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r~-rrr,'-m-l The Timely .Record of Community"Events WMWM&SK% VOL. IX. SNO. 28 .mm WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY,- MAY 26,1922:11111^.: SIXTEEN;PAGES'g gRlCg FIVE \5SNTS Decorate Graves at Memo- rial ParkSunday and Hold Memorial Service 1§ PARADE TUESDAY Beware the kindly disposed house- to-house grape juice agent! ^^ No, not that. The stuff is posi- tively a la W. J. B.t but.. .^______ And here's {he basis for the warn- ing note.;' â- :-:'i,.'^.:.;v "'.â- .. .is4--'-' Bertram Bonnem, known to all Wil- mette as Bonnem the Tailor, whose shops and home are at 513 West Rail- road avenue, was the solicitee Mon- day when a mild mannered grape juice salesman appeared at his shops on the second floor ot his home. Bonnem allowed as how he. wasn't interested in grape juice and -the agent didn't seem to mind particular- ly and eventually bowed his way to the door..-..' ^ ^ â€" But-the Bonnem's-employ the first Memorial Sunday and Decoration floor of the house as a residence Day observances in Wilmette, have quarters. The lower rooms are un- , appropriately been placed in charge of locked and, on this particular after- *" the Wilmette post No. 46» -of the noon, Mrs. Bonnem-was assisting her American Legion and the Wilmette spouse in the tailor shop above. Will Dedicate New Flag Pole in Lake Front Park Bonnem the Tailor on Trail of Nice § Grape, Juice Agent American Legion Auxiliary. In ylew of the significance of this departure, Mrs. Bonnem bethought occasion to every resident of Wilmette Iit4s^#tting;-that4he programef ^vente. as recorded on the regular Legion column of the Lake Shore News be given *'fffi^tTPage space" in this? is- .-â-  «Hk.|&^^ â- .:,:;:..; The program, as announced by the Post Adjutant follows: >^^^..f^-^.: : i D*corate~ Soldier Graves Inaccordanoa with a new cuatom, members of the Wilmette Post will decorate the soldiers' graves in Me- morial Park cemetery Sunday morn- ing, May 28. Every Post of the Legion, in and about Chicago, has been as- signed a cemetery in which the sol- dier dead will be accorded special 'honors. â- .â- Â£$-££•-â- â- "'.â-  .Sl^'u â-  , t':iff::ffSX^. Memorial Sunday Service Oscar E. Carlstrom, National Com- mander of the United Spanish War Veterans, and member of the Depart- ment of Illinois Executive cdmifiittee 'bf the American Legion, will-be the speaker at the Memorial services to 3 be held in the First Congregational ^church of Wilmette,. Sunday, May 28, iat 7:45 o'clock under auspices of Wil- mette Post . â-  â-  . ?' i Members of the Legion are expected Sto^ appear-in uniform^ at St. August tino<a Episcopal churefa^wliere--Jf|iey will assemble before marching in a body, to the Congregational churc1^^ • r â- * Comww»Wy **recession.....â- - - •â- -sris-,- irrwnmette's Decoration Day would fnot be complete without a parade! This year the members of the Decora- tion. Day committee of the Legion, composed of Ralph Rice, chairman, Harry Flentye, L. M. Morse, Joseph Shantz and George Turner* have made the following anouncement^ concern- ing the parade. ' .*# The procession will start from the 'Village Hall, Central and Wilmette f avenues, at 10 A. M; and will proceed » east on Central avenue to Michigan |avenue, on Michigan avenue to Wash- lington avenue to the entrance, to Lake •|Front park and 1 thence to the site of •the thirteen Memorial treesplanted in honor of Wilmette's thirteen Gold S Legioh members will turn out in uniform? and the line of "march will include, Woman's Auxiliary of the :ican Legion_Bay..^Sijoj^^. IGM, Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, mounted police Company - D^illlinois Militia (disbanded), grammar school board and pupils and citizens who care to join in the special Decoration Day ob- servances. â- '.â- â- :' '^'h:id:W-»^i:' v At Lake Front park a large flag pole: donated to the Wilmette Post, will be formally dedicated and a new flag un- furled from the mast head. George S. the line .of march, either .auto or as marchers. • .{â- â- ..â- ^t^- . '•"!?"?'â- â-  â- â-  â- â- "<-Â¥:':-i:"";~ The lihe of march is to be ae follows: Commencing at Lake and Ridge ave- nues, promptly^at^g a. m^^easJL^n Lake avenue to Park avenue, south to -iSE?t?y£^£^v^^^n^idlMa^lm Wilmette, avenue, west to Ridge ave- MeKerchar, World War veteran, will give short addtSBSesT In closing the ceremonies the Honor Roll,^JU^Jb£ read. â- .â- ?â- â€¢'£* "*-r'* |v Aii resident- who wish to be in the procession should^ be at the Vil- â- ilage Hall at 9:45 o'clock sharp. , |i Rational Commander Hanford Mac- Iptl' .:: {Continued oh Page 8) 'â- ""â€"â-  •"*? LEGION AUXILIARY NOTICE ^Members of the Wilmette Amer- ican Lei ion auxiliary have been rer* quested to assemble at St. August tine's Episcopal church Pariah House-Sunday evening, May- 28, at 7:15 o'clock,- where they will Join the Wiimette Legion Post and march in a body to the Congrega- tional church where Memorial ser- vices ar* »* *"» held. Members are requested to telephone Mr« Dahnc- ke, Wilmette 903-J, announcing their intention to participate. In the observancesso^thatiplaws^ In-the church may be reserved. The members of the auxiliary ttre^ requestedr *l«oy *° tje^reaent at»the memorial and dedtc^tory-aer- l^ols t6rby:gWTuesday morning An hour and a ball after the agent's the time of the day and, calling to her son, just home from school, asked the lad to ^^iJtt~her7^npple7^n^*rhftnd . exten. the, memheMhtn of dresser drawer in the Bonnem. apart- ments. The boy could find no watch and Mrs, Bonnem decided upon a per- sonal investigationof the time o' day. She neither found the time nor the watch. It was goneâ€"also a purse containing $6 in currency. A three-year-old son who had been napping in an adjoining room had awakened and cried just about the time the agent made his departure, Mrs. Bonnem recalled. No other Peo- ple had been in the building in the ~!The Bonnems immediately institut- ed some sleuthing and discovered that the Stelner Decorating people next door had also been solicited and placed an order. Nothing missing. ^ An Evanston friend, promising to assist in the detective enterprise, went to his friend, a. Justice of the Peace, in that city. The "Judge" said he had been solicited and ordered. Nothing missing. ^ x ._ Later in the week the Steiners re- ceived their consignment of grap® juice. The^f JudSfe" also received his orders ^^~^^^u^i-^-^^_^-^_i:j ^j^ â€" The^usiv^-agentV^roanesr^cardfr •Were compared. The firm he repre- sented is legitimate, and honorable investigation disclosed., two e. a.'* name did not appear on the cards. Now, what Mf>. Bonnem jwmts to know, isâ€"has anyone else been soli- cited, and, is anything else missing; | peterThOerter POST i HONORS Dp HEROES *fcThet»et*nr<J. Huerter Posf^To. 669, American Legion, of Gross Point, will on Memorial Day, respect the memory of the veterans who are buried at St. Joseph's cemetery. A parade will precede the exercises at the cemetery. IThefollowinfr^n^anizatioji wiU^ar-, fcicipate in these ceremonies:- The members of Peter J. Huerter Post No. 669r a representation from Wilmette Post No. 42. Membors of the Q. A. R. and .the Spanish American Veterans, the various Fraternal ^^organizations ntt3wss^f%intr"tir&*npnptls~^oft"the' parochial and public schools and all other citizens of Gross Point and Speakers-hayye Been engaged to ad- dress the public at the cemetery. fl â-  ^TrnFlreter iJVHrluerter^ Post invites every citizen of Gross Point,and Wil- mette, and the neighboring commun- ities to assist them in making this.the most successful Memorial Day Gross Point and Wilmette have ever had. Jasulupnglca-^. ;,--â- - :-:h^3:^£ui^ President Hoffman Says En- tire Village Should Be In- cluded in Its Activities JSUraiNESL^ Expresses Gratification at ~pâ„¢7 W0r|c AaooppKslwJ" ' Extensio of the scope of activity and membership of the Wilmette Im- provement association to the entire Village, was recommended in the an- nual report of Paul A. Hoffman, Presi- dent of the organization, at its first annual meeting last week. "It is my opini hand to extend the membership of this organization to the entire village, instead of limiting it to just one dis- trict. I would recommend thatT the membership of the Board of Directors be increased from 15 to 21, two to be elected for three years, two for two years, and two for one year." Wants Frequent Meetings.â€" - "I would recommend further," he continued, "that instead of- holding one meeting a year for the entire membershlpTjrthe organization, quar- terly meetings be held, these meet- ings to be featured by talks or ad* dresses by yarious prominent lead- ers in civic and public life in our village and elsewhere. Various prob- lems are arising from time to time, and personal contact with the heads of our village, schools, parks, library and Other bodies will tend to stimulate public interest in their work and en; f v (Continued jfrom paflrc 3) || CHECK THE SPEEDERS? At a meeting of th> W|?^e^ la«e Board of Trustees held.Tuesday, May 23, a resolution was adopted in- structing the" Police Department to enforce the ordinance regarding the speed of all motor driven vehicles to the Village x>t Wilmette: in the resi- dence district, fifteen^ miles per hour and in the business district, ten miles .per hour: All violations will mean prosecution, it is emphasized. v_g "This rule is meant to protect tne lives of our citizens and especially the lives of our children. Think of what it means^It may be JW^J warning expressed by a village official. Out on Morning â€"rr^lescues Boy D. C5. Caldwell, 804 Central avenue, last Sunday morning saved the life or. a small boy who had been fishing^rom ^5e pier at the mouth of the drainago channel. . ....... ^â- i.%t-A GaldweU^while strolling through^ slip off the pier i^«th's111^<?u1fe ing to the scene Caldwell dived into vaclnity are invited to take places in the water without wasting time to remove any of his clothing, biought the exhausted, boy |o shore. When it was determined the lad would recover and was in the care of friend K Caldwell hastened hope to get a* change of clothing; Motorcops , AfadfiWi, Punctures, Lost ^ ufish, What a Day! Fred Brinkman, of the Brinkman grocery emporium at Wilmette -and West Railroad avenue, went fishing last week-end, which, fact, incident- ally, is the least important item in this rather interesting journey into the northern Illinois lake region. In the order of occurrence, Fred encountered certain very definite, one- might venture, altogether annoying ex- periences.' In his haste to be the matutinal bird that caught the proverbial fish- bait, Fred waa overtaken en route by a'wary motorcop. Yellow slip! A bit later^FredS trusty machine annexed a^4>unisture. Next,-^kindly^disposed farmer lad gave Fred some road,in- formation directions which took hinv through a twenty-mile detour of genu, ine prairie mud. â- 'â- '%> "â-  â- ",<r-'w'^": At the fishing place Fred had un- usual luck. Eight big black bass com- prised the catch and Fred got 'em all nicely "strung" when the string broke, andâ€"eighty bifejjlackc bass were un- ceremoniously consigned l^awalery grave; ; : " ""'"' .....-"•',."â-  "â-  _Homeward-bound Fred was , again in haste, this time to get back before his gas gave out. • Same motorcop, another yellow slip. Approaching Wil- mette, another puncture. <H Wasn't it a terrible day for fish- ing, we ask you? * â- :i::..:^7^00;. NEW TRIER SENIORS I s-PRESENT IDISRAELI' "Disraeli," the Senior play to be presented June 3, by the students of New Trier High'school, is rapidly rounding into form under the direction of Miss Stanwood. If early rehearsals are any indication of the finished pro- duct, this play will go down in the annals of thip school as one of her greatest triumphs. . The cast is a well balanced one_or "experienced amateurs" and the Play promises^ to be one which will please an audience' and hold its interest un- til the end. ^ .. The plot strays slightly from his- â- 'ffoHcaf'all^Wr'^^,^y^^ erarpoHircaT lire ahor anibitions oflSi famous statesman, and the interest centers around one of his greatest achievements, the purchase of the Makes Annual Campaign ' for New Trier Station W Suez Canal, which resulted^ in^ the ad vancement of the British Empire and brought to the Queen the title of Em- press of India, one of the dearest dreamsâ€"of-^sr4^,-the-^remierk|j Knights Templar Observe ; I Ascension Day, May 2? EVanstonftfN3orama^ 58 Knights Templar of Illinois, will JoM Ascension Day services at m Mat* thews Episcopal church, Hartray ave- nue and Lincoln stjreei Bvanston» Sunday afternoon, May 2& at 3 o'clock. The observance of Ascension Day is ohe"df the Institutions of Templary as well as the observance of Easter DayS* Special music for this service will^bl furnished by the Commandery chorister. Sir Knight l^nlg Kunstman filflllNS TH§"l®i _. Wilmette Provided Station â-  By JOSEPHINE LAMSON QATES'^g: ..;.....The-tefanirWeifaTe^ nated -in what is known as the.'Cli^M: ca'go: Milk Commission.:g|pni$tyfaml[&&:: places^ throughout: tne:,j:^lyv-'arran^:^. ments were made .whereby â- â- â€¢ mothersv|j§f, with no proper^hojae• facilitiesumight obtain lihre ntilk^TolrThelr babies, .** feeding at a time, if neceswry. H was soon felt thatthls Work did not go far enough. So many factors enter into a baby's health besides its" food. There was too little knowledge Of how to care for a baby, how to measure its gain or loss by weight; too little idea of the necessity of fresh air, regulafc sleep and cleanliness. A permanent board of directors wa|" established with the object of further^ ing Infant Welfare work in a mor* far-reaching way than the Milk Com* mission had been able to do» and with: this purpose, came the idea ©^secur- ing group* of women in Chicago or th4.^ suburbs' to assume the â-  responsibiiityp^g of certain districts. The board of 4tl:l: rectors in May 1913 authorized the » formation of a Woman> auxiliary as ^ a method of organizing these groups of women, and Hinsdale was the first ; group to form under this plan. Itti- « mediately followed the-'-eoi^^tto^-'inilr'^'",". other suburbs o%the ©i^Ungto^S|dad 4 in the establishment of what is cittfed^-t- the Burlington station* which -they ^ now maintain. Durtng the sun^n^ig ^ city -were-organizedT^aiid-^e^city-it^S aelf was divided into ten wards in or* SS der that the work might be inore? s easily handled. lAt"Ae--f«me;-(^«;:jppli^p Park ^and other western suburbs tookii^ up the work. In April 1914, Wilmette 1 and Glencoe became interested, and p in May 1914 the work was definitely^p6 organized in tWsjrillage. â- â€¢hflfflU Thl Commandery WTO form tor pa- â- rade--'to the church at 2:30 O'clock at ^e^onjngjhi^p^^ the channei;^a%_^e Tl^ -. _.i,; headed by Columbia Comman- street, headed by Columbia Comman dery Band. All Knights of Byanston tn Commandery, and visiting Sir Knights Tii --vhc-may desire to participate-hi-this, service are requested to assemble at Ihe^yJumrSCTTWs -street, Ey^ns- ton,-at two a'm<!&ttm^:fM0!0i^M?y Albert R. Suite of^W^lmette is GOm- mander of Evanston Commandery, and George R. Harbaugh is Qeneralissimo. Battle Against Illness lltrher-object of Infant Welfare la;priS^â„¢ mafily to keep the babies front the s^ illnesses. due- to -ignoranee::Of: fhe-prOJ^M: per^ kind of care, and to attain ,'that^M object, the society must not alone dis^^S seminate knowledge, but must pre^rai^^g:' upon the mothers to use wliat-theyg 1 have learned. ? â-  â- â-  J; |pâ-  â-  â-  â-  jR->oil; At the weekly......confej^nceBJitheBS: mothers bring their babies for weigh^^^ ing and for the .doctor's: inspection«S Here they receive the needed lnforma«|S' tion as to feeding, etc. â- ,â-  Many- .timesS^ the babies are welhand simple care ls»aj| all that is necessary. In other cases|g^ iflhesses^oXiflther'.* kinds are det*cte<« 1 inAjptnjafljyBnV^ec^ stances..,^ - ~~ . ~ "^^ - m^^m^^^ â- â- â- â- â€¢â- ' 'm Eafler to ..Learn »«â- Â»â- Â» GOLKdUBS PLAN F0HI -MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS â-  Special^programs of Golf will mark activity at north shore golfing places on Decoration Day. Tuesday, May 30. Should weather conditions be favor- able Tuesday Is expected to call forth the first of the season's large crowds of epthusiactc* The North Shore 'Gob ©lub at Keull- worth plans a special program Deco- ration Day. Indian Hill Country club 4wTO^ have all-day low -net .and low gross play with 18 hqlesjn the morn- ing and 18 holes for the matinee, ^g ^teoWe zC^pitor^sittfri 1# accordance witlLJBnstbmV will have an at&actlve program for Its member and; tt~iB p^e large field Isn't this just what you're look- ing for? A tent and a trailer to carry it in! iThink of those spicy pine woods up North and Summer only l^feW weeks away I FOR SAL®â€"ONE SBCOND- hand double camping tent with trailer. Tel. Wilmette 1249. mm. 'W^^mM^^z Local Expert to Column oh 'Tennis Topics" Tennis is rapidly becoming one of the major sports, offering excellent pastime at Country clubs and recrea- tional centers as a favorite "pair-Off' with the honorable game of golf. With this jyrjHiBW,'. Mercer Beasley, "Tennis Topics!* In The take^ Shore will conducjr^a column of interesting In the lake Shore first of these appears in "Tennis News. T thiaIs^_-T- ^ Those who are interested in tennis can ill kfford to overlook this summer feature-lof The *. Lake Shore News. Start reading "Tennis Topics" with this issue!. Disabled Vets' Benefit iitiCard PSr^JSrmgs~$32gf i#The Card: party,, held last week at auspices of the Wilmette American Le- gion auxiliary, Was characterized as "a conspicuoua success socially and n^nclaTIyT* .,...,,,.,:..,,. .,-^,,;^,- Receipts approximated $325 and will be devoted to relief work among die2 liea.-a^iiil^E^s,,: " " .............."""""" is ^EThe nurse's visits in the home ar the great factors in prevWllng^uponl^^ the mothers to~apply .the know^getJi|j' they have gained, ylh most instances the mothers are eager to learn, awl V5 >try hard to do as the nurse tells them, J because the improvement in the sick-.,,1 babies 'is convincing.'li^^^lll^^-'^'S -^At first the work^reached'otno^ tifef"| children up to ^wo years, as ft wa« | felt that by that time they ^ould be s on their feet, and the quickly result- ing lowered death rate indicated aa definite accomplishment. Then > the^ discrepancies began to appear. £££$$$:' f^$Z;\iGonMnfa&'6*- Page Bmm&^:^'- 'â- -m HEARING' ON^O^INjHM^i Vlllage ZoninQ announces a to 'be4;|leW- l^^-fi'^^ip The Wilmette Board - of Appeals hearing on Zoning _ «- ,^,.- Wednesday evening, June 7, it S o'clock, at the Village hall. The purpose of the meeting IS to afford all property owners interested an opportunity to be heaper upon a tentative report of the Board of Appeals recommending to the Vil- lage Board of Trustees adoption of certain variations or amendments g^i in the Zoning law, requiring that **« one dwelling be permitted to be buI It on one lot, and that each lot hereafter shall comprise 50 front feet. Copies of the proposed variations or amendments may be secure|l at the village offices frpjMH'â- --JB^jft^. Schulut, superintendent of Public Works, rMs announced.