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f WI L .M· E'fT E LI .F·E Published weekl21 b21 LZo11d HoUlBter Inc., 1UI-1U6 Central At1e., Wflmette, lU.nolB. Bntered a.a 86CO"d olGa· MOtter March 18, 19U, at the f'08t o,/ftee at WUmett~ 1Uinol8, under tl'e Act o.t March 8, 1819. SubecriptW. price 11.00 a fl6ar. . "" .. VOL. XVII. NO. 49 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 31, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS GARDENS WIN AwARDS MAIN STREET DENING .OPEN BIDS NEXT WEEK Drum-Bugle Corps Compete in North Shore People Take . M&D:J FOR NEW M. E. c·nuRCH Will PART OF BIG PROGRAM Prizes in Chicago Tribune Second Legion Procession Annual Home Garden Conteat Building Committee Hopes Improved Highway to Be . WilActual Construction Will Be in Progress Soon Bids will be opened next Tuesday on the proposed construction of the $400,000 Methodist church which is to occupy the site of the present edifice at Lake and Wilmette a\;enues. The drive for funds last spring was ·so successful that detailed plans for the new building have been complet~d without delay. Constructi~n work will begin in the near future, it is stated. In beauty and completenes.; of facilities the new structure, which is to he of Gothic de.;ign both on the exterior and interior. will be one of the outstanding religious centers in the Chicago area. .· Plan Large Auditorium Pla.ns for the building call for a large auditorium completely ·equipped in the most modern fashion. In addition to the auditorium and kindred features, designs for well developed club room facilities for boy .and girl scouts and a neighborhood hall are included in the plans. This hall will have stage facilities suitable for pageantry and dra.matic enterprises and adequate space for gene.ral recreational activities. Another feature of more than ordinary interest will be a small chapel fronting on Lake avenue that is to be kept open always for purposes of private devotions and which will also be especially adaptable for weddings or memorial services. Exp. e rienced Church Builder Dr. Horace G. Smith, pastor of the church, has had wide experience in church work and in the carryirtg out of large building programs. While pastor of the Hemenway Methodist church of Eva.nston he led in the. building of a new $150,000 church, and also directed the building of another church which cost $40,000 while pastor at Glencoe. T. C. Moulding is chairman of the general building committee consisting of tw~nty-five members. Granger and Bollenbacher are the architects. Members of Wilmette Post No. 46 of the American Legion . are looking forward with keen interest to th~ state convention uf the veterans' organization to be held Monday and Tuesday, September 10 and 11, at Waukegan. Because of the convention that week the next regular meeting of the local post has been postponed to Tuesday, September 18. The state convention holds special interest for Wilmette Post this vear in view of the fact that it will ~vitness the first appearance in competition of the Wilmette Post Drum and Bugle corps. The men have been decked out in their brand new uniforms and are ready to compete for the prize awarded in the convention · parade to the drum and bugle corps which cuts the best figure. While still new in this field, Wilmette Post feels confident it will bring back a notable portion of whatever glory is passed around. Since the state convention is to be held within an hour's journey of the village, Wilmette Post expects to have most of its membership at the sessions. That some of the finest flower gardens in the Chicago area may be found along the north shore was again demonstrated ,.;hen announcement was made recently of winners in the Chicago Tribune's second home flower garden contest. Mrs. E. L. Scheidenhelm, 704 Lake avenue, . \Vilmette, is winner of the $150 cash prize for fourth place in the north ~vision of the contest. Cont 'Stants were entered from the north, south and west areas of Chicago and vicinitv, and winners were chosen in each division. Mrs. Louise M. Graves, 570 ] ackson avenue, Glencoe, is the fifth prize winner in the north division and. will receive $100. Twenty-five dollar prizes in the garden contest were won by five other residents of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka. and Glencoe. They are : Mrs. William 0. Belt, 202 Abingdon road, Kenilworth; Edwin S. Youngberg, 428 Ninth street, Wilmette; E. H. Johnson, 127 Church road, Winnetka; Mrs. W. M. Crilly, 606 . l?rovident avenue, Winnetka; and Chester A. Scheidler, 468 Hazel avenue, Glencoe. ] udges of the north division of the home flower garden contest were: Mrs. Leo M. Steele, 250 Vine avenue, Highland Park; Mrs. Morris Woolf, 725 Waverly road, Highland Park; Mrs. Bertram Cahn, 315 South Green Bay road, Lake Forest; and Mrs. ] erome Deimel, Wade avenue; Highland Park. Winners of the first, , second, and third prizes in the contest have not yet been announced, but the north shore is expecting to take more' honors when these winners are made known. mette's ·Section of Great Inter-Community Way Begin Next Week to Construct Big Water Tank Here Joseph Kneip, 1714 Washington ave nue. has received the sub-contract from the Chioago Bridge and Iron Works for the concrete work on the 400,000 gallon capacity steel and concrete water tank to be erected at the west extremity of the Village Green (near Ridge avenue) as an adjunct to the Wilmette Water distribution system. Actual construction work, contract for which was awarded to the· Chicago concern· a few months ago, is to begin next week. The tower will be 65 .feet in height. Mr. Kneip has been in the contracting business in Wilmette for many years, having constructed most of the sidewalks laid in the village in recent years. The new water tank, the outstanding purpose of which is to insure equalization of pressure, represents the first unit · in a comprehensive program of enlargement of the Wilmette water supply system which ultimately contemplates the erection of a municipal water supply plant to be located at some point along the lake front. ,. Kenilworth Club to Hold Golf Tourney Next Week The second annual golf tournament of the Kenilworth club will be held at the Barrington Hills Country club next Thursday afternoon, September 6, beginning at 1 o'clock. It w,ill be an eighteen hole, medal play, handicap match. Prizes will be awarded to the winnet;:s. The number of entries is limited to eighty, according to H. B. Taylor, chairman of the committee in charge .. Members of ~he club have been advised to get their reservations in early. Dr. Frank A. Hosmer to Address Presbyterians Dr. Frank A. Hosmer, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Greenwich, Conn., will occupy the pulpit at the First Presbyterian church Sunday morning, September 2, at the 11 o'clock services. His sermon subject will be, "Is ] esus Christ a Fact?" The Rev. George B. Laird of the Methodists to Observe First Presbyterian church at Coral "College Day" Sept. 9 Gables, Fla., will preach at the local College Day will be observed at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, Wilmette Parish Methodist church September 9. ---------------------------Sunday, September 9. This is an anSECRETARY RETURNS nual event in the parish constituting a Miss Irene Strickler, secretary of tht! .··rally of college people at the morning services prior to their departure Wilmette Chamber of Commerce, refrom the village to resume their turned Monday morning from a week's vacation at Saugatuck, Mich. studies .. Bids will be opened at the Village board of local improvements nteeting with Tuesday evening, September the result that a contract will probably be awarded that evening_for the widening and repaving of Main street into a 52-foot highway that will co~stitute Wilmette's portion of the proposed new inter-community highway extending from McCormick boulevard on the south to the north limits of Glencoe on the north. As announced in last week's issue of WILMtT'tt LIFt, the widening poject was officially approved by the Village board last week following announcement that the assessment for the improvement had been confirmed in court. Main street will be widened and paved with concrete from the south limits at Isabella street to the south line of Elmwood a·venue. It is proposed to later extend the widened thdtoughfare to the Kenilworth south limits. County Pay· Larcer Portion By agreement with the Cook county Highway department, the county will defray the cost of paving forty feet of the 52-foot width while assessed properties will bear the expense of the remaining 12-foot strip. The entire project will entail a cost of ap· proximately $200,000, according to engineers' estimates. As indicated, Main street will eventually become a portion of an inter-community highway, large sections of which have already been completed. Winnetka, for instance, has paved Center street, paralleling the North Western right-of-way on the west POSTOFFICE TO CLOSE from the south limits of that village The. Willl}ette postoffice will be to Elm street, and negotiations are in closed all day on Labor Day next Mon- progress for similar improvement of day, September 3, according to an an- that street north from Elm street to nouncement by PostPlaster ] oseph E. Tower road, Hubbard Woods, where it will join with the widened Linden Shantz. · avenue. Glencoe is proceeding with plans to carry through the widened thoroughfare to join with Green Bay road at the north limits. Kenilworth ·is also approaching an agreement with reference -to constructing its portion The very of the highway to connect with the \Vilmette and Winnetka sections. appearance of Backed by. ·Regional ·Body the printed message This inter-community highway has you send out received the eager endorsement of the Chicago Region·al Plan·ning association tells a man and has for some time been included tvbether or not in the general .highway scheme mapped · out by that organization. it is essential In commenting upon the improveto him ment Robert Kingery of Winnetka, . secretary of the Regional Planning association, makes the point, that the proposed highway is not to be regarded as a "truck highway." The fact that trucks may use it makes it no different from any other street on the north shore except Sheridan road, he explains, adding that most of the LLOYD HOLLISTER truck traffic which wants to go to INC. Waukegan or beyond, for example, Printtr· md Publithtrt takes the highways to the ' west instead of the shore tine str.eets. It is Wilmette 4300 those trucks, both large and small, that make local stops in each business center along the north shore that will (Continued on Page 8) 4; L