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The Timely Record of Community Event* HORE VOlTvIII, NO. 52. WILMETTE. ILLINOIS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1921 TWELVE PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS U.S. AT CROSSROADS, SUNDAY CLUB SUBJECT rrd B. Smith, Powerful Speaker and World Traveler, to Appear on Wilmetto Platform on November • CALLED MAN WITH MISSION u/ill Touch Upon Croat International Disarmament Conference; Hat Remarkable Message "So magnetic is his personality. hoiisvl in so powerful a body, that before he has said a word his audi- ence is his. He is in a class by him- self. His whole mien on the platform is that of a man with a mission, a man sent, a man under com- pulsion who will permit hfm«e1f of no trifling. His appeal is to the rational, not the emo- tional." The above significant sen- tences printed recently in the Ames, Iowa, Tribune, bear reference to Fred B. Smith, vice president of Johns-Man- villc company of New York, who is to speak before the Wilmette Sunday Evening club on November <>., on the interesting and timely subject, "Am- erica at the Cross-roads". Studies World Conditions Mr. Smith has travelled around the world several times and has just recently' returned from a tour in the Orient and in Europe, and within another two or three weeks will start on another tour abroad. In his world travels he has made a close study of the problems now before the world, and as such a student at this time is ^ar ticularly Interested-in-the-subiect of Disarmament. This will be the chief theme of his address Sunday evening and is especially appropriate inasmuch as it comes almost on the eve of the great Disarmament con- ference in Washington. • Mr. Smith has spoken many times before the Chicago Sunday Evening dub to crowds which have filled Or- chestra Hall. He is one of the most interesting and forceful speakers on the American platform and those who attend the Wilmette Sunday evening club may feel confident of hearing one of the greatest addresses in the history of its Sunday services. Special Organ Program Mrs. Marie Edwards Von Ritter, organist for the Sunday evening club, will render the following selections at the Sunday services: Prelude: Prelude in C Sharp ...... .........;..........Rachmaninoff. Intermezzo...........>.......?°?er8 Offirtoire: Ave Maria ..-----§chubert Posthrde: March Militaire. .Schubert. In ^pite of the rain last Sunday Kiddies Happy Because Their Friend is Bach Alt the kiddiesâ€"and the grown folks tooâ€"will be glad to hear that Herman Meyer is; back in town with his kindly greeting and contagious smile. Herman Meyer, it will be recalled, was gateman at the Central avenue crossing of the Chicago and North- western railroad until one night last August when, while at his post of du- ty, he was struck and seriously in- jured by an automobile driven by Pat- rick N. Balmes, 1722 Lake avenue, which crashed through the lowered gates. Meyer, who was rushed to the Ev- anston hospital, suffered a dislocated and fractured hip. a fractured knee, four broken ribs and serious internal injuries. Though in the employ of the North- western only six mouths Meyer won praise from officials of the road be- cause of his constant'attention to the safety of-children who daily pass the right-of-way to and from school. Meyer was for many years a faithful employe of the Village Department of Public Works. ' His home is at 835 Park avenue. Presbyterian Leaders In National Meeting Rev. George P. Magill and Thomas E. â€"D. Bradley Assume Leading Pari in Great Conferences Rev. George P. Magill, pastor of the Presbyterian church, chairman of the Illinois Synod of thie church, and Thomas E. D. Bradley, 1104 Forest avenue, a leader in the local Presby- terian church and member of the Exe- cutive commission of the Presbyter- ian church in America, are delegates to the national Executive Conference of. the denomination to be held at At- lantic City, N. J., November 9 to 16. Official representatives from all parts of the United States will participate in the sessions. The chief business to be considered will be the fixing of a financial budget for the next year. Each Presbyterian church establishes its.own local bud- get, which last year amounted to $31,000,000. But for the general pur- poses of the missionary, benevolent and educational boards.and agencies of the church, a national budget is set up, to be raised by individual Presby- terian contributions. This year this amount was $102,000,000. Some of the boards will ask an increased budget for next year. It is the hope of the more progressive leaders in the church that next year the denomination will surpass its accomplishments of this vear, when it broke all records for increase of communicant members, passing the 1.700,000 mark, and all re- cords for contributions. The member- ship increased by 85,000 during the year, due to a remarkable evangelis- tic effort on the part of presbyteries and churches which resulted in the largest number of new members on confession in the dhufch's history. EAST SIDERS HEARD ON ZONING MATTERS Suggestion to Establish Commercial Dnstrict in North East Section Brings General Protest East side property owners, except those heard recently in connection With the "L" Terminal Zoning plans. had their inning Wednesday of this week at a public hearing in the audi- torium of the Byron C. Stolp school. The principal objections and sug- gestions voiced at the meeting includ- ed a request by property owners that the commercial area on East Railroad avenue be not extended further that the alley between Greenleaf and Lin- den avenues. Representatives of the Gage estate, with extensive properties in the vicin- ity of Sheridan road and Chestnut avenue, asked that those properties be classed as Commercial. Other property owners in that vicinity were unanimous as against such a move, declaring^that the district wasj?ntire- ly residential in character amOliaT establishment of a Commercial district there would seriously jeop- ardize property value. The Gage representatives charac- terized Sheridan road as a great in- ter-state highway which, in course of time was to become largely commer- cial in character. The great majority of property owners in the vicinity, however, were of the fixed opinion that, in so far as that portion of Sheridan road ivinir in Wilmette is encerned, it would never be anything but a high class residence street. The date for the public hearing for west side propertyâ€"owners had not been definitely established this week. Even The Bess Fail to Sting Police Chief ^Toonerville" Now Has Nought On Our Hamlet Dominick de Santo, best known to Wilmette residents as night gate jU4tu>«r-a-t--lhe Ctfbt rat avenue erosshv , The total contributions for all pur- evening the Congregational church , pones totalled over $47,000,000. was crowded to hear the Harp ------------------------- Quartet. It was one of the largest; CHURCHES PLAN SPECIAL audiences ever to attend a Sunday evening club service. Th? Sunday Evening club meetings begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock. BUSINESS MEN RESUME MONTHLY CLUB DINNERS With its new administration in chart', of affairs, the New Trier Com- mercial association this week an- noun ;< (f plans for resuming the toontrijy business men's dinners. TV "first of these dinners is ar>- ftomtccd for Monday evening. Nov- JjnWr z\, at Winnetka Community House; John A. Seymour, vice pres- ent f the association, who is in chart' â-ºÂ«' arrangements for the din- •eri, sated this week that a speaker °» tx\> tonal merit will-be secured to address the first dinner. All the business and professional *»«n of the township are invited to we>e monthly dinners.' ARMISTICE DAT PROGRAMS Armistice Day, November 11, third anniversary of the cessation of hostil- ities in the World War, will be ob- served in all Wilmette churches at the services, Sunday, November 6. â€"In~ Sunday schools and at church services will be recalled the heroic sacrifices of the American forces and the dawn of an era of what is hoped will be a lasting peace. With the great international Dis- armament Conference near at hand sermons in the various churches will emphasize the message of universal brotherhood and world harmony. HARVEST PARTY HERALDS XAVERIAN'S "RIG NIGHT* SNEAK THIEVES ON JOB Sfieafi thieves Tuesday night ent- £«<i tgc A. L. Arragon home at 1218 Fore -• door *ma!!. «* rtV *vcnue by "jimmying/' a rear • Hile the family was away. A a certain snap in the activities itiantity of silverware comprts- toot. Later in the night the -gtraMf quantity of valuable goods â- *» from the basement. Everything reminiscent of autumn days "down on the farm" was in evi- dence at the Wilmette Woman's club last Friday evening, the occasion of the Xaverian club Harvest party. Several hundred villagers partici- pated in the many special entertain- ment events arranged by an expert committee and the evening became a series of enjoyable surprises that put Butâ€"Che "big surprise" * *till a secret. It is described as The Big *-* Diederich home" slit~l 144* Chest- Night" and is scheduled to transpire g avenue, was entered and a con- at the Woman's club on the eyenine «f- Turkey Day. two days before of the Chicago and Northwestern rail- road, this week established himself in^what he considers will be a lucr*- five sideline, namely, proprietor" of Wilmette's equivalent to the celebra- ted "TooncrvMIe Trolley, that meets all trains." Dominick, sometime ago, invested in an attractively appointed motor pas- senger bus. Sitting beside his chauf- feur, yes. he has hired a chauffeur, he will proceed in his bus, each day, through the streets of the village pre- pared to convey commuters to the trains in the morning and home from the station in the evening hours. Pop- ular, prices will prevail, he promises. Dominick assures his prospective customers there will be no untoward delays, same as are occasioned by "Toonerville's" <|oug1ity transporta- tion expert. ^ # Series of Playlets Attract Attention Children of Logan School To Appear in Novel Plays Sponsored by Parent-Teacher Association Those interested in the dramatic de- velopment of Wilmette's school chil- dren have been requested to bear in mind the dates of the entertainment to be given by the Logan school Par- ent-Teacher association in a series of playlets to be presented Friday evenings. November 18 and 25, at the Byron C. Stolp school auditorium. The first part of the evening will be given over to the children who are planning two clever arrangements entitled. "The Barnyard", and "The Baby Show". â-  ' j,- The latter part of the proeram will consist of a snappy little Harlequinade entitled "The Wonder Hat" and is of- fered by some of the older people. Tickets are on sale by the upper erade children and those who will attend are assured a profitable and entertaining evening. "How Doth the busy bee improve each shining hour." Edward G. Sieber. Wilmette's vet- eran police chief, possesses first hand information relative to that subject for he has been a, shall we say, bee fancier, for low these past thirty-six annums. Over in his back yard are to be found seven thriving honey manufactories, otherwise known as bee-hives. When other men quit their desks for the golf courses and other recrea- tion centers. Chief Sieber slips quiet- ly home and communes with his pets, several thousands of them. He knows their habits, their little idiosyncrasies and is one of those charmed individ- uals who never gets stung. The bees hear him and know his voice. They swarm about him densely and affec- tionately, and. when he is away at his day's work, they set about djli- gently to provide him with the sweetT of their labor. . Chief Sieber lias a little dream. It is a vision of that little farm lying be- vond the broad stretches of Lake Michigan, a farm where sweet clover and basswood trees abound and his netsâ€"literally millions of themâ€"will buzz, day in, day out. in the sheer ex- uberance of life. "Take away your highfalootin mu- sic," says the chief., "The buzzing, of the bees is music to my ears." Dramatic Art Studio Opened in Wilmette Mrs. Ross Van Pelt of Chicago To Devote One Day Each Weok To Giving Instructions Hero Many of the talented people of the north shore are eagerly anticipating the opening of the Van Pelt studios of Dramatic Art and Expression lo- cated in Suite 202. of the Boulevard Buildings Wilmette, that promises to be a center of culture and the means for proper development of the art among the amateur players in this vicinity. Mrs. Ross Van Pelt, of the Ban Pelt studios in Chicago, will be at the new north shore studios on Saturday of this week to meet the young peo- ple and parents and furnish complete information relative to the course of study. Mrs. Van Pelt has expressed her in- terest in extending her work to the north shore on Saturday of each week fr the convenience of those who find it impossible to go to Chicago for this work. M>s. Van Pelt comes to thei^vill start us toward north shore highly, recommended byj jfcjorthy of our village leaders in dramatic art and expres- sion, and is competent to direct the talent in the community through her experience as head of departments of public speaking, dramatic art and ex- pression in leading eastern and mid- dlewest college centers. NEW TRIER DRAMATIC CLUB OPENS SEASON ON NOV. 10 The New Trier High school Drama- tic club will open the season on Sat urday evening, November "Daddy Long Legs", well known comedyv The cast, made up almost entirely of new material, is as fol- lows: Jervis Pendleton ..:.Cabray Wortjey James McBride ......George Martin Cyrusâ€" Wycoff........ Frederickâ€"Roe Aimer Parsons ___James Gathercoal John Codman ........Edward Quail Griggs.................Wilbur Bruns Walters........... Philip Eisendrath- Judy..............Margaret De Lay Miss Prichard ..... .Elizabeth Culhrn Crepes, of Winnetka, and Joseph May. Mrs. Pendleton ........Ethel Pattillo'of Wilmette, all ex-servtcc men, were ANNOUNCE FEATURES OF CHILDRENS WEEK Librarian of Wilmette Public Library Asks Villagers, Young and Older, To Enjoy Special Program LECTURES, STORY HOURS Louise Ayres Garnett, Noted Chil- dren's Author, To Speak on Children's Books By Sue Osmotherly (Librarian Willmette Public Library) All the young folks of Wilmette and their fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers are to have a real celebra- tion at the Wilmette Public Library during the Week November 14 to 19, inclusive. First, there will be a special showing. of new children's books which the librarian has been accumu- lating these last two months and now has ready to loan to old or new mem- bers 67 The youngster's section of our library. Then, too, there will be two story hours, the first afternoon Miss Kemp, Librarian of Lake Forest Public Library, will tell stories of enthralling interest to the children of the gram- mar school age, the second, will be Saturday, November 19, when story- tellers from the School of Speech of Northwestern university will tell stories to two separate groups of chil- dren, one to the tiny tots and the~~ other Jo older children. Hear Children's Author Let your children come and enjoy these exceptional treats, soo the new books, and get their appetites whetted for the happiest winter's reading they've ever had. Perhaps the very best part of the week's celebration is planned for Friday evening, November 18. All the parents interested in children's read- ing are urged to come to the library, look over these new booksâ€"and all the other book's, too, if they wish- get acquainted with the library staff- an ?! the members of the library board and enjoy the talk on children's books by Louise Ayres Garnett, of Kvanston, herself a notable children's author. This talk will begin about 8 o'clock, and a little later light refreshments will be served. We all know about the vital influ- ence of reading upon growing minds â€"we've- all. enjoyed the ^perfect pleasure of absorption in a first rate bookâ€" but right here and right now in Wilmette our youngsters' use of our fine public library is far below the standard of the country. The library folks arc hoping that Children's Week new record With the new library hours, it's easy to find time for at least one library visit each week. Remember; when you're in the village center shopping, going to Chicago, or coming home from town, the library is only a few steps from the Northwestern Sta- tion and is open continuously between 10 A, M. and 9 P. M. on Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdaysâ€"from 2 to 5 in the afternoons of the other week days. Get the library habitâ€"Come on over 19, withJ^mdO>rinjyr your friends. Children's week is the very best time to start. WORLD WAR VETERANS GET JOBS AS WILMETTE POLICE Ex^servke men of the World War were given preference this week when Chief of Police Sieber named three new policemen to augment his effi- cient department. Roy Benford. of Wilmette; August Miss Hazel Russell of 1009 Elmwood avenue, has as her house-guest Miss ChrysteBe Fxrguson of Homer, La. Julia Pendleton .....Janet Olmstead Sallie McBride .......... Phillis Ogan Maid............•»...Frances Ellison Mrs. Lippett.............Ruth Boots Orphan Children: Sadie Kate ............Jean Markley Glad tola ......Constance Von Welter Loretta ....,...........Bernice Scully Mamie ................Barbara Poole Freddie Perkins ..^«»..Bob English Many of the parts are filled by new players, who have just made then- entrance into dramatic circles. r The new cast, appreciating the responsib- OAK PARK WINS AGAIN Oak Park, traditional foe of New Trier gridiron squads, repeated its customary performance last Satur- day by humbling the inexperienced north *nore *aos je^ »-*--•• i titty, and also realizing that this is the Friediand was ggg*^2i^fS£ Performances, promises early in thVfraywhen he slipped and (J^ evl>ninff collided with a flying hoof appended to one of the sturdy Oak Parkers. an entertain- ing evening. appointed to the force because of ex- centional qualifications. They were selected from a list of fifteen appli- cants. Chief Sieber's force now numbers eleven men, five of whom are on day dtttv and seven assumed to nitrht work. The Village Board this week author- ized the purchase of two Ford cars to be utilized exclusively for police work. HALLOWE'EN CELL WARMERS A score of Wilmette Hallowe'en cel- ebrants, who carried their activities to~ the stage where citizens declared their fan a nuisance, spent a brief pei" in the Village lock-up Monday even- ingâ€"just long enough to reflect on their misdeeds. The guests were all Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Scheiden-jof the age when, chief Sieber says, helm and daughter, Frances, 804 For- "they ought to know better". In one est avenue, have returned from an place the "marauders" shattered two extended trip through California. ilawn vases valued at $100 each. ' r"^~~> ~-------<r -â- ---------------------•--------â€":----------:â€"-