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WILMET .T E A J!Veekly VOL. XVI, NO. 19 LIFE PRICE FIVE CENT~ News-lHa~azine \VlL!\~ET'l'E, for Wilmette and Kenilworth ILLINOIS, FEBRCARY 4, 1927 $86,000 ROAD PAVING --- ISTUDY WATER SUPPLY I PROGRAM IN PROGRESS\Commi~sion I 1 D~nies Plea of Wa!er Company: W1lmette Must Get B·gger Supply from Evanston · At Sunday Club HARPER URGES MERGER OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS Civic Luncheon Group Told of Cumbersome Operation of Present Five Districts Streets in Southwest Area to Be 1 · \Yith tht' i. ~u~mcc of a certificate of Improved ; Board A5 k 5 E sb! ron,·cniencc ancl nt-ce -;~it ,. to the Greatmate on Forest Avenue Icr Chicag" l.<1kC' \\'a te;- company by the lllin (Ji-; t·tilitics commi sion this The largest unit of street paving e\·er 1':·cck. ::nd tht· d<'ni<l_l _of a s!mibr ccr1r()\,. many school cli strict s shaH umlcrtak c n in \\'ilmett e. is tu he I tdicatc 1 .<: till' ~1 11111 C' 1 pa1 \\ atcr rn_m\ t hvre be in \Yilmctt e? 1a11 11cll 1 ·c! ll\· tlw \ 'ill :w(' thi.., -,pr:ng pany, \\ Jlmvtt _c ~ chailCt'S of ~cnmng This was the subje ct of the discuswhen all thorouo-hfares in the so uth- \ ":ater ~uppl _, . tr(lm ~ourrt>~ other than . _b l \ "11 . l·,,·anstClll \\'(·1 11 ao·lm1111t'rlllg. sion at the regular Janua ry meeting \\' l'-,t ~l'C11 ')11 nl t H' I <lgl', c< ht ot 1 ' "'; . . . R'd f 111 T 1 1 ' · 1 f0 .\nnoullrt'l11L'lll rll the derts1011 ot the of \\'ilmettc civic luncheon s, held last 1 1 1 11 · r- :tate commis.:.ion rendered Tuesda,· of ~ gc aH:nuc, ,~ a r Y ~~;,own mer years as 0 1<1 a 1 lOllla arc 1o 1 1e . · .· Friday noon at the University club of . , 1 'J'l , · , · .-' .- 1 · _, .. th is week. \\;t-; made to the \'11lage pa' ct. 1e cnt1rc pro) Let "1 1 1 CJH c- . 1 'f \\ ' \\' l) ) Chicago. A large group of \ Vilmctte 1 1)\' . ly ·oar< rtl,tt ·t· (.' 1;('r'tf( . 1· sent an cxpeiH1 1turc o f approxllnate . · . · · ' · l 1 cha1rman ot the -,ewer ;t11d \r:ttvr rnm- . I re id en ts \\'ere present and J. R. Har$R6 ,000 , '\c,ror< rtng. t o \ "'111. age p t'l'sH tn mittce. · 1 per. superint en dent of the Wilmette Orner. I he tnntorv lies west frc>lll lt - 1 · t. 'f J) - 1 1 · s f rom \\ .. l : :-, a re~u 01 t 11~ aL· 1011. ·' r. t'- · 1Jt 1 ~trct:t an< exte11< 1 1 Jnt'ltc 1 ·p 1 1· 1 1 'I · · 1 Public ~rhools was the principal a\·cnue ' Outh to Tsahclla street. ·~Tar< exp aJIJt·<: t lt' -' unicJpa . . . \\ att·r cnmpany will enter ;u1 appea l speaker. Street'~ mcludtd 111 the "' 1 ~~c~prca,d which n,> doubt, '" ill 1nark the first )Jr. IIarp<:r hroaght out that there improHnH·nt project ar_l' \\ llmctt e s ~tep in litig:ttion that \\·ill JlCl~tpone inarc now ftve eh:lllentarv school districts l!alf of) sahclla strcc·t; HIll ~t rl'l't \\· c~t I dcf1nitely th~, est abiishnwnt r)f anv sen-ing \Vilme tte. Eva;tston covers the 1 ~rom l:th street; Gregory <n· 'nue \\'~·.s t ~-l·ncral ~ul>urban water suppl y sy. tern 1 di:-;trict east of the Drainage canal, and tr<·111 bth ~tred; loth street from\\ d-, uch a-.: ,, ..1..; proposed b\' cit hn (li the I 1· ·1 tl 11 t' ttl t 111ttte a \ 't'tltH' tn 1-,ahl'lla: l't·ntral P:t" k ~'Oil('··'~- ~·,., 1.'1, C!U""tt'o . ll . I ·\lt otl best ' \ \.et11I "f·o iC. 11 atsmta sec JOn ~fh le wtes . \ .. , '_., . . Packard. one of the en< o 1es nu avenue. ese er. ~l\:e~ll.1 L' tronl _~ .1 h 11_~:ttl' a'·:· .11 l1L: t~> . ! ~;~ \\'il.mctte i" dir~dly affected in that k~wwn ~·artoonists in America and ritorie:-; are closer to the other school 1 ~h ll ,t. 17t1 1 s!tttt t.o111 \\dm ctt( :t\l · the tunc ha: arrtvccl when adcquate , otten rcltrrcd t o :1s the ::-.ucces:or of di:--trich than to \Vilmctt e. The ques nt~~· t() 1-,;tlH' lLl: and h·rnlt-af tr0111 \\':ttcr supp ly must be ohtain Gd to take Frank Beard , will present hi s program I tion raised, however, had to do with the \\ ,1,lmette an11tH' to r~ahclla. . ' ca_rc of the ,·ast territory \\·est of entit led. "The ::\fa ~ter Painter," Sun- \\·isdom of planning to consolidate the llw l!l'IH.'ral pn,~·T;tm al-,n 1n clud ··, I~1dgc aYcnue, in addition t o the area day night. February 6, at the \Vii- Cro~~ Point and the Avoca school disthe rx ten s10n of T"ahe lb st re et to no\\' supp lie<l. mett c Sundav EYening dub. This is trict s with the \Vilmette system. 'fhe Rid ge a\'enue. \\'hich nerc~ si tat es ronThe hoard immediate!\' in str ucted l1i~ n:li"·ious ·program and hi s draw- large territory lying west of Ridge dl.'11l natirn1 11i ., . ..,,ri11 of hnd. Trustee DeBcrard to confer with £,-_ ings \\'ill be of much intncst in this· avenue and added to vVilmettc within Proceedings Under Way anston in the matter of securing facil- connection. thi is the tirst time that the past fc\\' years is for the most part Proceeding~ pertaining- to the . e im - ities for an increased \\'atcr supply to I a cartooni::.t has appear~d on a \Vil- not served b,· \Vilmette chools beprovemcnts arc pro.~·ressing- ..;a tisfac- t_nc.et the d_emand s of tl~e very ncar l liH: tt~ Suuclay ~Ycning cl~b program. cause it lies . outside the \Vitmette torily, according to President Orner. iuture. 1\Iams now feedmg the \Vil- It wlll be a ulllquc and htghly worth- school district. so that actual work wilt he in prog·ress mcttc territory arc at their full capac- while eveni1~·. it is promised. The in the ncar future. · ity, it was explained. soloist next Sunday e\'cning wilt b~ Advises Early Action \i\' ith this important program well The Municipal \Vater company had :\liss Da\\'n Hulbert. It was pointed out that as this terttnderway, the Village hoard, Tuesdav proposed to supply i ·atcr to north rito.ry is developed better than the or this ~:eck. rot lowed alon~r. at the shore, northwest and west suburbs. present school planb in that territory sugge~tion of Trustee \V. \V. DrBcrard The intake was to be in the lake off " . would be needed. lf plans are delayed with a request for an engineer's esti- the \Vilmettc shore. The Greater Chiconsiderably, property for additional mate on the cost of paving Forest a\·e- cago Lake Water company has a propschool sites in that territory would not nue between Sheridan road and its osition of supplying the suburbs from he available except at almost prohibiwestern terminus at 15th strr-ct. This a point off Chicago. Members of St. Augustine's Epis- tive prices. thoroug·l1fare is itl (lrplorable cot1 di--------i copal parish ·are to enjoy a social eveN. J. Miller, president of the Gross tion. Mr. De Berard declared, and must Jning toget11er 'Vedn_esday, Febru~ry Point district, said that bit by bit, that he imDrovcd v.1ithout delay. It was ' 9. under the destgnatton of a "Partsh district had lost territory until now it stated hy President Orner that. since Sociable." served only sixy-five pupils and its taxthe construction of the street is merely The progra 111 is to contain some- ing power was materially reduced. He 1 brick on a cushion of sand, resurfacing Ithing of interest to the older persons. advocated consolidation with the Avoca A spe~ia~ entertainment, .including district, choosing a central site in the woulrl he inadvisable and at best The. w.ork of the Regional Planning 1 merely a temporary makeshift. The AssociatiOn and, more particularly, the 1 the mysttfymg arts of a conJuror and new ter~ritory and perhaps merging hoard was agreed that an entirely new ::\IcCormick boulevard project, in which ! motion picture comedies, is in store for with Wilmette some time a number of pavement of the most modern type \Vilmette and all llMth · lwre yi11;1gPs 'j the youngsters. years hence .. was nctessary. arc vitally interested, will be subjects . Following ~he childr~n's l.10ur, there }-{ave School Program What About Main Street? of talks by W. W. DcBcrard and Roh- Jis to he danctng and hndge 111 the ParIra Reynolds of the Wilmette Plan T 1 ~ 11 ~ t,. ,. n .. J~ ,. .-; 1 rr1 . ,, .1,iJ,. Jll tht' ert Kingery at the February meeting ish Honse. Refreshments will be commission pointed out that the plan subject of street improvements made of the Wilmette Chamber of Com- served. the commission is now working on inquiry into the status of th~ Main merce. The meeting will he held at The "Parish Sociable" i!' to en!ail no contemplates the laying out of new -=tre('t wirf,,,;,,_ '1'1'1 n;.,-;, .. nrn;··rt. His the Central Cafeteria, Monda\' eYe- I cost to the members of the partsh. school sites according to the prosnuestion brought the information that ning, Fehrnan· 7. at 8 o'clock. . I pcctive growth in population in the the matter was still in court and that Mr. DeBcr;~rd is a member of the Semi-Annual Dollar Days IH"" territory. favorable action was anticipated in the \\'ilmctte Village board and is also S h d 1 d f F b 14 15 , ·H · h · l not far distant future. Mr. DeBerard consulting engineer of the Regional . . . C e U e or e :. .vlr. arpN parttcu1ar 1y emp astzcc '(·1 1 1>c)rl,·. Senu-annual Dollar Days wtll be oiJ- that one unified district under 1 tarrd that this improvement was im- Pl .ctlllll.l1" 'e·c ("-. ,· 1 ~' .' <l" ' 1',· 1 t 1'r)tl, 11 t' ,,-], 1 · 1 one d perativc since \.Vilmette stood in dan- _'Mr. Kingery, \Yho resides in \Vinnetk~. ~erved by th~. merchants of Willllette management would be econonnca an 1 :\I on cia_\· and I ue:-;da,_·, February 14 and perhaps could plan better for · g-rr o f Iosmg 1cr :1ppropriation from 1s tl1e secretary. . · 11 the · the county. which, he said. mav deride Both arc well informed conccrnin" 15, it was announced this week at th\? needs of all \Vilmette, espccta Y m sooi1 to abandon its interest. in the these ~uhjects and what they will ha\·~ o~ices oi . the \Yiltuctte Chamber of the deYolopment of the equivalent of a Main street project for the present. to say \\'ill he of vital interc!'t to every Commerce. junior high school and in the co-operaand lend its aid to other communitie" llll'mber of the Chamber, it is an-~ These !:>j)ecial bargain cYents of sev- tion of all Wilmette taxing bodies in that :1re clamoring for cnunh· aid in nounced. cral years' standing in the village have the present recreation program. , their road programs. ).fain street, he nc,·cr failed to attract a large repre\Vilmette civic luncheons. as an orasserted. \V~ts holding back an imporPERMIT TAG DAY sentation of shoppers to the many ganization, has now entered its second t;=~nt rn 11 ,1,. ,.,....,d .,,.(",.,.,. .. ,, The Chicago Federated Charities, a stores and shops and this season's ye;tr. It has more than 125 members, Delay on the Main street program recognized \Yelfarc agency serving the event is expected to be no exception ali of whom arc residents of the village. Meetings arc held the last Frihas been caused primarily by condem- city and suburbs, has been granted per- to that rule. nation proceedings over the ]. E. mission by the Village board to conThe Chamber of Commerce sponsors dav of each month. Just now the memDemnsc,· n.rr>nr>rtv ...,t tlw northern ex- duct its cus-tomary Tag Day in Wil- Dollar Days and a specia l committee be~s are conducting a campaign to tremity ::>f Main· ~treet, it was stated mette t~is y~ar. This permit is granted has been placed in charge of arrange- double the membership among persons by President Orner. each year. ments for the days. interested in \tVilmette civic affairs. 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1 St. A ugus ·t;ne's to Hold "Sociable" at Parish House Feb. 9 c. R of c. to Hear . / P/ egzona anntng E F b l xperts e ruary . j'