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Petiion Signed by 35 Persons Received hy Board; Three, Are Voters The Wilmette Village board receiv-. ed a petition Tuesday night asking that it repeal and rescind its re- cently enacted ordinance annexing No Man's. Land to the Village" of Wilmnette, and desist fromi any -fur- ther effort to so annex the area. Trhe petition carried thirt-fi've sig- -natures, said to be -largely of. per- sons in business m. . the section. 0Of this number only three are register- ed voters 'in No Man's Land it was stated. Reasons given for the request in- cludd Giesed -taxs an Md ticense fées; that the state law upon which the annexation ordinance was based is unconstitutional; that thé ordin- ance itself is unconstitutional, and that citizens of the area were denied' the right to express their preference ir a referendum. -'rhe pet ition was referred to the ;-nmittee on streets and alleys. Methodist Womeu Plan Ânniversarv Tea September 14 Among the first events celebrating ýAnniversary Year in the Wilmette Parish Methodist church will be the. d"100 plus 10 plus .1 Tea" given by theWomen's Missionary society of the church Thursday a f t e r n o o n, §,,ptember 14, at 1: 30 o'clock. ff he speaker on this occasion will be Mrs. Gilbert Stanseil of Elgin, formerly of Wilmette, who will re- Enterai as sieond-clasa matter Marh 8. 1912. ettche. oit .j5ce dg i VlueuteIinotisander th.epac fMJasch 3. 1879. FIVE, CENTS A COPY TWO. DOLLARS A YEAR J Septenîiber 7,193 19 38 T axCollection Sets. New..,Record, Here SCoIector Hale,,Lauds FineC- Speaker operatioli of Taxpayers in- New Trieir Towns Due to the splendid cooperation ofNew Trier taxa he.sinpaying their taxes locally, Collector Sani- born Hale, it is revealed, has just completed the best collection of tax- es (for 1938) that has ever been made in the towvnship. The total collection of both the first and second installments of the 1938 real estate taxes, and the per- sonal property tax, by Mr. Hale, was $1,834,437.73, as compared to $1,807,174.92 for 1937. vi IVolume 125 comprising that part of the township outside the incor- porated areas, and thatpart.of Glen- view which lies within the bounda- ries of New Trier, showed a total extension of $95,987.96, of which, el, 235.09 was collected. On the Glencoe books, comprising volumes .126, 127 and 128, the total taxes extended were $617,036.90, of which $308,530.01 were collected. New Trier Higli sehool WilI AdoptNew System of Io, Period Daily Sehedule Doors of the public, schools of New Trier township .will be, opened nextý Monday morffing to welcomeý 7,200 scholars. At the. township high school', Win- netIka avenue and Abbotsford road, Indian Hill, -the -students Will a dopt, a 10-period daily séhedule,- starting at 8:.25 o'càock ini the1 morning and conculding at 3:30 o',clock in the af- ternoon. M atthew P. Gaffney is su- perintendent at the school., Wilmette students will be distrib Ui.t ted among the five schools of the Seventh street; the Central-Stolp school at 920,Central avenue; the Logan school, 1406 Central avenue; the Howard school, Spencer avenue and Seventeenth street; and the Uighcrest school, 718 Twènty.tbird street. The Central and Howard schools accommodate aIl the grades, while the others are for elementary nunfls. Wlnuetka Scijools There are four grade schools In Winnetka. 'Younger scbolars attend the Samuel Sewell Greeley school, 275 Fairview avenue, the Horace Manin school, 836 Elm street, and. the Hubbard Woods school, 1110 Ohatfield road. Older children have their classes at the Skokie scliool, 520 Glendale avenue. Work on the Southwest school at Glendale ave-