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WIL·M ETTE LIFE A Weekly News-Magazine for Wilmette and Kenilworth \VTLMETTE, ILLIK OIS. APRIL 9', 1926 .. '· VOL. XV, NO. 28 PRICE FIVE CENTS PREDICT RECORD VOTE I SUPPORT IN PRIMARY ELECTON Hotest Campaign in Many Years to Culminate in Balloting Tuesday, April13 PLAY PLAN All Civic Organizations Urge Members to Vote "Yes" on Recreation Proposal Authorize Orner IANNUAL CHEST DRIVE to Appoint Bank · STARTS THIS SUNDAY Messengers, G..,ops · · · .. ., . i ·l · ~ ~ -1· t ~ .. l \ IC Association President Earl E. Orner has been Community Chest En:ry riYic organization 111 the vii- authorized bj· the Village hoard, to Calls Upon Residents to Rally lag<· has placed it s stamp of approval appoint bank messengers as special to Charity Campaign 011 t ht prnJ .nsal to le\·y a playground policemen. when action of thi s natnre ; J\fcw Trier voters, in conjunctiClll tax. under the state recreation act, is desired hv the hanks . I Ill\' l'o111111llllitv Association) \vith the residents of the other coun- which will he placed on the little. bal- . The miltter came up a.t a meeting ~>f U 11 ~~ 111 clay. April-11, several hundred try town regions will be tallrd upon lot at tlH.' coming- Yillage dection, the hoard Tuesday cvemng, when \VJI- ~ public spirited · residents oi the village Tuesday, April 13, to determine .t he Apr!! 20. The latest organizations to mette .State l_>ank made a .request for "'ill -,tart the ' 1926 drive of the Wilrt:~ltlts in what promi~es to he one of endorse the proposition are the Cham- a 5pe_ctal poltceman.. Pre stdcnt _Onler Jllt:ttc ConJmttnity Chest association the most hotlv contested Cook count\· he~ of. Colllmerc~. tl~e \\.'oman'~- club, expl~tned tha~ .there Js not a!l ordmancc I for fnncls with which to SUl)ply the rePrimarv elect~ons on record in recen-t the Lectgue of \\omen Voters a .. d the makmg prov1ston for appollltments of f· . · · t" h "(es factt'ons Optimi :-.t cluh, all of which urg· e d their tlll·s . t latttre He said thcrr was a time \ ~11' \ lltrcJilWtllt s o ftb lt><r~zr,~tc.tpaAmdg c tre., years. With Republican . 1 . .. 1. . , k , . f . f · ·. H' nt< get t.>r / v 1s r en aSrhl o sharply divided, the voting on Tues - j mun l<::ts t)':' \\ee to \otr tn a\or o ":hen the. vtllag.e had as many as fif- $(l,OOO: :\tar East Relief, $3,000; Infant day will mark the culmination of many the pr.op~'s. 1 t 1 ~ 1 :· . _ . . . . · teen spectal poltcem('n, hut at pre se nt I \Yclfare, $6,000; Young \Vornan's wctks of bitter campaio- ·,g for the Prchmman dcttml Ill th( m.ttt<.r \\a~ th ere arc none l'l . - . $1 ()()()· S I t'on l'">nll . taken thi ~\· inter \\'h·n a pia\· ·u'd . . I Jrtsttan as::.uCJatJon, ' . a val favor of .~~1e electorate in the _suhurhan .. . 1' .· ., , .;:; · ', · It was the conc~nsus of opinion on I :\rmy, $1 500; A-merican Red Cross, 10 1 1 .:- ommtttllttes round-about Chtcago. ~ecrt<tt - adl\ : or~ commf!lttee.. "as the board that it 1s a dangerous mat- $1 (>{)0· Volunteers of America $250; Insofar as New Trier is concerned I '"llle( tcf·r l(' purpote 0 f 11 ~f~-111 g . a ter to appoint special policemen , in - L(;cal Charities, $600; Emergenc~· Fund, ' ° t1 the i>icr ftght is in conn··ct1"on with the tslune='1 ·etl rtelcre_a 1011 f acJ 1 1 e.s 1 t11 discriminate.ly, arm them with guns $3 600· and ex1)enses, $1,400. This . ,...., · · " · · H .' Yl 1 age w1 1 1e H 1 ea o coon1 ma . . · 1 nommat1on of county commts stoners. I 1·11 ,,. . 11 .11 . T 1 tl t tl and back them up w1th the aut 10nty tncans that \\·e must ratsc $25,000, an 1 1 "ince both the Deneen and Crowc-Uar- t- "'· 1 ~ · VI ,tglel >loan s. 1:" 0 1 1 ta th1e pf ally of a star and turn them loose. There - increase of twenty per cent over last < · >e· utt tzec o e u · 1 . . not 1 . 111· ·, . . . wt·11 gt\C rett-Brundage fact10ns have canclt- act 1ttes couTl . t - f ore, t h r pract1cc 1as >ecn ,·car ,, [lu· s sum, anc1 no 1 e:-.s, 11 s coJ~t~ttee dates wJ,o arc rC'siden.ts (j)f the town- ~st t·:dent. comp 1 le ec1 dulged in. ·t he l~cneficiaric s of the Chest what the~1 ship~Fr~·derick ~ 7 Penfield of Glen- H_s ~unl·ey aftH rompt ~· Ia clomprle ~~· n However it was equalh· strongly had raised bv individual drives pre stve pan or supervisee p a,· c unng · · .. ~ 1 1 Cl · t coe and O~; car W . S_chm1dt of \Vtl- the entire year. It recommet1ded that s tre~sc~l, that the board ts fully ap- \'Iotts years. up to 192 J w ~en t lC 1e::. mrtte arc opponents 111 the campatgn- tlw ,·illage put th e pror)osition to come prectattve 9f the well founded reasons conducted tts first c~mpatgn. . . t t t"10 t 1 tl 1 \vhich hank s no\v -a-clays have for The officers and dtrectors ot t11e asing the former aligned with thr · 1 tl .. Det; :·c:1 group, and Schmidt with th e 1tt~Jiclert tlcths a c r~c~ea 1 nt. ac 0 1._~ d c askitr~ for ·protection .afforded hy sociation believe that the Chest is a . f actiOn . e rc 1 lOll . n . olhcers .. . fit to the bttst.tle s:s ., men and opposm~ 1 )a 1· o a te comtnt:> f 1 · er 1 ·~ "JH.'cial an(I t IH~ trustees c Iso grea t I)l·ne . . B k .d b "700" It l_Ilsl act a I axl o. lotfH' at!H one t 11r<.f ~XJ)rt-.sed thei; desire to co~plv with re sidents of the community as well as ac e y mav )e evtec or t H.' purpo. e o · -· · · 1 · · · h · · . . . 1111 s _. r . I f T . these requests. to t lC partlCtpattng c antiCS. One drive saves an enormous effort , ~ev<'n hun~) red res~~1ents . of ~t:w prm IC mg Pay act tttes. 1 ner. organtzrd as Thr Committee Thr advisory committee has hc:L'n . After fttrthcr dtscu:.ston tt w~:-s d~ll on the: part of those \vho formerly took oi 7~" have ~ome out openly a!-> en- i<1rmally organized a~1d '.\'ill take it s Cld_ec~ that the m~th~d .. ad~pte wt _ part in as many separate drives as d<·rsmg Pcnfit,d and the othrr Drneen place as a regular Ylllagc hocly . It s an;"·er the pt~rpo~c. \\htch dtd not re there are now beneficiaries of the ca ndidate s for cot~nty co.mmissioners. members include a village tnt~tl'r. a ~fUirL' an or~l.tnance ~10 ~ any fu:thhr ll'hc~t. Furthermore one drive is a dean~! haH' been \\~g111g a v1g9r~u :; c_ a m- park board trustee, a ~chool . l~ oa rcl l torm 01 yrocc~lure. e. ~c}H to pla·c·~ t, c cided convenience to the public at large. p;ug-n c:f e~lucat10n. to acquatt~t the !member, a playground . commtsstoner matter ~: 1 tl~t. ha_n<~ s of. prcstdent 1 The business men of the village are townshtp \\'tth thr tssues, floocl111g the and others. Its recreat1on plans are Orner \\ tth ,l\Jthc.nt~ t 0 ad. !unanimous in their approval of the nor_th sho~e C?mmtmity with _literature \ simil~r t_? those which J_,_ave been in ---- ------plan. The worthy charities that will ~~-l!tch en_lf)Ocltes the . \varnmg th~t I H!'>C 111 1·.\·a n ton ancl_ \\ mnetka .. and participate in the funds deserve cvery:\e\\' Tnr~ fan·s a cnsts at the Pn - ~ ha,·e proYecl cxceedmgl~- succe:'. ful thing \\'hich we can do for them. \Vatch maries." "Shall :.Jew Trier intcre!->ts ancl popular. Village sentiment ~erm" 0 ur mail this week for pamphlets outhe sacrificed hrcamc politician:- choose in favor of the proposal which will he iining their activities. Support the ~our canclidates ?" they ask the \"Oter~.l on the little ballot 011 April 20. and it drive. \Vilmette is being watched h~contcnding that the (rowe-Barrett- 1 is thought to be- certain that it · \\·il l · _ . . her neighbors. \Ve must win! nruncJ<\ge faction, not being "satisfied \Yin. :\n ordlll<tl1Ce provH_hng for the ron- 1 with ib control of city politic~. is try ~tntc~ion of the samtar.~· srwer \"s- i · V ote on Three Trustees ing- to force it s candidates upon the Th G .ld ttlll tn that part of \Vtlmcttr . lylllg · .' country towns." "The crisis is here-" eatre Ul to lVe . \rest of Hidge an·nur. at an est1mat~·d VIllage Clerk, Aprd 20 they Jtoint out. "the country. town s . '"the Enchanted Aurtl" ro:, t of $203.120 was p~ssed hy the VJI Residents of Ke11ilworth will vote mu~t elec.t n~en " ·ho have shown l~y The ~orth Shore Theatre Guil~t an- la.t:t hoard at tts mectlllg- Tuesda~· eve - 011 three Village Trustees and a Vilthrlr srrv tce tn thr past that they wtll nuunces the fourth and final procluc - ntng. when all memhrrs of the t nard. !age Clerk at the Village ekction to he work for the intere sts o_f. thr cou_ntr~; ..tion of it-; 192 ) _20 season :l~ "Th<.' Fn- c:-.:cept Trustee Paul . A. Hoffman. h~ld Tuesday, April 20. Th 0 sc who are town~, and n?t for a poh.~teal fact10~1. :chanted April." ln· ··J-:lizahctl1." \Hr_e presc·nt and \·otccl tn fayor of the candidates on the Citizens' party ticket, Thr C'omn11ttre of 700. of winch I 1 -. n~d111ann·. \\"hich has no opposition are George . 1 · . 1 1 1 1 Gen. John V. Clinnin is chairman. en- I . nc tH ec 111 t lC ~~a~ tor ·t 11 ~ pro< uc The report of the SC\ver and \\'atrr R Benso;1 Ralph R. Ha.wxhurst and I 1 · 1 1 r 1 1 · , . .I . . .I I · , _ _ _ _ . · · Trustees Ad opt Ordinance for ,Ul est .A rea Se'l.ver c· . dorse s the candidacies of thr follow. f or conn t y ccmmts . toners . . 1n ;~ mrn . . ~!fOil a;e. ~\IICBl 'l'l·e f ·n,o,~:·n pk:~~'l'r~f_a=- I C()llll1littre. Trustl'<.' \\' . \V. DeBerard. l J~hn L. w'itds, for tr. ustce~. and Clyde ·' rs 1,all k c e tunet .HI :-,s I rb;;urman . . , J 'f a\'lor f or V'll .. H r E o '[. · a .H on t }ll' tmprovemcnts t age c Ier k·. Th e po11 1u 1Ia an ·s 01 < vanston ..\ ISS e1en h h . I r ' I'·. . . I I h V'll I 11 Rely on Records ·Sanford of EYanston. and Jfrs. De\\'itt coHn.·ct..J 1!~ , t e a ~1t onze < o r< 11_1auctf, mg plac e wt1 1e . ;:>,t t e 1 agfe 1a . 1 an<1 w1 11 1 \\'illiam Buss<- Mount Pro -1)('ct fnr B 1 f I.k F t , prec<'<1ru t 1e re~H mg- anc1 ac1opttou o as usua. )e open rom 7 .' . · ·and · · prestdrnt . :-. of · the ·tiC .a <' · 1 , ·I · I T rus·t ~e · Hoff- o· c1oc k · · , o5 o'clock commtsstonrr , , lanan . . , . . orcs ,.·.. · . f .. . It H. mra:-nre ~m " 11c 1 tn th e mornm . . , u nt"l 1 · . 1 1 . F 1 · k 'u p fi .1 1 1 I~ e PI a~ s ~ h r d ul L 1s g 1\ ~ 11 cl !'> oll 0 ' ' !'> · , m an a1s 0 r r g-1 :-. t c r e <I a n ega t 1n· ,. o t e. in t h C' a ft c r noon. ~ttnt~ >oarc, rr< enc q· en It ( · Apnl 22. \Vtlmettr: Apnl 23 and 2l: · ---\Jiencoe: Lachlan W. ~fad,can of \\'" tk . A · "'"" H" II · 1 Pa k ., Hoffman cxplatned that hr had re . · . tnne :-t . .. qm 1 ... l), tg 1 <ttH ,r . . d f 1 · ·t p t H. h SCho0 I EYanston.; Dudley DG. Pterson c1f ~lu- April 27, Lakr Forest: .-\J)ril 28 and 20 .· rct\'C'l ~ copy 0 t HH ' r('p~rt ~ttst atsl 1t OS pone 1~ 1 r;~go Hc>tghts. llnd ::re?r~e A. ~[tiler E·vanston. "·a~ . H't_ nr. passe<. r rxp at_nec 1a Parent-Teacher Meeting 1 ot Oak Park, for commJsstonrrs. These he 1:- not opposed to the tmprovc> - I . . . men are at present commissioners. ment. Lnt desired to J.W into thr mat -: .Owmg to a confltct of dates thr "GET OUT AND VOTE" t"r hdorr ,·otin·T Parcnt~r r . P en fi e11 ( was f ormrr Iy n "II age \. furthnr ~ :--. on it. 1-IL' i Gnal New Trier High school h 11 · 1 f Gl 1 · 1 · H.-.r.-.'s· ,·t lt· .~ t of til" aj)J)r< :t,...l " l" -.aid hr felt thrrr i:-. t0u wide a vari~ Teacher assoctatton meetmg, sc · 1 11 11 1 \. \. ' \. ~ ~ --. '\ 'I 16 1 1 1f d C( u en prestc rnt o J encoc anc 1s now c 1au·man of thr Glencoe Plan commission. t>lections in which eyen citizen of a ncr hetwe.t·n the encdneer's estimate I inr .- pn · 1as )Cen c c erre to sbome His recorcl as a county commissioner this commtmit\· will b-e a:-;ke<l to · anrl the 1igurr at which he feels the i nclefini~c date which has. not ~ct ~en is regarded as hig _ht _ ,. p - rogr<·ssive and r::t~t a ballot: :lctua' contr:tct will he let. I <lrtermmecl, though Aprtl 30 ts hemr: 'fr.TTr. 1·· on!»idered, it is announced . \\' 1[ ··' ...;trongly in the interests nf :-\ew TriL·r ! ,.. 1'. ---- ---1 Congregational Men's ] HOLD SCHOOL ELECTION neecl:'. as well as those of the l'ntirl' I ~aturday. :\pril 10-School district rnuntr~· towns district. I election . . High school district Tl K ·t . B d f 1' l election. Club in Anniver~ary I tton . 1<' ~·nt wo;tn oar o. . .( uraJfr. Dus.;c has been a cottntv com I . . elect w 11 be held thts Satur.1 1011 · 1 I Tne~day. Apnl 13 , -PnmarY c 1t'Cmissioncr for 24 years, an< 1 I1as serve< tion (county, state an~! scnaThe ~.fen's club of the Congrrga- daY morning. April to. from 7 unttl prn·iously as president of the hoard. 1 tic·nal church will celebrate its se,·on<l 12 · o'clnck. The pollin('r plarc will be 1 He is seeking r e-election on fhis rr~ j T~~~~:t~ ;,~ April 20 __ \\'ilnwttl' \'il - 1 anni,·ersary Monday evening, April 12. at the Village hall. Arthur T. Mhccount of more t 1 1an a score o years 1 T. ('. Crossley is in charge of enter- Intosh. at !)resent J)residt·tJt of t e !age clrction. s·r n·icc to t h e county. I Tuesday, April lJ-Primar~: clcr t;1inment. Dinner \~ill be served at 7 hoard, ancl Jul.ius A. Peterson, a. memThe Crowe-Barrett-Brunclagc group. ' o'clock. No otlC' wtll be. ser~c~ who I bcr, arr candtdates for rP-<'lcctwn. ('. wit·h Nrw T rieMr .headquarteWrs . estab Tt~~~~~.ayl April 20- Kenilworth Vii - has_ not made. a reservat~on, ~t tS fx- new member. Homer H ..!ohnson, w_ t.ll lishcd at 605 am street, I1mette, 1lamed. Get 111 touch wtth etther '"/. also he Yotrd on. There 1:-: no oppo:st1 lage election. 1 tion. 1 A. Richardson or ]. _ (Continued on page 6) C. Crossley. . I . ° 1 1 1 1 I 1 · · · l 1 1 ·