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TF WILMETTE. LIFE A Weekly New-MagM:ine for Wilmette and' Kenilworth WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, VOL. XV, NO. 16 JAN~ARY 15, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS NAME CHOIR OFFICERS State Bank Makes "SKY PD.Or AUTHOR IACIIWN TO SPEAl Great Strides in Y ouna People Hold SUNDAY CLUB SPEAKER Conareaatioaal AT NEW TRIER HAll Combination Business and Social A mount of Deposit~ Catherinl' at Fisher Home Dr. Charles W. Gordon (Ralph Corltlor) ort Proaram January 17; Girla' Cab to Sine The Young People's choir of the First Congregational church were entertained at their organization meeting Dr. Charles Vv. Gordon (Ralph Con- and first party at the home of Mr. and nor), author of "The Sky Pilot," Mrs. John W. Fisher, 826 Greenwood "Black Rock" and many other popular avenue, last Friday evening. The ennovels dealing with life in the Canadian thusiasm of the young people in their Northwest, will be the speaker at the Wilmette Sunday Evening club, Jan- new undertaking was characterized by uary 17. Many thousands of people the large attendance and by the spirit have read Dr. Gordon's works, not with which they entered into the makonly in this country and Canada, but ing of definite plans. Various stunts, also abroad. in which everybody had a part, served Dr. Gordon has been minister at St. to get the whole group acquainted, and Stephen's church, Winnipeg, Canada, was the occasion of a great deal of since 1894. He served for many years fun. as missionary to the lumbermen and In effecting the organization, F. A. miners in the Canadian Rockies and Cushing Smith, chairman of the Music much of the material in his stories was committee, presided while Harold Spingathered at that time. He was chap- ney was chosen president; Jane Owen, lain in the Canadian forcf's at the first vice-president; Frances Howard, front in 1915, and served on many spe- second vice-presid«,nt; Ted Perry, cial Imperial and Canadian Commis- secretary; and S ymour Burge, treassions during the \\·ar. urer. Mr. Cushing Smith then gave Girls to Sing an in formal talk on the purposes and The musical program this Sunday hopes of the choir. and conducted a evening will be presented hy the Girls' sing of some of the old fa,·orites. He Glee club of Kew Trier High school, also introduced to · the choir, Porter consisting of about SO voices. This will \Yarrington Heaps. new organist and be one of the biggest evenings of the director. year at the \Vilmctte Sunday Evening The men~ hers of the ~~ usic comclub, the leaders in the club predict. mittee are offering a contest to these The Sunday club program builders ,-oung people, the object of \\·hich is have virtually completed the roster for ·to find a s;uitahle and distinctive name the current season. according to Presi- for the choir, and prize~ \Yilt he given dent \V. Frank ~1cClure. All dates on to the winners. the schedule, save three, ha,·e beet ; Refreshments were scrn·d ll\· :\frs. supplied. Those yet to he fi lied are Fisher and members oi the :\[ustc comthe Sundavs oi ~~arch 21 and 28, and mittee who are doing all they can in April 18. the intrrest of the choir. Arrange Season Schedule .) · 't i I to Deposits at the Wilmette State bank during the past year increased by approximately $385,000, it was announced by Dan 'G. Stiles, vice president, this we~k. The bank deposits now total about two and one half million dollars and the surplus has been increased from $50,000 to $100,000. The bank expects an even better year <luring 1926, it was said. All officers and directors of 'the Wilmette State bank were re-elected at a stockholders meeting held Thursday, January 7. The officers for the coming year are as follows: S. A. Wheelock, president; Phillip Hoffman, vice-president; Dan G. Stiles, vice-president; W. C. Shurtleff, vice-president; W. D. Leary, cashier, and ]. M. Budinger, assistant cashier. The board of directors is comprised of the following: F. L. Bateman, W. W. Buchanan, Lyman 1!. Drake, Phillip Hoffman, Benjamin F. Lewis, Frank ]. Seng, C. N. Stevens, Judson F. Stone, Arthur J. Taylor, Henry Taylor, Jr., and S. A. W~eelock. Celel»rated Arctic Explorer to Show Filma of Moat Recent Dash Into Northland . t r ... ~ · · 4 ... "' .. ~ The schedule follows: January 24- nranson DeCou and his n('W "DrNl.m PietUI'{'S of the l\fedlter,.a1wan \Von1lt>rla1ld" with musical aceompaninwnt. January :n- Dr. John Timothy ~tone, nntNl pastor of the Fourth I 'n·shyterian church of Chicago. FC' hruary 7- Asa C. Baldwin, the onl\· Anwri<'an who haR ev('r climbed tht: iey slop<>s of 1\It. ~t . EliaR, will stw:t k Oil "Tracing- the Frontier of Alaska," illustrate<l by beautiful stereoptil·on slilh' ~ . F(>ht·u;Hy 14 - Dr. 'Villiam K narton, a.uthor of onP of tht· lwst known hooks on tlw lift· of Abraham Lincoln, will sp t> al< on "Lincoln." Fl'hruarv 11 - Horace- ARhton will g-iv t· a.n a;ldrt.:ss illustratt>d with moving- picturt:>s (lt·scdptive of his 4,000 milt' on: rsPas flight in the airship Los Ang···lt"s to Porto Rico and return. Ft' hrua.tT 2S- Cecil Roberts, English pol:'t, novelist, essa:Jist, and critic, will s)H' a k Oil '·What Eu1·ope is Thinking.'· ~Jarc·h 7- :\Tajor Ht.·JWY H. Curran, l ' ni t(·ll ~tat··s ("ornm issioner .of Immigration at Ell is Island. ~fan·h 14 - Dr. C'lelan<l B. ::\fcAfee' of :\lc 'ormick Tht.·ological St.·miuary, rect · ntl~· rt.·tunH·d from a tour of the world. .\pril 4- Eastet·. Sermon by Dr. Fn·dt·J·iek F'. Shannon, pastor of Centntl ch ureh, Ch ieag-o. April 11 - T>r. Max l\lason, president of l' nivt>rsity of Chicago. "Bill" Saunders, Here's N f y More Good ews or ou 'More good news for \Villiam Y . "Bill" Saunders, the disabled postman; Read this note, Bill: "To Mr. Saunders. beloved by our three girls over a period of years, and held in high esteem by Mrs .-and myself for his unswerdng loyalty under ·c ,·ery condition of "·eather and mail congestion, goes our best wishes for a year of happiness. even though under conditions now most trying . . . . "Please convev to him and his family the ahove." · In a recent Christmas contribution Nelson Laundry Gives for Bill, who has been in a hospital Luncheon for Employes since last Fehruary, a total amount ext:eeding $800 was giYen by his many Employes of the Nelson Brothers friends and neighbors. Laundry company, Central avenue and ~fain street, enjoyed a luncheon at the H 0 }d M eebng · to PIan I Central Cafeteria Thursday of last k as the guests of the m. a nagement for Basketball League wre of the laundry. The workers numberYoung men of the village who are ing about 50, were escorted to the eatinterested in a basketball league which ing place hy David and J. \Vatter N elwill play in the evenings will meet this son. The luncheon was not an annual evening at the Byron Stolp school at 7 :30 o'clock for the purpose of organiz- eve~t, nor was it given in commemo--------------------------------~ inQ" the league. D. C. Stone, director ration of anything relating to the hisREAD THIS! af athletics in Wilmette schools, will torv of the business. David Nelson exOn the Editorial page of this he in charge of the meeting, and re- t lained when questioned concerning issue of \YIL~IETTE LIFE is in- quests each team that is interested in the matter. It was for the workers, he league to have a representative said. merely a break in the more or less formation that should he of the oresent at the meeting. The idea of dull routine of eating col<l luncheons vital concern to every patron having a basketball league was orig- noon after noon. The management of of the \Yilmette Sunday Eve- inated last year, but not enough teams the laundry, he .. added, is thinking ning club. Don't fail to read it! were interested to form a league. Bet- seriously of installing facilities to pro,·ide warm lunches for the employes. ter results are hoped for this year. Capt. Donald B. MacMillan, arctic rxplorer, who has spent most of the past ten years in the ar~tic region will give an illustrated lecture on his latest polar trip at the New Trier High school auditorium Satu~day evening, January 16. Capt. ~acMillan has 8,000 feet of film which tells a graphic tale of the adventures of the Bowdoin, his schooner in \vhich the trip was made, and those who sailed into the north aboard her and were frozen-in for many months . Capt. MacMillan is well known to north shore audiences, having spoken at K ew Trier High school before. He is a personal friend of Frederick E. Clerk, superintendent of the school. Recounts Thrilling Epiaodea The explorer spent 15 months in the Arctic on his last expedition. The trip was undertaken partly to study atmospheric electricity and terrestrial magnetism, to study the "Northern Lights·· and to place a memorial tablet Edwin P. Morrow, former governor at the scene of the last camp of the of Kentucky and one of the greatest ill-fated Greeley expedition, on Cape . orators on the American platform, will Sabine. The great explorer had many thrillhe the speaker at a dinner to he given for the members of tbe Guilmette ing ad,·entures on this last trip. The Country club Saturday evening, Jan- film:; shmY the charge of a muskox uary 16. Ex-Governor ~{orrow's ~ub bull, which nearly smashed MacMilject has been announced as "Tales lan's camera as he cranked the mafrom the Kentuckv Hills." Dinner will chine until the last possible moment. There are also pictures of the he ::;erved at 7 o'cfock. Bo\\·doir1s progress through the ice of In addition to the address of the ~f eh·ille Bay, taken by the explorer, r,·ening the pecial entertainment com- who rigged a plank out over the side mittee of the cluh, of which Charles of the ship so that he could photo\Y. Triggs is chairman, has secured graph the ship's prow splitting the big excellent stage talent to provide a dra- ice cakes. matic and musical program. AppearRadio Playa Bil' Part ing on this feature attraction will he The party was in almost. co~stant Henry E. Dixey, actor of note, who will give his celebrated. "Reminiscencrc; touch with the v·:orld on thts tnp by means of radio. Many residents of the and Characterizations," and Luc;llc Yicinitv will recall the messages broadLong. contralto. who has rece11t!y cast h\· station \VEBH, the Edgewater created a sensation on the artist or·>- Beach- hotel. winter before last when grams of radio station KY\V. ~f ac ~1 illan "·as given the news of the Resen·ations for the dinner must he world and heard the voice of his sister filed at the clnh offices by noon today, and numerous friends. it i::; announced. Ex-Governor Morrow to Address Country Club Dinner Guests Bank Re-elects Its Directors; Is Near Tenth Anniversary The annual stockholders' meeting of the First National Bank of Wilmette was held last Tuesday evening when all the directors who comprised the hoard during the past year were rePlected. They are as follows: }. M. t\ nn<'l. V. 0. Appel. Sanger Brown, Pt'rry B. F.rkhart. Charles F. Reinhoth, R0hert Stoddard and A. C. \Volff. A nwetin£T of the hoard of directors ,·. ;n he h<'ld todaY when 0fficers for the coming year will he electNL D,.oosits of the hank han' excrederl thP million 111ark hv $10.000 it was reported at the (lntntal nv·etinP". The Firc;t National Bank ic; now on the eve of its teti~h anniv ... rc;an·. it havinrr opened its door<:; on Ff'hru~n' ?6. 19t&.:.;;q. M. Ann~"l l,aii"· · h, .. .;~it .. active administrator since the lwg;nning-.