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December ·7, 1928 WILMETTE ·- ··- 3 j ~ AnnoaaceSpeciaiEieetiooDe- The Village board at its regular cember IS to Fm Vacancy on meeting Tuesday evening of this week adopted an ordinance authorizing the High School Board Arthur]. Taylor, 835 Central avenue~ Wilmett~, has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the New Trier High School Board of Education caused by the death r~cently of Leslie F. Gates. Mr. Gates' successor will be chosen at a special election in New Trier township Saturday, December 15. His unexpired term runs until April, 1930. Mr. Taylor, who has been a resident of Wilmette for more than twenty years, is general manager of the American Slicing Machine company of Chicago. He is a director of the Wilmette State bank. Two of his sons are New Trier graduates. Polla ()pea After Nooa Polling places for the special election will be open from 12 o'clock noon u!lt.il 5 P: m. The township has been d1v1ded ·mto five precincts for purposes of the election as follows : Precinct No. 1: All that part of New Trier Township High School District within the corporate limits ot the Village of Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois. Precinct No. 2: All that part of New Trier Township Hfgh School District within the corporate limits of the vnlage of Winnetka,· Cook County, Illinol~. Precinct No. 3 : All that part of New Trier Township High School District within the corporate limits ot the Village of Kenllworth, Cook County, IIUnols. Precinct No. 4: All that part of New Trier Township High School District within the corporate limits of the VIllage of Wilmette, east of Ridge avenue and Including the east side of Ridge avenue, together with that portion of unincorporated territory situated In t.he Township of New Trier to the north of and adjacent to the VIllage of Wilmette and bounded by Lake Michigan on the east and the corporate limits of the Villages of Kenilworth and Wilmette on the north, west and south-being that territory consisting of 18 acres more or less and commonly known as "No Man'a Land." Precinct No. 5: All of that' part of New Trier Township Hlgk. ;School Dis· trict not included in the above precincts Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, the boundaries of which are as follows : On the north, the north limits of the Township ; on the west, the west limits of the Township ; on the south, the south limits of the Township ; and on the east, the west limits of the Villages of Glencoe, Kenllworth, Winnetka, and Ridge Avenue, Wilmette. List Polliag Places Following are the polling places in each precinct : Precinct no. 1-Central school, Greenwood and Hazel avenues, Glencoe ; precinct no. 2-Horace Mann school, Elm and Chestnut streets, Winnetka; precinct no. 3Kenilworth Assembly hall, 410 Kenilworth avenue, Kenilworth ; precinct no. 4-Wilmette Village hall, Wilmette ; and precinct no. 5-Village hall in the former village of Gross Point. A. J. TAnOR NOME Trustees Approve With FOR NEW TRIR BOARD NewAgreeme~tt Public Service Co. ~Wilmette Homea to Invite OrpbaaaonChriatmuDay Children from the Lake Bluff orphanage will be guests in Witmette homes on Christmas Day. Several scores of the youn_ g sters will Public Service Company of ·Northern arrive in the village on a special Illinois to construct, operate and mainNorth Shore line train early in the tain an ele~tric light and power sysmorning of the holiday to enjoy the te111 in the village for a period of day amid genuine home surroundtwenty-five years. The ordinance, . ~f- ings. fective December 15, 1928, represents The custom of entertaining the the formal renewal of agreement be- orphans ·at Yuletide-in .vogue here tween the Village and the public utiltty for nearly twenty years-has found c~mpany. favor with scores of Wilmette Under the new ordinance \','ilmette households, especially among those consumers enjoy the same rat\!S ·ob- which have no children. This entertaining in 167 communities served by the Public Service company, repre- prise is under the supervision of senting a slight reduction from the . the Philathea class of young women rates in · effect under the expiring in the Wilmette Parish Methodist agreement with the company. Rates church. are charged, the ordinance,. stipuhtes, Detailed announcement of the in accordance with- the rate schedules plans for this year will be published on file ·with the Illinois Commerr.c in next week's issue of WILMt'l"l"t Lirt. Commission. The new ordinance carries the stipulation that the Public Service company shall extend its underground apIn · S 1ma paratus at the rate o£.2,500 feet d.uring each five-year old penod of the life of the contra~t. The ordmance was recommended by Trustee Hans VOl\ Reinsperg, chairman An error in the engineer's ccmi>utaof the Public Service committee of the tion of cost estimate on the ForVillage board. est avenue repaving project carried through last summer, has been respon- LIME SYMPHONY IN · : CONCERT NEXT IONDAY Marian ~ ..Taleatecl Colored Contralto, to Be Soloist With Orchestra The. New Trier Township Orchestral association announces th~ .s econd concert of the seventh season of orchestral concerts by the Little Symphony orche.stra of Chicago, George Dasch, conductor, to be given M.Ontiay evening, December 10, at 8:15 o'clock in the New Trier High school auditorium. The soloist for this concert will be Marian Anderson, gifted young colored contralto. Miss Anclerson was born in Philadelphia. At an early age she showed signs of a real contralto voice and the Peoples' Choral society of Philadelphia encouraged her to 3 tudy. She was graduated from the Southern High school of Philadelphia at the age of eighteen and within a short time be came the pupil of Guiseppe Boghetti, the New York and Philadelphia vocal teacher, who has taught and guided her ever since. Soloist With Symphoiaj' Her first big appearance was as solo ist with the Philharmonic Symphony society of Philadelphia. This was followed by a song recital in Town Hall, New York, where such critics as w. 1. Henderson called her voice one of the great contraltos of the day, and a recital · at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, when she again scored a sue cess with both public and press. In 1925 Miss Anderson entered the New York Stadium contest and from three hundred singer.; from all parts of the country, she was chosen to sing with the New York Philharmonic orchestra at the Lewisohn stadium. Since then she has sung throughout the countcy and is everywhere acclaimed as the possessor of one of the great contralto voices of this generation. The Proaram . The following program will be given "Kammersymphonlc" (Chamber Sym phony), Opus 8 . Wolf-Ferrari For Two Violins, VIola, 'Cello, Bass, Piano, Flute Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Hom Allegro moderato Adagio Vivace . con spirito-Allegretto Finale: Adagio, Allegro moderato, AI legro assai. · Overture, "Le Roy d'Ys" .......... .. Late Aria : "0 Mlo Fernando" from ·'La, Fa vorlta" .......... . ...... .. .Donlzettl Miss Anderson and the Orehestra INTERMISSION 0 0 ·········· I I.._______________ E · E t· t rror e Increases Cost of Forest Ave. Paving Music to Feature Gym Dedication at New Trier Tonight Signa to Point Way Into Wilmette Business Center The intersection of Tenth street and Sheridan road, and Central avenue and Sheridan road will soon be adorned with signs indicating to motorists two direct arteries leading into the heart of the village from the drive. The signs were authorized by the Village board last Tuesday evening upon recommendation of Trustee Ernelit C. Cazel, chairman of the strcr·ts and alleys committee. HEAR CHICAGO PREACHER Dr. Arthur Frederick Ewert, pastor of the Central Presbyterian church, Chicago, will preach at the mcrning services in the First Presbyterian church, Sunday, December 9 ·His sermon theme will be: ·" Eternal Life." Dr. Andrew C. Zenos of the McCormick Theological seminary will conduct Communion services at the Presbyterian church Sunday morning, December 16. sible for the spreading of a supplemental assessment upon interested properties, it was explained at the meeting of the Village board of The Glee clubs of New Trier High local improvements last Tue'Sdav eveschool will make their initial appear- ning. The total deficiency to be met ance of the present school year when New Trier'~ new $675,000 gymnasium is $22,452.76, it was stated in the resois dedicated tonight. The girl's Glee lution discussed at the board se5sion. club will sing "Strawberry Fair," by Several interested property ov.rncrs Daniel Protheroe, while the boys' num- attended last Tuesday's meeting seekber will be "S~ng of ·the Jolly Roger,". ing an explanation of the it.creascd by Candish. The school orchestra will burden upon the properties affected by play the overture to .. Martha." the improvement. The dedication program is scheduled The total cost of the improvement, . to start at 7 o'clock. ]. R. Gathercoal, with the supplemental assessment, is president o.f the New Trier High School board, will make the official given as $69,830.62, while the original presentation of the new gymnasium to assessment confirmed by. the court the township. Edward J. Phelps, a was $47,377.86. The cost of the improvemember of the board, also will speak. ment, proper, ts given as $61,416.72, The various departments of the high while additional items of expense enschool will be represented in the pro- tering into the total expenditure inelude engineering costs, $2,174.50; gram. amount provided in order to carry New Trier will open its basketball season tonight immediately after the through assessment proceedings, $2,dedication ceremonies, with Englewood 739.40; deficiency in interest, $3,500. High school of Chicago as its opponent. Following the game the entire gymnasium will be open to the public. The building, one of the finest high school gymnasiums in this vicinity, S~tt:~a~;~~ ..~~~.~ ..~~ . .~~~.~·: . . (Arranged for the Little Symphony was used for the first time at the anOrchestra by George Dasch) nual commencement ·exercises last I. March June. II. The Little Bells t Til. Moths and Butterflies . IV. Fountains V. The Tame Bear R. C. Rugen Receives VI: Wild Bears Songs, with Pta no 1929 Garbage Contract '(a) "Night on ways unknown has Contract for the disposal of Wilmette fallen" ....................... Griffee garbage was awarded to R. C. Rugen (b) "Love's Philosophy" ...... .. . Quilter at the of Glenview at Tuesday's session of (c) and (d) Two Negro Spirituals .... . Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 .. . . . . .. Llsat the Village board. Mr. Rugen has had similar annual .contracts with the viilage over a per1od of several y~ars, It Motor-Driven Snow Plows was s~ated at the board sesc;aon that Purchased by Wilmette Mr. Rugen's work had occasioned a mini.mum of complaints concerning Two caterpillar motor-driven snowserv1ce rendered the households and plows of two-ton capacity each, have commercial establishments in the vill)een purchased by the Village of Wil-take time to lage. The new contract is effettive at mette, in accordance with action taken the outset of the new year. at the meeting of the Village board see how many last Tuesday night. The cost of each PLAN IMPROVEMENTS vehicle is $2,905, it was stated. The interesting things The Village board of local improvesnow plows are to be provi4ed by the they offer for W. B. Louer company, successful bidments last Tuesday instructed Village Engineer C. N. Roberts to prepare ders in the competition to provide the your attention. specifications for street lights and a vehicles for the village. The purchase .storm water sewer in the Pine Crest of the snow plows was recommended subdivision extending west from Ridge several weeks ago by Trustee Ernest avenue in t'1c vicinity of Washington C. Cazel, chairman of the Streets and avenue. Alleys committee of _ the board. - =: STOP ) CLASSIFIED AD PAGES ,