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.... -.. WILMETTE VOl~. NO. XVIII. .L I ·FE PRICE FIVE CENT~ NO. 4 WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, .OCTOBER, 19, 1928 TWO.MOVIE HOUSES IN OPEN SUNDAY FORUM Jackson Chosen aa Leader of PROSPEtT FOR VWGE Glena Diacuaaion Group at Firat · ConareMidwest-Paramount to Reopen Central Theater; Meyera Selecta Theater Site Wilmette will have a motion picture theater in operation within the next two months, according to plans announced this week. It became definitely known that the Midwest-Paramount company of Chicago through its representative, W. A. Schaedla, has leased the old Central theater building on Ce9tral avenue from A. J. Weisberg, 388 Woodlawn avenue, Glencoe, owner of the building. The transaction was made through the real estate office of F. Coleman Burroughs in Wilmette. The new occupants contemplate the opening of the rebuilt theater .:;tructure about December 1. The theater will be practically new when finished, since tentative plans call for a complete remodeling of the exterior and redecoration of the interior. The building was la.:;t used for motion pictures ahout twelve years ago. Locates Theater Site Simultaneously with the announcement that ~he old theater building on Central avenue is to be remodeled and made into an attractive film house, came a s t a t e m e n t from Sam C. Meyers, manager of the Teatro del Lago, to the effect that the site for his proposed new Wilmette theater has been definitely selected and that the announcement of the location is necessarily delayed until the deal for the property is definitely closed. Mr. Meyers ha3 promised to erect a building that will harmonize with the residential atmosphere of the village and one that will be the equal of any theater building on the north shore. He plans to begin construction of the building as soon as the deal for a site can be closed and the contract awarded. Adopt Sunday Law The la3t obstacle in the way of seven-day motion pictures in the village was removed Tuesday night when the Village board adopted the amending ordinance drawn up by Village Attorney Jackson legalizing the showing of motion pictures here after noon on Sund_ ays. The Sunday movie question had been the subject of heated discussion for several months until the special referendum vote on Sept em her 25 showed that citizens of the village were in favor of the Sunday shows by a majority of 1894 to 1165. aational Church Next Ticket Winners Headed for Champaign A steady procession of aspirants for free tickets for that Northwestern-Kentucky game waited upon the good offices of our Football Contest Editor this week. Three persons among the scores of contestants qualified for the coveted ducats. Here they are : Jeanette Sfott, 917 Greenleaf avenue, Wilmette. E. Ericsson, 1079 Gage street, Hubbard Woods. George Benson, 210 Melrose, Kenilworth. And just listen to this ! Winners of the contest for next week will receive tickets for the Northwestern-Illinois game at Champaign, October 27. The contest closes at noon tomorrow. Read the contest rules on Page 10. ST. ·JOHN'S LUTHERAN .CHURCH IN 25TH YEAR _...,... The Forum, a discussion group for adults at the First Congregational church, which was started last spring, got underway again last Sunday, when a large and enthusiastic group met for organization. Dr. Frank 0. Beck of Evanston who was the leader before discussed the topic "Can We Christia·lize Modern Culture?" Glenn Jackson, a new resident of Wilmette, is to be leader of the Forum this year. Mr. Jackson was formerly a member of the National Council of the Y. M. C. A. with headquarters in New York, and was in charge of :11l of the high school work of the association. At the meeting last Sunday various questions were suggested by the members and these will be used to form a basis for discussion for the future meetings of the group under the general S\lbject oi "Problems Every Christian Faces." Such questions as "What is the Church~s business?"; "To what extent should the church take part in matters of politics, the prohibition problem, etc.?" ; "What is the efficacy of Church attendance?"; "What ~s the significance of church federations and where is denominationalism getting us?" and others suggest matter for lively and valuable discussions in the Forum. This group meets im~nedi atel~ following the church service on Sunday morning. 11uiving Wilniette Church to Observe Silver Jubilee With Week of Special Services Beach Membership I Confined Almost Wholly to Wilmette Board Ponders Lighting of Lake, Glenview Roads Wilmette 1019 Evanston J.U · Chicago 26 Discussion of the proposed lighting Oak Park 5 of Lake avenue and Glenview road Glenview 4 St. John's Lutheran church, Wilmette and Park avenues, inaugurates; Sunday October 21, a week of special, observa'nces, commemorating the 25th anniversary of its inception as a struggling Lutheran mission. Anniversary observances will include three special services on Sunday. and evening meetings throughout th.e week with every department of parash activity making its contribution to the program. Several visiting ministers will assist the Rev. Herman W. Meyer, pastor of the church since 1913, in con- · ducting the various meetings. A complete program of the Anniversary · week observances is to be found on the Church Page in this issue of WILMETTE LntE. · An interesting history of St. John's Lutheran church has been published in an anniversary booklet prepared under the supervision of ~f r. Meye~ as a Silver J ubitee token. Herewith are Harry W. Hopp, secretary of the quoted a few extracts from the bookWilmette Park district, announces let: Plant s ·eed In 1811 further interesting statistics concerning "The beginnings of St. John's Evangel· the 1928 season at the Wilmette bath- ical Lutheran church take us back to ing beach, which is supervised by the the summer of 1893. At the request of several Lutheran people living In WUPark board mette, pastor J. D. l\latthlus, then In Beach memberships, Mr. Hopp indi- charge of Bethlehem Evangelical Lucates, which totalled 1176 for the sea- theran church at Evanston, came here on Sunday afternoon, August 27, 1893, son. were divided among communities and conducted the first Lutheran . service as follows: ever held in Wilmette. This servace was Winnetka 3 Austin 2 Glen Ellyr. 1 Villa Park 1 D~erfield -1 west to Harms road was taken up at the regular meeting of the Village board Tuesday night of this week. The plans submitted by the public service company called for thirteen lamps on Lake avenue and twenty-five on Glenview road, each of 250 candle power and with a span of 360 feet. Ernest C. Cazel, chairman of the streets and alleys committee, which has been studying the proposition, reported that Glenview feels unable to light its portion of the highways at the present time. The matter was laid over until a later meeting of the board. These statistics would seem to counteract rather conclusively the contention in some quarters that Wilmette beach memberships are held principally by out-of-town people, since of the total of 1176 memberships only 177 arc recorded as other than Wilmette residents. Name Michael Kloepfer Huerter Post Commander Michael Kloepfer has been elected commander of the P. ]. Huerter Post No. 669 of the American Legion. Attached to the 33rd D i vi s ion, Mr. Kloepfer saw active duty in various great offensives of the World war including battles at the St. Mihiel and Verdun fronts. New officers of Peter ]. Huerter post will be installed at a dinner and meeting Tuesday evening, November 13, it is announced. lt begins on page Practice for Play to Be Given Early Next Mont~ Practices are being held for a threeact comedy farce, "Bless His Little Heart " which the Korwyn-Gamron Playe~s will ·present on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, November 8, 9, and 10, under the auspices of the Wilmette Volunteer Fire department. The play was written by Benaiah Franklin Clarke. 51 of this issue ' St. Francis P. T. A. Will Hear Judge W.·J. Lindsay Judge William J. Lindsay of Chi · · cago will be the speaker at a meeti1ag of the St. Francis Parent-Teacher association to be held in the St. Francis school hall Friday afternoon, October 26, ~t 3 o'clock. He will discu·ss child problems, it is announced, and the association has requested a largr attendance of members and friends. ANSWER ONE FIRE CALL The Wilmette Fire department made only one run during Fire Prevention week last week, Fire Chief Walter Zibble reports. The department was called out when a fence in an alley caught fire. The blaze was .extinguished with minimum damage. The HOME and Its ENVIRONMENT held in a real estate office on Central avenue just east of the Northwestern railroad tracks. . . . . Services were held thereafter every second Sunday afternoon from 1893 to 1896, but only during the winter months. In 1896 Pastor F. Knief, then assistant at Zion church, Chicago, took over the work here, and su~ceeded in organizing a congregation, which, however. was short lived. About this time the meetings were transferred to a lodge hall on West Railroad avenue, and a little later to the old Library hall on the northwest corner of Wilmette and Central avenues. Pastor B. Burfeind was next in charge of this mission. During his period of service, from 1898 to 1902 the congregation met first in the base'ment of the old Methodist church at Lake a venue and Eleventh street and later at Jones hall, Wilmette avenue near Main street. Small Flot.k Falters "A discouraging chapter in the history of this mis~lon followed. fn July, 1902, Pastor Burfeind had to give up his work on account of sickness. The little flock simply disbanded, and its various members joinE-d neighboring Lutheran churches. Further than an occasional pastornl visit nothing was done to foster the mission' for over a year. In the fall of 1903 Pastor Matthius was asked to make another missionary attempt at Wilmette. A meeting was subsequeqtly held at the home of Mr. John Bogla on Central avenue, November 8, 1903, ·where, with twelve present, a congregation was organized and a constitution adopted. The congregation then asked that a vicar be sent here -to devote his entire time and energy to the work at WUmette. F. H. Kretzschmar, a student at the Sprlngfteld ·Seminary, was appointed. With his comIng in January, 1904, the field developed from a mere preaching station Into a real mission. The work prospered beyond expectations, so that when Mr. KreUIIcbmar left in November, 1904, to resu~e his studies, the congregation had decided to call Its own pastor, on condition that the work be subsidized by the Board of Missions. This was granted and on March 19, 1905, Pastor VIctor Richter was Installed as the first resident pastor. P·rellase CJa·rell ProJflRJ' "Soon after the new pastor's coming the congregation decided on the purchase of the corner at Linden and Prairie avenues for the erection of a church. Services (Continued on Page 9)