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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 15 Mar 1934, p. 3

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The Wilmette Civic league wiII hold its regular rnonthly luncheon, meeting in the Mission rooni, Marshall Field &cornpany, State street store, F'ri- day, March 23, at 12:15 o'clock. The principal speaker will be Mayor Charles H. Bartlett of Evanston, whose timelyý subject will be, ."The Liuor .Question as it Affects the North Shore Suburbs." As the; subject is of vital import- ance ta the residents of ail New Trier township villages, special invitations have been extended to President- Au- guste C. Babize of,,Glencoe; Presi- dent William B. Moultoôn of, Win- netka; Président Harry P. Harrison of Kenilworth, an rsident C. P. Dubbs of Wilmette. AUl have sgi fied their intention to be present ex-1 cept Président. Dubbs,ý wbo will be away on a vacation at, that, tume. Trustéce Harrv C. Kinne will repre'- sent Mfr. flubbs. After a discussion of the subject a s it affects the various muniicipali- ties,' Village Attorney Willis D. Nance of Wilmette will discuss the questionfroni the standpoint of those îarcas' of the township which.are outo- side of any incorporated village. Thé point is stressed that:thienie-et- ing is, openi to aIl citizeus of the uorth shore. and it is desired that as nîany as cati will avail themselves of this opportiiiitv% to hear the, liquor prob- 1cm1 c-icussed by those upou %whom wvilI fait the duty of regulatiou and' cont.rol in case saloons should be per- niitteçd lu these communities. keser- vations màay be made. by calling Her- inar T. Reiling, secretary. State 6246. Conquest of Lofty. *Mt. Everest Willý Be . ecture Tahie Thée celebration, in which the wom- en of Rotaryfamilies wil participate, is.to begin With -a dinner ini the main bail rooni at 7 o'clock, followed by a program of minute talks,'interspersed with. numbers.. of a musgical progra . and *other entertaitimnent of a, light nature. 1Invitations have beenetnddto the Rotarians of Evanston, Winnet- ka, Glencoe, Highland Park and Deer-î field, as well as to those members of0 the Chicago Rotary club whose homes are. in Wilmette. District Governor, \Vill Robb of Maywood is expected to be present, and. international offi- cers have qlso been invited. Request..State to Provide Funds for, Gost of Road'W.'rk The Kenjlworth Village board, at its regular monthly meeting -Monday night, passed a resolution making> dlaima against the State Department' of Public Works and Buildings, Div- ision of Highways, for a total of $5,433.86 to be paid from the motor fuel tax fund for the year 1934 and to be applieci in payment of munici- pal indebtedncss incurred in the construction, reconstruction, main- tenance opening, wideniug or im- proving of various streets iu the sec-, tion of the village west of the. rail-* road tracks. .The resolution set forth that the iudebtedness was incurred ilit the im- provernent of the followiug arterial streets'or state -highways: west Kenilworth avenue, nowv Park drive,, wNidened and paved: W .. Rail- roaid avenue, now Green Bay road, "'e ~ "'~'wiclcned and paved: Brierad other 11)v neaùs of Word pictures.aiîd the 'streets, paved and drained; Covcntr 1y Illo-t beatutiful motion films ever rd o eiwrhaeuoee inade of similar scenes, the taiug of and etne; trig'o~ n Mt. lEvercst will be portrayed at New o.he trenesopterlind exte1 ndd Trier -igh 'school Friday afteruoon tirsetopnd-adexee. and( evening. The afternoou pro- I_____________ Brautigam bas given repeated warnings in these,,colunins. The treacherous condition of the ice, coupled with faulty-*childish. judg- ment, may be the cause of a duplii- cation of the unfortunate accident here or elsewhere along the lake. The responsibility f parents in this matter is of too serious a na- ture . to ý'be. ignored said Chief Brautigam. 1Eorthe safety of -chl- dren parental authority should be effectively ex ercised. PICK SAVINGS,. LAN LEADERS il. B. Johnston, Named President of Association; Now Ready to Begin Loan Buginzss The board of directors of the First Federal Savings' and Loan association of Wilmette met Tuesday evening in the offices of the Chamber of Comn- merce 'and elected the following offi- cers: President-Ifarry B. Johnaton. Vice -Presiden t-John F. Hoftman, Jr. Treasurer-Ha.rry W. Miller. Secrtary-C, E. Clifton, Jr.. Counsel-Charles H. Jackson. The shareholders of the'association h.eId a meeting Thursday' evening .,f last week for the purpose of electiilg a board of directors and te consider tentative by-laws- received *from the edrlHome Loan Banik board in Ch ieago. 1. Fifteen Directors The report of the committec .aîp- pointed to make recommendations for memhership on the board of directors ivas presented, and its recommenda- tions concurred in by vote. The fol- lowing «directors will serve until thec first annuai meeting, which will fake place in anuary, 1935: ire station site, repaire to thic wateïr distribution systen,- tree surger.y and spraying and the inspection and re- pair of sewers, have been consoli dated, intô one project, Village Man- ager. F. L.. Streed repiorted to the Kenilworth Village board- at its reg- ular monthly meeting Monday night. This bas been. donc upon an order froni the Civil Works administration so as to simplify cleriral work and to make possible the stiifting of work- men from one project to another, as needed, Mr. Streed explained. Demobilization of..the CWA force is now under way in Kenilworth. )Early last month the number of men assigned to Kenilworth was reduced froin 66 to 53, and the Village was informed tha t it should expect other cuts amountiuig. to 15 per cent every week. Recently the Kenilworth Citi- zens' advisory committec passed a resolution cndorsing the Kenilworth CWA projects and joined the Village in requesting that there be no further rçductions in man power for the rest cf the CWA period of activities. The fact that Kenilworth bas an "A" rat- illg in the CWA projects throughout Cook county is attributed in part to the attitude of the comniittee and the Village officiais. The "A" rating mneans that Kenilworth will receive preference over the "B'" and "C" proj- ects throughout the countrv duriaij the period of demobilization. 1$30,000 Cot Estinate The original-estimate ôof the cost of Kenilworth's CWA' projects, for which 78 men were requested, was $25,OOO to be cbarged against the CWA and $5,000 to be :divicled be- tween 'the: Park board, the Village board. the, Water departmnent, civic organizations and',individuals. Up to March 9, Mr. Streed pointed out in bis report, onl'y $14,167.73 had been ex pended for labor by the CWA in Kenilworth, due to unavoidable~ de- ST. PATRICK~S DANCE P. J. Huerter Post 669 of the Amnericaiî Legion is sponsoring a St. Patrick's Day dance to be held at the school bouse on> Winette ave- nue west of Ridge road Saturday *evening. March17 hous1e - a cican Dasement - o Iovely attic. Cali WILMEITE .4300 puilt i stessu owver, in LUULais- planteu in the parkways SOI stretts in tress cases are outside th-e province this section of the village. The work of the asociation. Loans of this type is to be donc ini conjunction with the are now handled by the Home Own- Kenilworth Park board as a CWA crs Loan corporation, temporarily set projcct. Labor will be furnisbed at upbyth fdealgvernifment for.this. no cost .to the village, or,.the ar purpose. 'board.

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