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vLu.i. . N"J vi. IMh-iI-Th,,ILLIiNOIS, JFNUAKY 7'1932 .~PRIE TUN CENTS Money Crisis'Hits New Trier High School Summ~on, Parents t asMee.ting Fia PLIGHT 0F OUR SCHOOLS, TONCý Paent - Teacher Associations, Cail Villagers to Discusa Remeédial Measures The desperate, financial plight of the Xihnette public schools, brought about by the absence of incomie from taxes, will, be,.placed before a public meeting at the Howard schoo.i audi- toriuni this Friday c veing. (januars? 9) at 8' o'clock. 'luisý meeting has been calied jolitly h*v tl.e Logan-Howard and>thle Ceni- tra-L.aurel Pareit-1-eacie'r associa-, tions. AIl persons intecrested ini the tax situationi, partic-larly:as it affects Ie public schools. are invited to. A1 the meeting. and learri of the uz, -ate. situation in which the board of-education finds itself. S. J. Duncan-Clark. well kiovn. resident of the village. lias consented to be cliairmanl of the meeting. Facts concerning just how our schoQis stand fnanciaily will be brought before the citizens by niembers of the school board and other leaders ini the comn- mnuni ty. A letter directçd to parents of school children by the two paren 't- teacher associations, tells pertiniently of the p light of. -our schools. t reads in part: "*Funds with vwhich to tu;,n the :chools are completely exhausted.. No mnoney is availabie with, which to, pay teachers and operate for the rest of this year. The schooi board's hands are tied. Deprived of the iisual sources of income throughi prompt îîced ail the hieli> you ca-n in the way of things to se 1icnry Cuitler,. chair>nan. Note: lcnoysioî> is. ed !)y t1eý Wonani's club). Mette.' Proceéds go ýto conldu,c> 0of -Wil- charity. DUBBS, WILL, SPBAK Village. President to Address Wilmette Civic League Next Week on Revised village plan. Winiete 's revised -Village plan, wili be discussed ini detail by Village President C.-P. Dubbs at the January lunhen of the Wilmette Civic league Friday, January 15, at 'Mar-, shail Field's. The -old1 Village, plan was one Of the principal issues at. the Village election last spring.-atnd Ithe electioni resulted ini the defeat of the group whicli favored the original plan.: The new plan lias heen %vorked out by a, Planl commission appointed by Pres- ident i1)ubbs an.dIheaded bY Mylcs J.. Phillips. "Flic01(1 plan commission resigned in a body following the elec- thon last spring. A vear ago last Novemiber a (lis- cuission of a proposed revised zoning ordinance before the \Vilmiette Civic league precipitated the treniendous outcry against the original Village p lan as adopted in January, 1929. Property owners stormned the Vil- lage hall council chamber on two occasions last Januiary and demandedi the revocation of the oid plan. The plan eventuallybecame an outstand- ing issuie in the spring electioni,,withl the resultant defeat of its proponents. W-\ilmiette Civic league officiais are. expecting:a large attendance althte lunicheïon next week, when Village President Dubbs.will' explain the pro- visions Of the new Street plan. Grant Permit to Iristali Ornamental Street Larnps II ecreatuon .rage3 Society pages ..28-29 Wihutte School Cati Taxpayers to Highcrest Meeting A meeting ýof taxpayers interested ini the affairs of. the Highicrest public schooi (District -40) lias been called for, «Monday, evening, january .11, at 8 o*cloëk, at' the schioal. This meeting,' cailed, by the Schooi, b>oard ' of the* district,, is, for the pur- pose of acquainting the' taxpayers %vith the: necessity for, selling tax anticipation warrants to keep the sc.hool .ini operation for the balance of the current school year. Appoîntment of a Taxpayers' coin~- îittte, which will push the sale of warrants, is expected at this meeting. There wilil e a geineral discussion of the desperate situation iii ýtheý district l)rouglit about. by inabilitv to ýobtain tax niioney. She District 40 schQool board met January 4 to arrange for niext Mon- dav's general mneetinig. Masonie Groups Plan Entertainment Series *A series of entertaiinments again1 will be given this vear by the Wil- muette Masonic Temple association, utîider the direction of a comrniitte comnposed of representatives of the four Mason.ic bodies ',holding. their meetings in the temple, at*1010 Cen- tral avenue. The first entertainment -of -the sea- soni wvil be a card. party to be iven Saturday, Januiary 30, iii charge of Mrs. 'May Woodhead, of the Order of the- Eastern Star., carefully, the bigi ones and the littI. ones. Tk.y wiII guide you to the boit values. CALL SESSION FOR JANUARY 14 Par'ent-Teacher Association In- vites Citizens to Hear of Financial Plight Parents of New 'Prier High scbool pupilà, as well as ail other persons interested in the critical finiàncial situation :con fronting the township's secondary scbool, have been'urged to attend: a conference called by thce high school parent-teacher associa- tion for Thursday evening, Janu ary 14. The meeting -wili 1be held at 83 o'clock in the school auditorium. Facts concerning the schooi's finan.- cial plight brought on by the deplor- able tax situation wvi1l be placed be- fore the parents ini the hope that means may be effected to insure un- interrupted operation of the school. Next Thursday's meeting, which will be a part of a regular Parent and Teacher conference session* sched- uied for that evening, follows au- nouncement last' week that the high school is faced with the necessity of closing its doors on February 1 un- léss pperating funds cari be obtained in thie immediate future. Propose Organization The desperate situation of the school was broughit before a confer- ence of representative citizens of the to wnship.with memnbers of the highi sihool board of éducation, Monday evening of this. week. At that meeto- ing plans to provide fuiids for school purposes ini Wilmette, Winnetka, and. Giencoe ivere explained to the group. At that meeting, also, a pro.posd or- ganization' to secure funds through, ft[iscnuu ci vvnnetka, and timer H. Wieboidt of Glencoe. An Advisory conimittee was al- pointed to work in conjunction witli the Executive comnmittee, comprising Mrý Gathercoal and the presidents of the school boards in the four village s, Henry, E. Cut-er, Wilmette.; Julius A. (Continued on Page 6)