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·WI LM E'r T E VOL. XVII, NO. 45 Publiahed toeeklu bu Lloyd Hollister Inc., 1U!-1U6 Ce·tral Ave... WGmette., lm·ot.. Bfttered " eecoftd olaee matter March 1~, 19!-t, at the post office at Wilmette, Illinois, u·der the Aot of Jlaroh 1, 1879. Subaoript4oft. ,nee 11.00 a. t~ea.r. LIFE PRICE FIVE CENTS WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 3, 1928 Call to Wilmette Day Frolic Next Wednesday POPULARITY CONTEST REACHES FINAL STAGE Jane Krier and Howard Herbon in Vanguard of Wilmette Day King, Queen Aspirants Jane Krier and Howard Her bon, leaders in the race for popularity honors in Wilmette, were still ahead when the latest returns were checked. The figures corrected to Saturday, July 28, showed that Miss Krier was leading her nearest opponent by 147,100. In the boys' race Herbon was ahead by 36,100. Interest in the popularity contest . has grown steadily during the last two weeks. This is shown by the fact that when last week's figures were compiled only eleven girls had more than 25,000 votes, whereas this week nine girls boasted more than 100,000 votes. Monarch· for a Day The winners of the popularity contest will not be announced publicly before the parade on Wilmette Day, it was decided this week. The luckv girl and boy will reign supr.eme a's queen and king of Wilmette Day and all the honors befitting such a celebration will be heaped upon them. T. L. Seavey, 1135 Greenleaf avenue, of the Wilmette Pontiac agency, will provide a Pontiac sport roadster and a chauffeur for the use of the king and queen. They will ride in this car in the parade and will have it at their disposal throughout the entire day. The Schack Artificial Flower company has been engaged to · send a special representative to decorate the car. Entertain Royally The Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the popularity contest, has arranged regal entertainment fot the king and queen from the parade in the morning to the awarding of the grand prize just before midnight. They will be present at the awarding of prizes for the afternoon events. They will be guests of the Chamber at both luncheon and dinner. The popularity contest closes tomorrow. Following is the standing of the leading contestants corrected to Saturday, July 28: Conteat Standing Girls having 100,000 votes or ·moreJane Krier, 1707 Elmwood avenue . .. ... .. .. . ... . . . ... . . . .. 720,700 Margaret Huerter, 2023 Schiller avenue ... .. . . .. ·- · ...... . .. . . 573,600 Marcella Kummer, 1706 Washington avenue . ......... .. .. ·. 349,400 Clara Rosberger, 1159 Wilmette avenue .... ·- ··· . .. .. .... .. ... 279,200 Isabel Haskin, 1465 Wilmette avenue . . .. ... . . .. . ..... . .... 191,600 Dorothy Taylor, 1323 Central avenue ..... . .... . . . ..... . ... 175,200 Elizabeth Kaspar, 215 Fifteenth street ... ... .... . ........ . . . . 171,400 Elsie Patterson, 436 Prairie avenue .......... .. , . ....... ... . . 153,300 Anna J. Borre, 535 Park avenue . . . ... .. ... .. . . .. .. .. ... . 124,000 Boys having 50,000 votes or more- PLAN UNIQUE . PARADE Wilmette Playground Group Prepare for Keen Prize Competition in Wilmette Day Procession Wilmette Day Events at a Glance 9 a. m.-Band concert. 9 :30 a. m.-Parade. GREAT STREET PARADE INAUGURATES PROGRAM Events of Day to Include Coa. c:erts, Childrea'a Proceuioa, Field Eveota, Dance Wilmette is all se"t for the biggest day of the year next Wednesday, August 8, when the annual village-wide celebration known .a s Wilmette Day will be observed. A gorgeous parade in the morning, an equally interesting children's parade in the afternoon, baseball games, races, open ait dancing, and numerous other features will be high spots m the day's program. Opening with a concert by the Deerfield municipal band at 9 o'clock in the morning in the central business district, the celebration will get into full swing at 9 :30 as · the parade starts from the Village hall. Twenty floats had been entered in the parade by Wednesday noon of this week and more entries were expected, indicating that the procession would surpass · in size and attractiveness anything of its kind ever witnessed .in the village. Line of March The line of march was announced this week. It will be as follows : eut on Central avenue to Sixth ·~ aouth on Sixth to Linden aveaue, on Linden to Fourth atreet, aorth oa Fourth to Lake aveaue, west on Lake to Seventh atreet, aorth on Seventla to Sheridan road, aorth oa Sheridaa to Kenilworth aveaue, west to Cumaor road, south on Cumnor road continu· ing on Cheatnut aveaue to Thirteenth atreet, aouth on Thirteenth to Lake avenue, acroaa .the tracb to Maia. atreet, aouth on Maia atreet to Wilmette avenue, weat on Wilmette avenue to Ridae, north on Riqe to the Village Green, where the parade wiD diaband on Lake avenue. Award 12 Prizes A total of twelve prizes will be given to participants in the paradethree for the best decorated pleasure cars, three for the best decorated Wilmette truck or float, three for the best decorated · out-of-town truck or float, and three for the most humorous entries. Judges of the parade will be Village President Earl E. Orner the six Village trustees, E. C. Cazel, 'Paul· A. Hoffman, Hans vonReinsperg Gordon F. Wilson, C. M. McDonald,' and Albert L. Grinnell, and the two bank presidents, J tidson F. Stone of the Wilmette State bank, and E. B. Knudtson, of the First National bank. A base ball game at 12 :30 between the Wilmette Ice company and the Ridge Electric company, outstanding rivals in the Wilmette playground baseball league, will be followed by a second band concert by the . Deerfield municipal band at 1 o'clock. Playground Groupa Compete The children's parade at 1 :30 at the Village Green promises to be a gala event. Playground groups of twenty· five or more, groups of less than twen(Continued on Page 6) Next week's program on the playgrounds will be devoted largely to preparation for the Wilmette Day parade. Each of the four playgrounds will be represented with large delegations at the afternoon children's parade and a playground float is being prepared for the morning parade. The Pied Piper of Hamlin, Mother Goose characters, colored minstrels and other familiar characters will be dramatized by the several playgrounds. The officials of the Wilmette Day committee have offered a prize of a theater party at the Teatro del Lago for the best representation of more than twenty-five in the afternoon parade The first prize also carries with it the playground cup which must be won by a single playground three times before it is awarded .t hat playground permanently. The Beach playground with a dramatization of Mother Goose characters won the cup last year, the first year it was awarded. Following the Wilmette Day procession, the next to the last Villagewide activity for the year will be conducted Thursday afternoon at the Vattman Park playground. The contest will be for senior boys in fungo hitting, a new activity introduced this year in order to provide the boys on the playground an equal chance in point winning with the girls for whom there have been more activities in the past. The handicraft for the eighth and next to the last week of the summer playgrounds will be flower-making Specimens will be niade for the final exhibit of the playground handicraft work which is' to be held the following week in a down-town store. In the final exhibit, all articles that have been made on the playgrounds will be placed on exhibit to enable parents of the children to see them. The final week, beginning August 13, will be crowded. All prize awards will be announced that week. The annual Wilmette Water carnival, held under the joint direction of the Wilmette Beach and the Wilmette Playground and Recreation board, will take place August 15. The final Beach Day and swimming awards presentation will take place August 17. And in addition the annual playground picnic will be held during the week although no definite date has been set for it. The pl~grounds will close August 18. BOARD MEETS AUGUST 8 The regular monthly meeting of the Kenilworth Village board will be held Wednesday night, August 8. 12 :30 p. m.-Playground baseball. 1 p. m.-Band concert. 1 :30 p. m.-Children's· parade. 2 :30 p. m.-E.,aces. 4 7 p. m.-Baseball game. Wit. vs. Kenosha. p. m.-S e 1e c t ions by Drum and Bugle Corps. p. m.-Open air dancing. 8 Miss Anne L. Whitmack, Librarian, on Duty Again Miss Anne L. Whitmack, librarian at the Wilmette public library, returned Sunday night from her vacation. She left Wilmette on June 17 and spent six weeks at West~rn Reserve university, Cleveland, studyi~g German. Miss Whitmack also visited a friend at Detroit before returnin~ "I'm glad to be back," was her comment as she was seen about her duties Monday morning. A new order for books was made on Monday, the names of which wiU be announ~ed later. eut So much depends upon your choice of a printer . .. ' ..... · INC. · Howard Herbon, 919 Twelfth street .. ... .. .. : . . ......... . .. 168,500 Leon Steffens, 1525 Wilmettl avenue ... .. .. . .. . .... . ...... 132,400 Chester Hanson, 822 Elmwood avenue ... ... ...... .. .... .... 61,600 Arthur Meier, 2107 Washington avenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55,200 LLOYD HOLLISTER Printers and Publishers Wilmette 4 3o o