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GUESTPECE Wilmette Park Board Ruies hi Cannt Legaliy Comply With Legion Request At its regular meeting Monday, night the Wilmette Park. district board took up for consideration anid final disposition the application of Wilmette Post No. 46 American Le- gion- for a'permit to erect in Vatt- man, park a building that would serve the double purpose of a permanent home for the. Legion and a meeting place for. other groups.- The applica- tion was denied on the ground that there is. no law enabling the board to permit2such use of public property. When the fact was made pu~blic that the Legion was making efforts to secure permission from the Park board for the construction of, the proposed building at the southeast corner of Vattman park, facing Park avenue, residents i that section of the village voiced strong opposition to thé venture. The sentiment against any encroachment on park property for the erection of buildings grew: in volume, with the result that a peti- tion signed by 132 property owners requesting the board to deny the application 'of the Legion was pre-. sented at Monday night's meeting. ExpWnls Legio. ObWt Fred M. Coxon, 1538 Central ave- nue, heading the Legion committec which presented the application to the Park board, stated.previous to its denial that the object of the Legion was not to inflict >something unide- sirable upon the residents of -the village, but rather to provide a. con- venience the need of which has been felt many times by different civic and patriotic groups. "We had 'in Dr. -Heniry Schaeffer, Pro fessor of OId Testament Interpretation,' of the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary, zeeill deliver the message at the serzices of wvorship Sunday iiiorenm g, Aigust 18,> g the Wil- mette English Lzitheran church, Sez'enth streed ut Greenieaf avenue. Trips to Police Station .Put Motorists on Guard During July 109 arrests were made for overtimne parking on Michigan avenue according to a report made by Chief McGuire of the police de- partment. Discontinuance of the practice of leaving arrest slips in the cars and taking violators to the police station and requiring themn to post bond for appearance is having a' Kinne Is Guest at Community A ss n Director's Parle y Village President Harry C. Kinne was a guest at the, August. meeting of the directors of, the Evanàston. Community -Recreation association that maintains the. Community' golf course on the Drainage district right-, of-way in Wilmette and Evanstoni. President, Kinne wasescorted* to the meeting by Earl E. Orner, a former Wilmette. Village Président, and now vice-president of the Evans- ton Comnmunity« Recreation associa- tion.. Mr. Orner and Garrett F. John- ston, 220 Maple avenue, municipal di- rector of the board of the Community Recreation association introduced Presiclent Kinne to the other mem- bers. President Da niel McCann of the. Community association ':welcomted President Kinne and explained some of the f eatlxres of the course and its management. At the clo se of the meeting Presi-" dent Kinne assured the directors of the hearty cooperationi of the Wil- mette officiais and ciiz-enship i the maintenance of the community course. He termed it ,a unique _çnterprise and one that is highly appreciated by those who play golf and is a great credit to the two municipalities. The third Wilmette director, Major George A. Quinlan, was unavoidably absent from the meeting. SETTLE 80 '"DOG» CASES More than 80 cases against dog own- ers who had f ailed to secure 1935 lic- enses for their pets until after warrants were served, and then got thé licenses but f ailed to appear in court, have been settledý by the police department and the police magistrate's office. T1he cases, it is ,said, were handled with a great deal of diplotnacy, with the-resulit'that ail the négligent owners .were satisfied. Amateur Growers. Invited to Display Blooina in: Show at Winnetka Center Since the announcement last week by. the . American Gardeners' associa- tion that it would Lold its-first an- nual dahlia show atWinnetka COU niunjty House September 71 4i:d - asso ciation officers ýsay ýthey have been. receiving requests from dahlia growers béth prof essional and ama- teur throughout the Chicago area for further information about, the show. With -every indication pointing to the largest exhibition of itskind ever held in this section. officers of the American Gardeners'. association are going forward with elaborate plans for. the show. Encourage Amateiur CSowers These will include arrangements for giving not only the prof essional dahlia, growers an opportunity to show his flowèrs and compete wiP others of his class for the :ta4 cupsand prizes which will be postel, but it also includes provision for a separate classification for, the -ama- teur grower, in which class there will be separate cupa and prizes. It is estiniated there are more, than 250 It is also in this area that somne of the finest gardens of the professional dahlia grower are to be found and the enthusias.m with which they have received the ann ouncement of the coming show is encouraging to the officers of the: association sponsor- ing the exhibition., West Dwgus Exhibit Hall. The show will be held in the gymn- nasium, at Community House, a spaci- ous room, well lighted, and especially - J f eA +d- un Pyh hition fkÇ *liRs na- property owners along Ridige roau, ONE CONTAGION CASE presented a few weeks ago, asking for the widening of that throughfare One case of amoebic dysentery in to 40 feet, from Isabella street to Wilmette was reported by the local Elmwood avenue, be endorsed anld the Health department in the week end- petition forwarded to the state high- ing August 10. There were no other way department. it -Was explained new contagious disease, cases, the that Ridge road isa state highway. department's records. showed. rentais-. To read them is to find the quiekest route to your new home. Ridge roau. vvi1511eir. . --- telephone number is Wilmette 935- AIl entries should be returned to Mr. Bird before September 1, as en- tries received after that date caninot be accepted, k is ennounced.