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The Timely Record of Community Events New IX, NO. 2. WILMETTE, ILLINOIS. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1921 SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE FIVE CENTS SCHOOL BOARD ACQUIRES MORE LAND Itcures Large Tract* North of Preient New Trior Athletic Field To Talc* Coro of Increased Needs >HELPS EXPLAINS MOVE Nftesn AcrM Acquired Entails Cost of $100,742.94; Condemnation Pro- ceedings Necessary Acquisition of additional land ad- icent to New Trier Township High ichool by the high ichool board of education, and which is to be utilized 'or athletic activities and intra-mural iportN in order that the present ath- letic field may be utilized for pros- active building additions to the high chool, found necessary in view of the constantly increasing attendance, led ;o an interview this week by a rep- resentative of The Lake Shore News with Edward J. Phelps, president of (the New Trier Township High school Board of Education. "One of the outstanding features of the development of the north shore during the last few years has been the growing popularity of this district las a residential community," said Mr. Phelps. "As a place for the rearing of children the north shore is unex- celled. Many people from the city are moving to New Trier township-r- a place of quiet where thev can enjoy educational and social ad- vantages which only tho-sirtnwbs-a^- ford. This has resulted in the raoid building up of vacant property and the opening of several newLadditions for residences. The Board of Educa- tion of the New Trier Township High school realized that, with the steady increase in the number of students at the high school, it would be wise to acquire some additional land adjacent to the present camnus before building development should make this move forever impossible. Negotiations to purchase were undertaken with the owner of a strip of land north of the original campus which fronts on Sun- set road. The attorney for the board was authorized to offer the owner what was considered to be a fair price for the land. After considerable fruit- less negotiating the board was forced to condemn the land through legal proceedings, Employ Legal Measures "Tn addition to the five acres men- tioned above, ten acres were acquired east of Essex road. It was necessary to condemn five acres of thisâ€"the re- maining five acres being purchased by agreement between the board and the owners. In the two instances where it was necessary tp institute legal pro- ceedings, the land was finally pro- cured at a figure which was very ma- terially less than the amount asked bv the owners. The fifteen acres, which were added to the original campus, cost $100,742.94. Of this amount it was neccsarv for the district -to pav in cash the sum of $82 74294. $70,854.94 of which was paid in settlement of the two con- demnation suits when judgment was rendered, and the remaining $11,888 was the first installment in payment of the amount due upon one of the tracts ea«t of Essex road which was purchased directly from the owner ai a post of $29,888. The remaining $18000 is to be paid in three annual installments of $6,000 each. "It was exceedingly fortunate for the school that steps were taken to acquire this additional land before surrounding building operations had been extensively begun. As a matter of fact excavation for a basement for a house had already started on the tract immediately, east of the boys' fcymnâ- â- Mum but the work was stopped by .the institution of legal proceedings. _ . _ Imperative Need The need for additional land was felt to be imperative for two reasons: "First: Probably more attention is given In the New Trier Township Hurli school to intra-mural athletics than in any other high school in the country. This means that New Trier !"a*' ; it possible for every student, Dotlj boys and girls, to participate in some wholesome sport. The general Pnysical well-being of our students prove, ,|le wisdom of this policy ',•""">': T,1e most outstanding edu- cational, development in the United wianvxvithin the last ten years has jen ti,e tremendous increase in at- ^â- nnance and interest in the public ZONING COMMISSION HEARS WEST SIDERS Commission Announces At Public Hearing 14-acro Tract at North End Will Be Zoned Residential "ease in attendance began before the â- gLSPjl, ji,ncc then, the appreciation Z^i^^i^^-on^pagc_ejgh!)_ The last of the three great sectional public hearings on Zoning was held Wednesday evening of this week at the Byron C. Stolp school auditorium when the Zoning commission heard final objections and suggestions from owners of property lying west of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad right-of-way. While the meeting was heralded with figurative blaring of trumpets, and property owners were given^ad- vance notice that their homes were in jeopardy, it was in the main, a quite peaceful and orderly gathering. Per- sons who may have come to witness a stormy session certainly went away disappointed. After hearing a communication from J. E. Dempsey, one of the owners of the so-called 14-acro tract at the north limits of the village adjoining the North Shore Golf club course, stating that the property was to be subdivided as a home section, the zon- ing commissioners announced that the tract would 'be zoned residential. It was intimated, also, that the present Commercial area west of tne "tracks" would not be extended, except, per- haps, in very minor instances. Triangle Tract Undecided The triangular wooded tract at Oak- wood and Park avenues, was left open for future consideration by the Zoning Commission but it was ex- pected a decision acceptable to a ma- jority of the property owners in that district will be forthcoming. A sug- gestion that the property be acquired for park purposes met with some diffi- cult v when Park Hoard members an- nounced a lack of funds for further nark land acquisition at this time, or fo* some time in the future. The findings of tne Zoning Commis- sion will be presented at a public hearing in the near future, it is said, following which 1he revised ia\mtcom- nleted ordinance will be placed 'n the hands of the Village Board of Trust- ees for adoption. Meanwhile many details must be worked out by the Commissioners. Present Playlets at School Gym Tonight Logan School Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation Announces All in Readi- ness For Excellent Entertainment The Lake Shore News has solved the mystery which has clung to the discussion of the dance of the Xaverian club on November 22, at the Wilmette Woman's club. There had been talk of foreign visitors and rumor had laid stress on a Turkish delegation. A cablegram to Constantinople provoked a denial of the assertion, and, armed with the denial, our representative waylaid John J. Moran, the club's president. He was inclined to he reticent, but eventually was induced to admit that, in so far as he knew no Turkish dele- gation was due. How Stupid Of Us To Commit Such an Error "How did Turkey get into tTiis af- fair, anyhow?" he was asked. "There's been some misapprehen- sion," he replied. "This is to be a Turkey dance, not a Turkish dance. We are going to have lots of turkeys, alive and dead, and the dancers are going to take them all away. It's the Xaverian's little Thanksgiving idea. We expect the whole village out for the occasion." POVERTY STRICKEN WOMAN LOSES PURSE AT STATION Mrs. Charles Brauchauser, Lake avenue, Gross Point, is the sole sup- port of a family of five children. Her husband is in the Alexian Brothers hospital, desperately, perhaps fatally ill. * â€"^Under-^he*e-^ircumstanc nothing short of tragic for Brauchauser to lose her purse last Sunday evening containing the major portion of their scant savings, $74 in currency, together with a checkbook on the First National Bank of Wil- mette. The purse was lost at the Central street transfer station of the Chica- go. North Shore and Milwaukee Elec- tric railway. It is just possible some one may know about the purse and will com- municate with The Lake Shore News after 'reading this-trtervr »"'T>he~«boJMt. number is Wilmette 1920. LEADEDS ORGANIZE LOCAL CHRISTMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOLS HERE OVERCROWDED REPORT: NEED NEW BUILDING Superintendent Harper Shows How Facilities Are Fast Becoming Entirely Inadequate to Take Care of Increased Enrollment; Voters of Village May be Called Upon to Decide On Bond Issue Proposition Soon Wilmette's rapid growth in popula- tion and'the consequent increase in the number of school children renders advisable the erection of an addition- al school building within the next twelve or eighteen months, according to Superintendent of Schools Harper, who declares that, in spite of the fact the Laurel avenue school was open ed less than a year ago, the Wilmette public schools are again overcrowded to the extent that continuance of classes on the present basis wilj re- sult in seriously hampered efficiency in instruction. At the last meeting of the Wilmette Board of Education the Superinten- dent fo Schools made a report to the board showing the present condition of the Wilmette schools with some suggestions in regard new buildings. This report involves the expenditure of a large amount of money and seem- ed to the board of such vital import- ance to the citizens of Wilmette that the members were unanimous in the opinion that it should be presented to Realty Board Names JJSJt ^ValuationCommittee Select Member From Each Village to Report Property Values) To Hear Zoning Lecture "Keep in mind," suggest the sponsors, "the dates of the nlavlets to b" friven by the Logan school Parent-Teacher association, Friday evenings, November '8 (tonight) and November 25, at the Byron C. Stolp. school gymnasium. "They promise to be a good enter- tainment." we are informed, "and the support and appreciation of the nublic :s assured. Those in charge feel that the audience will be amply repaid for any effort made to be present." There are three playlets, two pre- sented by the children and the third. "The Wonder Hat," is a clever harle- quinade given bv their elders. The pro- ceeds are to be used by the Parent- Teacher association and tickets are now on sale by the older children of the school, i A WARNING Householders in the village are re- quested to refrain from giving money for the Red Cross to others than the authorized solicitors who are to be found-a^-regular booths in-the_village, Report of the presence of a young man in the village who is conducting a house to house solicitation for the Red Cross, make this warning necess- ary. Only women are conducting the campaign in Wilmette. The young man is an impostor, according to local campaign leaders. Twenty-five representatives of lead- ing New Trier township organizations met at the Wilmette Village hall Tuesday evening of this week to formulate plans for the local cam- paign for the sale of Christmas seals which opens on November 25,, the day after Thanksgiving. The work of the Chicago Tubercul- osis Institute and the Grosse Point Health Center, were explained in a able address .by James F. Phillips, county secretary of the Tuberculosis institute. Purchase of an automobile for the New Trier visiting nurse, Miss Cora Queen, was practically assured when W. P. Seng, and Mrs. Hope Thomp- son started a fund with generous con- tributions, pnd other representative citizens"pledged the balance. DIPHTHERIA VICTIM \f',i*rrMcr<t'> Hansen 5 ye*"* old ,t«|]rrK«n- n( M*- RU** M"S. H"ro1H H"n- •en. 1500 Sheridan Rone! died of dfnh- tfcp-Jsi ?»♦ th'» i^vn^ton ho«'»*'t'»l. W'"'- nesday. November 9. An older daugh- *"-. f HaHott" v" reported seriously :*1 with the contagion. IMPORTANT NOTICE The Lake Shore News desires to announce that, since Thanks- giving Day falls on Thursday of next week, the current issue of The Lake Shore News will be published on Wednesday, Nov- ember 23. All advertising copy,, news items and communications must be in the offices of The Lake Shore News not later than Tuesday evening, November 22, to insure publication in that issue. BUSINESS MEN'S DINNER All business and professional men of Now Trior township are invited to attend the first of a series of monthly dinners, to be given by the New Trier Commercial association, at Community House, Winnetka, Monday evening, November 21. The feature of the evening will be an address by G. A. Thomas, vice president of the Central Trust Company of Illinois. His subject will be "The Advantages of member- ship in a Commercial Oranis- ation and the Advantages to a Community of ha vine a Com- mercial Organization". Reservations for the dinner are to be phoned without delay to Lloyd F. Hollister, Wilmette 1920, or John Seymour, Win- netka 1256. The regular monthly meeting of the North Snore Real Kstate board was held at the office of C. T. Northrup, 556 Center street, Winnetka, Monday even- ing of this week. President Northrup presiding. Mrs. E. R. Stone of Wilmette and %M$fc%i Nnrthnio, representatives. _pf the North Shore board at the recent state convention of Realtors at Peoria, pave interesting reports on the conven- tion. Tlv n*cd of a valuation committee in the North Shore board has been felt for â- vre tt"T v fl-n. c are numerous in- tances prising in connection with es- tates and other properties where a re- liable valuation is wanted. Such a committee was appointed consisting of three members of the board from each of the north .shore villages represented. A nominal charge for the service will be made. It i* felt that this committee will be in a unique position to make valuations as members of the committee are covering their respective territories each day and are in close touch with values. At the next meeting of the board, to be held the second Monday <n Decem- ber, an address on zoning will be given by H. W. Hutler, the buildiw; commis- sioner of Gleneoe. Gilbert D. Johnson of the firm of Gilbert D. Johnson & Brother will talk on "The Licensing of Brokers," an act ^which will become a law in the state of Illinois, January 1, 1922. the public. The report is substantially as follows: Shows Distribution At the present time the distribution ofA pupils . in the Wilmette school buildings is as follows: Laurel avenue schoolâ€" Kdgn...............34 j 1st.................38 r 2nd.................28 3rd.................30 Logan schoolâ€" Kdgn. '.:............58 1st.................38 1st .................36 2nd.......... ......37 2nd and 3rd........40 3rd................40 4th............____SO 5th.................42 130 Central, Tenth street buildingâ€" Kdgn...............64 1st.................37 1st.................36 2nd ................34 5th .................42 6th „*.......... I. .vt46" 341 6th 6th .47 .48 Central, Central avenue buildingâ€" 354 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 5th. ..............33 .............36 .............38 .............39 .............40 ____.........42 ........... . . toQ. . •Stta**-*.... .40 Central, Byron C. Stolp buildingâ€" ...............40 ..........____40 ...............39 ...............39 ...............50 ...............51 ................54 296 '7th 7th 7th 7th 8th 8th 8th ^pf*****' 31? DANCING CLASS PLANS BIG THANKSGIVING SPECIALTY The Thanksgiving season will be fit^ tingly celebrated by the Wilmette •Com- munity, > dancing class Tuesday evening, Noverfiber 22, at the Byron C. Stolp school. In addition to the regular classes Under tlie tutelage of Miss Jean Rich- ardson, there is to be a special comâ€" ...uiiity .dance with Arn's orchestra fur- lislung the music. Refreshments will be served and everything about the place will take on the holiday garb. £very resident of the village is invited. THANKSGIVING SERVICES Union Thanksgiving service* perticipated in jointly by the First Methodist church, The Wilmette Presbyterian church, The First Congregational church, St. Augustine's end the Wilmette Baptist church, will be held at the Congregational church Wednesday evening, November 23. Rev. Francis Carr Stiller, pas- tor of the Wilmette Baptist church, will deliver the sermon on the subject "Where are the Nine?" There will be special .music at this service* Every resident of Wilmette is invited and urged^o join in the Com- munity Thanksgiving Immmv Total rooms 35; total children 1,434 Equal to an average of 41 pupils per room. ..'»â-  It wijl be noted that our schools show an enrollment of 1,434 pupils as compared with 1,278 pupils at the opening of school a year ;igo, or a gain of 156. This increase is equi- valent to approximately four addition- al school rooms using the basis of number of pupils per room as above. To enable the teacher to give closer nersonal attention to the pupils and provide proper instruction, this num- ber of pupils should be distributed among five rooms or not to exceed 35 pupils to a room. Schools Overcrowded Wilmette has been increasing in population steadily and doubtless the increase of school children will con- tinue for several years, presenting the continuing problem of proper facilities for housing these pupils. Our Wilmette schools are overcrowded at the present, time in spite of the open- ing of the new Laurel Avenue school, less than a year ago. . As will be noted above from the classification of the various grades, there are at the Logan school (an eight room building) a kindergarten, 2 first grades, 1 second grade, a com- bination second and third grade. 1 third grade, 1 fourth grade and 1 fifth <rade. The total attendance at the To^an school is 341 or an average of 43 to a room. It was necessary this vear to send 13 children from the fourth and fifth grades to the Central -school to reduce thf*se classes to teachable, proportions. With an in- crease in school * enrollment next year, comparable to this year, at least the fifth grade now housed at Logan school will have to be taken care of elsewhere. May Need "Platoon" System The Byron C. Stolp building, which is used principally for departmental work in the seventh and eighth grades, is also overcrowded. In the eiphth gtade_the pupils average 52 to aroom; these^dasses being entirely too fa rue for efficient worlc and ~in- struction and in addition proper yen-