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Shore fOL. VIII, NO. 51. The Timely Record of Community Events iRPISTS APPEAR AT SUNDAY CLUB know Harp Quartet to Render Pro- ,ram October 30, Supplemented by Violin, Organ end Vocal Soloist tOLLIN PEASE. SOLOIST on» Record Audience Hears Thomas R. Marshall at Last Sun- day's Club Meeting Music lovers of the north shore â- â€" [nd who would not be counted among em?-are to have-their-4ay-_olda^s Ihday, October 30, when a speciaT fograin of music will comprise the activities of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club. Th e famous Harp Quartet, supplemented "by violinist, organist and a vocalist, promises a pro- gram of excellent music that should attract one of the largest Sunday Evening audien- ces of the current season. Of particular interest^ i n con- -^*cc4ioh"^w4th-th«- Rollin Piease musical evening is the appearance as soloist of Rol- in Pease, bass-baritone, of Evanston, \rho is favorably known in every sec- ion of the United States, principally or his remarkable work in oratorios n Chicago and the middle west. "Hello, Mister Elijah", is a common greeting fort Mr. Pease, so often has le sung and acted this particular ora- orio in Chicago and New York, with he Chicago Apollo club and at Chautauqua. "He has a commanding tppcarance", comments a leading crit- :, "and a baritone voice satisfying in ! richness and resonance.". Those who wll appear on the pro- ram include: Harp Quartet Mi»s Clara Louise Thurston Miss Sabiha Cassagrande Miss Fern Van Bramer Mrs. Harold Knapp___ Violinist Miss Anna Nyberg . . Organist Mrs. Marie Edwards Von Ritter Vocalist Mr. Rollin Pease The evening's program follows: Orenn Prelude â€" Minuet.................-----Mozart Scherzoso..................Rogers )ovo1ogy Scripture and Prayer Largo ......,.............___Handel Violin Harp Organ Boat Song of the Volga.........Cady Harp Quartet Vocal Solo..................Selected Mr. Pease Berceuse ....___... .*........Godefroid Violin ', Harp Organ Art Marian................... .Gounod Violin Harp Quartet Organ Announcements Offeringâ€"Offffrtoire. Memories 'WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1921 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS Rosales Harp Sr>to.....................Selected Clara Louise Thurston Cradle Sontr .....-----........Rogers j h Harp Quartet VotaT Solo......_______....Selected Mr. Pease Hum< iresque............ .Vr.~. Dvorak Violin Harp Quartet Organ Marclx Solonnelle .....--------Thomas Harp Quartet Organ Postlwle â€" Song of Triumph ..Turner TURN CLOCK BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT Saturday night is the time to turn your hell clock beck ju«t one hour. For 12 o'clock, mid- night, mark* the moment when Daylight Saving time concludes ***'" for another six months •ndlKe return to "normalcy", in time. _ Turn back the clock or you'll he an hour ahead of schedule on Sunday morning. Imagine Setting up an hour too soon on • Sunday morning? Just im- agine. Services at the various Wil- mette churches and the meeting f the Wilmette Sunday Even- «t dub wilt be on standard tune. R. W. Webber Leads Red Cross Drive Here Cashisr of First National Bank of Wilmette to Enlist Fellow Legion Members in Fund Campaign Robb W. Webber, cashier of the First National Bank of Wilmette, has been appointed chairman of the Red Cross drive in Wilmette which will be launched on Armistice Day, November 11, and continue through Thanksgiv- ing Day, November 24. Chairman Webber plans soon to ap- point captains who will assume charge of ten Red Cross booths stationed at various vantage places in the village, and the campaign will be conducted aTter^be-fashion -©f the various war- time fund drives. Wilmette made a splendid record in last season's Red Cross drive under the direction of Mrs. Henry B. Gates, and Mr. Webber is confident the vil- lage will co-operate generously this year. -^ was in the army overseas and fhF Red Cross did a lot for me", said Mr. Webber in commenting on the forth- comim? campaign, "and I want to do * lot for it now. I intend to ask'the Wilmette Post of the American Le- crion and the Legion Auxiliary to as- sist in the task." Mr. Webber has been volunteered the assistance of the Wilmette Wom- an's club, offered by President Man- nerud, this week. WOOtD^ISCONTINUllTfr ST. ELECTRIC ROAD STOP married. This is John right -*ucxt to meâ€"say how do you do to the nice gentlemen, John. Well, we just came from St. Joseph's church and were in an awful hurry to get to the photo- graphers and then back to the wed- ding breakfast. So there, you can't blame us, can you now. Here's, my ring and, see my beautiful gownâ€"" "Drive on," smiled George, "I've been that way myself. But don't let it happen againâ€"I mean the speed- ing" Village President Zipf announced this week that he had conferred with officials of the Chicago. North Shore and " Milwaukee Electric railway to obtain discontinuance of the stop at Fourth street and Greenleaf avenue. With Linden avenue a regular load- ing station with a shelter house, Pres- ident Zipf contends that the Fourth street stop is superfluous and not a safe loading place. Railroad officials are said to be favorable to the suggestion and notices of the change will be nosted when the matter has been officially decided, it is said. LOGAN P-T MEETING TONIGHT An evening meeting of the Logan school Parent - Teacher association will be held at the school this even- ing at 8 o'clock, v Topics of interest to all parents of children in this school will be discussed. Refreshments wilt be served. BUYS WILMETTE HOME E. C. Philips, associated with A. R. Eddington, Wilmette Realtor, has pur- chased the home at 1227 Elm wood ave- nue. Milan Lush Appears In Chicago Recital The violin recital to be given by the well known violinist, Milan Lusk, on Thursday evening, November 3, at Now All To-gether Girls: Isn't He The Sweetest Copper? " How were brothers Peter and George, our intrepid motorcycle policemen, to know? But, they are so kind, Duty called shrilly Wednesday morning when the speed nemesis were stationed at Sheridan road ton- ing down the traffic. Suddenly there whizzed by a large black car doing something like 45 miles an hour. Five minutes later the Schaefer brothers had brought it to an abrupt stop. Followed the customary, "Hey, where do ya think you're at, on a speedway or somethin'?" "Were in seventh heaven," sang out a sweet feminine voice. "Sounds like- this'11 be a new one," quoth George to Peter. "All right go on with your story," this from George to the s. f. v. "Well, you see its like this,' 'the s. L-j^beamed^ "John and Lwere_ just They were Mr. and Mrs. Tohn Walsh. She was formerly Miss Mary Engels. Going ToThat^^â€" Che§iy Harvest Pqrty Tonight? BEAUTIFUL HOMES PLANNED FOR 14-ACRE TRACT; WILL SUB-DIVIDE J. Ei Dempsey Presents Plans For Early Improvement Of Sect- ion Plan Commiaaion Had Outlined For Industrial Purposes; 180 Property Owners Present Petition To Have West Side Tract Condemned For Park Purposes Assurance that the now celebrated 14-acre tract at the northwest of the village will not be given over to in- dustries came this week in the definite announcement by J. Edwin Dempsey, 607 Linden avenue, and E. H. Bagley, joint owners of the property, that plans have been completed for the subdivision of the section to provide a fine residence district. Plats and subdivision plans were laid before Paul A. Hoffmna, president of the Wilmette Improvement associa- tion early this week by Mr. Dempsey who asked Mr. Hoffman to give his assistance and that of his organiza tion. in insuring this atractive res- idence addition to the west side. Village President Zipf, when inter- viewed on the subject, stated today that Mr. Dempsey has called upon Tames V. Byrnes, president of the North Shore Golf club, asking that a certain number of feet on the east line of the Golf club property be se- cured to permit the extension of The atmosphere of autumn's golden season will pervade the Wilmette Wo- man's club environs this evening when the Xaverian club of Wilmette holds fprt^s in annual Harvest party. Truck Idads'ot cil'spTSrrisfams and auto loads of golden pumpkins, and all the other autumnal equipage have been conveyed to the scene of activ- ities and everything 'pears like a rol- licking good time. Herbert Morin, .chairman of the club Entertainment committee, has had the co-operation^©f^siufjr "past masters of program formulation as E. F. Kelley, Frank Jones and John J. Moran, the latter of whom is the president of the club, and they predict an evening of real surprises. The Harvest party has been made a community affair and villagers are ex- pected'to turn out in force donned in the appropriate overalls and calico frocks. NEW TRIER GIRLS LEAD IN WELLESLEY AFFAIRS New Trier Township High school alumni are assuming an active part in school affairs at Wellesley College this year. Mary Louise Scheidenhelm of Wilmette has made the freshman basketball and is a delegate of the Christian association from her district. Marion Montgomery of Glencoe, and Dorothy Schmedtgen, and Miss Joy Scheidenhelm of Wilmette, are on the Hockey team,â€"while Jenny Dtibbs is a member of the squad Marion Montgomery is a member of the House of Representatives for her district. Miss Dorothea Schmedtgen of Wil- mette has been elected corresponding secretary of the Sophomore class at Wellesley College. Miss Joy Scheid- enhelm, also of Wilmette, was chosen a member of the class executive board. Miss Rebecca Fitch, of Wilmette, is a member of the class of 1923 baseball i team as Wellesley. LLOYD F. HOLLISTER HEADS N. T. COMMERCIAL ASS'N Milan Lusk Kimball Hall, Chicago, is attracting wide attention among music lovers. A fine program of rare interest has been arranged. He will be assisted by Mme. Edna Fr ain. a pian ist of tin - usual ability. This will be a splendid opportunity of hearing Milan Lusk before he leaves in the middle of next month for his Eastern engage- ments this winter. Tickets for this Pharmacy, or at Lyon & Healy's, Chi- cago. New Year's bells are chiming for the members of the New Trier Com- mercial association this week *ince new officersr eieeted-at a meeting at the Wilmette Village Hall Monday evening, assumed charge of the asso- ciation activities for the coming year. Lloyd F. Hollister, vice president of the Lake Shore Publishing company, who, before he enlisted in the ser- vice of Uncle Sam in 1917, was pres- ident of the organization^-was^ un- animously chosen to again guide its ^destinies. With Mr. Hollister the fol- lowing officers were chosen: Vice president, John Seymour. Treasurer, Dan G. Stiles. recital may be obtained at the RciH- Directors, William T.* Wehrstedt neckar Drug company, the Wilmette Karl Weinstock, John L. Mbran7T**r- ry Eade, A. S. Van Deusen, A. C. Wolff and George White. Seventeenth street through the tract facing the golf course. Plan9 Immediate Improvement The entire tract is to be subdivided ?nd plans have been completed for Hie early installment of sewer and wat^riminsT Sixteenth street already has been extended throueh the prop- erty and it is planned to have the lots on the west line of the pronerty back Fifteenth street along the Chicacro and Northwestern railroad right-of-way. While the; announcement of this prospective improvement is consider- ed a victory for the West side, forti- fving against the classification of the 14..•>ere tract as t industrial area," a* outlined in the tentative Zoning ordi- nance, members of the Zonine Com- mission. were said to'be favorable to the new project. The 14-acre tract eventually will become one of AVilmette's most at- tractive residential neighborhoods, ^cordinir to ^ statement-^by Mr. Demnsev. It will be subdivided into fifty foot lots for detached residences, exclusively, it is said, and rigid re- strictions will be provided in the deeds to insure perpetuation of that district ns exclusively residential. Curtail "L" Business Area '. As intimated in last week's issue of The 208 Wood court, and Louis Starkel, 925 Oakwood avenue, reads as follows: "Your petitioners whose names and addrcsse are subscribed hereto re- spectfully represent that they are citizen taxpayers of the Village of Wilmette residing at their respective addresses with their families, "Your petitioners further represent that as such citizens and taxpayers they are entitled to the proper and full enjoyment of all the facilities, public conveniences and privileges of the public parks, whichlare provided and maintained by public taxation and which are common to the petitioners hereof. Ideal Park Location "Your petitioners further Represent that the plat of the Wilmette Zoning Commission purports to snow that there is a triangular shaped tract just west of the C. N. W. R. R. right-of- way extending from about Oakwood Avenue south '] to Isabella Street, parallel widi the R. R. tracks, which es; that the said tract is vacant and heavily wooded and irregular in shape and your petitioners aver ideally situ- ated for park purposes. "Your petitioners further represent that the character of n^ighborfrodd is strictly residential and has been so re- garded for many years last past and that many pioneer residents of the Village have their homes in the imme- diate vicinity of this tract; that your petitioners are sorely in need of a rec- reation ground being situated some distance from both of Wilmctte's Parks; that part of the Village has.re* gistered a substanial growth in the past five years and many substantial homes have been built within a few blocks from this tract. "Your petitioners further represent that to dedicate this tract for industri- al purposes would not alone deter further growth but would attract an undesirable element now prevalent on Railroad Avenue in Evanston and would result not alone in a destruc- tion of real estate values but in an exodus of many old-time residents. Seek Park Board Action *i "Y?Pt. Petitioners further aver that , the Village of Wilmette has a park/ ^mission organized under the laws ^ Lake Shore News, the Zoning of this State-and that the trustees___ Commission in a meeting this week I have control and custody of the public nnornriallv fixed the boundaries of â-  parks in said district with power" to the "L" Terminal Commercial area I levy and collect taxes therefore ;^hat extending along Linden avenue the said park commission should cpit^â€" demn the said tract and pay the cost ' of acquiring it. as well as the cost of improving the tract after its acquisi- tion by special assessment of sur- rounding property. from the Chicago. North Shore and Milwaukc Electric railway right-of- way on the east, to Fifth street on the west, and on Fourth street north and south to the nllevs. one-half block either way from Linden avenue. ThisTffiofficial derision is; in effertv "That the proposed improvement would give to the Village an attract a victorv for the residence property j ive approach and maintain its reputa owners in the "L" Terminal notch- tlon as the "Village Beautiful" Whood who had petitioned the/on- *,„ ^.^^ fMrther reprcsent that there is at present no necessity justification to increase the exist- Convnission not to extend the ^onrnercinl arc* in that^ vicinity. P'ropTtv owners in that section were nraoHcalb* unanimous as against ex- tension of the business area, with Paul Schrocder, a real estate oper- ator, standinsr practically alone in favoring extension of the business district to Greenleaf avenue on Fourth street. Next in.importance .to the announc- ed subdivision of the 14-acre tract for residential purnoses^was the presenta as the commission may require/* PUBLIC ZONING HEARING ing industrial area and *the proposed designation can only serve as an in- vitation to outside industries to lo- cate here and is therefore inimcal to the best interests of the Village. "Wherefore your petitioners aslc- that the Commission set this cause for a hearing and will notify Percy Bing- ham of the time and place when they tion this week of a petition to the! may appear and present such evidence Zoning Commission, signed by ap- proximately 150 pronerty owner's in the south of the village adiacent to the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road nVht-of-wav. who ar«» determin- ed that no portion of that section shnll be devoted to Commercial or lirht manufacturing purposes. The petition was signed by owners of property in the territory bounded roughly by Ninth street on the east. Isabella street on thp south. Park ave- nue on the west, and Oakwood on the north, wno object to the proposed classification as industrial area of the triangular wooded tract lying west of and adjacent to the Chicago and Northwestern railroad righflof-wav from Oakwood^avenue on the north ♦o Isabella street on the south, and who* propose that that beautifully wooded and irregularly shaped area be dedicated for park purposes. The petition presented to the Com mission this week by Percy Bingham, The Wilnr-ette Zoning Com- mission announces a Public Hearing on Zoning Wednesday evening, November 2. at 8 o'clock, at the Byron C. Stolp school auditorium, for the pur- pose of considering objections and suggestions of all persons interested, in regard to the zon- ing of all real estate oast of the, Chicago and Northwestern rail- road right-of-way in the village, except that portion pertaining to the Commercial district near the Elevated Terminal, which already has been heard. AH per- sons interested are requested and urged to appear before this -aSSfftirr-,----------------â€"â€" ^