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Trustee Ruth 1-. Snyder, charmafi of the judiciary comnhttee of the Vil- lage board, to which was ref erred, on February 3, the matter of repeahng. the' ordinance approving the so-called Wilmette Major Street Plan, reported at the regular meeting of the .board Tuesday'night that her commnitteec, after caret ully considering- the ýmatter, feit that the ordinance sbould. not be re- pealed but amenided to comply with the recommendations of the Wilmette Plan commission. M rs. Snyder, on behalf, of the judiciary conmmîttee, also recommend- ed* that Village Attorney 'Charles H. Jackson be instructed to prepare the, ilecessary ordinance amending the.Wil- mette Plan ordinance- in accordance;witil the recommendations of the Plan comn- mission. the. Village board then votedto concur in Mrs. Sayder's recomn- mendation. Teat of RecOmmeadation The text of the Wilmette Plan coin- mission's recommendations tô- the Vil- lage board for changes in the Major Street 'Plan iordinflte0 18 as follows: *"The Plan commission of thie Village of Wilmette, after a careful considera- tion of the subjeet matter contained in the several -petitions referred to it in reference to the proposed widths of several of the Village's streets and afte the. holding of a public hearing on February 16, 1931, on the present of- ficiai Plan of Wilmette as set forth in Ordinance No. 1590, respectfülly recommends that the several changes hereinafter set out be made a part of the Plan of Wilmette ordinance by proper amnendment' to said ordinance. Nunexous <hans«. "The changes recommnended are:' (1) Striking f rom the Plan any propos.d widening of Michigan avenue, Sixth street, Fifteenth street, Prairie avenue,- Illinois road, Locust street, Hibbard road north of $kokie boulevard, Lake- wood,.avenue,'Ashland avenue east of Illinois' road,- Ridge road north of Forest avenue produced west and that part of, Ridge road lying east of the north and south center line of Section 33 between Forest avenueand a point ! the cast lune, of Ridge road, said day evening,, March 14, is' g iv ing the equivalent of $1,000, which is the price lie 'usually demands for bis ser- vices. The, Winn'etka, Music club, which is sponsoring the Mardi 14 concert, expects the auditorium to be-filled'to ca- pacity by, north shore patrons, as an expression of their, ap- preciation -for Mr. Spalding's splendid offer, and their sup- port in raising money for the general unemployflelit fund.ý Tickets may' be pu rchased 1at any tinle from Mrsý. Bessie Grant, ,Winnetka State bank. or. from any niember of the Winnetka Musicclub. DeBerard Reports -onj Water Main PrOblem'S Trustee W. W. DeBerard, chairman Of the sewer and water committee Of the Village board, to whom was refer-, red on February 17 a communication f rom Edward Louis, who lives on Laramie avenue near Birchwood ave-- nue, asking that the Village extend the water main on Laramie avenue f rom its present terniination on that street north to Birchwood, reported that the Vil- lage cannot at this tume obtain order of necessity to construct the water main on the special assessment basis. The reason for this, Mr. DeBerard ekplained, is that the abutting property where Mr. Louis proposes that the ek- tension be made bas not been subdivided. The sewer and water committee f urther recommendthat Mr. Louis be allowed to tap the'-wateî main at its present termination in Laramie avenue anid ex- tend the pipe therefroni to> serve his property,. witb the understandinig that he and bis successors waive ail rights to claims for, assessuient of benefit when the permanent main is constructed . in Larime avenue in front of bis property. The recomendations were concurred in by the VillagEe board. ýd by L"ski Dr. Bestor received bis baccalaur- eate degreç f rom the University of' Chicago; then became prof essor of History and 'P-olitical. Science at Franklin College in- Indiana. Later he served as lecturer in the extnsion division of his aima mater. He re- ceived the honiorary -degree of LL.D. iromn Colga.te in 1919. and from Colby in~ 1930. H-e is a miemnber of the Aiùer-- icant Historical association, of the Na.-, tional Institute. of Social: Sciences, and, of the Academny of Political Science., Affiliations of, Dr. Bestor in, th. field ofedcin are as trustee .of the League for Political Education, New York City; tr .ustee of'the Lake Placid-Club Educational Foundation; -trusteof the Sofia (Bulgaria) Amer-, ican Schools;à and trustee of the. Near East Relief, mnc. Dr. Bestor is ini bis twenty-fifth Iear of association with Chautauqua, istititon. ad is ser4ing is fifteenth yecar as its president. Tuesday, April 21, set11 .for Élection in Village Tuesday, April 21, was set as the date of the annual Wilmette Village election in~ a resolution adopted by the Village board at its regular meeting Tuesday nigbt. A village president, village treasurer, three village trus- tees and two public library directors are to be elected. An ordinauce pro- viding for the issuance of bonds of the village of' Wilmette to the amount of $100,000 for the purpose of obtainiflg f unds to rnake improvemeuts in the present water works systeni of the vil- lage will be submitted to the voters, at. the annual election. FOUR PRAIRIE FIRES The Wilmette Fire departuient an- swered caîls to extinguish four prairie ires Monday of this week. None of' the fires resulted in any damage. rad Construction cosnpany for the in- stallation of sanitary sewer bouse drains, lead water service pipes and storm sewer bouse drains in the territory; rough1j, described as nojrth of Lake avenue be- tween Ridge road and the indian Hilli Estates. The , Çannell-Conrad company wa#' the highest of three, bidders left f rom à large field of competitors following a' elimination process at a meeting of thé Board of, Local Improvements several: weeks ago. The total bid of the Can- nell-Conrad company 1 $4, .l Nicholas Santucci of Niles Center, made a total low bid for the three jobs of $«8993.40. ts thai>ks and apprecia- lu lI ase wy nyl.Id n expressed to the press, dy and civic organizations The services will. be held at Il, arious individual citizens o'clock Monday, Marcb 9, at St. who counselled mnodera- Johni's Lutheran churcb and burial erate action, on this sub-, will be. at Eden cemetery,.West Irving Park boulevard, 6 ROOM IJOUSE. 2 CAR' GA- rag e, near schools an<4 trans. $10per moüth. CL1 Winnetlca 3348, or 3081.' as follows% 'We the' residents and property owuers of thle district west of Ridge being directly financiallly affected, by the award of contraêts known as Wf 1- mette Special Assessuients, No. 269, 270 and 272 do hereby request thaý (CeniieInpib tion are1 to the cl and to tt of the vil tion andI ject.pp The action of te Board of Local lmn- provements Tuesday night was taken after Village President Earl E. Orner had read two communications f rom thé wihmette Civie league and'a petitio. f rom the Nortbwest Menes club of Wl- mette asking that property owne~n in the section~ where the improvements: art to be mnade hé given a hearing before the contract with the Cannell-Coitrad company is oficially signed. Village President Orner, after reading the com- munications aud the petition, refused. to allow a spokesman for the property owesto speak on the matter. 'He thoroughly discouraged the suppliçmni: witb a laconic «unot now» Ever>member of the Village boiir& with the exception of Trustel&utb H. Snyder, as well as President Orner, voted in f avor of signing the contract with the Cannell-Conrad company. One of the communications f rom. the, Wilmette Civic league, dated ' February 24 and signed by George Iliff, secretary of the league, read as follows: Recive Comuplainte "The diectors of the Wilmette Ciçe league . have received numerous, comft plaints relative to the contract recèntlir .awarded for underground work in: thè western part of Wilmette. "In viçw of this situation, we befievt