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March 15, 1929 WILME·TTE· LIFE .3 HERE'S CHAllENGE TO BOOST CHEST PROJECT S. John Duncan-Clark Sounds Stirring Appeal on Behalf of Charity Fund Drive By S. John Duncan-Clark The ·wilmette Community Chest is the old-fashioned spirit of neighborliness organized on the modern basis of effective service. In this big and complex world none of us can do personally one-half the things our sympathy urges us to do. On the other hand through organization we can do ,·astly more than any good neighbor en'r was able to do single-handed. We can c(!re for sick and helpl~ss, relieve the poor, promote good causes-such as the Boy Scouts and the Infant Wetfare-and make our money go farther and provide service more expert than if we were in person trying to do onehalf as much. Are you a good neighbor? The proof is in the neighborly spirit yotl shQ\11; by joining with others of your village in the gifts of service. Social Repair Agency The Wilmette Community Chest is the social-repair department of the Yillage. Have you ever stopped to consider what would happen to any community which neglected the task of caring for its handicapped members, its broken homes, its agencies for the building of character and the consen·ing of human values? The same sort of conditions would result which follow the slack house-owner's neglect of his house. It becomes shabby for lack of paint; its timbers crack and rot; the front porch gets decrepit; the roof leaks. Good tenants moye out; cheaper tenants move in. Value rapidly depreciates. It is a liability instead of an asset. That is what happens in a community where social-repair is not maintained. No resident in Wilmette can excuse himself or herself legitimately from some share in this necessary work, because all of us share in the bene fits from it. \Ve are happier and more comfortable, with better chances to enjoy health. prosperity and security in a community which attends to the job) of social-repair. Honesty requires that we pay part of the cost. Expresses Community Spirit The Wilmette Community Chest is the best means this village has for developing and expressing the community spirit. A village without community spirit, alert, eager, achieving is a dead village. The Chest constitutes a basis on which all of us can come together without regard for politics. class or creed. It furnishes a common human interest. It stimulates the sense of unity. The day may come when sudden emergency-storm, fire. epidemic-will need the community spirit; or when a big and worthwhile cause will call for common effort. A village which has learned to pull together, to make mutual sacrifices, to put all shoulders under the common burden will be ready for that day. The Chest is training us in that sort of effort. This is one of its splendid indirect values. The resident who lives in Wilmette and works in Chicago or some other community owes a duty to his home, no less than does the business man who makes both home and livelihood within the village. Home is the first charge upon us, and the Community ·Chest takes care of home needs. Chest Has Wide Horizon But though charity begins at home it may not end there. This is a neighborhood world and neighborliness today must have .long arms and reach far. We are all traveling together on the good ship Earth, and we must do People's Party Caucus Set for Next Wednesday With Wilmette's annual Village election set for Tuesday, April 16, things political will get seriously into motion Wednesday evening, March 20, when the annual caucus of the United People's party gets underwav at 8 o'clock in the village hall couricil chambers. At that tim'e a nominating committee, appointed at a pre-caucus meeting of representative party leaders vVednesday evening, "March 6, will present its suggested candidates for the various municipal offices to be fi lied at the forthcoming election. Village President Earl E. Orner, who headed the People's party ticket two years ago. i's a candidate for re-election and is expected to receive the unanimou s endorsement of his party at vVednesday's caucus. Other offices for which candidates will be chosen are three village trustee·ships, a Yillage treasurer, and a police magistrate. Wilmette Obtains Permit for Sewer Outlet at River NEW TRIER PRESENTS "PINAFORE~ OPERmA ·, Ed and "Windy" Vie for Coveted Post of Local Constable In the instance of at least one office, \Vilmette seems destined to witness a political battle of considerable magnitude in the weeks intervening before the annual Township election. Reference is to the "whispering campaign" now in progress as between the rival cohorts of two contending candidates for the office of constable, namely: Charles (vVindy) Miller, who resides somewhere "out west"; and Edward ]. Mau of 241 Wood court. Miller is aligned with the New Trier Citizens' league ticket, while Mau i~ taking his chances as an independent. It is suspected by many, who appear to be in the "know," that Miller's. whispering campaign, if any, will soon be supplanted by outspoken utterances of no uncertain volubility. \Vhispering, it is said, never did come easy for "Windy." The Cook county board of commis- High School MQsic and Dramatic sioners Tuesday of this w'e ek is·sued an Deparbnents Offer Gilberteasement permit to the village of Wil. Sullivan Piece This Week mette which imikes it possible .for the village to secure an outlet for the comprehensive storm water sewet sv·s The most important musical event. tem in contemplation for the extens1ve of the year-in fact four years-at New Trier is to be the production qj area lying west from Ridge avenue. Gilbert and ·sullivan's famous operetta, The permit was granted following "H. M. s. Pinafore," which will be President Earl E. Orner's appearance given Friday and Saturday, March 15 before a committee of the 'b oard of · and 16, in the school auditorium. Not commissioners Tuesday morning at since 1925, when "The Chimes of Norwhich time he explained the need for mandy" was presented, has anything the outlet in question. on this scale been attempted. Bv virtue of the favorable action The Girls' and Boys' Glee clubs and taken by the County board, the pro- the school orchestra are combined po.,ed storm sewer will find an outlet in under the direction of Mrs. Marian the north branch of the Chicago river E. Cotton. Assisting her in this · prowhere it is planned to erect a pumping duction are Miss Elizabeth Stanwood; station near the east bank of the river director of dramatics; Miss Agnes about eighty feet north of the Lake Biesemeier, director of dancing; as well avenue bridge. as Mrs. Ada Tilley Alley and Eugene \Vith legal details and other prelim- Dressler, teachers of voice. Miss . Winiinary work requiring several months fred Mickey is at the piano. for completion, the actual work on the The cast, however is composed enoutlet project is expected to start some- tirely of New· Trier students with the time next July, according to village exception of Bob Daggy, an alumnusJ officials. of 1925. Included in the cast is Lottie Kuenkele, who is considered a very promising young coloratura soprano, Shawnee Club Plans Easter and one of New Trier's interesting discoveries. tlifton Darling and WilRecital by B. Fred Wise liam Gibson, both of whom were in Two outstanding artists in the the cast of "Trial By Jury" when it musical world are to appear on pro- was given two years ago, have the grams at the Shawnee Country club parts of the Rt. Han. Sir Joseph late thi·s month and early in April. B. Porter, K. C. B., and ·Captain CorFred Wise, tenor, is to give a recital coran, respectively. Janet Hughes has Easter Sunday, March 31, while Wil- the part of Cousin Hebe, Robert liam N. Hughes, pianist, will present' a Brown that of the terrible Dick Dead.. musicale Sunday, April 14. Mr. Wise eye, and Patricia Goodhue that of has been acclaimed far and wide for Little Buttercup. John Betak is the his distinctive artistry. Mr. Hughes Bos'n and Leon Dickinson the Mate. is described by a leading Chicago critie as "a young artist with some thoughts Dr. George C. Stewart in his head and fingefls with which to express them." to Address Neighbors The next regular meeting of the Neighbors wilt occur on Tuesday evening, March 19, at 8:15 .o'clock. This meeting is an open meeting to all members and their husbands, and the speaker, Dr. George Craig Stewart, the popular lecturer and writer of Ev· anston, is presented by the program committee as one sure to interest everyone. Dr. Stewart needs no intraduction to the north shore. H;e will lecture on his recent publication "A Spanish Summer" with stereopticon oictures. · .. M ustc · wt'11 b e f urms · h e d b y the Imperial Male quartet of Chicago. This promises to be one of the very best programs of the season and all members are reminded not to forget the date and the hour. The art and literature department presents the third of the dramatic recitals by Esther Harcourt, Friday morning, March 22, at the · home of Mrs. John Rathbone, 523 Abbottsford road. Mrs. Harcourt will lecture upon the French drama. The art and literature department met on Tuesday morning of this week at the home ,of Mrs. Burt Crowe. STUDY CLASS MEETS AGAIN The Kenilworth Study class will hold the last meeting for the season, Wednesday afternoon, March 20, at the' home of Mrs. Herman Brassert, on Roslyn road. Mrs. MacClintock will discuss contemporary English fiction including Warner's "Lolly Witlowes," Forbe's "A Mirror for Witches," Buchan's "The Dancing Floor" and Huxley's "Point Counter Point." Mrs. H. A. Storms, 251 Wood court, underwent an operation for appendicitis recently at St. Francis hospital, and is now convalescing at her home. DINNER PRECEDES CONCERT Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Dubbs, 1004 Michigan avenue, entertained at a dinner party for thirty-five guests \\'eclnesda.v evening at Shawnee Country club. Most of the guests were tl:e young wo~1en membe~s of the Lmks of the vVtlmette Baptist church. Grade Separation Group Others present were Mr. and Mrs. Holds Meeting Wednesday Walter Haas. Dr. and Mrs. Alison and Professor and Mrs. C. H. Jones. A meeting of the north shore gr~de After dtnner Mr. and Mrs. Dubhs separation committee '"'·as held at the to~k their guests ~o the concert at the City club, Chicago, Wednesday, for the Wilmette Woman s club. purpose of discussing with. Francis X. Busch. . attorney for the committee, the legal aspects of the proposed plan, details of which are now being prepared by the committee's engineers. The meeting was called by William B. Moulton, of the Winnetka Village council, in the absence of Henry F. Tenney, Winnetka Village president and chairman of the committee. It was attended by representatives from Highland Park, Glencoe, Winnetka, Kenilworth, and Wilmette. Mr. and Mrs. Willis H. Hutson of Wilmette, who for several weeks have been at the Westward Ho in Phoenix, Ariz., are now in Hollvwood. They expect to rett,trn home - later by wa}· of San Francisco. our part to keep it afloat. The Chest has vision of the wider horizon. Village pride, human sympathy, business common sense all argue for the Chest. Let nobody dodge; let nobody be a slacker. The worker who will call on you-remember-is a volunteer, giving time and labor and money for. a cause which is as much your cause as his-or hers. Be courteous, be cordial, be as ge:1erous as you can. In a word-Be Chesty !