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WILMETTE VOL. NO. XVIII. NO. 12 Publiahed weeklJI bJI LlOJid Bollt..tw Inc., 1111-1181 O~tral A11e., WRt~~ette, llnt&oft. ··tered at teoOtld cao.· WIGtter March U, 19!~, at the pott otflce at WUmette, lll··«K~, t&t&der the Act o.f Jlorch 8, 18'71. SubtoriptW. pt"'toe 11.10 G jfear. LI.FE PRICE FTVE CENTS WILMETTE. ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 14, 1928 JOAN LONDON COMES TO .Ernest c. Cazel Head of SUNDAY CLUB DEC. 16 Elected Wil1nette Masons Daughter of World-Famous Jack London to Recount "My Story of Jack London" Patron s of the Wilmette Sunday Evening club will have the plea.sure of greeting a famous daughter af a famous father Sunday, Decembt!r 16, when Joan London, daughter of the late Jack London, gives the address of the evening. Her subject will be, "My Story of Jack London." Milan Lmk, well known north shore . violinist, will provide the program of music. Joan London wa s born in California in January, 1901. She is a cousin on her mother's side of Minnie Maddern Fi.s ke, Emily St evens, and Merle Mad dern and a s a .r esult of this joint in heritance showed marked literary an<l dramatic ability from early childhood. Her talent s along both these lines attained promin ence during her years a~ the l 1 ni\'ersity of California, from which she was graduat ed in 1921 with a B. A. degree, . and a Phi Beta Kappa key. As well as being an author of increasin g recognition in her own right , an accompli shed and popular lecturer and a literarv critic of wide influenc\.' . Mi,;s London- is also a litl'gui st- having evinced something of he; father 's intrepid spirit hy giving coaching le"' son s in E ngli sh, French and Italian in order to pay her own expen ses through th e unin?rsity. The heritage of a great name, it has bee n said, is often a dangerom: a3set. T o Joan London the heritage of fame wa s a point of departure for th e de\·clopm ent of her own individualit ,v and ge niu s. To lov ers of her worldfam ous father, Mi ss London's introduction to public life as a lecturer wa s an event of prime importance. Adveaturer and rov er, a ch·namic force in th e lit erature o f hi s d~y, Jack London, in· addition t o hi s fame, bequeathed to hi s daught er a unique and very human heritage. So close wa s the relation ship bet\\·een the great man and the little _g irl that, although he died when 3he was only 15 years old , J oa!l London absorbed the outstanding qualiti es of hi s greatne ss . A love of all things brave and fine and clean, hatred of pettiness, of sham, of pretense, the qu.alities th~t distinguished the fatha in his life and work.s, gave \vings to the child's development. Ernest C. Cazel, Wilmette Yillage trustee and prominent in the busines~ and civic life of the community, will b e formally i n 3talled as worshipful m a s t e r of \Vilmette Lodge No. 931, A. F. and A. M., at the Masonic temple Thursday evening, December 20. Mr . Cazel a n d other new officers of the local Masonic lodge were elected at the annual lodge meetErnest C. Cazel ing Thursday o{ this week. In stallation ceremonies will be helcl under the -direction of Timothy A. Avery of Wilmette. district deputy of the Grand Lodge of Illinois, who will be as sisted by a group of pa.st masters of the Wilmette lodge including the following: . A. ] . Taylor, Charles L. Hoskin, Clifton L. Keith, Earl A. P f' ttihone, Carl C. Schultz, August J. Kuelzow, Fenien A. Buck. and Clarence D. McCallum. The Imperia! quartet will sing. Officers elected to serve with Mr. Cazel were as follows : J. Egbert Comptot1, senior warden; ] . E . Swift Teal, junior warden: Earl E. Orner, treasurer; George W . Hess, .;ecretarv; Daniel Stecker. chaplain; Albert (.( Long, senior deacon; Joseph E. Wilson, junior deacon; James C. Anderson, senior steward; Edmonrt Richmond, junior steward: Clifford I ves, marshal; Earl D. Lyon, tyler; Orian A. Galitz, organist. At Sunday Club ALAN HOAGLAND HEADS SUBURBAN LEAGUE BODY Winnetka Youth Named President of High School Organiza. tion of Six Schools Alan Hoagland of Winnetka, New Trier High school senior, was elected president of the Suburban League Boys' council la-st Saturday at a meet· ing attended by two boys' represent~ tives and the faculty sponsor of each of the six schools in the league. The meeting, held at the Central Y. M. C. A. in Chicago, was for the purpos~ of effecting a permanent organization of the league council. Hoagland is a popular and outstanding student at New Trier. He was a star halfback on the football team last year, but developed a shoulder injury which made it impossible for fiim to play this year. He is also a basketball and tr.ack man and plays in the sch~ol band. At the meeting Saturday it was decided that the council should consist of two boys and a faculty spon.sor from each school_in the league-New Trier. Deerfield, Evanston, Oak Park, Mor- · ton, and Proviso. In several of these institutions the council members will be chosen from the bo~c;' dub, while in others the choice will be under the direction of the student council. A junior in each school, Qre·.sumably one who will be selected as a regular member of the council in his senior year, will be allowed to meet with that body to become acquainted with its problems and he in a position to carry on during . the ensuing year. Will Diacuaa Boys' Problema The principal work of the Suburban League council will be to discuss the relations of bovs in the schools which are members of the league. Its program of activities will include a general get-together of all boys in the Suburban league schools sometime in the spring. Another meeting of the league council will be held January 5, to consider busine.ss which was not handled at the session last Saturday. New Trier's representatives at Saturday's meeting, in addition to Alan Hoagland, were George Cogswell, president of t.he Tri-Ship club, and Donald Frisbie, faculty sponsor of the club. Kimbell J ohn.son of the Evanston High school was made secretary-treasurer of the league council to work with President Hoagland..!.) Joan London, daughte1 of the world renowned J ad~ London, will address the Wilmette Sunday Evening club December 16. Her subject will be "My Story of Jack London." Miss London is a young_ woman of distinctive beautv, with a vibrant and awealing personality. She ha.s achieved a notable succe s ~ as lecturer and critic. Laurant,. Noted Magician, to Entertain School Tots A GREATER BANK The new home of the First National Bank at 1150 Wilmette avenue is to open tomorrow and all Wilmette and the north shore is invited to inspect this banking house. WILMETTE LIFE believes this event is of such civic significance that it is devoting an entire section of twelve pages of this issue to the First National's achievement, which means a strong forward step in the march of progress. Pictures and printed word carry to our readers the story of the part this bank is playing in the history of the vill. a ge. Turn to pages 59 to 70, inclusive, for the story. Eugene Laurant, a magician of international prominence, will present programs before the children of the \h/ilmette public schools next week. Mr. Laurant is being brought here by the Wilmette Teachers' club. He will appear at the Howard school next Rev. Carl I. Empson in Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, and Anniversary Observance at the Stolp school Tuesday at the The· Rev . Carl I. Empson will ob- same hour. serve the fir st anniversary of his pa storate in Wilmette at the regul<:1r morning services of the vVilmette English Lutheran church Sunday, December 16, at 11 o'clock. The services will include the reception of new member s and celebration of Communion. During Mr. Emtn on's year as mini~ ter of Wilmette's youngest church organization, the membership has inCOME IN creased phenomenall!: and a well defined program was adopted looking and look over our forward to the earh· erection of a new church edifice at Greenleaf avenue and printing plant Seventh. * Extend Contract Period for Kenilworth's Plant Upon the request of A. G. Grandpre, contractor for the new Kenilworth water plant, the board of trustees of that village granted an extension of one month for the c01i1pletion of the plant. The action was taken Monday night at a postponed meeti.ng of the board. The new water plant is located at Kenilworth avenue and the lake, and is being erected at a cost of $90,000. Village Manager F. L. Steed stated this week that it will probably be in operation about January 1, or very soon thereafter. - see how well it equipped to serve you IS OUR LARGEST PAPER WILME'l'TE LIFE with this issue, which includes 100 pages, not including the cover pages, establishes a new record. It ·is an achievement jn newspaper publishing that is worthy of comment. It is a new milestone in the history of our news-magazine which has grown by leaps · and bounds as month after month passed. The future holds no limit and readers of this pap.er will find a greater WILMETTE LIFE in the pages of this paper, a paper which carries all the news and all the features that make a great newsmagazine. LLOYD HOLLISTER· INC. WILMETTE 4300