be the principal speaker at a Father and Son dinner tonight in the North Shore Congregation Israel temple at Glencoe. LOST-WIRE-HAIRED TERRIER, white with brown ears. Child's The affair is sponsored by the Men's dog. Reward. Ph. Wilmette 3260. club of, the Congregation. Other special guests of the evening will be Guy Bush, pitcher, and Gabby Hartnett, Read the Classified Pages I catcher of the champion Cubs, and Sab Bostwick, comic strip cartoonist of the L!;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;J Chicago Evening American. A neighbor read in Classified That doggie was all right, S\) Doris had him safely back Before dark Christmas night. 100-yard dash . .. . Under. ll years of age 220-yard dash .... Under 13 years of ag~ 440-yard dash .. ... . .. . . 13 years of age 440-yard dash ... . .... . . 14 years of age 440-yard dash . ... .. . ... . 15 years of age 440-yard dash ...... Under 18 years of age 1 Mile Open .... 15 years of age and over 2 mile race . ... . . 18 years of age and over Fancy Skating For Girls: 100-yard dash .... . Under 11 years of age 220-yard dash . . .. Under 13 years of a~ 440-yard dash .... .. .... 13 years of age 440-yard dash . . . 14 years 9f age and over Fancy SkatJng The fancy skating event is open to botb boys and girls. Registration may be mad~ after December 27, at the Playground and Recreation bo:ud office or with Director of Recreation Daniel M. Davis, or hfs assistants. Father-Son Dinner Tonight INJURED IN CRASH HOME FJtOM SCHOOL Eugene Nelsen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred 0. Nelsen, 1924 Lake avenue, returned home last Sunday from Wa-.;h· ington and Lee university fer his Christmas vacation. Mrs. Frank Cheeseman of the Or· rington hotel, formerly of Kenilworth, met with an accident while riding in a taxi last week. She is confined to the Evanston hospital with severe injuries to her back.