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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 9 Jul 1931, p. 3

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$1/3,UUI)structure for the rirst rres- byterian chiirch of Wilmétte, accord- ing to an announcenlent this week by J. C. Koenen, chairman of the plans and contract committee. The new edifice, which will be, of Gothic design, will be built on thCe site of the former church, ýwhich was de- stroyed by fire -in Vecember, 1929. The architecture will be in keeping witb the newer type of churches. The eX- terior of 'the structure will be >of lan- non stone. The ruins of -the former churcli stili stand, at the northeast corner of Ninth street. and Greenleaf ave"nue. The fire- gutted building will be tomn down to make way f or the new churcli. Seating Capacity of 400 With a seating capacity of more than four hundred:in thé main auditorium and balcony, a banquet room in the basement for 300, and club and class rooms in the tower,. the new building will provide ample room for the van- oùg activities of the churcli. To the' south of the main~ entrance wIUl be -a I mall individual chapel for f unerals, eddings and other purposes. Childs and Smith are the architects « for the new churcli., t'is planned to, have the structure coônpleted by March A'..1932.Wokwl start shortly alter the letting of contracts. Building CoinSuittee Chairma A. W. Crawford is chairman of the general building committee. At pres- ent the church bias no regular pastor, but the pastoral committee, of which W. 0. Morris is chairman, i,. looking over a field of sui table candidates.- Since the cdestruction of the formier church by ire the congregation . as been meeting at the Wilmette Wom- an'9s club. The churchlihas a menmber- . shlp of about six hunçlred, with a Sun- day ýschool enrolîment near- the five1 hundred -mark. Ralph H. Rice is superintendent of thé Sunday school.j S.top-and -G o .Lisghts to Protect' Children. Stop-and-go lights are to be in- stalled at thecorner of Green Bav rrfad (West Railroad avenue) and. Thie parade in tue morning was spop- sored by the Huerter post. This -was f ollowed by a fiagpole dedication cere- mony at St. josephi echool at noon. The ýWilmnette post's activities began at 1:30 'clock -in the afternooni with patriotic exercises at the Village Green, at which, Harold Molir, commander of the post, offiiated. The exercises were f ollowed by an elaborate program of, races, and field events, for villagers of all ages. Tbe list of winners ap- pears elsewhere in this issue of WVîL- Entertaininent for the'children, in, cluding a magician and a Punch and Judy show, followed the races. The program, continued through- out the evening. Supper was servetl at Hoffmagnn hall at 6 o'clock by, mem- bers, of" the P. J. Huerter post auxili- ary. Dancing later- in the, evening ended the day's. festivities. CommunIty Jiose 1Committee Named Harold, Molir, chairman of the Or-. ganization committee of the Wilmette Community House association, this week.- announced that the following members will serve with him on 'his committee: M.\iss Lillian Leaf, MXrs. Shelby Singletomn, William Hillinger and H. L. Flentye, Jr. J. AIder Tighe lis genieral chairman of the Wilmette Commtînity Houase association, the purpose of which, ac- cording to the by-laws, is "the organ- ization, etection, operation and main- tenance of a Wilmette Communitv House for the use of ail residents and taxpayers in the Village of Wilmette* The other nine comimittees andi their chairmen are:- publicity, Phulip Hoffman; public relations, H. C. Kinnie-, recreation. Daniel M. Davisw diplom.agy, Fred M'. Coxon; architec-ý tural and construction,, John H. Davies ;, finance. Harry W. Miller; real estate. H. F. Gathercoat; legal, William M. James; philanthropîc, Mrs. John Boylston. The board* of educatioit.of New Trier 'High schioLl hm dedicated the school's new athletic field at the -northeast corner o f Winnetlea avenue and Essex.ro<id ta )Edardý J. Phelps of Kenilworth. The field is u e ed <the ",dward J. Phel>: Athletic Field." Mr. Phelps has sert'ed oit the kigli sc ho ol board for fourteen years and lias takont a greaf interest ini the de- zelopreizat of the school's athietic and physical education pro gram, as well as iii other phases of its Real Estate Board 1WiIl Meet Monda y The monthly meeting of the North Shore 'Real Estate board wil be lield Monday - evening, july 20, at the Green Tree inn (four, miles nortli of Deerfield on Waukegan road). Diii- ner will be served at 6:30 p. m. This is to be a very important meeting, according to an announce-, ment bv Harold R. Vant, seCcretary of- the board. One of* the imüporta'nt questions coming up, for discussioin wjll be the lowering of the board's rates of commission back to ýthe.old scale of three percent. At this meetini, the bc wiIli also ordinance which provitfrs f or an an- nual inspection f ee of tWo dollars on all bill boards and siga boards ini the Village and an annual f ee of. seventy- five dollars for inspection of each il- luminated sign,-anci roof sign is calledl ".unwarranted 'and unf air to the busi- ness men" of Wilniette in a letter ad- desdto, the "Village, board by the Wilmette Chamber of Commerce and read. at tbereua meeting of 'the board Tuesday night., Tbe annual fée of two dollars ýfor,, inspection of bill boards and sign boards is for each twenty-five Iineal f eet or f raction thereof of 1the, sîgns. *Thée 8ev- enty-five, dollar inspection f ee for* il- luminated signs-nro isi afâ rate. n ofsgn safa Directors of thé' Chamber -of Com-. merce, at a meeting beld July 2; vere of the, unanimous opinion that these chargeïs, were unnecessary- and decided that a communication should be written to thé Village board immediately re- questing the repal of that part of 4the building ordinance providing for such f ees. Letter- t. Vilage Board The letter to. the Village board said, in part: *'As .f ar 'as we, can find out this ordinance was passed by the Village board on August 26, 1924, and lias neyer been enforced. -'At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors and other business nmen it was unanimously voted that this enforcenient is unwarranted and un fair to the business men of this Vil-. lage in view of. thé present business situation. "The Wilmette Chaniber of Comn- merce, respectfully petitions your hon- orable body to remove f rorm the ordi- tiance the section governing the sign and bill board inspection fée.." ,> The- matter was referred to the ju- dîciary- committee of tbe Village- board, of which Trustee ,A. W. Froehde ischairman. No fées are to bée levied for sign board inspection until this committee bas reported to the board with recommendations., are, however, two old cases of whoop- ing cough and one of scarlet feyer stili active in the Village. Another case .of scarlet fever was to be re- leased. tIis week. CL CON VINCED worrn nn andm ,rr, 1 ~ u mat aat Âotorcie ~~umc the .1 Poppel and Patrolgnan John Jstart thicir vacations. .15. 3ouis will

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