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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 1 Feb 1940, p. 41

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leaders Appreciation dinner to be held at the temple on Washington's Invitations for this meeting were r sent out this week. The attendance wiIl be approximately 600 aduits. Another feature..of the program will be a .presentation of the Silver W Bea ver awards to the two men pick- ed by the Silver Beaver cornmittee and approved by,,the executive board for distinguished service to. boyhood *ithiný the territory of the North Shore Area council. William Web- ster, chairman of the Silver Beae cmmitte, will make the presenta- Another highiightý of the meeting will.be two solos, including the num- ber, "T'he Glory Road," by George Bersch now, executive of the Kas- kaskia council with headquarters at Belleville, Ill., and formeÉiy a field Scout executive of the North Shore Area council. BALL 181 SUCCSS The Sea Scout division of the North Shore Area couneil heid the Corn- modore's Bail at the Elks temple in Highland Park last Friday evening Commodore W. C., Huggins presided at the annual inspection of ail Sea Scouts and their leaders, skippers and mates. This was followed by the Bridge of Honor at which time the *following awards were made. "alii .ptea ShiP 130: Long Cruise-8il. Wilson. The major part o! the evening was spent in dancing. One highlight o! the affair was the showing o! the camp movies of Camp Ma-Ka- Ja-Wan which was a particularly ap- propriate picture inasmuch as there were many sçenes o! sailboats and other.boats in action. The Comrnodre's Bail was the cli- max of a series on inspection and rating by a rating committee of al Pictureci above ie a modef the set being- buUlt for the Wlnuika Drama- club's presentatio& of. "FamilY. Portrait." It waa dealgned, hi; William Lloyd 'and tvill be used for the opening and closing sceiiea of the fôrthcoming play'. PU blic Forumi Editor, WILMETTE LUéE: Fromn a reading on your article, on zone changes in'last week's issue, I unclerstand that the, revision has been brought about because of sev- erai important court decisions ad- verse to the municipalities. - 'lou then describe th~e proposed new zoning ordinance -which wouid recognize seven classifications and which would permit group housing as a buffer zone in the residential sections nearest the business dis- trict. " If you will refer again to the map of the proposed Wlmette changes which you recently published you will fînd that this buffer has been provîded. on ail sides of the central inaustrial property. Icannot conceive o! the courts re- fusing a rezoning of, this property after the board has admitted a nec- essity for it by rezoning all other property surrounding the business district, The purpose for the rezoning and the rezoning per se insofar as these two blocks are concerned are not consistent. Observer Has Higýh Praise for Work of. New Guild Theatreý IBy Victor MoKeighan The North Shore's newest littie theater, Thie Gulld Theatre of Evans-- ton, opened its season last Thursday evening wýith a production of Emelyn Williams' play "Night Mus Flj". in their newly consiructed theater at 616 Church street, Evanston. The play was produced by Miss Hope Summers, the guiding spirit of the guiid, who also played the impor- tant, part of Mrs. Bramson. The di- rection was in the hands of Martin Magner, formerly with the Moscow Art Theatre. -Night Must Faîl" is a. study in psychological d ra ma, concerned with the' exploits of one Dannv.. whn slight toning down in some scenes might make for an even better per- formànce. Others in the cast who turned in, outstanding performances were Tracy Hackbert as Mrs. Ter- rence, Gordon Buck as Inspector Beisize, nand Aithea Murphy . as Olivia Grayne. Bn) The entire action )n ran smno pIn addition, over one; hund2rd -llere wil trames will house displays o!f th2 and the exi coûllections pf the memnbers of the and for the daýys. aeservzng or to proveI support. Read thse ang Ms j'

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