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64 WINNE TKA TALK' September 22, 1928 LETTER TELLS OF OLDEST LIVING HARVARD GRAD J. Edwin Bradstreet Receives Clipping About George A. Peabody A newspaper clipping from a recent issue of the Boston Herald was re- ceived this week by J. Edwin Brad- street, of 334 Ridge ave. Winnetka, from his sister, Miss Sarah W. Brad- street, containing a picture of George A. Peabody, of Danvers, Mass., oldest living graduate of Harvard university, and a write-up of his ninety-seventh anniversary. The article is of particular interest to Mr. Bradstreet, for various reasons. Mr. Bradstreet was born in Danvers, in the same year in which Peabody graduated. from that institution. Mr. Bradstreet's ancestor, the late Gover- nor Thomas Dudley, signed the charter for the university, and there is at this time an impressive Dudley gate on the Harvard campus with a bronze plate relating to the part which this distinguished Puritan took in the early history of Harvard university. Accompanying - the clipping - which Miss Bradstreet mailed to her brother, is an appended note, reading: "I enclose the picture of Mr. Pea- body, of Danvers, Mass., who must be a very splendid man. Ninety-seven years old, and with his faculties alert. It is wonderful. "Do-you remember his home? "It was on:the lot to the left of the |' tunrpike, near your home and birth: place, as you go -from the General Israel Putnam house towards Boston, via Talleyville. "His daughter married a famous Mr. Chamberlain, of England." Mr. Bradstreet says he certainly does remember Mr. Peabody and the old Peabody home. Danvers, he. says, is twenty miles from Boston and six miles north of Salem, being in an earlier day a part of Salem. Mr. Peabody, according to the news- paper clipping, "was born in Salem, August 23, 1831 and graduated from Harvard with the the class of 1852. He is a retired Boston banker. He lives a simple life, alone in his house here, with the exception of his household atten- dants. His bed time is generally at 8:30, but Wednesday night was an ex- ception; as Mr. Peabody said he was deeply interested in-- what Governor Smith had to say, and advanced his bedtime until the governor had com- pleted his address. "He believes that both Smith and Hoover made exceptional speeches, but would not commit himself as to his preference next November. Mr. Pea- body spends a good deal of the morn- ing reading his papers. He does not employ a secretary and does all his personal correspondence. He is also one of the most generous contributors to his alma mater." Two Cars Damaced as They Collide at Intersection A car driven by Mrs. George D. Full, 529 Hawthorne lane, was dam- aged in a collision last- Saturday morn- ng with a car driven by Norman Gan- sel. 4547 N. Lincoln avenue, Chicago. The accident happened at the inter- section of Ash street and Maple ave- nue about 11 o'clock. The Gansel car was also damaged, but none of the oc- cupants of either machine was injured, according to the report of Police Offi- cer Ralph Rayburn. Miss Doris Ferry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Montague Ferry of Ash street, has returned to Vassar col- lege. Poses for Figure on D. A. R. Memorial The Colonial drummer which will be an outstanding figure on the base of the D. A. R. war memorial at Evanston is in the flesh none other than Standiford Helm, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Helm, of that city. He is shown here posing for Stephen Beanies, sculptor of the monument, which is to be erected this winter in Bell park, on the lake front at Evanston. Photo by Ray New Signs to Designate Ninety-Minute Parking Blocks where ninety-minute parking regulation prevails, are .being desig- nated this week by the erection of attractive metal signs, fifteen inches high and of a like width. The back- ground is green on which there is a two and one-half inch white letter, plainly setting forth the regulation. The signs are shield shape and orna- mental. They are heing erected on the electric light poles, at a proper height to be best observed by the drivers of cars in stopping at the curb. Arthur Schultz and Bill Wissman are putting up the signs throughout the Elm street business section, and in the Hubbard Woods and Indian Hill commercial areas. FIRE DAMAGES HOME A fire in the roof of the W. G. Struggles residence, 609 Cherry street, Tuesday evening, resulted in damage to the extent of a few hundred dollars. It originated from a defective flue. Fireman William Schwall sustained a painful injury to his hand while work- ing at the fire. Miss Laura Luebke, 326 Hazel av- enue, Glencoe, was. hostess to twenty friends at bridge on Friday, Septem- ber 14, at her home. This party was in the form of a farewell as she left this week for the East to resume her studies at Ogontz. --r Jack Knode, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Morton Knode of 955 Green Bay road, left this week for Potts- town, Pa. where he will attend the Hill School this winter. Northrup Family Is Back from Extended Auto Trip Police Magistrate and Mrs. C. T. Northrup, of 1144 Tower road, accom- panied by their grandson, W. Hodson, of Oak Park, returned last Saturday from a 2,300 mile automobile trip and a visit with Judge Northrup's sister at Water- town, N. Y. They traveled up into Canada, via Detroit, visited Niagara Falls and Buffalo, went into the Adirondacks and thence down the Mohawk valley. They returned by way of Erie, Pa, and through Ohio and Indiana. The trip was made in the Judge's new Ford, which he says did 50 miles an hour with ease on the good roads they encountered throughout the trip. The crops were good throughout the territory covered, the Judge reports, and adds, "from my observation and from inquiries which I made, Hoover will surely carry New York state." DONATES PRINTING PRESS Herman Bartholomay, sixth grade student at Horace Mann, has donated a hand printing press to the school. It is planned to arrange a printing room at the school to be used as a study project for children of the more advanced grades. Mrs. A. C. Armstrong, 785 Willow road has returned from a visit with her son, Edwin Armstrong, and his family, of Cleveland. Mrs. Armstrong was away for six weeks. ---- Miss Susan Miller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William S. Miller of 647 Spruce street, will enter Smith college as a freshman. WILMETTE JOINS FIGHT TO PROTECT ZONE LAWS Board Contributes to Regional Plan Fund Aiding Lake Bluff in Court Battle The Wilmette Village board Tues- day evening voted the sum of $200 as its share in the general contribution to the fund solicited from various subur- ban communities by the Chicago Re- gional 'Planning association to carry the battle of the Lake Bluff Zoning case into the Supreme court. Tuesday's ballot 'on the matter of making the contribution was marked by a deadlock in the vote which was broken when President Orner cast a ballot favoring the appropriation. 'The difference of opinion among: the trus- tees was not in the nature of a dispute over the validity of the Lake Bluff appeal, but concerned itself solely with the question as:to whether the $200 ap- propriation represented Wilmette's just portion of the total contribution sought by the Regional Planning asso- ciation. The Bjork vs.' Lake Bluff case in question has raised the question as to whether a community shall be per- mitted to specify the intensity of use of land within its limits. It grew out of the refusal of the Lake Bluff Zon- ing board of Appeals to grant a permit for the erection of a three-story 18- apartment structure in its commercial zone. The Lake Bluff law limits pop- ulation density to fourteen families per acre, whereas, the Bjork permit, it was pointed out, would permit sixty-four families per acre in that area. Reverse Zoning Board Judge Persons of the Lake county Circuit court reversed the decision of the Lake Bluff Zoning board and the Appellate court upheld his decision. The case is now being taken into the Supreme court. The cost of carrying the case to the higher court was estimated at $3,300 over and above $1,800 which has been appropriated by the village of Lake Bluff, the Regional Planning associa- tion communication to the Wilmette board stated. The Regional association's letter placed emphasis on the fact that "every residential community" (by virtue of this court action) "now faces the possibility of losing its power to specify intensity of use of land, at least in respect to apartments." Several suburban communities have joined Lake Bluff in this fight, it was announced. Tickets Are Now Ready in Music Club Series Subscribers to the 1928-1929 Artist- Recital series sponsored by the Win- netka Music club have been advised bv Mrs. Bessie Grant, secretary of the club, that tickets are now awaiting them at the Winnetka State bank. Artists to be heard in the current season's series and the dates of their appearance, follow: Monday, October 29--Claudia Muzio, dramatic soprano. Wednesday, December 26--Vladimar Horowitz, Russian pianist. Monday, January 7--Albert Spald- ing, American violinist. Monday, February 11--Andreas Se- govia, Spanish guitarist. Monday, March 4--John Charles Thomas, American baritone. CHILDREN VISIT FARM Miss Millicent Andersons first grade children at the Horace Mann school planned to go with their teacher to the Ruffalo Creek farm west of Winnetka this Friday. The trip to the farm will supplement the farm project work which the children are doing in the classroom.