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WILMETTE LIFE A lVeekly News-Magazine for Wi?nzette and Kenilworth \ t · ·I . \ PRICE FIVE CENTS \VANT HUGE TERRITORY ANNEXED TO WILMETTt: Circulate Petitions tn Have Great 1,500 West Area Taken Within Corporate Limits PLAY "THE DUENNA·' IHOME PARTY CANDIDATES 1"'hrough Streets Plt-.n Now Before Th oatr· GuHd Players to Give Sheri- ~. WILL SEt:K Rt:- ~Lt:CJIUN ~ ~ ill age '1 'rustees clan Operetta, Appearing in Various To ·; ns of North Shore Tl11 · ','1t·-.. i.. :l c·i dt -..i!.!ll;l in·· ;1 clcliti· ·tl .tl Lette:r 'from Committee Forthl'cllt--!11 , rv1·t, in \\' ilmctlt' \\ ;t., :t~~ai1 ' mally Places Baker, Drayer and di-..,·u--..,·d :1 1 ;1 nll·t:tinC!· c·i t11l' \ ' il:; ·~~ · T li~· .\'()rth .'hort· TIH·atr l' C! llild'-. Wiedlin on Ballot l···.trd T tll·-,d;l\· · t'\l'lling rv-..uliin!..!· in i:1 - , ,.<.<liH I prctclunic·n r>i tht· liith -.v;t-..1111 . , . ,trttl tic·lt, t·· 1 t' ~ rt·l ·t-.. ;tn d .\II · ... 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' tt·ll" tht· -..tory ()i t\\o pair.., of lon·r-, tilll1 thi-. \\l'('l~ that those three of1 : . . tilt' ]J .. \w ,,t t lt' Jwltltt·tlt·rI \\hoar~· ion·l'd apart 1)\· ioncl but mi~- ,·,l· l··,:tl' . , ,,.ll<h(.' tt·rnb CX\)ire thi:- pring, · · · · ·111 tlt tc l· ·tl ,, 1. !1, · -trt-vl ltt't:tll\t'J:, :1 rrl'l·d 11jl11lt , 11 11 " . . ll· ;H·tq·chtlt()1 1 \\1 ·v 1 , . . I.' I I I ,,.t.ll l·L' l·,·ttl<lt.<lat"=' for re-election in 11 1 _ '1 . i],tl in tltt' rl'i..!UI:tr ,jJI:t . C !t' t·l··c;,,:· ' '. ' ' t . ( 11lt:t'. ~'~'· \\llt'.tl ~'~'_.H:~n_at·tgu ide<.! parents and·prnyidt·s for ma_ny · " 1 1 t tl, tl H · tl\lt · · tllttl - ,tt · uatiOih, 1>Otl 1 framattc l · atH 1 atnu-;111g, tht· annual \ ' illagc election in April. \p ri!lli t!Ji-.. ~T:tr . ' ·.. ! :1 t··tJI!!l,lllll "' .· .. · . .litll'l' ui thl' ( 'h; u llh t·r t·i Ctl]ltllll'l'n·. J,t·iore the lon·r-; are unitc>d \\·ith tl~c Thl' kttl'r. ,,·hich i: publi:;hed here 11 J \tlllC!lY 1 \ II I I (('-.('rill'(, ' ltlrltll\ 1 ., 'I l 1' ' 1 l' I ,,lJ 11 -IJ it i-. prupo-.t·cl -..}Jalll,t· :tddvcl tn !tr·· :-..H·rH ;Ilf rene .. ':<~t·.: t\' t'llllt·. t'll · cuo...tomary parental .hks . . ing~ . \Yith in its cntireh·. also stamps as 1 .] ;" t'1l ll l' 1rt ·Ill :--hvrHLIIl r< ·ad to . · ·,. ] . ... L' "J>L'L i-.tent ru;nors" that _Villag.e 'Itt' ,jJI.tC!t' cxtL·nd-. \\t·-.t ircnn tl'L' \\iltnv'lt' \\ "1!111 \\hen ftr . t protlurrrlm London at 1 1 ;·lt "t· nt \\v . . t limit.... t<· till' Ill' \\ ~l ·o ki·· · · ;1 , . 1 llllv, ,L:ttc a\t.'llttt' i the> Drun· Lane theatre in li75 the Pn·-. idl'nt Orner expects ~ 0 resign his ir" 11 ( l'lltr ;t! :1\t'tl llt· 111 h.lrl l.!t' a\·l·nu ·· - . . - <·flin· ;tt the cotnJ)Ietior of the first · 1. 11111 , 11. 1. 1.1 11.11111 1 \':tlk.\ r .. utt· c,i till· l 'hit ago, .\'<1r h . 111 , 1 ·1 .-.lt.l\\.t·Cl<] 11 , , 1,,, OJ_>eretta l'njo\·t.' d a ret.·onl. run ot 7':1 . . ; ll" rt· :ttld :.-1 ilw:1ttl-\t'l' r:tilr();ld irom 111 ,rthvrn cit\ Ji 11 , j 1...,. ntg 1 1t:;. 0 n t 1 11s occa-.trJn It \\':t'i prt.'- \Tar ,,i term this sprir ~- The letter . ltt· r,·n n lint· oi l't·11tral -..trn· t. F,·_ sentl'd by Sheridan him~eli \\'ith hi-; ~t:a d~: Itt t IJ i.... (' () 111lt ' l' t i(1 11. T r ll..., t n· I I 'h 1l c· . Committee Pens Letter l tl,lt lt l lt·:-<t<·nclt-c!J <·11 thl' -...outh. !ll)rt;, \\·ife in the Iradin~ role. I ~ a k L' r c :.tl It- d :t t t 11t : on t t Ill' i 1111 H 11· t 1926. "\\'ilmettl:'. ·,, l. :,ke ;1\t·n ttt · : t! J··Ilt'l· ,,.t.,t t ,) tilt' · Tl · 1 ·~ 1 tl '11. · ' ' ;t!lrt·. i1'111ll ;1 !Jui-..llt'":- lHlillt <·I \'it' \\ t(l le 111tl'iiC \\' lll 1 1e ~ttl< 1'; thltlg · "t·:tlitor \\'ilnwttt · Lift:: : "r 11 J,r;111l'lt ()i thv l'hic:tC!I> ri,·cr. all r 1 i \\ ' illlll'ttv. oi itnntL·di:ttt·ly p;l\ing i-. the :-rorr \\'lli ch \\· a.:; thrd a ~- t'ar "( 11 \'i, . ,._. o(. many £'onftil:ting· rumors t: . ·rllt "i l. :tkt · ;1\t'llllt': 11<,r h tel thl' thl' 111 ,rtlll'rn vnd 11 j '!\·n th . . 1 rvd, h·: aC!·o in the sttrce:'-;ful reYiYal at L\Ti( \ ... il·l-! l'il'l·ulatt ·cl in r1 · ~ard t_o the com,·,·n tt·r lith' "i :-:.~ · < · ticl!l 2.:,: ea-,t to tl1,. "1t·t·h it i-.. il'lt 111 uch !Ju-.tm·~..., tr:d11.r thl'atre. Hammnsmith . Thi;; \\'a.- . ar- ill~ ,· iJl:q..:.·· ··lt·(·tinn; we lwll Ye ~hat a il1 lt'r-,~.·rti<lll r·i tilt: "t·rtion lilll' \\tth rtllllinl.! iron1 Ill' nnrth \\nttld hl' din·rt - rangL·d frnm the> orig\nal .score .by yd :t in stat· ·nwnt of ct:-r·tai_n fact:.; lS due I !. tJ'I' J'( ), td: tllt·nrt· t·:t:'tc rl y ...,,JtPh l'd a~ a rnttlt oi thi:- :-hurt cut. to tltt.· Thoma-, T~eynold-; \\·ho also ad<lecl t" t h< · ,.j t i:·wn:-: of the nllage. ":O.ln:-:t pt ·rsbt<·nt of these _r umo~s 1 r< ·ttl :11td ;tl<>tlC! I l:tpp r .>ad to 1\l'in - ,·ill:ti..!t'. and mttrh . <d. \\·hich nc·\\· drin· , ~l·,·cral :-on~:; ancl the OYC'rtures to a ! cl·rt a in ly not orig-inating w1 th hts \\.ttd :t\'t·nttt· or tltv t·n·-.t·nt \\'t·-...t li111 i..., (Jtl -..()\Jth. intn l·:,·athton. Tht.·rt' i-, ron - number of 'opera . . h~· Handel. Thc>.:;r frit·ncls) is that President Ear_l E. :'ti ll·' illal!l'. -iclnahk traffic mTr thi." pin·l' , ,j are little kno\\'11 and tint.:;, aside from c >rn.· l· i:-: t·> rd;ig-n, two or three ~rffer Called Natural Development -..trtT t. t'\'l'll \\ith tlw pn·-..t·nt -,uriart·. thrir beaut,·, havl' an add<d intcrt"it ·' 111 m' 11 ltt-·i ng- slatt>tl to fill ?Ut ht:> ur:1 :-;p:r· d t· rn1. Thts committee I~ 1n Tl 1 ~.· tnrit"r .\ 111 <jltl'-.t 11111 , rc 1u:..!hly ·t nd ~lr . lbkn i-.. <·i tht· opini<,n tlt.tt I for mu:-ir 1~\(·r.:;, it i.;; explained. : ... ~it "'I t(l :-:tatt· c!t· tinitely and ~u 1 ,·,ti :1a tvd . r<·tlt:tin :tl lltllt 1..=-oo ac·cl' . . it ""uld l~t· ntuch grl':t't·r ancl rl'-..ult i·: T, ·!ac \·an Gron' . iormt'r condttct()r thor·t :t ti\'· I.\· that :\Jr. Orner has no tn.t1 1ol !-. rvg.trckol l·y th1 · pt·titiriJll'r-. :t...; ;t !'rt·at in~·n · ;t-.(' in a hl'nl'firi;tl \\:!\ t·, :1f t, ,, t ' hira Qo CiYir opera. ha s hrl'n t ··nti"n ,.f rt ·sig- ning- . There is no reason \\'h ,. lw should. :\Ir . ~)rner's adttttllt'rinl.! tit,· tl:t u:·; tl dn·t·lopnH·:Jt ,,j \\ .; ltnt'ltt· llJt ·rrh:ttlt-. . \\t't'l' tltv inlJ>r;,\.t' - l'ngaged h~· the l!'Uild tn takt· charg<' ~llinistr;;tinn of villagE' affairs has heen 1 11 rill' \ill:t:._:t· \\l·-..t. J-:,tt·n-.ion <·I tlw !11\' " nut intcl in thl' ion·!..!'<·inl( m;uk (li the> mu:;ic . He \Yill conduct thL' u n u~ua II y l'lliC'ient and sa~isfactory, ·>r·"l",...t·cl <tllltl·'\:t ti >tt tCI tlw nor :h 't rcalit\. Till' ~ti'l'l't" ;ltHI .\lin·-. t.'<lllt- ~ ., · mr)honic Octet of Chicag-o and. in an11 many largl:' projeet!'; of vt_llage tmtnilttT i-. iurth,·r rnn-..idl'ring it in C<·ll · pro\' t·n~t·nts clt.>man<l his con t1nued at'· r :tttrlt ui thl' ri\l·r i-.. rt.'t't·I1111H'llrll'd nt·rti"n \\it.h thl' thrc·Ul!h -.tr··, ·t pl.ttl-. . arlditinn. \\'ill h:n'l' charge of traininl! 'LI ·ntinn. Tht· spirit of harmony _and Jl t ··rclvr that thv \ ilbl.!t' lll<t~· ht· J·r ,>hr ~o loi"-h, dttl't-. and trio' . co-cqwra t io11 that ha~ ('harae~enzed \'i<kcl .111 <tlltkt i<'r clrain:tl.!t.' in "h ;tt The production \\'ill pla~· in \\'il · tht· hoard and its work uuder hts able cti11n has nwt with unstinted ap,, <·ltld II(' lh ('\. t rt'tl1t' nc lft 11\n·<:;f di ..,_ Local women Observe ' l ' ( ' l ll' Fehruan· 12 ; l-1 ighla nd Park. din r·ru\'al of citizt.·ns gent:'rally. :\~1·. lnl··r will cuntinut· to st.>r\·e thE' Vll' l 't' . Annual Day of Prayer I ···hr uary 13; Lake Fore~t. Februar~· 1l:tl-!~' until his pre:;ent t~.·rm t.·xpin·~. at \nitt · :-.:ttit~tl "i tht· tl'rrit('lry in que-,1(): E,·an-.tc>n. Fvhruan· 17 and L. and tlt11l lu-.. l't'l'll \..'ll11:-idned in an 1111 Th v annu;tl d,t~· ,,j pra,·n. ht·ld ttn \\"innl'tka. Fl'llruary 19 and 20 . <~ l.ticial \\:t\ J,,. thv \\'ilnwttt' \ ' il la 12 v cln the <tu-..nin·-... c1i tlH' Fl'dnati :1n ni Miller May Be Candidate h.,r~rd ;tncl t l1 1' l'l'litinn iur all!ll'~a~ioll \\' :1men\ l".cl:trcl-. 11t F()r('i !"tl ~{i-, ".\ st:tt('ment in your t:;.:-;ue of last w, .,. k is to t h · l' ff e c t that H a r r ~: . W. j.., -..aid t, 11;1\'l' rt·n·in·cl a \Tf\' f:tYnr- -,inn-, oi . ·()nh \mn ic:t and th,· t ·Cl\111 · ~'ociety .\Till·· r \Viii not ag-ain hl' a ea!ldwate ahk hv :1rinC! IJ\ tl1v lt ·c; tl nt'tir(ak cil oi \\'t·tnt ·n ior H o ml' .\fi-..-;inno;;, fur vi 11 a~t· t n : a sur r. :0.1 r . ~I 11 !er is ~nnal \\tTk..., ;q..!(l it,,. ~...., intimatl'd \\ill Itt· l'rid ;t\' , h·hruan }C). at 2 tt'mpnrarily ahst.>nt fro!u the vtllage, 1 hut has all \'i~t><l losP fnends h Pre that th ;tt ct·rt;tin r~·al t·-.tatt· dl·\·l'lopnwnt r,\- l<H·h: ·tt ll' J.'ir-.t Prc-.h\' ttTian ~'vent if tht· citi1wns so <lt>sire he will be itttt·n·-.h had "\·On-...on·d the ann<·xa - rhutTh . \\.(lt11L' ll oi all tiH' chur~·he-; in g·Iatl to eontinue his serviet>, aml will tilln <·i a ~rl';tt portion Pi tlH· tl'rrit(lry the Yill ;t"l' arl' co -operatinl!· in the T h r " t a t e t·n tl m \'llll' n t f un d \\' i1l h c· tht>n·f·tl'l' !Je a candi<.late for re-electu 1·\·;tn<.,ltnl. a tJl(l\'t.', \\'llich. ii carrie><! '<' n ·icl' . .\Jr .... l) :· ni··l ~t<'ckcr and .\fi-....; t ion . 1 n this connection it may be th· · hendirian· ni tlw lart?:t' --~riet,· ~aid that :\lt·. ::\liller has sen·ed well anu !Jrc>Ul.!il. ,,·ottld !tan· ,·ir tualh· thrn\\·n Sar:1h :\,,\·t· . . ,,j ~antiag · . Chik. \\'ill t,rickc gi\'l'll h\· tlw \\'oman'-; club of faith fu tl_\· as trl·asurer for the past . 111 :tr.m :tr()uttd \\' illncttc' ;-; ,;,:e:-t limi1-, ht' the :-p t:a kt·r..; . \\'ilnwtte \\'e<lnl':-<lay aiternnon. t wt·l\'t' Yt'ars, and his friends and the - -- - - - - - - ·tnd. thu-.. it i:- t houl.!ht. "L·rinu<;l\· f<' puhlic gt·rwrally will surely he ~dad to ~farrh 4. at 2 o'rlnrk know of his candidacY . tan kd thl' den· lopm~· nt of a dra-i nat.:t' ·Semi-Annual Dollar Davs .\1 r:;. Charlp-. :\. \\'annl'r i~ chair"In the same article it was stated uutlct lor tlw nurtll\n·-. t :-t.Tti!ln. n 1f a romtnittcc comprising -:\1 e-;- that it was not known whether the reMajority Want Annexation Set for February 22-23 Ill tiring trustees would be candidates to dttmL'=' X. P. Col\\'l'll. HaY(':; :\fcKin- sUL'<:t-l'd th<·mst·l vt.·s. TheSt:' truste 't , \\' hill· no report a-, to tilL· uumher of ~vtni -ant·u;tl Dtdbr D : ,... 111 \\'ii - ·w,· : \\'illiam H. Holme". ~-hairman of C'lan·nct.' E. Dray~.·r. John F. \Vi dlin pet it ion :--igner-, ha:- l>cen rccein·d, it mt·tlt' ln·.,:n, ...,.., cli-;tri<·t.... \\·ill hl' hL·Id · i "Kl'h : C. .\files :\f r Donald and Al- and .John ('lar·k l~al.;t ·r han· sig-nified \\a-, indicated that J,y iar thl' majority Tw·-,d<1, and \\. cdtw:-da , .. Fl'hrua n · .:n tH'rt ".\' . Page \\ ho arL' in charge of thl'ir willillg·nt.·ss to !-:ll"l'\'t' for another term. and this may be accepted as an ()i intl'rl'~ted property o\\'ner~ ia,·o rL·d and 24_- arrordinl" to an announceT~lL'Pt t;1l·le t'l'Sl'rYattnns: Theodore ]. alt11l·xation L> \Yilml'tte rathn than m··cll' thi-, ,, .t't'l.: l>v :\ . S . Yan Deu.:;rn . .\fnrc>au ;tnd T. .\f. Camelon, ho pital- announcem nt of their candidacy. 'fhA spletHlid work they have don during to an\· other commtmit\·. chairman of t lw ·Retail commit tl'L' oi ih· rommittt·(:: H. E. Pattison Kline, tht:· past two years is a mattt·r of pubSIH;uld the petition for annexation the \ \' ilmet te C'ha m her of Com llH.'rCL'. in. charge of prizes: Fred :\f. Bowe;;, liC' knowledge, and twt.·t.l not be here. 1-.nd ia\'Cn· \\ith the \'illage hoard, the On tho~e da\'s the merchants \\'ill of- Arthur Dixon. Raymond \\ hcelock, recounted. pr()position \\·ill he placed heiore thl' ier unusual- ach·antages to tlw !oral ('hark~ Harrison ~mit h. Perry 1.. Miller for Clerk "The newly acquired section <?f th~ ,·otcrs oi tlte Yillct"l' the rc-;id · nh of huyinl!· public \\'ith e:-perially attrac- Smithers. and Ralph E. Pettit. west side is to hav r presentatiOn in the territory in qu<.~tion, oi course, not ti,·r dollar tntrcha-;l':- as a feature. tht· office of Yillag · dt·rk, :\Ir. ~- J. lta,·ing a Yoirl' in the ballot. l\'lillt·r, so well and favorably kno\\'n ADDRESSES MEN'S CLUB throughout the enttre villa~· e, having GIVES LINCOLN ADDRESS Judge Andrew A. Bruce, former comH'nted to be a candidntt> for that CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS H erhert \ \ ' illiam Laflin, general chief just in: of North Dakota, will be office. Other catali·1:ttt.·s will be anThe \\'ilmettc Optimist club will nounc<'d lat( r. coun:-;el tl)r the .\'orth\\'estern :\ltttual the speaker at the l·ebruary dinner of hold its annual meeting- and election "The platform upon which thl' Se of officers Tue~dav noon at the Ouil- Life Tn~urance companv at ~1il\\'aukec the ~fen's club of the First Congrega- eandidates will stand will be definitely the proper time. ml'tte c:ountry club, at 12:15 o'clock. ,,·ill g-in' a Lincoln's Day address he .. I tiona} church ~Ionday evening, Feb- set forth at "H.espt·etfully yours, Orian Galitz is the present president iure the :\fen'" cluh oi the Fir-,t Pre!"~- ruary 8, at 7 o'clock. The subject will "Ct.'neral Committee of the Hon.e oi the organization of business an,} hyterian church Friday en·ning, Feb- he. "A Comparison of Lincoln and Party. "Albert A. 1.\l<:Keig;hA.n, chairman. ru2.ry 12. ' \ \' a:-hingt.on." prof c:-siona 1 men. 1 t · I t · 1 1 1 1 I . I · (l (/alendar Lists JV onzan' s (/lttb Bridge as Big I