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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 18 May 1933, p. 3

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Mnetk CtKommunity flouse at 8:5 o'clock, for the purpose of informingý the voters of the issues at the com- ing judicial election of june 5, andi for the purpose of supplying infor- mation to the voters on the, follow- '1. The encroacbment of party poili- tics in the selection of judges of the'cir- cuit courts of Cookç county. "2. The reasons for the aggressive fight beingmade by the Chicago Bar asszociation ln this election.:1- "3.. The basis on which the Chicago Bar association has made Its :recorn- mendations for candidates for. Circuit judges. S "4. The urgent necessi.ty of electing to judicial office those candidates who have. been approved and endorsed, by the Chicago Bar Association." The first speaker will be Richard Yates Hoffman, a member: of the board, of managers of.,the Cbicago Bar, association.. As a member of the board of managers he js thoroughlY familiar with this subject and will t 1alk more particularly -on the events leading up to the present crisis in, the selection of judges. Hear Judge Cutting Trhe second speaker will be Judge Charles S. Cutting, .judge Horner's predecessor as Probate Judge of >Cook county. He will explain why politics bas no place in this election, and why judges should be selected on the basis of professionai qualifi- ,cations and integrity, rather than by reas.on of their affiliation with any à political party. After these two talks the ineet- ing will be open for questions and> comments by an yon e present,. it is1 explained. Perry I)unlap Smnith, headniaster of North Shore Country Day school, wiIl preside ýas chairman. Would lnform .Votera' .-This meeting is called" reads an announceme.nt, "in the be lief. that ift the. citizens 'are fully aware of, the2 s ordid political influences that havef been, exerted to elect. judges' and of:. the conduct, of certain judges whof blave been so elected, they will over-c whelningly defeat, by their votes,.f (Continued on Page 9)L igoard'of Local tharities "in .payment of services rendered to. the village for cleaning, beautification or other .c vic needs." The merchants have expressed the belief that their custoniers wilI look favorably upon this action since the primary purpose, of the sales tax was to aid in unemployment relief. They suggest alsothat custonmers who can afford to do so cooperate 1wv adding such refunds' as they may obtaita f rom nierchants to tliis. general rer lief fund.. T'he. Chamber of. Commerce is sponsoring the solicitation 'of mer-ý chants to join ini the agreement. .The agreement effected by the inerchants reads: -We the undersigned imerchanits of the Village of Wllmette,-in order that the proceeds received froni the collec- tion of the recent Illinois State tax be: used for the purpose for which It was colWected, do hereby agree to turn over to the Local Board of Wilmette Char- Mtes on or before July 1 ail such pro- ceeds rernaining after ~deuctIong re- funds and expenses ineurred, The afore- nien tioned proceeds to be dispensed to the unemployed and needY of the Vil- lage of Wilmnette in payment of services rendered to said Village for- cleaning, beautification or ot her civic needs." Names of cooperating merchants %vill be published- in a subsequent is- sue of WiLMETTE LIME Seek A ction to Cut Fee at Local Beach A special meeting of the Wilmette Home Owners' association has been called Ito convene at the' Village hall at 8 Wednesday evening, May 24. The members of the Wilmette Park board have been invited to be pres- ent,' as well as the officers of the American L egion to consider and to take action upon a recent resolutioni adopted by the American Legion to, reduce the fee for the use of the beach for the coming season.. The1 fee now.prevailing is $5,. and this is considered as, excessive in view of present conditions, and it is believed by some that a fee -so enntinued'< dence 15 taking place. We cite an example in point. Marshall Field and Company this .week utilizes five full pages ini WILMETT1E LuFE. Other concernis are rapidly falling into line on the march> back to progressive, normal business. Business: is Iooking up!f. Legion ýRequests 'Citizens Join in Memori*al Rites Wilmette Post' No. 46, American Legion, has extended an invitation to al patriotic, civic and social' organ- ization 's in * the village to participate in the Memorial day parade and ex-, excises. to be held under the post's sponsorship. Organizations paning to take part in. the parade have. been, asked to get in touch witb George F. Scherzer, 2135 Thorlwôôd aventue, telephone Wilmette 2961. Mr. Scherzer is chair- mani of the Wilmette post's patriotic celebrations committee. The program for the day wiIl s tart at 7 o'clock in the morning at Me- morial Park cemetery, where serv- ices will be held and the graves of war veterans will be decorated. At 8:30 o'clock the parade wiIl form at Washington park, where services are to be' held also. The parade wil leave the park about 9 o'clock and march to the Village hall. An address will be given there by -a__ speaker whose name will be aniiouncéd next week. GUILD TEA MONDAY Atea will be held at the Guild. î.oom of the Church of the Holy Comforter on Moniday, May 22, from '3 until 5, to:show the iyork accomp- lished by the five guilds of the church during the winter. One thousand ar- ticles have been made. A sample of each Will bec on display. preparatory to its inclusion in Presi- dent Franklin D. Roosevelt's re- forçstation project to give employ- ment to thousands of unemployed men, was put underway Tuesday morning of this week. A corps of tWenty-five engineers, togethler with, forty rodmen *and other assistants, under the direction of Charles C. Estes, chief, construction engineier of the Cook County Forest Preserve district, .were sént into thé- Skokîe area, for, this purpose. Although the final word to proceed with the proiected, Skokie reforesta- tion, scheme b as, not. been received, fromWashington, late reports front the Capitol nevertheless. are so en- cour agingfftchat it is felt certain the- awa ted o0fiiaI 'approval will be given very soon. Reporte> Eaàcourating Since the project was, first .sub- mitted - to President: Roosevelt, by Emmett Whealan,' president of the board îof Forest Preserve commis- sioners a few weeks ago, Mr. Wheal- an has been receiving encouraging reports as to its outcome. From six weeks to two months will be consumned, in' making the compre- hensive survey for the work, which later will give employment to a thousand or more men throughout the summer, it is explained.> The Forest Preservýe is now using about one thousand mien, furnished by the Emergency Relief commission, it is explained, and included in this number are the 'engineers and assist- ants, who will do the final survey work preparatory to the. drainage, construction of a chain of lakes, and reforestation of sections as a part of the United States government's re-, forestation program. In a recent letter to Washington officiaIs, Charles G. Sauers, super-, intendent of .the Fore.st Preserve, eX- pl..îed tbat the Skokie project canî be started.at once by the $30 a miopth laborer, which the President is authorized to employ for his refor- estation plan, since the. forest pre- serve distric.t already owns the land. Supt. Sauers suggested in bis letter (Continued on Page 13) Assisting hostesses Wi l be Mrs. Paul 1. Aldrich and Mrs. Henry W. Beyers, both of Winnetka,' Mrs. Grqver, C. Ness of Evanston, and Mrs. Stanley H. Knight of Chicago; ous cooki Cherry Su in the sel:i wager Daý customer. for his Orr, is doir 1enterprise, y was her ______________________ day to crown the May Quec annual May Day festivities. CaiIW ilmette 4300 always been the custom for me r queen to crown then She *will be accompanied 1 ASK FOR AD-TAKER jane Roberts of Flint, Mi( __________________________will return with Miss J3urri week's viuit. le for- r one. Miss who for a

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