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J.?.S 1 I I WILMETTE LIFE # . . A Weekly News-Magazine for Wilmette and Kenilworth \ OL. XV, NO. 2 \VILMETTE. ILLINOIS, OCTOBER 9, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS . : AUJ::~rr:o :u3::V~LUB \ . . _c_h_am_Pi_o.~_z_n_ri_ve_1--__.r w~~:::Cts E~!~:!rs at Products Expo 0 Paul McClure Hinkhouse to Give . Illustrated Lecture Sunday Evening, October 11 Paul t ra vcler, INVITE PROFESSIONAL MEN TO DINNER-MEET Village Trustee Group to Be Hosts to Engineers, Architects, Contractors .~ · J. · ,. ' · f ~ :M cClure Hinkhou se. noted will lecture on "Present DaY l 'onditions in China," before the \ViitJl ctte Sunday EYening ciuh. October 11. IIis lecture i to be illustrated with ')0 or more richly colored :--!ides irom the lecturer's own negatiYes. "Through his presentation of Oriental liie, art, religions, customs. icsti\·als and scenery, 11r. Hinkhouse heightt!ns th~.: glamour of the Orient, makes more intelligible the so-called m\·sten· of the East, and helps America~1s ~·isualize little known sections oi the ,,·orld and promotes that international understanding in \\·hich lie s the hope of world peace," reads a con1ment on his work. Has Varied Experience · "Few people have had such a rich and varied experience in the Orient." the statement continue~. "~'t.r. Hinkhouse made intimate fir sthand contacts with Oriental peoples, living two years in Egypt. one year in ~iam, and one year in entral China. and is admirablv equipped to interpret the life, move·mcnts and problems of the Orient. As part of his journalistic work Mr. Rinkhouse write weekly a 3.000 word reYle\\" and interpretation of world events. He was an indefatigable photographer while abroad. and the excellence of his pictorial material is attested by the acceptance of his . photographs ·by more than a .score of American paper~. His talks provide a satisfying blend of · the popular and tthe informative." · 11 iss Anna Nyberg, the violinist, 'will appear on this Sunday's program. The large t crowd in the history of the \Vilmctte Sunday Evening club gathered last Sunday evening to hear Edgar Guest, poet and writer. Not only was the Congregational church filled to capacity, but the Wilmette Pari h ~I cthodist church was ushered into service for an OYerflow gathering. ~1 r: Guest addressed both groups. Trustees W. W. DeBerard, Clarence E. Drayer and Paul A. Hoffman, of the Wilmette Village board, are arranging a dinner meeting for engineers, architects and contractors of the community, to be held at the \Vilmette Country club, Saturday evening, October 17. The meeting is under the ' auspices of the Civic committee of the club, to the chairmanship of which President : M ax W. Zabel recently appointed Mr. Drayer. ' The meeting is designated to give engineers, artchitects and contractors an opportunity to renew acquaintance, to meet newcomers and to hear about Yillage affairs, it is explained. The three trustees will each talk briefly about the engineering work in the village under direction of the committees of which they are chairmen. RESUME DANCE NIGHTS Trustee DeBerard is chairman of the committee on sewers and water Hoff- · Tuesday Community Dance Group man,_on streets and alleys, and Drayer, Opens 1925-26 Season Next Tuesday on public service. Night. Make Progress Reports i... 1' - :· --f,l1u..: iuesday Community Dance com- · The talks, it is pointed out, will be mittee this week announces the opening in the nature of progress reports on village trusteeship by the trustees to Tony Rengel, caddiemaster at the dance of the new season for Tuesday, their fellow era ftsmen, as well as an Sunset Ridge Country clut>, made a October 13, at the Wornan's club outline oi some of the larger problems world record drive of _m' vards on the buildl.t!g. All the dances this year will ahead as these three see them. Among seventh hole of the club course re- be held at the \\'oman's club, Tenth these are water supply, sewage relief cently. Rengel, who lives on Glenview street and Greenleaf avenue and are for the newly annexed terri1ory, garroad. was playing with Charles \Vitt, scheduled for l'Yery Tuesday night, George Lorenz, Harry Carroll and except December 22, at 8 :30 o'clock bage disposal and better street. pavements. Large scale maps of \Vtlmette \Yilliam Schilling, all club members. as follows: October 13-20-27; Novemher 3-10-17- and environs will he used to make The group measured the length of the drive. Rengel is 20 years old, and 2-t; December 1-8-15-29; January 5- everything plain. A list of engineers and architects this is said to be a record driYe for 12-19-26: February 2-9-16-23; :M arch made two vears ago contained about a youth of that age. During the same 2-9-16-30. game Rengel made an eagle on a hole · "For the benefit of newcomers to 150 names, -but a third of them hav,.,e the village, oldtimers and residents in since moved away. More than left on which 5 is par.' general," the committee state , "the have come to live in our town, but committee de~ire to repeat that the e many are not known and are not on dances arc not conducted for profit the list. A return post card has been hut are intended primarily to aid the sent to all whose names and addresses residents of \Vilmette and vicinity to are known with the request that they get and keep better acquainted in an send in to the committee the name of atmo~phere ot good fellO\\·si1ip and any newcomer, so that invitation may The Village board Tuesday evening pleasant informality. go promptly to him. ··~1 anY of our residents formed and adopted a resolution appointing a The committee also makes request member oi thl' hoard to appear at the built up. their acquaintances and friend- through Wn.Mt:TTE LIFE, that any e~ hearing oi the ~1 unicipal \Va-ter com- ships with other \Vihnette folk in this gineer, architect or contract~~ who t.s"' Women Thank Trustees pany and the Greater Chicago Lake way and the good work accomplished a newcomer to Wilmette e1t 11er matl for New Tennis Courts \ \' ater company before the Illinois along these lines during the past six his name and address to Trustee C. . . ScYeral women's organizations in the Commerce Commission set for Oc- ,·ears has convinced the 'committee E. Drayer, 1034 Elmwood avenue. or village combined to send a communi- tober 27, and "to testiiy as to the that these dances should be rated a call him up and make reservation" for cation to the Village hoard Tuesday favorable interest of the members of valuable asset." Officers for the current season are the dinner. evening thanking the trustees for con- this board in the project of the MuniGeorge E. West, chairman; \Vatter structing the new tennis courts at the cipal V\i'ater company." It was indicated that 'frustee \V. \V. Gore Mitchell, vice-chairman; George Spring Is Here and Municipal playgrounds. Joining in the Violets Are Abloom communication were the \Vihnette DeBerard would be appointed to re- M. Hubbard, secretary and treasurer. Catholic Woman's club, the two Pa- present the board at the hearing, since The Executive committee is comprised Spring is here. The tend~r buds . are . rent-Teacher associations, the \Vom- he, in his capacity as chairman of the of R. T. Hosking, Earl D. Lyon, J. \V. bursting in the tree tops, hlac hus.hes an's club of Wilmette, and the Wil- sewers and water committee, has made Robinson, A. B. Sweet and the three will soon he a : iot of bloom and btrdmette League of Women Voters. The a special study of the two indicated officers. tand is foresaking the Southland for Following the custom of previous the glorious summer days of the North. two courts were completed this sum- water supply projects. The two water projects, which con- years, any surplus from these dances mer at a cost of $1,000 each. It is No mistake! For didn't N[rs. J. B. planned to build two more next season. template supplying various municipali- \\·ill go toward the \Vilmettc Public Stanton. 123~ Wilm.ette avenue, pluck ties contiguous to Chicago are seeking schools. a genuine yellow vtolet from the .g-a~certificates of convenience and necesCAR HITS PEDESTRIAN ASSISTANT ELECTRICIAN den plot in her doorya·rd last Frtday. Stewart Schaler, 719 Ninth . street, sity from the Commerce Comm:ission. Egbert Compton was appointed as- She did! . h Edward W. Shal)ker, president of was painfully bruised and shaken up sistant village electrician at a salary Even·thing is topsy-turvey smce t . e when lre was struck 'by a motor car the Municipal vVater company, and a of $175 a month by the Village board war. -And anything can happen 111 driven by E. E. Weiller, 720 Lake resident of \Nilmette, spoke concerning of trustees Tuesday evening. Compton , these days. , , avenue, Wednesday evening at Central his project at the invitation of the will work under the direction of Qhief 1 Time to get out last season s straw. board. avenue and Seventh street. Schaler had Electrician Shiley on the maintenance crossed the street in the path of RESUME SCOUT MEETINGS of the new lighting system. In 'conMOVES TO WILMETTE Weiller's car, and placed no blame on Troop 1 of the Wilmette Boy Scouts, nection with this appointment, the Bettin E. Stalling( lawyer with printhe driver, according to the police. board also confirmed the appointment under the direction of Scoutmaster Schaler was taken to his home by cipal offices in Chicago is now a resi- of Shiley and Compton as special Karst; has resumed its regular meetW eiller, who was not held by the dent of Wilmette. He is associated ings in the Byron Stolp school. with the firm of Langille and Stalling. policemen. police. ' tr· 1 \Vilmette's exhibit at the Illinois Products expostttOn. which opened Thursday of this week, at the American Exposition Palace in Chicago, is a model home. which mav be seen in the \Vilmette Chamber of Commerce booth at the exposition. ·M embers of ' the Chamber have been working for months to make their exhibit a success. The personnel of the committee which has been engaged in this work is as follows: Lloyd Hollister, chairman: D. E. Allen, ] r., F. J, Budinger, ·' .. . 1 F. C. Burroughs, J. H. Davies, H. A. ;t_,: :: Dornhlas, Frank H. Gathercoal, John ,I J. ~loran. C. E. Ole\'l.·ine, ]. H. -, ,. :;" f Schaefer, Dan Stiles. \Villiam Taylor nd B. B. Cdell. Several Chamber of Commerce member~ will be on duty at their booth dailY. An additional feature at the \\' ilmette booth is a beautifully illustrated booklet depicting the history and attractive interests of the community. Name Board Member to Attend Hearing Water Projects