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WILMETTE LIFE A Weeki)' New~· ~af!azine for Wilmette and KenilWorth \\' IL~IETTE, ~LLINO IS, JANUARY 8, 1926 VOL. XV, NO. 15 PRICE FIVE CENTS NAME MAJ. HARBAUGH Popular Boy Scout Worker and Civic Leader to Supervise All Scout Work Here George R. Harbaugh. promincnt in \VilmetJ Boy Scout Jnd civic activttl(' for mflny year . , has been secured a dcputy,·'Scout rommis,ioner in the community, a position which carries "·ith it the general super\'i . ion of the entire Scout mo,·c ment in the viilag . The appointment of ~Iajor Harhaugh was macL· at a meeting of the Fxecuti\'C' committcc of the \Yil '1ette CL·neral Boy Scout commi~tec be ld late in Dr·ccmher. ~Iajor Harbaugh brings to his new n.::-pon-,ihility a w~·alth of experience in Hnv ~cout matter~ and the committL·e fc~·J-, that \\'i lm(tt · i. to he C:)ngratulatul on hrin.~ ahk to c..,entre a man ui hi-., ('llL'rl!,'y anci ability. ~Iaj. I of. Cars o~ One Si~e of Street SCOUT COMMISSIONER : . . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ' ! Parking to Be Gaven Tr1al at N1ntb Street and Linden Avenue ---' I Concert Soloist ITRY PARKING SCHEME TAYLOR AGAIN HEADS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Dry Goods and Shoe Merchant Re-elected for 1926; Hold Annual Sess ·on Monday 1 .. . --- ... Jl' tI ,I tl · 1,. , .. .. \\ rlltam Taylor, owner of the Taylor Drygoocl company rtnd T~ylor's Bo~t erx. was re-elected prcstdent of the \\ tlmette Chamber of Commerce. at the I annual meet~ng . of I that orgamz:'ltton held at the V11lage h~ll Mond~y evenmg of thts week. i Dr. 0. H. Bers<:h, ~l well known Wllmette avenue optometrist, ·was reelected vice-president, and Emil street only, in the Yicinity of all pub \\.illinm Tnylor Nord f S h It 1 0 I'1c ~ Ia_ce.;. aml P~~s1) '11 Y _m . t 1~ I)Usmes. · I ' c u z areas . and Kord, tailors, was chosen treasurer. . 1111~ plan ot parktn~ 1s thought pr~·~!embers of the board of directors terabit tn the SUggeSt!Oll from certa111 for t!Jl' new year 'were e lected as foJ,I Reorganize Scoutmas~o -·" I ~OllrCb ~hat. a general . program of ]0\,.~ at ~Ionclay's session: Lloyd Hol1 Tn cc,nnrctinn "·i·h the appoi .. tment 1 s_trect \YHl<'nlllg he earned. through. lister, Tohn J. 11oran, Dav 1d Nelson. oi ~[ajor Harbaugh it i also an- I' , ~urh a_mon·. ~fr . Dra_:·cr pomtcd out. John H. Schaefer, Dan G. Stiles, Berncunr(·d that tlh· ~rout ~Ia-.,tL-r-.' ~.s~o- 1 : , j \\·ould. Inc 1 r rt . taggern;g ex pen .;,e and tram B. C dell. and A. S. Van Deus en. ciati(lll in the yj]J:tge has I> ·e.n reorgan- 1 l n<.:_t,ec;,ltat.r the d~ ._truct10n of many of The mceting also included the readi7<'d ".'·ith D. C'. T.t·arh a-. chairman, and llm~·tte ~. heautJ!tll :-.hade trees. ing oi the annual reports of the various 1 ]'r:tdtnrcl IIut ... on, 't·crdar~·. ..Re,tdent.., haY lH·c n rcque:-.ted by. the officer:and committee chairmen, .\11 a'-"t'l11hh nf all oi the· Scout ~~ \ dla~e hoard tn offer any_ suggestwnc.., among the mo:-.t interesting of which trcuqh \:·ill l>t' .ht·ld in tht· ~~yr0n Stoll~ tl:c:- m<~y han· .f<: r th e nnprovenH.:nt was that of John {!Yill!la'ittlm on thl' la:-ot ~aturclay ot '>I p;tn.tnl!,' concltttnn~. J. }.loran chairc~tch nwnth 1t ~-> announrL·(l. The pur'!' Ill' X int h :-. t rl'ct and Linden avenue man of the repn-.c oi thi"' a-....(·1111,1" i-.. for inc:;pection, intn:-.vction ha, hl'cn the sc nc of one centlv established r<·lll}ll'titi\L' drill, a;1d presentation of iatal 'and ..,l·n·ral nl'ar-fatal accident" Civic. committee, h:;Ltherinc Hamilton. a ~raduatc oi l>ecau,e of the traffic congc-.,tion at which, in thc.past l,;ulgc" ;tnd othl'r hnn ~'"'· The puhlir i, cordi.tlh in\ itt·d to attl'n<l. l'hr tit ... r :\t" Trier Hi~h "rhutd in th<· rla-.,:- of that pnint during- c:erv icrc:; at tHe six month:-;, has a<:.'-rll!l>l' ·\\ill ht· held . aturda\· en'- ]<J~~ and .d prt·,t·Jlt a ... tudl'nt ;1t :\orth- church. It.. for that n·a ... nn that been in close nin!..!. /~tnu;tn· 3tl. ~fajor Ha:-haugh \\'t"-tt'rll uni\Tr ... it , .. " ·i ll l>c thl' soloi:-.t the tnt ... tees con..;iclercd it advisable to touch with the .~ t t h t · 11 t · 't ' nun ~ p L' t lJ d v ·" p r. 1g r a 111 o f proYidr an immedia tt.· -,a i cgttard it'1 Village board in \\ill IH: in ron;mand. tht· ~_,.lllplH>Il_, . l'hyL·l":, ' >it hir:tgo, un- that locality. spon.oring variOrganize Cage Tourney 1 'L' tlin:ct :t ·1 1 oi Ceor~t· D<hch. ous i m p r 0 v e- n ... 0. H. Bt·rsch To i 11 r t }w r i 11 c n ·; 1.., v t 11 e frat l' r 11 al dvr ments. foremo t among which was the "Jil!'lt a ~l'rie-- ni inkr -tr< H·p ha ... kl'tl>all " 11 i r h " i II I> t · ~ i ' t · , · T t It · , d a ' · :1 i t L' n w o 11 , l;.nuan 1~. at · ·l'\\. Trin.auditorium. pr'o:)o ition to \Yi<len \Vilmette and L:<tllH'" ha' t' ht'L'll arrangl'd for, such Cet~tral a\'L'_nue in th~ commer~ial r (1111 c . . t... to I> v h t·l d n 11 r v a w t' e k at t he \1 j ...... I Ltmiltt·n "ill pia~ - a ,-iolin -.,oJo. "l'tl)lt't'r!P." t\Cl'()]!lpat';, a rl'a a proJect that \nil be earned ~tolp !..!Y11111:t:-iutll. Tr<>phiL· ... h.n·e h<:en :..lt·JJIJt-].._._1) .,' Catalog ~ thnltlg-h \\'ithin the current year. nr<t\ idl'd ior. ;tnd grt·at intL·n·-.,t ha~ al- t;:Jtllll'd \ oun~ mu ... iL·ian-. l.,.,.r ttl at-1 \f r. 'l'avlor ha~ served in the capaci;.l'ad\· hl'l'll maniit· ... tvd 1'.' the yariou" nivd l>y t.he ~yn1plwny l'layn:-.. .\ Culden E;1!..!lt t! Thi-: i:' the honor t~ t ·i pn:siden t for one year and his :..li" Jl amilt<lll \\;l, lllt' oi tht· !l.<.ht trooj,..,, '1\n> di' i-.intb will ht· pro\'ided arhien·d 1)\· F~e Christiansen of 603 for-Lightweight 115 pounds_ and un- ll'nd \:L'\\ Trin. it j, ... ;tid. and \\a:-, l\··1tral an:nttl' in three and one l1alf L'llt'i'.l!,'etic adminstration of the affairs ,·onl'l'rllllti.., t l'r ni tIlL· -.rhunl orrhl'::. t ra. of the Cham her induced members to dvr. and l~t·a\': \\' t i. !..!ht O\'t'r 1 1."'1 pound.-. \'l';ll·, a..; a Girl ~cout in \Vilmettr. again place him at the helm for the ~rheduk oi !.!.:tlllL'" ,,·ill hl' announ ·l'<l ~hv j, :1 Jltli· . 11: 'lt·rk·rt l~ut kr in the · ~I t·tni>cr" of the four Girl Scout IH'\\ YL·ar. Dr. Bersch has been par. \ 111l' r i L' a 11 l' 1 t1 ~-> L'l'\ a t on (l i ~ 1u :-, i c and later. la:-.t \l':tr \\till tlH" "l~ci-.,ll'r ml'dal in trntllh gathned at tlw \\'ilnll'tte Par- tirula.rh· active. in Chamber of Comi'h ~ftthodi:-.t churrh last SaturdaY merce ·\\'ork and, with John J. Moran I till' j~11 1 ;or \' i<) 1 in l'OlllJ>l'tition. ames ause evere . I ~he i-., thl' datt!.!,hln oi Jol111 Leonard en·ning to rl'joic~ ,,·ith Fac over th.e ;!tHI other., " ·a charged with the reof the Golden Eaglet, the ~pon ... ihility of staging the municipal Damage to Residel&Ce lll:tmilt\lll, J>I'Olllillt'lll l ' hiragn acchitect, nn·,l'ntation .. . . . · and li\'l·:-o at ~12 \\";tlnut -.,trcct, \\'in- hight·,t decoration a Girl Scout may celebration last August which sign.·cl'in·. To hr eligible for the honor nali7cd thl' completion of the new 1· 1rc nf undl'~l'rlllllH'd ongll,l damag,rcl , lll't ka. the h()mc of (,t·ralcl l·. ~fcCarthy. Xlo a Scout must. besides passing 21 ·uerit cll'ctric street lighting system. Badg('~ C<lH'ring a wide range of suhFourth . . tred. to the extrnt of $12.000 ~1 r. Nord. the new treasurer, has rhur:-.day morning, Dl'l'l'111hl'f 31. The Expert Oil Mc... _..~.tal Cases j('ct "· exL·mpli iy true Girl Scout ich·als alwa,·s maintained a keen interest m fire ~tartcd in tlw mai<l';._ quarters on to Address Men's Club of Jnyalt~ ·. courtesy , thoughfulnes". tilL· ;t!Tair~ of the organization. thrift and . en·ice. the third floor and "'a" not di-.,cm·ered until it had ~aincd con~iderahlc hcadDr. \\.illia,n I. }I ick~on, director of The a"·ard i" . o high that only 29 President Orner Names \Ya\'. ~r uch of the damage to the house till' Chical?;v p,: ·chopathir lahoratoric~. Girl Scouts in this countn· han· the \\'a~ caused bY water, and a large hole "'i II ~ p c a k h c ~· n r e t h e ~ f e n . ~ rl u h o f privilege oi belonging_ to tl~e Order of Electrical Commission \Yas burned 1n the roof. Fire hief tlH· Fir:-.t Congregational chtil·ch ~lun the Golden Eaglet. The Village board this week adopted \\"'alter Zihl>le . aid that it was impos- da\· e\·eninl?;. lanuan· 11. on the :-.uhan ordinance providing for inspection sible to clisron·r what caused tbc ftre j n:t, ·'The · P;ychop~ t h ic l.;,horatories Kenilworth Building for of all electrical installation in the vilbut that he thought it mu.;t have and l'rimt·." Dr. 1 lick on ' ill illuslage ,,·hether in connection with light, been defecti,·c "·iring. An e~nploye trate his talk ,,·it h l'X; =J>i ts of gun:-.. 1925 Nears Million Mark hrat or power. The ordinance proof ~IcCartln·'s who was sleeping in kni,·es and other \\'eatJ(.n:-., as well a vicks for a commission of five memanother part. of the third floor narrow- blackboard ·lra\\'inQ's. All nH'I. of the Kenilworth huilding- permits for the bers to sunerYise Sll,-h inspection. ly escaped being overcome by smoke. village arc corrlia(l,- invited to attend year 1925 totalled $900,000, according Tmmediatcl~· following the a(loption the lecture. Sel ·-sen·ice dinner \\'ill be to a report issued this week by Village of the measure President Orner apserYed at 7 o'cloclr BUSINESS CLUB TO MEET ~~ anager F. L. Streed. This was more pointed the follO\ving as commisthart double the amount of permits is- sioners : The next meeting of The Club for .:;ued last year. when the figure reached Business and Professional \Vom en will BANK IN ANNUAL ~EETING C. C. Schultz. suncrintendent of puhPractically all of the lic \\·orks: R. W. Faupel. electrical he held at the Congregational church, The \Yilm ette State Bank lwld its only $420,000. Thursday eYening, January· 1-+. Fol- annual meetin .; 1'1mrsday eYening of permits issued were for residences and contractor: T. D. Conklin, iottrnevman lowing the dinner,]. Robh Harper will this week. The surplu~ of the hank improyements on existing homes. Thi3 rlertrici:tn: Osrar \V. Schmidt, insurer, ~peak on "1fodern Tendencies in Edu-~ was increased from $50.000 to $100,000 · otal e . tahlished a record for the vil- :1nd Ralnh C. Booz<>r, <:>l<:>ctrical supply <:ation in the \\'"i1mette Schools." during the past year, it was announced. l<tgc for any years, it was said. dealer. All are residents of th<:> ~rillage. I I The proppsed plan of confining the parking of motor traffic to one side of the street in the vicinity of churches, schools and other public buildings in the village, will be given a trial in the next i ew weeks, !n accordance with a dccision of the Village board Tucs<iay to install "no parking" signs on one ~ide of th~ streets at and near the ?\inth street and Linden avenue intcrscction, \Yhich is the location of the St. Francis Xa,·ier church and schooL Should the ti*ial regulation prove satisfactory, it is practically certain that the propo ed parking regulation ordinance nO\\' before the Village board ,,·ill he enacted into law. This would I pro,·ide for parking on one side of the ·! ""b JVil1nette Girl Wins Hidhest Honors in Girl Scout Fl C S