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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 8 Jun 1933, p. 1

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New Trier Heeds Recommen. dations. in Judiciary Ballot;, 5-to 1. for Repeal While thé fusion siate of candi- dlates. corniprisin g the entire Demo- cratic ticket, 'Was swept into office by, large tuajorities in1 Tuesdav-'s Judici- ai election. New Trier- township voters foliowed lel the Chicago Bar association recoininendations hy splitting tickets lihyerallY to vote for several Bar association, favorites in the Repuiblican col inîni. The Bar as- sociation selections ail receîved large mlajorities .in te e rier ,pre-: cinci s. NIeaniv hile the voters in the township piled til a <ecisive nîaàjority Returns on Page 48 E;ditor's niote : Page 48 of this issuie provides coniplete unofficial ret urns by precinct in New Trier towîîshi1) of the Judicial election held- M1ondav. June 5. Precinct. returns on thé Repeal question also are recorded in that page. We gratefully acknowledge thie sIlendid cooperation of the judges and clerks in' ail of the New Trier preciiîcts, wit.bout whose kindly offices it wý%ould lia\-e been impos- sible' to provide the complete tab- ulation of the election returns. for repeal of the l8th ýAnend1ment. Every precinct weîît over-whielming- ly in favor of ratification, the town-, *silip as a wlîole going tliat way by.a ratio(- of approxinatelv. 5 to 1. Kinue Geto 2,628 Harry-,C. 'Kinnie of Wilmnette. Who was accor(Ied a glowing tribute by the B3ar association only to lose out ini the association?'s po;li of recoin- niended candidates by four votes, was giv-ei a splendid vote lit bis hom-e commnity, tlough hie fared. indif- .Suit Next Monday Hlearings on the injunction suit in- stituted by the Shawnee C ountry club) in.an, effort to stop the erection of the new Wilmette municipal water plant will, begin -next Monday before Mlastîer in Chancery' juilus H. Miner, Village Attorney Wiilis, D. Nance re- ported at the regular meeting of the Village b)oard Tuùesday night., M\eani%%Iie %ork. on the construc- tioni of the, wàter plant is progress- ing accordiîg to schedtule. Work will bc started next week on the .lay- ingý of the intake -pipe. Part of the' pip)e alread.y has arrived in the Vilý- lage. and the work1 of digging the trench. for the pipe bas heen. started. WVhile thistrench is heing dug and, «while the pipe is heing laid batiiers ùsing the \Vilmette beach htave;heen - ardvise<l hi stay awnaY' from. the scene ()f operations. At -. t5-regular meeting Tiiesday- niglit the Village board let tie con- tract for the flnished brick for the exterior of the water works to the - Hydraulic Pressed Brick conpany of Peoria. School 'Athietes Get Ro tary Club Awards Twelve boys and two girls ini the Wilmette public scboois who have dem- onstrated exceptional proficiency in athletics received awards at the regu- lar luncheon of the Wilmette, Rotary club at the Shawnee Country club We-dnesday. The awards are made- an- nually by the club. Motion pictures of the, 1932 Olympie games in Los Ange- les were shown for the entertairnment (À the youth fui guests of bonor. Awàrds to girl athietes -are given this year for the flrst time silice the Rotary club, estal)lished tIhe custom several years ago. Winners of awards included: Katherinie \Venter, Dorotby Davis, Edward Mable, James Lamb, Charles 1 Soulé. Harold Ray, James O'Nei. John Under 'instruction f rom the County Assessor and in order to complete the work of personal, property assessments for 1932, if' is, necessary to, fix a date after wbich ail schedules flot returned, will -be estimated and a penalty of S0 per- Cent added. The dates fixed will ýprovide a perio(l of time exceeding ten (101 %a s. from the date of receitf t'le schedule, in, vhich every: per- son t .woma schedule was ad- (lregssd bas had more than* the ten (10) days limit provided for in 'the schedule ini wbich to return same properlv fi lied, out-either by, the àddressee or by. personal cal at the, assessors office at Xil- me tte. The-dates are as follows5: Glencoe ... .. ...... June .12 - ~Vnneta .. ....june 13 Kenil-worth .... june 14 Schlool district No. 37 ... june 14 School District No. 40 ..June 14 W11ilmette........june I19 Ail schedules flot returned. properl fillied' out, signed and $worn to on or before the above. dates will be estimated and a pen- alty of 50 percent added. George R. Harbaugh, Assessor, New Trier Township. Wilmette Coast Guards * Rescue Seven Persons Xilmette coastguardsmen have res- cued seven persons from drown ing witini the last two weeks. On Mn 4ay* morning, May 29, when a sailing sloop, "The Tailspin," overturned lit the lake about a mile southleast 'Of, tli ýcost guard station, at Wilmette liarbor. the coastguardsînen rushied to the scene ini their surf boat and picked up Williami Akely, 615 Lake avenue, George Twitchell. 221 Dupee place, and Reginald Green, 707 Laurel avenue. Monday afternoon of this ON SKOKIE PLAN Includes North $ho re VgIley Region in National Ref or-ý estation Prec-it Presi dent Roosevelt hbas formaIyý included the Skokie region in his, reforestation 'Proiect, as. suggested some bine ago br Emmett Whea lan, president of . thé. Forest' Preserve Comnmis sion crs. This happy news was received at. the Forest Preserve headquarters Saturdar of last week, and Charles C. rste.s, chief construction engineer, (if the Forest Preserve district, was given instructions, to 1Co mplete the neces;sarv* survevs as quickly as pos- Engin eers Rush Survey A corps ofý twe'nty:-fl-ve engineers and ab)ott forty rodmen and other assistants tunder the -direction of Mr. Estes hav-e been in the territory for l lie past two weeks, in anticipation of the word to go abead wýith the proj- ect. .Withn two w&eeks, it is thought, thîe survey will have been completed, to he followed by the arrivai of one thousand or more men to do the drainage and reforestation work comprised in the deveiopment. The Skokie project, it is expained l)y Charles G.- Sauxers,- superintendent. of : the Forest -Preserve, -cap be starteil at once b - the $30 a month laborer. whicb the President, is auth- orized t.o emploi, for bis reforesta- tion plan, since the Forest Preserve district, already owns the land. Superinitendent Sauers points out tbat it w~ill be possible to house the wvorkmnen .at Fort Sheridan,, traiàs- portifig themi - 5:to 12 miles to the S kokie district for their daily work. Pl"n Lagoons In the deveiopment scheme it is proposed to create lagoons in the Skokie marshes to serve as flood reservoirs when needed, and recrea- tion spots. This inivoives the moving RETURNS TO VILLAC Mrs. Fred Gage, 707 Cui avenue. Kenilwortb, is boni New Albany,. md., bringing w lier nephew, Edwin Schar nIiece, Franceis Thomnas from Park, Ohio. .anudslster, MViss Niar errace nions college in Monday. -il be home trom- on june 9. His twh o attend Sim- )ston, returns flext gl m £Vu8 ç 5 %za5U8a ........... il Junior Li e ............. 38 New Trier New& ... 20-21 Public Forum.......... 10 Recreation Page..... 40-41 Society Page,........ 30-32 that tîmne by tueir owners wîn Uve disposed of,- Chief Brautigamn said. Three persons have been bitten by dogs thus far this month, the chief report.s.,

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