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WILMETI!E· LIFE,-FRIDAY,-DECEMBER 19, ·1924 OUTLINES DUTY OF mE CHURCH Church Council Sponsor· Big Gathering On(' oi t'hc most enjoyable e\'enrs of the ~easo n in local church circles was the first annual banquet of th e W ilm ette Church conn.:il held Tuesday of thi s week in th e parlors of the First Pre;hyteri:· l church. About memhers of the various parishe' in the community attended the affair as the guests of the council which comprises in it s membership the pastors of th e seven Protestant <:hurches and three laymen from each parish . Thomas H. \Vest . president of the council was master of ceremonies. Significant on the program of ad- Take Action to Secure dresses was an outline of the history Playground in "L" Area of the Church council a presented by Mr. West. This was followed l>y Resolutions were adopted at the a brief talk bv Rev. Hubert Carleton Village board meeting Tuesday of this r ect or of St. -Augustine's church and week calling for preliminary steps in president of the \Vilmette Ministers' a proposed plan to purchase a plot of Union , who introduced the various ground at Linden and Maple avenues pastors, who, in turn . presented the and Third street to be utilized as a repre sentati,·es of their respective municipal playground. parishes. · ' Adoption of the resolution came as Music was prO\·ided by soloists from the result of an appeal from representthe ,·a rious churches. ative hou se holders in the southeastern The principal addres s of the eve- section of th e village that space be ning \\:as gi,·en by. Dr. W. S. Bovard, provided as a public playground for executive secretarv of the lloard of the children in that rapidly developEducation of the Methodist Episcopal ing territory. At present, it was church, who spoke of "The Commu- pointed out by spokesm en for the resnit y and the Church." idents, there are no play spaces ade · quate in the village other than the Cit ea D uty of Churc: h ea west side municipal ~Zrounds the .After defini.ng a "community" a~ a lughly orga111zed entity made up of meager Vattman park facilities and Most of ~eparate unit s (of which the church the public school grounds. 1s one) Dr. Bovard de dared that the children must keep to their door\'arcls or resort to the streets where <~mong the many important duties of the chu~ch in any community is that there is ever-lurking danger because of. keep!n.g vital the practice of wor- of the constantly increasing traffic. The 4oud will seek prompt action s hip; ~n:111g education to the extPnt Qf hUJidmg genuine C'hri~tian char- on the resolution and the propositinn of acquiring the playground space will acter s; conducting th e hig l~t~sinc:ss of ·levcloping girls and hO\'S into Chris- in all probability comprise a "Little tian lllCIJ a nd women:- helping not Dal_'ot" in the Village election next only church members hut those in the sprmg. communit? to apply it s principles to the e\'~ry<lay l!fe,. and transmuting DENY GAGE APP E A L Yalues 11110 Chnst1an · character. The Illinois Supreme court has denied The officers o f the council were an appeal by the Gage interests from <:ongratt!l ~ ted uu?n having procured a decision of the Appellate court that the serv1ce .~ of thss able speaker, The the Village of Wilmette cannot be u!lusual goodwill existing among the forced to supply water to the territory VJII~gc churches and their earnest located northeast of the village and comd 11\l'e to eoope.-. fo .. th~ we\fa1'e of tnaon\y \cnown as "No Man l,and." The the \·illage was emphasized as augering matter had been in the _tourts for sevwell f~r .the success of the council. eral rr.onths. Announcement of the SuAppreetat!on of the hospitality of the j preme court's action was made by PresiPreshytenan church was expressed, as , dent Zipf at Tuesday's Village board well as the hope that many more such meeting. ·so enjoyable and profitable occasions might be. pro,·ided by the council. E:ac:ell-t Rapraaentation Official church representati,·es at th e banquet included: Wilmette Bap tist church-Re,·. Francis C. Stifter, Stanley G. Swanberg, Stacey C. Bennett and Milton E. Reed. First Congregational church-RH. Stephen A. Lloyd, A. ]. Coburn. John Fisher and Miles C. McDonald. Wilmette English Luth eran churchRev. William Guise, A. D . Gash, F C. Brandt, H. G. Hofl'!righaus and Wil liam Melbye. First Presbyterian church- Rev. George P . Magill, Frank R. Eager and R. H. Dunham. Wilmette Parish Methodist church -Rev. Gilbert Stansell. Thomas H. West, Martin H. Bickham. ]. R. Harper and Harry · C. Kinne. St. Augustine's Episcopal churchRev. Hubert Carleton, Harry Fowler, E~bert Compton and E. l\1. Bingham. St. John's Lutheran church-Re,·. Herman W . Meyer. DEATH SUMMONS PIONEER WHO CAME HERE IN 1834 Maxim Dusham, a resident of Wilmette for 90 years, passed away at his home, 1118 Lake avenue, Thursday, December 11, at the age of 96 years. Services were conducted at St. Francis X a vier church, Saturday, December lJ, and burial was at Calvary. Mr. Dusham came to Wilmette with his parents in 1834. The family resided on a farm located in the territory that may be rough :y described as extending easterly from Sheridan road and from Lake avenue on the south to Chestnut avenue on the north. He was a member of one of the original fi,·e pioneer families in what is now \Vilmette-the Westerfields, Mahoneys, McDaniels, Dushams and Gages. Mr. Dusham was a native of Canada, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lombard Dusham. He was · six years of age when the family settled in this vicinity ana purchased farm from the Westerfields. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served throughout the hostilitie!! with the 93rd Illinois regiment. He retained up to the time of his death, a portion of his regimental battle flag. He rose to the rank of sergeant in the service. Since the death of his wife in 1915 Mr. Dusham had made his home with the E . 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