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«*H!W «JiifPsj^easBumnjpu Ipipfe 'â- 'â- $â-  «,i Nearly Everybody In Wilmette Reads The Lake Shore News so?s J"«;:£*, 4:%S VOL. VIII, NO. 3. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1920 EIGHT PAGES ^ PRICE FIVE CENTS RE-ENACT PILGRIM - TIMES NEXT WEEK Members of the First Congregational Church to Present Series of , Tableaux at Church, Wed- ^'" n'esday, December 1 *« MANY PEOPLE IN THE CAST Mrs. C. E. Douglass in Charge of Program; Tableaux Follow the Church Turkey Dinner 'v^'Speak for yourself, John!" "Three hundred years after the -v original performance, Priscilla Moul- i ins wiH again indignantly spurn the i second-hand love of Miles Standish , and ask John Alden to walk right up ?v and do his own love-making. 'â- â- ;. This will occur Wednesday night, December 1, immediately after the Turkey dinner has been cleared away i at the Congregational church and -the audience settles itself comfort- ably to revisit the home of the / Pilgrims. The Courtship of Miles Standish is only one of the many i tableaux to be presented after "The Turkey Dinner." Indian maids and tribal chiefs in their picturesque dances will supply a colorful back- p ground for the more sedate Pilgrim :•â-  Fathers at this pageant, rehearsals for which have been in progress for â- â- > the past two weeks. The cast for the performance will be as follows: r.'H^: tT*-j vft'Larg* Cast j& JlElder Brewster ....Mr. A. J. Coburn * Mistress Brewster .................. .............Mrs, W. F. McClure Capt. Standish ....Mr. R. J. Mulvey Rose Standish ...Mrs. R. D. Burtner John Robinson ....Mr. E. H. Burge 'John Alden ..........Mirier Coburn I Gov. Carver ......Mr. Fred Crossley William Bradford ..Mr. H. W. Weld Mistress Bradford ..................•• „V ' .............Miss Esther Dunshee Mistress White......Priscilla Lloyd Mistress Carver ...Frances Goodhue ? John Howland ..Mr. L. F. S. Harmon Tisquantum......______Bradley Pruden ' Massasoit ...............David King ' Indian Maidens Gertrude. Ingersoll, Elizabeth Pope, Elizabeth Rice, Leonora Dingee, Dorothy Hess. Indian Braves James Doig; David King, Bradley Pruden, Kenneth Watson. . Puritan Maidens ^ Ruth Anderson, Catherine Moore, - Mildred Burns, Helene Seibold, Mar- tha Crossley, Louise Stephens, June Germer, Martha Swan, Dorothy Glover, Elizabeth Swofford, Virginia Hannah, Pauline Wallis, Rozetla , Hettick, Harriet Woodcock, Mildred Malone, Jane Pardee, Elizabeth Mul- vey, Marjory Pardee, Helen Newey, Mary Ellen Bentley. Mrs. C. E. Douglass, Superintendent of the Department of Pageantry and Drama, will be in charge of the pro- gram. Mrs. C. A. Eldridge has charge of the costumes, and Mrs. A. J. Co- burn has charge of the scenic ef- fects. Camp Fire Girls Assist The Five Indian Maidens will be assisted by twenty Tatapochon Camp Fire Girls impersonating Puri- tan Maidens in the '.serving of the dinner. % The Turkey dinner, prepared by the North End Circle, promises to raise the already high standard of the famous monthly dinners of the church. Only two hundred and seventy-five can be accommodated at these dinners, so you must make your reservations as early as pos- sible. This is the last call. Don't wait for the circle telphone commit- tee to call youâ€"they may fool you. Call Mrs. Cullenâ€"phone Wilmette 653â€"and don't blame her if she can- not assign you to seats at the last moment. Many reservations have already been received. CONCERT AND DANCE FOR BRITISH-AMERICAN CLUB Entertainment characterized as a Concert and Dance, is on schedule by the North Shore British-American Social club for Thursday evening, December 2, at Winnetka Community House. Several artists of local distinction are to appear on the evening's pro- gram including The Dalgleish Sis- ters, a troupe of International danc- ers;' Sam Galbraith of Chicago, im- personator of Harry Lauder; John Kerr, tenor; Fred Glover, known as Winnetka's musical expert; and the Northwestern quartet. Miss Bessie Scott is the accompanist. C olRLS!OURCHANCE I AS COME: READ THIS! "Miss Inquisitive," Your Earnest Wish Shall Be Granted, Says the Pane* Committee The executive committee of the Tuesday night dancing class received a communication that has puzzled them somewhat. Thinking perhaps the residents of the village might help out, they ha*ve asked the Lake Shore News to publish same. Here it is: v? "Wilmette, Illinois. -"* November 15, 1920. "Dear Sirs: "You who are looking after the welfare of the dancing class are leaving out what, to my mind, seems very important. Of course this may not seem so important to some of the members of the ex- ecutive committee, and yet it might be so with others. Really I am at a loss to knowjust how to start and tell you what I have to say, but I guess I might just as well come out plainly and ask the committee if it is not possible for them to ar- range to allow one or two Leap Year dances before the close of the year, and at least give us girls a chance; or make a ruling that the girls will ask the boys to dance, and on the nights that this ruling is in effect that the boys must not ask the girls at all, and we will do the asking. The committee prob- ably knows that there are quite a number of girls that would like to take this opportunity of getting better acquainted with some of the nice young men that attend these dances, and I hope that the com- mittee will make an announcement at the next Tuesday night class that they will hold one or twb Leap Year parties before the year closes. "Most sincerely "Miss Inquisitive." After the committee received the above. c.QflBStttViipLtian, »&At?Xt£<l- ^jhem to thinking that perhaps it would be a good idea to permit the girls to have things more or less their own way at one or two of the dances and an announcement will be made Tues- day evening, November 30, just what the committee decides to do. We desire to assure the young lady who has sent this perfumed note to the committee, that favorable action is to be hoped for. "FLIPS" AUTOMOBILE TRUCK; NOW NURSES A BROKEN LEG Arthur O'Connell Falls From Truck Into Path of Automobile; Leg and Ankle Crushed Arthur O'Connell, 13 years of gae, 907 Central avenue, attempted to "flip" an automobile truck at Central avenue and Eleventh street, Saturday evening, tripped and fell in the path of an automobile. A little later Arthur was in a ward at the Evans- ton hospital, where an X-ray examin- ation revealed a compound fracture of a leg and a dislocated ankle. He was brought home early this week. It is feared the accident may leave the boy a permanent cripple. The O'Connell boy attended Loyola Academy in Chicago. A strange co- incidence recalled by the accident is the fact that an older brother of the O'Connell boy was injured in a street car accident exactly three years ago last Saturday. TO PLAY WALLER HIGH New Trier High school's basket- ball quintets will open the 1920-1921 season with a double-header on the evening of Friday, December 3, at New Trier with Waller High school of Chicago as opponents. The Chi- cago heavyweight team defeated the north shore school last year in a 16-15 thriller, which was decided in the last minute of play. The New Trier lightweights won the 1919 tussle with the same school. DR. MAGILL TO PREACH Dr. George P. Magill, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Wil- mette, who has been doing special missionary work in the Chicago Presbytery during the past several weeks, will occupy his pulpit at the local church Sunday morning, No- vember 28. DEFEAT LEGION FIVE The Wilmette Athletic club basket- ball team defeated the Kenilworth American Legion Monday evening at Kenilworth 14 to 11. The two teams will clash again at Kenilworth next Monday. Automobile Bandits Operate in Village Trio Stages Holdup and Collects Purse Containing $20 At the Point of the Blue Steal Automobile bandits operated in Wilmette last Friday night and made away with small loot represented in a purse containing about $20 taken from George D. Pettibone, 2727 Woodbine avenue, Evanston. . Mr. and Mrs. Pettibone and their daughter, Mary, were walking on the south side of Laurel avenue at Seventh street Friday evening on their way home from the home of E. A. Pettibone, 512 Central avenue. They noticed a passing machine. Three men leaped from the car. One trained a flashlight on the Petti- bones. The others drew revolvers and demanded "hands up". A com- plete search netted the bandits a purse and $20. They failed to ex- tricate a valuable diamond stick-pin from Mr. Pettibone's tie. The terri- fied screams of the daughter roused the neighbors and the bandit trio made for their machine and drove south in Seventh streetâ€"south and out of sight. The street lights at Seventh street and Laurel avenue were out, accord- ing to Mr. Pettibone and a score of other witnesses, who came to the scene in response to the cries for help. . i';';'~ â-  • -;'" â-  ' - . It LAY CHURCH CORNER STONE DECEMBER 12 Sunday, December 12, will mark another Red Letter Day in the his- tory of the Wilmette Baptist church. At high noon on that day the mem- bers of the church will gather at the site of the new church edifice, Forest and Wilmette avenues, for solemn cornerstone laying cremonies. The morning services of the church on that day wilt be appropriate to the occasion and the entire congre- gation will leave Brown Hall, present church headquarters, promptly at 12 o'clock for the sight of the new church, where brief services will be held as the cornerstone is swung into place and mortared into the foundation of the new church home. The cornerstone laying episode is the second outdoor ceremony of the congregation in connection with the new building, the first taking place several months ago, when the first spadeful of earth was turned prepar- atory to excavation for the founda- tion. The Baptist church, the youngest church organization in Wilmette, boasts a membership which includes residents in every town on the North Shore from Evanston to Lake Forest, including a scattering of members in Rogers Park. The church has grown by leaps and bounds since its organi- zation seven and one-half years ago. It is expected the new edifice will be ready for occupancy early next sum- mer. :<k. NO SMALLPOX IN WILMETTE; SIX CASES OF DIPHTHERIA With a veritable epidemic of small- pox prevalent in Evanston, Health Commissioner E. E. Moore this week announced to the Lake Shore News that Wilmette to date was absolutely free from the contagion. Most of the cases reported in Evanston were found in the negro districts there. General sanitary conditions in Wil- mette are held responsible for the absence of the disease in the village. Six cases of diphtheria in Wilmette and Gross Point were reported to Dr. Moore this month. Most of these cases were found in Gross Point. All cases of contagion or symptoms of contagion must be reported to the health department at the village hall immediately upon discovery. Parents and attending physician or any per- sons attending cases are responsible to the health department in enter- ing a complete report of the nature of the disease in question. CONDITION ENCOURAGING Village manager C. C. Schultz who has been ill at his home for several weeks suffering a severe attack of typhoid fever, was reported resting comfortably late this week. His condition was said to be encourag- ing. HOLD FALL DANCE The Ouilmette Council of the Knights of Columbus will hold their annual fall dance tomorrow evening at the Kenilworth Assembly hall. FAR EAST WORKER IS SUNDAY CLUB SPEAKER Dr.' Homer B. Hulbert, and Author and Authority on Korea, to Talk on "Symbols of Empire" Dr. Homer B. Hulbert, one of the greatest authorities on the Far East, will be the speaker before the Wil- mette Sunday Evening club, on No- vember 28. His subject will be "Symbols of Empire." Dr. Hulbert for twenty years was in Korean government work and the personal advisor of the Emperor of Korea. For more than twenty years he lived amid the stirring scenes in the Orient, and was directly associ- ated with men who made history. He is both eloquent and convincing as a speaker, and his addresses are always fascinating. His numerous books and lectures on Oriental sub- jects have attracted wide attention, and have gained for him a position as Fellow of the Royal Georgraphical society. 'â- *-** •' NEW TRIER NATATORS READY FOR 1K1 MEETS Coach E, B. Jackson Working Hard to Round Out Championship Senior and Junior Teams Coach E. B. Jackson's group of 130 candidates for New Trier High school's senior and junior suburban league swimming teams are working hard these days preparing for the final elimination event, which will give the best natators a position on one of the two outfits. Jackson is very optimistic regard- ing his fish and with the co-operation of his proteges' intends to take first honors in the 1921 season. If he can round out championship teams with only a few of last season's groups in suits this year he will cer- tainly be hailed as the "miracle man" of tl^ tank, as he must develop practically a new team in each of the two classes. One of the best arguments is Cap- tain Bill Kerr, who also pilots the gridiron squad. Kerr is a "whale" in Lake New Trier or any other natato- rium which might be selected for him to defend the school's past rec- ord, which consists of the champion- ship for the past several years. Coach Jackson also begins his strenuous work with the good wishes of the entire north shore, particu- larly New Trier Students and faculty and, with such moral backing, it is practically conceded that two swim- ming shields will be awarded the North Shore school. WOULD YOU CALL THIS A QUANDARY OR DILEMMA? Pigs is pigs and all that, but what's a feller to do when real live pigs are thrust upon him right here in Wilmette where porkers are as much to be desired as the traditional swine in the parlor. Lloyd F. Hollister, vice president and manager of the Lake Shore Publishing Company, this week tame into possession of a fine young porker, the gift of William Parks, well known Gross Point Confection- aire . Mr. Parks threatens to bring the young swine into the offices of The Lake Shore News, but that can- not be, for, though he might feel perfectly at home, there's an ordi- nance agin it. Mr. Hollister lives in Winnetka. He can't transport the pig to that village by reason of a similar ordi- nance, The only thing to do is to kill it and eat thereof. But the butchers are so busy they can't seem to find time to lead piggy to slaughter. What's to do? HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOW IN FORMER POLICE ROOM With ^he/' re-arrangement prac- tically completed at the Village hall, the Health department has occupied its new quarters, formerly the head- quarters of the police department. The Health department in the future will be housed in the northwest room in the Village hall. Health Commissioner Moore has been conducting the work of the Health department in his private offices in the Village theater build- ing since the tornado of last March. He is now prepared to render ser- vice from the new quarters at the Village hall. CHARITY NOT NEEDED IN WILMETTE HOMES Board of Local Charities Finds Abso* lute Absence of Dependency and Delinquency in the Villas;* of Wilmette ,i WORK OF BOARD PRAISED Declare Prohibition Has "Driven the ^Wolf From the Doors" of : Wilmette Poor. Village trustee William H. Ellis and village manager- C. C. Schultz, chairmen of the Wilmette Board of) Charities and directors of the local welfare organization for the past five years, were paid lofty tribute this week by Mrs. Lillian D. Northam, Wilmette welfare visitor, in a report of the accomplishments of the Board of Charities to the Lake Shore News., "Through the initiative of these' men and others interested with them .... in the welfare work in the village,!! the remarkable condition has been; brought about where there is no nee<L of charity in Wilmette," says the wel- fare visitor. ; jr':;-'vV *'%p!^-';:l^Points Out Accomplishments "In 1916," the report continues, "there were some forty families in Wilmette in the instance of which charity was not only accepted but actually expected. In order to awaken in the minds of the heads of these families a sense of their responsibilities as providers, it was necessary, in at least five in- stances,, to take the children through the Juvenile court. Fourteen chil- dren were taken to the Evanston hospital and operated upon for ad- noids, local dentists volunteered their services, charging for material only, and physicians in the village gave freely of their services without thought of remuneration. In addi- tion to this welfare service, Thanks- giving and Christmas baskets have .bgen,«iveji to these niedy families each year since 1916.. This custom is to be abandoned this year because of the absolute lack of demand for this form of charity. There is no need of charity in Wilmette. How Board Functions "The Board of Public Charities is composed of one member from each of the churches and other organiza- tions in Wilmette. When it has been found necessary to "check out" funds for any considerable length of time, an emergency meeting was called and the particular case in question discussed before the board. In other instances, involving less pretentious disbursements, the welfare vistor has conferred with a chairman of the board and received the necessary au- thority for making expenditures. Apprised of Responsibility "Wilmette has reason to be proud of the fact that, due to the splendid co-operation of the visiting nurse, Mrs. Emma Stopka, much construct* I ive work has been accomplished in the home, formerly visited by abject poverty. The responsible heads of these have been apprised of their re- soonsibility and assisted to 'stand on their own feet.' The results of the work of the past year show conclu- sively that most of the delinquency and dependency formerly obtaining here were due almost entirely to drink. Prohibition, with its ironclad ban on the liquor traffic, has effect- ivelv and permanently chased the wolf from the doors of Wilmette homes. Most Constructive Step "Tn April, 1919. an appeal was made to the Board of Local Chanties for a Community building or recreational center for the younger members of the community, under proper supervi- sion. The philanthropy department of the Wilmette Woman's club im- mediatelv responded to this appeal and. tinder the leadership of Mrs. Fred White, president of the club, launched a Community drive, which culminated in the establishment of the Economy Shop, under the direc- tion of Mrs. Richard Jordan. Econ- omy Shop represents the most con- structive forward step in the event- ful independence of the poor fami- lies. Here clothing and household » necessities could be obtained at ex- .." tremely reasonable prices. In some instances of extreme need the wel- fare visitor and the visiting nurse are permitted to select garments without charge. "Community House, at Park and Wilmette avenues, fostered by Economy Shop, is rapidly becoming • oue of the outstanding community in- stitutions. It is a meeting place for all residents of the village and has already become one of the potent in- fluences for good in the village."